Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-02 00:00:00

LONDOJN CORN MARIKET.—AuGuaT 1

Supplies of foreign Wheitt and. Oats large ; weather fine ;
several.. samples ,of new—English" Wheat at
smarket, and
qualityvery various.- -Wheat, ,English and Foreign, is.
:dearer sinee-Monday; floating cargoes have been held
all the past week at ls. 6d. to 28. per quarter 'beyond buyer
dews...
.Flour' Norfolk's, held at 315., freely paid ; Fren
fair- &Irian cl. Indian Corn in excellent demand for
orth- of -Ireland and feeding purposes. parley, (nor,)
raglieh quality, Most ,unsatisfactory ••• market generally
slow. Rye : The demand far
.the CLntinent,, is slacker.
)3eans--tlisappoint hllders. • Oats, W get through' quan-
fity, fully 6d. cheap".

The idea of a war between Prance and England seems to
have attained a more rapid maturity at Madrid than else-
where ; the .ligifpetKienes of that'city exclai " The time is at hand when the taking of London. will reveng ms,
e Waterloo."
THE LEEDS Viesaaok TEM3T.--On Friday; the vacancy
trnigt.eB of the church by the
caused in the board of
teach of Mi.
rhaff,wasu filledinp by the election
f Goorge-Skil • toft,-)CP:. - .......... eretiiiied
an the iterctery, e eat, ormertisaioff i;and:_aA 10106-,34,
eiry-tOpOStponelll6-elodtiori..iit Di: 116616 ,uiteisoi,
was to have taken plaii yesterday, The election must be
iiade by
a full, boar, and the tees at their meeting
weeeitisy. Gad Vredneodity,. the' I7th trusinstant, as the day r,r
thetatment of tke now YirAr,—.Lead ifirofiry,

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT

-YES7'ERDAY

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.)
MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A POLICE-OFFICER NY A FAMILY.
—James O'Farrell, Mary O'Farrell, Rose O'Farrell, Ann
O'Farrell, and Patrick Whelan, were charged with' having
committed a violent and murderous outrage on a police-
officer, ,on Saturday. 'Mr. Black appeared Ai. the de-
fendants. Police-officer Robinson, 757, stated that a' little
after four o'clock on Saturday afternoon he was going down
h e
South Castle-street, and when near the, top of Atherton-
street, he saw one of the female prisoners; who, Addressing
him, said, "We will have it in for you 'for fining us 2s. last
week for our dog." -Ho passed on, and on again coming
past the street, about five o'clock, he heard a great noise in
the house where the prisoners resided. He was requested to
look after the house by some neighbours opposite, who said
they were afraid that murder was going on
moment the two male prisoners came out and commenced
fighting. Witness advised them to be quiet and go away ;. but
they seized him, and (framed him intothe house, and then closed
theiloor upon him. The whole family then seized him (except
the elder female prisoner, Rose O'Farrell,) and laid him 01
a table, where they held him,. whilst one of the. women
seized a panmug, and, using great force, broke it on his
head. In a few minutes afterwards.he saw an officer come
into the house, but at that moment. he became insensible,
and remembered nothing more until he found himself in a
public-house, where a surgeon was dressing his head and
face. In answer, to Mr. .Bluelc,. the officer said that he did
not draw his staff, as he had no opportunity of doing so.
Officer Ward, 248, said that, hearing a terrible noise in the
house, he went in, having first burst open the door. On
entering the house lie found the whole of the prisoners on
the other officer, who was on the table, and the prisoners
were boating him. He assisted the complainant to get
away fron them, and on another officer coming up they
succeeded in arresting the prisoners, after a terrible struggle
Mr. Evans, surgeon, who was passing the place at the tim
when officer Robinson was brought out of . the how(
deposed to dressing his wounds, which he. said were of
serious nature. his face was shockingly cut., With th
exception of Rose O'Farrell, who was diseharged, all th
other prisoners were fined £5 and costs, or s
imprisonment

at that

FIGHTING IN ISLINGTON.—MichaeI Collins and Michael
Sutton were charged by Inspector Gardner with-fighting
and creating a disturbance on the vacant space of ground in
Islington, on Sunday evening. The inspector stated that
about half-past- nine o'clock on Sunday night he was passing,
along Islington, when there were about 400 persons assem-
bled on the vacant plot of ground, several of whom were
deeply engaged in diseussiner Scripture and.religion. About
eleven o'clock he passed the spot again. •At that time the
number, of persons had been reduced to about 200„but at
this period they appeared very much excited, and an ex.-
ceedingly angry feeling seemed to prevail amongst them.
The two prisoners were amongst the number, and whilst
witness was present they commenced a fight, and attacked
each other like two ferocious bull-dogs. ! Mr. Mansfield
said that some two years ago he gave .direetions that . such
assemblies as these should not be permitted after.night fall.
The thing was a complete nuisance, for it was quite clear
that such persons as the prisoners went there for: no other
purpose than that of creating a row.. The prisoners were
discharged, the magistrate remarking that if they had been
there before he would have punished them severely.
• THE STRIKE AMONGST THE COAL HEAVERS-7-INTIHI•
DATING Woulamr.—William-Morgan, a coal heaver, was
charged with intimidating; William Campbell, Another coal
heaver, with the intention of preventing him from ,follow-
ing his employment. ,Mr..;Bluck, in ,support of the com-
plaint, said that he appeared on. behalf of Mr. Keating, who
was a master coal Jumper 'in the employ. of Mr. Johns,
agent for Messrs. Powell, and Sons, coal merchants, -The
charme:against the prisoner was that of intimidating: other
workmen: Mr. Keating,. as,a, coal lumper; employed about'
150 hands, and his principal 'busines& was to, put coals on
board the different ocean steamers in large quantities. They
were under an engagement to put as many as 1,000 tons of
coals.on board the Steamers in a. certain time, or otherwise
a considerable expense was incurred for demurrage
Sunday afternoon, about five o'clock; the prisoner, wt_ ....
William Campbell, who . was employed for . Mr. Keating
loading coals for. the City of Baltimore steamer, and he
told him that if he again went to work on the City of Bab-
timore lie would have his mouth broken. The eorisequenc

was that.: Canipbell dared not go to work, being afraid that
the prisonei would carry his threat out. There had been
a turn-out amongst the coal heavers, and it appeared that
Campbell would not join the turn-outs; and was working
for less wages than they demanded. The case having been
proved, Mr. Mansfield, addressing the prisoner, said-that it
appeared he was not known there, and therefore it was rea-
sonable to suppose that he was 'a hard-working labourer,
which was an honourable_employment, and he'ought to be
_ _

respected by everyone. lie (Mr. Mansfield) was quite in-
clined to entertain the respect for him ; -but -.he-must take
this important fAct into consideration -that a working man's

property consisted solely of his labour. lielmd a right to
do with that labour what he pleased, and no human being

was at liberty, in any way or form whatever, to interfere
with him. lie must remember that, as a working man, he
had a wife and family to support; and his labour being his
only. means of supporting such family, it was bis,privilege to
sell it, .and dispose of it, as his own, in any manner he
might think fit. It was his own,and it was his business to
get what he could for it—be it much or be it little. If, in
doing this, he was interfered with by any man, he was
interfered with in the disposal. of .it, which the law gave
him an unlimited right to dispose of, as one of his greatest
liberties. There was no , authority in this.- country,—not
even Her Majesty herself—no law, which could interfere
with this liberty on
.the subject ; no man' could interfere
with that' which the law diet Rot .allow.!a man to inter-
fere with. If he (Mr. Mansfield) had thought that
the prisoner intended to do the complainant an
injury of a serious character, he.. should • have 'sent
him to gaol for.three months; but he • did not think so ;
still, he must warn him, and he. must also warn his fellow-
workmen, that if they in future interfered with any man in
the manner now complained of, they would be very severely
punished, and it was only because he could not bring him-
self to believe that he intended to inflict a serious injury
that •he now allowed him to go unpunished. The prisoner,
after this admonition, was discharged.
A SOLDIER CHARORD WITH DEFRAUDING .THE LONDON
AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY Cosii.krzy—A young
malt, named William Lawson, a private soldier, just bought
off from- his regiment, ,was charged .with defrauding. the
London and North-•weatern Railway Comps*, ;by riding
from London to Liverpool without a ticket.- Meßedwelt,
of the firm of Messrs. Lace and Co., appeared in: support of
the charge, and stated that on the arrival of the early, train,
:yosterday. morning, from Euston-square,. London,- the pri-
soner was asked for his ticket, when he had none. The
answer he.7.gave:was. that ‘he must have lost it.• The com-
pany. did not: wish :any penalty. to be inflicted; bid 'only
asked for the fare. •;. In answer to Mr. Mansfield, ;. the
_ _ _ _

