The National Register. — London, England, 1818-08-17 00:00:00

11' T. having against e proved s Indian erty by Ilia own mild not wanders y off the to Conn. fie style tnislteil ontlinott against I to cut. eject he must I never shed the trekked 5f traffic; in their °reel miceess Ar. supply, to him, lericana are set glib the 101 l the o of the haying of the Indians ticetion that the un, and 'cation. laws of r vim; of I camp. ily told vine a can tOr mocent he face iclorily etoned. British British :say of which placed, aer, eu met. id' en hit 1114diatt c their Mt Mr. is right trive to and to rritory, vhat se. la, that IC same his set. Indian the 1.11 pre mium- the ge- HDruty ork, on Ameri. to the use fur. agents uthnutt them ions la teens is right in If a Dent in place. Pr. Ins of bit,. I of Ito nd. anj He sp. e ont at y. The log the torth d there, ettie." lent il , e commit. , es were re heret el, coo by It 1.1115 e% slaked, demerit, I' group ,s t f•nr a a I iry erre ehrt 41110 tile woolen *teams' „~ AUG. 17 L.4W INTELLIGENCE. COURT nF C.'I4NCEItY, Tztunsmtv, Auo. Is. 3311rif Y. SIB IVATICIN LEWES. On a former slay Sir S. Hominy moved for an order to restrain retain a nnuitants on the property of Sir W. Lewes, from proceeding to the sale of one of his estatesin Wales. lie n ow observed. that the portly about to be sold was situated in the centre of the pusses sions of sir W. I.ewes. It had been put up to:tuition on a former occasam, whin it was bought by Sir W. Lewes, as he expected that le ,Itould be able to produce the money on the day it was male parable by the conditions ; at that time, in consequence of a proceed • ing in the Exchequer, a perini of the name of Morgan bud been directed to pay to Sir W. Lewes a sum exceeding 4,(P01., and m o t h er large stint hail been decreed to him by this Court, th-e latter beyond the amount for which the estate had been sold. It was of course very important to Sir W. Lewes to become the purchuser, and there w as no prospect th it, if the sale took place as early as was advertised, he should be able to produce the sum necessary. Under these cir cumstances it was submitted that, as but a short delay would be regnired, it woad be conceded by the Court in consideration of the difficulties with which Sir W. Lewes had to contend. Roupell, on the other kap!, urged, that the various annui tants for whom he was counsel oug it not to be kept out of their um ,v, of which they had been so long *deprived. and which now ex. c ‘ ided 5,0001. The first sale took place some time ago, and it was afterwards found that Sir W. Lewes had become the purchaser merely for the purpose of delay ; for when called upon to pay the sum which the estate had produced, he had none to give; he had placed the profits of his office of High Bailiff of Southwark, and the money he expected in the Exchequer, in the hands of his creditars, ris a security far the completion of the contraet of sale ; but it was soon discovered that the first could not be available under the tern:* under which it was held, and the latter was not forthcoming; of course the first sale was set aside, and the objet now was to enable Sir W. Lewes to proceed just in the same manner with regard to the second sale, which by the advertisement was to take place in a day or two. The matter 110% before the Court had been long under its consideration, for a bill hail been filed as early as 1804. 'floe learned Cotinsel trusted, therefore, that his Lordship would not aid in the defeat of hone. 4 and suffering creditors. Sir S. llotoilly, in reply, obietved, that if the creditors of Sir W. Lewes were sufferers, they could not be more grievously so than he had long been, in consequence of the cruel disappointments he had met with, and the expensive suits in which he had been involved.— Ile contended that there was nothing in this application toshow that Sir W. Lewes was desirous of deti:ating his creditors ; on the con trary, he was most desirous to pay them, and it was not his fault that they had not long ago been satisfied ; the short delay now re. quested would itself facilitate that object. The Lord Chancellor asked why Sir W. Lewes bad not come to Court earlier? Why this application had been postponed until within a day or two of the sale ? Sir S. Hominy appeared not to be prepared to give a satisfactory answer, and his Lordship refused the application. EXCESSIVE FEES TAKEN BY COMMISSIONERS OF BANKRUPTS. On a previous day the case of cx -parte Oxnam, of some singularity and importance, was mentioned, in which it appeared that certain Commisstoners of Bankrupts in the West of England had received excessive fees for their attendance, and had besides chart - led travelling expenses, and charges at the