The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-04 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Mr. Thomas Beatson, M.P., 32, Grosvenor-place,
stated that on the 19th of May the following letter was
placed in his hand :

" icarae Acton, My 19.
" Dear Sir,—Although I have g
leas ure aof
not the p your
acquaintance, I venture as a minister of the Gospel to in-
troduce to your notice the case of a lady whose sufferings
it has been my lot to experience in my visits to the sick,
and whose knowledge of the circumstances connected with
your worthy and lamented brother, Mr. Robert, who died
at Jerusalem in 1813, induces me to write.
"Mrs. Ewald is a relative of Mr. Ewald, who was chap-
lain to the bishop there, and was visiting Dr. 11`Gowan,
your worthy brother's physician, and attended him as a
voluntary nurse only a few hours previous to his decease.
" She left Jerusalem shortly afterwards, and came to
Acton and established a seminary for young ladies, but
from a series of unforeseen misfortunes, she is now labour-
ing under distraint for rent; yet it is not necessary to
give the details in full.
"The poor lady is induced to hope that if her circum-
stances were communicated to you, you would be ready to
lend a helping hand, and I can only say whatever you may
please to give will be most deservedly applied.—l am, dear
sir, yours faithfully in the Gospel,

Accompanying the letter was a broker's distressßOßlNSO warrN.ant
for 2SI. endorsed with the names of several subscribers,
and headed with " J. M. Robinson, vicar of Acton, 31."
Upon being informed by his porter that the bearer of the
above was in the Hall Mr. Beatson went out to the pri•
soner, who was the man, and inquired how it was that
Mr. Robinson bad not come himself, when the prisoner
replied that he was a very feeble old gentleman, who
seldom came to town, and added that he (the accused)
was his gardener, and he was to request an answer to be
sent by him. Having some slight doubts respecting the
authenticy of the letter, although determined in the
event of its being true, to assist the unfortunate lady,
he told the prisoner that he would write by the evening's
post to Mr. Robinson, and could not give anything with-
out doing so, as there were many impostors about. Pri-
soner then went away. Complainant wrote to the Post-
office at Acton, and then applied to the Mendicity
Society.
The Rev. 3% Smith, rector of Acton, said that there
was no vicar there, and the only person he knew at Acton
named Robinson was a lady keeping a boarding-school.
He had no knowledge of any person named Ewald at
Acton. Knew nothing of the letter or the broker's war-
rant produced, nor was prisoner his gardener.
Horsford, jun., son of the principal otlicer of the Men-
dicity Society, proved apprehending the accused, and it
was shown that he had been recently committed for
three months by the Lord Mayor for going about to ob-
tain charitable contributions under false pretences.
Prisoner declined saying anything in defence.
Mr. Broderip said that the public were much indebted
to Mr. Beatson for bringing this case forward, and if
others exercised the same prudence as he bad exhibited
in this matter, by inquiring into the truth of the state-
ments manufactured by those who diverted the course of
benevolence from its proper channel, there would be a
great deal less of this sort of fraud perpetrated.
Prisoner was committed for three months' hard labour
in the Hottse of Correction.

WORSHIP-STREET.— George Rood was charged
with stabbing a man named Ship, a boiler-maker at Hor-
ton, one of whose arms was in a sling, and the lower
part of whose face was strapped up with adhesive plaister-
The Magistrate ordered him to be committed till that
day week for the completion of the evidence.

CLERKENWELL.—Johm Task, a shoemaker, was
charged with murderously assaulting Harriet Mason, a
careworn-looking woman, whose head was closely ban-
daged up.
He was committed to the House of Correction for
three months.

THAMES.—Johii, Tones, a well-dressed man, about
30 years of age, described as a cabinetmaker, but wbo
refused to give his address, was brought up on a remand
before Mr. Ingham, charged with hocussing and robbing
Mr. Robert Chisholm Hutchinson, a master mariner.
The prisoner was committed for trial.