The Sun.
London, England, 1826-02-10 00:00:00

CASE OF HORRID AND BRUTAL ATROCITI'.

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In giving the following outline of a case of
unheard-of and unnatural cruelty, we supPres9
the names and residence of the parties, as the MI
is in a train of legal investigation. A brother sn'
sister reside near the northern border of thks
County, whose father died about fifteen ye.ars
ago, leaving seven children, four sons and three
oteveinct;r';
daughters ; one of the sons was, unhappilb ail
idiot. The father,
by his will, bequeathed to the
brother and sister the sum of 1,5001. in trust, the
interest thereof to be applied to the maintenance
in the most comfortable manner his unfortoonle'
situation would admit, of his deranged child'''
.s,
Immediately after the death of his father (as ift
alleged) the poor idiot was locked up in 1,'"IfIld
dark room in the house, where he was (131,4 fed
like a swine, through a small aperture in ",,,
wall,for a series of years. About 11 years il
fortunate brother had died, and
the brother and sister aave it out that their on:
distant place, in consequence of which the fern/ dr,
went into mourning for him.
The
brother Lose
sister then spread a report that their bourn
visiting it ; however, .a servant girl,
was buried n!iir
was haunted, in order to deter persons fr:ati.
ne ago,neighbourhood,
ha
bnodu
ri
iwentoodi n, tali tdh e
communicatedst:r vi c who --5,
been with them fourteen years, !eft them a fey( i,e
cumstance. The Magistrate took immedieL
went to rile
house, and, with a constable; he
house, and requested admittance. This being
I
re-
fused, he burst open the door, and found tile Il
~e.
fortunate object of their search in a place..%.
e7faNiatghiesttriba
total darkness. They procured a light, and do
covered the miserable victim of atrocious penury
crouchingain a corner of the room, his hair bar,
grown all over him to the length of three. e,
four inches, he was become quite deformen7.
and shrunk to little more than a yard In
height.—When his father died, he was til
person a well-made and tail young Ina
Blankets were procured to place him in, but when
the constable went to wrap them round him,• h
sprung at him and bit him in the cheek, tookiesg
a horrible and unintelligible noise. lie ‘fett?,
however, brought down stairs, and convele"
as
the Staffordshire Lunatic Asylum, where he
present remains.—(Salopian Journal.)
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RRIB D.
On Monday, the 6th inst., at 'Unwell Church, thejl4..ol;
Francis Poe, A.M., of St. John's college, Oxon, to
Ann, only daughter of the late Captain Sills, catiahr
On Tuesday last, at Winchester, N. Lipscomb K done
Esq., an eminent land-surveyor of that city, the only desc,"iirf
resident there of a very old and respectable Winchester
nephew of the Rev. Wm. Lipscomb, vicar of Welbury
111.
ar
shire, father of the Lord Bishop of Jamaica, W Mnaoir- ter'
eldest daughter of Mr. 'Thomas Judd, of the LivetY,
slow, Wilts, and niece of Mr. Sweeper, silversmith ano
man, of Rornsey, Hants.

DIED.
'On Saturday, the 4th inst., at his residence at jest
John Edward Holmes Esq ea
~ in tho 68th year of his agi., Airs.
On Monday, the 6tftinst., in the 78th yr nf her 88r.phiee,.
AVilliains, relict of William Williams, Es Clatend°
On the 7th inst. at his residence, Jamaica-row, Bennolidserr
the Rev. John Townsend , in the 69th tear of his ege•
On the Bth inst., at Ponder's end, I'Vr m. Baker 7,l*}Y'""
in his 76teduh ear. the
• On Wyestliky„ the Bth inst., in Baker.street, rt1.1,11/I'B4o
wear f
idotorohfer gßaobrt Taylor, Esq., of Tolmer Hatfield, in
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