inns where they dined; also one of them had bought a horse at the sale of the bankrupesetrects. The Lord- Chancellor postponed his dezision, that the parties whose misconduct was brought before him might answer the matter in additional itili ?.avits. Mr. Home now appeared in behalf of the Commissioners, and stated that the whole sum received by them was 401. and the sta t Amble fees to which they were unquestionably entitled amounted to 531. o that there was only an excess of 71. which had been charged to the amount of travelling expenses. The Lord Chancellor observed, that although only 401. had per haps been actually reeeive.l, the sum charged by the Commissioners exceeded 901. while the expense in London would nut have been more than 181. In the tirst place each Commissioner charged two guineas or 21. fur every attendance, instead of 11. the fee of the eta znte : they had also required the payment of travelling expenses, and tlisir bills at the inn, so that every meeting cost more than 91. This aas clearly illegal. Mr. Home added, that it was undoubtedly the general practice of country commissioners to charge and he allowed more than the sta. tutelilt: fees, and the Commissioners in question had fallen into the usual error. _ . 'lite Lord Chancellor hoped and believed that the error was not usual : he had known many instances of the contrary. Sometimes sane barristers refused to attend as commissioners for the reinuaera t;on assigned by the act, and other country commissioners had been suhstitatial, but his Lordship had always taken care that no more commissions should be directed to such barristers. Mr. Horne further remarked, that the 901. had only been charged not paid to the Commissioners, and the charge he did not apprehend fell within the statute. The Lord Chancellor was clearly of a contrary opinion, and re ferring to the act, he observed that if the money had not been paid, the payment had been ordered by the Commissioners. and that order rendered them incapable of sitting upon that commission and upon any other. The regulated fee was H. and though it might be hard that Commissioners should not be paid their travelling expences, the law was otherwise, and his Lord hip could not alter it. Mr. Ro,e (against Mr. Home) reminded his Lordship, that these Commissioners, one of whom was named Edmonds. had been sent for from Truro, when the commission was sued out in Penzance, and there were several Commissioners who had not been employed. Mr. Horne said, that these Commissioners were must respectable men ; one of them had, it was said, purchsaed a horse at the sale of the bankrupt's effects. The Lord Chancellor remarked, that that was comparatively a trifle, though it was clearly illegal for a Commissioner to become a purchaser of any part of the effects of the bankrupt. Mr. Home assured his Lordship, that the Commissioners were quite ready to obey his Lordship's directions as to any part of the money they had received. Mr. llosc refetred the Court to an order upon this very subject, nual•! by Lord Hardwicle, iu 1739, *lnch was to be found in 7 fa. Abr. _ _ The Lord Chancellor directed that the Secretary of Dankr•ipts should bring the record of that order into Colin, on the sight of which his Lordship would probably give his fuither orders. POWERFUL EFFLLT OW CoNscit.reep.—A few months ngo, the body of a %ming WOOI4II Waft discovered in the writer near Bar:ming, in Kent, is ith mar ks of violence, which seemed to indicate that site had been murdered. No•liiiig, however, transpired which could tend to fix the guilt oil any nth Wool ; and all fortiorr inquiry 11111) the rircniaistrtices hod erased, when, on Monday last, a young man declared himself to be the emit deter. Hr s dif that ever since the execittion of NI inst. , the horrible thought of his own guilt had rendered his life a horde,' tit hi it ; that he moil., lied rio rest Mehl M . (lay ; and that he had, at lasi, come to a n. 64,1111101) to deliver himself ,is 1,, the bonds of justice. The premisis of Robin t Itup cat, Esq. of Exeter, situate at Red Loft estate near lloniton, rour,isting of tie farm house, barns, stables. granaries, and other °dices, were on Friday consumed by fire, together with a large quantity of grain, in stack and store, hay, Ote. 'flue fire was entirely accidental. A fire broke out on Wednesday morning in the upper story of the Des.He of Mr. (indium, goner. on Ludgate-hill; but owing ma plea ':.'