Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-30
SIR CHARLES RUSSELL.
THE BEST KNOWN AND BEST PAID
LAWYER IN The WORLD.
4 Broad-Shouldered Man Of Splendid
Physique---A Great Orator.


Physique---A Great Orator.
s'There goes the best known and best
paid lawyer in the world"
The speaker was a barrister's clerk,
who was showing me through the law
courts one foggy day this week, says a
Paris correspondent of the New Or
cans Times. l turned as he spoke and
Jaw before me broad-shouldered man
of splendid physique, with forehead
that might be called Websterian, an
eye as clear as hawks and nose and
mouth that denoted great firmness.
His hair was slightly gray and a
fringe of whiskers extended from ear
to ear, even under his throat His
chin and upper lip and cheeks were
cleanly shaven. He wore a smart
looking business suit of dark material,
A turnover collar, black necktie, and
carried in one hand book and i'm the
other an umbrella. He walked in a
ousiness-like way that gave him the
appearance of a man of action, and he
stepped squarely on his heels, that told
also that he was a man of firmness and
decision.
1t was none other than Sir Charles
Russell, q. c., NJ. p. His fame has
extended across the sea, and my in
formant, the law clerk, was right in
falling him the most distinguished of
living English lawyers. 1t would be
hard to tell exactly what his income is,
but it is so large that even the landed
proprietors have little, if anything, the
best of him.
His greatest speech, that has been
:ead and commented upon wherever
he English language is spoken and
he love for fair play for Ireland pre-
dominates, was his mastery statement
If the Irish case in opening the de-
tense of the party before the judicial
commission on the Timess charges.
1t would be impossible in a brief
newspaper sketch to give an idea of
his wonderful oration. Judge Han
nan, who presided on the trial, is on
record as saying that sit was a great
peech from great man and worthy
If a great occasion" Gladstone, La
Oouchere, Sir Edwin Arnold and
cores of others whose opinions are
7aluable, alse paid tribute to the clear
hess and logic of this mastery Grafton,
md it will stand for all time as a clear
exposition of the Irish cause, and do
ngs of the Irish leaders and their
oarty's aims and ambitions.
Sir Charles is now in his fifty-seventh
Tear. He was born in Ireland and re-
!eived his education at Trinity College.
Tie has been practising at the bar for
hirty years. In 1880 he took his first
plunge into public life as a member of
Parliament. He was Attorney-Gener-
Il i'll the Home-Rule ministry of Mr..
Gladstone and at that time received the
honor of knighthood. He is nephew
If the late DR.. Russell, President of
Maynooth College, of whom Cardinal
Newman spoke as the "dear friend
70 whom under Heaven L am indebted
for my conversion"
He has figured in nearly every law
'ase of importance during the last
iozen years. He defended Mrs. May
prick, you may remember. He lives
ike a prince and entertains magnifi-
Gently. He has, perhaps, the best law
library of any English barrister, and a
contemporary once declared that he
knew more about English law than any
1ozen men in the kingdom.
His one popularity is that he is a
sound sleeper: so sound indeed, that
he can lie down for an hour or two in
he middle of the day and sleep like a
child in its mothers arms. He is a
ate riser, but when he gets to work he
goes at it like steam engine.
He is blessed with a vigorous consti-
luton and sound health. He is an all
:ound athlete, good cricketer, splen-
lid oarsman, and can ride horse with
any gentleman in Great Britain, and
can cast fly as deftly as any disciple
Of our beloved Walton.
His great speeches are all prepared
before he goes into court, although he
is an excellent impromptu speaker. He
has what is sailed an excellent House
Of Commons manner. He is quick at
grasping a point, and knows how to
AXE every advantage of parliamentary
tactics.
He is always in demand at Liberal
meetings, and he turns away enough
law business TO give him fortune if
he could do the work every year. He
is petted and pampered by West End
ladies' and is liked by his confreres,
even the young men, for whom he has
always a pleasant word and smile.
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