Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-08-07

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Yesterday The Press informed ,iis read.
ers thFoagh : special Telegram from New
EOs&n oT certain higlf fees chafaed bv
lawEera imths RaudsFhi hilt wiIDease Az
waN shFFe stated. Me Heney l.. uhmtoa
charged $3.50. COO Nr. Clinsna vas
qttcfney IN the case, Which was weil
worked up, aud probably kis SID ecu.
|aniusl lhsaMsoe ln6aey sabensasabR him
lpe dRaectiae senRiee. and ether amsaters.
4pdGe IGe0rae ~ CpmStoch ai Syra-
ctlees ehaFged and Eeceived s8O,Od0.
We 1eAfn that III. vendeEbils deelines
Eana We ass J ~ J. adkss Nh
" sahgprd tbatlNRy AaEg ger shonA re.
eeiye in, one case, and that only Of o
short duration, q larger sum thar ono
lawyer Ia a million makes by Q lifetime
Of hard wOet; and We think that Judge
C0mstoek lwhose bill 6oF sitting 10 this
case and looking wise and occasionally
arguing point Of Law was very modest
In comparison with ClInton's) has great
reason Cor Commenting Mr. v Vsnderbilt's
generosity. 4E ba.. y71E Gg9'sFft
We leara ihat Mr. Scott Lord. the
counsel fog the contestant a the will,
received 500. 900, These immense
fees are beyoHd IN Sthihg ever known
Or heard II, nos oAly Gu hiseoa6try, bat
in foreign glandA. The famous ls@yers
OF England or. France have neseF re-
eeiVed such large sums even In cases OF
much longer eontinuanee. To be sure
there have beehp very few If sny cases
|iavdlSiag such ahiRmeSse eamoaht Of
money. foF there hays besa besy few
men, ia the World wpTth so much prop
eriy' as Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt len.
During the entire eight years which the
Eamoas tNasreA HAstink b tFial went on
none Of the lac @yers received soeh hea-
W fees. In the even more, amous ease
OF "Jarndyee and ysrndyeer tbe report.
eF Of that case Is silent in regard 20 the
fees OF the counsel, but We presume
they eOnsuased the estate. ! -
4 ErskI1AN the leadeF Of the English bar
ia, his time and one Of the most brilliant
lawyers Great Britain ever produced.
neSerrrceived q greater yearly income
then &G0s sR0OE seed RGt'meEsAsaa &5, ,OOO
\ in any. one case. . SIR, James Seaslet,
aheEwaFds Lord AbinSer, q very sue
eessfGl lawyer, had al Income eSftpia-
" aoa % exceed ErsRiae'S. The same
is lxneinf GarndwgsmHtamg WFuut Rng-
,lish lawyer DallaBlyee seaesVe3i lgOm
the RgItish Government . very large
Zee for going 20 Calcutta to Try . mar.
der ease, But . large part Of e Was cOa-
nained iwexpenses. rs as hns ,nHoh
AmeEica takes the lsaa in biwlaW-
yers' fees, and II il OHly wilma . dOSen
years or 30 that our lawyers have been
so lucky. Pinekney, Webster. ChOate.
or any Of our great lawyers "a times
past never dreamed OF such extFavagant
bills. The first great Zee eyer known
10 this county was received by Clark
son N. Potter in the foreclosure, Of the
Canandaigua railroad, not many wears
ago. II Is stated that he received 8 $1OO,-
900 in that case. 10 isaTepOFted that
Charles O'COnnog received $7E 600 ia
the JumeI will case and 800, 900 in the
Parrish viii case. In the latter case
gudgs I0in K. Porter and Daniel Lord
received large lees. Il b trdi rag
To, come 10 Our, owp eitY4 Which u
seldom behind IN anything, the late
Henfy Burden paid his lawyers up
wards Of e15 900 In che t6mca5s Spike
case, and .Clsancelldf WalW6Etb, the
referee ia, that case, seceiEed S50s s0OO
referees lees. In The MaFshsll will
case T0wsend q Bsown received 3z6,-
OOes4sTOy { NHK1 EEP1ess. s's's7l
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