The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-05 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

R. C. Naylor, Esq., of Hooton Hall, has been appointed
high-sheriff of Cheshire for the ensuing year.
CHARGE OF CHILD DESERTION.—At the Birkenhead
Police-court, on Thursday, a respectably-attired young female,
named Ellen Jones, was brought up in custody of Mr. McNer-
ney, charged with deserting her child, aged 3- years. The
parish had spent £2 16s. in relief, which had been given to the
child's nurse, a Mrs. Peers. This woman, it transpired, bad
deceived the relieving-officer, as to the residence of the pri-
soner, who, instead of affiliating the child, had obtained from
the father a sum of £65. The prisoner urged that Mrs. Peers
knew of her place of abode, and that she (the mother) was not
aware that the child was receiving parish relief. The bench
considered that the charge of desertion was not proved, and
said that the guardians could prosecute the nurse for obtain-
ing money by false pretences, inasmuch as she knew where
the mother of the child resided. The prisoner was then dis-
charged, and the bench ordered the relieving-officer to make
an arrangement about the child. A "scene" ensued in court ;
the mother attempted to take the child, who cried most lustily
to get to the nurse, and the latter was in tears at the idea of
parting with her charge. The parties were removed below.
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—On Friday, a butcher from
Caerwys, North Wales, named Jonathan Hughes, was pre-
served, in a most remarkable manner, from being crushed to
death. It appears that Hughes, who was booked for Chester,
on his way to Liverpool, had left a parcel on the outside of the
Greenfield-station, and just as the up-train was coming into
the station, he manifested a desire to go for the parcel, but
was warned by the porter not to run the risk ; however, he
did start across the line, but the train came up at the moment,
the buffer struck him, and he fell under the train. In this
awful position he fortunately bad the presence of mind to lie
quietly whilst the train passed over him, and so remained un-
hurt ! The moment the train passed, he got upon his legs,
put his hat upon his head, and walked off, with no other evi-
dence of having been so near the jaws of death than the loss
of a few of his whiskers, which were burned off by the fire
that fell from under the boiler.

J. J. MANSDELL, Esq., a proctor of Doctors-commons, has
died suddenly at Conway. He had been, for a considerable
time, conducting himself in a manner which clearly indicated
an aberration of intellect. On the night before his death, he
went to a low beer-shop and lodging-house, and, between five
and six o'clock in the morning, with his clothes on, laid him-
self down upon a bed. When called, he was in a dying state,
breathing very hard, and life was soon extinct. • Examination
showed a large extravasation of blood in the brain, just behind
the ear : a small lead bullet, flattened on one side, was found
lodged in the skull. It appears that, several years ago, the
deceased had attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself;
but, notwithstanding the closest search had been made to dis-
cover it, excepting the outward wound, no trace whatever' of
the ball had been found. It had been-lodged in the skull, and
was, no doubt, the cause of his death, though at so long an
interval.