"Mr. D'ACERBITY. On whose behalf do you apply?
"The learned counsel stated that he was instructed by the
Protestant Detectoral Association to apply on behalf of the
mother. The case was also watched by the solicitors of the
Society for Preventing the Suppression of Women and Children.
"Mr. D'ACERBITY. Does the father join in the application?
"Mr. BAILEY. No, sir.
"Mr. D'ACERBITY. Why? He ought to be joined if living.
"Mr. BAILEY. Perhaps you will allow me, sir, to state the case.
The circumstances are peculiar. The fact is----
"Mr. D'ACERBITY. I cannot understand why the father should not
be represented if the child has been abducted. Where was it
taken from?
"Mr. Bailey proceeded to state that the child had been taken by a
nun from No. 5, Rosemary Street, without the mother's consent,
and was now imprisoned in the convent. The father appeared to be
indifferent, or to have given a sort of general acquiescence.
This was Mrs. Ginx's thirteenth child, around whom gathered the
concentrated affections
"Mr. D'ACERBITY (interrupting the learned gentleman). We have
no time for sentiment here, Mr. Bailey. If the father consented,
can you call it abduction? It looks like reduction.
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