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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 28.

(Nisi Prius sittings for Middlesex, before Mr. Jus-
tice CRESSWELL
DOBSON V. TOURNIARE AND ANOTHER.

The plaintiff in this case is a carpenter and builder
at St. George's-in-the-East; the defendants, Francois
and Benoit Tourniare, are equestrian prformers, and
the action was brought to recover .571. 11s., being the
balance claimed as due for building a temporary
circus in the parish of St. George's-in-the-East, for
the defendants' performances. The only question in
the case was, whether the contract had been entered
into by Francois for himself and brother, or whether
Francois acted as agent only for his brother, who was
at the time in the country. After a good deal of
evidence on both sides,

The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.
Mr. Sergeant C. Jones and Mr. Charnock were the
plaintiff's counsel ; and Mr. E. James tor the de-
fendants.

with reference to the purchase of the Weekly
Chronicle.. He could not charge his memory that
Robert W. Russell had said he would make advances
for carrying on the paper at the rate of 501. a month.
He had been told the paper was, when purchased,
paying at the rate of 91. a week. Understood Robert
IV. Russell could have done so, and had an impression
that he would assist the firm in making advances.
Mr. LAWEANCE then addressed the Commissioner,
and called upon him to annul the petition. He in-
sisted on the production of the books of E. Russell. It
seemed most extraordinary that the petitioning cre-
ditor, a tradesman in business, should have destroyed
letters referring to business transactions between
himself and his brother. The first letter on the sub-
ject of the loan he declared he could not find. In
short, not a single letter or copy of a letter was forth-
coming which was material to his client's interest,
whilst he seemed to have preserved with great care
those which concerned his own. The petition was
the result of a foul conspiracy against Doyle in order
to dissolve the partnership.
The COMMISSIONER asked to see the account be-
tween the petitioning creditor and R. W. Russell ;
that one which he had brought with him from Dublin.
It was banded up.
The COMMISSIONER—What is the meaning of this
item, " interest upon 1,000/, ?" What 1,0001. is this ?
r. BAGLEY —I have not seen the document.

The COMMISSIONER called up Edward Russell—
What is the meaning of this entry " interest upon
1,0001. ?" Witness—The meaning of it is, that when
my brother was married he wished to make a settle-
ment on his wife, and I took the 1,0001. from him to
pay interest at 6 per cent. Since then I have paid
him 601. a year on the 1,0001.
COMMISSIONER—Does that refer to what has been
said about money being in your hands ? Witness—
I think it does.

COMMISSIONER—Yes, I should think so too.

Mr. LAWEANCE—I am much obliged to your Ho-
nour for discerning a fact which escaped me, but
which is most material to the interests of my client.
(To witness)—Where is that 1,0001. now ? Witness
—ln my establishment.

Mr. LAWEANCE-I suppose, when you say " in
your establishment," you mean upon your shelves ?
Witness—Yes.

To Mr. BAGLEY—My brother intrusted it to me
until I could obtain a favourable mode of investing it
—a safe kind of investment. I hold it as trustee for
my brother's wife, and am about to purchase a house
with it for 1,0501.

.
Mr. LAWRANCE—Have you the money by you ?
Witness—l can command it.

Mr. LAWRANCE appealed to the Court if Doyle had
not told the truth. He could not help stigmatising him
as a most improper trustee who would allow a bill of
his brother's to be dishonoured, whilst he held the
means of meeting it in his hands. The whole affair
was now plain to the Court. Doyle refused to join in
the dirty work with Robert Russell, or fir those by
whom Russell had been employed. The real object
was to turn Doyle out, so that wealthy and unprin-
cipled men might convert the journal to their own
purposes.

I; reply to the COMMISSIONER, E. Russell said,
that as a security for the advance of the 1,0001. be
gave his brother, R. Russell, a policy of insurance
for 2,000/. (produced).
ComaussioriEß—ls there any mention made in any
deed of the consideration on which the 1,0001. was
advanced ?—The question was replied to in the
negative.
COMMISSIONER—Then how am I to know that this
deed has any relation whatever to the marriage set-
tlement ?

