The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-31 00:00:00

LEGAL PROFESSION.
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Yesterday a general and public meeting 0.,,,
A -iociation for the Protection and Justification 01;
Profession, convened by public advertisement, 15,
held at the Gray's Inn Coffee-house, for the ;00,
of electing a president, vice-presidents, council 0.
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quiry and direction, auditors, and secretary, for
.sfed
year ensuing, and for confirming the rules prell%
by the provisional Committe for the government of
the Association. There were about fifty members
the profession present.
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Sir G. STEPHENS, having been voted to the ell .0
stated that the main object of the Society was to 1111,10
and combine together with a view to their 00"0
honour and advantage. Possessed, perhapFe of 133 ko
influence than any other profession, they had hitberl
neglected to use that influence for their own prods
tion. Attorneys and solicitors were engaged
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were in a personal conflict with all mankind, enu'd
conflict was too frequently characterised by rers°•if
hostility amongst those by whom it was necessalo.
conducted. Public feeling was often against tileo,
and their proceedings were exposed to be carped,!,
their fair profits pecked at, and their means of Me
ence even cut down and taken from them by itr
whose only object was to gain popularity at the°o6
pense.—(Cheers.) It was important, therefore, ob
the profession should combine together to resist,sol
attempts, and to endeavour to turn the tide oloit
prejudice which had too often run riot at
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expense.—(Hear, hear.) With the objects °' ,
Association all must concur ; they were as follonrfsibe
" To promote and support the general interests°,•ol
profession. To prosecute (if necessary) all unqn!'l,4
persons who may usurp either the duties or prirtc
of the profession. To originate and assist in too
ing all useful and practical reforms and am en,sll
of the law. To expose, and, if possible, pur.the
persons guilty of any acts of malpractice, Wll`.oo
they be members of the bar, attorneys, or olio !!!
To maintain the respectability of the profession 9
an honourable and liberal mode of practice. a
adopt measures for obtaining a co-operation wit,,Poi
law societies (provincial or local) having s',,„'"old
objects in view." It was important that they siiiii
expose and reform malpractices, whether in tyl
own branch of the profession or the bar, b 0 0,
should reform and purge themselves before they 0
tempted to correct the errors of a higher deperwitr
—(Hear, hear.) It was important also that the .#
racter, the honour, the respectability of the Profelt;
should be upheld by a liberal mode of practice, 0
sharp practice (which he believed was gene r5,1.,101
act of clerks and not of the principals, but Willi to
must rest with the principals to prevent) sh°
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altogether abolished, and the profession made 00
should be, " a liberal profession" in the stricter) !
the
M word.—(Cheers.) dr(
Mr. D. WIRE then moved a series of rules f‘ri Ili
gulations for the government of the Associatiotyl
disclaimed on the part of this Association anYcetr:
like rivalry with the Law Institution in Chaliblell
lane. Some gentlemen who had been favour!?
the Association in the first instance, had seceded yol
it because they thought it would clash with the (Ill!
Association ; but there was room for both, '1;00
co-operation each might assist the other. Kee
say one word as to the legislative reforms in tiwfor
tice of the law. The profession was anxious ro
real reforms, not alterations merely, but il°,Pee V
ments in the practice of the law. They wig' boo
to be made, as Lord Coke said it 5 ty:
be made—the perfection of reason ; h°,,,to
objected, and the public did not require, "00,
profession should be so cut down as that it sh° opt'
practised by a class of persons little above tbe le(
shopkeeper.—(Hear, hear.) They objected t°„!,130
lation upon legal matters by men who knew ll'
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of the law.
The rules baying been put and seconded weri'"
various alterations had been suggested, manY°
were introduced, carried.
Mr. D. WIRE then proposed that Sir G.
be appointed President of the Association, vl-
agreed to nem. con.
refl,4
J. Burchall, Esq., of Red Lion-square;
Esq., of Dover ; and D. W. Wire, Esq., we'neif
proposed as Vice-Presidents, and were orr
accordingly. • SI
The auditors and council for the ensuing
were also appointed, the number of the latteruk
silt of 24, with power to add 10 to their nut o/
Mr. E. CLARK, of Bedford-row, was 185 i.!
Secretary, and, in returning thanks, he stsithe.!
amongst the legislative reforms proposed by_Lt,e,
sociation, was one to render invalid all deeds'?"
a stamp, if not executed and attested by a pro

man. °I
Thanks having been voted to the Chair°
duly acknowledged, the meeting separated. -
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THE HARE AND THE PEASANT.—Althollgtiff;
of the pure-minded who offer incense at &lei/0e 1:
may not be conscious of the fact, is is neverthe4l4
true, that John Bull has his idols, to the syttir,
most sanctimonious face, he is ever and anon
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men, women, and babes. John, with a look or ot,
disgust, talks of the superstitions of the past eteof
present : he laments the darkness of the heat"o.o4
have their sacred apes, their consecrated
Nay, John does more than this. John unbtiVi
pocket, and pays men to build ships, that truth
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dom may be carried to idolaters. He enlists
aries—he sends forth the hopeful and stronet, 5
wither beneath a pestilential climate, so tu,llo
withering, they may be ministrant of civilizatet G 1
savage, And all the while—simple John--t"beir
paying for and labouring in these good worit._.4s /4,
ois own pet idols—his own baboons and alligew`"o
his " bold peasantry," as their constant victims' yo?
ere John shall again count up these abontillettiltbi
heathen, let him calculate the number of meth;
wives and families, sacrificed at every quarter sh 4
the idols of the landlord—to his hares, his I;7.oeqs
and his partridges !—Punch.—[We regret that
not also present our readers with the pieturti, 11'1
Game Laws, or the Sacrifice of the Peasant to tPrie
by which Punch painfully, but graphically, illus:ssi6
a few strokes of his pencil, an age of cruel oPPI:41 in)
STATE OF TRADE.—There is no ebanviv
gd
market this week. Yarn continues extreree!g
owing to the greater part of the spinners belly
contract, and prices are consequently buoyaet•ho
there is no great amount of business doing, "
are quite firm.—Manchester Guardian. -rt ig, e
DEATH OF MRS. SIDDONS,".-/ tb'groY
regret that we have to f
announce the death °',rils
spected lady, which took place in London on fro 0,,e
morning last. Mrs. Siddons had left Chelteilbsololf
she had been staying for the benefit of her Moos
on arriving iu London had a surgical 01311AteebF
formed, which she survived only ten dayS:,,:absitiff
stand that her remains will be brought to Dc"" r
interment in the family burying-ground in
60
churchyard.—Edinburgh Paper.
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PROPOSED PARTIAL REMOVAL OF -110,111,`
MARKET.—The Market Committee of the oeijol
advertised that portion of Farringdon market
Shoe-lane, for sale, in building lots.