Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-08-21

THE LATE LORD WrsrnuRY.-The death
of Lord Westbnry will revive many an
oft-:old story Of that eminent judge. One
who knew him well has thus written Of
him. and as the incident is given in pub
llcation that few persons can have seen, it
is well worth repeating: being once re-
tained bv Yorkshire squire in a very i'm
por'ant family fight. he was asked as an
immense favor to look at his brief lust be-
fore going into court, and he did so; bat
as 1t had been impossible previously to rely
on so unusual mark Of grace. a relative Of
the Yorkshire gentleman, also barrister.
aud deeply interested in the issue. hid
employed several mouths in coaching up
the junior counsel. who was likewise a le-
gal celebrity. When the case was called
on. point at once arose which demanded
complete knowledge OF the very in:ri-
cate details Of the suit, and then il appear
cd that the junior, who should have been
perfectly familiar with them. was quite at
fault. He looked down and looked up.
bit his lips. and blushed. Ills leader eyed
BIN carclessly while he puzzled over his
heaps of meaningless papers, and the tan
gied thread of his discourse got into mex
tricablc confusion, and then solved the rid
de in sentence. "You will find your
answer there said he with tranquil as
snrance, pointing 10 passage in the brief.
and then he won verdict. Faith, Sir
Richard said the grateful squire. who
had witnessed this marvel, Il never thought
30 see 50 great gun loaded with such
small shot" In 80 saying the provincial
maenatc gave utter"ncc to common
thought. and these who think it seem al
ways to wonder how large mind should
have great capacity. lie was a con-
summa'e master Of sarcasm The sting of
h hi> satire WAS deadly. it smote down gross,
chokci their Iaunts ris forever. flss word, and
armor o: impulence. no quilting of cal
louSnrSs protected them.
Rich oppress"rs who wanted to do wrong
by law were oblig d 20 keep sharp lock-
out for him. and to buv him over or to
buy him off through their attorneys, as
our natural custom is. or to give up their
evil intentions. Wealthy corporations Of
pcpulouS cities and public companies gor-
ccl and made nrrvons wi.! fat old abuses
of all kinds grcedily fed him 70 prevent
bis being retained to di$comit them
Even then they were not always secure,
for his scorn Of stupid folk WIS pitiless,
and he humbled them often On one oc-
casun dull man, much rcvorenced BY a
board of directors. asked him to repeat an
observation. and he did 50. remarking in
cidentally TO the directors that nature had
forgotten to give their chairman loug ears
lie had drawing. supercilious. cynical
manner OF saying such things. which al
most drove his victims mad with rage -
His vanity, fnstercd BY constantly recur-
ring evidence of the remarkable difference
between himself and all ordinary men. at
! last became so intolerahle that no one.
however experienced. dared presume to
offer him the smallest suggestion in the
conduc, OF 4 case lie never lost sight of
clients interest, and often gave the price
less all OF his services frankly and free OF
cost. He would even look ont friend
whose all was staked on Lawsuit, and de-
liver him. \ poor gentleman crushed
and broken by sorrow, and with all the
hopes of his life overwhelmed by indis-
crim;nate ruin, was startled .ate on Sasur-
day afternoon by visit from the shrewd
ani generous counsellor. Sir Richard
Bethel took him to his country house
and gave him all the time he had till Mon
day that he might see how to win the poor
mans way to life and hope again: and be
did 50. and then went snceriug aud carp
ing into court, as usual. with that soft
weak, magnanimous hear. Of his.