The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-28 00:00:00

HOARE V. COUPLAND.

Mr. Carter and;lr:Gritfiths app-aced for the plain-
tiff, and Mr. Sergeant Shee for the detei,dant.
This was au action of libel, brought by a lady whose
name has been much before the public, to recover da-
mages for a libel on her, inserted in the Hampshire Ad-
vertiser, of which the defendant is the proprietor. The
libel in question gave the report of a trial at Croydon
in an action brought by the plaintiff against a Captain
Dickson, the secretary of a benevolent institution, in
which the plaintiff did not succeed; and then it com-
mented on the trial and on the plaintiff's conduct. In
the course of its comments it erupt yed some vitupera-
tive and slanderous epithets to the plaintiff. This was
the libel in question. Evidence was given to show that
the plaintiff bad formerly contributed articles for the
defendant's party in politics, but that lately differences
had arisen between them, and this evidence was given
for the purpose of showing the probable existence of a
malicious spirit.
Mr. Serge ant SHEE, in his address to the jury, denied
the existence of the spirit; and argued that the cum
merits were fair and temperate.
Lord DENMAN summed up the case, and the jury re-
turned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 50/.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
George Roe, the conductor of an omnibus which runs
from Bayswater to the City, was summoned before Mr.
Alderman Carden, for having deceived Mr. Ernest
Sharpe. of Mark-lane, as to the destination of the vehicle.
Mr. Sharpe, it appeared, got
into the omnibus at Bays-
water, having observed the
the
Bank
ords " Blackwell Railway"
upon the flag, and intended dtenedto be set down there. When
reach
the omnibus
some of the passengers
got out, but Mr. Sharpee said he wished to be put down
at the Blackwell station.a The omnibus then went along
Cornhill and into Leade hall-street, and stopped to set
him down at the corner of Billiter street instead of taking
him to Fenehurch-street, close to which is the terminus
of the Blackwell Railway. Upon being expostulated
with the conductor merely said, " You may as well walk
a dozen yards to save tne trouble," and refused to convey
Mr. Sharpe any further.
The complainant stated that great public inconvenience
arose from the mode of deception he described, and a near
relative of his, who was lame, was more than once a
sufferer, by being obliged to walk a considerable dis-
tance, although informed by the usual mode of indication
that the omnibus was bound to a certain point.
The defendant said the direction upon his flag was,
" Near to the Blackwell Railway," and produced the
authority by the direction of the Alderman.
Alderman CAP.DEN observed that the words " Black-
well Railway" were in large letters, but the words "near
to" were in letters not visible at even a very short 'dis-
tance, and quite invisible to near-sighted persons. It was
palpably a trick, and he happened to be aware of the ex-
istiug practices amongst conductors and driVers, and was
determined upon every occasion in which an offence of
the kind should be proved before him to inflict the highest
penalty.
The owner of the omnibus submitted that his licence
would not permit him to go to the Bleekwall station, and
stated a great many other things which were just. as
strong argumen• 3 against the infliction of the pelts 1!?.(3-
One of the grounds upon which he mast relieide,dwin the
Let that Alderman Carden frequently
same omnibus himself, and could say
not utlex-
duct of those who had it under their care was
ceptionable. ied in the
whether the con •
The Alderman admitted that be 11 travel
omnibus to the City, but never to deception:ll
vitttl;
Blackwell
w th 6 d 1.0" "Y
way.—(Laughter.) He kne,,, and ha 'Un-
kind were conatautlY Pract'i'6"