.: s.:pply of water. and the prompt assistance of the firemen, AN A 'ivy taws af:et o.srair.c F.rt cf roc:" THE N REGTSTEU. HUSSEY'S CONFESSION. THE REVEREND MR. RUDGES STATZMENt. " A !mintier of contradictory statements having appeared respecting Hussey's • cunfession s' it has been judged ad. visable to give, in an authentic shape, the whole ltf what really passed from his lips in the cell on the morning of his execution. It lutist be admitted that the Niturii int in which I was placed %silk respect to this wretched man, was one of great difficulty, and of peculiar delicacy. I had been rt. quested by a number of reseeetahle persons to go down to Maidstone. He hail himself strongly urged me to see him. I was sensible, that if any confession acceptable to the people at large, and satisfactory to the inhabitants of Greenwich in particular, could be made, much would depend ilium the manner in which the conversation was conducted, and the questions were put on my part. That there was smnething which btirthened and troubled his tuind, I had every reason to conclude, from what I discovered at lily first interview iglu I: on the day (Sunday) previous to his execution. I went, for the first time, accompanied by the Chaplain and the gaoler of the prison. When the humane and worthy Clergyman had concluded the prayers and reading a sermon, he and the gaoler retired, !ravine me alone with the prisoner. In the course of a long and iuteresting conversatior., chiefly on re. listions topics, I saw enough to give force and strength to the conviction, that if lie were lint the actual perpetrator of the horrid deed, he was possessed of Coat which wunld be of the Inmost importance to have counnonitated to the public. I had reconrse to every means of persuasion ; I rowed dis closure as a matter of religious ditty—as one of personal favour : but they had no avail ; and I saw the time was not yet arrived in which I should succeed in carrying my point. One observation which he made, in reference to the murder, was remarkable, and heightened extremely all my anxieties on the subject. • What good will it do for me to disclose any Thing of the untriler, now lam going to suffer for it? The secret hail better die with me. You must not—must not press me further. I am innocent of it !' In the course of this day I was frequently with him, but in company with the Chaplain and gaoler. On the Monday moruing we settled with him to administer the Sacrasitent of the Lord's Slipper at an early hour. On some person coining into the cell, and entering into conversation, lie told me he had slept little in the night, and that eomeilline so troubled hire, that he could not compose himself to rest. It had a reference to the Sacrament, for which he thought himselinot duly prepared, I botigh he said he was in charity with all men, and had made, he hoped, his peace with that God, before whom he was shortly to be sum mooed. I thought it might now be productive of good, if, after having shortly explained the nature, and pressed the importance of this ditty enjoined by his dying Saviour, I was to avail myself of the opportunity of urging hint to disclose the state of his mind, and make a frank confession of any finite which either interrupted his peace or troubled 145 COO' science. The words, as far as I can recollect, in which I addressed him, were those : • And now, Hussey, before we commenicate and take this Sacrament to our comfort, I re. finest you to declare as a dying man, for the satisfletion of the public at large, and of the inhabitants of Ur eentvich in particular, (lid you, or did you nut, perpetrate this horrid ntorder ? Or, if you did not, do you know who did ? Tell me as a matter of personal favour.' Ills answer was, us God is my judge, and you are my witness, these uplifted hands were (lever stained with the blood of Mr. Bird, or his servant.' lie was now on his knees, and ;zit ing me a keen and expressive look, Ise added, in a tune scarcely audible— ' I know—but—more presently " After the sacrament had been administered, %%bid' ...as (lone by the Rev. Mr. Argles, with great solemnity, the Chap lain and gaoler took their leave, and left me alone with him. We were together upwards of an hour. Immediattly as the door of the cell was closed, I entered into a religions conver satinn with him—discoursed on the state of the soul after death—on a future judgment, and on such other topics as were calculated to affect his heart, and to produce wtiltin him true repentance before God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ! I thought that my endeavours seemed to be pre eminently blessed. Hassey himself said that this was the happiest moment lie hail yet experienced. I seized the fa vourable symptom, for I saw that the heart was disposed to be communicative. Alter exhausting almost every other topic of address, I descanted upon the comfit' t of possessing a true friend, to whom we could unbosom our heart, and re veal our sorrows. ' You,' said he, • are that friend that I ought to con ceal nothing from— I never can make you any return for all your goodness to me !" Yes, Illusory, there's one return which you can, if you will, make; it will be a aufficierit me. ward—tell me all you know!' He eau a look - at the door, and listened fur a moment, and then began to address me in the following words, to which I have st irtly adhered, g iving the narrative, as far as my recollection will enable me, in the very same language in which it was related. 