New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
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Henry Bon n W .u4 Encl;sh advo-
80 profession and whose talents nave
."'o 80, ;,to association with some oil the most
.-...os,;rg md distinguished perSonages Oh .no
,'. lid century, Concerning these people ana MS
nusv life the Serjeant narrates IN TINS 'oiu'no
. hos, of anecdotes both grave and gay Rre"'
deal Of this material is naturally less ATTRACTIVE "
tbe American than to Balantines own co"n"S
mo, lint his humor and his many shrewd ana p'o'
tprc,oue touches make rot unpleasant MS roi'''
enees to unfamiliar persons and ,hings' III.
The scrieant. who is London-born. began MS
-, coreer in the period when oil-lamps a.'n'S
Gchtea the streets of the great city; wpen 49,, sta
walked about IN white wigF. three-ooino' purka
long silk aprons and XII ee- breeches' ,,o1 srh
and Hare by the liberal art Of murueI nmlo
;ects for the dissecting taOie; anu "n," "a ,,ost
20 wo,l;,c,on was the most adoreu anu '"o''
Vi "e''. - the kingdom. The SERGEANT does
-, 90 FOL, the story of the Dukes joining
~,,-fo,a,s the famous gambling resort thaV NC
81, hIackbail his sons IL they became cahoi-
dotcs. nor that other moro venerable ta'e Vi NE
,;ncling his tears with Butchers over 'he ucau VI
waterloo. And apIopos of Butcher genes lnc oiu
onecJote of his admiration for LONDON aiter 1" sV'
reors CITY dinner: "Nhat a splendid city IL "ooiu
no IN sack" cried the old Prusslah 10 Ms ou"n,''e
hosts Not the least engaging portion VI D"'i'"
-, .,;,iscences arc those of his early struggles
os 4, Moor barrister his encounters WIN GUNS HIS
,yonlerinrs rs TO whence next Gays uihheI was
coming One of his first briefs was gwen 10 MIN W
q rather shady attorney OF the jewish Pers""Nion
- lin, At that time without experience young
nauantne yielded implicitly TO MS INSTRUCTIONS
g. voun0 gentleman Of the same faith" he says
. 80 colIed a. \ witness. My client suggested a
Question. Blndly put it, and was met bv direct
lior calculated
dictated another question: the same result loi'
lo,ved and 4 similar ejaculation. BY his further
;nstruction pnt third. the answer to which com
rla,eIv knocked us over. My client threw himself
hack Well said he 'he is a liar, he always was
n liar. and always will he liar 'Nhy' re-
marked l. .you seem to know all about nm. VI
course I no. was the reply, he Is my own son
Amonn the Serjeants rccOllectIons OF Lohuoh mag
;strotes is one OF that shrivclled crabapple, Mr
Iaing whom Dickens caTicatured III OHVer
Twist as Mr.. Fang. A clergyman complained OF
Ioinp's irritability to the Home Oihce, ana Inc
authorities not sorry to follow the lead OF popular
author dismissed him. His clerical accnser was
shortly aftervard convicted OF stealing suVer
spoon at charity dinner at when &c pl's"eo'
Those who have glowed with indignation over
n;ckerss " Fang" will be surprised to read that
NJ was thoroughly honorable gentleman good
LAWYER and accomplished scholar AraDin, another
of Hallautine's legal brethren and quaint little
man was distinguished for enunciating absurditloS
with uost periect innocence. "a assure you, gen
4lemenr he said one day TO jury speaking OF the
;,habitants of a provincial town, they will steal
The very teeth out OF your mouth as you walk
throurh the streets. SRor II from experience"
Among the Sereant's odd legal stories is one con-
earning the wife of Governc: OF New South
Wales who. happening TO be in England at time
when q fashionable peiTruqdier was sentenced 10
.-ansnortation for grave crime, lnplored the
uone Secretary TO carry out the sentence, as there
WAS not a decent hair dresser in the COLONY One OF
the most grotesque figures IN the book is that OF
decently dressed, quiet-lookng man who used 10
present himself after dinner to the judges and
counsel on the last day Of the Old bailey sessions
Upon his appearance he was always presented WITH
q class Of wine and this he drank to the health OF
RI natrons. expressing with becoming modesty
his gratitude for past favors and his hopes fol
favors 10 come" II was Calcraft the haDgman
or Jnstice Parke lawyer of the old school, Bal
Iantne SAYS that in his latter days he had acquired
n habit OF thinking aloud, which led on one occa-
sion 20 rather amusing incident Whilst trying
an old woman upon charge of stealing faggots, he
upconscously calculated, "Why, one faggot is as
like another faggot one egg is like another egg
The counsel defending the case heard the observa
ton and repeated it to the jury. Stop, sald 81
James," stop; it is an intervention of Providence
This was the very thought that passed through my
mind. Gentlemen" addressing the jury, acqult TIL
prisoner" An anecdote OF Chief Justice Ellie, MAJ
of great beneyoence would ornament novel. IL
presiding in the Civil Court at Northampton an'
was obliged to direct jury against some poor PEG
ple who had been scandaously but legally swim
died To them the result absolute ruin. Oh
the following morning an elderly gentleman OF
horseback made bis appearance in the alley wher
the sufferers resided. This was Sir William Erie
He gave them some very good advice, and with
n sum of money that replaced them in their oil
position.
A story OF Sir Ashley Cooper. told by his nephew
10 BallantIne, has more of the supernatural thai
legal anecdotes are usually decked with: Their
had been a murder, aud Sir Ashley was upon th
scens when man suspected of it was apprchended
and Sir Ashley, being Geatly interested, accom-
panied the officers with their prisoner to the jail
and he and they and the accused were all in eel
locked in together, when they noticed little dog
which kent biting at the skirt of the prisoners coat
This led them to exam inc tho garment, and the.
{onnA npon il traces of blood, which ultimately le'
10 the conviction of the man. When they looke'
around. the dog had disappeared. although the doc
had never been opened. How 1t got there, or how
IL cot away, nobody could tell. When Bransb,
Cooper spoke of this he always said that of cours
his ancle had made q mistake, and WAS convinced
of this himself and Bransby used to add that, N
doubt il the matte had been investigated, 1t woul
have been shown that there was mode Of account
ing for it from natural causes. But neither 81
Ashley nor his nephew in their own hearts dis
carded entirely the supernatural
The Sereant's literary "reminiscences are as en-
tertaining az bis legal ones, though il cannot b
denied that IN the course of them he occasionally
displays want of delicate comprehension and o
appreciation. Few friends of Thackeray will agre
with him in lis estimate of that genius either a
man or author The SERGEANT first met the novels
-. .ba sbakeeneare Climb and the tall and broa