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41101114 prepare [Hatters of common place.
the SCRIVENERS fortnerly.did with credit and repu-

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Cation ; but since they ha've been superseded by
the assumption of usurers, it becomei the dignity
‘4 the Law to keep these lotusts at a due diStance.
It May be difficult to desc.fibe who, in partieolar,
'ire exceptionable ; lint in general none should he
allowed to practice as Conveyancers, who either
have not prepared themselves for the profession,

nr who are not actually in it.
Land Stewards to Noblemen, Bailiffs, and some
few others, may make leases and agreements With
the Tenants, and fill up bonds, &c. They form
no part of those who are well grounded Coovey-
lineers. It is the illicit invasion of a kik% till pro-
'libce by buccaneers that ought to be represse ;
la the early part of Elizabeth's reign, an Act
PaSsed which imposed a penalty on 411 persol,s
*ho carried on trade, in which they had not serv,d
411 apprenticeship ; and as it secincd to bear hard
4Pon the hidostrionS. the sun after .lettti min-
td, that a trade which nfl require special skill
\vas Hot within it; nor .7 an ipprt nticeship neces-
sary to carry it on in a t t 1 rt e, or tor any ttatle tint
Itftmed in the Art. it n.,s Iso held, that carrying
it on for see, n years as a master or servant, with-
-0111 into p,pil,ol, who I)ad !ot served an appren-
ticeship ,0 was ri.,t within it. The words are,
havi„„ 5...,e41 as an apprentice, from «hence those
who sehave worked is masters, and
their 'wires, eri r (le,rn!d sufficient to cat ry 'in
arty ,Where .y the I.•4riiiil rigour of this Act
Was sottetn d by general adjodiclttions, down to
tte. time s,f Mr. Serjeant Onslow's Act, for int-
Provement ibrreni.
Apply this 'doctrine to the Bill proposed, and
•!!andinlv ask whether it he necessary ? Many in-
terlopers in Cnnveyancing derive considerable
Nofit from r, as no wore than QUACKS. Are
Ilt&se competent ? 1! not, their ends will soon
he subdued ; t heir ignorance discovered, end none
Will employ than AR in trade, %vitas() sells a
had article will decrease his enstoin, in like man-
tier the has.ard Conveyancer will be avoided, and
thus :lie esil of both will be cured, without the
intended Bill.
It is hard to distinguish the able, from the in-
Potent , in l,e business of Conancing. No
Ulan should be locked not from any occupation he
is fitted for, whythri in trade, counnerce, or oilier-
aud as to his fiine•s no previous examina-
tion can be equal io experience. Who examines a
liarristcr ?—No one ! tie pats himself in the
balances, and if he be forma wanting, he fails in
Lis put puss Who examines an' Attorney ?—A
Judge at Chambers'? anti having asked him whe-
Thee or not he koo.vs his business ? he answers
thot.gh improbable he sinyabl.
On the whok, what is meant by the name Con-
Itvancer In lac Law, it IS the indicious drafts-
roan of com,non assurances. Among mounte-
baiAs, it is a ing•giel with his cups and balls ; and
aitong ti,teecs, it ie he suitting of property out
of the Lands .! the lawful owner into their own,
It is indefinite. Our Sir Thomas Moore, Sir
colLy Vahner„ Sir Orlando Bridgman, Sm. were
Lawyers, and who are they of hat, r date that de-
terve the uame ? A Fitmer, a Booth, a Banks,
a Duane as were a Warren, a Fry, a Grifli
6,e., in law proceedings ; but these were always
in ;heir learned employ, though neither Barristers
nor Attornies, and-they prepared many to become
both.
Let, then, a fair comparison be made between
Teter ins in ability, aud modern pretenders of no
ability, *hove the cunning of Jew brokers and
money-lenders ; 'rho have none of their own
when, it it be Possible to separate them, let the
one be p:otected by law, and the other by law
excluded.

AN OLD BARRISTER.

*** The subject of the foregoing Letter, and
the discussion to which this Paper first gave occa-
sion, has, we find, male a strong impression on
the Members of the Law.—We have received the
thanks of many of I hat Profession, Barristers as
well as Actoruies, and nur Paper shall be freely
open to whatever may tend to advance its interests
and support its credit.

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A noted Boatman on an Italian Lake, :of mo
Bern celebrity, should be more cautions in the
anecdotes with which he amuses his' passengers.
This fellow, it is said, deals out scandal by whole-
sale, without regard to sex, rank, or character.
The breakfasts of English Ladies in " the Golden
days of Good Queen Bass" consisted of beef-steaks
and mild ale ; but now, forsooth, it is said to be
the fashion of some a our expatriated dames, to
indulge themselves at that meal with red herrings
and brandy !
BoxErts.—Vcsterday the long-pending hattle
between Painter and Sutton the Black, took place
within fourteen miles of Norwich ; and, after
titing an hour and forty-three minutes, the
Black was beaten.
CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 17.—Owing to con-
trary winds we have had no fresh Arrivals since
Monday, and this morning we have Ito ercat deal
of business doing ; the feat sales made in Fine
%Vheat and Oats were at Monday's prices ; Fine
Barley supports its price.—ln Pease and Beans
there is no alteration.
Yesterday morning, about half-past six o'clock.
one of the chiinnies in the Bank of England caught
fire, and burnt furiously for a short time ; some
persons going by at the time observed the flames
and rang the bell, when ten or twelve of the
porters appeared on the roof and succeeded in put-
ting it out.
Mr. CURWEN has commenced a most extensive
experiment in feeding with salt. The period is
yet too short to speak decisively. Already, how-
ever, sticks of all kinds give the most decisive
proof of thyeir predilection for salt : it renders the
wildest animals donde and familiar.