The National Register. — London, England, 1818-08-16 00:00:00

;; mil' w lr ~' LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OFTHANCritY, THURSDAY, Ave. 13. ,• • • SMITH V. sin DATES LEVIES. • On a former day Sir S. Ilomilly moved for an ord er t o re g re t, certain annuitants on the property of Sir W. Lewes, from proecetlieg to the mile of one of his estates in Wales. He now o'eserve.:. that the property about to be sold was mtuateit in the centre of the peeeee 'goo; ot Sir W. Lewes. it had beee put up to ruction on a ieeteer occasion, when it was bought by Sir W. Lewes, a; he txp::.A.:a tint he should be able to produce the money oil the day it was nude Flyable he the conditions t at that time, in comic..mem: of a Otcseepeti • mg in the Exchequer, a person of the name o f Alorvtu s latthbecn directed to pay to Sir W. Lewes a mita exceediag 4,e001., and another hrge sum had bees detreed to him . by thiieCettrt. the Litter beyond the Amount for eskich . the. estate had been toll . It 'DM+ of course very. important to Sir W. Lean to become •tire purrehiser, alit: ettere w•2O no prospect Stist. if the sale took place as cerly a was advert:lml. he 'should be utile to produce tlip suet necessary. Wed* thr.e.cit ciimstancts it ma submitted that, as. tut - a short del et iteetail be re tired, it woelel he conceded by the Court in coneideratieett of tae di cullile• willeiwach Sir W. Lewes had to contend. Olutr i tsH, on the other hale, urged, that the various ar.aui. Il i tilts fin-whole - he was couieiel flit cot to be kept out of their eta ley, of. which they had been so ' Ling deprived, and wheel now ex leeztled 5,1)001. ' The first utile took pleee - rnue time: ago. and it was afterwaeds found that Sir W. Lewee had become the purchaser erterelt ror the purpose of delay ; the whelt called upon to pa the stun which Me estate bail. produced. he h,Ol one to rive e he bad, .p`„, he proiiteiltie oAre-of Ilieth-Little $4 sottthwark, tied the 0.)., l dy ie expected in tliejionelieqiiEr. in - -eare bends of his creditors, 2,e s -a ' *city for the ceinltletion of the ceentract of sale ; belt it wee seem discovered that the eirst could not lee available trader the terms under which it was held. anal the latter was :.ot itirthcomeeg ; of course the first sale war set aside, and the obj.ct :zee was to ereil4e Sir W. Lewes to pm:eel just in the 4:1111Q manner tvith regard to the eeepnd sale, which by thewsdvertisement was to take piece Ina day or two. The. matter now. befere the Couit had been long under its codl.ideration,.fos a bill had been filed as early as IN.], The learned c ou e eti l trusted. thorethre. that his Lordship would not aid in the cheat of ltnete,e and sufli:ring creditors. Sir S. Hominy, in reply, observed, that if the creditors of Sir W. Lewes were sufferers, they could not be more grievously.so than he lied long been, in consequence of the cruel disappointments he had tnet with. and the expensive suits in wiliest he had been involved.— Ile contended that eller. was nothing is this application toshow that Ste W. Lewes was deeiroes of defeating hit creditors ; on the con trary, he was most deeirous to pay them, and 'it was not his funk fruit they had nut long ago been setieqecl ; the short delay now re quested.would itself 'actinid e. that obj.et. The Lord Chancellor eeked why Sir W. Lewes ,had not c ome t o Court earlier ? Why t:tis application hied been postponed . until w ieliiti a day or two of the sale ? . .. bir S. Rotnilly appeared not to he prepared to give *satisfactory *newer, and his Lordship refused the applice6on. EXCESSIVE, FEES TAKEN . 111' . _COMMISSIONF:itS OF I ---..... • On *previous day tha; ca: B e A cf N e l l i •- i ß a n i r j r: t tili: l 4 :o:l . 