New-York tribune., 1867-07-30

ltreat the 1.-TWO lawyers" to course of Chan
Gerry proceedings which would soon bring them
to their marrow bones, Wewould harrass them
with bills and subpenas, and discoveries
aud commitments we would bring great va
riety Of actions against them in the Common
Law Courts we would if necessary, indict
them for larceny we would try trover; we
would resort to replevin; we would attach all
the property in their possession, will included
we would have them sent to Jail upon an
average once week; we would have tha {
document out of them, or know the reason
why from the august lips of the Chief-Justice !
Of the United States himself. This is the
wayrn which we should spend our money,
because in this way we should soonest find ont
whether the "twO lawyers" really had or not
testament which they themselves believed to
be genuine. If it turned upon production to
be fabrication, palpably and Enthusiastically
q forgery, then we should not be at the ex-
pense of proving it. If it were prirna tac,e
genuine, then we could go to probate with it
with toerably light heart, leaving the " two
lawyers to pay their own costs, and por-
tion of ours into the bargain.
The report of the Committee made at the
ldt6 mceIlDk 5Ctiuo W h"'O OON"t
nature altogether too satisfactory. AS soon as
the "two lawyers have been brbed to DIS
gorge the document" all difficulties, 1t Is as
sumcd, will have been snrmounted, and the
iourishng City Of Leeds will change owners
at once. 1t seems to have been unaccountabiy
forgotten that there are lawyers in England as
well as lawyers in America; and that tenants
who have held lands for two centuries gem
erally get title not easily to be dis
tmbed. 1t is not popularity OF EnglIsh
practice to take wills for granted
they must be proved, as several hund-
dred volumes Of ecclesiastical and cOnsistory
reports sufficiently attest; and II anybody
thinks Ut easy to prove will two hundred
years old, to the satisfaction OF Doctors Com
mons, we recommend him, If he has money 10
spare, to try the experiment He will hnd that
faith in the two lawyers" who discover an
instrument Just when it is wanted, might not
be so large upon the other side OF the Atlantic
az it appears to be upon this. Time makes
strong titles Possession is nine points OF the
law. The men who are receiving the rents of
the Leeds properties might not be disposed to
surrender at discretion; and there would be
two hundred instead of two lawyers to deal
with, and perhaps even the whole House OF
Lords.
IL will be seen that while we have pointed
out the difficulties Of their realization, we have
offered no opinion on the validity OF these re-
markabe claims Even il we desired to do so
we have no trustworthy data from which to
make up our minds; but we confess that our
suspicious of the "two lawyers" with will for
sale cheap are somewhat grave. 1t would be
! strange if there were not heirs-at-law or de-
visees in this country entitled to estates long
! in allowance In England. When we consider
| the heart ache, the hope deferred, and the dis
appointment we could wish that it were other
wise We have known more than one man ru-
ined by trusting to these fallacOus dreams OF
wealth to be had without labor, of riches to
be acquired by good fortune, of estates to be
secured by some extraordinary chance. In too
many cases 1--WE say nothing Of the present.
some rogue is the moving master-spirit OF the
brilliant vision, and poor men are made poorer
in the effort to grasp an unearned and un-
merited opulence. We could mention gen
tleman, long SINCE deceased himself one 2t the
abfest legal writers in America, and whose
works are of authority in the courts, whose
whole life was einbittcred By the dream of
| great English inheritance. Fortunately he knew
we'll where to stop, although he cOuld not cease
| to regret the ldcund in the evidence which
! kept him from rank and from riches. We wish
| that an expectants might prove either more
| fortunate or as wise "a he