The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-27 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sax,—ds the advocate of the concentration of the
legal transactions of Ireland and England, I address
you. I would say, as a prelude to the achievement
of this concentration, that at once, and without
expense, an Irish barrister, wishing to relinquish Irish
practice in order to devote himself to your bar, should
obtain his admission thereat; and an English barrister,
wishing to become an Irish one, should without
trouble or expense obtain his admission as a practi-
tioner at our bar—and similar measures of justice
should be meted out to the English and Irish students,
in regard to admission to the Inns of Court and our
King's Inn. The enlightened, liberal, and fair manner
in which you have put forth this important question
must draw many persons to its consideration. The
present state of Ireland demands sweeping measures
at the hands of her rulers, and our present Viceroy
seems to be a man who deeply rt fleets bow best can
the future state of this country be made one of hap-
piness and prosperity. No doubt he is annoyed and
impeded by the buzzings of political ranters—their
machinations are despised, as well as not feared by
him; he has happily broken the heart of Irish agita-
tion. But every well-wisher of his country must wish
him success in his praiseworthy endeavours. I know
not whether he is favourable or not to this legal
concentration, but before he would come to a conclu-
sion upon so serious a question much anxious
deliberation and research would be had recourse_, to
on his part. This question, in primacy, must be looked
at in regard to the suitors; and in respect
to these it would appear that an advantage
would be conferred upon them, as they would come
under the influence of the highest legal functionaries ;
and, as to expense, little, if any, additional legal
expense would be heaped upon them. The litigating
temperature of their minds would be lessened on
legal proceedings being removed to a distance, and
placed under more frigid control. Going to law, as
the phrase is, would cease in this country to be a
pastime, and the hall of our courts would not be a
place of recreation to legal minded men.. As to the
legal practitioners—barristers and attorneys—is the
next consideration. To barristers in leading business
a boon would be conferred, as their business would
naturally accompany them on their removal to Eng-
land. As to this question of legal concentration, those
who consider regarding it seem not to understand its
bearings, and sweepingly condemn this legal concen-
tration as a plan concocted for the purpose of swamp-
ing Irish legal proceedings—
" Damnant quod non intelligent."
Would the great and gifted young man, J. Christian,
our ablest Chancery barrister, the Sir William Fol-
lett of the Irish bar, w hose humble manners consort
so sweetly with his great abilities, fear to combat with
the giants of the Saxon law ? Certainly not. Would
his brother competitor, F. Fitzgerald, fear to keep his
head up in England ? No. Would Brewster,
Napier, Monaghan, Martley, or Lynch, as common-
law lawyers, fear to wield their Celtic legal wea-
pons with success? Sorely not. Of these Irish
barristers alluded to, Christian, Fitzgerald, and
Lynch, business tardily came to them, and their
humble manners seemed to repel its advance; still
genius, irresistible when combined with common
sense, drove impediments away, and gave to each
orii-eetenit;. , ;
omit the gifted \I- hitesi le and Isaac Butt ? No ;
their iron souls know not what fear consists in, As

to t'e hordes of briefless barristers who are to be
found 19i,ering in our courts, to predicate the cow-
sequence that would mrise to them, of their removal
to Westminster, would be difficult. Still I should
say this removal could do them little harm ! I, in-
deed could exclaim in respect to each of these men
—some of whoa no doubt are greatly gifted-6, Oh!
had he learned to make the wig he wears !" Shell,
in his graphic sketches of the Irish Bar, consideredo
the number of young men that " family pride
caused to flow to our bar, to have apparently 130
better intention in doing so than to starve each other.
Now if all the legal business of our courts was di-
vided amongst the,barristers who seek for it, the
recompense from this division would not be adequate
to the starching of each barrister's cravat. We clu
not see about Westminster Hall such men as our
'4 pallid, keen-eyed, anxious aspirants for profession!'
ernploym nt." How melancholy it is that men Will
fill the ranks of our bar with their sons and not make
farmers of them! The money it costs a young snarl
to b.-come a borristtr would purchase a smali
fee-
s:mnple property, on which an useful and healthful life
might he passed. But lam sorry to have to agree
with Shell, that " Nothing is so unpopular as pru-
dence in lrelAnd." As to the attorneys, Ido not See
what damage would rftult to them from such an
object being achieved. To the public in general
great boon would he conferred, and our barristerst
many of them able men, would, under such cireuur
stances as then would arise, become useful and tibia
Members of Parliament; at all events let the quer
tion be discussed with moderation and fairnesi.
I)utlin, Dee. 4. M. L.

