The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-04-07
n1scEILAH1ous FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND.

removes or modiaes most of the distinctive
peculiarities Ct the English procedure. By
the seventh clause defendants In criminal
causes are admitted as witne.2s and .ha reI,
as they are not to be compelled to give
evidence, the Bill does not carry us as far
as the French system of Interrogation"
By clause 8, husbands and wives are al
against each other, but Communications
between them are to be considered as
privileged, unless they refer to SUIT al |
ready pending between them. Clause l"
gives privileged character to all conndeh-
tial communications made to barrlsters,
attorneys, and c!ergymen in their profess
sional> character, provision of which we
cannot too strongly express our approval.
The 1Ith clause no longer permits wltness
to refuse to answer on the ground that, by
such answers are not to be used against
him in any subsequent proceedings: Tue
10Th clause, of which, says the Pail Mall
Gazette, the origin sis not far to seek"
proposes to enact. ''that evidence shall not
be rejected on the ground that 1t consists
of conversations with OF statements made
by third parties, it, in the opinion of the
| Judge, such evidence is material or-fete-
want" Another clause. sensible ana
useful one, is to the effect that "tne i'm
shall not be of itself ground for a new
trial, il, in the opinion OF the full court,
such admission or rejection did not AFFECT
the result"
Costs in the Iich6orne Case The defend
ants costs in the Tichborne case have been
roughly estimated at f1oO,OoO: Inc
Times, in leading article on the trial, says
it is monstrous that Lord Chief Justice
| and Special Jury should be employed for
lO3 days in scrutinizing claim the hollow.
| ness Of which is now so apparent, ana
might have been detected with far greater
| TIM
possible to deal with the case inquisitorl-
ally as soon as it arose, and before the
claimant had got up his lesson perfectly
enough to deceive some Respectable people,
it could not have lasted a week. Instead
of waiting till all Hampshire was ransacked
for possi6le believers, an inquisitorial tri-
bunal would have promptly confronted the
plaintiff with the relations of Roger Itch
borne, compelled him to answer on the
spot questions about such topics as hls resi-
, dence at Melipilla and the Wagga- Wagga
will. and called upon him in particular to
, explain the absence of tattoo marks on bis
arm.
The Labor Marrket.-The dissatisfaction
, of agricultural labore.s in many parts OF
the country with their present rate Of
wages, which has lately iound e.Press an'
in public meetings and attempts to organ
ice associations on the ordinary trades
/ union model. has taken novel shape IN
, South Warwickshire. There between 4OU
, and 5000 have formed union, and have
piyen notice of their intention to demand
p l6s a week and the pine hours system. A
+ strike is anticipated. The Leeds max spin
] ners' strike is now being supported oy th'
f WOODEN operatives Of that town who nav
b held a mass meeting at which II was ae ses
II mined to petition Tor the nine h'ufs eJ .
q tenn for themselves.
y Marshal Ba.aine.-The charges againt
~ Marshal Bazaine tend to the general con
10 clusion that for political motives ne re
- NAMED in Metz when he might nav
~ escaped, and afterwards capitn,ated whe
a. he might have held out for another mont
u All along M. Theirs has shown himself a.
ne cidedly favorable to the Marshal, and
:n Bopap paper gives very curio'
IN reason for this strar ge attachment. 1t ga;
he that the friendship between Baza,ne anu u u
I'm year 1866 or 1867. At that time the Emp
-, yor was ilf, and, according to the Journ
lIh in question, Marshal Bazaine wrote to
ne Theirs stating that he would use his lnfi
20 ence with the Empress to get HIM nam
OF m the Council of Regency if he wished
nj NJ THEIRS accepted. As far as the Cons'
me dec uerre is concerned, it appears tn
, at there will be some difficulty in assemble
In n cou-., as there is only one marshal
pie France in a position to act upon it. 1t
of evident that neither Marshal Canrobert n
ave Marshal LeB9uf can serve, as they we
PIT nnder Bazaiue's orders in Metz. Marsh
9 paraguay d'Hilliers presided over t
ing Court of Inquiry which has already co
ex- demned Bazaine. Marshal Forey is inc
the FACILITATED through ill-health, and Marsf
. OF MacNahon was engaged in an operation
ave conjunction with the Army of the Rhil
ave We There remains, therefore, only Marshal Va
WI liant, and it is supposed that special co.
en- will be ordered by the Assembly, viii
mo will be presided over by that officer.
yery Trials of COMMUNICATIVE. trial of
and men accused of being implicated in
tons massacre of the forty seven priests a
ant. sergents de vile in Paris is etill going @
,sen and some most aIrocious. Tpisoues nA
led; beed related by the Aope hayhoa a.
one other witnesses. Inc Aus saiu NOV w
race the victims were halted, there was certa
lead hesitation among the assassins, and di
ven cusslon commenced. One oi cue GUY
i'm mounted on wall ana spoke WIN eXtrel
violence, brandlshipg his sword then
pile, cantiniere with her hair in white net a
rch. vanced, shouting out, "No pity no pi