4lo‘ ii ek:rie siligularity wed inspiutanue, was mentio n ed , in the wsi oi • a , ppeared that certain Coremissmners of Babkrupts . raglanor rtrei old e xssive fees for their attendance, and lkitai.W.,itles atm; 1 travelling , expanses, and ebagges at the i:tns whece . t,iey diced; aprons of Mein had bought ithorac at Use sale of t IT^. i/Ankr4o4 ' etc. :6 The Lord- Chancellor poittPahetl 14deeiti m.".'llt toe ce witmeMiticirduat p i • was brousitt'.b..diste Litranittat aas sae the i tier is ad alfi , dawns. .„...'. . ..... • , . Mr. llotre no, tigpilaved is' be raa ;L . o t t rt and 1 r , sated that the whole % s u ra ri.mtted by them- w - apd the:the: ;la _ , liclette dery unique tionably entitle a* , • tad. to 41 4) .4 11 # 1i sst tare was on; an excess of 71. which had ~ a .ed to the antrOttfauf tewiAlng expl'nees -.. I : „,' ... The Lord-Chancellor observed. that althott only. ra al per- L " tips been i aetually rec.:it-eel, the i.nn clargett: the mmi Cos:stoners * * , 7•l l4 4;:eetleat 90i, while the eapense ia I,otalon Would not have been re than 181. It: the first place ea.h Commissioner charged two . &nests to 21. Mr every attendance. instead of H. Cie fee of the sta . tote.: they had elan required the payment of travelling expensas, and Heir hill; .4 tile ma., so that every ina.eting cost wore than 91. This ticas cleer'a iiha a rl. Mr. I rt.ree iiallxl. that it was undoubtedly the geneval practice of country commissioners to charse and he slowed more than the sta. eatable fees. and the Cerniaiaatoaers in question bed fallen into the usual erne:. The Lard Chancellor hoped an 1 believed that the rror was not esual : he hail known many instances of the contrary. Sometimes mate barristers refused to attend as commissioners for the remancra tam assigned brthe act. and other country commissionci I had been : ib•titabal. but his Lordship had always taken sue that no more caininissions should be directed to such b:wristers. Mr. !Tome. further remarked, that the 90L had only been charged itat paid to the Commissionera:, and the charge he did not apprehend fell within the statute. 'I he Lord Chancellor was e clearly of a contrary opinion, and re ferring to the act, he observed that if the money had net been paid. the payment had been ordered by the Conunissioners, awl that ordar Yodelled them incapable of sitting upon that commiasion and upon any other. The regidataal tie was 11. and though it might Ire hard r - at , r.ommissionera should not be paid their travelling expenias, the law was otherwise, and his I.ord hip could not alter it. . Mr. It :vie (against Air. Horne) rantinded .114 Lordship. that these Caminiasionen, one of whom was named• letlmontla, had been sent for from Truro. when the eutomission wits sited oat in Pena:trice, and taere were several Cratitni,simwrs who had not been employed. Mr. Horne said, that these Commissioners were most respectable men • one of them had, it was said. putchsaed a horse at the sale of tlai I:ankritat's eff:cts. The Lord Chancellor remarked, that that was comparatively a trifle, though it was el arty illegal for a Commissioner or become a purchaser of any pan of the effect; of the bankrupt. . .- - in.. Mr. Horne assared his I,ord.hip, that the commissinners were sake ready to obey his Lordship's direction. as tai WI) part of the money they had received. Mr. Hese referred the Court to an .order 'man this very seroject, saarl.! by Lord. Hardwieke, in 1759, to.ch. %WI to be fousii in 7 I . s. Abr. The Lord Chancellor directed that thirSetesste;y of Bailirupts :liquid bring the recoal of Catt order into Coart;',ll , driat ai . ;lit of which his Lordship would prabahly give his further orders. POWERFLL EFFLCT ov CoNSCIt.3CF. -71, fin, inonthe agn, the body of a young woman was discovered tit the water Heal Brit Milo; , in Kent, %%MI wanks of violence, which set ined to indicate that vile had been murdered. Nothing, ho ever, transpired which could tett,/ tots the gnat on any individual; end all Artist r inquiry Into the rirenitastanees had ceased, when, on