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      The Protection Of Women And Serjeant Ada...

      The Assistant-Judge—Is this meant as intimidation ? Mr . Parry said he was but doing his duty . If the notion he now made was refused , the matter would be j rought before the Secretary of State , and it would then be seen whether these epithets were justifiable on a gentleman equal in rank and of as high honour as- the Assistant-Judge himself ; and they would then obtain that justice -which has been refused them here . The Judge protested against language being used to him which would not have been addressed to any other Judge , and mentioned that Mr . Parry had made an attack on him on a matter of "which he had no formal knowledge , as he had not attended to the cases himself .

      " One of the case 3 -was tried at Westminster , and the other two at Clerkenwell . In tie one , the jury was not called upon , to give any verdict at all , it was so disgust " ing ; and he would repeat it again , disgusting .: When the costs were allowed in that case , he told the officer of the society that he hoped such a case would not be brought before the court for the future . What he said on the preceding day he would now repeat . If the society was well managed , and its operations properly conducted , it would be . a valuable one , and would do a good deal of : public good ; but £ f , not , and such cases as those now in question were taken up , by it , instead of

      beangagood , it would become a nuisance . When he said he should disallow the costs , he did not intend that to apply to the witnesses who had been bound oveT , but to . the costs incurred by the society . The witnesses were paid , but the latter was not ; and a surgeon who had been subpoenaed , but not ; bound over , had . to make , a special application , and his fee was allowed- It had been distinctly , asserted that the society did notvolunteer prosecutions . The father of one of the girls - stated to him on oath that he gave- instructions , to * no one , an . d that the society took up the case through seeing it men ^ ticned in tha , newspapers . "

      He complained of the animus , of the attack ; made on him by Mr . Parry ^ who called him " Serjeant Adams , "instead of using the ordinary " my-lord , " and ended with a , threat of bringing the matter before the Secretary of State ; which he hoped would be done , as the notes of the case would-be laid before that functionary . A more disgusting- case than the first tried-the day hefdre he nev « rsaw , and hewoutdnot unsay anyone-thing

      he had said :- If- 'the society took up such-cases as those three , it would become ¦ a nuisance instead of a public advantage , which it would be if properly conducted * He did not think the society ought to take -up suah cases on seeing them in the newspapers ; and with . respect to tie costs in-those now under consideration , he wished it K > go forth , that though he said he shouli not allow the costs , the ordinary costs- to the witnesses were allowed * and the society ' s costs refused . Mr . Lawrence said he did not apply for them .

      The Assistant-Judge remarked thereupon that the counsel who . was present did not ask for the costs , while a counsel who was absent afterwards came and attacked him in open- court , and threatened to bring the matter before the Secretary of State if he did not allow them . It was not endurable ; it was sufficient to make the blood boil in one ' s veins to be thus treated after a professional experience of over forty years . As the learned serjeant resumed his seat there was some applause , but it was speedily repressed . Mr . Payne- ( the senior member of the bar present ) said' that speaking for himself , he thought such an occurrence was a , discredit to the bar , and he was sorry that any man-at the bar could' be found to . make a motion in tho terms which had been used by Mr . Parry . A magistrate present was about malce ,. some observation , when

      Mr . Parry rose and . made a remark -with reference to the term- " discredit" used by Mr . Payne , but it waa lost inithe confusion -which prevailed'at the moment . There were a good many interruptions during the discussion . So ended the latest " scene" at tho Middlesex Ses-Bions .

      L°L 4 The Leader. [Saturday,

      l ° l 4 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

      Continental Notes: Thh Dibits Says :—" W...

      CONTINENTAL NOTES : Thh Dibits says : — " Wo have received a piece of ' news which at all times could not have failed to produce a great sensation in the industrial world , but which in tho present state of things assumes « U tho importance . of a political event . On Saturday * the Emperor Francis Joseph ; signed at Vienna » , treaty , conceding , to a company of ( capitalists , represented by MM » Pcroiraand E . Andre , of Paris , and by MM > SLna and Eskolca , of Vienna , tho railway lineji hitherto constructed and worked by tho State , in the * kingdoms of Bohemia and

      Hungary . Wo are not yot completely acquainted with the conditions on which tlu # important , affair , hat ) been concluded , but wo < think wo can state that tho oapHaliate who hayo brought theso laborious negotintious to a successful issue , have entered into them only with tho full conviction that tho Austrian government will not place its policy in opposition to that of tho Western Powers , Thus has been terminated this ulVuir , which will produce to tho Austrian government , in addition to the * 600 milUonu of florins . accruing from tho loan , very considerable resources .

