New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-15
NOTES FROM LONDON.
.rcrxT DEATHS AMONG ENGLlsHMEN.

LID a shrewd Ia YER who had practised much
No. conrt IN which Sir George Jessel presided
Ut was the secret Of that great Judges rapidlty
wa r. d,snatch of business SWELL" said he
S.ho,s were more secrets than one, but will tell
80, one which you will not see mentioned in the
s.rers. Sir George Jessel had great practice
,.fore he went on the bench, and he never forgot
that he then learned about the practical business
sf his profession. He knew the Ieputa ton and
snstoms of every solicitor. and when a counsel rose
IN eourt TO open case the first thing the Master OF
tbe Rolls did was to look at the papers and see who
.nrefed him. If the testimony was litiOious he
,,ew il at once, and over and over again have
heard him say. Mr.. So and-so. this 10 really ques-
ton of costs, is it not p If Mr.. So-andso knew the
vays of the court. he would answer frankly that IL
was and be told for his pains that the the time oil
tbe court was not 10 be wasted in squabbes OF that
sort, and he had better sit down."
This, significant as it is, tells OF course but
small part of the whole truth. Sir George Jessel Dy
the general consent OF the ar Of England. was tue
first Judge of his age. You cannot mention a Single
name among the many very eminent ones oi 'in'
iudicial generation which any competent lawyer
will consent to rank by the side CT the late Mas,el
of the Rolls He had mastery of principles nus
learning was immense, but it never Durueheu MS
mind. Nobody knew 30 many cases. anu hooouS
overruled so MANY There was no Drahcu VI uo-
partment of the law, unless perhaps VIC 'iinin"i
law which was unfamiliar to him. lie kheW ooii-
mercial law as Mr. Benjamin OF Loro 'u'''oo pi"ii-
we'll knows it the law OF lana as Loru NaiinS
knows IL the law Of ancient times as Or henry
Mama knows it, jurisprudence was 10 MIA SCI
ence and q science which he had mastereu' He
had mind which was both penetrating and broad.
IL was his habit at the end OF the most elaborate
argument to deliver his decision at once He did 1t
.vsn in the Epping Forest case which lasted twenty
.vo DAYS AMI though his decisions were sometimes
overruled neither his own confidence IN their
nor the confidence OF the bar OF OF suffers
was ever shaken.
I,wssa,d of Sir George Jessel that he might be at
fault in his law but never in his facts. lie saw his
way by what seemed like intuition to the heart u
n case-to tbs point on which 1T turned, to the fact
and the principle by hich it must ultimately he
decided. The rest he brushed aside-otten enough
brushing aside the counsel also. They sald ne vas
rough in manner which is true enough. but he was
never rough to the young barrister doing his best
IL was the experienced counsel with bad case, and
laborlng point he knew to be weak who found
ont how heavy was Sir George JessePs hand.
In society he was only half popular His manner
WAS brnsoue. and he had not much suavty of de-
meanor or much polish. He was rot over mluuie
size heavily built. carelessly dressed. dark with
a massive face of high color, and eyes that looked
YOU throueh-burnt hole in you with their deep
steady fame Despotc in temper, overbearng' in-
tolerant of opposition anywhere. said those VINO,
for whatever reason, did not like him. Perhaps So
You cannot have Your hero made to order But he
was man who by force of intellect and wildly H.
tegrity and by conduct as well-made his way from
nothing to the very top of the profession where
ability aud force of character and resolution and
vast physical strength are more abundant than in
any other
One death brings on another. unhapply, and
sometimes with perverse cruelty which makes
one feel like protesting against fate. Among
those present at Sir George JessePs funera-where
the Bench aud Bar of ENGLAND gathered in respectful
aud recretful homage-was MrNathanel Montehore
The dav WAS such as Nature has in this country OF
latemost frequently bestowed raw, bitter, the
wind In the northeast and poison in the air. Mr..
Montefore brought away from the cemetery the
seeds of death. lie was attacked with acute bron-
chitls and in three days the end came. Some OF
YOU must remember and regret that young Leonard
Montefore who died in Newport, k. l., with more
promise iD him of high future than perhaps any man
of his age and race This was his father and he was
nephew to the venerable SIR Moses Montehore
whose name is honorably known the world over
His mother was Rothsch:ld sister to the late
Baron Mayer lie RothscnIId; his Wife sister to
the late Sir Francis Goldsmd-another honored
name which she honoraby and worthily beais
Never / may say, was there man who less liked
notoriety. more sedulousy shrank from The
fame he might easily have achieved. than Nathaniel
Monteiiore. Among his cwn people he was, OF
course known. No man of that ancient and pa
trican Hebrew lineage could be unknown among
the Jews. They knew him as one Il singular kind
ness a most sincere and gentle nature taking much
Thought for others and little for himself, delight
IL clnrif nd
deghtng hardly less in the conceament OF 1t
from the world. He used his vast wealth munih-
Gently, and was not less liberal of his time and OF
personal epdeavor and sympathy i'll behalf of those
who had "A claim Oh him, aud OF those who had
none. man of whom it is difficult to speak
rightly within the hard limits which publicity
imposes; but of whom word can be written
without an expression of deep esteem aud affection
Many Americans will hear with regret of the
death of Mr.. Edward +. Flower, of London, and OF
stratford Avon As Mayor of Shakespeare's
town he took the ivelitst pleasure in welcoming
Americans to the town and 10 his house. The least
Introduction was sufficient if you hailed from be-
yond the Atlantic, and no trouble was too great Tor
him to take in his guests behalf. Here IN London
he was best known for his unceasng efforts to
prevent cruelty to horses and especially 10 Abolish
bearing reins. He wrote pamphlets and letters TO
the papers. and preached TO every acquaintance
on this topic Nobody could say that with him 1t
was au impractical sentiment. or that he did not
thoroughly understand his subject. Nobody mad
ridden or driven lived more with horses than Mt
Flower. You had only to see him in the saddle to
see that he was at home and that he and his hVrSo
were on easy terms with each other. When lie en-
tered upon his crusade in favor OF the the barbar-
cusy used carriage horses of London the use OF the
rag bearing rein all but universal. SO careless
are inen ana women i'll their dealings with other
animals that few seemed to be aware of the cruelty
involved IN the practice. When Mr.. Flower de-
nounced it there were plenty of people to say he
talked nonsense. Coachmen often above all others
tie most ignorant and bigoted Of men. scoiled and