The Irish standard., 1900-09-08
He Played Havoc With Pigott in
the Parnell Trial.
A PERTURBATION OF AN IRISH BULL
Quick Answer as to the Extreme
Penalty for Bigamy.

n writer in the New Penny Maya
zinc recently quoted the story of three
young lmrristers. who found them.
selves on the doorstep of briehess-
ness.
Il shall so to India" said one. n
man with quick, bright eyes. Il strong
Jewish cast of face
And to Schanghai," said IL young
stcr whose every feature spclt culture
and refinement
The third, an Irishman, Il little older
than either OF the others, and with
some practice of his own, tried to
lleartcn them IL little, and begged his
two friends not to throw away their
lives for want Of II little patience.
They did not emigratc, and after
many years the young scion of Israers
house presided over the House Of
Lords, first of his race, 10y the style Of
Fnrrer. Baron Herschcll. The youth
who dreamt of Shanghai led the great
northern circuit first, and is now
speaker Of the House Of Commons
| William Court Gully was his name.
And the young lrishman, after n
career mt the bar almost unexampled
In brilliancy, became n Queens coun-
sci, attorney-genernl, Il lord of appeal,
and afterwards lord chief justice of
England. At the time I speak Of lie
was plain Charles Russell.
Opportunity" somebody says,
knocks ut every mans door" The
reason why so many do not succeed
In life is because they are deaf and
do not hear, or are out, and so can
not answer the knock, or are simply
too lazy to open the door. The future
lord chief justice was none of these.
When his chance came he seized 1t
and held 1t. Almost two years af-
ter his call to the bar he was briefed
In II case at Guildhall The late Mr..
Justice Compton was presiding and
the unfortunate Edwin James, then Mt
the height of his fame, was leading
the subject Of my sketch. They were
for the plaintiff, a money lender, who
was bad even for n us,lrer His con-
duct, indeed, as revealed In the course
of the case, had been so particularly
scOundrclly that the great james
eventually threw up his brief and os-
tentationsly left the court The time
came round for the plaintiffs counsel
to address the jury; and up rose the
cntcrprising junior.
"Who are you?' inquired his lord
ship.
"rhe plaintiffs counsel, my lord"
Rather testify, the judge reminded
Mr.Russcll that his leader had thrown
up the case; but Mr.. Russell declined
to be put down.
"Thcre are a few points, my lord"
said he, that I think l ought to put
to the jury" and with great force the
young advocate proceeded to address
the twelve lawful men," At first
there were signs of impnticnce visi-
BILE on the bench; but at the end of his
address his lordship paid the daring
Junior the compliment of saying that
his presumption in speaking under the
circumstances had been justified by
the event The plaintiff did not win
his case; but his Junior counsel started
that day to win reputation rs an
able, clear-headed and fearless advo-
cate. He had three pet denominations
frivolous libel actions against news
papers, shady company promoting,
and the all too common practice in
business circles Of giving commissions,
tips and all manner of brides to SER
wants to induce orders. With regard
to the aforementioned practice, in a
case in which a firm Of manufacture
ers made present to the buyer of a
London business house, the chief JUS
tice declared the practice to be can-
ker eating the life out Of honest trade.
And as to shady promoting his lord
ship in n recent public occasion adj
vised the city to boycott rascally pro-
moters.
The newspaper story that he had in
sisted on entering the Horse Guards,
and had nearly driven over the sentry
who had attempted to bar his passage,
was the occasion for one of the lord
chief Justices most piquant reminis-
cences. He severely condemned the
growing Americanization of the Eng
lish press, which lent itself to the