The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-09 00:00:00

BO W-STREET.

Robert Fenning Cole w•a3 charged, upon his own
confession, with having embezzled upwards of 7,0001.
in America. _ . .

The prisoner, in reply to Mr. HENRY, stated that
he was 32 years of age, and had absconded from
America, where he held the situation of teller in the
Quebec branch of the City Bank of Montreal.
Mr. Child, solicitor (of the firm of Wire and
Child), stated that he had been instructed by the pri-
soner's relatives in England to attend on his behalf,
and it was his painful duty to suggest, at the onset,
that the prisoner was evidently suffering from mental
aberration.
Mr. HENRY could not attend to such a plea at
present.
Sergeant Lockyer, of the A division of police,
said that he was on duty at about half-past eight
o'clock on Tuesday evening, at the police-office in
Scotland-yard, when the prisoner entered and said
that he wished to give himself into custody, as there
was a reward out for his apprehension. Witness
observed that he had not heard of it, and asked him
his name. Ile raplkd, "My name is Mr. Cole, I
have absconded from the Montreal Banir at Quebec,
where I was employed as a teller, in consequence of
defalcations in my accounts. Witness asked him if
he had any relations in or near London, and he re-
plied that he had a brother living at 6, South-build-
ings, Clapham common. He said that he had come
up from Dover that evening, and had left his luggage
at a house near the Mansion-house. Witness searched
him, and found 131 in gold, 143. in silver, and 61d.
in copper. The prisoner's representation that he had
a brother at Clapham was correct.
Sergeant Whicher, of the detective police, pro-
duced a warrant for the apprehension of the prisoner,
which was left at Scotland-yard on Sunday week by
, a Mr. Miller, sergeant-at-arms of Glasgow. It was
left with Inspector Field, who was prevented attend-
ing on the present occasion. Witness was present at
the time.

Mr. HENRY, after looking at the warrant, said it
ought to have been taken to the Home-office, and de-
sired the prisoner to be put back until this prelimi-
nary had been complied with.
Shortly before the rising of the Court the officers
returned with an intimation that no information of
the circumstances had been communicated to the
Home .office.
There being no one present with authority to prefer
any charge against the prisoner,
Mr. HEeity said that he must he discharged. No
magistrate had the power to detain him in the absence
of a warrant from the colonies, duly signed and en-
dorsed by the Secretary of State. Otherwise, there
could be no proof that the warrant was a genuine
document.
The prisoner, who has very respectable connexions
in this country, was then discharged.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Last week the Rev. J. Sing, Roman Catholic priest,
located at Derby, sent a letter to Mr. Hardwick,
denying in the strongest terms all knowledge of a
young country girl named Simmons, who had applied
for relief on the ground that she had been induced to
leave her home under a promise of marriege made
to her by a young Spanish gentleman, named De la
Passez, a pupil of Mr. Sing's, except what he bad
learned from the public papers, and declaring in the
same posi'ive manner that the story of seduction by
ore of his Berrien Catholic pupils was an entire fa-
bricae ion. Yesterday Mr. Hardwick received the
following letters, which appear to throw a doubt on
the perfect triPtworliiness of the statements in the
letter of Mr. Sing :

" Abbey -street, Derby, Jan, 6.
46 Sir,—llaving received !ruin cever,A highly-respect-
able persons, clergymen and others, letters of condolence
and sympathy, owing to the distressing circumstances re.