The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-12 00:00:00

IEAL9 .RKABLE CASE 01? FRAUD.

Application was made a few weeks ago to Sir R. W.
Carden, as a magistrate of the county of Surrey, by a
clergyman, for advice and assistance in a case of exten-
sive fraud, and we have the satisfaction to state that the
measures adopted by the energetic magistrate were com-
pletely successful. The information upon which the
rev. gentleman grounded his application was as follows :
—The brother of the gentleman who waited upon Sir
R. W. Carden was, it appears, the sole surviving trustee
in a trust account, and it was discovered that be Lad
sold out from time to time the whole of the stock,
am )r nting to about 9,000/. Consols. As soon as suspi-
cion was entertained that so important a trust was vio-
lated an investigation was commenced, and it was ascer-
tained that at as late a period as October last be had
drawn from the Bank, in his character as trustee, the
large sum of 5,800/., having acted at that time as
Feilicitor and co-trustee of the property bequeathed by
the father to the children. The depredstians had
been commenced in the year 1850 by a small sale of '
2001. Consols, and from the middle of that year till
last October the person in whom such implicit re-
lianee had been paced had sold out gra lually upwards of
3,0001: of the stock, and appropriated it to his ov.n pur-
poseß. After s, me difficulty, bank-notes paid for the
stock sold out to the amount of 5,600/. were traced from
the Bank of Etigland through a variety of channels to
the house of an agent at Boulogne, who, by the direc-
tion af his principal, invested the whole of the money in
the French Rentes, payable to bearer. The moment the
communication was made to Sir R. W. Carden an •able
officer, who had been some years e'.l 1c to the English
Consul at Ostend, and was well acquainted with the lan-
guage as well as the police regulations and mode of a• Bl-
mercial business of the French capital, was despatched to
the continent, after having received particular directions
and recommeldations from the magistrate. Tuffs officer
on the day af er his arrival at Boulogne conferred with
the police authorities on the subject, but could obtain no
intelligence of the person he sought. Nobody could
tell him whether any person of the name or description
given was at the time or had been at all in the town.
Armed with more full instryctions from Sir R. W. Car-
den' the officer pursued the inquiry in the most earnest
I manner, and at last succeeded, not only in finding the
address, but in becoming the constant and confidential
companion of the person he sought, and thus became
acquainted with all the transactions in which the man
was concerned. The trustee remained at Boulogne for
three days, and then proceeded to Paris for the purpose
of selling the French stock in which he had invested the
property of which he had deprived his relatives, calcu-
lating upon a considerable profit in consequence of the
improved state of the market. Two days after the
arrival of the officer at Paris the delinquent was
arrested by the police at the instance of the
I English constable, who had watched his steps, and
there was quite information enough found in his
pockets to justify his detention. An attempt was made
by a solicitor, who was employed by the accused, to
obtain his immediate discharge, upon the ground that
"no offence had been committed ;" but those to whom
the appeal was made refused to take any notice of it, and
the officer employed by Sir R. W. Carden, after having
astonished the delinquent by stating the exact natnrecf
his calling and mission, had the gratification of receiv-
ing from his hands the whole of the securities, amount
-
ing to about 6,000/., of which the family badbeen
plundered since the month of October. The sum trans-
ferred from the English to the French funds had been
increased greatly by the political events which had
recently taken place, so that the very act of robbery
the energy of the magis-
trate, advantageous through
the intelligence and activity of the officer, and
the admirable manner in which the French police acted
throughout the whole business. There had been three
trustees originally, in whose names the property of the
family bad been invested ; but two having died—the one
before, and the other in the year 1850—the surviving
trustee had the sole control over the property, which in
a few days would have been swept away far ever, as the
plunderer had made preparations to leave Europe. The
legatees would have had to encounter greater difficulties
in obtaining satisfaction if the depredator had been de-
tected at home, for before anything could be done to-
wards the recovery of the money an application to the
Lord Chancellor for an order would have been indispen-
sable, and the tardy operations in equity would have
postponed anything like vigorous action for several
weeks. In France the offence, which is here delicately
called "breach of trust," is designated fiat robbery, and
the delinquent i- not only heavily fined, but sentenced
to undergo two years' imprisonment.

THE BOOMERANG.—LIVERPOOL, April 11.—The fol.
lowir, appears on the slate in the underwriters'-rooms :
—" Further particulars have been received relative to
the loss of the Boomerang. It appears that her masts
were cut away, but it was of no u=e as she was settling
down. All the crew were taken off by the Helen, except
the mate and carpenter, and four men (belonging to the
Helen) were drowned in endeavouring to save theme
' The Helen remained near the place two hours."

