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

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&NCES.—For some days past Cliel-
" (mite alive" by the discussion of

[sturbance

of a religiou,:i. maniac, who, having taken lougmo.s-zu tiros-
venor-street, addressed. from the bakony of, his ;.partment,
great crowds of people -who collected -in the street 'below.
The first occasion of those assemblages was on Saturday
aftemoon_week, when the_ " mysterious stranger," who
called himself " Shild

most incoherently on

,preached at great length _and
Le wickedness :and aces of his

mug Whom he flung a_quantity "of_ s'

and produced, x
scramble. The •-s

•er coins,

may be readily supiiosed, a_ general

ae proceeiiir.

,gs were repented Ton the

_
aree following evenings, increasing crowds attending or~
each occasion: On Thursday evening, however, the ma-
niae prophet Wa3 taken into custody,
Erom inquiries into
the antecedents of this pseudo-ProPhet, it appears that he
;has been the familiar of a Mr. Roberts, who, for some
time past, has been' practising on the credulity of the
weak-minded, by.pretending to act as a medium of com-
municagon with the spirits of 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 avenue's' 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 dock, 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 u'as desired to remove his cap, 00
Which he called out • "-Not at all ; I don'tuncover 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 'nman- 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 qu4ion put to him by a gentleman present as
to the meaning of the letters " LR." on his tracts, he said
they meant "light returning," and that before long " such
a light would return as would astonish all England:"
The magistratkS on their return, announced that" Shiloh"
would-be required to enter into his own surety' for £lOO,
and to find two others of £&0 each, to keep' the peace for
'AI months.' 7 Shiloh said, "- I have plenty of money, but
,ean't -find Sclinnswar : Then you must go to
Vorthkach.r--" Shiloh : Just so ; and you mist keep- me.
'
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Eir%rt‘To Nirtrn.t. OFFICEBS.-Most of the militia
cents throughout England hare now completed their
al term of drilling, and we rn
their Dowers and capabilities

res. While on
amittee, for an

ay now form some idea I quies
I have been gratified

Watch Cc

(eld commissions in the
es for the duties they

I named

but they

the To
)f the N
Ced at pr

;hould be

of Shelf

; of militia corps, and those who
11.-es, should speedily be recom-

6N-111 throw a whole

es so contemptible an e
iortait amateur officers, whose milita

:ed to a skilful adjustment of the sash,
Lge of the sword.—Correspondent of

outrage of this
ster on Thursday night.

who residcs in Britaniii.

bed ivithin a short distance
.sailed by two men, and felt a
hand applied tightly over his mouth, and another grasping
his throat. His arms were also held firmly, so as to pre-
vent any resistance being made. He struggled violently
agahast his as.-4.9ihnts, but they proved too strong for him,
axd throttled him so closely that he became insensibl
When consciousness returned he found himself at

.. as not aware that he had been upon the
ground.— On the servants opening the door they saw their
master with his face covered with blood, and he was so
much injured and exhausted-that medical assistance had to
be called in. The thieves robbed him of a gold watch, a

purse containing a note and four sovereigns, a gold
key, gold seal, gold eyeglass, and other articles.
NOVEL RAILWAY -PAECEL.—On Wednesday, on the
arrival of the third-class train from Birmingham at the
Cheltenham station, there was found asleep on one of the
seats a little girl about two years of age. A label was
pinned en the front of her dress—" Margaret Williams,
passengtr to Bristol, to be met at the
.station," and on

when the

hi Sun

,pci from

:Oken.—Holifax Gt

;ortant de

been inl

woman who was

1-Uound

under the 1

PONSLBILITY OF TRE PI

Sheriff Be

Raging

A publication

thedefendants in

of the

also for mis

DREADYCL OCC

ighton Railwa3

from Lelido:

out while. the

thrown down between the ea:

