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      The Assistant-Judge—Is this meant as intimidation ? Hr . Parry said he -waB but doing his duty . If the motion he now made was refused , the matter would be brought before the Secretary of State , and . it would then be . seen whether these epithets were justifiable on a gentleman , equal in rank and of as high , honour as the Assistant-Judge himself ; and they ¦ would then obtain that justice which has been refused them here . The Judge protested against language being used to him which would not have been addressed to any other Judge , and mentioned that Mr . Parry had made an attack on him on a matter of which he had no formal knowledge , as he had not attended to the cases himself .

      " One of the cases was tried at Westminster , and tha other two at C 2 erkenw « 12 . la the one , the jury was not called upon to give any verdict at alL it was sa disgusting ; and he- would repeat it again , disgusting . When the costs were allowed in that case , he told the officer of the society that he hoped such a . casa would not be brought before the court for the future- What he said on the preceding day he would now repeat . If the society was well managed , and its operations properly conducted , it would be a valuable one , and-would do a good deal of public good ; but if not , and such , cases as those now ia question were taken , up "by it , instead of

      being a good , it wouM become a nuisance- When , he said he should , disallovf the costs , he did not intend that to apply to the witnesses who had been bound over , but to the costs Incurred , fry the society ! . Tie witnesses were paid , but the latter was hot ; and a surgeon who had . been subpoenaed , but not bound over ,.-had to make a special application , and his fee was allowed . It had been distinctly asserted that the society did not volunteer prosecutions- The father of one of the girls stated to him on oath that he gave instructions : to no one , and that the society took up the ease through , seeing it mentioned in the newspapers . "

      He complained , of the animus of the attack , made on him by Mr , Parry , who called him " Serjeant . Adams / ' instead of using tlie ordinary . " mylord , " and ended ! with a threat of bringing the matter before the Secretary of State ; which he hoped would be done , as the notes of the case would be laid before that functionary . A more disgusting case than the first tried thetfay bef <) re he never saw , and hewoxutdnot unsity any one thing

      he had said . If the society took up such cases as those three , it wouM become a nuisance instead of a public advantage , which it would be if properly conducted . He did not think the society ought to talse up saek cases or seeing them in the newspapers ; anil with respect to th < J costs in those now under consideration , he wished it to go forth , that though he said he should not allow thecoats , the ordinary coats to tie witnesses were allowed , and the society ' s costs refused . Mr . Lawrence said he did not apply for them .

      The Assi 3 tant-Judge remarked thereupon that the counsel who was present did not ask for the costs , while a counsel who was absent afterwards eame and attacked him in open court , and threatened to "bring the matter before the Secretary of State if he did not allow them . It waa not endurable ; it was sufficient to make the blood boil in one's veins to be thus treated after a professional experience of over forty years . As the learned aerjeant resumed Iiia seat there was aorne applause , hut it waa speedily repressed . Mr . Payne ( the senior member of the bar present ]) said that speaking for himself , he thought such an occurrence was a discredit to the bar , and he was sorry that any man at the bar couM be found to make a motion in the terms which had teen used by Mr . Parry . A magistrate present was about raivke some observation , when

      Mr , Parry roao and made a remark with reference to the term " discredit" used by Mr . Payne , but it waa lost in the confusion which prevailed at th& moment . Thore ¦ were a good many interruptions during the discussion . So ended the latest " acouo" at tlie Middlesex Sosexons .

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      continental notes , Tins D&bats eayn : —* ' We have received a picco of nowa which « t nil times could not have failed to produce n great sensation in the induatrial world , but which in tho present state of things asBumes all tUo importance of a political © vent . On Saturday , tho Empoxor Ifranoia Joseph signed at Vienna a treaty , conceding to a company of capitalists , represented 1 > y MM . Peroiro . and B . Andr < 5 , of Porw , and by MM . Si »« . and Eskoles , of Vienna , tho railway linen hitherto constructed and worked by tho Sta-to , ia th « kingdo-ma of Bohemia and

      Hungary . Wo are not yot completely acquainted with tho conditions on which this important affair luw boon concluded , but wo think we con Htato that the cupitalUtu who have brought theao laborious negotiatioua to a successful isuuo , have unloved into thorn only with tho full conviction that tho Austrian government will not place ita policy in opposition to Lhat of the Western J ? owore . Thus , haa bcon torminatod thia atfuir , whtob , will produce to the Auntriu-n government , In addition to the 500 milliona of uorina accruing ; from the loan , very considerable rosourcoa .

