The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-4154Z'

MANSION-HOUSE.—A gindeman who is in one of
the public offices handed to the L ,rd Mayor the follow-
ingstateinent, the publication of which would be of
ye ne service

" A fraud has been extensively and successfully prac-
tised upon gentlemen who reside in the country, and
whose avocations call them daily to London, by a well-
dre,ssed young fellow, about 16 years of age, with curly
black hair, and about 5 ft. high. He waits upon a gen-
tleman at his place of business in town, and represents
that ho resides in the-neighbourhood in which the gen-
tleman lives in the country ; states that he is the son of
onB of the respectable tradesmen in that locality ; that
he is in London with his mother, who left b'ome with
him fur the purpose of placing an idiot sister in the
Asylum at Colchester; that the expense attending the
arrangements amounts to about 25/ , which . his mother
has paid in London, :but that, in consequekce of other
little unforseen expenses, she is waiting-at the railroad
station with his idi ,t sister, without sufficient funds to get
to Colchester, and that she desired him to call on Mr.
(the gentleman to be duped), and ask him to oblige
her with the lean of
'returning
sovereign to save her the loss of
time and trouble in returning to the country to pro-.
cti.• it. This swindler, who is supposed to belong to a
gang, has procured for himself interiogatories by an-.
quairiting himself with all the peculiar circumstances of
persons b and things connected with- the neighbourhood in
the country-from which he pretends to come."

BOW-STREET.—The Rev. James Ch,arles Ward, a
clergyman, who bad been brought before Mr. Henry, by
warrant, on 'a previous day, charged with sending letters
to the Quen, Lord Palmerston, Sir G. Grey, and other
members of her Majesty's Government, attended punc-
tially at.l2 o'clock, the hour fixe I fur the further hear-
ii.g of the case ; but at that time none of the Govern-
ment officials bad arrived, although Dr. Wakefie'd, the
medical witness required to depose as to the state of the
that jea_
tri i
value
defendant's mini, and other witnesses were present.
T
Shortly after 12 Sergeant Hodges of the A divisior,
waited anon the magistrate with a message from Mr.
Gr,en ~-
woou, the solicitor to the Treasury, to the effect
:;110eotldo attend at one o'clock.
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Ntvhaattethfieeldtfewnhdoasnet
tainmdethweaws 1:-f
hal better return to
postponement of the case for an hour would be very
hadi‘i been in attendance some time.
incorPivo: to them, he feared. Perhaps the officer
Smerievau:Haboy,dgee4shicerai.::rf.hitoriand mention this
circumstance. Greenwood,. '
1 Sergeant Hodge 3 said-.-
?r Greenwoodcan 1 ir
ewe
ealliaseaw awareolyoatireko that
ei
the parties are present and waiting
that they were t,) ke is attgbiadace a't ii. . '