Mr. BAGLEY could not think this portion of the
discussion at all relevant.

The COMMISSIONER thought otherwise.
Mr. BAGLEY proceeded to address the Court in
support of the petition. He would avoid the use of
all harsh and unbecoming language, and all extra-
neous topics, the introduction of which answered no
good purpose. He would confine himself strictly
to the question, ay or no—was not the petitioning
creditor's debt a good and sufficient one, and ought
not the petition to be proceeded with ? The Learned
Counsel then narrated all the facts, and observed
that there could not be the slightest doubt as to the
justice and strictly legal nature of the claim. Lord
Campbell and a jury would not be ten minutes in
finding a verdict for his client. He relied upon Doyle's
letter as conclusive proof of his liability to pay the
801. bill, from his own acknowledgment.
Some discussion then ensued about a document, of
which Doyle read a copy at a former meeting. He
was then unable to find the original, which is in the
handwriting of Robert Russell, and now produced it.
The CommissioNas thought it material, and that it
went to substantiate Doyle's statement as well as
Dillon's.

Mr. BAGLEY wished to call Robert Russell to ex-
it.
Mr. LAWRANCE objected.
The COMMISSIONER, said it was now too late to call
him.

Mr. R. Russell upon two or three occasions rose
and said he wished to be examined, both with' refer-
ence to this document and to the marriage settlement.
The COMMISSIONER said, he had cautioned him be-
fore, and if he continued the interruptions he must
be excluded from the court.

The marriage settlement was again referred to.

COMMISSIONER—Have you the deed ?
Mr. BAGLEY.—I have not. I did not hear a word
about it until it was mentioned during the present
meeting.

COMMISSIONER.—Is there any marriage settlement
reduced to writing ?
_ _

Mr. BAGLEY—There is, I understand, a gentleman
in court who will give evidence of it, but I under-
stand it has not been reduced to writing. The
Learned Counsel concluded by calling upon the Com-
missioner to sustain the petition ; a clearer petitioning
creditor's debt he had never seen,

The COMMISSIONER thought it was anything but
clear. It was a most complicated case. His Honour
then reviewed the evidence, and remarked that, no
deed having been executed, he was bound to consider
that Edward Russell, the petitioning creditor, owed
Robert Russell 1,0001., and therefore a bill drawn
upon one in Ed ward Russell's position became a bill
for consideration, viz., for money of Robert in the
hands of Edward. He believed that, as regarded the
marriage settlement spoken of, there was no trust
whatever. The admission of Edward Russell respect..
ing the 1,000/ confirmed the statements of Dillon
and Doyle. Many letters were missing, and that
one the, most material of all to which allusion had
been made. He believed the truth to ba that
Edward was a debtor to Robert Russell. His
Honour finally observed that he should not consider
Edward Russell was in a good position to establish a
petitioning creditor's debt, and must therefore annul
the adjudication.
Mr. BAGLEY now proposed to substitute another
debt.

Further proceedings were, by consent, adjourned
till to-morrow (this day).
The case did not terminate until a quarter past
seven o'clock.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

William Poulton, a person of respectable appear-
ance, was brought before the Lord Mayor under the
following remarkable circumstances :
Mr. H. F. Wood attended for the prisoner.
Mr. Joseph Archer, solicitor, of No. 11, Token-
house-yard, said—On the 19th instant I received a
message from Mr. Field, of Coleman-street, in con-
sequence of which I went to him. I saw there the
prisoner, who stated to me that he was entitled to
considerable property under the wills of his father,
William' Poulton; his grandfather, James Payne ;
and his uncle, John Payne. He mentioned the
amount, and stated that his mother, Mrs. Catherine'
Sill, died on the 17th instant, aged 88 years, and
that, in consequence of bar death, the sum of 5,0001.
insured on her life in the Albion Life Insurance-
office
became payable ; that various sums of money
arising from her own savings were also due ; that
she had also been possessed of about 2,0001. in the
St. Albans Bank, besides furniture and other real
and personal effects. The prisoner also stated
that his mother's husband, Mr. Sill, had
died intestate, and that he was himself the only sur-
viving child of William Poulton by Mrs. Sill ; that
within these few weeks he had become entitled to
most of the property by the death of his mother, and
that he wished myself rind Mr. Field to manage the
duties which had devolved upon him, and to inspect
the wills at Doctors'-commons. We accordingly did
so. I found that the property to which he said he
would be entitled at the death of his mother, under
these wills, was correctly represented, and on my
return to Coleman-street, where I saw the prisoner
and Mr. Field, after talking about the management
of the property, it was ultimately settled that we
should lend him a sum of money. After some oppo-
sition upon my part we let him have upon his repre-
sentation at the time 101., for which he gave us his
'.IO Uin our joint names. He then instructed me to
prepare a power of attorney authorizing my self and
and Mr. Field to act in all his affairs, and appointed
the next day, at three o'clock, for the.execution.of the
deed. He kept his appointment, and the power of
attorney was read over to him. He, however, re-

