The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-30

This very case that he welded O strong, broad
intellect, we'll saturated with jursprudonull
lore His cduCaNOn was private aud he Is one
OF The best specimens OF the hard-hcadcd, encr-
gctiC nan of business who has forced his way
without much general cultivation or refinement.
Baron Channel lllthough not quite mp to the
marx on this OCCASION is commonly distinguished
by the ncatucss and lucidity with which he ap-
plies his abundant kuow dgc; the chief draw
back being his frequent udension.
Baron Martin (sou-in-aw of the chief baroul
is at home in the learning OF the reports, pos
sCssCs AN CNtraOru nary familiarity with every
branch o. practice, knows moro OF the world
than most If his colleagues, aud Is a quick
WittCu, hard-hCudcd man 90 boot. His specially
IS sporting cause. JuugNly, or luckily, there
ere not enough OF them tD make 10 worth judges
while Co become mem gr ul the Jockey Cub,
or iT,Qu,uter OF lattyrliIs. Lord lcutCrleu
lut cruel d7Wpyr on this sort Of litigation
,aucady orcouutguauc,d by Lord EllenbolOugh
by refusing Co try au action for the amount of "a
wgg.r upon q cog NEht which had not come 1tr
"Ne, my lord 20 said the counsel for the plaintiff
lBruughuml "wcra minded that the dogs should
ught' "lhorl, replied che chief Justice, cam
minded TO hear no moro OF r! Gail the next
case
Boron Pigou has not been long enough upon
the bench Co justify un estimate of his Judicial
merits, aud hu was placed under IS temporary
disadvantage, from having been preferred f1 M
Jusutc Shyc. So many average lwygr# aud
advocates, ut whom people thought % tls Or no. 80
all, have turned uut well Hs judges, tGlt we
gladly refrain from anticipating g1.gIu..o.s IH
ls gentleman by aiIth, grlou no ul tH. Iui-
y'r'lp OF ONiorI, had q lair practice. aud WIS
/ WlmIcr for Reading.
Walk into % uI1 urjuy court and y0u wIII find
i' CIowuCd with Hg eager audience, wltoH.ur and
criuc2ing every gesture ut he c1uusoluud judge.
Walk into cuuls of equity, aud niHUguan times
out JtlW MY, yOu will lind mo- gudiHuc. beside.
the solicitors and their clerks, with Ucc .lOualIy
the parties O. the suit Iuu puIIio, therefore,
neither have nor care TO have bodily iua-a or
D
or u master of the rolls even when he
bears the LonOrcj name OF Eomi.ly. At the
first view, too, there seem, no marked difference
between them They are an di,gont, c0usricu-
tiUus paus-taking men, moro or les, learned, fully
equal TO their work-tJrt.mgfe Cyan t2UfmYvr
Ci0dutiJ1u. Bat we cannot pass over the
distr gushcd holder of the great seal, the Right
Hon. Richard Bethel, Lord WCstJUry, who eNer-
Cises, and is long likely TO exercise, o nrcdomi-
naut influence over the Chlra ter and prospects
Of the profession. He .s no. only the grand dis
pCusCr OF its LuuOIs, but he is law rl former,
fearless, enlightened, and lar-scying, who has
| done more 90 accelerate It's publication and
rUmOyeits prgctiCalab than any man iyngcN-
Cept LVrd Bruugham. lie gave the dfst impulse
TO the slowly reyyiug inns OF court; and 10 is not
his fault that any one may still obtain the degree
OF barrstet with its rank and privileges, without
any examination rs 10 educational fitness, or any
: oSitiVo ana satisfactory test Of conduc. and
| character.
Richard Bethel is a native Of Wits, and the
| son Of physician. lie was admitted Of Wad-
| ham College, OXford, in 1914, and took a
"doube first" in 1878. He resided in the uni
yersty as private tutor til he obtained o fellow
ship; soon after which, having already entered az
| the Middle Temple, he began in earnest the study
| of the law. lie was called o. the bar in 1898,
and received a silk gown In 1910. HissuperiOrity
/ when his pretcnsious had been fully tested wa,
| so manifest as to prove in some sense a disld-
/ vantage 10 him. He had too much of his Own
way, especially in the court of the Vice ChauCe'-
| lor Shadwell, in which his chief practice lay tor
period. This judges bearing towards him was
doubtless good deal owing TO the assistance dc.
rived from his arguments; but still it was a sub
jeCt Of complaint amongst his competitors, and
calculated TO act injuriously on the very object
| of favor. In the other courts, including the
! highest, in the House of Commons, and even in
/ the House of Lords, the most august assembly
| in the land, the habit OF undertaking. or dOmt
ucerug over opponents clung to him.