Mr. Henry—However, you had better return and
request Mr. Greenwood to be here as speedily as po. sible.
After the denartere -of -thenfficer with this message,
The Rev. J. C. Ward, the defendant, entered the court,
and expressed his regret and annoyance at the postpone-
ment of the case. In order to be punctual himself he had
gone without a breakfast; and baying made an appoint-
ment for 2 o'clock, this delay would put him to the
greatest possible inconvenience. Did his worship feel
bound, under these circumstances, to oblige him to stop ?
Mr. Henry equally regretted the delay which had
arisen, and which was probably occasioned by Mr. Green-
wood having other important business to transact at the
Treasury. If the defendant had not breakfasted he could
take the interval before 1 o'clock for that purpose.
The defendant said the case might then come on, or
something might be said in his absence. Already he had
been entrapped into a conversation at the Treasury,
which might possibly be used to his prejudice.
Mr. Henry would take care that his case did not
suffer from either of these circumstances.
The defendant thought he had better remain, and, hav-
ing requested the favour of being supplied wi.h a copy
of the statute under which these proceedings were taken,
the rev, gentleman sat dawn in the attorneys' box, and
applied his mind to the 16th and 17th Vie., c. 97, com-
plaining occasionally of the irregular manner in which
Government business was conducted. It is only fa;r to
add that the rev. gentleman is by no means singular in
his opinion respecting the conduct of public business at
these courts by the Government officials in almost every,
department, except the Post-office. The ordinary pro-
ceedings are constantly interrupted, and the prosecutors
and witnesses in other cases as repeatedly inconvenienced,
by the invariable unpunctuality of her Majesty's ser-
vants whenever they are intrusted with a prosecution.
At half- past 1 o'clock Mr. Ward asked his worship to
state if he did not think that the Government authori-
ties who were about to inquire into his (defendant's) state
of mind were not abusing the license which his worship
had kindly granted them.
Mr. Henry said Mr. Greenwood had just arrived, and
advised the defendant to go and confer with him in a
private room.
Eventually, at about 2 o'clock, the defendant having
returned to the court, the case proceeded.
Mr. Greenwood, the solicitor to the Treasury, said—
With respect to this inquiry, your worship, I have al-
ready apologised to Mr. Ward, and I must new apolo-
gise to you, for the delay which has, unavoidably, just
occurred ; but I have received some information to-day
in reference to other matters connected with Mr. Ward
than have been yet disclosed, and which it will be neces-
sary to bring under your notice. I have had no oppor-
tunity of getting the requisite proof ef- these additional
matters since they have come to my knowledge, and
therefore I must apply to your worship to allow the
warrant.ta stand over to a future day—say, for a fort-
night, to admit of the production of this evidence, the
defendant being permitted, as before, to be at large upon
his parole.
The defendant decidedly objected to this proposition
on:public grounds—on grounds of right and justice. In
the first place, one of the consequences of this prosecu-
tion had been the publication of the proceedings in the
public journals. It had gone forth to the world at large
that he bad been bruded as a lunatic, and be claimed
the right of a reply through the same public chanliel.
It would be inferred from these reports-that he bad been
writing and exiling on Lord Derby, the Archbishop of
Caoterbury, Lord Palmerston, and others, without
anthority, whereas he had business transactions with
those persons, and had repeatedly seen them. He had
had frequent interviews with Lord Palmerston on mat-
ters wholly unconnected with this inquiry. •
Mr. Henry—You need not go into that. The matters
were referred to incidentally, without being relied on in
suppert of the charge.
Defendant—Then, these letters and interviews ought

not to have been mentioned. I will now proceed to the
next point...
Mr. Henry—As Mr. Greenwood has deferred going
into his Case for the present, yon hal much batter re-
f, sin from further remarks at present. •
Defendant—l wish the warrant and inforMation to be
brought into court.
Mr. Ilenry—With what object ? They have not dis-
closed their .case on the other side—why should you re-
veal yours ? You are not prejudiced by the postpone-
ment of the cas% You have been, and Ain are to be, free.
Defendant—l and not free, and that is one of n 4
points. Let the warrant be produced.
The information and warrant were read and proved.
They charged the " Rev. J. C. Ward" with wandering
abroad, being in a state of lunacy.
Defendant suggested that the insertion of the initials
"J. C." rendered the warrant ineffe3tive—legally null
and' void,
Mr. Henry said this was immaterial. In a warrant of
this nature it was not even necessary to give any name
at all. A desCrintion of the person would be sufficient.
Defendant begged his worship's pardon. The case of
"Reynolds v. Henkin," 4th Barnwell and Allerson;
was a casein point, showing, as it did, that aman
ought not to be arrested upon his initials.
Mr. Henry —That was not a warrant under the Lunacy
Act. Beside, you have refused to give your name. DJ
you still decline to do so ?
Defendant—l do not decline.
Mr. Henry—Then, what is your name ?
Defendant—That's another affair. .
Mr. Henry—No. You were not known at your lodg-
ings. Your landlady described you as " the unknown
gentleman," and you still decline to state your name. •
Defendant—l do not decline to state my name.
Mr. Henry—Then, what is it ?