[PRICE SD.

Ifused to sign the power of attorney without getting
51. more, and that we would not consent to give. We
afterwards ascertained that his mother was not dead,
and we caused him to be taken into custody.
Mr. James Payne Sill, of No. 10, St. George's-
road, New Kent-road, said—l know the prisoner.
He is my half-brother by the same mother. She is
now alive and living with me.
Cross-examined by Mr. H. F. Wood—My mother
and the prisoner are not upon terms. The prisoner
has not been at the house lately. My mother is 65
years old, And has not been ill for a long time.
The LORD MAYOR—WiII the prisoner be entitled
to any property at his mother's death ? Witness—
Yes, but he cannot anticipate any portion of it.
Mr. G. L. Ford, of Stafford-street, Pimlico, said—
The prisoner has also taken me in. Prior to the
23d of September I went to the country, and on my
return I found a letter from the prisoner, dated from
115, Long-acre, on the subject of a loan of money,
and I subsequently saw him upon the subject,
and took down from him the following instruc-
tions :—That he was entitled, under the will of Wil-
liam Poulton, deceased, of Maidenhead, Berkshire,
who died in the year 1810, to the following sums :-
2,5911. 13s. 41, 9,6731. 12s. ld., and 3,8511., on the
death of his mother ; that he was also entitled, under
the will of his grandfather, James Payne, who died
on the 14th of February, 1822, to the following
sums :-27,6G6/. 13s. 4d. Three per Cents. ; 3,0001.
on mortgage ; 9,7841. Four per Cents. ; and two farms
and other real estates. He stated that he should come
in for all upon the death of his mother, whose age
was eighty-seven years, who was very ill, and who
could not live long. He applied to me for a loan on
that reversionary property, and I asked him for secu-
rity, and undertook to procure him a loan. He gave
me the names of various trustees and others connected
with these affairs, and of the solicitor employed, and
he applied to nie for a small pecuniary loan. I was
struck with the small size of the loan, which was no
more than Si., but I lent it to him.—(A laugh.)
The LORD MAYOR—I suppose you made inquiries ?
Mr. Ford—l took the necessary steps to investigate
the wills, and I made the usual inquiries ; and, to
enable me to do so with dispatch and efficacy, he kept
calling at the office frequently. Between the 25th of
September and the 2d of October he called, and ap-
peared much agitated and distressed ; and, when I
asked him what was the matter, he said that his
mother was dead. He seemed to be very anxious to
go and see his mother, and he borrowed of me the
sum of 151. for that purpose. I gave him a cheque
upon Cocks and Biddulph for that sum; but I have
since learned that his mother is not dead.

The LORD MAYOR—Did you lend the money un-
der the impression that his mother was dead ? Mr.
Ford—Certainly, I did. When he returned, after I
had given him the 151., he told me he had seen his
mother in her coffin.—(Laughter.)

