Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-03-12

! QuEsuoSs ASD ANsWElS.-ln the correspond
cnce column Of Noah's Times and Messenger
for this week, wc find the following queries and
answers:
! query Mus, not lawyer be hypocriticlr
! .iHSrSr: Wccannot agree With YOU that every
lawyer Is hypocrile fol undertaking cause
which proves 10 be mot founded ON satiSfac-
tory subSirGtum Of facts, inasmuch as the law
yer is frequently deceived by his Clirut, who is
himself often ia error as 10 the evidence, aad
mistaken in his notions as to what he can prove;
aud, finally, because, unless in very clear case,
tits impossible To know which side is in the
right until the Trial las actually taken place aud
all the testimony is in.
Qneyy:-Should lawyer decline to defends
client who Acknowledges he is guiltyy
| Aasscr'-ThiS question, although at first
view it seems TO admit Of but one answer, and
that in the affirmative whcn carefully consider
cd presents another aspect; for we can suppose
cases where parties under arrest have verbally
confessed guilt, when that pOnt--thc parties
themselves, even, to the cOntrary-cOuld only
be arrived at 10y thorough exposure Of all the
circumstances attendant on the alleged offence
The lawyer takes acase into court-unleSs il is
maniirstly and clearly weak aud worthless one
with view, as ii were, in the interests Of
justice, 10 ascertain the truth, the whole ruth
aud nothing but the truth in regard to the mat.
ter IN controversy. This is the highest ground
on which the practice Of the law can be placed
That more DO not conform TO it in their actual
course isto be regretted.
Query:--lf person born in Great Britain
eingTalc to another country, aud should become
citizen, will the government Of England pro.
tect him; and il so for how long pefiodt
AH'tsr:-Ihe old British doctrine Was "once
British subject, always British subject
that the allegiance was perpetual, could not be
released by the subject himsnIf, and that the tie
could only be seyCre'Ihy outlAwry. InprAeliee,
this claim has been. il recent times, good deal
modified; and i; is not nov sought 10 be enlor.
csd with anything like its ancient tigor, as il
has become, in fact, in consequence of the large
number Of Engiishmen who have become nntu.
rallied in other counties, impaeticaLe. Tfyou
have SO become citizen, and assumed differ.
ent allegiance, you cannot claim protection from
that which you haye alJurcd.
QRtrg:-Pease explain the supposed origin
Ofapplying the fcmenine gender to a ship.
AHsrer The principle Oh which the choice
Of gender in perSoniication is made, is that such
snbstantires as were conspicuous for the Attri-
butes Of imparting or communicating, which
were by nature active, strong and eiiicaciOus,
were made masculine, while such were consid
cred lenenine as implied or were noted for the
attributes Of freCriVing, containing and prodnc.
ing, which had the passive or rccipie1tin their
nature, or were peculiarly amiAble or beautiful,
You will perceive that ship" falls within the
latter conditions, and Is therefore represented as
lcmcnine
gnag:.-lsit proper for a young gentleman
and lady living in the same city to correspond.
AnsreT:- Whether you should open 4 cuITcs.
pohdence with lady rcSidingiH tie same city
with yourSel! is ! matter fos yOn to determine
according TO your own personal knowledge Of
the Circumstances As general rule, VIC hold
such correspondence to be unnecessary, il not
Iinprudcnt mot on the merely polite principle
that you should never write what you can com
municate orally, but because gentlemen Of an
ardent disposition are apt, on such occasions, to
put on paper great deal that they may not be
wi!iingto to abide by IT future time Explain
yourself, Therefore, to the lady personally.
gheB'-' Suppose person to be sentenced
| to one month"; imprisonment on the 30th JAN,
when viii his Time Of Imprisonment expire:'
AHslesr:-We think on tile 2Sth Of February.
Opinions differ however, on this snbiect. We
haye consulted judges, district attorneys. assis.
,ahl ditto and prison officers, but lind their con.
cusions ou the subject as diverse as tlose ofoth.
cr people. Some agree With us; some consider
that as the Incarceration would commence one
day before tie close Of February; while some
would extend the Imprisonment to the % Of
March, so as 10 complete thirty days. We
shall give, next Sunday, the usual practise on
this point at the penitentiary, BTackw.ll's Is.
lnnd