lle'endant—That's another question. (A. laugh.) I
must take the liberty to ask you your motive in asking
for my name. Is it to amend the warrant ?
Mr. Henry—The warrant shall not be altered. It is
not necessary to alter it.
The defendant, still refusing to state his name, then
proceeded at great length to object to the whole proceed-
ings, as. he stated, in, and chimed the right of
exarniniiii'Mr. Yardley as to the motive of the Police
Commissioners uirecting his arrest. He also demanded of
Mr. Yaildley an explanation of the grounds upon which
he considered him (defendant) to be a lunatic.
Mr. Yardley was exposed to a long cross-examination
upon thiS Point. The witness rePeated his former evi-
dence, and stated that the defendant had been fur some
time under the observatien of the police in consequence
of his apparent insanity. It had been the desire of the
Pelice Commission simply to have him restored to his
family, if his friends could be discovered, and their
wishes with respect to him ascertained ; but he. bad
el Ways dec'ined to give any satisfactory information upon
tbispoint, at one time referring incoherently to a Qatien!s
counsel, and at another time to the late member for Can-
terbury, and always speaking and acting in such a way
as to satisfy him (Ar. Yardley) that he was labouring
under mental delusions.

After occupying more than an hour in crmis-examining
Mr. Yardley, the defendant proceeded to address the
Court for another hour upon the iniquity of a British
sul;j-ct beiug_dragged by the police through thq public
Ftreets like a common felon, within sight of the House of
Comnihns and the Courts of Westminster, regretting that
he could not command the graphic style of a Dickens or a
Shakspeare to describe the outrage committed upon him.
Mr. Henry reminbled the defendant that he had not
been dragged through the public streets at ail, that he
had not been arrested iu the way described, and that he
had, been kept under no restraint whatever.
The defendant said he was aware•of thi,, but still pro
ceeded, with extraordinary garrulity, in the same strain,
finally demanding, wit-h a seriousness which appeared to
give the prosecution more cm &illation that was expectiql,
that there should be a commission de lunatico inguirendo
against Mr. Yardley forthwith, in col sequenc. of the ex-
traordinary delusions under which that gentleman. ap- '
paared to be labouring. He complained of illness and
physical exhaustion, resulting from his having had no
breal• fast, but still continued his address till past fOur
o'clock, without hope or sign of abatement.
Mr. Henry entreated him to consider that the only
question before the Court was the time for adjourning the
case. .0
The case was then adjourned. •

FIRE IN FLEET STREET.—Last night, about half-pas
7 o'clock, a fire, attended with a serious loss of property
broke out in the range of premises belonging to Messrs
Dobb, and Co., wholesale fancy stationers and envelope
manufacturers, of 234, Fleet-street. The premises in
which the disaster commenced were of considerable ex-
tent, being bounded on one 'side by the printing-office of
Messrs. Vizetelly and the extensive range of buildings
belonging to Messrs. Levy and Co.' while the printing-
office-of the Morning Herald, Shoe-lane, nearly flanked
them on the north-eastern- side. It appears that the
police officer on duty in the street ha'l his attention di-
rected to the place by a strong smell of burning wood,
aod, after examining for a few minutes the different
c urts leading round the back of the facOry, he found
that the building was on fire. With little delay the en-
gines of the parish, the London Brigade, and West of
England office, under the c )mmand of Mr. Braid wood,
Mr. Wolf, and Mr. Connorton, attended, when the hose
having been stretched out and applied to the engines it
was carried through the different houses, by means of
which some thousand tons cif water were thrown upon
the flames ; but several of the surrounding houses, great
houses of business, frequently became ignited. Fortu-
nately, owing to the labours of the firemen, they were
not damaged to any great extent ; but it was not until
half-past 10 o'clock that the fire might be said to have
been conquered, and not until the premises of Messrs.
Dobbs were entirely destroyed, and the premises of Mr.
Clark, publisher, Mr, Patie, bookseller, Mr. Clark,
Oraper, Mrs. Watts, cooper, and Messrs. Hughes and
liirober severely damaged by water.
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From the London Gazette of Last Night

WHITEHALL, MARCH 31.
The Queen has been please i to present the Reverend
Roderick Nicolson to the church at Shieltack, otherwise
Shieldag, in the parish of Applecross, in the presbytery ( f
Locbcarron and shire of Boss, vacant by the death of the
Reverend Donald Murray, late minister thereof.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 31.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Aff►irs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris,
forwarding a copy of a French Imperial Decree to the
effect that, until the promulgation of a new law about to
be submitted to the Legislative Body, the duties payable
upon the importation into France of sugar from the French
Colonies in India and America will continue the same as
fixed by this Ist Article of 27th March, 1352.
WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, APRIL 1.
21 Regiment of Dragoon Guards—George Ertel Jarvis,
Gent., to be Lornet, by purchase, vice Stewart, who re-
tires.

