The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-04 00:00:00

Charge of Conspiring to Defraud,

At the Guildhall Pelice-court yesterday, John Maga-
rigle, having offices at Farringdon-road, and William
Broughton, were summoned before Sir R. W. Carden, :for
conspiring to defraud Edwin Groves of the sum of £3OO.
Mr. Lewis appeared on the part of the prosecution ; Mr.
Beard for Broughton ; and Mr. Buchanan for Magarigle.
Broughton did not appear, and Mr Beard put in a me-
dical certificate, stating that he was incapacitated through
" illness." It was admitted, however, that he was in town
on Thursday for several hours conducting his ordinary
business.

Dlr Lewis, in opening the case, said that the defendant
Magarigle was well known to the court, having been
brought before it no less than three times, and always in
connection with the most notorious gangs of swindlers in
London. He was known under several aliases, such as
Thompson, Smith, Barry, and Co., and was at the present
time in connaction with many other houses of the same
description as the agency which had ensnared his client—
one of which wss carried on under the name of Va,sal and
Co.. 37, Essex-street, Strand.
Edwin Groves said—l live at Argyle-lodge, Upper Nor-
wood. In March last, in consequence of seeing an adver-
tisement in the newspapers, I went to No. 1, Farringdon-
road, when I saw the defendant, who calls himself an ad-
vertising and employment agent. I said I wanted a situa-
tion as traveller, clerk, or anything else that would suit me.
He asked me if I had any capital to deposit as a guarantee
for my honesty ? I told him no, and he then asked me for
a fee of ss. for registering my name, and said he would
write to me and let me know when he heard of a berth
which would suit me. I paid the fee; he then said that if
I had any capital to invest as cash security, he could soon
get me a place, or words to that effect. Afterwards I had
a letter from him, inclosing the address, consist-
ing of initials of a certain party who was said
to be in want of a clerk ; the letter also said
that if I did not obtain the situation I was to send the
letter back to them, and my name should' still remain
on the list for the original fee which I had paid. I did not
obtain any answer, and I then returned the letter as
requested. In March last I went again to Magarigle's office
and saw him. I then told him that I had £3OO which I had
borrowed from my friends. In about two minutes he said
that he was connected with a Mr Broughton in publishing
a paper called the S ydenham Chronicle, and it would be just
the thing for me. He also said he had invested £5OO of his
own money in it, and he knew it was good. He informed
me that Mr Broughton was preparing offices at Norwood,
and had taken a house there for the house and estate agency
business. The defendants gave Mr Broughton an excellent
character; he said he was well known and respected by
the clergy and gentry within ten miles round the neigh-
bourhood where he lived. He also said he had known
Broughton for four or five months. He then proposed that
I should meet him at his offices in order that he might
take me to Sydenham, and introduce me to Broughton. I
met him as requested on the 24th of March, and the pro-
mised introduction took place. During the interview
Magarigle left to visit a lady who wrote articles for the
paper, and after driving about with Broughton in a pony
chaise, I called for the defendant, and returned to town
with him, paying him £5 as a deposit before leaving him,
On the 31st of March I again called and saw Magarigle in
oompany with Broughton. During that interview I paid
the defendant £lOO on Broughton's account,and on the 14th
April I went again and paid £2OO more, an agreement being
entered into between myself, Magariglo and Broughton,
guaranteeing me £l5O and,two-and-a-half per cent on the
advertisements in the paper, and a further share according
to the profits. That agreement was only signed by Brough-
ton and myself. 1 was then advised to take a house at
Norwood, and let it out so that I might live rent free. On
the faith of the representations made to me 1 took a house,
and married, but up to the present time I have had neither
employment nor salary from Mr Broughton. He has often
put me off with excuses as to the house he was going to take
not being ready, but in fact he has no printing office at
Norwood, nor any agency business, neither has ho taken any
house for the purpose of establishing one. When I remon-
strated with him he told me that with the exception of £5
he had received nothing of the £3OO from Magarigle, who
was not a proprietor of the Sydenhon Chronicle, and had
not advanced any money to establish it. My salary was to
have commenced on the 21st of April, but I have not applied
for it, as there has been no work for me to do. On my say-
ing, when Magarigle and Broughton were at my house on
Sunday last, that I was determined to have my £3OO on the
Monday, an interview was proposed that day with a view to
an amicable arrangement, but when the time arrived
Broughton did not attend. Magarigle pretended great in-
dignation, and wrote a letter to Broughton, which he read
to me, saying he was disgusted with him. I afterwards
communicated with my solicitor.
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THE CONVICT BRYCE.—Since his condemnation
the convict Bryce has conducted himself with great decorum
in prison, and has given serious atteution to the religious
ministrations of the chaplain of the gaol. John Bryce, the
father of the prisoner, had an interview on Thursday with
his unfortunate eon,—AScotsman.