THE U•oitiLsTict<
HULL, DEC. 26
Messrs, Titylr and Bright's circular states:—Aß
is usual, at this season of the year, business in the grain
trade has been almost suspended, and will rem.in.6°
until the turn of the year. Transactions hare been quite
of a retail character, with a general firm feeling. 'Plc,/
weather has been variable—from the 21st to the 2-4"
sharp frost, with some little snow and cold aorth-es!
wind; since then the temperature has changed, and it°
to day comparatively mild, with westerly wind. 1.1;:'
supply of wheat from the farmers to day was only snt";
in consequence of the market being held off the tone'
day, snd altogether business was very limited, with?ott
any alteration in price, except for the best runs, whie',
were Is dearer. Foreign wheat held firmly, and
prices pt id on the few sales made. Rather more inquiry
for malting barley, but none of fine quality afloat, !Iv
landed parcels are held above our currency; less doing
in griedirg qualities. Only a slow sale for other
descriptions of spring corn. Not much doing in linseed'
and the market the turn lower; cakes are also casierP
buy. No transactions in rapeseed, and cakes are quiet
but somewhat dearer. In b.mes not much doing.
The following are the present prices of grain
s. a.
9$
Wheat, English, red 36 to 38 Peas, white and yel. 25
Do. white 3B 40 Do. grey
Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea 43 441

nigsberg 46 48IDo. Petersburgh ... 37 '''' ig
Pomeranian and Do. Riga& Archngl. 36 -3/
llamburgh 38 40 Do. Konigsberg .... 35 ---
Danish, Holstein, & Per toti•
Friesland 3l 36 Linseed cakes, Hull ... 71050 a
61 55
Russian and Odessa 32 36 Do. fine foreign ' 1 as
Oats, English
Do. Danish.... ,10 12 Rapeseed
Do. Friesland l5 16 Rape cakes...77s 6d to 003,100
Do. Russ. & Odessa 12 —l4 Tares, English ......00s lie ---
Barley, malting 22 24 Do. foreign 205 --00
Do. grinding........ 19 20 Guano 6/ to 91' d
Beans 26 32 Bones, do ...... 00s Od to 9-- n4O
0
61 I
Do. foreign .. . 25 31 Ilyc meal
DALKEITII MEAL MARKET, DEC. 24.—there Wert°,
196 bags of oatmeal, 14 of barleymeal, and 5 of I)°,1
barley at this day's market. Sales middling. Oati:llent.
6d to 3d per bag down; barleymeal, 9d per bag; P"
barley nd per bag up.
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third
imperial .. ... ... 23s 6d 22a 6d 215 '6,1
1
Barleymeal, per ditto ... 17s Od 16s 9d 163 Od
"easetneal ... ... ... —s Od —s Od —4 od

Flour

-Is 6ti I —-5
oit 1 - i uo a

Pot barley ... 22; 6- aI —;
Coax, Dee. 24. —Flour —First 1256 d to 13s; extra •145",,
seconds, 115 to 12, 6d ; households Os to 101 6d; thirds, 7% utai-st•
per cwt. Oatmeal 9s to 10. 6d ; Indian meal 7s to 75 3d ; "'to.
meal, 101 to 10s 6d per cwt. Indian corn 12741 to 135 s Od per to
Bran 3/ 105 to 3/12s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 285 to 375; gvefderfi
335; dealers 38s to 40, 041; average 385 per ton. Str
19s Od to 27s Od; average 25 ; dealers 28s Od to 34i.,
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to urLd
ts
household loaf 5d to 54d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8
9J per lb. Eggs-6s 6d to gs 84 per hundred. Coo
Newport 153; Lydney 171; Landore 15s ; Best Nctit.
Culm 145 per ton. Tallow 39s Od to 005 per .10
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. d to
—Beef 34d to sd; mutton 4d to sd; veal 4
ost
Od; pork 34d to 4d; bacon 7d to 8d; sausage. 57
~" 'ter
lb. Hops d 1 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 31 P%cji
ton. Bark—Barbary 71 55 to 815 a; Valonia 14/kto 0/; Fre*
71 5s ; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per st.°o4
Hemp 321 to CO/ per ton. Fish— Seotch herrings 18s to Its! or
ditto 245 to 26s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9' Os to 11'
ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton ; deals, first quality, ,',„„;
second quality, 16. per 100. Hides—Market 145 to
salted 14s to 20s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 24e1 per o,
Potatoes, white 74d to 9d; Minions lid to 12d; Gns",o,
Peruvian, 11l 10s; Ichaboe, 91 per ton; Tar—Arcbs"
19s per barrel.

