LORD WESTBUR'YS BILL FOR ESTIMATING ATTORNEYS' COSTS.
To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."
SIR,—As an attorney I seize my quill at your call, but not for the purpose of doing the little that may be in my power towards defeating Lord Westbury's views with regard to our remuneration. Attorneys, in common, I believe, with the rest of the world, like to make a living by their profession, but I do not know that they have any special pleasure in making it through the medium of "long-winded and obscure deeds," and as I understand Lord Westbury, he means not to take our incomes away, as you seem to think, but to make them dependent on matters other than the mere length of the instruments we prepare. He intends, I believe, to regulate our remuneration by the importance of the business we tran- met and the value of the property with which we deal; and if this is so, I feel sure we shall all wish him every success, and shall be quite willing to run any risk there may be of a diminution of our in- _comm. For my part, I believe that an increase and not a diminu- tion will be the result, if the measure is carried out at all fairly.
I am sorry to find you take the usual low view of our motives,— but I will not discuss that question with you.—Your obedient
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