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TaELANGTRY LIBEL.
The Conufctf0n of the Editor Of the London
1o.rn Talk" for LibeILinQ the Fun.ous
En0Lisk Re,snfu

"To.cn Talk" fol. Ltbellt,q the Fan.ous
En0tislt Beauty.
London Special, Oct. Is.
The central criminal court presented this
morning quite unusual appearance. Tho
case of Adolphus Rosenburg, charged with
libel by Mrs. Edward Langtry, and Mrs. Corn
wallis West, was there to be tried. Long be-
fore III o'clock there were fashionable car
riages making their way down Fleet street. and
handsome cabs, with unusually swell occu-
pants, wneenng round the coroner Of the Hol-
born Vladuot into the old Bailey. The stair
cases that led to the court were brjxht with
modish bonnets and light autumn overcoats.
Many persons had brought their lunches with
them. Belgravia had migrated into the pre-
cincts of Newgate. The benches set apart for
visitors rising tier on tier behind the barris-
ters' seats, were we'll filled within five minutes
after the doors were opened.
THE FEMININE ELEMENT PREDoM1NATED.
Many ladies' sat with opera glasses in hand.
Sir Charles Whetham, Lord Mayor, whose term
OF Office expires in a few days, entered tho
court in his long red robes, preceded by his off,
GERS with sword ard mace. He took his seat on
the bench beside the presiding judge. At his
LETT was Sir Rooert Garden who presides as
magistrate at Guild Hail. Sir Robert had the
Times spread out before him. and was reading
with considerable interest, and not without
MARTY: the extended report of the LAWSON
Labouchere case, which had entered it's second
stage in his court of the preceding day.
At i've minutes after 10 the court rose to it,
feet, and
JUSTICE HAWKINS ENTERED.
Sir Henry Hawkins, of the excheque- divi-
sion. ia keen: eyed. excitable judge, with
knack of delivering his phrases with sharp
jerk, and of pitching his voice in shrill key,
NDh5 oh 81 OF i
some. The space allotted to the bar was
thronged. Sir Watkin Williams, O. c., and
four other eminent counsel appeared for Mrs.
Corvallis West, Sergeant Parry. Mr.. Monta-
que Williams and others for Mrs. Langtry. The
prisoner had evidently appreciated the gravity
of his situation. for MIR. Willis CO., had been
engaged to defend him. The printers of Ioscn
Talk were also represented by counsel. who ra-
Their watched the than took part in it.
Edward Lewis. solicitor, who is said to know
the secrets of half the great families of Eng
land,
HUSTLED ABOUT THE COURT,
nominally appearing for Mrs. West, but ap-
parently whispering with equal impartiality to
Sir Watkin Williams and Sergeant Parry. None
but the most important cases had ever drawn.
such an array of barristvrs in u criminal court
As sat up ON high and i,oked down from the
topmoSt tier of seats, the white wigs of the op-
posing counsel seemed to me like lines of
b: eakers in the Coney Island surf. The pris-
oner was at once brought into the DOCK He
sat there
SEEMINGLY UNFR1GHTENED.
| and gazed about him with careless air. BE
| Is said to be u years old. He has dark mus
tache and side-whiskers. He wears eyeglasses.
His face is of decidedly Hebrew cast. The
clerk of the court read over the charge to him.
1t set forth that he, the S'h of October
published defamatory libeis concerning Mr..
CORVALLIS West and his wife, and on five var
lous occasions concerning MIR. Lapgtry and his
wife. Being called upon to plead, Rosenberg's
counsel said he was instructed to put in a
plea of guilty" The printers council also
rose and
RENDERED SIMILAR PLEA.
Before anything more could be said Sergeant
Parry had adjusted his eyeglasses, and, with
great earnestness. proceeded to argue upon
| that count of the indictment which charged tho
prisoner with knowing the article in To,cn Talk
| to be false. He said that the person who pub
lished paper ought to ne fully aware OF its
| contents. 1t was of no avail that Rosenberg
had given the name of the writer of the ar
| ticles. 1t no more )essened bis offense in tho
eye of the law than in those of public opinion
Rosenberg was the responsible editor. Rosen-
berg was the man on whom the full penalty
| ought to fall.
The learned sergeant then called Edward
| Langtry into the witness box. The appearance
of Mr.. Langtry.
| EXCITED THE LIvELTEsT INTEREST.
| The ladies brought their lorgnets into play,
and whispered comments passed freely from
bench to bench. Mr.. Langtry has the air of
| an ordinary English country gentleman. His
age is thirty-eight. He has red mustache,
slight side whlskers, and WAS exceedingly
plainly dressed. He was terribly embarrassed.
| As he gave his testimony he glanced with an
air " fho
though ashamed of the publicity into which be
| had been suddenly brought. He swore to the
utter falsity of the allegations made against
his wife,
Sergeant Parry called on the court for it's
severest sentence. He said that the public
| must be protected from such mendaoiOus sour
rility.
Mr.. Willis, @. c., replied He argued that
| the prisoner had received the information from
another person. and had supposed it to be true.
He here
| CREATED GREAT SENSATION.
by introducing the Eame OF the Prince of
Wales. Ear be it from me,' said he, 'to sup
pose that Prince could depart from that m or
ality which it is duty to maintain" A ripple
of halfsuppressed but audible laughter ran
| round the spectators seats. The barristers
nudged each other. Sir Robert Garden busted
himself more deeply in the Times, The Lord
| Mayor glanced severely at the sheriffs, and Sir
Henry Hawkins gazed earnestly into space
The clerk restored order at once, and Justice
Hawkins summed up the case impartialIy. The
| plea of guilty IVES tuen accepted and registered
OH the files of the court. After lunch Sir Wat
kin Williams stared that as Rosenberg had been
convicted in the Langtry case, he would accept
the plea IN answer to the charge of simple libel
in the West case. With respect to the printers
he was willing they should go free on entering
re"ognizances to large amount for future
good behavior. He proceeded to read the ar
ticle entitled Mrs. CORVALLIS at Home" He
argued that Mrs. Vests husband had done hi.
best to stop the sale of her photographs. and
added that the newspapers which denied this,
saying that the will of an individual was para
| mount in such a case,
BAD M1sLED THEIR READERS
| by laundering Interpretation of the laws en-
acted under the auspices of the copyright CON-
mission.
Mr.. Willis asked that the prisoner be treated
with leniency. Rosenberg" he said, has q
| wife and young children. They will have no
means of support; they will be utterly friend
| less"
Judge Hawkins said he would postpone the
sentence till Monday. 1t will probably be one
of eighteen months Imprisonment, with tine
of e5O0.
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