6th Dragoons—Cornet Charles Levett, from the let Dra-
goon Guards, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Baum-
garten, appointed to the 4th Dragoon Guards.
10th Light Dragoons—Cornet John Fife, from the 7th
Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice
Davies, promoted.
7th Regiment of Foot—Ensigii Lindsey H. Butler to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mac Henry, promoted ;
Ensign John Somers Cocks to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Hickie, promoted ; Lieutenant Edward William Cad.
wallador Lloyd, from the Royal North Lincoln Militia, to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Butler.
22d Foot—Quartermaster-Serjeant John Conner to be
Quartermaster, vice Hughes, appointed Paymaster, 68th
Foot.

41st Font—Lieutenant Lionel Ai. Fraser to be Adjutant,
vice Hamilton, promoted.

47th Foot -thq second Christian name of Ensign Han-
ley, appointed on 2(1 Oct., 1855, is John.
filth Foot—Ensign George Henry John Haldane to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hinchliff, promoted ; Arthur
William Leigh Mirehouse, Gent., to ba Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Haldane.

68th Foot—Quartermaster William Hughes, from Vd
Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Hadley, placed upon half-pay.
73d Foot -Acting Assistant-Surgeon Robert Lucas to be
As=d - tan t •Surgeon
80th Foot—Eesign Robert James Maxwell to be Liute-
tenant, by purchase, vice Paterson, promoted in 63 i Foot ;
Robert Cuninghame Cuninghame Graham, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purehas,, vice Maxwell.

86th Foot—Ensign James Creagh to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Mullen, whose promotion, without
purchase, on Aug. 10. 1855, has been cancelled ; Ensign
J. W. Fry to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Brown, deceased ; Ensign Stephen William Sewell, from
97th Foot to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Creagh ;
Lieutenant Charles Keane, from tlo Clare Militia, to be
Ensign,
_without purchase, vice Fry.

90th Foot—Lieutenant R. H. Evans to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Rous, appointed to the Scots Fusilier
Guards ; Ensign Moyes Preston to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Evans ' • James Felix Haig, Gent, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Preston.
97th Foot—Lien tenant Thomas Evans Stuart, from the
Londonderry Militia, to be Ensign without purchase,
vice Sewell, appointed to the 86th Foot.
3d West India Regiment..--Francis Graham Dunn,
Gent., to b E sign, without purchase, vice Rawlins, ap-
pointed to the 15th Foot.
Gold Coast Corpss—Ensign James Lazenby to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Hunter, deceased ; Charles
Hewett, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Owen, who resigns.
BRITISH IT ‘LIXN LEMON.
STAFF.—John Leech, Gout., to be Brigade Quarter-
master.

3cl Regiment—Captain Da Foresti to be Major; Castal-
dini Giovanni to be Lieutenant.

4th Regiment—Captain George F. Sheppard, late or the
Osmanli irregular Cavalry, to be Captain.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon Chatles Walter
Poulton, M.D., from 73‘1 Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the
Second Class; Acting Assistant-Surgeon Cyrus Octavius
Daniell to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces; The up.
pointment of Surgeon J. W. Mostyn, M.D., from 2,1 West
India Regiment, on 25th March, 1556, has been cancelled.

BREVET.
The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent upon the death of Major-General Sir John Camp-
bell, General Sir W. G. Davy, C. 8., and General Sir
John Grey, K.G.B.
Major General Charles Ash Windham, C. 8., the Senior
Supernumerary, to be placed up-on the fixed Establ:shment.
Lieutenant-Colonel Lord James Charles Plantagenet
Murray, Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Colonel.
Major Nathan Smith Gardiner, unattached, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel.

Capt• Fin George W. Collins Jackson, rthLight Dragoon:,
to ha
. _ _

Tho Commission of Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph
Henry L lye, 58th Foot, to be antedated to 28th Novem-
ber, 1851.

Al'll. %Wallis, Gent., to have the local rank of Assistant-
Surgeon while serving with the Osmanli Irregular
Cavalry.
The undermentioned officers, serving with the Turkish
Contingent, to have local rank in Turkey while so em-
ployed :