COAL MARK ET. —YE4TSRDAY. 34
Carr's Hartley
Davison'sWestilartley 15s €d Lumley l7O 3jl
llolywell Main
New Tanfield lls 6d Stewart's
9
1 anfield Moor • l,s 00 Caradoc
West Adairs .. . ... .. 14s Oa Cassop..
Vi'ylam
Wall's End, &c.
17s
Od
AdelaideWhitwo Trthe.. 4.3.
091
Elm Park
Percy l6s 3d Cownden Tees ... .... Oa
16s 9d South Durham ......••• 8
Walker
gd
.
1 od
Bell
Belmont l7s 6d Woodyfield ............ 4, lig
Braddyll
11 etton ... lB3 6o Nikon's Merthyr and
01, Al
Haswell lBs 90 Cardiff ............•• ,h 4.
Jonassohns ....... 16s 60 Ships at market, '

MB STRIKES ON THE MIDLAND RAILIa-•.""
goods guards and porters at Derby, some hundrlecl,
number, returned to their employment yesterdaY to of
uesday) morning, the former at their original 1140
remuneration, and the latter for the present at re"-tbe
wages, but with a promise of an advance vrhenelver,oto,
price of food becomes higher. Although the dire:oll
strained every nerve, from Monday morning "orl
Tuesday night, they found themselves unable to c 00
on their business without the assistance of their-ctil'
goods guards; but by extensive importations of 5003
tural labourers, who for many miles around may °wolf,
for very little remuneration, they had pretty /;1-00
swamped the more humble class of goods portal' ,ro'
they have been compelled to seek and accept a COl or
mite. The policemen and pointsmen, who a 110,110
tivo ego had their salaries reduced 5 per cent., au".,,bole
were too scattered in small "ambers along the ",oti'
extent of the various lines to act in concert, hav°,doare,
tinned the board to restore to them the small tro",;00°
which, they say, without their consent, has been trll
out of their weekly wages, and declare their inete'sbeir
of giving up their situations simultaneously
petition be not complied with. Should this really °ibe
the greatest danger to the company's traffic will bteotif
result; so much property an.l ro many lives ceng 011
depending upon the discretion of these officials, ear"
of the pointsmen. e
SWEATING MONEY.--A man and his wife ha age
been arrested at Belleville, charged with being OgPiere
in sweating five• franc pieces. At his residence for
Mind files, graving tools, and other things necesee',-
carrying on his process. Re confes.ed that be c,"OlSe
about 34. a wet k by filing down the rough edge °. opei
franc pieces and restamping the letters. -A °were
changer in the Rue St. Martin, to whom the filingeree
sold, has also been arrested. The purchases were real
larly entered down in books, but without tb°,
attercss of the seller being enregistered.—Galignl;l,o(
Hon. Henry Fitzroy had an interview vOt
George Grey yesterday at the Home- office. A 100'
THE WILMINGTONS ; a new Novel by the '1",05,''
of " Emilia Wyndham," and " Two Old lien's Tie`,.'oo°l
The new work of this distinguished writer is unc'eb"o agj
to be a most unsparing satire on the follies of ty 013
in which we live—especially the taste for ltetufeJbe/4
ostentatious display of wealth—the misase of 1..-,„ao,
the embarrassment consequent on extravaganeed I),#A
the base shifts to obtain money rendered necesie'lber
such habits. The story, we are informed, displays Aidf
follies in their most glaring light, and shows h°*fnie °
the mischi- f and how deed the guilt to which err"
this deser iption may lead.
ver deP
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tye
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John Olive.—Sold by all respectable Vendors 0,1;410',
throughout the civilised world, and at Professor
Establishment, 244, Strand, London.

BIRTHS.
On the 24th inst., at Northwood-house, St.. 10110:rfrOC
of
the wife of Mr. Sergeant Bellasis, of a son. the
Of
On the 24th inst., at Chawton-house, Hants, P'
Edward Knight, Esq., jun., of a daughter. grO'
On the 24th inst., at Bounds-green, Southgate,
Mle oaples, of a son.
On the 25th inst., at Park-place, Brixton, t/101/1
H. Linklater, Eeq., of a son.
wol
• ler'
MARRIED. go so,
.p.co
On the 22d inst., at St. John's, so,
Esq., of Ladbroke-villas, Kensington-park, to .0
and youngest daughter of the late J. Blow, Esc"

DIED
On till 13th inst., Frances Anne, wife of the It°.
Cole, M.A., vicar of Wonerah, Surrey. aged 78 :aienycil"
On the 15th inst., Henry Wood Sandford, of Ch r;,400
Oxford, youngest son of-the Rev. W. Sandford, '" sgei
of Newport, Shrops.,hire.
On the 20th inst at Southampton, at an
the Rev. Samuel Locke, D.D., formerly chaplain to
'
Highness the Duke of Kent. his Peg
On the 22d inst., at Geddington Vicarage, 5013,-,,,r911?
On the 230 inst., aged 51, Arthur Cuthbert
fe /v.
of Eastburc, Hertfordshire. „
On the 24th inst., in Conduit-street, HanoVet
P. Burrell, E.g., late of Oriel-terrace, Cheltenhatm„ Co"
On the 2th inst., aged 75, Mr. W. Challis, of thy
road, North Brixton.'
, printrO and Pithliahed by MI.TRPO Yn 1'0,4
C'froi
in the Precinct of the 5r.t.V.,77. in tb°
Middlesor, Thursday, December 27, 1849.