LETTER VI.

_PROFESSIONS--LAW._

Quid leges sine moribus Vanæ proficiunt?

_Horace_ [Lib. III. _Od._ XXIV. vv. 35-6].

Væ misero mihi! Mea nunc facinora aperiuntur, clam quæ speravi fore.

[Plaut. _Trucul._ Act IV. Sc. 3, vv. 20-1].

Trades and Professions of every Kind to be found in the Borough--Its Seamen and Soldiers--Law, the Danger of the Subject--Coddrington's Offence--Attorneys increased; their splendid Appearance, how supported--Some worthy Exceptions--Spirit of Litigation, how stirred up--A Boy articled as a Clerk; his Ideas--How this Profession perverts the Judgment--Actions appear through this Medium in a false Light--Success from honest Application--Archer a worthy Character--Swallow a Character of different Kind--His Origin, Progress, Success, &c.