Monday last, a young man declared himself Jo he murderer. .id that ever ,iiire the execution of 11t39”.y, Om horrible thonelet of 116 uatn i uilt hard crude' ed has life a hoiden to hint ; that lie COlllll find no rest an d.iy ; and that lie liad, at last, Como to a 1'444.41111011 to deliver himself up to the baud. of jostle,. The pretni4es of ftokit Russell, Esq. of Ex..ter, si!tutte at Red Loft estate r.l.nr lionnon, consisting of tit., faun hoase, barns, rabies. grenv.ries, and other oniees, were on 1. rithir coniatined by fire, together with at large quantity of gn.in, in e.41..1C null sore, hay. &c. The tire was entirely aceinent.l A fire broke out on Weill-0.'411 , y morning in the tipper story of the bouq.: of NIL (,rennin, grocer, on bait , v 0 - 1.7 to 1 ..I.ld • titan supply of pron.pt ate ur ma., .t. way very soon subdtted, after law:tin - rut ul• Lac :uo: !pry. • • • _„_•..~- •:.,, A 4 1"11P, NAYIONAt, 11EGISTEtt. 111.1SSE1"'.S' CONFESSION. THE REVEREND MR. RUDOE'S STATEMENT. " A number of contratlictoty 'Niemen's% having appeared respecting Hussy's • confessimia' it has been joideed ad visable to give, in an authentic shape, the whole of what really passed from his lips in the cell en the morning or his excentioo. It must be Admitted teat the *situation iu which I was placed with respect to this wretched man, was one of ear • rdifliettity:.tind , of peculiar delicacy. I had been rc• got, i dby a humbs:r of respeetable persons to go down t o Me . tone. He hail himself ist timely argedme to see him. ! I wintsensible, that if any confession acceptable to the people . ' at large, and sati s factoay t o th e i n habit an t s ef,Preenwich lo particular, eonNf *. Mad To woultrilepend upon the lillSulss in whisk tlafgoltiveraation 'W;IS ebinliacted, and the mistiogs were port on any pert. That tleere was something seliieli lourthened and trboibleol his mind, I had every reason to eo nehule„from witall discovered at nive first interview with Thai (seethe day (Seifday) previous to lokeseetilion. I went, liaethe first time, accompanied by the Iliaplein sad the gaoler of the prison. When the 1111111411 e and worthy Clergymalo had concluded the prayers and rending a sermon, he and the gaoler. retired, leaving me alone with the prisoner. In the cowee of a long tpol isteresithe conversation chiefly on re. ligtone topics, !.saw enough to give foram sad strength to ' the convietiop, diet if M+ wife not ill.? actual perpetrator of the hotilrieeil, Ire was possessed of that which would Ire of the urtioost importance to hitee"coinaninicated to the peblie. I had recourse to.every therms fit' %misprision; I pressed die. closnre as, a matter of relheleat's duty —acs one of personal :favour : bntrhey lanai no avail ; and I taw the time was not s reerrived in .which I Omni() succeed in earryiisg nay point. Our oloservtition which he made, in reference to the murder, was remarkable, and heightened extremely all my anxieties on tie subject. ' What geed %s ill it sin for we to ilkeloae any tieing of the nnorder, now lam ening to sailer fur it I 'the secret had better die with me. Yon onivit not--noust not press me further. I am innocent of it !' In the course of Ili., day I was fret - petals; with hire, taut in company with the Chaplain and gaoler. On the Monday theorising we settled ; with him to administer the Secrament or_ the Lord's Siart*N. lut an early hour. On some persolecoming into theisell, anal entering him con versatiou, he told mettaeltsid slept little to the night, and that sometliine so troubled him, thin Ins eould loot coMpose himself to rest. It hada retro voice le the Sacrament, for which he thought litra.elloot dill% prepared, ihottaltlie said he was in cilia' t y ‘‘ills all men • allji had insde,lie hoped, his pence with teat Gott, berm e whom he was shoes ly to hiesonas intlntil. I thought it might lanai be productien of gond, if, • after haviag shortly explained the nature; and pressed the enevortanee of this (boy enjoined by his dyiug Si' louse I was to ovsirmysill or the. °lvo tithity of oir4ing Illini:te elierm e e the state of him mind, and make a frank cossfeseidretlf 'any tieing which either interropteditt4 peace or . eiototaledlie eon • scieneri. 