The Sun. — London, England, 1817-12-18 00:00:00

CONVEYANCERS. FOR. THE SUN. EDITOR,—As I understand that the present system of making Conveyancers, is at last likely to become the subject of Legislative interference, beg your attention to the case of ‘! Day v. Fisher," which I have herewith inclosed, and which I hope you will deem of sufficient interest to give it a place in your valuable Paper. 1 think it will prove to the Attornies, that what ever complaints they 11 , 17 e against their Clerks— that whatever injuries they may sustain by them--; that, whatever grounds they may have for oppos ing their admission as Attornies—and however successful they may be in such opposition—yet such Clerks can, in defiance both of their Masters and the Courts wherein they are articled, with little difficulty obtain admission into an Inn of Court, and by that means become enabled to practice as Conveyancers, which is generally con sidered as the most lucrative and best part of an Attorney's business. Through the same means, if an Attorney or Solicitor is convicted of evil practices, and is struck off the Rolls, such Attor ney can, with the same facility as other persons, gain admission into an Inn of Court, and by that admission continue to pursue his profession under the garb of a Certificated Conveyancer, thereby defeating the• end and purposes of justice, and rendering the displeasure of the Courts a cons. Piete nullity.—l know nothing personally, either of Mr. Fisher or Mr. Day, and therefore am not biassed by any partiality, either for one or the other, but 1 do conceive, that if an articled Clerk by any means rendered incapable of practising as an Attorney, he ought also to he rendered in- Capable of practising as a Conveyancer. The present easy means afforded to Tradesmen and discarded Clerks in obtaining admission as Members of an Inn of Court, and, in such cloth ing, imposing themselves upon the Public as CER- T/FICATEDCONVEYANCERS,C2IIS loudly tor redress, and I hope the subject is now in a fair way to nteet with that support and attention it so de servedly merits. I am, Sir, Yours, &c. AN ATTORNEY. Dec. is; 1817. rennet of King's Ileac!,—Michaelmas Ter)n,l 9l7. I/Are. Ftsucte—Mr. ToeetNG for the defendant, sheered e<►use against a Rule obtained by the plaintiff fur Withholding itis articles of Clerkship. Mr. Topping read the affidavit of ,the defendant, in which be stated, that the plaintiff, mil Vitally a writing clerk in his Office, bad been 'afterwards, chiefly from motives of kindness and benevolence, taken by hiss as an articled Clerk, at the age of 17 years, the premium raid being very . trifling ; in consideration whereof, it was agreed that the'plaintitf, at the expiration of his Clerkship, thould nut - practise as an Attorney in St. Ives (the residence eE the defendant), or within 13 miles of the same, during the life of the said defendant ; and that, at such expiration of his Clerkship, he should enter into a bond with his father for payment of 1,0001. in case he should so practice. That the bond, however,. had been refused by the plaintiff Day, Iry the conscientious ground of his being but an infant under )7 years or thereabouts, when he made such agreement, and that he therefore expressed his determination not to comply tuith the terms of such agreement. Mr. Topping observing' that such conduct was an ill requital for Mr. Fisher's gene rusity„eontended he was justified in withholding the articles, Until their conditions were honestly complied with. Mr. CHITTY, in support of the Rule, argued, that the plain tiff was a minor when he signed his articles, and that, there fore, he could not legally enter into such an agreement; that the agreement, therefore, so far as respected him, was of no effect, and could not in any way hind hint. The Cotter, however, observed, that Day's application should not have been made until the articles had been chin /lied with, as the agreement was contained in them, and he appeared to have been benefited thereby. The Rule was, therefore, made absolute upon Day the Father and the tlaintiff entering into the bond. The bond bas not been entered into, and Day, finding be It►uld not succeed in getting admitted as an Attorney, has, through the recommendation and assistance of a professional has residing in Gray's Inn, got himself admitted a Member If the Honourable Society of that Inn, and has commenced Practising at St. Ives, under the cloak and description of a tttrtrtcA•rza CONVEYANCER. Ma. WEATHERBY.-The countenance given by . 