The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-06 00:00:00

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" Calling to mind (says that great writer) that the com-
mon assurances and.conveyances of the kingdom (whereupon
the %stole Estates, and consequently the livelihoods, of very
many depend). are matters of ;:.reat importance, and that con-
cern most men ; and that therefor the legal learning there-
of must needs be of great and daily use. And considering
withal the mischief arising every where by the rash adven-
tures of sundry igncrant men, that meddle so much in these
weighty matters, there lieiug now almost in every parish an
unlearned, and yet confident, pragmatical Attorney (not that
I think them all to he such), or a lawless Scrivener. that may
perhaps have some law books in their houses, but never read
mote Law than the tracksidc of Littleton, or an igno-
rant vicar, or it may be a blacksmith, carpenter, or weaver,
that have nu more .nooks of Law in• their houses than they
have law in their beads, and yet as apt and able, if you will
believe themselves, either to judge of a conveyance, and by
the rules of law (of ail which they are utterly ignorant) to
determine of the strength and gotidness of a title or estate
already made, or to make a conveyance, or transfer the pro-
perty of things from man to man, as the most learned and
best counsellor of them all; and therefore undertake with g, eat
confidence and dispatch, without any scruple, any htisiness
whatsoever offered to their hands; whetein they deal with
men in their estates, as many that are called physicians
(but in troth empirieLsi deal with men in their bodies (all
evil fit fin. the consideration of Parliament.) How they pine
to this their supposed dexterity and skill is a wonder. ex-
cept that saying it false Nemo vast artifiex. Either it
must he born with thrio,or they must have it by education,
or they must not have it at all. But if they will tell tire they
have good precedents; 1 will tell them that a good convey-
ancer must be ai well able to judge of the validity of the
title, and primitive estate. of him that is to convey (which a
wan can never do without knowledge of the rules of law, nu
more than a blind wan can judge of colours), as to make
a derivative estate and conveyance by a good precedent ; for
.wire e.,( per catan.c seire, as the philosopher speaks. And
as 011, for ought I know, may a man be an aisle physician
by 'certain medicines only, that never read so much as the
'grounds of physic, as such men he able conveyancers by their
I,,,,gedentx only, that never read so much as the maxims of
law, ..N#Petts medicamentam idem cat ice enanibu.s ; for my
part I 044 isigeituokoh, profess that I Call bCall'e look 1100
.a.titlC•lo. de
,canveyance of, weight, wherein I
cannot aitake andiepOrtnore doubts and questions than I ant
able to resolve Oroti :mercer; and therefore these men have
gotten the start of use much. And vet touch marvel it is to
.see bow these I:avirielia- of the law
.(if I may. so call them)
are sought unite) and made tile of, and that nut only in Icsser,
'but 41 times in greater and more weighty businesses, aid
-4b4i WitituUt the lifisti4ucc of any others loom able god suf-