'l'Le wortle.*fat'ac-t_ea" Icconeeti . ilie*llich I ;1 41I'k''`'''i We!, w're Ittlk‘e.t- % Ana witTa, fluff i ry; before we cosionienicele.pnd take 'this Sacrament to eitregumfoot, ire_' siiiest: yogi to declare as a dyitig man,. (aril* satisfeetion as!' lioe'publie at large, and of the Inhabitants of Greenwich in *4i-fleeter, did von,, oi• did yoe Ain ,yertiveltier thix 'torrid.: lot.r . der I. Or, if yolt hid not, do fisheye who did ? Telt • roe as a matter of potrsolial hymn _. pis 'ionsw Pi was, ' ,of God is thy jti , Ne, anti eon are toy liiiie.;s, thew uplifted handstier...never stained - wish the blond of dlr. Bird, or his servant,' fle {T4.1110%1 or. Ilk knees, and gising use a keen .o• 1 exilre*,ivi. bon's, 1:e sii..lori, in a tone seareeiy audible— . I know bet --more presently 1' " After the eaerainent had been adseiMstered, which was iloae by the ft-e: Mr. Arglee, with Cl-at soleolaity, the Chap lain and gassier oink their leave, and lett tine alone with him. We were together outwards of 411 hour. immediately as the donee( the cell was closed, I entered into a religions conver sation with hive—disemorsed on the state of ti;e soul idler death—on a future jordement, and on such other topics as were calculated to affect his heart, and to prA lice al dills him true repentance Wm/ God, anal faith is the Lord Jesus Christ?. '1 thought that my endesovonrs seemed to he pre eminently blessed. Hussey himself said that this 1,11.1 S the happiest moment he hail yet experienced. I seizesi the la• vont-able ityroptora, for I saw that the heart was disposed lane r4niiiiithi,-Ative. After exhausting aloarit every other topic of a‘lilress. I descanted upon the comfort of possessing a trim friend, to ahren we reel': nnlrosont onr heart, amt reveal our sorrows, . l'un, said he, • are drat friend that I o:dein to con ceal nothing flout— 1 never can make you! sons. retard ler all your :loudness to sue e .Yes, 111/SSSEy, there's one return ‘l* il 14. il you ran, if you will, make; it will be a sntlicient te. ward—tell me all yon know!' He rant a look at the door, and listened for so moment, and then began to address site ill the Hallowing winds, to which I nave st h sly adhered, g iving the fMr . r:lllVe. 4, far its my reeollectiop wili raahle tar, in the very 3411W.Intigir go in which it wss 11.1411..1. 'flue scene was a ilipit i rig on: %nil he was Oceaatimakly so agoolzeit, acs to be ithligrl to take a little breath, null give sent to the lychees with a theta his. seas agiiate4l. There was a moment, indeed, which I alenrit olespairedmi..erheing able to pa °crest, such was the ilillieillty lie.e.vilgenetal in embodying in langnage tli (tumidti narratlisa;, 4 ‘ -- • coNrEssloN-Or HITS4F.V TO MR. Rl'DetFt IN Ills CELL. " - All along have I resoltied never, even to toy dearest re. lalions, to divulge the secret, lant.to let,it dw with me. Yetis letter Ftakarre‘l my resofation but 1 ant aver the I am not Bin mutterer, bat I planned and 111.11 . 4.1t , 41 the robbery. The ‘lirrighty gives me the power to slerlrre :Ind In May, that in the blood of Mr. Bird, his servant, or any one else, rity „panda were never imblited.' A mats of the name of A. %sinh one I3..did it.. We bad aeekbintally met in Urea-owlets, mitt we becalms' .l **mate with each other. We Jowl I , .ssortied th.ttillr.li. was 'very deli, and that•he svose. °term s west, to Loudon to receive large semis of •rn mey. It happenetll'us game day as I Willa sipitsg with A.said drinking at the *e observes' him sitting in tine of his rooms, at a talk ostler/m was a good