The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-11 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANBION-lIOUSF-

Edward Cox, an omnibus conductor, was summoned hei-
fer° Mr. Alderman Hose, who sat for the Lord Mayor, for
exacting more than his legal fare.
Yr. Edward Johns, the complainant, stated that he saw
the omnibus near Ws/dour-street, and it had pasted on the
outside a large printed bill with "Edgvrare-road to Bank,
3d.," on it, printed in lamp letters, which induced him to
get on it to proceed to the Bank. He got outside, and the
defendant told him he would have to pay la., to which he
replied, thinking that he was joking, that he dare say. The
defendant, however, said he must, sad if he did not mean
to do so to get down. This he refused to dq and when
he got to the Bank the conductor asked him for
le., upon which he called • policeman, in whose
presence he paid him what he asked. The defendant
referred him to • piece of tin which wee made to slide in
and out over the regular table of fares, on which was
painted " Eames, fare 15.," and under which was the re-
gular table of fares correepondiog with the outside, at the
bottom of which the words "Eames. faze 15.," were also
written.

The defendant in answer said that the omnibus ran once
daily express from the railway station to the Bank, and the
express fare was ls., and that be did not profess to pick
passengers op on the road.
Mr. Aid. Rive said that as the regular table of fares was
on the door of the omnibus, as the act required, he must
dismiss the summons ; but he said that it was most de.
cidedly a fraud, and that if the express fare had not been
marked A the bottom of the table sulfates he should hare
fined him, but as it was he could not.

BIRKENHEAD WATER SuPPLY.—A special general
meeting of the Birkenhead commissioners was held yester-
day for the purpose of considering the question of in-
creasing the supply of water in the township of Birkenhead.
It apnoared that correspondence had taken place with the
Winn) Waterworks Company on the subject of the pur-
chase of their new works by the Birkenhead commissioners,
but the negotiation had fallen through. It was stated that
the Wirral company had offered to wanly Birkenhead with
water at the rate of 3d. per 1,000 gallons, but to enable the
comminioners to purchase their works, or even to enter
into an arrangement for a permanent supply of water from
them, would entail the necessity of a new act of parlia-
ment. The beard therefore unanimously agreed to adopt
the recommendation of their water engineer (Mr. Bateman,
C.E.) to sink a well and erect new works for the supply of
Birkenhead no Heybuck-bill, near Hidaton, at an estimated
met of 30,000 f. The works will be coast/noted on land
belonging to the commissioners, who shady poesess powers
to execute such a scheme
STRIKE Or PLUMBERS, GLAZIERN ANDrAINTERA
IN WOLVERHAMPTON.—The majority of the plumber.,
glaziers, and painters employed in Wolverhampton. are now
out on strike, in consequence of the masters refusing to
comply with their request to Memel, their wages Is. a week
and shorten the hours of labour at inhabited buildings. The
employers bad consented to the rise of wages asked for, and
to shorten the Lours of labour at new buildings, but in
consequence of their not having determined to concede all
that was asked, the men on Monday morning refused to
resume work. On Monday evening last a meeting of masters
was held at the Coach and Hones Inn, when it was agreed
to shorten the hours of labour se asked, but to decline to
give the rise of wages.
FisHING TODPJI IN CANADA. —The papers
announce the fact of arrangement. haying been made for •
passenger steamboat (the Arabian) to touch at some of the
chief salmon fishing rivers along the St. Lawton°, coast,
about the beginning of June and the end of July. A cone-
spendent informs us that should sufficient induzeinent be
offered the owners will probably make a second down trip
darner the tirat week of July, ur earlier. This intelligence
should be gratifying to any sporting gentlemen who desire
to try their luck in Canadian waters. Hitherto the greatest
drawback to sport in the wilderness regions of Labrador has
been the tediousness and uncertainty of voyaging from end
to Quebec by sailing crafts, the time wasted 'pima con-
trary winds and ether unkroumble weather often °Da-
mming the beet part of the flydishing
season, and rendering
it difficult to keep busioess appointments in the Mara
home.—Conothea News.
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