The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-11-27

the breaking up, would bear her away
sometimes i'll a chaise, but more CO nnonly
on horseback. This, Of course with or with
out her own consent. His friends would ride
! with him, as escort, and the usual tcrmina
ton Uhough there often was persult anG
sometimes recapture) was marriage. The
abductor might say, with Glenalv-n "fi
WOO her as the lion woos his BRIDE" but i,
rarOly happened that the lady, on her return
home, brought the law to bear upon her
ravisher-somehow or other the offences
were many and the prosecutions were very
/ few
I The progress Of civilization during the
last forty or fifty years has nearly put an
end to atduct on. Such cases as that of
Mr.. Garden would have been scarcely talked
about for two days, formerly. Irish novel
, ists-for example, Banm, Lover, Carelton,
and Grtiin-have made use of the old ab-
duction system in their works Of fiction. In
fact it lives now only in memory.
The wonder in Ireland was, not that Mr.
Garden should have endeavored to run away
with an English heiress against her will
but that the law should have punished him
for the attempt. For Mr.. Garden has fine
estate OF 900 year; also was mag:s
trate. and popular as such; and somehow
slsO had enlisted the sympathies Of the ladies'
OF 1ipperary on his side.
1t ii within our knowledge that, exactly
IN years ago, an Irish gentleman, in London
was waited upon by sheriff ; officer with
a narrow slip of parchment Technically
called Ca. SG) by which the said myr-
rnidon of the law was authorized to take
possess on OF the body OF the said Ml!esian,
and deliver into one of the debtors prisons
IN London, described as belonging unto her
" Sovereign Lady Victoria, 10y the grace OF
Cod, and so forth, there to be detained un-
til a certain debt was paid The Irishman
who had a stout shillel.h in his strong hand,
acted impulsiveIy. and knocked down the
sheriff officer For such assault he was
arrested, indicted, arraigned, tried, convict
ed, aud sentenced to years Imprisonment
IN tue Jail OF Newgate. lie made lao com
plaint of the severe sentence lac only ex
pressed a somewhat natural surprise that,
whereas, in the wilds Of Conuomara or tn.
boys OF Tippcrary, the knocking down OF
an arresting limb Of the law would have al
mos entitled him to a service OF plate, or
some other testimonial, the same conduct
shou 4 be viewed, by the law III England,
n rnisicmeano-. Sure" he exclaimed,
" there's no justice for ireland in this
Time out o. mind no writ could run in Cal
=
tat hOv,riug around, with the parchment in
his pocket, is - make him ate 'eaO il that
We would, and warn him, in frirudiy man
nor, that we'd cut of his eaIs the next time
lie voniured within the barony. lis not
equal laws there Is in the two countries,
when they lock up for twciyemon IA in
England for what Id have had round OF
dinners FOR doing in my own country across
the channel Bad luck 20 the Union, that
dd I make their laws Ike ours-bui
made ours like theirs
TIE is:sh gentleman had fail cause for
cotullI:nt The practice of law used to be
very different in ireland, a. any one may
Sc. by reading Lovers novels which, in
des, rpt:ons Of deiyIng and evading legal
pro. esS are not exaggerated. WIKI what
confusion would the bold Miiesian have
hung dow n his head were he ,iiil alive, on
learning that Garden had been two years in
prison for merely trying to carry off pretty
woman,