The New York herald., 1879-10-17
Amusement of Magistrate, Clerk,
Lawyers and Spectators.
WOMEN AND THE DUELLO.
Labouchere Escorted to His Of
flee by a London Crowd.



Labouchere, the journalists this morning, every
seat allotted to spectators occupied, and
every inch of standing room behind the bar was
covered. Sir Robert Garden took his seat
upon the bench at noon. Sir Robert was
for long time Senior Alderman of London,
and is the dean of the magistrates guild in
hold jurisdiction. He is man of large and
imposing presence, his white silky hair and
beard giving him the patriarchal appearance of
lawgiver Of old. The crowd had to wait for
some little time for the coming of the combat
ants and eagerly discussed their personal APP
pearance while it waited. Mr.. Laboucheres
figure had long been familiar on
Change, and few Of the city men in
court had forgotten his street encounter,
waged some years ago in this vicinity
with Mr.. Sampson, the late financial editor Of
the London Times. Mr.. Lawson is better
world than in the neighborhood of the Stock
Exchange. Nevertheless, his paper is nowhere
so widely read as in the business quarter of the
city, and it is safe to say that great pecu-
mary crisis would hardly have excited more
interest than the present personal squabble.
BUZZ THE ACTORS ARE COMING.
Mr.. Lawson was the first to arrive. He sat
ON the attorneys bench, Immediately behind
his counsel, Sir John Holker, the Attorney Gen
eral, and Mr.. Poland, &C, of whom the latter
prosecuted OH behalf of the Treasury Mr..
Edward Levy Lawson is man of medium
height, but inclining decidedly to embonpoint.
He has o light mustache and slight
side whiskers. He dressed in
mourning, and is plainly man of much nicely
in his toilet. Mr.. Labouchere followed. AS he
entered the court he threw a glance Of great
contempt upon his enemy, who parried it with
a look Of equal disdain. Then Mr.. Labouchere
dropped into seat among the reporters, whom
he greeted with q pleasant nod. He is well
built man. His jetty beard is tinged with gray
and he is almost bald. He is certainly most
inoffensive person in appearance. He bears no
mark whatever of the recent encounter. Some
little time lost in prelimnaries, during
which the spectators .jostled each other in their
eagerness to see the heroes of the brawl; and
then, catching sight of nothing but two quiet
and very neatly dressed individuals, almost re-
pented of their curiosity.
PROLOGUE.
At length the Attorney General rose to open
the case. Sir John Holker is sure to command
immediate attention, no less in Parliament than
inthe law courts, although his massive build and
good natured face give him rather the look of
successful farmer than Of one Of the shrcwdcst
lawyers ut the English Bar. He recounted ut
some little length the Daily Ieiegraph's
policy with respect to Mr.. Gladstone
and the Liberal party. He did not defend it. 1t
was no duty of his, he said, to stand sponsor
for a newspapers views; but it was necessary
to the understanding of the charge that the
Court should know from what cause it originally
sprang. Sir John then entered on the subject of
Mr. Laboucherc's long series of attacks, and read
the obituary of Lionel Lawson, which had
been published in Truth, emphasizing the now
well known paragraph that ''the deceased had
started the Daily Telegraph with 600 of his
own, $500 borrowed and $500 from trust
fund.-" implying that he had misappropriated
money entrusted to him. There was u general
laugh in court when the Attorney General read
Mr. Laboucherc's remark that the late Lionel
Lawson was not exactly mean man,
for he would possibly have lent Mr..
Labouchere Co. IL Mr.. Laboucheres life had
been at stake, and the ripple of laughter swelled
into roar when he recited Mr.. Lionel Law
sons endcavors, as told by Mr.. Laboucherc, to
make Messrs W. II. Smith g. Son, the news
dealers, take their copies Of the Telegraph ut
their own risk. II do not deny" said Sir John,
'that the article is smart and amusing. But l do
say that it is the stab of an enemy disguised as u
frend.' lie regretted that Mr.. Edward Lawson
had taken the law into his own hands. Here
lated the details of the assault, which the
HERALD has circumstantially published. He
read Mr.. Lawson's reply to Mr.. Labouchere's
challenges; and then Mr.. Lnboucherc's final
letter, on which the complaint was based.
WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK.
All this time the audience was in entire SYM
pathy with Mr.. Labouchere. They laughed up-
roariously at certain passages in the articles.
They applauded each cpithet. Some of them
cried "Hearr' "Hearv when the most abusive
adicctives were read. The publication of the
offensive letter was first proved, and, after
.,thor fornnolities Mr. Iay.o., o.,<or.J tl,o wit