defendant said that his father, 'who' was a shipwright in

Liverpool, had bught him off for the sum of £2e On
Saturday ho loft Chichester, where his regiment was sta-
tioned, and laft London-bridge Station for the Euston

Station in the evening, being "in a harry to get down to
Liverpool. -,lle, took a third-class ticket for Liverpool,' and
when ho arrived at Edge-hill he found he bad log it. -The

cage Was remanded until to-day. •
On'satou OP B 1 AMY,---A middle-aged man, named George
Chester, a gate-keeper in the service of the London and
North-western Railway Company, at Crewe, was charged
with having committed bigamy by marrying a person named
Ellen Holmes, his first wife being at the time alive. It was
stated that the first marriage took .place fifteen years ago,
and the second ten years ago, the first marriage having only
been discovered by the prosocutrix about three months ago.
Mr. Muck appears on behalf of the prisoner: , Police-
o!Ecer 67 deposed to arresting the prisoner in, Paddington,
ge-hill,Saturday evening. Mrs. e n, an on Oll rto ' elderly
first
woman, was called on the part of the prosecution, to prove the
marriage of the prisoner in the year 1834; but in the course
of
.her examination she hesitated to speak to the identityof the
prisoner. On seein," the
did not know whetlier prisoner -
much older. At the au inthe-dock she said she
ge4Wslothe same man, he.loOked an
left the
witnoss hex
andgiventit
iteoarf Attli; Clough the witness
for the purpose of more eroctuallyii:iPrisoner the dock,
unconstitutional
tc.• the pri-
him. Mr.
Bluck, seeing that the witness wao about to ying
The!learnedhageinsttrep he
soner, objected to it as the moat
ever hoard of in a court of law.
caused much amusement' by cautioning the prisoner not to
open hiamoutli.,.as it was evident the prosecution wished to
entrap Win. The, witness, after. closely scrutinising the pri-
sOna, doelnied Ito swear that it was the same man whom

she sa* married in 1844. Mr. Bluck then. oontended
there was an end of the case, and that the prisoner
must be discharged; hut Mr. Clough,' in support• of the
prosecution, called. Jane Holmes, who said she was sister
to the second:'frife, r and ias presnt at her sister'se,
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marriageto 'the ivisoner, which took ptaoe at Plaint
Cheri% in this-tOwa, in 1849.1. Mr. J3lucksain interfered,
and there was no case against„, t„49 (I:9sianer before the
court. They were endeavouring _l4, prop;; a second mar-
!jag°, whereas they had 46 far faze .to prove,the firit,:pr
that 'the flr ;wife was .alifo; asked_ for .
feinted--for *144; stithiglhat ineantinie-he should
be able to bring ,the first wife forward. The application
was granted, as d the pti;oner was removed in CUStOdy.
SAILIOVI Clii&CIR OF EMMENELLEMICANT AO/kINTT - A CLRILX
OF TL 0° $J ywng num Bawd hoary //IVA,

a clerk in the water-works department, Corn*alli-street,,.
was placed in the dock, charged -with-embezzling the sum
of £7B, which he had received as counter clerk.:
Mr. Bluck appeared on behalf of the prisoner but the
details of the case were deferred until to-day, dr. Clough
stating, that the prisoner's' accounts had not been fully gone
through, and he (Mr—Clough) was sure that the Townclerk.
would not be satisfied until that was done. The chief Clerk
in the water department' stated that they could 'go through
the, books byto-morrow (this day), in order to be able to
ascertain whether there were any further. defaleations. The
further investigation , of the case was then deferred until
to-day;

IJIAKENHEAD P(

E COURT

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