      It is stated by a correspon-dent of the Dublin Weekly Telegraph that " The Austrian Government has discovered that Russian agents are endeavouring to excite a revolt in Hungary , and it has , in consequence , caused 150 persons to be arrested . Amongst these appear the names of six heads of commercial houses , and thirty Greek priests from the Banat . « All steamers arriving from the Lower Danube have been stopped at Pesth and strictly , examined , as well as the passenger * oil board . "

      Accounts From Madrid Mention Reports Of ...

      Accounts from Madrid mention reports of there being differences in the Cabinet upon various important questions , the solution of which has been postponed in consequence ; they are the general theme of conversation in political circles , and are much commented on by the press . The subjects of most importance , and upon Which some decision must soon be taken , are—1 . The formation of a project of a . new constitution . 2 . Are the Cortes to be opened with . a , royal , speech merely , or without it ? 3 . The question of raising 25 , 000 men , by a new conscription , to supply , in some , . measure the vast gap made in the , army by the giving up of two years ' service , independently of the usual number whose term of service expires every year .

      Rumours ^ f a ministerial crisis were current , and the names of , gentlemen , supposed to be likely to form a new Cabinet were mentioned . Espartero figure ? , amongst them as President of the Council , but O'Donnell . is not named ; he is , it is said ,, to be appointed President . of the . Supreme Tfibunal . of tie . Army and Navy . It is understood that matters have been since arranged . The Espana . declares that ; the . Garlist . party . is actively engaged in conspiracies , but . that it can do nothing to excite serious , feara .

      The King Of The Belgians Will Be Hack.In...

      The King of the Belgians will be hack . in Brussels on Oetoberl : 24 th . The Chambers are to be convoked , it is said , for the 7 th of November ;

      A New Interest Has Been Added To The Epi...

      A new interest has been added to the episode of the case of abduction in Portugal , by the appearance of Marshal Saldanha on the scene . He ha 3 published a long letter in the daily journalsj indignantly denying all participation in the attempt to obtain the young daughter of Senhor Ferreira , beyond a simple proposal of the marriage of his son , Count Saldanha , -with that lady ^ He throws down the gauntlet boldly to his accusers , and challenges them to prove their assertions in the public tribunals , protesting that he never gave a carte blanche , as was stated by the mother of the fair damsel in her letter from "Vigo . It is rumoured that the duke intends to prosecute the opposition journals for libel , and that every effort will be made to obtain a » verdict against , them . ,

      La Prease Says That Count Esterhazy, The...

      La Prease says that Count Esterhazy , the Austrian Ambassador at Berlin , has quitted his post for a , time ; and that it is only preparatory to his entire withdrawal from the embassy .

      M. Sovil^, The Minister Of The United St...

      M . Sovil ^ , the Minister of the United States at Madrid , left London this week for the Continent . It is said that permission to enter France on his way was refused- him .

      A Letter From The Hague.Of The 21st Stat...

      A letter from the Hague . of the 21 st states that Mr . Gibson has . left * . for-America with despatches announcing the . result . of the Congress held : lately at Ostend by the American Ministers of Madrid , London , and Paris , under the presidency of Mr . Mann , Under-Secretary of State of the American Government .

      Tho King Of Denmark's Reply >To The Depu...

      Tho King of Denmark ' s reply > to the deputation canying up , tho impeachment of the Ministers , waa a procla-r mation dissolving , the House of Commons , for tho third time within- twenty months . Tho new elections are fixed for the 1 st of December . An address , to . the Danish ., people calls , upon , them , to support the whole , state plans . oi < the Ministry * and threatens , all perpons . in- public employ monty especially tho clergy , should-they oppose or refuse to support the Cabinet . After , Orsted i » ad read-the * decree fov the- dissolution of the House , Hn « lberg , pro-posed * " Tho Constitution unchanged for cver . l" which was rapturously applauded , with nine chcqrs for . the speaker . Tho galleries then , gave , enthusiastic cheers for the Danish . Parliament , andi loud , cries of , "Down . with , tho Ministry 1 "

      Tho Upper House , ho , v » agreed to join tho Commons and send up an . address . It is stated that the Emperor of tho French has hinted , to the Daniah Cabinet , through his Minister « t Copenhagen , that ho cannot permit tho execution , of their plan ? by any illegal military act .

      The Oat Jjeutach X*Oat Contains A Letter...

      The Oat JJeutach X * oat contains a letter from Berlin , in which tho writor Hays " that tho representatives of Saxony ami Bavaria have recently had several conferences with Baron von Mantouffol , but it is a question whether they are to bo considered an denoting a warmer appreciation of tho policy of the Prusaian Cubinot or tho contrary 5 but if one may vontura to decide from hinta dropped at tho Berlin Foreign-oflice , tho Cabinet of Munich iu more favourable to this policy than that of Dresden . "

      The Oat Jjeutach X*Oat Contains A Letter...

      THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH IN ENGLAND ; AND BELGIUM . The Morning Chronicle renews with still greater distinctness a statement that the Emperor and Empress of the French may be soon expected in England ; and more , that his Majesty is to be made a Knight of the Garter . The account runs thus : — * " The Queen and the Prince Consort , immediately after keeping the birthday of the Princess Koyal at Windsor Castle , who completes her fourteenth year on . the 21 st November , will proceed with the royal family ,

      as usual at this time of the year , to the Isle of "Wight . The Court will remain at Osborne until about the . middles of December . Here , at her Majesty ' s marine residence , and about this period , the Emperor and Empress of the French , it is expected , will pay their first visit to the British Court . On the arrival of the illustrious visitors her Majesty and his Koyal Highness Prince Albert will ;; accompany them , to Windsor Castle , where a series of 1 banquets , balls , concerts , & c , on a scale of magnificence , liberality , and splendour unequalled in the present reign , will be given .

      " During the stay of the Imperial visitors at the Castle , which it is expected will be about-six or eight days , the ] Emperor will be installed a Knight of . the . Garter , with ^ all the pomp and ceremonies incidental on the admissionr of a foreign potentate into this most . ancieait . > , and honourable fraternity . The-three knights who have , also been nominated , to fill the vacancies occasioned : by , the demise of the Marquis of Anglesea , the Marquis . , of , Londonderry , and the Duke of Beaufort , namely , the '¦ Earls of Carlisle , Ellesmere ^ and Eglinton , will ; also be

      installed at the same time , Should the weather admit * there will be a review of . the Royal . ; Horse Guards and other troops in tie neighbourhood of Windsor , but ,, ini the absence of so many regiments which have , gpne ' to , the East , and the lateness , of- the season , there wilJLbeno . , attempt at any grand military display . We understandi that the portion of the Castle , occupied by the King ; of Prussia when that Sovereign last visited England , will be fitted up not only magnificently , but with , every , , attention to comfort , for the express use of the Emperor , and Empress and suite during their stay at Windsor . "

      It is not here stated , as has been freely done else . * where , that at the same chapter of the Garter , 1 thei Czar will be degraded from , the Order . —as he has degraded the Wallacliian functionary who has gone : over to Austria and the Porte * If there be anything in another report , it-would ' not appear , strange that the Emperor should be-made free of the English court , for he is to receive something more than the " imprimatur" of Kinglieopold ; which would of itself pass-him current througfr most of the Courts of Europe . We find that

      " The Cologne- ' Gazette . notices a rumour current afc Brussels , according to which Prince Napoleon , the heir presumptive to the French throne , is about to espouse the daughter of King Leopold , a grandchild of Loui $ Philippe . " The dynasty would then he founded indeed :

      The United States' Babies. At Springfiel...

      THE UNITED STATES' BABIES . At Springfield , in Ohio , there \ s a great fail . Probably the finest cattle and the best productions . of the State wore exhibited with success ; but some . thingJiiore it seems was required to give the gathering a position worthy of it , and so the improvement of the human ( American ) race was made a feature , and a " Baby-show" was organised , and premiums for the beat specimens of infancy offered . The managers of the show were taken aback at the interest ex » cited , and tho number of babies entered ;—

      They had supposed that even their liberal premiums would not tempt more than a dozen babies or ao ,, ami had made arrangements accordingly . Ten o ' clock in the morning convinced them that they had underrated " tho importance of tho occasion . " Devoted mothers , and doating fathers , with their little pot 9 in their arms , camo pouring into tho fair grounds , each , no doubt , confident of leaving it with one of the prizes . A small canvas tent had . been assigned as tho receptacle of the entries , and into that mothors , babies , and nurses were ushered , by gentlemen wearing roaottea upon their broa ^* Soon there was " music -within . " Tho young Americans soon got excited : —«

      Astonished * probably , at finding themselves in " mow meeting assembled , ' . ' tho little ones sent up a cry which shook the canvas top nnd pierced tho . ears of tho people In vain did the > brasu band toot their instrumontu . to drown , if possible , " tho piercing cry . " Young America , waa urouHod , mid , scorning to bo beaten , sent forth notea which nhamed tho kuya of tho buglo , and made the trombone blutth for ita wcaknvas . " Tho babioal" "the babiew I" W « w on , tho lips of every ono . Ploughs , om-n broidery , reaping , machines , fancy goods , rneehunical skill , and agricultural , shccosb woro nil forgotten in a moment . Blood hormn and . tihort-horu cnttlouwero " no whan 1 " Tho peopl«— -man , women , and children , ladio . % gentlemen , and growing juveniles—made a riwh for the " Baby Tent . " Being barred admlsaion , howovor , thoy woro obliged for the prenont to content thexasclvos l > y listening to tlio muaic . Some , more anxlouu than tho

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 28, 1854, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28101854/page/6/