The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-02-04

you, but have a particular business t.
attend to. 1t will take me just on,
hour
OF course there was look or two in,
terchanged. especially by every female
there present; but the confidence in him
was too great to be disturbed, and this
was his first eccentricity.
He left them, went to Gray's Inn. put
down his name as a student for the bar
paid away his wife's dowry in the fees.
and returned within the hour.
Next day the married clerk was at the
sftice as usual. and entered on two-fold
life. He worked as a clerk till five: dined
in the hall Of Gray's Inn as a sucking
barrister and studied hard at night. This
was followed by still stronger example
of duplicate existence. and one without
parallel in my reading and experience
he became writer, and produced n mas
er-piece. which us regarded the practice
of our courts became ut once the manual
of attorneys, counsel. and judges. The
author. though his book was entitled
practice, showed some qualities OF a
jurist. and corrected soberly but firmly
unscientitic Legislature and judicial blum
ders.
So here was student of Gray's Inn.
supposed to he picking up in that Inn "A
small smattering of law. Yet. to Diversity
l..
counsel. and correcting the judges them
selves, at whose chambers he attended
daily. cap in hand AS an attorney s clerk
| There's an intellectual hntcII- ch fnl
YOU. All this did not in his Iun qnalif,
him to be IA barli>t"r; but years and DIN
nerS did. Alter some weary wears he
took the oaths at Westminster. and Va
Gated BY that act his place in Bishops
office. salary included. aud was paup,'r
| for an afternoon But work that ha>
been long and tediouSly prepared can be.
executed quickly. and adverse circum
Stance., when Perseverance, cunquer>
them, turn round and become allies.
| hC CA-CISih dIu bdI!lSltE
pl"wed aud Sowed with such pain am
labor that he reaper, with comparative,
ease. Half the managing clerks in Lon
don knew him and believed in him. They
had the ear of their employers. and
brought him pleadings to draw and mo-
tions to make. His book too. brought
| him clients. and ha was Sn,, f,n
reer as Il junior counsel and special
pleader. Senior counsel soon found that
they could rely upon his zeal. accuracy
and learning. They began to request
different cases. and he became first junior
counsel at the bar; and SO much for Per-
severance.
Time rolled its ceaseless course, ard a
silk gown was at his disposal. Now a
popular junior can not always afford To
take silk. as they call it. Indeed, if he
is learned bnt not eloquent, he may ruin
himself by the change. But the remark
able man whose career am epitomizing
did not hesitate; he still pushed onward.
And so one morning the Lord Chancellor
sat for an hour in the Queens Bench.
and Mr.. Robert Lush was appointed one
Of her Majesty's Counsel. learned in the
law, and then and there. bv the Chancel-
lnr's invitation. stepped out from among
the juniors. and took his seat within the
| bar. So much for Perseverance.
From tins point the outline Of his ca,
| reer is known to everybody. He was
appointed in 1865 one of the Judges of
the Queens Bench, and after sitting in
that court some years, was promoted t"
be "A Lord Justice ef Appeal. A few
| days ago he died. lamented and revered
by the legal profession. which is very
critical. and does not bestuw its respect
lightly.
knew him only as Queen Counsel.
had him against me once. but oitener fer
me. because my brother III ,ught him
even then the best LAWYER and the most
Jealous at the bar. and ALWAYS retained
him if he could. During the period
knew him personally Mr.. Lush had still
a plump unw,inkled cheek and IA Singh
larly bright eye. His voice was full.
mellow. and penetrating; it filled til.
cnnrt without apparent effort. and az
corded well with his style of el"qnence.
which was what Cicero calls the t,mpcro-
| tnm gems lOqucndi.
Rrasnuin. carried to perfection is on,
of the fine ants. An argument by Lu>i
unclaimed the ear and charmed the ur,-
Outstanding. He began at the beginning.
and each succeeding topic was articu-
lated and disposed of. and succeeded b,
| its right successor. in language SO fiji
and order So lucid that he rooted and
grew conviction in the mind-tnntuH.
series nerur"qpe p"Uc"t.
never heard him at Ni>i Prius. bu'
should think he could no nothing ILL., Vet
would be greater at convincing judy, :
than at persuading iurieS right OF wrong:
for at this paStime h, would have had IL.
escape from the force OF his own undrl-
standing, whereas | have known conn
Sci. blatant and admired. whom nativ,
and flippant tluency had secured against
that difficulty.
He was aitable to clients. and | had
more than one conversation with him.
very interesting to me; hnt to intrudr
these would be egotistical. and disturb
The just proportions of this short notice.
| hope some lawyer VIII, knew him wei
as counsel and Judge will give us his dis
tinctive features. if it it only to correct
those vague and colorless notices of him
that have appeared.
This is due to the legal profession. But
| after all his early career interests much
wider circle. We can not all be Judges
| but we can all do great things by the
perseverance which from an officer boy
made this man a clerk, a counsel, and Il
Judge. Do but measure the difficulties
he overcame in his business With the diff
| ticulty of rising i'll any art. profession. 81
honorable walk. and down with deSpond-
oncS whine and the groans of self-de-
ceiving laZluess. You who have Youth
and health. never You quail at those
two jailers of the during heart, low birth
| and iron fortune
See what becomes Of those two bng
bears when the stout champion Singh.
Heart and the giant Perseverance, take