The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-04 00:00:00

BAIL COURT.

(Sittings in Banco before Mr. Justice Coleridge).
XX PARTE HOARE.- CRIMINAL INFORMATION.

Mr. Montague Chambers moved for leave to file a
criminal information against Charles Jones Hilton and
William Carter, at the instance of Mr. Parker Hoare, a
surgeon, and general medical practitioner, at Favers-
ham, wile had just filled the office of mayor of that
borough, and was now a justice of the peace. This
gentleman had for many years attended the family of
Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard. On attending this lady
one day in the present year he found her in a
very distressed state, and she at length showed him
an anonymous letter she had received. He begged
her to show it to her husband. In the course of the
next day Mr. Hoare was sent for to Mr. Sheppard's,
and Mrs. Sheppard then produced to her husband and
Mr. Hoare several other anonymous letters she had re-
ceived. Mr. Hoare, at the request of Mr. Sheppard,
then called on Mr. Hilton, with whom he found Mr.
Carter, and, after some conversation, they stated that
he (Mr. Hoare) had grossly conducted himself towards
some female patient, and said that lady was Mrs. Shep-
pard. Mr. Hoare indignantly repelled the irnpuation,
and left the house. Mr. Hoare then, with the sanction
of -Mr. Sheppard, consulted Mr. Griffin, the vicar
of Springe, and that gentleman called in five other
gentlemen, and• together they investigated the matter,
and came to a resolution that the rumours were totally
groundless. After this, Messrs. Hilton and Carter
said they had other charges, but that a private tri-
bunal would not suffice ; that they had given Mr. Hoare
an opportun►ty of meeting them in a court of law to re-
move the stein which still rested upon his character, and

if he did not accept it, they should consider it contrary
to a proof of innocence. Mr. Hilton, sen., had requested
Mr. Hoare to discontinue his professional visits. Mr.
Hoare and Mrs. Sheppard had made affidavits, in which
they most distinctly and positively, ,denied that there was
any ground for the imputation.
Mr. Justice Coleridge was.of_ opinion it was a privi-
leged communication ; but he hoped every object would
be attained by Mr. Hoare having had an opportunity of
stating upon oath that there was no foundation for the
Imputation.
In answer to a question by Mr. Chambers,
The learned Juilge said he should not interfere to pre-
vent an action being brought.
Rule refused.

TWO 11UNDR6D LIVES LOST IN TILE
CHANNEL.

In The Sum of Monday last appeared a brief notice
of a collision that occurred early on Fliday morning last
in the Channel, off the Start, between a Bremen emigrant
ship, the Favourite, Captain Hoegman, bound to Balti-
more, with nearly two hundred passengers, and the
American vessel Heeper. The following are the parti-
culars of the dreadful calamity :--
The ill-fated ship Favourite was a well-conditioned
barque of between 400 and 500 tons burden, and was
manned by a crew of fourteen, including the mates. She
wag a Bremen built vessel, and left the port about the
18th ult. for Baltimore, with 191 emigrants (180 adults,
mostly men, and 11 infants) on board She made the
Channel in due course, and on getting some distance
down the wind shifted round to the westward. Between
one and two o'clock on Friday morning she made
the Start light, and then wore off on the other
tack. The captain had continued on deck almost to
1 this period, and on retiring for a few hours to rest
left the mate and the usual watch in charge of the
ship. The weather was anything but favourable ;in
addition to the night being dark, a thick fog was
which, with a heavy sea and a strong wind from the
westward, rendered the progress of the vessel somewhat
tedious. She had not continued on the tack long, how
ever, when, about two o'clock, a ship wag observed
coming towards her. The instant she was descried hails
were exchanged, but the distance between the two ves-
sels was too limited to prevent a collision occurring ;
for before either ship could bring tie; or stay her pro-
gress, the Favourite was struck on the starboard side by
the approaching vessel, which came stein on, carrying
away her foremast, yards, rigging, and, indeed, cutting
her down to the water's edge. The force of the collision
is said to have been of a most tremendous character.
Captain Hoegman was thrown out of his berth. He.
sprang upon deck, and with his mate and four men, who
were down below asleep at the moment of the ships
coming in contact, caught hold of the gear attached to
the bow of the vessel that had run into them, and thus
escaped on board. They then found her to be the Ame-
rican ship Hesper, Captain Jones, bound to Antwerp
from Charleston. Almost directly afterwards the ships
parted from each other. The emigrants could be just
seen to be rushing on deck in the most frantic contu-
sion ; but the heavy sea and wind which prevailed en-
tirely prevented those on board the Hesper rendering
any prompt aid towards rescuing the unhappy creatures.
The Favourite was observed to have been cut down be-
low the water line, and was fast settling forward. The
watch on deck were noticed lowering one of the boats,
but the darknese of the night, and the vessels altering
their position, precluded the American from seeing
whether they succeeded. captain Hoegman thinks it
probable that the emigrants, on becoming aware of
their awful position, got into the boat and swamped it.
He adds that, about ten minutes afterwards, he ob-
served a light in the direction of the spot where the
collision occurred. He supposed it to have been shown
from his ill-fated vessel. The light, however, soon
disappeared, and all was dark. The Hesper, it should
he observed, sustained damage ; she lost her jibboom,
foretopgallantereaet, and injury to bow and cutwater.
She laid to for several hours, in the hope that either the
Favourite would float, or that some of the unfortunate
creatures might be picked up in the boats. At day-
break, hoveever, not a vestige of the ship could be seen.
It does not appear that any'of the boats of the American
were lowered after the collision, but the state of the
night raay• explain why this was not done. ./lo to the
fate of 920. heque aid her living fretiltop (Itlbt