The Sun.
London, England, 1819-06-18 00:00:00

its prayer.

Notwithstanding the positive declaration of
the Report, and the proposed enactment of ex-
clusion, the persons against whom that doclara•
iion and enactment have provided, are now in•
dustriously engaged in circulating their invita-
tions to confined Debtors, calling on them to con-
tinue their reliance in that Agency which has been
so justly condemned. The mode by which such
Agency is attempted to be still preserved, is un•
der the assumption of Attornies' names, who are
either dead, or are so reduced in their calling, as
to have no professional employment but such as
the Agents procure, and from which a small
pittance is allowed for their accommodation. It
is notorious, that in several instances these Agents
have contributed, by snbscription, to take out the
anneal Certificates of Attornies who were not in
circumstances to defray the expeace, and with the
permission of such Attornies the Certificates have
become a pr9tection to mal-practices, imposition,
and frauds, carried on under their names.
To guard against a repetition of the evils
ad-
mitted in the Report, much vigilance will be re-
quisite to realize the spirit of the preventive en-
actment, and your able Correspondents are invite
ed to exercise that vigilance. In every instance
of teal-practice or sinister pretension, it will be
desirable that direct information should be given
to the Court, and the public will confide in sum-
mary and prompt interference to defeat the insi-
dious machinations of the impostors. The penal
statutes already existing are not adequate to the
prevention of those evils detailed in the Report,
as arising out of corrupt Agency. Qui Tarn Ac-
tions are odious and disreputable, and the numer-
ous frauds practised by the several Agents cannot
be effectually prevented by penal severity against
the Attorney, who only lends his name to such
practices.
Legislative prevention can alone produce the
desired attainment. When it shall be clearly and
distinctly enacted, that none but regular Attorniea
or Solicitors shall practise in the Court, those whe
have been accustomed to encourage the illicit con-
duct of Agents will have an opportunity of ren-
dering professional assistance in their own per•
sons, and many honourable Members of the Pro-
fession, whose practice has suffered by the inno-
vations of empiric', may become beneficially use•
ful in giving effect to a Law which has been the
subject of reproach only because it has beets
abused by mal-administration.
Be assured, Mr. Editor, there is no want of
inclination in Professional Men to afford legal
assistance to misfortune. And when it is consi.
dered that the legal requisites for application to
the Court are so simple, and plainly direct, as to
enable most Debtors, who can write and make
figures, to obtain relief without the medium of
any assistant, and when it is known that there
are Societies for aiding those who are too poor to
defray the small charges justly attendant on the
application for relief, it cannot be insisted, with
any appearance of truth, that the Agents were ne-
cessary for the purpose and practiie they assumed.
A total prohibition of their recurrence to those
base pursuits which have been so justly condemn.
ed, appears indispensible 'to secure the Public
against imposition ; and under the enactment
which now holds out protection against the evils
heretofore existing, I readily avow myself per-
fectly willing at all times to render that assistance
which may be requisite for carrying into effect the
measure of Relief to Debtors, with a conscientious
and just regard to the right of Creditors, and the
expectations of the Community. Your's,
AN ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Crane-chart, Fleet-street, of 20 years staadiug.