Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-YESTERDAY.

LIVERPOOL.

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.

CAUTION TO PISTOL SHOOTERS.—The dangerous pr.ar
,4tze
of discharging pistols and other deadly weapons •
,e the
street and !ces where life is jeopardised, has le-
frequent, hat some „rarYiedleiiios
time ego M r. Mansfield r'
in, ention of punishing such persons as were 1-dronght before
leim and convicted of the offence, in a as
tious manner.
Yesterday morning, two very well dres-
xee yovng men, who
gave the names of Richard Davidson ~3dJohnuan, were
brought up by officers 693 and 771, e4earged with the fat-
Pedaved that about half-past
lowing serious offence. It ap
P:efeete.,rs were in Parliament-
tfih; ede3, thew hperreev
theyus d ay the ,
were
evgsged at what was celled
"The shop a eh. Wearing, a chemist,
is
the -tiriserters were so engaged, and from
pi tp oolopposite
practice."vv h i r e
one of th shots fit.ed, the ball entered a large square of
plate glass e.
In the w'Andow, smashing it to pieces, and passing
eose by Mr. Wearing's head, and striking the opposite
wall. Mr. Wearing then ran cut and saw the prisoners
nenniog away ; he called the pelice-officers, and they followed
and (arrested the prisoners. Several persons had narrow
escapes from the bullets fired by the prisoners. The
officers found four double barrel rifled pistols, and a consider-
able quantity of powder and bullets, on the prisoners.
Mr. Wearing said the Mass broken was value 3Ds and the
wood work ss. His Worship said it was fortunate that
Mr. Wearing escaped; it was highly improper for persons
to act as the prisoners had acted. The prisoners said they
were under the impression that they were far enough
away, practisirrg at a target, that was only breast high.
His Worship hoped the press :it case would prove a warn-
ing to others. He fined each eel and costs, and if paid, he
ordered Mr. Wearing to be compensated for the damage.
In default of payment, ono rnonth's bard laboureach.
Mureozeor S ASSAUL,r ON A POLICEMAN.—Edward
Davie, police-cffieer 71,1, charged a man named A.tfred
Stafford, the keeper of a boarding-house in 30 court,
Key-street, with having committed a desperate assault en
him. On the night ofthe 28th ult., about eight o'clock, he
was in Oldhall-street, when a gentleman, whu was passing
with his wife, complained that she had been insulted' by
some men who were standing at the corner of a street, a
short distance. The officer went to the place and saw the
prisoner and some other men there, and he requested
them to go away, when the prisoner at once knocked him
down, and kicked him desperately in the le tck and over
the body, so that he became insensible, and was not
conscious of anything from that time (Friday night) to
the following Wednesday, when he found himself in the
Northern Hospital. Surgeon Davies, of the Northern
Hospital, said the complainant was brought there
labourirg under,a very severe concussion of the brain,
and was in a most dangerous state. He will not
be able to do anything for some considerable time
tc come. Two boys proved that they saw the attack by
the prisoner, and two policemen partly corroborated the
statement. The prisoner was sent for trial.

BEFORE MESSRS. W. ItATIIBONE AND ROMILLY.

