The Sun.
London, England, 1815-06-30 00:00:00

TO TUE EDITOR OF iiiE 'SUN.

GOOD Mit. tosttort,-;--1 ani a plain suit of per-
sOfi, and have- %arty finished a,,law-suit with a
trOnblesothe neig has been the plague
of the whole parish 'Yeari back j and;
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Wha-t with trespassing ul one 'man's ground,
encrOaching. Upon another's, 6iching a bit here,
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arid snipping a bit there, lie had contrived to en-.
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large his ou'il estate pretty7lianclsoaleiy :I.a job in
Which be,‘Nasc-abetteil by a k f •n
shrewd o a
Attorney, who had:.forced hiinnelf into •hisft...ori,-
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cerns.' At: last, however, Ve laid our
.heads to-
gether ; And in" tine grand-trial, we not only cast
this fellow, atiil foiled his Attorney, but recover- .
ea the pro'Perty•ot which he had robbed us. Da-
mages and costs , came toapeeity sniii,• von may
be sure ; enough to ruin our neighbour—for we
swore we would never hte A a -farthing while lot
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kept that ihischit.ivous Attorney t—aceordini,,,lyi lie
tuined the felioW off;; and took back the lir6tlier
of his Old Age t. .SO; Sir, as this was a good
sort ot.person,_ and bore a very honest eliractet,
we gave our tieqobour a release in full, tignedi;
and sealed glad enough was It to get it
Matters went on smoothly for a year or so ;
when, all of a n, back comes the Attorney,
and slips again into the business. TOs was not
f.iir dealing, you know ;—so we Sent a civil mei=
sage to our neighbour, declaring that we"had nri
Wish te; force the old Agent upon l,itn, if he ,Woultl
only send that fellow packing again ; but that if
he refused so reasonable a deinand, we would
proceed again for out costs and daniages. Our
utighboor took Heinously ill, kith( swore it
was interfering with his private eonccrns
cordingly„ he rejected our proposal; and tin%
ployed this very Attorney to seb tU law wiiik us
(Mee MOIC.

Well, Sir, the trial &WIC on—an(l.a hard trial
it was ! HciiVever, we gained a verdict ; and
now this rascally Attorney once more throws up
OUr neighbour's business stipulating, by the
bye, that it is to be. conducted in the name (if his
Sud by his old Clerks, who are ell niali as com-
ple:,e rogues as their Master.—These'(;entlemeri

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have takeh i.t in hand, .and now inform us, that
the Attorney is bone tiff; and our proposal agreed
to ; i-cquirin&;, at the-satie t:nie, that we should
abandort Our :verdict, and drop all farther pro-
ceedings.
This demand,seemed rather out of reasoA ; and
we were little disposed to let our adversary play
upon velret, as the saying is, by giving Wm ill ins
failure all that lie could have got by his success.
Besides, Sir, the trial had cost us so dear;y,
we
felt that we should_be worse than fools
‘if we
threw away one jot of its advantages. Never-
theless we laid the case before Counsel, who gave
the following opinion, by which we are satisfied,
► that a proposal cannot bind one party Unless it
I had been accepted by the other.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL.

" It appears that the Terms offered were cow litional only ;
" and as a condition requires not merely to be offered, but
" to he accepted, its o'..;ligations, if not reciprocal, are. en-

" tirely void. In the present case, the condition was /weer-
" dent; and, hav►ng been extinguished by the rejection of the
" opposite party, cannot be revived by any subsequent ac-
'► ceptance. As the. Defendant chose to run the hazard of a

"Trial, it is now too late fur him to claiM those:Perms v:hich
" the Plaintiffs offered for the prevention of Litigation. Ile-
" sides► it were grossly unjust to allow bias this double -ad-
". vantage:—he cannot now revert to the Conditions which
" be bad rtjected; and having hazarded a Trial,, he must
" abide by the consequences of the hazard. Therefore, the
" original Terms cannot now be required."

But,.Sir, use]. was reading this opinion, a visi-
tor strived in, and looked over
.My shoulder:—
" Why, my good friend," he exclaimed, " what
" have You to do with BuoNAL'Aicz and the Ai-
" lies? Here, you have been sending a case to
" Counsel, to know whether France can reject
and accept terms as suits her convenience, and
" whether we have aright to make use of WEL-
" LANGTON'S Victory it was in vain for me to
protest, that the case and opininn related solely to
my own private affairs ;, my friend, who is a-great
politician, insists that I have been meddling with,
the public business.
Dear 11r. Editor, what am I. to do ?—lf our in-
.lividr,el case is se like the national case, how can
I help the application of the same principles or
justice France cannot claim, after.
her
her de-
feat, the stipulations which preceded the_ Battle---
if, having 'taken her chance for victory, she
must submit to the consequences of, defeat, it is
not ney fault, you know.—But, pray, help me
out of the -scrapei for should the story reach the
man at the Morning Chronicle, he will take part
with triv mischievous neighbour against
Your unfortunate humble Servant,

JOHN BULL.
George's-,treet, Hanover-square, June 23, 1615.

Tuz THEATRE.—:hiss O'NEILL adde;l to her
well-merited reputaii,,n la-4 night, by her per-
formance of Jade Shore, a cnatacter calculated to
draw 101 l h those pathetic powers for which she
is. distinguished. The •synipatlty" anti applause of
a numerous audience abundantly testified the ex;
cellF•nce of_ her ,perfotmance, ‘vhich promises to
be as a:tractive as any of her previous exertions.
Yot+No was admirable. in Hastings.
Mr. BRAIII,m and Mrs. STORAGE -BRAFIAM gave
their annual entertainment to a very anmeroui
body of ,friends vesterday;at their charming Villa,
On 1.1:1•11e Hill, 'Dulwich. The company sat down
'to a plenteous and .elegant rev.4c.c, about fire
o'clock, in the rooms, and i11•1:11:7zrees oh the
La‘vn. After this dejetod, or rather dinner, the
.Duke of Sosst.x gave " the PRINcB RFQE.NT,"
s' the Duke of WELLits:GToN.," anti tuber patrioti
touts, which were received with Ole Wartnest_ap-
'plaus6.—Songs and Glees followed, in wh:ch Mr.
rioted Mrs. BRAHAN, -ANS: LILLINGTON, and. Mrs.
DicKoNs took pat t.--IUATOEWs • gratried the
company with sonic humorous snores. A charm.
lag Concert took place in the evcniog, supp6rted
:ktx e I`l,l:isi .0 DI e
,evii.a t4as ,
sNe!!
by
SALMON,I-tn7AaN.itt,d
of good humour and gaiety till a late Lour.