The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-02 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE, March 30, 1821,

That at the GENERAL COURT of the said Company, ap-,
pointed to be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on
WEDNESDAY, the 4th• of April next, at EleVen o'Clock in
the Forenoon, a Motion wil I he made, " that Sir Harry Ve-
" Feist Darell, Bart. late of the Bengal Civil Establishment,
" be permitted to return to the Service, under tire Proviiions
" of the Act of the 33d Geo. 111. cap. 52, sec. 70, with _ the
Rank which he held when he quitted Bengal, agreeably to
" Act of the 53d Geo. 111. cap. 155, Sec. 85."

JOS;•;PII DART, Secretary.

FOR. THE WN:

ATTOWsIiES SOLICITORS.
MR. Enrrott—The Letter which appeared in
your Paper p...n Saturday last, signed " Au Old
Practitioner," has excited my attention, and I
have too high an opinion, of your public spirit,
to offer an apology for the remarks which it now
produces.
That the profession of the Law is as honour-
able as any other no practical man will 'deny,
and that its reputation has been tarnished by- dis-
honourable practice is equally true. I fear this
will be found to have resulted from its holding out
too lucrative expectations, or that the Candidates
for admission to practice have formed an inordi:-
nate estimate of its advantages and emoluments.
No inducements can operate on au honourable
mind to adopt disgraceful or dishonest prac-
tices ; with other minds no consideration but sel-
fish views will pre6.il, and the only control over
them must be prdvided try Rules of Court, or Le-
gislative enactments, in order to counteract the
views of those who enter into: the Profession with
lucrative motives.
The Old Practitioner has throughout his letter
animadverted much on the respectability of the Pro-
fession, and has even admitted that the charges
of even respectable Practitioners have been
complained of as exorbitant. I fear the com-
plaint has been in too many instances found.
just, but whether. those exorbitant charges are
made by respectable Attornies, or others of a
different appellation, the conduct is alike disho-
nourable. BUt the Courts subjecting all Bills of
Costs to taxation, the Charges are to be judged
of by the officer to whom they are referred, and
the respectability of the Attorney cannot be ex-
pected to screen him from the consequences of
such taxation.

The Writer says also monekis..aimaterial in-
gredient in respectability. It may be so in the
aCcepran"ce of -marry, but if this .modern appel-
lation, (which I 'Cannot find in Johnsoti or
)- is only capable of definition by
the adjunct mOnc:y,-.'l. apprehend',
no proper
estimate of integrity can lie found from profes-
sional conduct. _Money, or as I would rather
say ilfoyen, is in law 'as' in war, the very sinew
of contest; bat,it has no more to do with honour-
able conduct than it has with the justice of a
cause. And it-a. man cannot be respected be-
cause lie does not possess money, the want of
that respect might 'induce him to pursue sinister
practices to obtain it, and, when possessed of
money,shield himself under what is called respec-
tability. Whilst an honourable man not posses-
sed of money might, with as much propriety, bear
the unmerited odium of disrespeotability.
I perfectly accord with the Old Practitioner
in the propriety .of:restraining admissions to the
practice to persons not under 25. years of age,
and am with him of opinion, that no attorney
should at any time have more than one articled '
clerk. •

But it seems most of all important, that Pa,
rents and Guardians who . intend their sons o;

wards for legal practice, should. deliberate and
ascertain the probable result of placing them in
a profession where it is admitted that there is so
little chance of gaining a livelihood by fair and
. _
honest business.

As concerns the practice of the Common Law,
there is- scarcely sufficient for -one-half of the
Attornies at present enrolled. It has been of
late considerably diminished by the operation of
the Insolvent Act, and the BM now pending for
the. more easy recovery of Small Debts will, if
passed into a Law, assuredly reduce that practice
to a still more-limited compass.—Your's,
Tenipte, 2tl April, 1821. A BARRISTER.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT'OF CILINCE4Y, MARCH 31.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CA‘MBRIDOE.
Mr. BLUM addressed the Court, and observed
that he had no remarks to offer on , two points
reserved by his Lordship, but requested to know
by whom the costs in this case was to he paid ?
LORD CHANCELLOR.--I think that as the par-
ties that have appeared in this cause have been
necessarily brought here for the purpose of ascer-
taining the rights of the College, the casts gene-
rally ought' to be borne by the pqmuN (:neauing
the College.)

STRATHMORE V. STRATHMORF.

•
]Jr. HART said he had read the brief which

lad been entrusted to him in this case, but it did

not appear to Call for any particular remark after
what had fallen from his Lordship on the sub-
ject. He thought, however, that with respect to
costs, the trustees for the infant plaintiff had
asked too much, for they had claimed the whole
of their costs out of the Scotch estate, without
saying a word of thoseof the defendant.
The Loan CHANCELLOR directed that the con-
sideration of costs should be reserved.

THE COURT - of DIRECTORS of the
UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG-
LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do- hereby give
Notibe, . '