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N°.18,154.]

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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 performers, and
the action was brought to recover 571.115., 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. Tbe•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,

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

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DOE DEM. HALE W. GALVIN.

This was an action of ejectment to recover pos
session of a house in Warren -street, Fitzroy-square,
on the ground that a lease made in 1795 for 99 years,
at a ground rent of 6/. 65. a year, bad become for-
feited for breach of covenants contained in it, to keep
the house in good repair, and to insure. Several wit-
nesses for the lessor of plaintiff proved that the house
was in a wretched state of, Ailapilation, -each-saying
the other haci, not described it so bad as it actually
was; and the attorney for the lessor of plaintiff
proving that he had inquired at every insurance office
in London, and found that the house had not been
insured since 1841. For the defence it was submit-
ted that as the covenant to insure was to insure
within three months after the premises then erecting
were completed, and also within three months after
the completion of any other buildings that might be
erected, this was not a continuing covenant to insure.
As to the othor covenant a witness was called, who
swore that he had recently inspected the premises,
and they were in a good and tenantable state of repair.
The jury returned a verdict for the lessor of the
plaintiff.

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Agriculturll, Manufacturing, and Mercantile Risks freely Insured.
Foreign anti Colonial Insurances eff:ictei.
Premiums as 5n other established offices.
Settlement of Losses liberal and prompt.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Premiums as low as is consi=tent with safety.
Bonuses not dependent on Profits being declared, and guaranteed
when the Policy is effected.
Surrender of Policies favourably dealt with.
Thirty days allowed for the Renewal of Policies.
(711i1R4 paid in three months after proof of death.
Policies not Disputed except on the ground of Fraud.
DA Prospectuses may be had on application at the Offices of the
Company as above, or to alts 'Agents in the Country.
UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.

8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97, ksorge-street, Edinburgh;
12, St. Vincent-place. Otasrow : 4. College. green, Dublin.
LONDON BOARD.
r'HARLES GRAHA 31, Esq., Chairman.
CITABLE.: DOWNES, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
q. Blair Avarne, Esq. J. (G. Henriques, Esq.
F. L. Boyd, Esq., Resident. F. Chas. Maitland, EEq.
Charles B. Curtis. Escl. William Banton, Esq.
William Fairlie, Esq. F. 11. Thomson, Esq.
D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq.
The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st
)eceml4er. 1847, is as follows:
Sum Time Assured. Sum added to Sum added to Sum payable
assured. Policy inlB4l Policyin 184 b at Death.

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.
(co witness)—Where is that 1,0001. now ? Witness
—ln my establishMent.

Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. J. H. Hodgson were
counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Prentice for the de-
fendant.

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

Sum 'Sum added to Sum added to Sum payable
L sBsuured.l Time Assured. Policy inl 841 Polleyin 1848 at Death.
- - -
£5OOO 13 years 10 mths £638 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8
5000 1 year .. .. 112 10 0 51 210 0
1300 12 years 100 0 0 157 10 0 1257 10 0
1000 ; 7 years .. .. 157 10 0 1157 10 0
1000 1 year .. •• 22 10 0 1022 10 0
500 12 years 50 0 0 78 15 0 628 15 0
500 4 years .. .. 45 0 0 54? 0 0
500 1 yen* .. .. 11 5 0 511 5 0

COURT OF BANKItUPFCY, Not. 28.

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. Commissioner Fonblanque took his sealon the
bench at a quarter to four o'clock.
IN THE MATTER OF JOHN H. DOYLE.

Mr. LAIVRANCE opened the proceedings by reading
a letter from Messrs. Capes and Stuart, who, it may
be recollected, offered 9001. for Doyle's share in the
Weekly Chronicle. The name of the bidder was not
mentioned on that occasion, but to-day Mr. Lawrance
said it vvas Dr. Seymour, who alleged, as a reason
for the withdrawal of the offer, that he had received
no answer to his letter from Doyle. The Learned
Gentleman observed that it was quite impossible Doyle
could negotiate, as he was a bankrupt, and therefore
could not sell his interest.

Mr. LAwitAricE—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 far 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.

The Premiums, nevertheless, are on th,
only one-half need be paid for the first
urance is for Life.

,e most moderate scale, and
t five years when the In-

Every information afforded on applicat
or, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. Londoi

tion to the Resident Direc-
m.