Yesterday the anniversary meeting tliiiiiaStif
tution, of which the Queen is patron, ,ttell
in the theatre of the United Service lnatitetion,
Whitehall—the Duke of Marlborough, president of
the society, in the chair. The Earl of Shrewsbury
and Talbot was present and took part in the
proceedings, with several naval officers of high rank.
The principal objects of the society are—first, to
board, lodge, clothe, and forward to their homes
seamen,to
iro nt os their
cast nearestdesoldiers,
stidestitute
tcreo
on
uponts
hu el er, ipf
otforeign re
p coasts;
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or
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ol
sf
ewcarol enl c
dknl eye,:
to assist seamen, whether of the Royal navy or
merchant service, fishermen, coastguardmen, pilots,
boatmen, and apprentices, to replace their clothes,
boats, &c., when lost by storm or other accidents of
the sea, and to relieve their widows, orphans, and
aged parents. Its operations embrace every part of
the coasts of the United Kingdom, affording by
means of upwards of 700 hor.orary agents, succour
Thee every
shipwrecked per-
noble chairman, in
sinonthceasitiouuproonf
the
estcroeasss to
t.
an opening address, said that during the past year,
which had been one of great disaster at sea,
1,949 vessels had been wrecked on the coasts of
these islands, a fact that would afford some idea
of the amount of human suffering which this insti-
tution sought to relieve. Whenever occasion arose,
he said, its agents and emissaries presented them-
selves with outstretched arms to receive the poor
sufferers whom the ocean cast on shore, to protect
and console them, and afterwards to forward
them to their homes. This year the number of
cases the society had relieved had been unusually
large, and it had been in consequence, compelled to
draw to a certain extent on its invested capital.
Since its establishment in 1839 the beneficent objects
of the society had been gradually extending, and
when it was afterwards incorporated by act of Par-
' liameat powers were given to its executive commit-
tee to found in connection with it tin institution
long urgently needed for the mercantile marine of
England, whenever a fitting opportunity offered,
and similar in its objects to Chelsea and Greenwich
Hospitals. The number-of-seamen employed in the
mercantile marine et' this country was estimated at
a quarter of a million, but until now there had been
no home or refuse to which aged and disabled
sailors could resort to spend their last days in com-
parative comfort. He was happy to think that the
disgrace to the country which the long continued
want of such an institution implied was about to be
wiped out. Since their last annual meeting the
house and grounds at Belvedere-onaThames, which
belonged to the late Sir Calling Eardley, had been
purchased by the society on reasonable terms, and.
there they contemplated the establishment of a home
for wornout and disabled seamen. They had also,
during the past year, established a provident fund,
to which seamen were at liberty to contribute, and
from which the managing committee anticipated
great advantages to all who might avail themselves
of it as a means of providing against the necessities
of age. The secretary then read a report for the
last year, from which it appeared that, besides the
loss of the 1,949 vessers on the coasts of the United
Kingdom, the wrecks in the colonies had been ex-
traordinarily great, and the attendant loss of life
beyond all precedent. The gross income of the
society in the year had been £16,308, or less
than that of the previous year by £1,427.
The mariners and fishermen subscribing vo-
luntarily 3s. a year numbered '60,040, of whom
2,142 had been added since the last annual meeting,
The flag of the society continued to be carried by a
large number of vessels, and served to maintain an
esprit de corps among its maritime members. The
shipwrecks continued to increase with the increase
of tonnage employed, and the loss of life had been
this year unprecedented. Shipwrecked persons to
the number of 6,644 had been boarded, lodged,
clothed, when necessary, and sent to their homes
daring the year, among whom were the crews of
vessels belonging to other nations. Of widows, or-
phans, and aged parents 3,764 had been relieved,
but were considered fit objects for an annual grant
for a few years. In 1863, 10,308 persons were re-
lievezi in all, making a total since the institution of
the society in 1839 of 131,200. Since 1851, the year
it commenced giving rewards, the committee had
awarded 30 gold and 158 silver medals, and nearly
£BOO in pecuniary rewards, besides various testi-
monials for heroic exertions in assisting at the saving
of 4,863 lives from shipwreck. The committee re-
ferred with expressions of regret to the decease
during the year of Admiral Sir Henry Hope, their
chairman for many years; of the Earl of Aberdeen,
who for several years served on the committee ; and
of Sir R. Plumptre Glyn, a most liberal benefactor
of the institution.

