Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-29

are greatly disgusted at the prospect
of having their immemOriaI righ
and practices interfered with. The
profession of the law in England give.
an entree to all good society and pre-
ferment in politics and literature
| Thousands Join the Inns and become
barTisters who never intended to prac
tice law and really have no knowledge
of law.
Having once become members o
the Inn, they occupy the same cham
bers generally al, their lives, and i
they are bachelors the chambers arC
their home. DIR. Samuel johnson
Goldsmith, ThackerGy and other lite
rafy men, had their chambers at the
Inner Temple, where most of theil
great works were written, and where
most of their lives were spent. The
judges and barristers wear, while in
court, very unbecoming wig made
of white hOrse-hair, with three rows
of curls around it and two pig-iailS
hanging down the back. The regard
OF the BritOn for all that is ancient,
induces them to hold on to these
abominable wigs. But it certainly
disfigures the man very much. The
practical American is always asking,
when be sees such customs, cui bono
what good? What's the use? The
English lawyers are not as good and
ready speakers as the American law
yers. They are constantly interrupted
by the Judge, who often discusses the
points of the 6ase with the counsel,
and which makes a connected argu-
mem impossible TO the counsel.
The judges in England are always
appointed from the barristers, and are
regarded with great Difference, and
often with subservience, much more
than will be seen in American courts;
and, indeed, a subseryience to titles
and authority is thing which. every
where i'm England, strikes an AmeIi-
can unpleasantly.
1he court rooms of London are
miserable little dingy rooms, which a
police justice in New York would
be willing to occupy.
Ordinarily there are not tseats enough
in the whole room for the barristers,
and many of them are obliged to
stand. No spectators can ordinarily
find seats. The lawyers, even while
speaking, are crowded into narrow
pens with high backs, like the. pews
in an Old-fashioned church.
The three foremost lawyers in Great
Britain, and L may say, aside from
Mr. Gladstone, the three most infiu-
ential men, are Lord Chancellor Sci
bourne, late Sir Roundell Palmer,
Lord Cairns, the Lord Chancellor of
the last conservative administration;
aud the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn:
pronounced Coburn).
Lord Chancellor SelbOuTne is about
sixty years of age, and were ii not for
his wig, would be afine-lOoking Judge.
He is the son of clergyman OF the
English Church. He is a very reli-
gious man, and he does not scruple to
let the world know 1t. He is very
High Church, at least to the extent
that he has never been in a PFesbyte:
Tian church, and will not allow his
family to 90 there. So / was inform
ed by a friend of his family. Since
his elevation to the woOlsack, his ten
antTy in the country were invited by
him to an entertainment, on the Occa-
sion of the conservation of a new
church erected mainly by him. The
speech he made to them might well
have come from the lips of humble
and deyOut Christian minister. He
spoke of the vanity of earthly honors
and said the highest ambition of any
man should be to honor mis- God and
DO good to his fellow men. The best
collection of sacred hymns in England
has been compiled by Sir Rounded
Palmer.
Before his elevation to the WOOL
'ack, he was the first equity lawyer at
he bar, and his income was not l. IS
han fifty Thousand dollars annually.
His income as Lord Chancellor is
.welve thousand pounds. He is a
friend of Mr.. Gladstone, and
! Liberal in politics; and was offered
he office of Lord Chancellor a long
ime since, but he declined the honor,
he highest, in most respects, in Eng |
and, because he could not approve of |
he bill for the disestablishment of the |
rish Church. But his labOTs as COuD- |
el, at the Geneva Con ference, have !
forded another opportunity for his |
dvancemeDt, and he has accepted |
he honor. He has, perhaps. more
'ower than any man in England. He |
pDoints all the judges and all the |
reat dignitaries of the Church; pre-
ides over the House of Lords, and is |
he Supreme Judge in all the equity
aseS in the realm. England appoints
er very best men to WELD such
over. Lord Hatherly, the Chan eel
Or just retired on account of age and
l-health. is also very religious man,
Z bio-b ropa and nnhla obaroofar Ha
as written a book on Continuity of
SIR Roundell Palmer was an inde-
stigable worker, as all great men are.
[ has been his habit to rise at four
clock in the morning, prepare his
lses for the courts, go into theequity
Ourts, where he principally practised
IL, and go into the House of Com
lons, of which he was q member, in
ne evening. All this at a time when
e had more law business than any
ther man in England.
Lord Cairns, the Lord Chancellor of
le late conservative administration,
one OF the most remarkable men in
ingland. He was the youngest Lord ,
who ever sat on the wool I.
lck, and was advanced solely on ac-
punt of his Dre-eminent fitness, when
irty-nine years of age. He is the
,al leader of the Conservatives, and
ill be the Lord Chancellor when
lat party comes TO power. He is the ,
IN of an Irish Presbyterian clergy
ian, although he is himself men, ,
sT of the Church of England. But j
e is very liberal Christian man, of !
igh tone and pure character. In his
,untry residence he is far from !
lurch. and he gathers his Cwn peo- ,
e on the Sabbath and reads the Ser
ice and preachss a lay sermon to !
lem. He is now fifty three years OF /
e.
Such is the character of the men !
lat England delights to honor, and !
evates to the highest posts of influ- 1
ice in the Kingdom. As a general 1
lie, the judi es of England are men
unblemished character in public 7
I'd private life, and the best men to
] the offices to which they are ap- s
,inted. Public opinion is so strong T
favor of such appointments, that I
cry administration is forced to pre- 5
r to these OH es the men in whom r
e community have confidence, S
neither they are supporters of the e
or not, and it is ia f
rite way of dispOsing of a formida- :
e opponent by making him Judge. I
ne English people well know that 6
'on q learned, pure and upright Ju- d
ciary, depend the very well being
society; and how long will our O
merican people be in learning the a
me truth? n
The present Lord Chief Justice g
'ckburn was one of the most dis 8
lguished lawyers in England. He f