The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-19 00:00:00

MANBION-HOUSh.

Phi/pp asiseete,ea aerie proprietor, appeared before
Sir It. Cords m etas aul yeenerdey for the Lord Miiyor. in
lirmt• • INIONICOII taken out by Mr. George Whiting,
hinaseith miss abusive and insulting language.
n7irnsard appeared ea behalf of the defendant.
The defendant, it appeared, belongs tothe Omnibus Aim-
ciatioo, whose omnibuses run from Opioecburch-street
Clapham. The complainant is in the habit of riding to and
from Clapham, and on the afternoon of Saturday, the 7th
inst., after the royal procession had mated through theaty,
the complainant got on cue of the defendant's omnibuses,
and a lady who was with him got inside. Over the
original table of fares which was painted on the door,
wan--Fan la, in brackets, painted en something white ;
bat the original fares were not obliterated at all.
He remarked as he gob up that he only treated
to go to Kennington-gate, and he did not intend to pay more
than the usual faze, 6d. The conductor said, " All right,
sir, 6d. each." The conductor spoke to the defendant, and
be made the remark "Won't they ? If they doe't 171 soft
make them." 'The omnibus was filled with lath" and be
said if he did not pay one shilling he would call apoliescom.
The complainant asked him what he mated, and advised all
the /dim inside not to pay more than the proper fare, and
made the remark that " lithely was &Jew outside, he would
be answerable for the remainder of the claim. The de-
feudaat wanted to know who he was, wing " You
I'll mum and wring your nom." The complainant
to down look for an officer, and the defendant oontbi to
use foul and disgusting lan=atiwards him.
Mr. Beard admitted the bad been used, but mid
it had Mee provoked by the amp it's having called his
client a Jew, which be said bad irritated him, and be had
allowed hi temper to get the better of him.
Witnesses were called with a view of showing that the
complainant had provoked the defendant, and also to prows
that the original fares were painted out and the "L. was
painted on the door. The complainant, however, wee posi-
tive that the fares were not erased, and be explained that
his remark about the Jew was not in allusion to the defen-
dant's creed, but to his habit of extorting money is a simi-
..ar manner by raising the fares on every. pmsible opportunity.
Sir It. Carden said that he had to deal with the offence of
acing abusive language. At the was time he thought the
public were indebted to Mr. Whiting for bringing the
matter forward. The act of parliament provided that the
table of farce should be distinctly and permanently painted
on the inside of an omnibus; and be was mum that " per.
nunently " did not mean to be altered in the morning sod
then again in the afternoon, although they might be altered
peemanently. The language which had been sworn to was
mast disgusting, and he fined the defendant 40s. and carte,
maldng 21. 18e.
Mr. Beard, before leaving the court, mid be was instructed
by the tiociety for the Protection of Young Females to
draw the attention of the court to • system which had been
carried on lately to • coneklemble extent for alluring re-
spectable young females from their homes. Advertisements
, had appeared in to
tedpers stating that remeetable young
Wemales were wan as goversemes in Paris and else-
where. A penes calling himself Robertson acted as
an agent in Park, and from the appearance of
them advertisements several young women had been led to
communicate with Robertson, and, trusting to the promises
held out to them, bad gone out, end found that they had
been entirely ariOsived, being only lured away for an im-
moral purpose. Through the instrumentality of • gentle-
man moped Ms, Polakay, of Oeorge.etreet, Manriontiouse,
no less than twenty cases of this description bad been
traced, and in one case a young lady hod Wee promised a
situation as governess ie a miontsee's family, but on
going out she found the representations had been entirely
false. The man Robertson gave an address in London at
Mr. Wismazin's aloe, 90, Lower Thames-street, Mating
that he should be there for a few days. Inquiries bed been
made, and it was found that be was wily there one day, but
had during 'that time been ranted by no less than eight
young women. The society wished to make the matter
public in order to caution others from paying any attention
to such advertisements.
Sir R. Carden said if the society were to apply to. the Bri-
tish Consul at Paris, he was sure that he would give them
every moisten°, in his power, and said be thought the matter
ought to be made public.