The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-08-11 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SHAMEFUL TREATMENT OF SEAMEN.—Mr. john May, second mate, and several of the crew of the ship Kenilworth, from Bombay and the Mauritius, now lying in the London docks, appeared before Mr. Corrie, at the policeoffice, to sustain claims for wages against Captain Frederick Bristow, the master of the ship. The ship came into dock thirteen days ago, and in consequence of the master refusing to keep his appointments, sonic of the seamen, to whom sums varying from £l2 to £3O each were due, were reduced to the deepest distress. The excuse for not paying the seamens' wages was that the ship was mortgaged, and there - was a dispute between the owners and the mortgagees. The man said they had navig case soa• ted the ship, laden with a most valuable car , to thisharpdo, he rt, at an once d th issued summonses for the attendance of the master and mate of the ship, but they had not attended. The magistrate Elaid the Payment of the wages had nothing to do with the dispute between the owner and mortgagees. It having been proved that the master signed the seamen's accounts, the captain was ordered te pay Mr. May 419 16s, and £2 12s 6d costs, and the amounts due to the other men, with co to, anti in default, within twentyfour hours, he Should issue distress warrants against the. goods and chattels, &c , on board the ship. The magistrate also ordered that each seaman should be paid thirteen (14,1' pay as costs. If the whole were not settled, the costs would be doubled,  -.sue.-.,  Nii;ftwoiritimalk.amxwmgotwitil  MANSLAUGHTER AT PRESTON  - On Friday, at the Lancaster Assizes, berore Mr. Justice Willes, Richard Dngdale, an old man, 65 years of age, was charged with the -thauslauibter of his wife, Mary Dugdale, at Preston. Mr. A, Cross prosecuted, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. John Cross. The evidence showed that the prisoner and his wife, up to the time in question, had lived- upon the most amicable and peaceable terms, and there appeared to be no failing, except. that when one got something to drink the other must drink too. On the 22nd May, they had been off drinking together, and had been at home for soma time when, about half-past six o'clock, a lad named R. Burscon, hearing quarrelling, went to thee window of the prisoner's house, and saw him take up a pair of tongs by the mouth end and hit his wife on her head with the knob. She fell to the floor immediately on being struck. The boy who witnessed it went home and told his grandmother,., and shortly after some neighbours came in, lifted her up, and carried her to-bed ; but she never spoke, and sbetl:the following morning, air. Bernard Halden, surgVor4 assisted by Mr. John Rigby, afterwards made " postmortern " examination, and the appearances then fougd, were such as would be likely to be made with a blow froth a poker, there being a livid 'ring with the- centre untouched, The appearances could not have been procitteed by a fall down stairs, as the fall must have been directly perpendicular to cause them, they being exactly ou the crown of the head, Thejudge summed up in the most careful and impartial map'ner, and the jury, after a careful consideration, returped a verdict of " Guilty." 1-1 s Lordship, in passing Sentence, said be ba,l been convicted of the manslaughter of his wife, by striking her on the head with a pair of brings. When he looked at the depositions it appeared to amount to murder. He had consulted his brother judge.as to whether he could save him from the extreme punishment .for manslaughter, but found. it r,P. ;-sible to do so, for he had struck a woman v deadly weapon, and the sentence war ported for the term of his natural life  We read in the New York 7'intea of the 25th ult. : " Mrs. H. Beecher' Stowe sails on Wednesday next for Europe. She will bring out her book, On the Influence of Slavery upon the White Population,' during her absence, both in England and in the United States."  There stands on the old market-place of Madgeburg the statue of Emperor Otto the Great, almost 1,000 years old, beside which are the statues of his two wives. Remarkable for their great antiquity, and as thev have withstood even the destruction of the city in 1631, they are undergoing a thorough renovation.