6eient, the which is not for lack of oppeinnite of ending
more teamed men in the law, ler there is . sufficient store of
them in all places, nor do those that et ploy these empi-
ricks of the law always save (if they thine. it saved) money
hereby: for besides the great mischief Lich is oft times
done themselves by the nnskilfilness of tht,e workmen, some
of them, by reason of their notch c'i4om. are grown more
chargeable than an ordinary Counsellor, whinie fee is cer-
tain and known.
" But of these emoirieks of the law, and those that make use
of them, I might say, as some time our blessed Saviour said,
let them alone, tlil blind kttle's of the blind.' How-
beit, being now called (as I conceive) lereunto, I choose ra-
ther to admonish them, and to tell the first sort, that I con-
ceive them to be usurpers upon, and intruders into, other
men's callings, and that they thrust their sickles into other
men's harvest, and that they have not yet learned that rule of
Abide la the calling wherein tiny are called, but vx-
ercise themselves in thinzs too high for them ; nor yet bane
they learned this, ne scour ultra crephlum, let nut the colder
gn beyond his last.
" But if you will say to me that these men do their worls
well, an ! their work loth succeed well; I will say to you that
the blind may happily hit the .nark, and it may fall too th, t
sometimes they do their work well, and it &tilt -tucceed
but oft times woeful experience sheweth the contrary, met
that many men have been much luischieved every where etc
the ignorance of these men, besides that tit, subject 'natter
of the hew is •oniewhat transeetidaut, and toe high for “rdi-
nary capacities: the manner of pJlting of cases is concise,
the distinctions and differ, nevi of law are so tunny, that it is
bird fur any man, not well read in the laws in general, to
judge or male use of any part of them in particular, and
rightly and fully to apprehend and apply the things hereto
set forth ; mod itterefure I dare not advise melt to rest alto-
gether hereupon. nor can I roiliest. to tell them that it is very
dangerous so to do. But my aims and ends teeing also the
uses and commodities I eapact and took alter fruit this wait k
are first of all that such men, before spoken of, 'nay see by
the yiew oldie infinite varie!y of cases, points, and questions,
as touching these matter.. discovering also so many bye ways
wherein torn conversant therein may walk, how much theme
coca to making tip of an able conveyancer : and that it is not
so easy a matte' to judge of A title, give advice upon a con-
vevatice, and make these common assurances, as men theaw
of, and that, therefore, non teat n more to suspect themselves
and others herein."
To this plain exposition 1 ran add but little
If the mischief is set apparent, the remedy is
erptailv clear. Let every professional man, who
does not desire to see his tionourab!e industry de-
feated, by ignorant and needy adventurers, COnVir
ill filo/noting the Bill, which is still ready to be
laid before Parliament, and support it by his pe-
tition. Of (helium which I myself hare devoted,
and the money which I have expended upon the
object I do not wish to speak, but it must be
evident that it cannot be attained by individual
exertion, unless supported by the assistance of the
profession at large.
Brit while I pass over in silence those personal
exertions to wlieh I have been proud to contri-
bute, and the sacrifice whereof, if ultimately
rendered successful by the aid of my brethren,
shall never regret, I canwit tom bear my testimony
to the active services of the numerous and highly
respectable Gentlemen who have warmly sup-
ported the measure. The E litor of THE Stint
liberally and gratnitously took the lead in -pro-
moting the discussion of this important subject,
and the ex onple was fol;owed with the same di,.
interested zeal by the NEW 'Vistas anti !natty other
J tit ;Ws Ilit'ongliont the country ; %skid, have
I hereby confer, etl a lasting obligat ton on our cause,
by generously offering their columns on the occa-
sion, as well as by the insertion tit many power ful
and useful articles which the discussion had eli-
cited. The Practitioners resident in the country,
time most considerable part of whose. professional
emoluments arise Iron Conveyancing, will also
see. 1 mist, the necessity of their active and
early co-operation. It is within their local power
to detect many abuses, and to note the practices
of the Cert;ficated Conveyancerl," some of
whom, through partnerships or other means, are
also acting as At tornies and Solicitors. Their
communication of these, and of tvii alei er other
circumstances shall occur to them as important, I
shall carettilly attend to and consider a particular
in your. But above all things, it is essential that
every practitioner, whether resident in toNil or
country, should exett his inflortice in support of
the Rill, anti contribute- his aid to the pecuniary
means of its prowess.
JAMES AN DERTON.
5, Inner Tempte-Lane, 30th July, IEIB.
The following Sums have been paid and received, cis.
4 s. d.
Amount of Monies disbursed 3BO u o
315 9 6
Subscriptiuus to the antit July, ials

