“On behalf of the committee of English and German gentlemen acting for the Rev. Godfrey Hessel, pastor designate of a German Lutheran congregation of Moniz, in the Brazils, we beg to state that he was arrested in London upon a false accusation, and after a most searching investigation――overwhelming evidence having been given establishing beyond a doubt his entire innocence of the false and cruel charge――was, on January 30, 1873, acquitted by the presiding magistrate, amidst cheers from the court, as free from suspicion. The acute and unmerited sufferings which Dr. Hessel had to undergo by a grievous and palpable error having called forth a national subscription, the amount, consisting of £1,250, is hereby offered him as the testimony of the universal sympathy felt for him by all classes, and with the assurance that the sincere wishes and prayers of many thousands of German and English friends for his health and happiness, and a long and prosperous career, will follow him to his destination.” Knowing as much as we do of the merits of the case we cannot do otherwise than designate the above effusion as being what our transatlantic cousins would call “bunkum.” Upon the first examination at Bow-street Dr. Hessel’s legal adviser declared that there were ten or a dozen persons staying at the same hotel as the accused, and that they were all engaged in distributing the various articles attached to a Christmas tree. It was not a little remarkable that some of them did not come forward to give evidence on the first hearing. Eight days were allowed to pass over, and on the second and final hearing of the case only two witnesses were produced to prove the alibi. One of these was the night porter of the hotel, the other being a young German, who professed to be a personal and intimate friend of the prisoner. The murderer of Harriet Buswell has never been discovered――indeed, upon the discharge of Dr. Hessel the matter seemed to drop; no attempt was made to arrest any other person. As far as the unfortunate woman, Harriet Buswell, was concerned, her fate did not seem to affect people in the slightest degree, the only regret being that the reverend gentleman should have been wrongfully accused. Taken altogether, the Coram-street tragedy and the circumstances surrounding it must be deemed of an exceptional character. The sum of money subscribed on this occasion is without precedent in any case of a similar nature. Some years before this a clergyman of the Church of England was convicted of indecent assault upon the testimony of two little girls. He was sentenced to a long term of penal servitude for several years, was imprisoned in one of our convict establishments, and was forced to endure all the hardships, labour, and misery to which convicts are subjected.