New-York tribune., 1875-12-23
FOREIGN NEWS.
rnrnrNnENCE OF THE BENCH.

,rv Sg HIS IORDsHIP IN THE MlsIlEIOb CASH
PROF. MAX MUiLER's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
or HIS LITERARY INDUSTRY
crRoN-ruE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE Ih'poNh'
Io.noS Dec. l1.-When Mr.. Justice Brett re-
fusaG TO inflct penal servtude on Baker the proper
nvr;sbment of his infamous crime lest IL shouiu
hurt his feelings people wondered what the EhShS"
Ronch was coming to- Mr.. Baron Bramwen mas no"
rerhaps surpassed Mr.. Justice Brett. ite mas n"'
charge the coroners jury in the Alberta anu
toe case the jury having been unaDie u asi1o
IN the coroner's hands, and so having peeh oiUus"'
nv him for further instruction to the juuse noi''i
the Winchester Assizes You VIII not haFo ioi so
ten how much partisanship the case cIea'ou AZ ,I0
time The Queen was on board the Aiper'',' 'n0 ~
berta was going IL miles an hour ana TAI uo"n .n
l,stletoe. Yacht belonging to Mr. Haywood at that
60 crcening along the Solent with four-knot
h,.ze Nineteen people out of twenty mot including
Court c,rces) thought the Alberta and her saliing
,raster Cant Welch, to blame. On the coroner
,rv were II is said one or two royal TadeSmen VINO
took the other side and stood out against VeIuio
II was not likely they would be convinced py any
thing Judge could say, had he been ever 50 coinp'
tent and impartial But chance brought Baron BRAN.
well TO advise them: fair commercial lawyer VI
moderate repute on the Bench, and as near 10 Del's
completely ignorant of maritime law as any son u
britannia can be. lie took up the cause VI Nap, -,
Welch vigorously and if his knowledge anu shiii
had been equal to his zeal might have improved 'i'
ancient mariners position with the pupnc. AS
II is. he has made n rare muddle Capt. Welchs
counsel hardly ventured to argue in the style the
;ndge odopted. lie told the jury that if any one un-
aerytood the management Of a ship, 1t Is Cap1'
We,cb He told them it seemed TO him, Baron
Bramwell inconceivable, almost impossible, 10 sup
nose that he was not doing his best. He told them
no error of Judgment would make Capt. Welch
liable as a criminal. A moment after he toid lneln
that no man could define how much want OF skill oI
care OF caution makes man CRIMINAL. lie tolu
them 10 ask themsees whether they ought TO punish
Cant. Welch. Notwithstanding any injury or loss
of honor that might resultp He told them that
Capt Welch and his people swear they were rlght
land that is a great thing IN their 1aVor'
He told them he thought 1t would
he very unjust to blame the captain Tor
,unnng NJ high speed on this occasion, because he
had done it months and years before. He appealed
20 them TO say if it would not be "crueP thing to
blame Capt. Welch now for doing what he had al
ways done without complaint; and then comes sur
passina piece of hunkeyism. AS Engnshinen, L
should like to know whether you would not be proud
TO think that the Queen went at greater pace than
ANYBODY elsep OF course, added Baron Bramweu'
the Queen would never sanction anything that
would endancer her subjects lives, but that she
should be able to travel fast is matter OF admlra-
lion 10 us all y 1t has been done for years, he adds
"but when an unfortunate accident arises jury is
invited to find a criminal verdict. is 1t Just ana
would il be reasonableP Lest even this should not
be sufficiently clear he declared to the jury that
verdict against Capt Welch would give great pain
10 her Majesty"
Well the independence of the Bench has been the
boast of England for centuries 1t will continue to
be and Baron BTamwell will be quoted as the excep-
Ls., that prevss the rule Perhaps the worst thing
nbout this case ia that il atractsI may say is al
lowed to attract-so little attention. The remark
,bout the Queen was reported in one evening paper
and commented on-very mildly-in one morning
paper. In the others, it was suppressed. let what
NAV not be done if the power Of the Crown and per-
Eonal influence of the Queen can be invoked by a
Judge to control the judgment Of jury
Mr. Max Miller has resigned bis Professorship OF
Comparative Phlology at Oxford, and published a
letter to the Vice Chancellor explaining why. The
main reason is that he wants to devote the rest of
his life TO Sanskrt exclusively. For that and com
narrative phlology together he feels that ne has no
longer strength. His letter is most interesting bit
of autobiography, from which make one extract:
Ihave just finished the work OF my life, the Edtio
Prncs Of the text and commentary OF ,e o,des OF the me
Aryan world This first brought me In sac TO England,
where alone eCud have found al the MSS Necessary
Through tho beIaty of the Indian Government the pc
ounary means required for publishing the largest
sanskrit published in Europe 1t was IN order
o. be able stay England 10 superntend the printing
of this work that accepted the duties OF professor IN
your University, aud II tell you that in addition TO my
professional duties have had to print at your Unyer
slty Press what would amount 70 volume OF about 600
PAGES svo OF pure sanskt In every of the last 25
years you viii perhaps be less surprised that begin to
long for some rest.
That is a good piece of work for lifetime, but
Prof Miller has no notion of taking the rest be
speaks of. He has begun and wants to complete
translation of the Sacred Hymns of Brahma; of
which one volume has been published. and seven are
20 follow He leaves behind him, he says, several
pupils able to I'll his place, a gratifying announce
ment TO those who know what Mullers services have
pc52. Whatever they may do now, no one would
pretend to Selieve that any other than himself
could have done tie work of the past Nor can it be
doubted that with Miller uepSrts one OF OxfOrd's
foremost men, one whom that home OF lost causes
and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular taes, and I'M
possible loyalties" can ii afford TO PAT m AV"n m
now, G.w.s
pIrPNJNG Of A no AfNtTNG SHIP