Out of Pocket... .. 6t W 6

NVISANCE.—.II,IIeVikig the following case to be
unprecedented in this patt of the coinitry, and
considering the issue of it of the utmost import-
ance artadllS it, particular, and also of come
quence to the community, we think proper to le-
port it. A few years ago Mr. A. Murdoch, writer
in Ayr, erected a large and elegant !loose, consist-
ing of two shops and back-shops on the ground
floor, and three upper stories, in a ceutrical situ-
ation in the main-street of Ayr, and soot, after-
wards let one of the shops to Mr. ‘Vallace, jewel-
ler, and the othtrshop, and the upper tips, to va-
rious other teuants. Mr. Wallace took a Lase of
his shop for seven years, but after a lapse of three
he removed to another, subset the tote-shop, and
retained possession of the hack-shop as a cellar ;
and lately, he, in addition to his other concerns,
commenced the business of a tin-plate worker,
and then used this back-shop as a work house
for his men. Mr. Morduch, feeling himself a,(l
his tenants disturbed by the hammering and noise
unavoidable in carrying on this wink, complained
of it to the Sheriff as a nuisance, and craved that
it might be interdicted, There wet e various other
grounds of complaint, hut, as they did not mate-
rially affect the issue, they may be kept out of view.
After the custounicy preliminary procedure, a
proof was allowed to both parties, when the pur-
sue! 'rimed, that the noise was Si) loud, so COtlii•
11110115, and of such a dead, sepulchral ,wind, as
to be it ksome to ,he ears awl harassing to the
feelings of his tenants, while the defender, on the
other hand, spewed, that it did not disturii the
inhabitants of the louses immediately adjoining,
and that it was the practice iu Glasgow and Edin-
burgh, as well as it, Ayr, to catry on work of
nature exactly similar in the best !looses, and
most public streets, without complaint. The She-
riff personally inspected the pre vises, and after
doing so, and advising the proof, he found that
the operations Carlied on were disagreeable to
the pursuer's tenants, and constituted a nuisaoce,
and therefore grouted the interdict craved.--(dljr
Paper.) ,

Ttie Marquis of kLRRTr•oaD~ gardener. at ling-
ley, cut, early in the last month, in his Lordship's
Pinery, a pine, which, weiat,licd ten iiounda (tit
Ounces avolrdupoisr.

SUSSEX ASSIZES.—Lawas, Auo. 4

CIVIL SIDE.

NEWNAN V. BENNZTV.
for
This was an action against the defendant
maul, ing the plaintiff, a chorister of Ch;chettler
Cathedral. 'llre defendant pl Ist, The .•e•
eeral issne, not guilty ; and 2tl, A I/sillier,'"
-hat he, being the music-master of the chorister
g
-it the Cathedral, had issued orders to the etch
as one ot his pupils, not to attend A Cate
slid Glee Club, and the pl iintiff having disobeYe`
nose orders, he hail corrected him for his di°.
.n-dteuce, as he might lawfully do.
Mr. MARRYAT ant Mr. LAW 69 conducie3 114,,
dlaintiff '3 case, and Mr. GURNELY and Mr. CHIT"
the defendant's.
The circumstances of the case were thee: ,1
The plaintiff, a youth about sixteen, was nue'
he choristers of Chichester cathedral, 80
defendant was the ',vatic-master oft he Choir IT
neared that the defendant was in the h'hil
taking the different singing boys nyckisionAW t
hhseription Concerts, at Poitsmouth, Aton'i
it
ind other places, lot which he paid (ben,
laiment of a few shillings, he 1-tying Oleic 01'
peaces, but pitting into his own rocker `4414"i
e'er emolument arose from their talent,. lie "4:.
Issued an order to the boy.;, tothidding their loosi
tendance at any Catch-club, or other itOce cf
min:meta, without his leave. On the 4'
Mar;h last the plaintiff had asked the detetiti“liie
leave to attend a Catch and GI e Club in
.1•,4
town of CI) chestcr, which the latter retuted• .1%1
plaintiff, however, not withstanding this refiu9.4,l:.
;vent to the Club; but next morniog the doe-
ant, for his disobedience and conten,pt of his Ad;
thority, gave him a very severe flogging 4:lTile
cane, which produced several black 0" :"I,4is
marks upon his shoulders and other pots
vvas
body. For this the present action g
brought ; it b,ing contended, that the detelloas;:,
had no right or controul over the plaitoitni coo
duct out of school hours, or except daring
time he was in attend.itice upon the Cathedral 11,
For the defendant, several Witnesses were "01,
ed, to prove that the' punishment inflicted "Poot
the plaintiff was part of the discipline a,,,,
°OO
school, when the choristers thought proPer:e-tP
to private concerts or other places of amuse"'
in contravention of the defendant's order. der
The case, however, went to the -Tory.
n
the Learned Judge's directions, and they toy
verdict for the plaintiff—damages 51. its'
The Crown Side produced nothin4 of
terest, there being but 14 indictments, an
A ":00t
for the usual crinuesOf horse•stealing "10'
larcenies. Mr. Justice Assort' finished wegoe
lendar, with the exception ot one case, 00
day.