"The inquest was opened on Wednesday. One witness
only was examined—a girl, who was working in the field
when the assassination occurred, and was actually in
conversation with Mrs. Kelly when the murderers
approached her. The witness said there were about 12
girls and two men in the fild picking stones. Mrs.
Kelly came into the field about 4 o'clock, p m., with
Mr. Campion and Mr. George Strevens, her nephew.
Mr. Gimpion left the field by directions of Mrs. Kelly
to settle some accounts, as he was to go Dublin next
day. Mr. Strevens went to where the men were picking
stones, and Mrs. Kelly came over to witness to ask if
her mother had made up the clothes she had given her,
as she (witness) was to be sent to a situation in Dublin,
procured for her by Mrs. Kelly ? Just as they were
talking, about five yards from the ditch, two men came
into the field through the gate, 150 yards from where
they stood. They had women's clothes on and black
cloths over their faces with openinrs, through which
she (a itness) coo d see one eye. When Mrs. Kelly saw
them she appeared to be much alarmed and caught holi
of the witness, who said 'Don't be afraid, Mrs. Kelly ;
they are only coming to frighten the children' (meaning
the girls, who were picking stones). Mrs. Kelly then
ran over towards the ditch, and fell ; the murderers
f :Bowed, and, while she was lying on the ground,
one man stooped, and fired at Mrs. Kelly's head, what
witness thought was a pistol, and then stepped aside,
upon which his companion did the same. Mr. G.
Strevens, who was about 10 yards off, began to shout.
The two assassins then went over towards him. Reran
away, and did not stop till he arrived at the house, where
he informed Mr. Campion that Mrs. Kel'y had been shot
dead. The two assassins went back through the gate by
which they came in, and no one saw them'aiterwards.,
The inquest was then .silj-,urieed until nextTuesday,-
in order that Dr. Mathews might make a post mortent
examination. The jury then proceeded to where the
murder took place, which is fully half a mile from the
house, on the top of a hill, from which there is a view for
a mile all round. One of the gentlemen sent for a spade
and dug underneath where the brains of the unfortunate
'aly lay, and there found a ballet eight inches deep in the
ground.
" The body of Mrs. Kelly was removed to Dublin by
the first up-train this (Thursday) morning, in charge of
Mr. Campion, but her nephew (Mr. Strevens) remains
here in lodgings, in charge of two policemen.
" I need not say that the dreadful event has created
the most intense sensation in this neighbourhood."

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.— YESTERDIY.
Am5terdam............ 12 j Gibraltar ...... ••.•• • ..
Ditto, three months .. 12 2% Leghorn ...• 33 10
Rotterdam ............ 12 2% Genoa .......... 25 90
Antwerp .............. 25 67% Milan ...... • • • • .. •
Brussels 25 67% Venice
Ramburgh ............ 13 12 Naples •• • • 43%
Altona •. • • ............ Palermo .............. 131%
Paris....
Ditto, three months .. 25 77% Lisbon ..
Marseilles 25 77 1-4 Oporto .............. • 53
Bourdeaux • • Rio Janeiro ..... .••• • ..
Frankfort-on Maine .• .. ' Buenos Ayres...—. • .
Berlin •• • • ••••• • • • •• New York, 60 days' sight --

Vienna • • .... 10 25
Trieste........ •• •• 10 27 I
PetersL•urg ............
Madrid.

Cadiz ...... .••

Philadelphia .• .• ......
;PRICES OF IitI.LICN, PER oz.
Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Ccin 0

11.9xliTan Dollars

Barcelona

FVERY NIGHT, as true as the Clock,
FARREN is heard with THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK—at the
Has market Theatre. "The Postman's Knock" Song, sung every
night at the Haymarket and Surrey Theatres. Poetry by L. M.
Thornton, Esq. ; Music by W. T. Wrighton. Dedicated to Row:and
Hill, Esq. Price 2s. 6d., illustrated. May be had at the box-office
of the Theatre, and of all music-sellers.
London : Robert Cocks and Co.

lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-
It is respectfully announced that her MAJESTY'S THEATRE
wiIUIE-OPEN early in May. Engagements of great interest have
been effected both in Opera and Ballet, and the best exertions used
to make the arrangements worthy of the occasion.
The prospectus will shortly be is.ued.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY•LAIE,
Lome, Mr. R. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING,
IL T„ROVA TORE.
10 c ityle with
THE ENCHANTED GARDEN.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
the Manapment of Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING,
THE EVIL GENIUS.