1 1119 Gentleman to the " Fortunate Youth," as he Is sided, has been one of the chief sources of his txtraordinary career. Mr. WaATiIERBY iS 211 con tent Solicitor at 'Newmarket, and so much dis- - linguistic(' for discernment, prudence, and know ledge of the world, that it was thought nothing lould he imposCil upon his understanding. It ap 'hats, however, that he was as much deceived as 4 thers, and indeed his fascination had a great in 114ence in pining credit to the fiction. He has, l itaxvever, come publicly forward, and candidly ac nowledged the delusion which has been practised ''lcon him, Ind that all the Spanish Castles are c astles in the air, NATIONAL SOClETY. —Yesterday the General ommittee of the Notional Society fur the Educa inn of the Poor in the Principles of the Establish- Church, held their Meeting at St. Martin's v estry Room. Present— - • Archhishop of CANTERBURY. ftishop of Londe'', 1 John Round, Esq. M.P. of Carlisle ' Rev. G. D'Oyty, Admiral Lord Radstscli, Rev. H. H. Norris, Mr. Just ice Park, J. Watson, Esq. T reasurer, hew. Archdeacon Putt, Rev. T. T. Watinsley, Sec. Several fresh grants of money were made to 'ards the erecting, enlarging, and fitting up of Aiout-rooms in various parts of the kingdom. POETRY. REAL SORROWS. A SKETCH PROM LIFE. "He best can paint them who has felt them must!" 'Tis not the loud, obstreperous Grief, That ruddy clamonrs for relief; 'Tis not the qnerulous lament, In which impatience seeks a vent; 'Tis not the soft, pathetic style, Which aims our pity to beguile, That can, to Truth's keen eye, impart The " real sorrows" of the heart ! No ! 'tis the tear, in secret shed Upon the starving orphan's bead, The sigh, that will not be repress'd, Breathed on the Faithful Partner's breast; The bursting heart, th' imploring eye, To Heaven upraised in agony; With starts of desultory prayer, While hope is quenching in despair; The throbbing temple's burning pain, While phrenzy's fiend usurps the brain; These are the traits, no art can borrow, Of genuine suffering and true sorrows Broseley. W. C. G. THE PRINCE LEOPOLD. On Monday morning the Prince LEOPOLD left Claremont, and proceeded to Windsor, on a visit_ to the Princess Augusta and Sophia. His Serene Highness being expected, fires were lighted, and apartments were prepared for his reception at the Upper Lodge. The Prince proceeded to the Royal vault, where he vented his grief over the remains of his beloved Princess for near an Lour. In his visit to the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, he gazed on the portraits of the Princess Charlotte, lately finished by Mr. Dawe, which the Princesses have had put up in their apartments. His Serene Highness returned to Claremont to dinner, and arrived a little before five o'clock, and found Mr. Dykes, the - King's Messenger, waiting %lid) a letter to his Serene Hi - Irness from the Princess of Wales, in answer to the comtnanications contain ing the distressing intelligence of the death of her daughter. Tuesday was Prince Leopold's birth-day ; on that day twelve-months the first painting of the Prince Leopold, by Mr. Dawe, was taken home completely finished, as arranged by her Royal Highness. His beloved Consort had made other arrangements for the second anniver sary of the Prince's natal day, for a full length likeness of herself, by the same ariist, which she sat fur a few days prnions to her death, and it was to have gone home on that day to correspond with that of the Prince Leopold's.—Tuesday was observed in solemn silence at Claremont. The Prince's mind was a little relieved by the arrival of a likeness of the Princess by Sir Thomas Law rence : Sir Thomas took it himself from London. It has been for some tune in the possession of the Prince Regent at Carbon-house ; and was sent to Prince Leopold at his desire. The portrait is to be returned to Sir Thomas on • Prince Leopold's departure for Weymouth, in order that a full length copy raay be-taken a' it for the purpose of engraving.. THE TH L FRE. The retirement of Mr. KEMBLE, like the death of ALEXANDER, has _occasioned a division of his late dramatic possessions, at Covent -Garden Theatre, and, therefore, last night, Mr. YousG, as the lineal inheritor, took possession of the part of King John. Mr. KEmBLE gave so masterly an outline of this part, and supported it with such admirable colouring, that it would be diffi cult for a successor to deviate from his model without straying from judgment and falling into affectation. Mr. YOUNG kept his great predecessor in his eve, and afforded very great pleasure to a numerous, and, as far as we could judge from the direction of their applause, a judicious and cri tical audience. The high merit of Mr. C. KEMBLE in the Bastard is so well known, that it would be " binning daylig,ht" to bestow any praise on a performance so singularly , excellent, and so celebrated. Miss O'NEILL must always be in teresting and affecting, but the part of Lady Constance does not thoroughly accord with her talents and her time of life; no more than did that of rolumnia, the assignment of which to her displayed no great degree of judgment in the Managers. ALEXANDER OF RUSSIA. UKASE. Addressed to the Legislative Synod at Moscow, by ALEXANDER, Emperor of Russia'. Dated from Moscow, Oct. 27, 1817. " Daring My late travels through the Pro vinces, I was obliged, to my no small regret, to listen id speeches pronounced by certain of the Clergy in different parts, which contained unbe coming praises of me—praises which can only be