We have just now an extraordinary serics of interesting causes eélébres. First there is the Gordon case.—Last Friday, after counsel for Mr. Gordon had pro. nounced a scathing denunciation of the morals of the mother who is socking to retain the custody of her child, the hearing adjourned till tomorrow; but in the meantime a temporary sen-ation was catts-ed by nouncement. in the "Daily Mail" that Lady Granville Gordon had fled to the Continent with the little girl to prevent its falling into her ex-husband's hands. The story proved to be quite tu true, and the matter having been brought to the attention of the Judge, his Lordship administered a sharp rebuke to the newspaper which published it. In justice to the "Daily Mail," however, it should he stated that before publishing the story they sent a representative to Lord Gran-ihe Gordon to ask if it was true, and Lord neville gave an affirmative reply. Lord Granville's explanation is that he doubted the bona-fides of the in qui Probably the truth is that ho regarded the question as a gross piece of impertinence; but that y justifies him in having replied to it with a deliberate falsehood.
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