inquiry at was found that a woman had brought it to the
Birmingham station, but the guard had refused to take
charge of it, as in case of its not being owned on its i u
arrival at its -destination, the railway company would have I _ts MAiEST Qsy
beentompelled to-Stand -towards it in locus parenti. The extent of gardens round- ,
woman had accordingly Tinned the label to its frock and two millions and a quartt
slipped it into the 'carriage, where, thanks to the kindness credited. Within' a radius o_
of the :passengers, it had come along safely. It was pro- there are 200,000-acres of land lin the I
vided with a basket of bread and butter, and one gentle- gardeners, all labouring for the LP-
manlaving made an impromptu bed of his great coat, thousand loads of turnips, 1.00.00.-,
and:another having tilted up his portmanteau, so as to i heads of velery.. '—
prever

hours' suffering

t it rolling dr its seat, it slept during the greater
On changing carriages at Gloucester,
-s engaged to see it in safety to Bristol, ! carrots
its mother—the wife of a working sold
is, awaiting its arrival.—Chelten- I A SINGULAR .

31ELINCIP)LY ACCIDENT.—The village of Lochaline,
on the banks of the Sound of :gull, has been thrown into
mourning the occurrence of a melancholy accident,
resulting in the death of five young workmen. The de-
ceased, alon g with others, were employed. by Mr. O. IL
Smith, on 1-‘2. s estate of A.ctarenich, about two miles from
tire Nillage.c f Lochaline, where the men-resided, and they
generally pi sferred going to and returning from the head
of the loch I ,y sea, rather than performing the distance on
foot. Mom lay was wild and wet in the forenoon, and the
men aceofiF ingly rerriained at home; hut, as the weather
Cleared up about rnid-day, they resolved to proceed to '
ACharenich, and work during the afternoon. With this
view, nine r aen stepped into the boat, which they lutd been
accustomed to use, and which is about 13 feet keel, pro-
vided with a heavy lug-sail. The sail upon the little
craft was at once hoisted to its full extent, but, before the
boat got fah fly under weigh, she WAS caught in a sudden
sqyall, whit th came up the loch, and upset, by which al]
the men w -re 'thrown into the water. As the shore was
not more t han ten yards distant, one of them reached it
by-swinunin g, and three others scrambled upon- the boat,
which tuna xl keel uppermost, and here they clung until
boats came 1 :o their rescue from the village ; but, their five
companions perished. The body of the lad to whom the
boat belong, ii, was found entangled below the sail very
shortly after the accident ; and those of the other sufferers
have since b. ien recovered.—Glasgow Herald.
HOREIDLI 1 31.A.TnrcIns.—At Norwich assizes, John
Pitcher, a sni 'all firmer, aged 5(1, was convicted of killing
Elizabeth Pit cher, his mother. The deceased was possessed
'of three cottages at Swaffham. In the centre one of these
she. lived in Tune last, while .her son occupied another.
The Old lady • /vas, though of very advanced age, being 85,
of .tolerably hale appearance within six weeks of the
occurrences w inch gave rise to this prosecution, hut the
neighbours we ire aware that her son did not use her well.
Latterly she u sod to go to a tenant and beg for meat, and
when:t.ld that • her son, as was the fact, had received the
rent, she shook her head At one of these interviews he'

son came in, ar .d when he heard its subject, he, in a fer
cions manner, r idled her out of the house, cursed her, an
deliberately gaN e her a blow on the mouth, which laid he
prostrate. Atte r this the old woman was not seen by ti
neighbours, and the policeman was called in:,
_He form
the poor creature lying on a filthy bed, nearly naked, an
apparently dead i 'rom starvation, with the corner- of he
pillow stuffed int, her mouth, as though she had; in he
wretched cravings for food, . sought to extract sustenanc
from the plow ca. se. A further examination showed tha
she was alive, but incapable of muscular exertion, while
with a scarce audit le voice, she muttered, "Give me food.'
A surgeon was sent for, who ordered her to be taken al
once to the iufinuar, 7of the union house. Arrived there
she was -cleansed of a • complete " plague" of- vermin, and
being decently clothe, I, brandy and water, bread and but•
ter, and a morsel of cheese were given her, which she
devoured most ravenously,• asking for more. Her life, by
judicious treatment, w: is prolonged for eight days, but at
?iratiOn ,of that time she was released from life.
Sentenced to be transported for life.
ATTRACTIVE WIDOIN E BEWARE ,!-By a " coincidence
queer" we have just had placed in our possession a packet
of " love-letters' recently written by a gentleman who, a
Ebert time since, f,sited t'ais classic town, and ere his de-
parture breathed the soft vows of love to an attractive
widow. The .corresponden e 9 is, exceedingly, curious and
I '0 n • .1

