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New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 721, 7 March 1866, Page 3

A Lawyer's Fee.—A capital story is told of a convivial lawyer. who lived in tli© last century. li 6 was accustomed to drink hard over night, so that -wlien he appeared in court in the morning he wa» not able to make a very brilliant display, and, although i man of undoul t;d ability, very ofwn loifc cases frr i his over-night excesses. He was counsel in a m<>»t important cr.ee, but on the morning of the trial it became evident to the attorney that little good wou'd be got out of him He leant back in despair, •when a sudden thought struck him, and he hastened out of court into the street, when ho entered several shops, changing sixpences into pennv s, and Pennie. into fa-things. When he cot between twenty or thirty of the latter, be put them into bits of paper, entered the court just as the advocate rose to speik, and put two into his hand. The fingeis closed ot« them, placed them in t-lie -waistcoat pocket, and a change beenmo observable to all in bis full and very clear explanation of the case. Whenever he showed anv symptoms of breaking down, the agent wasrcady With another refresher, .lie won the case, thereafter coine to a tavern with some fnend*, he ordered refreshments, and threw dovrn in payment one of the fai things still wrapt in paper, telling the waiter to keep the change for himself. The astonishment ot the waiter on opening the paper was only equalled bv that of the advocate, who, instead of finding iumunlf in possession of a store of guineas, had only fe, Ac" l » B recent festive meetirg a mi jrr" Ji mg'ntV) have kuown better, p.oposed lh a i^iG£ sStaßstte z m « How is it," Baid a man to his neighbour, "that our Sn, the laziest bab N !top. v .

GENTLEMEN interested in forming a TOLTJTTTEER ENGINEERING CORPS are requested to attend a Meeting to bo held at the Belfast Hotel, THIS DAY (Wednesday), at 6 pm. H. I/. BKEET, Hon. Secretary.