The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-15 00:00:00

.e act of 7th aucl-Bth V

tion-olwages ou

tube place, as the man v's,e4
pacitated for work, and had suffe:ed from
before, though he was well at the time of shipP'll"
mayor of Swansea thought that the act did not tir
the present case, but wished for the opinion of therdiail
of Trade. The lords of the committee were 96,109,4
informed of the matter, and they referred the qui—oijoirt?
the attorney and solicitor-general, who gave the AI of 4
opinion :—" We are of opinion that the deeisi°lool::
mayor of Swansea was right. It does not appeal' ,ifer

seaman, at the time of shipping himself: WO VII
from the complaint (hydrocele) by which he WO esen
during part of the homeward voyage ; and theAng
stance that the man did his duty efficiently du'llie a
outward voyage is strong ground of inference tbs „ra
no reason. to believe that he should be unable to fun",
engagement. The fact that a seaman has at sointviectlS,
enterin' 0 P:a
time Suffered from a malady which may or wq
but from which he is free at the time of
is not, in our opinion, sufficient to diSentitle 111 i~
wages, if the malady should happen to recur dai" lest
period of service. The question, however, must u1.,0f
case in a great measure depend on the particulf.sr
stances."
Cita]) MURDER Al' THE CHER"'

Wide'
ASSIZES.---", 117
nesday, Sarah Featherston was charged with 012144
of her son, aged eleven months, on the 28th a zo,n
The prisoner, who is a respectable-looking girl, 1„1! arei
twenty years of age, has followed the business or riot
maker at Stoke, near Crewe, for some time past'
two years ago she was seduced by a youn maale ellio
afterwards deserted her. She gave birth to a ra.t at,
and about two mouths since the prisoner put LA
'purse to a woman named Latham. The prisoner r" ,
promised marriage by another young man recent prj
child was a very sickly one, and as no money 11'',",",1.01
paid by the mother for its maintenance Hrs. Latll4l
she could no longer keep it. Accor'dingly, other
morning, the 28th nil., the prisoner fetched
from the nurse. Nothing further was seen of it all, A
following Tuesday morning, the Ist inst., ivWl„Ar r 4,
constable of the district was passing a small t
Shropshire Union Canal, close to the nurse's resiffs,l
something in it attracted his attention, and he t(405
it the body of a male infant. The frock 105,
over its head, and two half-bricks were fastened del'
the frock against the head. The child was an a
from the evidence of the surgeon it appeared thati3es e
had not been caused by drowning, but by the bra
the back of the head. After her apprehension the
es'Ap4,il
said to the constable, "I wish you to tell Mr. „dif,, dye
solicitor) that he need not attend, for I am gil''"jefed
crime ; it is of no use my denying it." For her tier was stated that the prisoner's father died in a
insanity, her uncle is at present in a lunatic asY,,l,lersPAD
sister is an idiot, and she (the prisoner) had a" Anti
some months ago to commit suicide. She vilestPd
guilty, and his lordship passed passed sentence ofol
the usual form. Mr. Sweetenham then Ple3.ooAill
prisoner's pregnancy, and a jury of matrons was lod
empanelled. They found that she is not so,
verdict was accordingly added to the former one. ocr!'d,
CHARGE OF FORGERY.—The Queen on the P 1011.7
of Thomas Wynne Eyton, against Edward forgo;
which was one of a series of four indictments I°,lo
and embezzlement, removed by certiorari from escildt
of Queen's Bench for trial at the Chester assize'' rioPot
great interest owing to the respectable posit ion theScolte
had held for years in the county of Flint. The iTite of
charged that the defendant had forged a certifica opt
ceipt for £43 7s. 11d. ; and there was a secong),
uttering the receipt knowing it to be forged. '-1--L4
tutor, Mr. Eyton, was treasurer of the county of
and the prisoner was his confidential clerk. Atioi Voi
having had an accident some years ago was disabled
long while from attending to the county bus
during this interval, and also subsequently, therie
acted as his deputy, drawing cheques and Pe, lie:;0';
generally the business of the treasurer. It beins;;.o9o9f
sary that Mr. Eyton should make a return to the r'
meat, he took possession of the books from the , bsSi
for that purpose, and during his examination of tit's, T 4
discoveries were made of irregularities which reel?
subject of the charges against the prisoner. bloe
forming the main charge purported to be a ferge ad
gaoler of Flint Castle, and was as follows ;---I.—the eeri
Received 7tli July, 1817, from the treasurer co ef,"
of Flint, forty-three-pounds, seven shillings!„,:oo cV
pence, amount of bill annexed.—EDwAnD
£43 7s. 11d."—The money actually received phy Dv,
was £33 7s. 11d., and that sum was charged f
the county. It was also alleged that he b 3 nd
returns in the treasurer's books, so as to correlot tote
the receipt. For the defence it was contended 'de
was no evidence that the alteration had been ilbaatolli,'
prisoner, or if it had been made by him, that lidelltr
done with a corrupt motive, otherwise thane :
The transaction had taken place seven years av,_o4
witnesses were not likely, therefore, to spea"
racy as to the course of business, and the cirel
as they occurred so long ago. The jury returneuolli
of not guilty, and no evidence being offered
were taken on the remaining three indictments.

THE AMSTERDAM MIIRDERS.—A few daYs,3s7,
reigner was apprehended in London, through, v; theol
mentality of the submarine telegraph, as he,'131.5013_,, 9,4;
petrator of some horrible murders near Arus'exeri","
the Secretary of State (Lord Palmerston) notAtis-cpro/J
objection to the prisoner being removed from n „dj
he was forthwith conveyed to Holland. TThe Ort tro
when brought before the Lord Mayor, gay.e,. ;/-014,111
Franz de Hass, and stoutly persisted that it
name mentioned in the message ; but, on ref
was to be taken back to Amsterdam, he adinitt i.e100,14
to he John Henri Kemper. Since his arrival ~Pf It;
dergone several examinations, and his guilt. jaireif
murders clearly established by the servant-illrobo
of Prickwinkle, the farmer, who survive, 0" 4.00°,c0
--tsa v
positively of seeing him murder the poor crt
an axe. t
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS IN A 4-,°"-- ilOrtilSet
Saturday week, Professor Airey, the Astronoulft
a visit to the colliery district of the Tyne, lionteo
curious and important astronomical observas 06004
that purpose he was taken by Mr. Mather, }jott_i, die;
gentleman belonging to South Shields, dlnilatitie'llY,
the deepest on the Tyne, 1,200 feet deep, ."-,or s to I
were possible to make arrangements in It ieerenee,
delicate experiments and observations in re:tbereifielir
pendulum, and the earth's action upon it ith d
taneously with similar ones on the surface, 1,009
determine the weight of the earth and 1/00 of
Anderson and the other proprietors and olperair
splendid mine gave every facility to the istr°ll t
and tendered not only the use of the e' %blicele
personal services on any future occasion. .A.Aot
present looks encouraging for these
experiments,