CURIOUS CHARGE Or DRUNKENNESS AGAINST A PUBLI-
CAN'S WIFE —lnspector White summoned Mrs. Elie &teeth
Ames, the wire of the owner of the " Red Lion" public-
house, London-road, for being drunk and disorderly. Mr.
Snowball appeared for the detendant. The Inspector said,
at a quarter past one o'clock on the morning of the 4th
inst., the defendant was drunk and disorderly in Gildart-
street. She is the wife of the keeper of the "Red Lion"
public-house in Ie ndon-road, and the house is kept as a
night house, and Mr. Snowball : Stop, sir, I object
to this—the charge againat her is for being drunk, and
you must confine yourself to that. Mr.Wnite : I must tell
the whole ewe. There is a side door from the house into
Gildart-s reet, and at the time I state there were five or
six prostitutes at it, and —. Mr. Snowball : I object
to tats—yon must confine youself to the charge of drunken-
ness, fleet is, if she was drunk. Mr. White: She vves
drunk, and very disorderly. Cross-examined by Mr. Snow-
ball : I did not see any one leaving the door with a jab
full of ale. I did not push any respectable person from the
door. No one came out of the house in my sight. I was
driving or telling the women to go away. I was not
pushing them away. Mr. Snowball: Don't you call
" driving" people away "pushing" them away ? No;
but you may call it so. I did not lay hands
on any one. Mr. Snowball : What did Mrs. Ames
(the defendant) say to you. She nuked me what
an ugly looking ape like me was doing there. (Laughter.)
Mr. Snowball : And you swear she was drunk ? I do,
and that she need bad language and was very disorderly.
Mr. Snow hall: Did you see her after that on the same
night ? Yes, about two and a-half hours after she came to
Prescott street Brideweli, with her husband and another
man, to enquire about me, and lo ascertain who I was.
Mr. Rathbone : Did the bridewell-keeper see her then ?
No, sir; he was engaged booking two prisoners at the
time, and did not see her. Mr. Wybergh : You say she
was drunk—did she stagger? I don't know that she did,
but I know from her appearance and manner, and the
language she used, that she was drunk. Police-officer
368 was examined, and said : I saw the defendant, and I
should say she was drunk. Mr. Snowball : But wee she
drunk, sir? She was, sir. Mr. Snowball. You swear
the ? I do. Mr. Snowball : Did you see h r
stagger ? No, for she stood in the • door, so
that I could not see if she was staggering drunk or not,
Mr. Snowball then addressed the court, and said the
charge was one easily made, bat the present he did not
think proved. No doubt the lady was very much excited
at seeing the conduct of the police towards respectable
persons who were leaving the house, and she went after-
wards to Prescott-street Bridewell with her husband,
and Mr. White : Yes, her husband was drunk
when he came there. They keep a night house, and har-
bour psseitutes. Mr. Snowball : If they do, why don't
vou summon them for it ? Mr. White : They always do
business at the door, so it is very hard to catch them—
that's the ream. Mr. Snowball then produced a female
who said she lived opposite the door in question, and saw
the affair. Tae defendant was sober. Margaret Kenible,
the servant in the house, swore the defendant was per-
fectly sober. Mr. William Robinson Little said he went
to the hose with defendant's husband, and she
complained of the officei's conduct, and they all then went
to Pee Bride well, to inquire about him; she was! hen perfectly
sober. Mr. Snolbell : That's my case. Mr. Rathbone
said, no doubt there was a great deal of conflicting evidence
iu the case. He had no doubt that something that should
not have happened did take place on the occasion ; a doubt
was, however, created, and he would give the benefit of
that c:aubt to the defendant, and dismiss the case.
THE DEAD MAN'S 13OOT3.—Crrnious.—George Harkness,
the keeper of a public-house at 26, Dale-street, was charged
by his wife, Margaret, with having violently assaulted her.
The case was a strange one, as will be found from the
details. Mr. Bluck was for the defendant, who appeared
in court in a state of intoxication, and during the hearing
of the case coeducted himself in the most extraordinary
manner, and was frequently told if he did not conduct
himself properly, he would be committed. Mr. Biuck also
told his client several times that he was very ill conducted,
and was only injuring himself. The complainant stated
on the previous morning her husband assaulted her in a
violent manner, blackened her eye, and otherwise ill-
used her. Mr. Bluck cross-examined the witness as
follows : I Bee at 26, Dale-street, and keep a public-
house. The defendant is my second husband. and I was
married to him on the 22nd of September last. I have
five ch:l iren. My former husband died on the 4th of
July, and the defendant is one of the executors of his will.
Mr. }Thick : How long were you married to your former
husband? Eleven years. The defendant is one of three
executors of his will. I am one of the executors myself.
Mr. Black : D.d he want a pair of boo's? Yes. Did you
give him a pair of boots ? Yes. Mr. Bluck : Did the
boots fit him ? He said so. Mr. Bluck : Whose boots
were those ? Witness : Sir ? Mr. Bieck : Whose boots
were those, madam ? Witness: They belonged to my late
husband. Mr. Black : Did you upbraid him, and say lie
was wearing a dead man's boots ? Witness : He called me
a vile name. Mr. Black : Did you taunt him for wearing a
dead man's boots, madam ? (Here the defendant leaped
up, and cried out, " She did, and would any gentlemen
stand that ?") He then acted in a ver, disorderly manner,
and was told several times if he did not keep quiet, he
would be sent to prison. Mr. Bluck complained that the
defendant, by his conduct, was preventing him
of doing his duty. Mr. Rathbone said : I hope
not Mr. Bluck, for you always perform your duty
fearlessly and with great ability. Mr. Black thanked his
Worship. Mr. Bluck then asked the witness if she had
not gro'sly insulted her husband about the dead man's
boots? and the said she had. He then asked her if he
did not take off the boots and fling one of them at her
head ? Here the defendant again leaped up, and swore
any gentleman would do the same thing, and that he did
not care a -- for the magistrates nor any one
else, and they might send him to jail for six
months, or sixty moo he, he cared not which. After a
very wild scene on the part of the defendant, Mr.
Bluck addressed the Court on his behalf, and said
it was quite clear the state he was in, and he trusted that
the Bench would only bind him to keep the peace. Mr.
Rathbone censured the conduct of the defendant, and
ordered him into custody for 24 hours, and then he was to
find bail to keep the peace. The prisoner was removed,
plunging and kicking violently.
UNWHOLESOME MEAT.—Patrick Hennessy, of St. %Thies
Marker, was charged on two informations, by Inspector
Reed, for having exposed, on ope occasion, 55 lbs. of un-
wholesome meat; and on another, 2 lbs., none of which
was fit for human food. The defendant was fined £1

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelagh-street.
BOYS are CLOTHED from tke Ages of Siti to Twenty Years.

