The New York herald., 1870-01-25
GEORGE PEAeoDv's ESTATES.

Action Of the English Government Towards
the Property ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS oi
Alicnnxc.
the London journals OF the nth OF January re-
port
An inquiry was held yesterday in the Sessions
Rouse Ncwtnxton. before q. Is. MAule, Esq, and T..
a. ArcniDnid ESP Two commissioners specially Rp.
pontedl and special jury. respecting certain lands
chased on behalf OF Tho late George Peabody, ESQ.,
3hu were now sought TO Re transferred TO the Crown
ma feapoay neng an alien and not being legally en-
handed over TO Tue trustees Of the Peabody fund
Inc ORDER oi the Crown calling the court and the va
!lous doeus ana uOcnments having been reciled Mr..
Commissioners Maule said they had been called upon
70 try whether Mr.. Peabody was an alien and what
lands ne died possessed or in fact. The for
this inquiry was that by the law OF England per-
sons not subjects, born aliens, unable 10 hold
land III ths country through any legal or equitable
This inquiry was TO ma what land Mr. Peabody
died possessed OF In this country. because although
no title. 10 appeared that MIR. George Peabody. hav
ing made various endownents for the benefit OF the
endowment OF G2Oo Oo0 Part OF thus he proposed TO
convert into land ana proceeded to- and dld fact
purchase between thirteen and fourteen ceres OF
lanu ~ Stockwel oI the London, Chatham and Dover
Railway Company Sir Curtis Al. LampsOn acted for
Mr.. Peabody as dr. Peabody could not hold land,
purchasing II with money supplied by MIR. Peabody
but tins did not give any legal or equitable title aud
IL was now TO be settled whether this land should be
ceued 10 tue crown, and the Crown, having u
iegat titie would hand 1t over to the trUs-
tees. The various deeds OF transfer ana iDdentures
were here produced. showing that In consideration
OF the sum Oh fl3,62b the company made over to
Sir q. NJ. LampsOn thirteen acres one rod fourteen
perches or land, with certain premises and heredta
ments, lying southward OF the London, Chatham
and Dover Railway ut StocKwell. and three rods
nine perctes OF land adjoining the aforementioned
land. The deed o. endowment OF the last &200, ,O00
wherein mention IL made or the lands at Stockwel,
was produced and the signature OF George Peabody
attes!ed BY slr =. N. Lampson Mr. Brook. score.
tary to the railway company. proved the seat OF tue
COnDu0y ami Sir T.. M. LuIuDSOIt proved the entry
IN MS ledger. wherein MI. Peabody was credited
With WITH Inc lands ana premises , now , under
SSaJ d. died H.; Mr. Peabody was born, born q q
1929, and established himself IN business III the city.
lie was never naturaiized IN England, and refused
citizen OF the United States TIL his DEATH An ar
rangement was made between himself (Slr Z. Lamp
SOM and ar PEABODY as TO the purchase OF land at
Stockweil. lhe land was 10 be bought and owned
by hmself, but be reserved for Mr.. Peabody use
Tnat arrangement had been carried out by the deed
already read After that there was TO be conyer.
sion Of the land to trustees ana the land was em.
braced IN the second endowment OF f2oo,ooo. Wit
ness afterwards converted the land TO the trustees
MIR. Peabody requested MIR. Robert Nigers
proved that the property was OF the yearly value of
G23s and that since the CONVEYANCE the trustees had
'rea iSs rent. Al THIS stage Of the procecdngs,
and after Sir G. Lampson and other Witnesses had
left tue court was discovered that one OF the jury
men had been sworn under II wrong Christian name,
aud for time IL seemed doubtful whether this Woud
mol lnyaidate the whole OF the inquiry up To this
point, Dnt aier consultation between the commits
s,Oners 1t was Determined To proceed and 10 append
TO the documents the initial only of tho Offending
name.
Tue jury found that Mr.. George Peabody icns an
alien, OOrn IN parts oeyotd the seas ma n0t natural
f1ed; that III virtue OF an ndenture made between
tho London. Chatham and Dover Railway Company
and certain persons the company In consideration
OF the sum OF fl5,625 paid to them did grant and
convey certain pieces or land and premises lying on
the south side OF the railway at Slocawe; that the
said lands were conveyed to Sir G. NJ Lampson, were
purchased BY George Peabody ont OF nis own money
and conveyed In trust for ni that the lands hercdl-
ttments, &C. conveyed are OF the yearly value oi
to the Crown by virtue OF the royal prerogatve all
which have been seized into the hands OF nei
Majesty.
The tinding OF the jury then received the sigma
ture OF the commissioners and the jury ana copy
signed by the two commissioners was given over tC
the foreman OF the jury, Mr.. Jesse ood, Tor safe
Keeping and production in the event OF dispute.