The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-13 00:00:00

FOR'TEIE SUN.

CERVFICA IED CONVEYANCERS.

" A trdi al/, ram par tt m."

Ma. RD'Ton,—Certain persons have of late
been loaded with ()Moir,/ by some one who
seems u) town, nothiog of them ; and as a Mr. An-
(.'etoon has committed himself. by name to public
iiidgment, in his Address to the Attornies and So-
liehors, through your Paper, he cannot be stir-
prisi d, however lie may be affected, at the notice
I now take of him in the same inediTn. Al-
though ao votive stranger to me, shail consider
hint as. a Gewleman of good int eittioits, and treat
hint accoithaigly. 'Nothing persotial will escape
Me, and should he think otherwise, he will not
forget that he began, and set the example.
lie says that these persons carry on cite Trade of
Conveyaneeis as quacks, broker) bholi-keepers,
builders, auconmeers, clerks, suit imposiorts. It I
adinii his ptemises itt part, I ditty his conclusions
in tato; yet I cannot contend with any Oteroy that
the Old Batrister has so forcible, br,t gcatra:ly
Said on the subject. There may be tools amorg
them, and in what circles ot seichee and fashion
-.are they not ? lint I believe he has not yet bap-
lisel any of them hut vogues and vagabonds.—
The sheet-anchor of his ohkction to them is, that
they shale the profit of a 'rade to which they
have served no apprenticeship. True ; but does
be thiiik it man can know lathing of a trade be-
cause lie has not gone through its ordinary. tram-
Dods ? Why so boldly art aign their sufficiency
'without giving any proof of the contrary ? Does.
lie snpeose that mere fin ins and ceremonies in.
serving an idle Clerkship, and to sue
MO du IC1)11 suits ill law and equity, or that all
entry in- an Inn of Court, and there eating com-
mons, as a way to the Bar, will constitute one to
be a useful practiser, or the other a sound lawyer ?
Many of the men he classes with blockheads are
then of legal knowledge ; but they are neither
Atiornies nor Barristers. This insinuates that if
they were either it would, by a sort of /wens pocus,
stamp their pre and super eminence in convey-
ancing. Not so indeed I They require neither,
though taxable for the sake of the revenue. They
itrosecute or defend no business iii the Courts of
:Ins;ice, nor can they, unless in the names of the
ndmit led ; but they draw common assurances of
teal and personal property for Attornies and Soli-
citors, ltillo cannot draw them for themselves.—
This is their crime. They are first made use ot,
And then condemned, though their censurers de-
rive a benefit from ittid cannot do without thew,
;Low, sir, is a liberal science, r• oinking only
laborious study, genius, avid iodination for its
acquisition. Anatomy, surgete,y physic, and di-
vinity, are the 8,1171 e, sod open 10 all men, with-
out any external rites and qualifirations. Old
Til•inlaS Warren was neither an Attorney or a
Barrister, but a truly sound Law-draftsuom, ad-
mired by the oldest jimicial law character, now
firing ; neither was Mai theW DU/ lie, but he was an
utile Convev,incer ; and both, with many more of
the like, were in high Irt trt.'sl . Such uteri commarol
employ. illr Andertou then quotes a passas,e
from the preface of Mr. Justice Doddrige's
Tonclistoue, which properly applies to the ist-
competent, not the sapcient ; hilt be has not given.
us tune instance of Mitiry done by any individual
whomsoever, as a pretender in conveyancing.
God forbid see should dewy I.) merit its doe re-
ward. What was it to the At toroies and Solici-
tors that a Duane, a Hotton, a Fearne, a Crewys,
c Butler, a Filmer, a Banks, a Boothe, a Smith,
tc. Were neither, while they drew their deeds
with Judgment ? Their call to the Bar itt the end
Was only an honourable compliment, and not to
prepare them for a trade they were quitting. From
Isis own statement, however, he is deserted by
those who on the fit st blush countenanced his
cause, and his attempt is unavailing. Hail he
confined it, like the Old Barrister, to upstarts, and
inert wholly unworthy the name of Scrireucrs,
,S'cribbters, awl Scratchers, it would have spared
these observations ; but he involves in his cen-
sure sound melt and Hue, men (Si tried and expe-
rienced ; yes, Getriemen of family and
education. Let him !tepee withdraw from his
purpose, n►is akeniy beneeoleot hi him, and leave
the subject as it is, e‘sured that igtimalirCof Con-
veyancing, Itke water, soon flints its level, and
ceases long, to impose or injure by its gradual
avoiihinee.

Here, Sir, allow me to say, that I approve of
impostures as little as 111 r. Anderton, and regard
Men of science and worth, as he would dn, it he
knew them, un,kr my name of
A CERTIFICATED CONVEYANCER,
nut au Attorney ur
(More htrefifter.)

ATTEMPT To BREAK ENNIS JAtt..—At so early
an hour FIS seven o'clock in the afternoon of tinn-
day last a serious attempt to escape front our
County Jail was diseoverrd by the vigilance
of the Turnkey. The at,t was meditated by
seven criminals, every one of whom were
senteneA at the lute Assizes to be hang-
ed for various offences, hut to each of whom
mercy had opened its consoling arms—their sen-
tence hail been respired. To reflect nu this des-
perate and ...ash act, alike tinctnrcd with villainy
and ingratitude, furnishes a melancholy instance
Of' the depratity of htmein nature, and justi-
fies the uld adage--‘6 save a knave froni the
gallows, and he will cut your throat." scarce
had the benevolent heart 01 a humane Judge in-
terfered for these abandoned wretches, than theY
calculate upon fresh vuormities--erimes more
heinous and detestable than those which had
doomed them to an ignominious death. Three of
them were disengaged from their fetters, and the
other four were tar advanced in their operations
to obtain equal liberty. Tie next step, had they
been able to accomplish their plan, would have
proVed a melancholy one indeed. Armed with
their bolts, there was no other alternative than to
niut3kfr the 'Turnkey and :ientinel, take possession
of the keys, and salty folth to renew (heir crimes,
staiv'ed oh innovent blood, and rendered more
(!esrione by the tetleetion,that the gates of mercy
ano tr. "lane be ever closed ugaiust them.
Liu oute/e. )