The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-16 00:00:00

BAR MONOPOLY.

The following account is given in the Law
Magazine, of a recent attempt to throw difficul-
ties in the way of admission to the Bar :
" It has been proposed to subject all candi-
dates for admission to the bar to two preliminary
examinations; one before admission to the hips,
in classics—the other preliminary to the call, in
classics and law. The plan was agreed to by
the benchers of the Inner Temple, and submitted
to the other Inns, at least to the Middle Temple
aid Lincoln's Inn ; we have not heard that
Gray's Inn was consulted. By. Lincoln's Inn,
however, it was rejected at once; so that there
is no chance of the plan's answering its intended
purpose, of making the bar a still closer mono-
poly. We cannot say that we regret the failure ;
the bencher's power has hitherto been fairly
enough exercised ; but there is something so
exceedingly preposterous in the notion of cer-
tain voluntary associations assuming the privilege
of excluding whomsoever they please from a
lucrative and influential profession, that discus-
sion should not be wantonly provoked. No
such regulation as the one alluded to could be
carried into effect without a struggle. Were
men refused admission to an Inn of Couit on'
the ground of their being unable to construe
Homer, petitions to Parliament would rapidly
pour in ; and where the same objection urged
against members of an Inn claiming to be called,
the twelve Judges would be most assuredly ap-
pealed to.* The benchers therefore had much
better be still ; and even their private scrutiny is,
in some particulars, objectionable. We are told
of instances, in which benchers to whom mem-
bers, personally unknown, applied to be nomi-
nated, have prosecuted their inquiries into, not
merely the life and conduct of the candidate, but
his actual income at the time of being called, and
his expectancies in respect of property. This, if
true, is positively intolerable. Lord Mansfield,
upon being asked what conduced most to a bar-
rister's success, is said to have replied, Bar-
risters succeed by many methods ; some by
great talents, some by high connections, some
by a miracle, but the majority by commencing
without a shilling.' We humbly submit this
opinion to the consideration of an eminent
bendier of the Inner Temple, who is understood
to have expressed his intention, since Greek
and Latin parsing is not to be insisted upon, of
proposing no man to be called who cannot
command 4001. a year for life. Sir James Scar-
lett, we believe, has been the most strenuous
supporter of the new system, Mr. Denman its
most influential opponent." •

" * Sve Doug. 339. and 4. B. and C. 858. Penchers
are not compellable to give any reason for not admitting ;
but an admitted member has an inchoate right, and may
appeal to the twelve Judges, from whom, according to
Lord Mansfield, all the power of the benehers is derived.
See Dougl. übi supra."

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL

TUESDAY, JULY 1 4.--- MO water 13 minutes past
nine o'clock.—Wind N.S.V.—Arrived the Perfect,
Prince, from Charleston ; Margaret, Gardham, from New
Orleans; Hanger, Robertson, from Carthagena ; Eliza,
Punton, from Laguna ; Columbus, Johns, front Mira-
michi ; Monarch, Hudson, front ditto; Lune, --, from
Quebec ; Horatio, Spats, front Montreal; Afena,
from Antwerp ; &waning, Masoner, from Bristol ; Jo-
hanna Margaretta, Put, from Amsterdam ; Lime Cobb,
from Newry.

CLICAKED OUTWARDS.---The Aquila, Taylor, for the
Cape of Good Hope ; Jones, for Newfoundland ;
Cemerez, Kershohn, for Elsineur.
Passed Holyhead, inward hound, at noon, the Thomas
Dempsey.
Passed Point Lyn ts, inward bound, the Henry Luke,
from Charleston.