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

flAiinftElt 4itt Al' FULL TIME Alf BLACKBURN,—On
phy, the mill of Mr. Henry Ward, 30 horses' power,
rtsuroed fell time, without any previous notice.—Preston
Guardicpn.

TRAIM IN ..).! CCRINGTON.—WC are glad to say that there
is every probability ef several of the mills now working
short time, resuming fill time in a few days, should no
unforeseen obstac'e arise to prevent them.—Blacaurn
Standard.
CARNARTON SLATE TRADE.—The slate trade for this
port continues in the steady supply of active demands,
and large quantities are shipped weekly.—North IYal,es
Chronicle.

RELIeF OF THE DESTITUTE I CHDALE.—The Mayor
(R. T. Heape, Esq.), Dr. Molesworth, vicar, and H. Ke'sail,
and James Chadwick, Esqrs., county magistrates, held a
conference for the purpose of considering whether any
means should be adopted, in addition to the parochial
relied now given for the relief of the poor and unemployed.
Mr. Roberts, clerk to the Board of Guardians, was present,
as were the relieving officers of the union. A statement
was read, comparing the condition of things in 1847 and
1857, showing the number upon the re:ii-ef lists, and it
was then considered that the time had not yet arrived for
the adoption of any extra measures, but that if things went
worse another meeting should be held to re-consider the
matter.

MEETINGS OF FORGEMEN OF NORM STAFFORDSHIRE.
—A large number of forgemtn and others employed at
the ironworks in North Staffordshire, met on Monday, in
the Market-place, Burslem, to deliberate upon a notice
which has been given by the masters, of a reduction of
wages. The leaders of the men were informed by Super-
intendent Povey, that they could -not be allowed to hold a
meeting in that place, and the police at once proceeded to
clear the squire. This was done with some difficulty,
but no breach of the peace took place. The men then
adjourned to an open space, at Longport, near Mr.
Davenport's work, but on the approach of the police, they
abandoned their intention of holding a meeting there, and
adjourned a second time to Wolstanton Marsh, where they
were allowed to remain undisturbed. A. second meeting
was held at the same place on Tuesday mornieg.

RE•OPEVING OF THE WOLVERHAMPTON BANN..—The
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Bank re-o,ened on
Tuesday morning, for the liquidation in full of the notes
in circulation, this proceeding beija necessary before the
bank resumes business in the ordiff.y way. Of the exact
anaouut of notes returned to the bank we have not precise
informati.on, but it is very much below what was antici-
pated; neither was any particular anxiety evinced by
holders of notes to effect the exchange for specie, although
we are informed that a good number have changed hands
at a small discount during the suspension. Mr. Hill, the
new manager, attended at the bank ; several of the
directors were also present. The sum of £lOO,OOO to be
raised by the directors, is understood to be ready; and if
the further amount required by the creditors to be provided
by the shareholders is obtained by the end of the week, it
was stated, on Tuesday, that it is not improbable the bank
will resume its general business on Monday or Tuesday
next.—Birmingham Daily Post.

STATE OT TRADE IN THE NORTH-EAST TowNs.—The
condition of trade in all the towns between the Tees and
the Tweed is gloomy, slid a very considerable number of
workmen are out of employment. The best employed
are the pitmen, but as a resolation has been come to by
the ironmasters to blow out one fourth of the furnaces
now in blast, and as the ironworks consume an immense
quantity of coal, thy may expect to feel a lessened demand
for their labour. A great number of workmen have been
paid off from the iron-ship building yards of the Tyne,
and the principal iron manufacturers are working short
time. Coal freights to Landon are only 6a per ton, and
the shipowners state that they are sailing their vessels at
a loss. Tnough every interest is feeling the depression of
the times, and the disturbance to trade occasioned by the
stoppage° of the District Bank, so far there has been no
suspension of any lar;,>e works. This week two or three
firms engaged in the grocery and provision trade in New-
castle, have been declared* to be in difficulties. They
have been occasioned by the usual accommodation having
been cnt off at the District Bank. It is Rasitively stated
that that unfortunate company will be greatly relieved by
a gentleman (whose name it is not necessary to mention)
taking upon himself all the responsibility of an extensive
ironwork largely involved with tee bank. The authority
is pretty good that some arrangement of the sort had been
come to.
MANCHESTER FACTORIES ON FULL AND SIIORT TIME,

