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Article ANECDOTES OF THE LATE HUGH KELLY. ← Page 3 of 6 →
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Anecdotes Of The Late Hugh Kelly.
His die , however , was cast , and our Barrister now appeared in all the honours of the long-robe at the Old Bailey . This was a Court lie very properly chose for his debut , being , in the first place , principally confined to the knowledge of the . Crown Law ; and , in the second , as it procured him the patronage of his old friend Mr . Richard Akerman , the late keeper of Newgate , one who ( though — - —— i " seldom when The steeled jailor is the friend of men , " )
reversed this character through life , by every act of humanity in his office , and of kindness and good-will to his numerous friends and acquaintances ; one to whose memory we are happy to pay this just tribute of applause ; one who preserved his integrity i \\ the midst of vice , and his manners from the daily contagion of bad example . ' Kelly entered on his new profession with some diffidencewhat he
; wanted in law he made up in language ; and as he delivered himself with fluency , and had a good voice , he was heard with some attention . He drew some notice too from another source : whether he had observed and reprobated the brow-beating , and sometimes very rude method practised b y some counsel in the examination of witnesses , or whether he did not feel himself confident enough in knowledge for such he took
a practice , up the line of softness and persuasion , and interrogated his witnesses almost with as much good manners as are generally practised in conversation . This was reprobated by some of his friends , as not the usage of the courts ; but Kelly defended his own manner as being more agreeable to the laws of reason and civility . Hepursued this line for a or two with unremitted attention
year ; but his profits as a Barrister , compared with those of an Author , fell considerably short , whill . his expences remained the same : hence he became in debt , ancl hence he lost that peace of mind which is unattainable ivithout independence .
Kelly ' s income from his profession the last year of his life has been computed by the late Mr . Akerman , who knew it almost to exactness , to be from two to three hundred pounds /^ year . This , with two hundred per year pension , which it is said he enjoyed , ought to have kept him out of debt , particularly as his ori ginal habits could not lead him to any extravagance ; but he had imprudentl y , a few years before , set out certain scale of the
upon a expence , on accidental profits of some lucky hits , and vanity ( though necessity afterwards enjoined it ) would not let him retrench . Unreasonable as this conduct must appear to every man in his cooler moments , it is , however , not so unusual . He must know little of the world who does not calculate for the general force of habits ; . but when those habits the result of and
are vanity self-indulgence , they stick with incredi ble adhesion . Some dream on to the last , without wishing to be diverted from the flattering delusion ; others see their dance r but hope , in the chapter of accidents , to find relief ; whilst others ' balancing for some time between . the shame of indirectly tellin * the world they are no longer able to afford living as they did , and the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Anecdotes Of The Late Hugh Kelly.
His die , however , was cast , and our Barrister now appeared in all the honours of the long-robe at the Old Bailey . This was a Court lie very properly chose for his debut , being , in the first place , principally confined to the knowledge of the . Crown Law ; and , in the second , as it procured him the patronage of his old friend Mr . Richard Akerman , the late keeper of Newgate , one who ( though — - —— i " seldom when The steeled jailor is the friend of men , " )
reversed this character through life , by every act of humanity in his office , and of kindness and good-will to his numerous friends and acquaintances ; one to whose memory we are happy to pay this just tribute of applause ; one who preserved his integrity i \\ the midst of vice , and his manners from the daily contagion of bad example . ' Kelly entered on his new profession with some diffidencewhat he
; wanted in law he made up in language ; and as he delivered himself with fluency , and had a good voice , he was heard with some attention . He drew some notice too from another source : whether he had observed and reprobated the brow-beating , and sometimes very rude method practised b y some counsel in the examination of witnesses , or whether he did not feel himself confident enough in knowledge for such he took
a practice , up the line of softness and persuasion , and interrogated his witnesses almost with as much good manners as are generally practised in conversation . This was reprobated by some of his friends , as not the usage of the courts ; but Kelly defended his own manner as being more agreeable to the laws of reason and civility . Hepursued this line for a or two with unremitted attention
year ; but his profits as a Barrister , compared with those of an Author , fell considerably short , whill . his expences remained the same : hence he became in debt , ancl hence he lost that peace of mind which is unattainable ivithout independence .
Kelly ' s income from his profession the last year of his life has been computed by the late Mr . Akerman , who knew it almost to exactness , to be from two to three hundred pounds /^ year . This , with two hundred per year pension , which it is said he enjoyed , ought to have kept him out of debt , particularly as his ori ginal habits could not lead him to any extravagance ; but he had imprudentl y , a few years before , set out certain scale of the
upon a expence , on accidental profits of some lucky hits , and vanity ( though necessity afterwards enjoined it ) would not let him retrench . Unreasonable as this conduct must appear to every man in his cooler moments , it is , however , not so unusual . He must know little of the world who does not calculate for the general force of habits ; . but when those habits the result of and
are vanity self-indulgence , they stick with incredi ble adhesion . Some dream on to the last , without wishing to be diverted from the flattering delusion ; others see their dance r but hope , in the chapter of accidents , to find relief ; whilst others ' balancing for some time between . the shame of indirectly tellin * the world they are no longer able to afford living as they did , and the