ascribed unto GOD. And as lam convinced in the depth of my heart of the Christian truth, that every blessinefloweth unto us through our LORD and SAVIOUR Jesus CHRIST alone, and that every man, be he whom he may, without CHRIST, iS lull only of evil, therefore to ascribe unto me the glory of deeds, in which the band of GOD lath been so evidently manifested before the whole world, is to give unto men that glory which be longed) Unto ALMIGHTY GOD alone. " I account it my duty, therefore, to forbid all such unbecoming expressions of praise, and re commend to the Holy Synod to give instructions to all the Diocesan Bishops, that they themselves, and the Clergy under them, may, on similar-oc casions, in future, retrain from all such expres sions of praise, so disagreeable . to my ears ; and that they may render unto the Lean' of HOSTS alone, Thanksgivings for the blessings bestowed upon us, and pray for the out-pouring of his Grace upon all of us ; conforming themselves in this matter to the words of Sacred Writ, which requires HS to render to the KING ETERNAL., Im mortal, Invisible, the only wise GOD, honour and glory for ever and ever. " ALEXANDER." THE FORTUNATE YOUTIT. As so (Mich has been said respecting this person, whose reported surprising success has indeed been, and still - is, a topic of general conversation, we shall avail ourselves of an article which appears in The Morning Chronicle of this day, and it is but justice to that Paper to say, - .that it has been laudably industrious to' prevent the Public from bring deceived on this extraordinary occasion : This young man's name is ABRAHAM W. CAWSTO.N. His father is a farmer at Chipper'. ham, near Newmarket. The early promise of shining talents induced his father to send him to school, under the tuition of the eminent Dr. But ler, of Shrewsbury ; and there his attainments and abilities gained him universal admiration. He was not seventeen years of age when he paid his ad dresses to a young lady of fortune in that place, and from that time the st range artifice or imagina tion of this enormous fortune, that had dropt to him as it were front the clouds, had birth. He first opened the wonderful secret. to his father, and the story he told was, that an aged gentleman had, at one of his journies from home to school, fallen in with him in a stage coach going to Birming ham, and that he had afterwards made him a deed of gift of his whole fortune ! It did not, in the 'first disclosure, swell to the maghitude which it afterwards attained ; but the fit st feeling that he manifested was to settle a part of his wealth on his parents and brother. For this purpose he was introduced to . Mr. Weatherby, to whom he gave instructions to make a will ; and as his for tune was stated to be all personal, Mr. Weather by saw no objection to the deed. His distribu tion of wealth, though uncommon, did not strike Mr. W. as improbable, so clear and consistent were the boy's statements-in their different Toter views, and so filial and brotherly were the be quests. From this time ,nothing could equal the romance of his story, the unblushing efirontory with which he maintained it, and the ingenious stratagems he devised to keep up the deltision.— lt would fill a volume to recount the history of the youth for the last two months ; and we are possessed of so many curious anecdotes, that we shall otntertain our readers with the relation of a few of them, since the affair has afforded a strik ing example of the courtesy which is shewn to appearance, and the eagerness with which a meteor is contemplated in the hemisphere of rank and fashion. That tradesmen of all descriptions should crowd round his doors for the advantage of his orders was natural--but that Bankers should con tend for his account—Duchesses fur the honour of his acquaintance—and Candidates for his Par liamentary support—prOve how - much all condi tions of society are on the alert for gold and power. He prevailed on his father to enter his elder brother, who is 24 years of age, and had been brought up in the line of farming, as a lel low commoner of Emanuel College, Cambridge. He instructed one solicitor to enter into a nego elation for the purchase of several estates, and surveys had actually been made. He applied to Government for a grant to take the name and bear the arms of Devereux, and the Herald's College had begun to take steps to exemplify the arms, and.wait• ed onLefor infotmation as to.which branch of the idolise of Devereux his benefactor belonged. He instructed another solicitor to insert an advertise ' meat in the public papers, calling on the credi tors, it any, of Don Gaspar de Quintilla, deceased, to bring in vouchers of their: demands ; in order that they might be forthwith liquidated. (Mean ing to couple him with Don Joachim de Quint ills, a rich Portuguese:diamond merchant.) He stated that it was his determinations to purchase ten Bo roughs, that he might have twenty Members in the House of Commons, to procure him an Earl- - dom. He said that his