The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-03 00:00:00

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,surging him that they possess great in-
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,ate one night, about twenty-
' abitants of a retired part of Monk-
rr sed to hear a carriage drive up to a
..ouse,
Bch in which apartments were
In t .ew yit came out that the rooms
da s
ed by a young lady and her attendants, and that
...er was enceinte. As time
passed on, the lady, who
d to have been nursed in the lap of luxury, and who
at command, was occasionally visited by a gen-
ting himself as her brother ; but what was
-- never divulged• About three
was attended by a highly respec-
of Bishopwearrnouth, under whose
-ed of an infant, which, as the ru-
ed in the hands of a nurse
Soon after this the mothe -
er
and died. The myst
.. e, and, after having
Jn the den coffin, removed
~laced in a lea
-orn the town early on FrieLly morning week, and at
me time carried off the attendants of the deceased, to-
Tt'very article that could possibly serve as a clue
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HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.—One of the most brutal outrages
ever recorded occurred a short time since in
a lone lane near
Priest Weston, in the parish of Church Stoke,
Montgomery-
shire. On Sunday evening, the 29th ult., the cottage of a
poor old labouring man named Sam Poppet was broken
fter
who, a packing up every-
into, and entered by two men,
thing of valor bands upon, deliberately
they could lay their
sat down anCimade a fire, and then asked the poor trembling
old man what death he should like to die, and whether they
should hang or burn him He replied that either would be
very hard ; whereu . th up with a hand-
Poo they oun is mouth
kerchief, and threw him on the fire, one of them kneeling on
his body to keep him on the flames. The other wretch, mean-
while, gathered a lot of old rags, which he placed on the old
man's breast and neck, and then set fire to them ; and the
tortures became so extreme, that the sufferer'swhich senses forsook
im, and he became utterly unconscious, in state he
remained for some honrs. On recovering, he crawled to the
open air, where he was discovered in the na morning in
Weak areand
d-
ful state, the flesh being completely burned from his ec
breast to below his ibs, both on the back d fore part of the
body, and his whole person converted into amass of scorched
and charred mummy. Yet he still survives, though gradually
sinking. The brutes who committed this inhuman cruelty
are yet undiscovered.—Caromarthen Journal

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EDWARD OXFORD IN BETHLEHEM.—The ensuing par-
ticulars are furnished by a gentleman who visited Bethlehem
Hospital a few days ago, and upon whose veracity the most
reliance may heplaced. Ina compartment of the establish-
ment, principally allotted to those who are supposed to have
ward
committed heinous crimes in moments of madness,
Ox rd is confined. He is not separated from the other un-
fatenete persons who reside in that division of the building,
Ed
-')at is allowed free intercourse with them. Amongst his
"mredes are Mr. Pierce, surgeon, who shot his wife while
tibotteing under a paroxysm of madness produced by jealousy ;
and Captain Good, whose favourite phantasy is the assump-
tion of the attribute of Majesty. There is in the same divi-
sion of the establishment a very diminutive man, who ima-
gines himself loge with knitting
Russell. He amuses himself
nearly all day n with knitting. Captain Good is fond of
smoking ; and Pierce hovers over the fireplace (a stove)
throughout the day. Oxford diverts himself with drawing
and reading. He told the visitor who furnished us with this
account that he had taught himself to read French with ease
during his incarcerations, but that he was unable to speak the
language for want of an opportunity of studying the pronun-
- He said that be was terribly tired of his sojourn at
Upon another question being put to him, he
e knew he had been placed in Bethlehem under an
he was mad, but that be was really very far
He then exhibited some of his drawings,
ncommonly well executed, and evinced a natural
•. There was a view of Abbotsford,
wo other
a horse's
the Virgin Mary, and one or t
oally most tastefuly sketched and
-d when comi
comp
upon his
of drawing, and observed that he was

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modest, civil, and unassuming,
symptoms of insanity.

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cornn3ences; but he who has
observe the
le will speedily
the eyes of those whose intel-
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ward Oxford. He
his countenance,

and intelligent as possi-
'lc is now in durance was
relative to that
. With respect to
tter than his fellow-
! hospital is plentiful
n to any particular individual
Oxford appears
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