LINGARD’S BANKRUPTCY.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2180, 19 February 1881, Page 3

LINGARD’S BANKRUPTCY.

Those who who have still any doubts about the character of the Lingard bankruptcy may, says the “ Observer, in a recent issue, be interested to hear that Horace’s share of the profits on the New Zealand tour alone amounted to over £IOOO. When Mrs Lingard came to pay Mr Hesketh the £250, she brought with her a nice little canvas bag ol sovereigns, from which that sum was extracted. Those behind the scenes reckon that the unfortunate (?) pair took away with them at least three suofa bags, holding perhaps £SOO apiece. Mr DeLias was very nearly having a shot at the Lingards on his own aooount. Throughout the engagement he had been paying Horace copyright fees for pieces which that worthy declared belonged to him. Now, in the bankruptcy examination, Lingard swore that the copyright of these pieces did not belong to him. On this De Lias went to Searell and said, “ Look here, Searell, I mean to have a go at Lingard. I’ve paid him £3O for copyright fees, and now he swears he’d no right to them.” Well, what do you think Mr Searell said ? Why, he declared Lingard bad perjured himself when he said the copyrights didn’t belong to him. Of course Mr DeLias wasn’t going to let tho matter rest there, and eventually Mrs Lingard was very glad to compromise by paying him back a portion of the fees.