Followed by
EL 1141%ffilliiN0 ; or, The MeXteln Golds2eker.
In which PEREA. NENA, and the SpanLsh Dancers will appear,

After which,
THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK.

To conclude with
ONLY A II ILFPENNY.

ROYA.I, PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OIFORD-STREIGT,
Vale thc Mlnitgemer.t of Mr. CaAiess LIAR.
THIS EvF.;NING,
•
VIE CORSICAN BROTHERS.

To be followed by

THE VICTOit VAIigI:II4SHED.

To conclude with
A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR.

Imam& ROYAL ADELPHL
Proptlator and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
Directress, Maaame Celesta
THIS EVENING,
LIKE AND UNLIKE.
Messrs. B Webster, Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby, Garden;
Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham.
To conclude with
JACK AND THE BE IN STALK; or, Harlequin. and Mother

Goose at Home Again.

RDY OLY TIIEATRE.

Lessee and Mana7er, Mr. Alfre3 Wigan.

EVENEM

STILL warmts iurN- DEEP.

After which will be. produced a New am .l doubly-moral, though
xce,sively old, Melodranatatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled
DISCRRE o-, the Three Glass Distaffs.
I , which Messrs. E'ne,y, F. Robsm, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston,
t Miss !tali ell will appear.

TVW U. SITViEr TIMATRIr.

Lesse,A, Mes,rs. Vlepher,l and Creswick.

THE EVENINT3,
Wlll be performel a new °mull, entitled
HOW WS LIVE IN TLIS WO ?LT/ OF LONDON.

FoTtolvol by
THE' PO; i n •.'; K

concluic w:t
T F % k N" ; or, Thy Lawyer's t elend

\r, TIIENTfir,

Utter the cilrection of Mr. Pa, ne

T:113
MY WIFL'A COUAIN.

After Nvh!eh,

TIIE LOS? DIAMONDS.

Folpre! by
A Bala DiyerVs3errient.

-Vier which,
( 00D QUEEN B SS.

To conclude IvTI

! NO ! ! NO !! !

ROYAL MARYLEP.ONE THEATRE.
This Evening, SATISaDAY, April 12th, will be performed
The Play of WILLIAM TELL. William Tell, Mr. Stuart ; Emma.

ss Anderton.
Danc'ng by Mdle. Agnes.
lu conclude with
TIIF. DUMB PO.,TILION. Mr. and Mrs llarvey.
Acting and Stage If snager, Mr. E. Strling.
Boxes, 2a. ; pit. is.; gallery, 6d.

ATITLEY'S ROYAL &431PHITIllt AVIC.
Lessee and Mans7er, Mr. Win Cooke.
THIS EVENING,
That unique and iirriaralle'ed Reanntre Equestrienne, a GENU-
INE', ENGLISH STEEVLECIIX:SE!
Also, the 0.1711 ;II ip ctl e, l'flE Alua OF THE DESERt'
AND HIS FA( s rnEl).

After WONDE:ti OF Tan ARENA, by Niers of
tint-rate talent.

To conclule with a Dram t of Peril, Exeloment. Liughter, Mis-
hap', Cro4sings, Joqinizs, ant Adventures, with Terrific Leips from
the stave to the rMi*, in I.ND'S 11.1-RVE:IT MAE and
NATIONAL S ASE.

Etox-oltee open Cron Pilevon till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W
West. Weggeetrian I.)treeter, !Lt.. W. Cooke, inn.

STANLEY'S "SEVEN AGES OF WOMIN."

The Manater respectfully announces the THREE LAST MORN.
ING PERFORMANCES of t1)1s m,st popalar an i amuging Enter-
tainment, Saturday, the Plth, Wednesday, the 16th, and Saturday,
the 13th, at hatf•past two.

Evening pertbrmanees as RSU ti, on 3dondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
and P'-1 days, at S a'. lock.

Admiss!on—Rack Seats, IA.; Centre Seats, 25.; Stalls, 3s.
SAINT MAR FIN'S HALL, Long-acre.

WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
DAv—Moro. 46 min. aft. 6—Evening 17 rain. aft. 7
T'i-Moßgow—Morn. 52 min. aft. 7—Evening 41. min. aft. 8

THE WEA.THER—SIN OFFICE, Arum 12.
THERMOMETER, IX TEM SHADE.
60 highest pined nom, yesterday.
P'2 -iowest this morning and during the night.
6L this dm, at noon.
BAROMETER, down to 29.52—n0w up to 29'59.
WIND, S.W. to W.S.W.—Rather fresh, with fine mild
weather. Rain in the morning.

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