halt-year's dividend, due ou •the sth January next, was 92,000/. and that he held annuities front Several of the Crowned Heads of Earoye, to the amount of millions. He was in the habit of suffering drafts on bankers for thousands, nay at times for tens and hundreds of thousands, to drop fro in his pocket-book, as it by accident, that they might be seen ; and he talked of loans to persons of the highest distinc tion, on whose estates he had mortgages. ile said that the account in the Bristol Paper was inserted totally without his knowledge, and Vet, in his own conversation, he gave the same extra vagant account of his possessions. When strongly pressed for an explanation as -- to the Deed of GO by which the Legacy Tax had been evaded, he said that it was a secret which he was bound to conceal for a time., but it was in an iron chest, buried in the garden of his benefactor. So entire was the conviction of his friends 'is to the -cer tainty and extent of his wealth, that a consulta tion was held with two eminent Lawyers, to de vise the means of making. him a ward of Chan cery—and as his wealth was all his own, and con sequently there was no ground for the interference of the LORD CHANCELLOR, it was settled that he shoithl ?resent 30,0001. to his 'fattier, - and file a frieinny bill, upon which application might be made to the Court to constitute him a Ward. These are but a few of the practices by which the delusion was catried on—and it was not till within these two days that the eyes of Mr. Wea therby were fully opened to the deceit. All the references he obtained from the , youth have proved totally false, and it appears that in - the whole management of the affair the lad had nut a confederate." A Mr. O'CALLAGHAN, a pupil Of NALDI, has made his first appearance as a Singer on the Dublin Stage in the character of Don Ccesar, the Opera of the Castle of Andalusia, with much success. Previous to the Secoad Day of Drawing of the present Lottery, there was not a whole Ticket to be had at any of the Lottery Offices in London; and many individuals were in consequence dis appointed. Since that period, a few have been returned from Inland, and some of the coma try agents ; and T. BISH begs to inform his Ft lends he has received Fourteen, Part of which he has on sale at his Office in Cornhill, and the remainder are at his Office at Charing-cross.— The Lottery will finish Next Saturday, when all the Four 20,00 W. Prizes and other Capitals must be drawn. BOXING. PAINTER AND surroN. We have to record as bravely a contested battle as ever was fought in the histoily of pug.ii3 0, be. tweet] these first-rate heroes of the fist, it was for a purse of eighty guineas to the winner, and twenty to the loser, raised by Norwich and the towns adjAcent, and the result proved that train ing on Nortolk poultry is not to he treated con. temptuously.—A spacious ring, with new ropes and stakes, of 24 feet, was twined on a piece of ground contiguous to the town of Bungay, in Suffolk, which was attended by at least 12,000 a mateu rs There was none of that difficulty' in keeping the ring in order as is often witnessed at the Loudon fights.—The mien entered at two o'clock with their seconds, Belcher and Harmer for Painter, and Owen and Richmond for Sutton. Betting varying from 11 to 8 to 5 to 4. Round I.—The then sparred eight minutes beTore play was made be Painter, who planted several hits and broke away. It was a seveie round, and the Black was knocked down,, but be dire blood on the bridge of Painter's nose in the rally.--. No betting. .2. Pander bled frerely.frorn the bit on the nose, but he ap• peared very gay, and had the best of the round. Painter plaed a heavy right-handed hit upo❑ his adversary's hotly, and the Black in following was stopped by a heavy lett handed hit upon the head, 'which floored to 4 on Pai titer. a. Painter pee his head, as if to induce his adversary to make play. A left-handed hit by Sutton was stopped, and a manly rally billowed, in which several severe blows weie placed. Painter received a heavy right-handed hit upon the ear, and the Black received on the front of the head. it was ecval fighting, and Painter was thrown. Betting even. 4. This was a determined round, commenced by the Black, who in a tally planted a blow on his eye; but Painter out fought hint, and chanceried his head unmercifully, i.nd breaking distance between the hits, he renewed the giving system, and displayed first-rate science. After excloaiging, several blows, Painter slipped op ; although he bad stye- , riority in fighting, yet the manner in which he suddenly tell off in his late combat with Sattoc, was fresh in the memory of the Londoners in the ring, and no more than 6 to 4 was betted upon biro. 5. Both sparring to defeat piping. They got to it like tho rough-bred dogs, and, after a must resolute rally, Painter fell, having received a heavy hit on the side of the head, ill the heat of rally. 