Mr. BAGLEY would give a brief history of the case
before he proceeded to examine the witnesses.
Mr. LAWEANCE objected. Mr. Ashurst had pre-
viously opened the case, and they would not have it
opened a second time.

II; reply to the COMMISSIONER, E. Russell said,
that as a security for the advance of the 1,0001. he
gave his brother, R. Russell, a policy of insurance
for 2,000/. (produced).
COMMISSIONER—Is 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.
CommtssroNmt—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.

Mr. BAGLEY apprehended_ he had a perfect right to
do so.

The COMMISSIONER decided against Mr. Bagley.
The petitioning creditor, Edward Russell, of Daw-
son-street, Dublin, was then put into the box. He
was examined at great length. Many of the facts he
deposed to have already appeared in the reports of
the various meetings held in this matter. He gave
testimony as to the three bills at 6. 12, and 15
months, as part purchase•money of the Weekly Chro-
nicle. The amounts of the bills were respectively
1804 801., and 901.; the largest bill bearing the
longest date. His brother, R. W. Russell, informed
him of his intended purchase of the Weekly Chronicle,
which " everybody said might be made a desirable
paper. We have been promised the support of men
connected with the Government, and of other influ-
ential persons ; and indeed I have no doubt but we
shall do, if we start with spirit." This is an extract
from a letter of R. W. Russell to the witness. He
went on to state that he accepted the three above-
mentioned bills at the request of his brother. In
July, 1849, R. W. Russell was witness's debtor to
the amount of about 601. He did not hear any more
of the bills until January last, when Doyle visited
him in Dublin. They had no conversation about the
pecuniary affairs of himself or his brother—none
1 whatever. The second bill was paid by witness in
August last—it fell due in July; that bill was en-
dorsed by Doyle. Apprised the proprietors of the
Weekly Chronicle that he had paid it, and was
directed to draw on the Weekly Chronicle at a month's
date. Did so. The bill was returned accepted by
his brother " for self and partner," and subsequently
dishonoured. Wrote again, stating the fact of dis-
honour, and received a letter from Doyle in his own
hand writing, asking for time. Had paid a 1001.
bill previously on account of the Weekly Chronicle.
His brother wrote to witness for 100/. ; returned an
answer, stating that he could not conveniently ad-
vance the money, but instead accepted a 1001. bill,
which witness paid. Had never been paid either the
801. or the 1001. bill, and was now a creditor for both.

The Commissiorma, 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. Ile 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 Commisszoreza 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-
p;ain 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, be had cautioned him be-
fore, and if he coatinued the interruptions he must
be excluded from the court.

Witness, in the course of his examination, had been
asked to produce letters from his brotber to him, but
only did so in a few cases.
Cross-examined by Mr. LAIVRANCE—Spoke of his
accounts with his brother from documents partly fur-
nished to witness by his clerk, before he left Dublin,
and partly by his brother, since his arrival here. Ge-
nerally destroyed the letters he obtained from his
brother. Kept a letter. book.

The marriage settlement was again referred to.
CommasioNEß—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-
tand it has not been reduced to writing. The
Learned Counsel concluded by calling upon the Com-
missioner to sustotin the petition ; a clearer petitioning
creditor's debt he had never seen.

Mr. LAWRANCE—Where are your books ? Wit-
ness—They are at home.
Mr. LAwRANCE—Why did you not bring them
with you ? Witness—l did not think it was ne-
cessary.
COMMISSIONER—Do your books contain entries of
these transactions ? Witness—They do.
COMMISSIONER—Then, why did you not bring
them ? Witness—l did not think it was essential.
Mr. LAWRANCE—Were you not served with notice
to bring them ? Witness—No.
Mr. BAGLEY—Has the other side required him to
produce them?
Mr. LAWEANCE—Yes.

The CuMMISSIONER 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 Edward 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 admissio❑ of Edward Russell respect-
ing the 1,000 l 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 be 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.