Mr. Wood—Did you not find that his statements
as to the property willed to him were correct ? Mr.
Ford—No ; I found that they were false. My clerk
searched Doctors'-commons and ascertained that he
is not entitled to the property at all. He told me
that he was the only child, and that he was to have
the whole of the money.
The LORD MAYOR—It was very extraordinary that
you, Mr. Ford, who are a man of experience and
knowledge of life, should be gulled in such a way.
Mr. Ford—Why really his statements looked so
like those of a man of business, that I was led to
think they were all correct. He told me that he was
an officer in the army; and, upon my word, I felt
for him.—(Laughter.)
Upon the application of Mr. Wood, who said that
he could produce witnesses who would alter the com-
plexion of the case very materially, the prisoner was
remanded for a week.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Mr. Bingham, before giving his judgment in the
case of William St. Clair, charged with sending a
threatening letter and using menacing words to Mr.
Fox, the contractor for the works at the Great Exhi-
bition, inquired of Mr. Rippon, the defendant's soli-
citor, if he had any observations to make, as he had
just been informed an objection was to be raised on
some point.
Mr. Rippon said, his objection was to the effect
that the magistrate had no jurisdiction over the case
in its present form. The Act of Parliament in ques-
tion required that proceedings under it should be
taken only by summons or warrant on oath. Now,
in the present case, neither summons nor warrant
had been issued ; therefore, the whole proceedings
being irregular, the magistrate could not adjudicate
upon them.
Mr. 13nvGnAm cited a case decided by Lord Ken-
yon, which, he conceived, got rid of the objection.
As, however, the case itself was one of very great
importance, and as it was very advisable that it
should be decided on its merits alone, he would take
further time to consider the point that had just been
raised, and would postpone his judgment until next
Monday, enlarging the defendant's bail for that
purpose.
SOUTH WARK.

Thomas Ready, described as a member of the swell
mob, was placed at the bar for re-examination, charged
with being concerned with three other men, since
transported, in breaking into the premises of Mr.
Thomas Weir, woollen draper, in the London-road,
and stealing nearly 2001. worth of cloth, his property.
The circumstances attending the case were briefly
as follows, the evidence being too lengthy to enter into
all the particulars minutely :—lt appeared that at an
early hour on the morning of the sth of June, 1849,
a man named Fox, a painter, on proceeding across
West-square to his work, observed four men dragging
a cab, which had no horse attached, in the direction of
West-street. Suspecting the men to be bad charac-
ters, one of them (the prisoner) having been pointed
out to him as a member of the swell mob pre-
viously, he immediately communicated his sus-
picions to a policeman in the London-road, and
they both returned in the direction where the
vehicle was last seen, but upon their arriving at
the spot the four men had decamped, two of them
having run down Walnuttree-walk, leaving the cab,
which, on being opened, was found to be filled with
cloth, tweeds, and other articles of woollendrapery.
Two of the men were pursued and taken into cus-
tody, but the prisoner and another associate escaped,
and in the course of the same morning it was ascer-
tained that the premises of the complainant in the
London-road had been broken into, the thieves having
effected an entrance at the rear in Mansfield-street,
and plundered them of the property above enume-
rated. With a view to prevent detection, the burglars
procured an empty cab from an adjoining stableyard,
and, having drawn it up close to the house which they
had broken into, they deposited the plunder therein,
and were in the act of dragging it in the direction of
the abode of one of them when they were discovered
as already described.
Sergeant Barry stated that two of the men engaged
in the offence were tried, convicted, and sentenced
to transportation at the Central Criminal Court Ses-
sions. The sergeant then related the circumstances
attending the prisoner's apprehension after such a
lapse of time, by stating that a few days ago he (the
sergeant) had occasion to be at Manchester on other
business, and accidentally went into a tavern at which
a concert was being held, and at the bar he saw the
prisoner, and at once knew him, and took him into
custody, informing him at the same time of the
offence with which he stood charged. The prisoner
expressed his willingness to accompany him, but said
nothing in reference to the charge, and he accordingly
brought him to London.
A solicitor attended on behalf of the prisoner, and.
cross-examined the different witnesses with a view
to show that theymight have been mistaken as to his
being one of the four men who were seen dragging
the cab along laden with the plunder. The witnesses,
however, all spoke with confidence as to the prisoner's
identity, he having been observed near the com-
plainant's house in the company of the men since
transported previously to its having been broken into,
as well as having been seen afterwards helping to
drag the cab with its load of plunder from the premises.
The prisoner, who declined making any defence,
was committed.

