New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-11
Ts;F ALEXANDRIA GA>E-Ji Dstsas'
1gIBHi.lnE.

We had occasion TO say, before the opinion 81
the Judges was given in Tho Alexandra case,
that we thought her Majesty's Court Of EH-
chcQuer cut a sorry figure under the auspices OF
Lord Chief Baron Pollock, in dealing with a
great international law question Now that we
have the Associate Justices coming forward TO
assert their individual consequence IN jaHco, and
giving solemn Judgment separately upon the
motion for new trial, We DO not know that the
appearance Of The thing is very much betiercd.
In the first place, we have Lord Chief Baron
Pollock again IN the foreground; not this time
rampant in dcmolshing an absent Attorney
General, but "iratc, impacablc and bitter "a
complete "Twisdcn IN !furore in answering
| the acting and present Attorney-ConcraI. 81
Roundcll Palmer had w.th5,ood him 10 bis face
about the propricty Of his conduct Of the jury
trial and his shutting in refusing to sign lar
bill of exceptions for The purposes Of law-hear-
ing; and now that the Attoncy-Gcneral was
compelled to IN o silent listener to the oracuar
/ response from the Bench, was the opportunity
to be lost for paving him OF for "such crit'
Iici-.u, Of the charge TO The Jury as had never
been known in tie Oldest practitioner expc-
,ience in Westminster Hall l'-of course not.
So the Chief Baron, having experienced the
pleasure Of being hated on the Bench by an able
brother of the bar, now gives The public a
specimen OF hos Cnief Baron, IN his turn,
|c.n badger conjunction, Attorney
IL
the Chief Baron has this advantage IN
me present bout, Iii. spirits have risen. At
the mry trial hc knew nothing about the iaw
and had 10 s.tie down upon Wcbrtcrs Dcion-
ary for an authority to carry him through on his
presided rcciion OF the case. Even at the
law.huring 10 wo4 Apologize about his iamil-
iarty with The principles applicable to the con-
-fmotilu Of tho statute, and hal good de-l Of
complaint TO make about cx-Attoucy-Gcncral
Aiherton's not HAVING given him all the help IN
/ his power. Some things he was 50 ashamed Of,
that he fatty denied having used them. He
wa9unwilliug. for instance, to have il iathered
upon him that be influenced the jury 10 their
I verdi, OF all; and a. for saying that "squip,
furnish, n ont, or orIl,' all meant The same
thing. be utterly denied II. Now, at the rem
dariue Of Judgment he j, master Of the situa-
ton again. lie LIS, found out that he knows a.
much about International Law and Neutral
Rights o. any Of them; and what is still better,
he has got his associate Bramwcll TO back him
up and make his rulings appear respectable.
We need not dwell ON the Chief Baron longer
! - rIt.,tl L..
and what We might expect OF him; and we hare
only TO add that he was Chief Baron Pollock
oyer again; only with his spirits exalted.
We turn neat 10 the Baron B.amwcil md he
il Is upon whom the responsibility rect, ~ tho
British Cont of EXchequcr giving ~ unc"r-
.tin ui,crauce upon the duties Of Neutral Ne.
tions, and for not apologilng to the legal world
and TO Til country for refusing a new trial in
ucha larcical proceeding as the jury trial Of
, The Alexandra case.
our rrndnn may have noticed that only fou,
Judges or birons (not peers, but only 80 called,
hy courtesy, composed the court %, the time Of
giving Indictment; three beside the Chief Baron.
And they a-c aware that ut the time of final
j
.u.I aud Pgoti being in favor of a new trial,
and Baron Bumvcll .diug wih'he Chief Baron
ng,.n,, H.
Now $50 regret 10 De obliged 10 say that
Baron Ermwcll has done his share toward
.lmmr ihc Court of Ezchcqusr in rs uncnvia-
Ulco LIGHT before thc public As when presided
over Dos thc Clm. Baron alone.
IBID baron Emmwe approve of the Chief
Baron. conduct Of the jury Trial, and of his sub
tuuout denial Of u bill OF cxccpt.onsl OF course
nol IaDn why did ne cldcayor to shield him
from ,hc jua auiuadyorsionw showcrcd upon
BIN from every side, even from The LoadOa
Times, ou tho occasion OF The wmuglc about the
bIl or0ccpuoual
Was there any secession prJcvty in The
bprkgromd which prompted Baron Bumwell
To- back mp DIS chief in a very dubious ana GER
'm.nly mlalicial sort OF contcsti ID Baron
liamwcll belong to that cotcric which reads
with sali faction Of the proves and achieve
mcnis Of the Alabamal Or WAS it only judi-
cial esprit dR corps which prompted him to
come 10 The rescue Of his tribunal from popular
ridicue and rcproachi We will not inquire III
to motives, since that may DO said to be inn
poaching the integrity of the English Judiciary.
! But this we may say; that the professional
| friends Of Baron Bramwoll in this country, of
whom wc believe there is large circle, particu-
larly among the members of the Boston bar,
have read with very great regret an opinion Of