The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-04-13
SIR CHARLES RUSSELL.
Interesting Sketch Of the Man Who
Drove the Forger, Pigott,
from Eng land.
A NATIVE OF COUNTY WEXFORD.
No Boy in the Great Lawyers Household,
But There are Thirteen
Daughters.

be given al honorable place in the his
tory of the struggle for home rule for
Ireland, says the New York Journal.
He is the senior counsel for the Parnel-
lites and it was his incisive and search
ing cross-examination that drove the
forger Pigott in terror from England.
Sir Charles is remarkable man in more
respects than one. An interesting
sketch Of his career is furnished to the
Journal by Florence O'Sullivan, a gen.
tleman who has conducted business in
London for many years and who is now
on visit to friends in that citv. MIR,
O'Sullivan is acquainted with the lead
ing Parnellite members ct parliament
and also with Sir Sharles, whom ne
thus describes:
''Sir Charles is a man of about SO
Years. He stands feet IL inches high
and is built like an athlete. His COM
plexion Is Aorid and his hair dark
brown, slightly tinged with gray. He
was born in County Wexford, Ireland,
and has practiced his profession with
distinction Tor 6 quarter OF a century.
He was Knighted when he was made
attorney general of England, and no
man ever left che office with higher
reputation. When the Parnell commits
sion WAS created Russell was approach
ed by Solicitor Buckle of the Times and
offered G150 a day to represent the
paper while the commission sat. He
declined the offer on principle, because
he was convinced the letters were for
geries. The eattolney-general.S Sir Rich
ard Webster, Was retained at GlOO a
day. Russell is probably not receiving
more than half that sum, because the
Parnellite treasury is limited and there
are heavy expenses to be met outside of
counsel.
''There is q wrong impression in En-
gland, and presume in this country,
as TO the ownership Of the Times. Peo-
pie generally imagine that the paper is
controlled by Sir John Walter and his
brother Henry. This is not the case
It IS close corporation, formed under
the limited liability act and the policy
of the men who have divided it's pro-
fits has been to keep the public in the
dark as to its affairs. Among it's stock.
holders are the premier, Lord Salisbury,
the marquis of Butte, the notorious
duke of Buccleugh. and other rabid
Tory aristocrats. Th. Walter brothers
have been pnt forward as nominal
owners, while these men have been
drawing the heavy portion Of the diyi-
dend and directing the policy of the
paper. But there were no dividends to
draw last year and they won't be heavy
this year. n description of The storm
that is now raging among the tory
stock holders would make interesting
reading.
''But to return to Sir Charles, His
domestic life is one that any man
might envy. He lives in a prince]Y
mansion at ~ Harley street, in the
fashionable West end. Nearly all the
property in that vicinity is owned by
the Duke of Beaufort. His family
worship in the Catholic church IN Ogle
street, near by. They are the admira~ !
tion of the congregation, and no Won"
der they should be. 1t is sight to OBJ
serve the handsome lawyer with his
graceful wife and their thirteen
pretty daughters as they enter
church. Yes. thirteen splendid girls,
who rise one above the other like the
steps of a stairway. There is no boy IN
the household. It takes three pews to
accommodate the family, and father
and mother always sit in the last pew
They saw in this country that thirteen
is an unlucky number, but in a part of |
County Wexford, from which the Rus
sells hail, no family is considered COM
plete till it Numbers twenty-one. By
that time there may be several sons.'
Then and Now.
When New York City commemor-
ates, this month, the first inauguratio On,
says the Century Magazine for April, it
is but fitting that the occasion should
be permeated with the personality of