The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1840-06-19 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

LATEST PARTICULARS.) We are now enabled to lay before our readers further and more accurate details relative to the recent attempt of Oxford. The Hon. Mr. Fox Maule, one of the under-secretaries of state, called at Newgate on Saturday, and saw the prisoner; but be failed to elicit anything of importance from him. Mr. Alderman Harmer next put sonic questions to Oxford, but with no better success. In the course of the same day Sir Peter Laurie and Sir George Carroll, the visiting aldermen for the present month, in the presence of Mr. Cope, the governor of the prison, held some conversation with Oxford, which may hereafter be found to be of some importance. Sir Peter Laurie inquired of the prisoner if he placed a ball in each of the pistols, and upon mention being made of loadiir, them with ball, the prisoner laughed derisively, and denied that any ball was in them. The aldermen reminded the prisoner that Mr. Fox Manic had a bullet in his possession, upon which Oxford burst into a hearty laugh. Sir Peter states that the prisoner has positively refused to be provided with professional assistance, and appears to triumph in the notoriety he has gained. Oxford carefully avoids answering any questions that are put to him relative to his having bad any associates in the crime, and the only time when he has let fall a single observation on the subject, was upon the occasion of his first interview with his mother, when he exclaimed, " There are others in it." On Saturday at noon, his mother had a second intg's iew with the prisoner, but nothing material transpired. &fore quitting the prison she informed the visiting alderman that she married Oxford's father in consequence of his having threatened to murder her and cut his own throat, if she did not do so. She added, that she preferred adopting any course rather than be sacrificed, but complained of his ill-treatment after marriage, and of his having fractured the back part of her skull. She offered to show Sir Peter the scar that was visible upon her head where the injury was inflicted ; hut he declined to see it, being of opinion (to use his own words) that the mother is decidedly mad, and that the injury to her head is a mere delusion. The worthy alderman likewise expresses his unqualified belief that Oxford's mind is diseased, and that he discharged the pistols (being loaded only with gunpowder) in order to obtain an unenviable distinction from other boys. The prisoner, the reporter heard from authority, is at times exceedingly fidgetty, and appeared desirous to make some disclosure, but in a few minutes he again resumes his levity and indifference. One of the civic authorities expresses his confidence that before any length of time has elapsed Oxford will unburthen his mind to him.  In the course of yesterday the police commissioners had several interviews with Lord Normanby and the Under Secretary of State at the home office, and there is little doubt, from the circumstances subjoined, that the prisoner will be brought up for re-examination to-day before the Privy Council, which has been summoned to assemble at two o'clock at tLe home-office.  The police have succeeded in tracing the prisoner from his house in West-place, which he left at three o'clock on the afternoon of the day he attempted the assassination, to a coffee-shop be was in the habit of using in the Westminsterroad, and which is kept by a person named Lovett. It appears Oxford had some refreshment, which he did not pay for, and remained in Lovett's until above half-past three o'clock, and shortly before four o'clock he was observed walking in the park. When he left Lovett's it is stated he was alone. The statement of the girl Sarah Brown that she saw the prisoner load the pistols previous to the approach of the royal carriage, turns out, upon investigation, to be untrue, the prisoner having been observed to load them before he left home.  Althogh the prisoner now denies having put balls into the pistols, the reporter was informed he admitted having done so at the station-house before the Privy Council.