The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-31 00:00:00

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''- 'tk Tll ditNlE§'iS.Nli SOLICITORP.:.
TO niu: SEItjEA.NT ONstOW.
Sits---2the Proftstion of •Altiat I hate the ii ii:
neur to be 'a
Member look•With:rntikili iiiterestte
the nidisures w hich it is tinders toed • y on: lia.*e' lizt
Contemplation to latrOdtice into the Mese O
'COrfintottii touching their Calling-and practieee
. -and they. rely with confidence on_ your praCtical
knowledge to watch, Over the provision's 'Whitt'
others may introdliCe, that their ProfeSsidnal jute.
rests, may not be wholly lost, sight of; utir.,sOir
respectability degraded. •
-.-We hear much of the diSresiiebt hal:3 ifhich. the
profession is frklueirtly brotight by the dishonest
practices of-Some of-its. unworthy .memberS„, attd.
we sometimes hear the eliargeS of- the More re.
.spec.table •;-complained of . as' ekborliitant.' Toni
Sir, will take care-that while; by the new'mea.:
suret'SoUght to be introdueedi, the public-irtte
- rest-is attended to,. no. new. induCetnentS. to dis.:
graceful; practices shall be added, by Withholding
frOM the respectable Practitioner the jukt and fair
rewards of "his exertions: The labourer is *or.:
thy of ins hire, - -.
The object of my Present:lietter:iS to" isnggest
for year consideration a measure moi•e.likely le
T'afford.ftctiritis to the public,and respectability
to the't!rofession, than any cither,l have yet'-heard
of.' It is well known that since the t.4;dgreat
sources of employment fOr. our, Engl;slt •xouth
have failed, . I mean the Army .and Navy, 014
Law has he'eri. Iboked tb as the most honourable.,
and,at the same time, the thost.iiietative prafes,sion,
. and the consequence hasbeetti thalduring tile_ last
five years so many have been articled; as tii'leav
little chance. of .gaiiiing their livelihood by fair
and honest business when they shall be, adMitted.
. Newly everg respectable family. has some .qem-
ber of it to the Law. There will soon be no
Clients left, and the ta wry ets to make business
must qUarfel amotiost themselves. To arrest this
evil ere-it be 'WO rail I beg to submit to your
serious consideration, the propriety of introduc-
ing in one of the Bills to be brought before the
Ilouse the,follewing proVisiOnS : . .
That rio person be admitted to practice as a"
Attorney
.or Solicitor, until he haS. attained
th-e age-of 25 years; a period saflicietitly early
for any one-- to be entrusted with -the.- manage-
.tnent ,of another. man's affairs and estates: That
no Attorney be priVileged to take more than
articled Clerk at a timeiand that not.until he has
been three years in practice. -•
I am aware that it may be said, such pro-
visions would tend to affect the Reveilo, and it
is true. In the last 10 years upwards of a mil-
lion-has been paid bsy Attornies in.- stamps upon
_Articles of Clerkship, Admissions', - and Certiti
sates. But the Revenue would not be diminish..
edy and the fespectability of the proresAen Would
be increased were the duties on Articles doubled.
-Money, if it is not in itself respectability,.itis at
at least one material ingredient, and I would say
that no person should be articled to a profession
in -which there are so many- temptations to do
wrong, who is not by some independent -property
placed in some measure above them, . .. .
There are very many arguments which' I could
bring for Ward in favour of the measure .1- have
suggestect, beyond the• limits of a fetter;cif this I
description, -but am really not. aware -of one
objection worth alluding to or-combatting. •-
With much respect, • .
I beg to subscribe myself; ,
Your most obedient Servant, .
AN OLD PRACTITIONER.

March 29, 1821.

INGENIOUS PERFORMANCE., --Mr.
DELL, residing at Ottery S. Mary, has lately
written the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, .the 100th,
and 134th Psalms, together with the 7th,
and Bth Commandments, his name.and...the; date
of the year, without any abbreviation whate,o
being no less than 1931 letters, within the c
pass of a.sixpence.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday -an -inquest
was held at Richmond, on the body of R.
Knight, a carpenter, who was shot by R, lYigley,
a watchman, early On 'Wednesday Morning:7 The
circumstances were theSe.' The deceased with
another man and a woman were driving -to Rich.
mond furiously in a part. The watchman re-
peatedly desired them to stop, which they re-
fusing to do, he fired his blunderbtissi loaded
with slugs, and besides killing the:
wounded the 'other two. The watchman at-
tempted to justify his conduct on the
.ground
that he was obeying instructions which he had
received, to stop all persons of suspidous. ap-
pearance travelling at unseasonable hottrA...:che
Jury returned a verdict of .66 Wilful_ Murder
against Richard.Wigley," who Was Iniiiiediately
committed for trial at the ,Kingston ASSIteS::
MELANCHOLY CATAMOPUE.—Mrednesciay af-
ternoon a most distressing accident occurred off
George-stairs, Horsleydown. The :Stisannah,
from Londonderry, -arrived that mortiiiigin- the
river, having several passengers on boar.dt.one of
whom, a fine young worrian about 17, who came
to London' in order to procure' aSituati6n,
ing to be sent ashore, got into,the boat for:that
purpose, accompanied. by -one of
.the,
They had- not proceeded far frotrk_. the vessd,
when the boat, by some sad accident,, its inset,
and both of them cast into the wafer!' They
struggled for some time, endeavouring- to regain
the boat, but before assistance could heyeadorA.
to them, they sunk to rise no more. They were
not picked up until next day,when,-atlow•water,
they were found lying in the mud, folded its. each
other's arms.
.The names of the unfortunate
Sufferers were Arthur Cook and- Ann IVl'Quire.
Inquests wereheld yesterday on the- `bodies at
the Dog and Bear, Tooley-street, and _:verdicts
of Accidental Deaths returned.
SuictnE—The lifeless bodY of a young gentle-
man of the name of ;GOLtop, was found in a se-
questered spot near Stapleton, about 8 o'clock on
the evening. of the .22. d- inst.: he had shot, himself
through the heart. He had been in a. very de-
sponding way for some Limo, Otiving,,it it suppoi-
-ed, to his having lost the bulk Of his property, by
lending it, on interest, to a- person .who- became
insolvent.

•
Tuesday a Genileman lost from his .pocicet,
while proceeding from. London to Bath, '
Intttl.
pocket-book

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