6. Painter hit short, and he received a clumsy hit ma the head, but returned left and right, the latter of which told upon the Black's car. In a close Painter was thrown, and he had the Worst of the round. 7. Never probably was more energy and manhood than was displayed here on both sides. Painter made play• by a heavy body blow, hut he was smartly returned upon. He broke from a rally, and received his adversary with much dexterity by left-handed blows ; the claret which flowed from every part of Sutton's head had a frightful appearance. He fought game, and uas not to be stalled off until he tell from hitting and weatness, and the battle was here 'educed to a certainty, without a chance blow altered it. Stl4, 9th, and lot h Rounds were all on Painter's side ; bat the Mack placed some blows, which were not, however, very effective. 11. Sutton recovered himself in this round, and fought des perately, he was still, however, groggy, and had the worst of it, hut he threw his man. 12. Painter fought. <•ery cautiously; but although he placed a hit on his adversary's ear which produced claret (ruin that organ, he was complimented, in a rally, with a hit which produced precisely the saute effect upon that of Painter, who shewed off the waster-piece of science in the round, and floored his man. 13. This..was a tremendous round, and the last effort of Sutton, whose head was most frightfully disfigured. He fought manfully, hut he was out-scieneed,,and falling at the end of the round, seemed to wish nut to be disturbed. In the 15111 Round Sutton could not be brought to time, and Painter's Seconds threw up their hats, announcing victory, after fighting one hour and 4 minutes in rain. Tbe ring re sounded with the shouts of the spectators, as Painter, from his good conduct, is much respected by his Norwich patrons. Sutton weighed i. stone 9 lb. and the winner 13 stone 71b.-- Several well-dressed women were present at the fight. SCOTTISH HOSPITAL. --Yesterday the annual festival of the Scottish Hospital, usually ,held on St. Andrew's 'Day (being postponed on account of the general grief so deeply felt throughout the whole nation for the death of her late Royal Highness the Princess CHARLOTTE), was cele brated at the City of London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, Ashen a very numerous Meeting of the friends of this benevolent Institution took place, and the most distinguished characters, connected with the. kingdom of Scotland, now in London, formed a part of this convivial and charitable As semblage. 'llse. NEW POST OFFICE.—A Jury was yester day impannelled at the Lord Mayor's Court, Guildhall, to assess the value of NO. 2, St. Mar tin's-le-Grand, the property of a person named LEWIS, who was a carpenter and Block-maker, and whose wife carried on the business of a green grocer. Lewis had made a claim in the first in stance of 5001., and afterwards increased it to 833/. The Corporation, at the recommendation of the Surveyors, made an offer of 1501. • which, to prevent litigation, they enlarged to 2001. The Jury, after a 101 l hearing of the case, awarded the sum of 2101. as a full compensation for the loss he had sustaiped. LATE FIRP. AT BISHOPSGATE-STREET.--On Tues• day night a Coroner's Inquest was held on the body of Mr. Joseph Harris, coach painter, who was burnt to death in his own house, which was also consumed on the preceding evening. From the testimony of several witnesses, it appeared that the deceased slept on the first floor of the house, and that though every exertion was made to ap prise him of the house being on _fire, by the watch men, l►e did not awake until the flames had reach ed such a height, that human power could not save him. No other person lived in the house. The Jury returned a verdict—" Accidentally burn ed todeat Yesterday 'a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following Com manders took leave of the Court, previous to de parting for their respective destinations, viz.— Captain N. Ppterson, Canning ; Captain W. Marjori banks, Thomas Coutts; Captain A. H. Campbell, Duke of York ; Captain J. Jameson, Earl of Balcarras; Captain D. Mq.eod, Marquis of Iluntly; anti Captain F. Adams, Buck inghamshire, for Bombay and China. We would recommend it to those who wish to spend a merry Christmas, and commence the New Year with brilliant prospects, to purchase one of the FOUR Prizes of 20,0001., which roust be All drawn on SATURDAY NEXT, when the Lottery will finish. It may be observed that this would certainly be a very agreeable purchase if you were sure of getting one of the 20,0001.: the only an swer is, that you will never get one unless you try. What has been, may be again ;" therefore • as G. CARROLL sold on Friday, Dec. 5, the Last Day of Drawing, No. 4,349, a Prize of 20,0001., and Three other Capitals, in Shares, at his for.. tunate Offices, 7, CORNHILL, and 26, OXFORD. STREET, it is most probable that he will sell an other on SATURDAY NEXT, when All the FOUR Prizes of 20,0001. must be drawn. •It should not he forgotten that last Year, about ibis time,. CARROLL sold the last 30,000/. ever drawn.