The claims of the society on public support were
eloquently urged by the Earl of Shrewsbury and
Talbot, Mr. G. A. Brograve, Mr. Oliphant Fergusson,
Mr. Ly-dall, Dr. Sparke, R.N., Admiral Hall, and
Captain the Hon. Francis Maude, R.N.
A resolution was unanimously adopted recording
the continued success of the society in relieving
human suffering under the harrowing circumstances
attendant on shipwreck, and the meeting pledged
itself to renewed exertions carrying on so benefiat
cent and patriotic a work.
A cordial vote of thaiks was passed to his Grace
the chairman for his courtesy in presiding on the
occasion, and with that the meeting terminated.

.
Railway and Public Companies in
Parliament.

Yesterday the bill for conferring on the North
London Railway Company additional powers in re+
spect of their works and capital was passed in the
committee on metropolitan railways, and the clauses
of the London and Blackwall Company's Bill were
settled. The further consideration of the Ilfracombe
Railway Coy.'s bill was adjourned until Monday,
and Mr. Kerslake stated the case of the proposed
Launceston, Bodmin, and Wadebridge Junction
Railway, which seeks incorporation with a capital
of £250,000 in shares and £85,000 by loan, for the
construction of a line of 21 miles from a junction at
Launceston, with the authorised line of the Launces-
ton and South Devon, passing by Camelford to a
junction with the northern branch of the Bodmin
and Wadebridge Railway at its northern termination
at
ht
oSrti .s
oßd r et wo acrodn.traTchtew
inewth thecompany
London
andte be
South atn-
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its working, use, and traffic. Mr. Somerset examined
witnesses in favour of the project.
was heard for the Great Northern Railway
sition to the proposed Great Eastern Northernot
Cheltenham
Junc-
tion. The opposition of the tozr.n
S.
Hill against
was opened by Mr. Calvert anda
s bt
eyr ni\ ,I rw.
the East
Lords
others connected with the locality .
aSsa.uthne.
rcotipoons,eadnßd
riNelcro.nCaanwdkAwleelrl.,
examined by Air. Locke against
principal witness
Saun-
ders. againste
rs .
Gprroijereecotna,
the proposed Drayotnonthjeupn
and
df
itnhefaGvorueratoWf
general manager of the London and North Western,
by Mr. Coleridge,
proceedings occupied
the committee on the Glasgow and North British,
the
and on l. proposed Dublin Metropolitan and Lan-
the bill of the Leeds,
hire District Ines, which are expected to termi.
cas
Bradford, and Halifax Railway for a short line at
Hate
er
on Extensions.
Monday.
Bradford to connect with the Lancashire and York-
shire, to take new lands, and raise £96,000 was
pissed. The cases taken and bills passed in Lord
Redesdale's committee were those for the North
British (Perth Branch), West Shropshire Mineral
Company's npw lines, East Indian Railway, Sun-
ningdale and Cambrilge Railway, London, Brighton,
and South Coast (`Tunbridge Wells Extension), and
North Western Railways.
METROPOLITAN SUBWAYS. in —Yesterdrythis
committee Mr. Phinn and Mr . Johnson,
Metropolitan Board of Works, stated thatmafter e..
committee riot to
liberating on the decision
tehte:
laid down in
allow gas as well as water PIP." 1
the new London subways,
to withdraw the bill. tbioLea
roc
doblMbl‘en
it) e.ll. irarn.
a. being
d .eeeamxtfvcnaaeirst
uSPicaiPi
al_et
e. Scott