WORKING OF METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT.—
Those among our readers who remember the remarks.we
have made, from time to time, on the antagonistic position
cf the Referees and the Registrar, at the Office of Metro-
politan Buildings, the constantly.occurring appeals for deci-
sion of their differences to the Office of Works, the con-
sequent delay, and contradictory awards, will not be sur-
prised to learn that an inquiry has been instituted by Lord
Seymour, as Chief Commissioner of Works, to discover, if
possible, where the fault lies. Two gentlemen (whether the
right men or not we will not now inquire) have been ap-
pointed to hear and examine the statements of the parties
concerned, and to decide, if possible, whether the evil is to
be attributed to provisions in the Act, or to the officers per-
sonally. If the former, an endeavour will be made, in the
new Bill, to produce a different result; if the latter, there
will probably be changes in the office. The inquiry has
been conducted in secresy, and we shall not render that
abortive by communicating any of the facts that have trans-
pired, or speculate on the probable issue. Suffice it, that we
set at rest by this statement some unfounded rumours, in
connexion with the office, that have been forwarded to us.
—Builder.

The Art-Union of Glasgow have awarded the sum
of 50/. to Mr. E. M. Ward, A.R.A., for his picture of James
the Second receiving intelligence of the landing of the Prince
of Orange, which- was exhibited last year at the Royal
Academy. A similar sum was given a few years ago for the
picture of " The Fallen Minister" by the Art-Union of
Liverpool.

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LATEST PARTICULARS.
From inquiries made upon the spot we glean the
following :—The works of Messrs. %Vaud are very
extensive, covering an area of four acres and a half.
High mills and warehouses occupy the western por-
tion of the ground, and the combing and spinning
sheds cover the eastern side. Adjoining these sheds,
at the western corner, were two 80-horse engines and
five boilers.. About a quarter-Fast four o'clock the
southernmost boiler blew up with terr:fic noise ; the
air was literally darkened for the moment by the iron,
stones, and bricks, which flew up and radiated thence
in every direction. Tile destruction of property was
immense, though as yet it cannot be estimated. The
heavy boiler was rent almost to shreds, and one por-
tion of it, some tons in weight, was tossed far into the
adjoining yard ; another portion, nsarly as heavy, was
cast into the adjoining shed, used for combing ; whilst
a third portion, weighing five or six tons, was carried
in the air to a distance of fifty or sixty yards, and
driven through the rocf of an adjacent preparing shed.
It is unnecessary to sly that these heavy masses
scattered destruction around. Beams and rafters were
driven in bodily, and the whole roof, the greater part
of which is covered with glass, was riddled by the
tremendous shower of iron, stones, and bricks. It is
little less than a miracle that there was not a greater
sacrifice of life than has taken place. No less than
400 persons (men, women, and children) were work-
ing in the sheds at the time of the explosion, who as
soon as the report was heard cowered beneath the
machinery to escape the fearful storm of iron and
bricks. Scarcely had the noise ceased when it was
discovered that the mass of fire cast forth by the
explosion bad ignited the sheds, and it was with much
difficulty that the flames were subdued. The engine-
tender, a young man named John Hall, was found
dead beneath the ruins in the neighbourhood of the
engine-house. Mary Nevin, a newly-married and
young woman, was also found lifeless in the combing-
shed. She, it is pretty clear, was crushed to death by
a heavy piece of iron or stone falling upon her.
Bridget Gauty, aged 1S; Winifred Brenan, 21 ;
Thomas Varley, 19 ; Margaret O'Donnell, 16 ; and
Michael AP.Nainara, 17, were dreadfully bruised,
burnt, and scalded ; and it is very doubtful whether
they can survive—indeed, the death of the last two
are hourly expected. They are all lying in the In-
firmary. Five other persons were also injured, but
not so dangerously, though still seriously. Nothing
is known of the cause of the accident, and it is right
to say that the boiler which exploded was not more
than twelve months old. A coroner's inquest was
held on Thursday, and was sitting when our report
left.