The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-02 00:00:00

MORE VIOLENCE BY TURNOUTS.

At the Manchester City Police Court yesterday,
Henry Jameson and Louis Stansfield were charged with
being concerned in a violent attack upon some workmen in
the employment of Messrs. George Whyatt and Son,
dye% Opensluiw. It was stated that at 26 minutes to 12
o'clock on Monday forenoon a van started from Messrs.
Why►tt's warehouse. Spring-gardens, Manchester, to con-
vey eight of their workmen to the works at Openshaw-
The men were locked in the van, and tie driver put the
keys in his pocket, and an empty van was driven close
after the other to prevent any one getting at the door,
in cam of attack. When the vans reached Ogden-street,
Anecate, • mob of about a hundred people came up,
and demanded the keys from the driver. He refused to give
then up, but the assailants cried, "Turn them out," and
accompanied the vans for about a quarter of an hour, en-
deavoring to stop the hones, until some of them broke off
the link of the door with a brick, and all the men were
dragged out with great violence. Matthew Hornby and
another man continued to make an obstinate resistance after
the others had bean forced out, but two of the mob entered
and dragged them out, after a struggle which lasted about
a quarter of an hour. Hornby was afterwards followed by
a mu, who struck him on the head three times with a
bludgeon, inflicting very severe'wounds. A oast and abundle
belonging to one of the workmen were tossed amongst the
crowd by those who entered the van. Both prisoners, one
of whom formerly worked for Mr. Whyatt, were
identified as having takes a very active part in
the attack, and both denied the charge, and
called evidence to prove an alibi. About half •
dozen witnesses stated distinctly that Stansfield was at a
publichouse in Openshaw, kept by Joseph Thorniley, the
whole of the time between 9 and 6 o'clock on Monday, but
nearly all disagreed as to the manner in which he was occu-
pied daring the interval ; and the same discrepancies sp-
peered m the evidence of three persons, who affirmed with
equal distinctness that Jameson was at home from half-past
10 till half-past 1 o'clock on the same day. On being ap-
prehended, Stanfield told the officer he was out shooting
in the country when the attack was made.

Mr. Maude ordered the depositions of ell the witnesses on
both sides to be taken ; and, on their being read over, ob-
served tact he could not attach the slightest credit to the
evidence for the defence, and committed both prisoners for
trial.

NEW UNION WORKHOUSES AT

guardians of the Choriton union, Macchester, have com-
menced the erection of a new workhouse on a scale much
larger lean their present building, which, though a very
modern erection (perhaps a dozen years old),hu been found
insufficient for the requirements of the union. The new
buildin,e has been designed by Hegira. Ilayl!y, Son, and
Hall, architects, and is in the Italian style. The arrange-
ments of yards, offices, workshops, schools, and hospitals
have been determined upon after a careful examination of
the best workhouses in various parts of the country, and
the designs ultimately received the seal of the Poor-law
Commuisionen in London on the 20th June last. The esti-
mates have since been submitted to them, and they have
sancticeed the expenditure of 12,6001. upon the erection,
the fozndatiens of which are now laying down. The
buildings will cover a spare of about 3,000 square yards,
with the principal front, 600 feet in length, to Nell-lane,
in Witington, one of the most rural and healthy parts of
the union. On the other side of Manchester (the north) is
boillaisi=oworkhouse as a neglistaimiLia mile, for
the et a soot of ebovA
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