      It is stated by a correspondent of the I > uhUn Weekly Telegraph that " The Austrian . Government has discovered that Russian agents are endeavouring to excite a revolt in Hungary , and it has , in consequence , caused 150 persons to be arrested . Amongst these appear the names of six heads of commercial houses , and thirty Greek priests from the Bamat . All steamers arriving from the Lower Danube- have been stepped at Pesth and strietly exauniaecf , as well as the passengers on board . "

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      Accounts : from Madrid mention reports of there being differences in the C abiaet upon , various important questions , the solution , of which has been postponed in consequence ; they axe the general theme of conversation in political circles , and are much commented on by the press . The subjects of most importance , and upon which some decision must soon be taken , are*—1 . The formation , of a project of a new constitution . 2 . Are the Cortes to be opened with a . royal speech merely , or without it ? 3 . The question , of raising 25 , 000 men , by a new conscription , tft supply in . some , measure the vast gap made in the army by the giving up of two years ' service , independently of the usual number whose term of service expires every yean

      Rumours of a ministerial crisis were current , and the names of gentlemen , supposed to be lilsely to form a new Cabinet were mentioned . Espartero figure * amongst them as President of the Couneil , but O'Donnell is not named ; he is , it £ s said , to be appointed President of the Supreme Tribunal of the Ariuy and , Nayy . It is . understood that matters- have- been since arranged . The Espana . declares that the Oarlist party is actively engaged in conspiracies , but tl » ai it can do nothing to excite serious fears .

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      The King of the Belgians will be back in Brussels on October 24 th . The Chambers are to be convoked , it is said , for the 7 th of November .

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      A new interest , lias been added to the episode of the case of abduction in Portugal , by the appearance of Marshal Saldanha . on the scene . He has published a long letter in the daily journals , indignantly denying all participation in the attempt to obtain the young daughter of Senhor Ferreira , beyond a simple proposal of the marriage of his son , Count Saldanha , with that lady . He throws down trie gauntlet boldly to his accusers , and challenges them to prove their assertions in the public tribunals , protesting that he never gave a carte blanche , as was stated by the mother of the fair damsel in her letter from Vigo . It is rumoured that the duke intends to prosecute the opposition journals for libel , and that every effort will be made to obtain a verdict against than * .

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      La Presse says that Count Estexhazy ,. the Austrian Ambassador at Berlin , has quitted his post for a time ; and that it is only preparatory to bia entire withdrawal from the embassy .

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      The King of Denmark ' s reply to the deputation carrying up the impeachment of the Ministers , was a proclamation dissolving the House of Commons , far tho third time within twenty months . The new elections axe fixed for tho 1 st of December . An aiUlresa to tho Danish peoplo calls upon them to support the whole state pluna of the Ministry , and threatens all persona in public employment , cspQcinlly tho clergy , should , tlioy oppoao , or xofuat ) to support the Cabinet . After Orstod lhad road tho docyoe for tho dissolution of tho House , Lindborg proposed , " Tho Constitution unchanged for over ! " which was rapturously ivppluuded , with nine chcorct for tho spoakor . The galloriea then gave onthuainatic cheers for tho Danish Parliament , and loud cries of *? Down with tho Ministry 1 "

      I ho Upper House hnvo agreed to join tho Commons and send up an nddrottB . It is Htated that tho Emporor of tho French has hinted to tho Dauiah Cabinet , through hia Minister ut Copenhagen , that hu cannot permit tlio execution of tlmir plans Iby any illegal military net .

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      THE UNITED STATES' BABIES . At Springfield , in Ohio , there is a great fair . Probably the finest cattle and the best productions of the State wore exhibited with success ; but something- more it seems waa required to give the gathering a position worthy of it , and so the improvement ojf the human ( American ) race was made a feature , and . a " 13 aby-show" was organised , and premiums for the best speoimons of infancy offered . The managers of the show were taken aback at the interest oxcited , and the number of babiea entered : —

      They had supposed that ovon their liberal premiums would not tempt more than a dozen bahiea or so , and . had made arrangements accordingly . Ton o ' clock in tho morning convinced thorn that they had underrated " tho importance of tho occasion . " Devoted mothers and floating fathers , with their littlo pots in their arms , came pouring into tho fnir grounds , each , no doubt , confident of leaving it with one of tho priaos- A snmH canvas tent haU boon assigned as tho recoptficlo of tho entries , and into that mothers , babies , and nurses woro ushered by gentlemen wearing roaottea upon tboir . breasts . Soon there was " music within . " Tha young Americans soon got excited : ~~