lite
Ac=

-Mr. S

hOw7l;erypossibfeltlsihat man professes to admire
and love, he is only designing and seLish. The gentleman
in question is about .-24, years of age, and resides many
miles -distant from this town. The widow is a lady re-
puted to be of considerable personal attractions, having
a little of the world's wealth ;" her age, not to be un-
" discerning." .TI

mouutini
enny.

*Aide stamps

i , PaYist

desc,rip-tro'lts4Lf

..ant, -we describe as Juothario,
shortly after his' introduction, expressed himself ardently
attached; the counterfeit ,Aame was thought to be real,
and the "Attractive widow" responded congenially : Mr.
took •up his abode at the lady's house, lived luxu-
riously, and •to get off from a " lady" (whom he called a
"cousin") whom lie had in part supported, he drew
,eonsiderable sums from his widow-victim, with the pro-
mise that the money thus advanced should be employed
'to accelerate their connubial bonds. Month after month
nailed on, and at length the. -time arrived when the
faithless man was to throw aside his veil and appear
in his true colours. He was, however, still embar-
rassed ; and to prosecute his " journey westward" to '
the Manor-house of his Mama," it was necessary,
that he should again draw on the purse of his gene-
rous victim. Si'o accompanied • him to the railway plat-
form • again wc. the solemn termstearsofandthekirisczns.tracvvt
ith,
re-
peated, and pledged in mutual
lasses
the prints of the fair affianced lady's on his cheeks,
John, for that's his name, stepped into a carriage, the en-
gine 'puffed; and he was gone How complete the delu-
sion A few mornings came, pa.ssed, and then a letter ;
a cold, callous letter from John came to the " attractive
widow 1" Her dreams of Paradise vanished, and her
heart, lace all ladies in similar situations do, began to
break ! She tried to fasten him with the silken bonds of
love, but John rePudiated the 'once' affianced ladY; and
when reminded of his " little account," as Skimpole says
wrote a letter from which we make the following estra

',the undersigned; devil mated it may be, beg to inform
Mrs. - that I received her letter and the enclosed quite
safely this morning. I did not, however, exrect that Mrs.
- would have been so mean as to charge upon me the
two 45's and odd, which she of her own accord gave tue (or
rather bribed me with) to free me from my cousin. Since,
however, it is so charged by her she shall have it, and may it
rot the very bones from under widow - rags. 'Tis
strange, but true nevertheless, that though I offered up a
prayer each night and morning for my cousin, and shall
continue to do so, I never could bring myself to do as much
for widow ; nay, I have latterly been invoking curses,
perhaps, upon her. I must beg of widow -, should I
ear from her again, that she will not take God's name ii
vain, nor in any way, any longer, pretend to what the deed;
of her dirty hand and mouth deny. * * * * * *
I will bring such things as I have of Mrs. - when I re-
turn to Cambridge, if I come; should I not, I will order
them to be fortrarded: Rodney you-will no doubt be pleased
to hear is well.;--Tuerday.”
The name of the lady, and the surname of the " gentle-
man," we. omit for obvious reasons at present, and con-
clude our' notice by a reiteration of our first words,
"Attract4vc Widows, Beware—Coat-Op chronicle;

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Sow Herald
ay night,

residing

past 10 P.m. train

carnage, and,
3f the night, stepped
He was instantly.

