The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-03
n ~ MAKaUIsE DE FoNrENoY.

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i ,ain at any rate those OF the
mig Bench. do not go to court
'iiat IS 20 say. they do not attend
eoif's, ievees. state balls. etc. This
OF which nearly every ono save
~ oihclals OF the Lord Chamberlai,t.s
uefarlncnt and the Judges themselves
I, 'sho'an'' WAS casually mentioned
.ho othcr day by Justice SIR Charles
Earring, while presiding over the trial.
III connection with the suit hrou,,h,
oy Mrs Horace West against nor
iathcr-in-law, old Sir Ale,nrro, w.
LOT SANDER Justice Darling addcd
mat this rule prccluding Judges OF
the High Court, and In partIc,,la, ~
INC sings Bench. from going 10 court
"as constitutional one. ana that Il
Pated from the times when they used
70 20 too much to court This IS nnl.
tSctiy true. and 1t was To maip,.ir
tteI reputation for Independence and
1ol absolute impartiality and Ia avoiJ.
any suspicion uf permitting their d.
ciS!ons 10 be influenced in any ,y.s,.
~ the sovereign or by royalty that ,ie
court functions -
IN olden times the Court Of Kings
- ItaSh, now ti!e First Division OF the
I M rc.1 conr' OF Justice formed mart AID
!uoses fuihliinS the judicial duties OF
me it!ng, who often occupied seat
On ,na 'tie nenGli. and the nyc Judges OF
tHe Nins Bench travelled about with
nm from one royal residence 70 an
n ,,ler Sot TINS was nut an end to in
ne ~, reign OF King Edward Ill. when
as as stationary as that OF Common Pleas.
rom that time forth. the tendency
ItIs peeT H. 10 em,n,r, s the Court. OF
nals from tho influence of the sovcy-
eign in whose name the Judges adj
mn justice, and although there
..rneo Df len some p1 notable falls from
srace IN this respect, yet on the
Whole the English judiciary IS re-
howned throughout the world for its
Independence
OF what Importance this ruie liz NAV
he seen by what happens In the mon
archtcal countries Of Continental Eu-
may recall the extraordinary outbursr
81 anger on the part OF the late King
Leopold - at a court reception IN his
p l;ha at Brussels, against a Judge
ny the vigor with which he punished
those who had dehcd the new laws.
prohibiting the maintenance OF gam
bling tables at Ostcnd. spa Namui
and other places in Belgium The
Kings financial enterprises. especial
~ AZ Ostend, had been very hard hit
been enacted by an overwhelming ma
1ority in both houses or the national
legislature. in obedience 10 popular
sentiment. Leopold had hoped that
through his ROYAL influence lie would
be able 10 maintain them In the con
dition OF dead letter at any rate as
lar a s Ostcnd was concerned. By means
OF honors and favors granted to those
entrusted with their enforcement, and
when he found that this particular
Judge would not allow himself to be.
moved from what he considered 10 be
MS duty. the royal anger knew no
bounds. I
spicuons figures at court festivities in
every monarchical country OF Conti-
mental Europe. they and more cspe-
tially their wives and their daugh-
tokens of royal favor, Of which sovcr-
eigns have so many at their disposal.
Judges Of the High Court are even
welcome and honored guests at the
tertainments OF The presidents Of re-
puhlics 1t is only in England that
they are obliged by cons lftutional rule
from the ruler OF tho land and from
royalty.
Emperor Williams transfer OF Cap
tain Paul Won IIintZe. Of the Imperial
Navy. from the peculiar post which
he occupied at ST. Petersburg. to thar
| Mexico. in the place Of Kari BUM. who
spent SO many years in New York as
consul general. is not without prece-
wished to console Lieutenant Com
inandcr Won Eisendecker in 1873 for
his having been Tilted by Countess Ma
RE g6iSn1drch, nc, 10 the aTnaIeTncnl
of everybody, secured for. him the an
pointment OF German minister plenipo-
Tertiary in Japan. although the young
officer was cutie without diplomatic
experience. and did not possess in the
navy a. rank at all corresponding 10
| that OF envoy.
| The prince was very fond indeed OF
| lGisendecker, whom he loved almost as
a son, and whose mother had been
one OF his childhood and earliest
| friends. Marie Bismarck broke off her
engagement With Eisendecker about
| She held pronounced views. Eisen
decker took the matter very much to
| heart indeed and when [ knew him
out in Japan in 1874, still looked ex
trait in a medallion, engraved with
| the word Marie Eisendecker has
| been in the diplomatic service ever
since. spent a number of years as
German minister ut Washington ana
now represents the Kaiser at the
while advanced in the rank Of the
| navy 10 the grade Of vice-admiral. al
though he has never served al sea. cX
cept when he accompanied the En-
pcror on his yotchtlnE expeditions.
| Captain Won IIintze, who was only
| ennobled three years ago. and who is
of bourgeois parentaEe. seems to have
| got on the nerves Of either the Car
! or of the widowed Czarina at st Pc
| tersburg, and has been Withdrawn
made by Nicholas on the occa sion Of
| his last visit to Potsdam The pre-
/ sumption is that he took too keen an
| interest in the costly scheme Of the
dcfenses Of Kronstadt and OF the an
proach by sea TO ST, Petersburg: de-
lenses on which tho Russian governs
| ment Is spending over sI00, 600, 900, and
] which are notorionslv intended To nrn-