      Afltoaiahou , probably , ftt finding themaolveu in " mem meeting an » emblod , " the lUt . lt > o » o » aont up » cry which shook tho cnnvuB top and piorccd tho ears of the people . In vain did tho bnwa bouu toot their hitrtvumcnta to drown , if pgrnjiblo , 4 l tho piqroing cry . " Young America whs tuoiistiii , nud , Huurniujj ; to bo hoatun , aunt forth noton whiuh uhumud tliu kuyn of tUo bujfjo , and niailo th « trombone blush for Its woakixiss . " The bAbleul" " tllo bftblcH t" wan on tho Up » « f ovory ono . I'lougUe , om < - broidyry , ronphig jnnchinoa , fnucy jgoodfl , moqlumitfnl skUl , nnd nfrrioultural Hucocaa were all forgotten in n . moment . Blood horaoa and ahort-horn cattle wero " n » wb « r I" The poopJo—ijieu , women , nnd childron , Iniji ^ , ( jonll « inun , and gr »)\ vii > K juv « jnil « 8 r—inado n xittih for tho " lluby Toiit . " lJoinjr b (» rrud admission , liowuvor , lUtty woro obliged for tho prottont to contont UnuinmuvcH by liatou-ing to tUo muttic . Sumo , raoru ansiowq tliou tlio

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      THE EiMPEROR OF THE FRENCH Itf ENGJLAJZD ; AND BELGIUM . The Morning Chronicle renews with still greater distinctness a statement that the Emperor and Empress of the French may be soon expected in England-and more , that Ms Majesty is to be made a Kiughtof the Garter . The account runs thusi" The Queen and the Prince Consort , immediately after keeping the birthday of the Princess Royal at Windsor Castle , who completes her fourteenth , year on the 21 st [ November , will proceed with the royal- farnilv

      as usual at this time of the year , to the Isle of Wight The Court will remain at Osborne until about the nuddla of December . Here , at her Majesty ' s , marine residence , and about this period , the Emperor and , Empress of the French , It ia expected , will pay their first visit to the British Court , On the arrival of the illustrious visitors her Majesty and his Koyal Highness Prince Albert , will accompany them to Windsor Castle , where a series of banquets , balls , concerts , &c . on a scale of magnificence , liberality , and splendour unequalled in the present reign , will be a-iven .

      " During the stay of the Imperial visitors at the Castle , which it is expected will be about six or eight days , the Emperor will be installed a Knignt of the Garter , with all the pomp and eeremonies incidental on . the admission of a foreign potentate into this most ancieat and honourable fraternity . The three knights who have also been nominated to fill the vacancies occasioned by the demise of the Marquis of Anglesea , the Mgjquis . of Londonderry , and the Duke of Beaufort , namely , the Earls of Carlisle , "EUesmere , and Eglioton , will also be installed , at the same time . Should the weather admit , there will be a review of the Royal Horse Guards and other troops in tho , neighbourhood ef Windsor , but , ia the absence of sa many regiments which have gone to the East , aud the lateness of the season , there will bensv

      attempt at any grand military display ^ We understand that the portion of the Castle occupied by the I £ ing of Prussia when that Sovereign last visited England ^ , will be fitted up not only magnificently , but with , every attention to comfort , for the express use of the Emp . er . or , and Empress and : suite during their stay at Windsor . " It is not here stated , as has been freely done elsewhere , that at tbe same chapter of the Gaiter , the Czar wall be degraded fram the Order—as lie has degraded the Wallachian functionary who lias gone over to Austria and the Porte , If there be anything in another report , it would not appear strange that the Emperor should be made free of the English court , for he is to receive something more than the " imprimatur" of King- TJeopold i which would of itself pass him current through , most of the Courts of Europe . We find that

      " Th « Cologne Gazette notices a rumour current a * Brussels , according to which Prince Napoleon , the heir presumptive to the French throno , is about to > espouse the daughter of King- Leopold , a grandchild , of Loufa Philippe . " The dynasty would then be founded indeed * .

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      M . Soule " , tho Minister of the United States at . Madrid , left London this week for tlie Continent . It is said that permission to enter France on his way vwas refused him .

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      A letter from the Hague of the 21 st states that Mr . Gibson has left fior America with despatches announcing the result of the Congress hold lately at Oet « nd by the American Ministers of Madrid , London , and Paris , under tho presidency of Mr . Mann , Untler-Seeretary of State of the American Govermneut .

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      Tho Ost Dmtdoh Post containa a lcttor from Berlin , in which tho writer aaya " that tho roi » resoiUativt !» of Saxony and Dnvuria l »/ ivo recently had several conferences with Baron von Mantoufl ' ul , but It , Is a question whuthur they « ro to bo considered as denoting a warmer appreciation of tho policy of tho Prussian Cabinet ; or tho contrary ; but If ono may venture to docldo from hints dropped at Una Berlin Foroign-ouico , thw Cabuwt . of Munich ia morn f « voum ] blo to tliis policy than that of Droadon . "

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      * 0 * 4 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 28, 1854, page 1014, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2062/page/6/