The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1856-02-05 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

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. McNerney, 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 prisoner, 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 obtaining money by false pretences, inasmuch as she knew where the mother of the child resided. The prisoner was then discharged, 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 preserved, 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 unhurt ! The moment the train passed, he got upon his legs, put his hat upon his head, and walked off, with no other evidence 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 himself 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 discover 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. 

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