The gemys announces the receipt of intelligence
from Constantinople mentioning the death by apo-
plexy of Nazim Bey. eldest son of Fuad Pacha, Grand
Vizier. The deceased was attached to the mission filled by
his father in Paris in 1858, and was afterwards Ottoman
commissioner at the Universal Exhibition in London. The
Grand Vizier lost his second son, Kiazim fey, not beg
since. and is now childless,

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,'
Covent-garden.
Thsre will, in next week, be five opera nights, z.. Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and 6atxrviday.
Signor Wachtel's Las* Appearance.
Sub,cr;btrs and visitors of the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-
Garden, are respectfully informed that the endeavours to
procure an extension of Signor Wachtel's conge of the Im-
perial Opera at Vienna having been unsuccessful, Signor
Wachtel will make his last appearance in England this
season This Evening (Saturday, J vne 4, on the occasion of
the production of Flotow's opera, Stradella.
THIS EVENING (Saturday), Jane 4, will be prodnced, for
the first time on the Italian stake in England. Flotow's
opera, ST RADELLA. Leonora, Mdlle. Marie Battu ; Bar-
berino, Signor Eonconi ; Malvolio, Signor Ciampi ; Bassi,
Signor Capponi ; and StradellP, Signor Wachtel, h.s last ap-
pearance this season.
In the first and second acts the incidental Divertissement
wi 1 be supported by 3ldlle. Mdlle. Carmine, Mdl e.
Assanta, Aldlle. Navarre, and 31. De,pla:es.

Conductor, Mr. Costa.
Commence at half past Eight.
"It tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre rte. Is, 103. ed., 75., ard ss. ;
mphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had
at tit, box-of under the portico of the theatre, which is
Ppm from teu to five, and at the principa..l musicselltrs' and

THEATRE ROYAL II AY M ARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, 3lr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING. THE BALANCE OF COMFORT.
Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel.
After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs, Sothern,
Chippendale, Buckstone. Rogers, Clark. Weathersby, ttc.
Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam.
After which, the new Easter piece, entitled AND
ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Hill
Coe. Sze.; Mes-
dames Louise Keeley, Snowden. Melly' ower, , Wright,
Ro4ers, Arc.
To concilde with MRS. WHITE. bir. Compton.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE,
Under the Sole 31anagement of Mr. Fechter.
Mr. FECHTER will perform,llAMLE I` THIS EVENING
(Saturday). Claudius, Mr. Emery ; Polonius, Mr. John
• Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan :.Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden-
Brougham;Hoia'tio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedizger, Mr. H.
Widdicemb ; Osric, Mr. E. Charles; Messrs. W 3l'lntvre,
F. Morton. Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds,
bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss 31
Betuade ; and Gertruie, Miss Elsworthy.
The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin.
Notice.—The doors open at half-past 7, and Hamlet corn-
tiences at 8.
Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.--
Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING will be performed THE OLD STORY.
Mr. D. Murray.
After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louts
and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining; Chateau Renaud, Mr.
Walter Lacy.
To conclude with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy
O'Rafferly, Mr. Dominick Murray.

NEW THE ATRE-RO (AL, ADELPHi.-
6ole Props Tutor and 'Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
Last Week but One of he treat Tragediene, Miss Bateman.

in the character of LEAH.
THIS EV ENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S
HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson.
Al er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by
Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Biliington, Stuart, Eburne,
Stephenson ; mrs. Killington.
To cowhide with THE AREA BELLE: Nlessrs. J. L. Toole
P. Bedford, Lt. ltomer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis.