Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-17 00:00:00

SUMMER ASSIZES,

The following arrangements have been made for the
Summer Assize, ;--
NORTH WALES AND CHESTER CIRCUIT.—Judge The
Right Hon. Sir Alex. J. A. Cockburn, Lord Chief Justice
of the Common Pleas. This learned judge, after proceeding
through North Wales, will join Mr. Justice Crowder, and
hold the assizes in that ancient city, and the county of
Cheshire. The following are the days appointed :—New.
town, Wednesday, July 15 ; Dolgelly, Saturday, July 18 ;
Carnarvon, Tuesday, July 21 ; Beaumaris, Friday, July
24 ; Ruthin, Monday, July 27 : M la, Thursday, July 30
Chester and City, Saturday, August 1.
SOUTH WALES AND CnEsrna.—Judge : The Hon. Mr.
Justice Crowder. Cardiff, Saturday, July 4; Haverford-
west and Town, Wednesday, July 15 ; Cardigan, Saturday,
July 18 ; Carmarthen, Wednesday, July 22 ; Brecon,
Monday, July 27 ; Presteign, Thursday, July 30 : Chester
and City, Saturday, August 1.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Judges : The Hon. Mr. Baron
Watson, and the Hon. Mr. Baron Cbannell. York and
City, Wednesday, July 8 ; Durham, Tuesday, Jttly 21 ;
Newcastle and Town, Friday, July 24; CarliEle, Thurs-
day, July 30 : Appleby, Monday, August 3 ; Lancaster,
Wednesday, August 5 ; Liverpool, Saturday, August 8.

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelagh street,
BOYS are CLOTHED from the Ages of 6 to 20 Years.

POLICE COURT.-YZATERDAY.

LIVgRPO OL.
BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.

