The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-09 00:00:00

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STRANGE DISTUILBANCES.—For some days past Chel-
tenham has been kept " quite alive" by the discussion of
daily and nightly disturbances, occasioned by the ravages
of a religious maniac, who, having taken lo4ingsin Gros-
enor-street. ad4ressecl, from the balcony of his apartment,
great crowds of people who collected in the street -below.
The first occasioci of these -ssasexiblages was on Saturday
afternoon week, when the "1113.sterious stranger," who
tled birnself "-Shiloh," pr ea at great length and
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niac prophet Ra 3 taken'irrto custody. from inquiries into
the antecedents of this pseudo prophet,. it appears that he
has been the familiar of a Mr. Roberta, who, for some
time past, has been practising on the -credulity of the
weak-rnintled, by pretending to. act as a medium of com-
munication i,vitls the spiritsof their departed friends ; and,
strange though it may seem, this ignorant and wicked
fraud proved a source of very considerable gain to the im-
pudent impostors who practised it, numbers of persons
having had recourse to their pretended revelations: On
Thursday the avenues to the public-office were blocked up
by a vast crowd, assembled to obtain a sight of the Gros-
venor-street " prophet," as he is termed, who was appre-
hended for causing a serious breach of the peace. On
being placed in the deck, he gazed round. the court with a
sort of bewildered air. He was dressed in white ; his
outer or over garment resembled a surplice, fastened round
the middle by a crimson girdle. He also wore a rich
purple cap of silk velvet, ornamented with a gold tassel,
which reached to his shoulder. He is apparently of about
twenty years of age, pale complexion, and slender make,
with a very strong look of insanity about his eyes. He
folded his arms, and stood remarkably erect, gazing stea-
dily at the magistrates and the other gentlemen on the
bench. The prisoner was desired to remove his cap, on
which he called out " Not at all ; I don't uncover to infe-
rior mortals." The cap, however, was removed by the
policeman who stood by his side, to which the " prophet"
submitted with apparent-good humour. From the charge,
"
it appeared that the prisoner gave the name of Shiloh,"
but his real name seems to be Julius Henry Gibgane, an
American by birth, and of. respectable parentage. The
charge was fully substantiated, and. the magistrates
retired to consider their decision. During the period
that the magistrates were absent, ``' Shiloh" kept the
audience in roars of laughter by his jocular remarks. In
answer to a queltion put to him by a gentleman present as
andan before long "such
to the meaning of the letters " L.R." on las tracts, he said
they meant " light returning,"
a light would return as would astonish all England:,
The magistrates, on their return, Shiloh"
would be required to enter into his own surety for £lOO,
and to find two others of £5O each, to keep the'penee for
six months. Shiloh said, " I have plenty of money, but
m.*
can't find baiL"—Mr. Schonswar : Then ym must.ge to
Northleach.—" Shiloh :Just so ; and you u
If money will do, I have plenty, and chips'"'"r.me.
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