'flue scene was a melting one ; amid be teas occasionally so agonized, as to be obliged to take a little breath, and give vent to the feelings with a rich lie was agitated. There was a moment, indeed, which I almost despaired of his being able to proceed, such Was the difficulty he experienced in embodying in language the horrid narrative." CONFESSION OF HUSSEY TO MR. RUDGE IN 1115 CELL. '• All along have i resolved never, even to my dearest re. !Minns, to divulge the Perrot, but to let it die walla me. Your tette) staggered any resointion bad I got over the difficulty. I am not the murderer, bad I planned anal instigated the robbery. The Almighty gives me the power to declare this, and to say, that in the blood of-Mr. Bird, his servant, or any one else, my bands were never imbrued. A MIMI of the name of A. with one B. did it. We had accidentally met in Greenwich, and we became intimate with each other. We had learned that Mr. B. was very rich, and that he some. tones went to London to receive large awns of money. It happened the same day as I was hitting with A. and drinking at the Tiger, we observed him sitting in one of his rooms, at a table, ;hereton was a good deal of • gold, and a numbea of what we thought were bank-notes. I observed, this would be a lisle job. This led to something Anther being said, and proposed the robbery, saying, let us meet this evening, and we will see what can ue dame. It happened, however, That nothing was attempted that night, nor was any thing finally settled upon, we not being agreed as ill the pacts we sl Id take in the robbery. We again met ; it may be about a week atter, and nay advice was, that we should try t ha t very evening. Mill tha: I had provided a hammer to open the door with, We went all three, about half past 11 ; but boil mg that no answer was returned to our knocking, and a• 01, re w.r , a great many people passing and repassing, we heroine disheartened; anal recollecting what any washer. woman had said about :qr. Birds early hours, we; al: agreed . rte • C:r to meet in the park at a certain spot; and to go from thew..e to ale. Biul's house, which we accordingly did, betweco eight and nine of the evening of the murder. The plan Way this+: A. was to knock at the front door, and B. to get ove:', or break opeu the side door, and so proceed round to Ma back window. While this was doing, et was to engage the. servant ill CUIIVCIII.IIIOII, until such time as lie found that Ps had gm in. I understood anonym ds 11. had great difficul:v in doing it, but he at last did, when A. tttttt •diately knocked down and killed the servant with a mallet he had provided himself with, and B. t milled through the passaoeaud struggle,/ with Mr. Bird, whom be soo n d une for w ith the hammer bad given hint. While this was going on, I was standing out close to the Tiger's Head, and was to whistle if I saw ally one coming, which I did twice, as there were two persons that passed ; but as the night Wa 4 very foggy, and it was a little before eight in the evening, they seemed to take ne notice of the light of the candle which the servant had in her hand at Mr. Bird's door, I kept watch for about twenty minutes, met thinking them a long time, and that they might be discovered, I crossed the meet and gently tapped at the door. No one answered, nor did I hear any noise. Thinking this stran g e, I w e n t to the side door,und tiled to get in there, but found it quite fast. I then returned to the front door, but could not ones it. I knocked again, and WAS at last ha in. I liagut now by which of the twit; hint he said, ' Pius were at the top of the home looking over what we had (mind and yon alarmed its !' I went ill; and in gning up stairs stunt• bled over the body of the servant, sr hieh we then moved out of our way. I was shocked to learn from them the fate of Mr. Bird and the Maid servant ; hut B. said it could not be helped, as they found them (aml particularly the old man so resolute. After being in the house al five inhumes, it was agreed that I should to out, and in ten minutes after they bath Caine to me. I was :hell ill the middle of the street, nearly opposite to Mu. Bird's home, and it was `,s dark that no one could see me. We now went into the pat; , and from the light of a dark