IMPORT ANT TO WORKMEN AND EMPLOYERS.—THE CABINET •
MAKERS' STRIKE.—Mr. Tyrer, attorney, appeared on behalf
of Mersrs. Holden and Parker, cabinetmakers, Church-
street, to prefer a charge against Mr. Charles Quaile,
under the following circumstances. Mr. Tyrer said, it
appeared that there was an association in Liverpool, called
the "Cabinetmakers' Society," of which Mr. Quail° was the
chairman, and a Mr. Thomas, the secretary. Some time
ago this body called on the cabinet manufacturers of
Liverpool to advance their wages. This was in May of
this year, and a circular was sent to all the masters in
Liverpool, signed by Quaile, to the above effect. In four
hours after the receipt of that circular every man at work
in Liverpool struck work, because they could not get the
wages they demanded. This put the master cabinet-
makers to great inconvenience, and they had no means to
carry on their business. In this state they had only one
alternative, and that was to employ men where
they could be found. Accordingly one of the firm
proceeded to the south of England, and there employed
a number of men. On Saturday, eight of the
men so engaged arrived here by steamer from
Bristol, when they were met by Quaile, who succeeded
in buying off the men, so that they all refined to go to
work for Messrs. Holden. Their chests &c. had been at
Messrs. Holden's shop, and money had been advanced on
these thing 3 On Monday, Quaile, along with the men,
called at the shop, and saw Mr Parker, and said he came
to pay for the men's chests, and any money that had been
advanced to them. Mr. Parker refused to take any money
from, or have anything to do with him. Quaile that said,
" You may employ as many men as you wish in the
South, but as fast as you do so, I will buy them up.." He
then went away, but came back about five o'clock in the
evening, and crested some annoyance. Ho was requested
to go away, but he refused to withdraw from the shop.
Mr. Parker took hold of him, and just used as much force
as was necessary to put him out, but still he refused to
withdraw. A police-officer was then called, and he was
given in charge. Mr. Aspinall (instructed by Mr. Grim-
mer) for the prisoner, asked what the real charge was, as ,
he could not understand it at present. Mr. Tyrer
said, he held it to be a conspiracy for then
to combine in such manner, fee prevent men from attending
to their work. Here were men engaged by Messrs. Holden
and Co., and they were clearly prevented from working,
according to their agreement. It was clearly a conspiracy li
on the part of the operative cabinet makers to prevent
men from working for the trade in Liverpool, There were
two charges against the defendant—first, for being drunk,
and creating a disturbance at the complainant's premises ;
and the second for a conspiracy in obstructing men from
attending to their work He then called Mr. Parker, Mr.
Holden's partner, who fully bore out the statement of his
advocate. In reply to Mr. Aspinall, the witness said the
chests of the men were at the shop, but he did not know
how much had been advanced on them. He admitted that
the master cabinet makers' had sent a circular to all the
matters in England, in which the following paragraph
appeared—" Inclosed you have a list of all the names
belongineto the union, and the main object we have in view
is to solicit the aid of all employers, by their not engaging any
man belonging to the Liverpool branch. We therefore hope
and trust that you will give us your support under such trying
circumstances."—(Singed), THOMAS PARKER, Secretary.
Mr. Holden was also examined, and his evidence was
corroborative of the foregoing. Police-officer 694, said he
heard Mr. Parker tell Quaile to leave the place, but he
refused, and, at last, when he would not go, witness took
him into custody. He was drunk at the time. Mr.
Aspinall : And you dragged him by the collar to Bridewell ?
No ; we did not drag him, there was another man with
me. Mr. Mansfield said, if a tradesman was interrupted
in his business, he had a right to call a police-officer to
remove him, and it was the duty of the officer to do so.
Mr. Aspinall said there was no case at all proved against
his client. The defendant had merely gone to pay what
was due by the men, and he thus offended their high
mightinesses. The fact was, the masters had sent a circular
to all the employers in England, containing the names of
over 200 Journeymen of Liverpool, whom they requested
them not to employ. (He read the above paragraph) and
contende I the employers were the conspirators, and had
themselves to blame. The only thing tha- could be said accor-
ding to the evidence of the officer was, that the man was
drunk, although the complainants had not stated so. Mr.
Mansfield said no doubt a combination of workmen to
prevent other workmen from working against their will,
or at certain wager, was a most abominable consp;racy,
and deserved to be punished most severely. No doubt
the man had a right to be removed from the shop, ',Alt at
present the charge he would deal with was for being
drunk, and he would fine him ss. for that. The fine was
paid.
LYNCH LAW IN LIVERPOOL.—Joseph Henderson, and
Richard Hughes, two persons belonging to the " Pride of
Erin," Dunda'k steamer, and Francis Winters, a cab
driver, were charged with having committed the follow-
ing violent outrage on a Mrs. Sophie, Rushton, of Whitley-
street, and also on her sister, Mrs. Amelia Appleton. The
history of the case was this. The prisoner Henderson had
been married to a sister of both complainants, but she has
been dead some time. The complainant, Mrs. Rushton,
reared a son of the prisoner's, and he was indebted to her
for the boy's support, &c., and also for various other matters,
and in order to secure her he left some property in her
house. For some time past he had been in the habit of
calling at her house along with gangs of ruffians, and
endeavouring to break in to take away the thing., but he
was repelled. On Monday he came with the other two
prisoners, and commenced smashing in the door, Mrs.
Rushton asked what he was about, and he replied that he
tame
pointing brought an attorney with him, at the same me
pointing out the cab driver as the " learned function-
ary." That man of " law" pulled out a bundle
of papers, and spoke rather bigger than a chancellor
—hinted something about " transporting" her, and
all belonging to her, and made use of other "lynch law"
language, which frightened her very much. She shut the
door, and ran into the parlour, where her sister who had
just come in to visit her was sitting. The prisoners began
to break in the front door, when Mrs. Appleton ran out
and asked them what they were about ? The attorney,
alias the cab-driver, siezed her by the body and flung her
down the steps of the door, and the whole party were
then rushing madly into the house, when a policeman
came up, and the prisoners were given into custody. Mrs.
Rushton swore she was in fear of her life from the parties,
particularly the two first-named prisoners. The prisoner
Henderson made a most impertinent defence, and the
other two said they were paid to assist him. Mr. Mans-
field, in strong terms, censured the conduct of the
prisoners, and sentenced Winters to two months' imprison-
ment, in default of paying £2, for the assault on Mrs.
Appleton, and the other two prisoners to one month's
imprisonment, in default of finding bail to keep the peace
towards Mrs. Rushton.

LEwu,..sc COMPANY'S, Rane!agh street,.
11 Y 3 i,re CLO'r.liED ff,.):11 tte Ages of oto 20 Year 3.

CORONER'S COURT,

Yesterday, the Coroner held the following inquests :
On the body of tarah Simonds, aged 63 years, the
widow of a ship carpenter. The deceased lodged at 20,
Yates-street, Park, and from the evidence it appeared that
for some time past, she was quite unsettled in her mind,
but nothing wrong was suspected. On Sunday morning
she was found hanging in her bed-room, and on the body
being cut down, it was found that life was quite extinct.
After the above facts were given in evidence, the jury
returned a verdict of death by her own hand whilst
labouring under insanity.
On the body of an unfortunate girl, named Mary
M'Loughlin, 30 years of age, who died suddenly in a house
of ill. fame, in Banistre-street. It appeared that she was
much given to drink, and died suddenly on Monday. On
a post mortem examination of the body, the cause of death
was found to be disease of the heart, and the jury
found a verdict accordingly.