STEPHEN, James, publicist, born in Poole, Dorsetshire, England, in 1759; died in Bath, England, 10 October, 1832. He was educated at Winchester, became a barrister, and subsequently was a parliamentary reporter. He received an appointment in the prize court in the island of St. Christopher, Wisconsin, returned to England with an ample fortune, and obtained a large practice as advocate in prize cases before the privy council. He was returned to parliament for Tralee, appointed under-secretary for the colonies, and made a master in chancery for his services in drawing up the system of continental blockade against Napoleon. He was connected by marriage with William Wilberforce, whose religious and anti-slavery principles he shared. Mr. Stephen was the author of a pamphlet, which Lore[ Brougham described as "of great merit," entitled "War in Disguise, or the Frauds of the Neutral Flags" (London, 1805-'6; New York, 1806), which elicited a reply from Gouverneur Morris, "An Answer to' War in Disguise'" (London and New York, 1806). He also published "Speech of the Hon. John Randolph in H. R., United States, on Non Importation, with Observations " (1806); "American Arguments on Neutral Rights." etc. (1806); "Speech in the H. of C. on the Overtures of the American Government" (1809); "The History of Toussaint L'Ouverture" (1814) ; and "The Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated," etc. (2 vols., 1824-'30).