The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-21 00:00:00

THE AIGBURTH OMNIBUSES.

TO THE EDITOR OF TILE DAILY TIMES.

STE,—The late severe weather has, no doubt, had a
very serious effect upon many classes of the community;
perhaps none have suffered more, in a pecuniary sense,
than the various proprietors of our public conveyances.
When we Consider the fearful state of the roads, the
price of provender, the mortality in horses from strained
limb and other accidents, together with the enormous
expenses in shape of duties, such a business as the one
I allude to must indeed be hieftillk Conducted in order
that a livelihood may (at such tinier as these) be
obtained. ; Messrs, Bath Brothers, the enterprising and
spirited proprietors of the above omnibuses, are doubtless
highly 'deserving of the sympathy of their numerous
patrons and friends during the present trying season,
but having heard that it has been proposed to the above
firth the propriety Of their raising the fares temporarily,
permit me; thtoOgh the ii;siStande of ydtir valuable paper,
to offer the following suggestion toi the approval of
those gentlemen interested in this cause, Itistead
of increasing the fare, let us present Messrs. liath
Brothers with a testimonial. By so doing our object
will be realised without trespassing upon those who
could not afford to pay an increased fare,—Yours, &c.
A FREQUENT PASSENGER.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT,—SATunDAY.

(Id* 11r. rM.)
DISCSRDERLY WIFE;

Ellen Carroll, the wife of Bernard Carroll, prbiisiot‘
dealer, John's Market, was charged by her husband,
under the following circumstances :—Mr. Bluck ap-
peared for the complainant, and said the prisoner's
conduct was such as compelled her husband to separate
from her. He allowed her a maintenance up to a few
days ago, but now he would not do so, as he intended to
adopt other means to get rid of her. On Monday last
he had her charged before the magistrates, and she was
fined. One would have thought that would have been a
warning to her, as she had been, several time before, fined
for her disorderly conduct. On the previous day (Fri-
day) she Went to the tharket, in the absence of com-
plainant, and created a great distdrbsncb with his son,
flung pig's feet and other things about, and i,4abti thb
husband. came she created a great row and assaulted
him. She was ordered to find two sureties in £5 each
to keep the peace; or one month's imprisonment.

DANGEROUS ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN.

Bernard 11PConville was brought up by Inspector
Dodd on a charge of having assaulted police-officer John
Ita*kits, 15, who riot lies in a very dangerous state
is bonsequende dt injuries tedeiteci from the prisoner.
From the evidence of two Zvedicii it Appeuted that abdut
one o'clock in the morning the prisoner ;has ibaking
noise, being drunk at the time, in Simpson-street. Thh
officer advised him to go home, when he struck thd
officer in the face. The constable struck him in return,
when the prisoner knocked him down with a blow on
the chest, and he has been insensible since. The prisoner
was remanded for a week.

A DROP OF SPIRITS.-'

•11 A DODGER."

An extraordinary-looking fellow, dressed in a faded
naval uniform coat, whose name was given as Henry
Williams, was charged with having stolen S 2 12s. from
a tidy-looking female, named Ellen Smith. The com-
plainant said on the sth November the prisoner called
at her mother's house, in a street off Scotland-road, and
said he was going on board a man-of-war, and that he
called to say good-bye to her. She had her work-box
on her knee, and had the money in it, when the prisoner
took it, saying he would give it to her mother. He
went away with the money, and she never saw him
until the previous day, when a person told her where be
was. A young man was called, who stated he was in the
house on the occasion,and the complainant, her mother,
the prisoner, and witness had a drop of spirits on the
parting. He saw him take the money, but he only thotight
it was out of a lark to give it to her mother. The
prisoner said be knew the complainant about thred
years ago, and was very fond of her. He went away
then, and only returned at the time stated, and found
that she had got married. He called to see her, and
she took down the workbox to show him her husband's

likeness, and he having a drop of spirits he took the
money and got drunk, and forgot to return it. There
were two other charges against him as follows s— thu
son of Mr. Braham, who keeps the Canterbury Vaults,
Richmond-street, stated that the prisoner called at the
house, and stated that he was the second engineer of
the Arabia, and invited him to go on board next day,
and dine with him, He managed to steal a coat, value
nearly from him. The thitd charge was preferred
against him by Mr. Baker, publican, Tithebarn-street,
where the prisoner took a lodging for the night, and
went away in the morning, taking a coat and vest
belonging to another lodger, and also robbed him of
28s. in cash. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the latter
charge. Here a soldier came forward and claimed the
prisoner as a deserter. The prisoner was remanded.

TIIE POOR BOX.