lantern, which A. had brought with him, we began dividing the property, which was tied lip in a sheet. There was a great matey articles, lout the smallest part fell to my lot. They said, that in the bureau, a great many guineas were found, which, it was agreed, they should have, and I the Bank notes and watches. &r. We then separate.', and I went and changed myself. When I had done this, I came down privately, and want to a pond neat* Vansittares.place, whet.c I threw in both the mallet and hammer, which had been lied up in my bonito, and whirls tile other two tnen requested me to take with me. I met A, and B. only oiler or twice afterwards. I heir ship was, at the time of the murders, about to sail for the East Indies, and in going to lank ti r them nitwit four or five days after wards, I learned that the 'hip was gone, This was on the 11th or 12th of February last. "'The above is, to the best of my recollection, a correct statement. - (Signed) '• J. liuvas." " Limelsotm, Bth Atignst,'lSul."' We understand, that immediately after the execution. the Rev. Mr. Rutlge transmitted copies of Hussey's confession to Lord Sidinotilli and to the other authorities, that steps might he taken to ascertain how far his declaration, attribu ting the guilt of murder to otbers, might be relied on; ;tad that if true, speedy measures might he adopted, by sendioug such proper instructions abroad, as would lead to the appre lien.iou of the criminals. The names of the two men are not mentioned, as their public designation thus early might frus trate their seizure. Mr. Smith, a mag!strate at Greenwich, has assumed to himself 'the arduous task of ascertainiag, by enquiry at the Docks, and examining various ship's registers, whether the men named by Hussey actually sailed from England for the East Indies, or any other destination, shortly after the mar.. dens. From the LONDON G.IZETTE, Tuesday, Aug. 11. BANKRUPTCY RNLARGF.D. Tonn .1. and Walnut .1. Tichtorne.stra!, Westminster, haber dashers, from Aug. 15 to Aug. 29. .11ANKRI7PTS. WILLIAMSON It. Ipswich. merchant, Sept. 3,4, 22, at Ipswich. Au. Mr. Toms, t'opthall-court. ASIIIIY W. Cullinane!tester. Huntingionshire, miller, Sept. 7,8, ?I, at Huntingdon. Att. Mr. Clennell, Staple-inn. IlAttLow J. Vere-street. Oxford -street, jeweller, Aug. 18, 25, Sept .22, at GuildhalL Atta. Mayhew and Co. Chancery-lane. CHOIR:IIEN .1. Bromley, cordwanier, Aug. 18. 25, Sept. 22, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Suter, Greenwich. CHOBLEY J. Cliorley. Lancashire, joiner, Aug. 29. at Chorley. Sept. 7, 22, at Preston. Att. Mr. Rotherham,. Throgmorton sueet. DIVIDENDS. W. S. Sherwood. Liverpool. joiner. Sept. Y. T. Shayle, BortLesley, Warwickshire, tanner, Sept. 4. T. Collison. and .1. H. Tr;tton, Lombard -street, bankers, Sept. 19. S. Hurrey, Angel-court. Throgmorton•i.treet, broker. Sept. 4. B. Nash, Kingbton-upon-Thantes, be.A-eru3ber, Sept. ..th. it. Wrisht, New.street. Brunswick-stove, metchant, Sept. 4. T. Biddic.., St. Itaey, Cornwall, corntactor. Sept. Y. W Dawson. Wakefield, morwy.serivener, Sept. 7. T. Sykes, and W. Baker. Leeds, dyers, Sept. 3. T. Bend, Shirland, Derby.shire, tualtbter, Sept. 3. CHRTIFICATES—Scer. J. Walker, Shoreditch, furniture broker.—A7 111infnvorth, Pnil. pot•lanc.wine merchant.—\V. F. Coti:orJ, Upper (lapin. p:umber. —G. and T. Curme, Brightlielmstune, Sunstield. 110h:bottom, Yorkshire, fostian-manufacturer. CURING OF HEIIIIINGA,O:e.-311.. Robert Aiken, merclian• • of Stripa:ler, in Scotland, has discovered a mode of curing herrings, so as actually to prevent the yellow rust, aml to pre serve the flesh in its igittal whiteness. After having or (ons. plisheil Isis purpose in regard to herrings, he applied gene rally the same mode of curing and preserving to ton, heid . , pink, and butler, in which application lie has also sec cceded. —Souse months ago lie corresponded on this subject with the Commissioners for Victualling Isis 31.ijest)'s Navy, sending 10 Hum specimens of the meat elliCli litter his mats. ncr. He in due time received their acknotaleil;:enient of the great value of his discusrrv,vvith pi ruilassingi to lbw the ' l ma ge r the Board its suproi tof Isla Cji4itil to public twice. He like. i. w ive ry eu • '' '' '' :1 1 i ri n o o s s t t, E its tteue'al the O AI IC e, of sv and tho Fisheries, in Eiliiihistgli, who e•aiiiiised speciissens of thee holing+, mutton, pork. and heel clued by in No lasi. The reati:t of their ea. • Athol was the most that Mr. Alkeii'N ili•envery is ralculate.l eroililiCe very al eat heilefil, hint only 10 flak-en/rya , cud iletisallera in particular, but to society in general. The ape. e k She tat and 4sul the killed of th e sad the taste is particularly pleasant. . . •