a
ved such frightful injuries-that he died after a f
We understand that he has left a wid

nis untimely end

BOUND L

DOL—The
supply the

of eaters will hardly t , ~

,een mules of Loudon,

ands of market
market. Ten

) be sold aunuall

rival the Chin
—Legal Examiner
—On

20,000,000

of r

-
scamp impressed Upon the paper 'w may-be denc
instrument is hereon
ntrittexi,o."l3Y- a n
thereto, and thCOurniissionm. ^adliesie e

wo„,kii;',7and dreadfully a,gc.a.".L stmceSsfully
I'ILLs• have
ssed to Messrs B - -''r-Iblrber:---Er,
cateargioaflacelert;tuear adqorw` ayys pills
and aZnet, arothers, hole-
sale agents for Bon
"Gentlemen,—, -r beg to inform
1.N..0 consequence of swoll
You thatiPtinent, Surinam
.. Sonsidered my son
I lost to 0
3of money to doctors who liar ' have sacrificed
wsitges7hich he vras severely affticet7;d:)4).,,bs and ulcerous
hopeless case, but at I e afterwards told me
that it w.s a
result has been 6 , "t I tried Holloway's
Pills, and the
o favourable that it has as-
I d seen
- lied all who had the deplorable state he was in.—
mgnis d JOSEPH MACHIEESE.
SiFruleas.—The number of foreign In yp,
airleci.es at the
Isßorrgees ,s 0 .
Hudson Bay
Company's
d the prices of furs,
pany's late sale considerably
Skins have not realised, for many Years, so high prices,* sorne
lots of Sables fetched fifty hint
8 --13 rt skin. Mr. jOHNCRIPPS,
of Bold-street, anticipating the a ranee, fortunately bought a
great number of skins previous to the sale, ^nd will have an_
factored, by the first of August, nearly 'one thousand boas
in Mink sable, real ermine, very choice, Miniver, and Chin.
chills, which he will offer all at one guinea each. Of thse, h
cy.of this execelle.nti
feels convinced, equal value can nut be given in the Beast):
under thirty-five shillings ; also, a variety of dark Sablea
_the ea
equally cheap.—Shawl, Mantle, and Fur warehouse, il
and 16, Bold.street, Liverpool. Josriv car et's; ProprietOr:
province, of Wthchnior Wu
FRAMPTON'S PILL OF firAtrif.—" For upwards of nine
years, (writes Mr. Thomas
medicine. I had long Previously been afflicted wadi Itead..
Middlesex,)
rid indigestion ; but a friend having induced
aci
le.
an
trial of Frampton's l
ark)Pils I now' inform yott motto
I have experienced
ma
doses gave me great relief; -g this long betin!
few
I have taken them in preference to any other hi,
of
timend I have the happiness of seying that I never htt7l;
eine ;
astate of health, which I attribute to Framptos piii:
better
g ither to add, that this medicine is in general ilk -*
I 6yc- mfu'iy, and we know of nothing to equal it.', i
m-
ta
here an aperient medicine is required, they ~,,..n.any,
caSE i
tried to be universally adopted. Sold by all "..;feci
.only
bevendors, Price Is. lid. per box. See the name of 4: 7 dicine
Prctut. 229, Strand, London," on the government Stamilanmair
THE TEETH AND BREATH.—How often do we 4-•
human face divine disfigured by ne.glecting the chiefestLf the
ornaments, and the breath Taedetehlisagleeable to corn to '
by non-attendance to . T
the
to kee the ?Ugh Perfect in their
structure and composition, . .
.1) dPI I‘ll a Pure and health
state requires some littletrouvoev; an If tnose who are Wessel •
with well-formed teeth knew
unsightly what othear°w°ins dectlY stealrinto the
mouth, making o. unhealthiness be are
4, delightful to ad-
mire, and designating 0
ex
em
"lie ituflurity of the
breath, they would spare n - p e. to chase auay these fatal
blemishes. But although most ladies are and P
particular in these delicate matters, yet few arecareful,E3ome-gin
aware of the imperative nec.essity of
avoiding. all noxious orY
mineral substances of an amid nature, and 0
nit
the greater
Dart of the cheap tooth-powders of the present day are corn-
po- sm. It le highly satisfactory to point out Messrs. Rowland's
Odonta,nr Pearl Dentifrice, as a preparation free from all
injurious elements, and emmentt y.calculated to embellish and
reserve the dental structure,. o impart a
grateful fragrance
9 breath, and to embellish aild
to ithe
Perpetuat th
e e grace
0f 'the mouth.—Court Journal,

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