OPERATIVES IN AND our OF WORK

The following tables, compiled under the direction of
Captain Polio, chief constable, show the state of the
factories and of the operatives in Manchester during the
week ending yesterday (Wednesday) :

BrA.TE OF FACIORIES, &C,
No. of Fall time Full time

works. all part of Short Stop..
Class,flcation. &c. hands, hand•. three. pod.
Cotton mills ....88 26 15. 35 l3
Silk mills . l5 2 3 8 . 2
Worsted mills .. 1
Sm llware inills. .20 .. 6••• • .. 2... _ll ...... 1
Printworks ...... 3
Dyeworks
Machinists . ~..66
Foundries .. ...28.... ~11

Total.. _237 59 48
STATE OF THE OPERATIVES.
Hands usually Working Working Out of
ClaEs'fleatiou. • employed. foil time. short time, work.
Co ton mills 24,960. ... 10,582....10,320.... 4,058
Silk mills 4,941.... 833... , 2,338....1,770
Worsted mills.
Smaliware mils
Printworks
Dyeworks 2,245.... 1,746.... 499
Machinists
Foundries

- -
119 19

T0ta1.... 46,384 17,687 19,888 8,909
The conclusions to which we arrive upon comparing this
return with that of last week must not be taken as strictly
accurate, but only as an approximation, and that the near-
est possible, to the real state of things, inasmuch as the
totals of the two weeks differ. Thus, during the week,
two cotton mills, employing 300 hands, have been added
to the list, the number of dyers has been increased by
267, and of those engaged at foundries there are 340
more ; while the number of mechanists has been
reduced by 95 ; consequently the difference in the
totals is an addition, this week, of two mills, and 812
operatives. Yet there is a decrease of 604 in the num-
ber wholly out of employment, quite exclusive of the
joiners and bricklayere,who have this week resumed work.
With respect to the state of the facto•iee, &c., as compared
with last week, the gentral result is that in every class
(except worsted mills and foundries, which remain as
before) there are more working short time, the total in-
crease being 23, The total number wholly stopped, and
the number on full time are less than before, the only
increase being that two silk mills have re-commenced work
with all hands, and that three cotton mills have resumed
with a portion of no hands.• With reference to the
operatives, there are more in every class working full time,
but there are also more out of work in every class but
three ; these three include the hands occupied at a worsted
mill, all on short time,—cotton factory hands, of whom
there are 709 fewer out of work this week than last,—and
those eogeged at printworks, whose number out of work has
been reduced by 253. The entire number, then, that have
resumed work in the week has been 955; but the number
of the operatives in silk and smallware mills, dyeworks,
machine works, and foundries who have neared to work
during the week being deducted, the total number out of
work this week is only 604 below last week's number.
The proportions, in round numbers, between the number of
ore-atives usually employed, and the number out of work at
present, are as follow :—Out of work : cotton mills, one in
six ; silk mills, one in three; smallware mil s, one in
seven ; printworks, one in seven ; dyeworks, one in Sve ;
machinists, one in four ; foundries, one in Hine ; on the
whole, rather less than two in eleven are out of work.—
Manchester Guardian.

The New York Journal of Commerce says, that the
imports of general merchandise are so large for the reason
of the year, that a large quantity will have to be either
re-shipped or held unsold for a long time to come.
INDIA Mt TINY RELIEF FUND.—The sum of £4:9 5s has
been forwarded to this committee, being the residue of a
fund which was collected by British subjects in Russia
during the late war for the relief of their felb cv-country-
men who were prisoners of war in that county'. As many
persons are labouring under the erroneous impression that
the applicants for relief are few in numbe, and that the
distress is much exaggerated, the followiig extract from
a letter from Calcutta, of 22nd October, will tend to
correct this impression :—"I have bean favoured with
yours of the 10th ult., and am happ- to observe the
degree of success that has attended /our kind exertions
in the good cause of the sufferers by the Sepoy revolt.
The full extent of the distress will tot be known or felt
for some time, as many who have leen deprived of their
all have not yet reached any place refuge, and doubtless
when they are enabled to leave the stations in which
they are located, such as Agra, Lucknow, Landour,
a large accession to the number of applicants for relief
will present themselves."

BOYS' CLOTHING MADE Win GREAT TASTE AT L WIS and
COMPANY'S, Bazielagh-street