NF,WCANTLE ASSIZES, Atm 2.
The Judges arrived !tete yesterday e/e-al,"
and opened their conamissiuo in the usual t('l.- 'lO
The calendar of prisoner* for the very elle,":00
and populous county of Northumberland o,°,:the
we 41 e happy to say, may sere,:—'Otte 000
murter of a bastard infant, one for perjurf'
tor swincll,ng, and lour for theft.

MPLANCtioLY ACCIDENT.—On Wedne4.A
1; (01
jA
thet:l' 4 inquest:l,;so
junior,takenN 1 . Gent.
Walker,a(tC)
f oBrCoroner,
Grove, at Ives,
It appeared fro*" I'4
trice, that Mr. Walker, Nit. ranl
rre:beiroan;f:, °al►
d:en:5111.
iY
loet"),l(‘'si'llt3til 'trwoli'l'iti%' Fel lblesyi oroCork, tnn curd enrn " their"tlijo)Y. I'l/4:11
)5, sea, Iti a boat called the Bin I aeca'll; '11(1,
by the said .lintes Glove and coittier'"aluc
tt Ito had (ht: ni,nageweht of tliC bOl3l ri• lf(s
young getilltlll4, jag very „;,well 01/ tilie
5,!e from the t tfict ot the sea, beg et I°
iti!:
at teas ao,",(1 *od e Otc tlle
to retuning; (Inuit. on the ocean, ohe%
aboot half a mile of Shertiughaio r,ll
upset by a stiodeli gale of wind c,OllOl, :toe
them, and t',e boat sink. Sortie persoil4.4., die
log on the beach at Sheri intillaut, ."(15eel:-Ibtiff
accident, immediately tvelit oti ill A 1)1141 -710 ‘;-
Is,;statoce, but were only able .0 save tile 4 ltd
ev
Frost, Who Was sWittnini rnakin4 ;,1%
fort to reach the shore ; was taken '/-I:itie./
boat much exhausted, and ,tt,r,,ar(l4 chit
home, and we understand is now in a Oil.. dooi'
recovery. 'I he bodies of the other "Wily,
men were not tumid for some time Atter.'"
!'he Jury, after a strict enquiry into the cir
stances, and examiniug severd wittle'se4o%ler
turned a verdict ot accidrittal dcatit• fu
stand th-it a young lady at Cromer vra4
boo';
gone to %Veils with the de•ceased to the
but 111 COuSetilienCe of her sister out
way 'vhelt they started, she declined tollel
the voyage.---(Norwich Mercury, JtilY 31.: AOj, ~)
SUDDEN JoriN
TAGE, on Saturday last, sieiit out with
take a walk,
and they proceeded as far oda 0
(1
,
fields, wil het,. o sudden he fell tlO'"' "r nos' 1
D'
6
vainly expired.—A Coroner's jrV isea id
body, which brought ill a verdict---
visitation of God."

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