, 1880-06-06

Ambassador at Constautlnoplc. NO restraint is
put upon the social condition OF the bridegroom,
he shnl{ bo unprovidcd with wife. The family
Of Dpnarad, however, refuse to submit to the
terms of the will, and it Is anticipated that many
OF the brides may dIo OF old age before the Law
suit is finished.
BRADLAUGH'S LIBEL SUIT.
a Graphic Account of Remarkably
Queer Caso.
Lotdo,, Correspondence Ns1u rork 1tHes
Row Street Police Court and II the Black Hole
Of Calcutta" are not so much unlike as many
people may Imagine. From = O'CLOCK untA o
Yesterday was favored with scat IN the re-
porters' bog of that stiffy and oad-smentn8
court. Should it ever be my misfortune 70
stand at the bar Of that "hali Of justice, l
should wish, il not speedily released, to be
promptly convicted, in the hope that might be
rclcs,lted to cell where at least should be free
from the human exhalattons Of that pcsttferous
den in which two London Magistrates arc con-
den,ned to pass most of their lives. was at
tracted thither by the suit OF Charles
Bradlaugh, member OF Parliament, against
the British Empire newspaper, for LIBEL
The action was taken against the edt-
tor, James Edgecombo and one Of tho Directors
Of the Company, s. c. Lister, wealthy manu-
facturer. The following is tho alleged libel: "An
episode in one Of the Sunday evening lectures
Of Mr.. Charles Bradlaugh. now member of ar
liamcnt. The apostle himself Is Grating. and
very well. too, for ne Is an 1xcetient spe1! Rsr
says the lecturer, let Him strike me dead within
the next five minutes And, amid the BREATH
less silence Of the auditory, the atheist takes ous
his watch and bides the five minutes: This, some
dozen years ago or more. was related to me by an
eHG ana 10 e q rnde ost Hranur dIw le
nls owh Gase f., .ann, roaau ,,,sa;n,s @ isteIv
- ~ hea haen nonnssorE thot sho,1IG mint nUt Il,
" vou' @ in % connection with Hbol suits in police
fd eet -. tuns ~ rt ~ ptIoa "a Msvistrsto d.
c1inng cr1 to on ntnent cVidence Of instificatton
whcrn be considers 1;hsIoHs n,ntter has hccn
@ Far +-Io o'i9 n.eamh ~ ononin0 ii.
a..o aen,n.t tha n,tt;st1 Im4s;Te. rejiei o9 this
r,,1na9 a15 tho co'rt as Withnt him at the
" ie or"-s'crara.. ~ n TN fa nr,,are ~ the
ia ~ n9 fcss,o3 a @ nnea mopa 70 the
trslsm fs thai sthe man who Is bis own lawyer has
Sir @ Bradlaush . Il % is a tall. souare-shoulderod,
beSrs no signs u shaylng, yet i olcar q haiI,
paL1a 70 Pns;tyness. @ - - ionE mppgsl las up ~
weak cnln, shlIty eyes an mte,icednai ~ 1ofe- r.
chict characterlstlcs. He drank fourteen glasses
lasted. He went into the box and sworo q beg
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life, anywhere, or under any circumstances,
snid or done what wns imputed to MIN ~ 1ae
above Paragraph. onder cross -e1nmihatlon ne
posed considerably on his thooloRical views,
and often turned smillDgly toward tho greasy
audience for approval. II you have never seen
the crowd In London police court you cunnot
rc.lizo the depth Of the Insult conveyed ln the
taunt that tho Liberals got into oince by the
votes Of the "residuum:" The Bow street au-
deuce is the most God-forsakeu crowd have
over looked upon,-pallid faces, with low fore
hends, sensual mouths, morbid eyes, rs hang
dog lot as ever grinned at profanity or cheored
the acquittal of wldc-beater. Heavens! Il the
rceiduum ever rose armed to the teeth in Lon
don. what would hnppen?
When Brad!augh had finished, and demanded
the comn,fttal for trial Of the defendants, Mr.
Pollard claimed to otter evidence and also to be
heard Tho Magistrate repeated tho new rule
and Bradlaugh smiled his slckly, though In
tended to DO beanlng, smile at tho OPEN
nlouthed audience But the defense found
new point. and. after tttIo confederation Ar.
'a1eh h,d IN nittcd that
name Of hlEDn0CASt." and tGnt An oath would