LEGAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 129, 3 June 1870, Page 2

LEGAL.

To the Editor of the Neison Evening Mail.

Sir — As I see no reason why the gratification of a cheap and harmless curiosity should be restricted to the gentlemen of the long robe, permit me to ask

Ist. Whether the young barrister of the period is wont to indulge in mixed metaphors, and if so, why so ?

2nd. Whether the abnormally , constituted creature that is supposed " to be braced up to a proper state of efficiency by the spur of public opinion," rejoices also in exceptionally long ears ?

gratification of a cheap and harmless curiosity should be restricted to the gentlemen of the long robe, permit me to ask Ist. Whether the young barrister of the period is wont to indulge in mixed metaphors, and if so, why so ? 2nd. Whether the abnormally , constituted creature that is supposed " to be braced up to a proper state of efficiency by the spur of public opinion," rejoices also in exceptionally long ears ? 3rd. Whether a writer, who has a " postal" grievance to complain of, would not be more likely to obtain speedy redress by applying to head-quarters than by propounding a question in a local paper that he must know the Editor cannot possibly answer ? 4. Whether letters from rising professional men, containing mysterious allusions to 500-pounder clients, are not somewhat out of place in the correspondence column of a newspaper, unless they bear at foot the cabalastic sign (Advt.) ?

3rd. Whether a writer, who has a " postal" grievance to complain of, would not be more likely to obtain speedy redress by applying to head-quarters than by propounding a question in a local paper that he must know the Editor cannot possibly answer ?

I am, Sir, Anglo-Saxon.