The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-17 00:00:00

-EVXVilke, FEBRUARY VT, 1864.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Latvlitgaut.
EQUITY COURTS.—Fis. 16.
(Before Viee-t"hancelku Bir R. T. Maderality.)
UMW* o. LORD VIRROIL
The question raised in this ease was • novel one. WOliam,
Karl Harcourt, by his will dated 24th March, 1828, gave his
mansion and estate at St. Leor.ard'ehiU, mast Windsor to
his wife for life, and after her death to Elisabeth Sophia,
the wife of Charles Accedes Harcourt, Marquis
&Harcourt, is France, for life, and altar her death on trial;
to settle the estates to the use of the find and other acme of
Amedee Harcourt and their issue in tail. Heals bequeathed
to his trustees the sum of 80,0001. to be laid out in
land, and settled to the mane uses as the aptitte
at St. Leonard's-hill • and the will contained the
followieg proviso : "Provided always, sad my will is that
if the said Charles Amides Harcourt and Sophia his wife,
or either of them, or any of their children or remoter thee,
who may be entitled to my maid estate at St. Leonard's-kW,
or to any share or interest of and in the raid sum of
80,0001., or in the lands hereby directed to be purchased
therewith under the devisesand bequests hereinbefore °De-
tained, shall reside in foreign parte for thin thansix months
at any one time whilst he or they shall be entitled to the
actual poweesios or esjoyment of the rents and profits of
the lands, or to the interest and yearly prows& of the said
sum of 80,000/., or any part thereof Nukes such midi:eft
shall be occasioned by the party so in poesseion, or her
hothead if a female, being mimed in the memos, civil or
military, of his present Majesty Bing Geary IV., or any of
his suceemors, or by his or bog beteg ner the age of 25
yearn and engaged in treed for education), or if soy son or
remoter iseue of the said Charles Amadei Hatrourt and
Sophia his wife shell not at the time of his succeeding to the
actual pomeeeioe of the said trust estates and property. Of
within twelve wileoder months afterwards, actisally protein
the protestant religion as by kw established in Masked,
and continue to profess the same thenceforth during his
life, that then ani in any such one the devises and bequests'
hereinbefore contained to or in favour of the mid
Charles Moeda, Harcourt and Sophia his wife, and
their sons and remoter hese, shall cease and be
absolutely void so far as concerns the righte and interests
of the party making default, but not further or otherwise,
scything herein contained to the contrary in anywise not-
withstaoding." The present suit was lestituted thirtesa
years ego, to determine various question. arising nailer the
will. Under the limitations is the will the petitioner
further became entitled as tensed for life, bat being •
Roman catholic he admitted a forfeiture under the above
clause, so far as he was °Doomed, in favour of his son
Louie Bernard Harcourt, and a decree was made on this;
footing, with a declaration that the estates were vested is
the son we tenant in tail, sad • receiver was ap-
pointed, the rents being carried to a separate ac-
count. Louis Bernard Harcourt, the foe, kora
of age in August 164, and inunediately afterwards
he executed • desetailing deed, thereby herring the estate
tail and converting it into a fee simple ; and he now pro-
moted this petition to discbsnge the reliever end be let kite
possessiou of the property, though he he. not semplied with
the condition requiriag him to peafees the pietedmit relb
(ion he being a ROMSO eetbolis ; sad the poet mimed was
whether, he sot having rumpled with the condftian, be
had not forfeited his introit.

—Tie7-41tiOneTZTe;;;T, Mr. Bally, sad Mr. Oresaeide
appeared innpport of the petal/mar ; Mr. °shone and
Mr. Erskine for Mr. O. & Harcourt ; Mr. Glare sad Mr.
Francis Baton for le Marquis d'llaramrt, the Coaster de
Castries, and le Marra de Castries, her sou ; Mr. Charles
and Mr Leach far the younger brother of the petitioner ;
Mr. QM. for the receiver; and Mr. G. L. Hassell for Lord
Versos, the heir-at-lac.
The Vim-Clear:allot reasrved his judgment