The files of the court were then referred to, and it
was found that the usual notice to produce " books,
papers, &c.," tending to establish the debt of the peti-
tioning creditor, had been served upon Mr. Ashurst.
COMMISSIONER—Without any notice the petitioning
creditor is bound to produce all books, vouchers, &c.,
relating to the debt.
Mr. LAWRANCE—At whose instance did you in-
you swear that ?
1m
Witness—
stimtutre.
LthAewpßrAocxeceEd—Do
Witness—At my 0
I do; but it is necessary for me to explain. I was in
London about three months ago, and my
brother in-
formed me that he was very unpleasantly situated.
He said he did not know what to do ; that his partner
bad promised advances of money, but failed in making
them. We spoke of the bills which were becoming
due. He said, "I do not see anything for it but your
making me a bankrupt." I said it would be a great
disgrace. _ _ _

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.

Mr. LAWRANCE—He said nothing then of making
Doyle a bankrupt P Witness—No; be only spoke of
himself. He said it would save him from rum, and
myself from being perhaps a very great sufferer.
When the bills were dishonoured I wrote to my bro-
ther to know if he could recommend to me a London
solicitor, and he recommended to me Mr. Ashurst,
who advised the present course.
Mr. LAWRANCE—Did you make your brother a
bankrupt ? Witness—No, I did not ; he gave security.
Mr. LA.WRANcE—Have you taken any proceedings
against him since ? Witness—I have not.
The witness was then interrogated respecting the
securities for the petitioning creditor's debt, but no-
thing material was elicited.
Mr. LAWRANCE—Acting so disinterestedly, does it
not seem strange that proceedings should be only
taken against Doyle ? Witness—When I gave in-
structions I thought both were to become bankrupts.
COMMISSIONER—Did you ever state to Doyle that
you had money
of your brother's in your hands to
meet those bills ? Witness--I had but one conversa-
tion with him.
CoMmissloNEß—That is no answer. I ask you
again did you state to Doyle that you had money of
your brother's in your hands ? Witness—Never.
COMMISSIONER—If Doyle swore that you told him
so would that statement be true or false? Witness--
False.

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 ber 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 2,000/. in the
St. Albans Bank, besides furniture and other real
and personal effects. The prisoner also stated
that his mother's husband, Mr. Sill, hod
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 and 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
I 0 U in our joint names. He then instructed me to
prepare a power of attorney authorizing myself and
mid Mr. Field to act in all his afrdirs, and appointed
the next day, at three o'clock, fur the execution of the
deed. He kept his appointment, and the power of
attorney was read over to him, He, however re-

Mr. A. Winter was then examined.—l am the
person with whom the contract was made for the sale
of the newspaper. The first bill was due in January,
1850. The first bill, 801.. was paid in London ;
the second, BAI., in Dublin; the third, 901. was dis-
honoured.

Mr. LAWRANCE—You acted as agent to Sir IL
misunderstood. The ' I did not ; that has been
Weekly
Ward ? Witness—No
Chronicle was my
paper. 1 did not act us an agent. I purchased the
paper from Sir 11. Ward. Witness said he would re-
,ate the circumstanceF, but
The. COMMISSIONER said he aid not think such a
statement Would be material.
A gentleman who had been connected with the
Weekly Chronicle here repeated the statement made

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NOVEMBER, 29, 1850.
9

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
W. Russell could have done so, and had an impressibn
that he would assist the firm in making advances.
Mr. LAWRANCE 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
shcrt, 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 handed up.
The COMMISSIONER—What is the meaning of this
item, " interest upon 1,000/. ?" What 1,0001. is this ?
Mr. BAOLET.—I have not seen the document.
The COMMISSIONER called up Edward Russell—
What is the meaning of this entry " interest upon
1,000/. ?" 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 60/. a year on the 1,000/.
Cummusdosam—Does that refer to what has been
said about money being in your hands ? Witness—
I think it does.

[PRICE SD.

fused 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 he taken into custody.
Mr. James Payne Sill, of No. 10, St. George's-
road, New Kent-road, said--I 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 lean 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. 4d., 9,6731. 12s. ld., and 3,851/., 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 :-27,6661. 13s. 41 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 me for a small pecuniary loan. I was
struck with the small size of the loan, which was no
more than 51., 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 MAron—Dii 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 (.1. experience and
knowledge of life, should be gulled in such a way.
Mr. Ford—Why really his statements looked so
like those pf 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 corn.
plexion of the case very materially, the prisoner was
remanded for a week.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
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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
bad been issued ; therefore, the whole proceedings
being irregular, the magistrate could not adjudicate
upon them.

Mr. BncunAm 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 bad just been
raised, and would postpone his judgment until next
Monday, enlarging the defendant's bail for that
purpose.

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