deal of gold, and a numbel of %shit we than ht were bank-outts.l. - I observed, this would ise it line This Isett to something limber being said, and 1 preposrd the robbery, saying, let us meet this evening, and or will +we what Call tie dame. It haispests sl, tiroever, that nothing was attempted that Melo. nor was any thing finally settles' srpme, wr Nut being agrerd as to the palls or should • tale in the tohbery. We again met .; it may be about a week s i t", .8114. lay' ad"te %sou, tie shouts' try that •Ory nlOllll3 I had provided a trimmer to o p e n the Igor wirb., We Went all larger, abootdifill' A r i st I I ; but tin s tiq tb.,tnn ismattriew wit as rere!' to our l ime kt o g, and t iriema• a'Artai 'laxity • people pieotsing and rellible , lllll4, Nsl. ; :tiny stt z thra vied 4 . and teentleietingw hat me w,isi t tr 'Ivo:MI.1 Vast' said &bald cat ly Court., at all agrec.l„ 2.!1 to meet in the park at a certain spot i and to go from thence to Mr. Bird's house, which we accordingly did, betwet ii eight and nine of the CV 71;11Z of the murder. 'roe plan was this : A. was to knock at the front door, and B. to get over, or break open the aids door, toil so prorated tomtit to tlm hack window. While this was doing, A. sr as to enzage the servant in couversstion, until such time as he foetid chat 11. had got in. I nuilerstood afterwards 8.1144 veal dithenitv in MIMI; it, but ho nt Ist slid, when A. i:mieetliately knot-keit down and killed tho servant with a mallet be had provided himself with, and B. 111Alled 1111'14111 the passage and struggled with Mr. Bird, whon he soon dour Inv st ilk the hammer I had given him. Widle this was going ou, I was standing colic close to the Tiger's Head, and was to whistle if I sow a. 1 ., one coming, which I did twice, as there were two persist that pissed; hut as the slight was very foggy, and it was a little before tight in the evening, they seemed-to take no notice of the light of the candle which the servant had in her' hand at Mr, thud's door. I kept watch for Otani twenty minutes, red thinking them a lint tilte, and that they might be discovered, I crossed the street >llltl gently tapped at the done. No one answered, nor slid I hear any noise. Thinking this strange, I went to the side iloor,onil tried to get in there, bat found it qttite fast. t thee returned to the fript door, hut could not open it. I knocked again, tiol was at last let in. I forget now by which of the two; lout he said, sWe were at the top of the I se looking over what we had found and you alarmed us!' I went in; and in going up stairs stme• bled user the body of the servant, which Wit then moved one of our way. I was shocked to learn from them the file of Mr. Bird and the maid servant I bat B. said it could not be helped, as thee found them (mid particularly the old man; so resolute. After being in the house about Rye minutes, it was agreed that I should go oat, and in lest iniontes after they bath came to me. I was then in the middle of the: street, nearly opposite to Mr. Bird's house, and it was en dark that no our could see me. We now went into the perk, end faun the light of a stark lantern, w bith A. had brought with hint, we began dividing the property, is Inch was tied up in a sheet. There was a great many articles, but the smallest part fell to my lot. They said, that in the lunette, a great many guineas were found, which, it was agreed, they shonld have, mod I the Book notes an d watches, gte. We then separated, and I went and changed myself. When I had done this, I come down privately, and went to a pond near Ilransittarfs-elatee, where 1 threw iialipth the mallet and hammer, Able.% had been lied up in my pinitlle, cud which the other two men requested site to take with tee. 1 met A. and It only once or twice afterw.ird... 'I heir ship was, at the time of the murders. almat In bail for the East Indies, and in going tolonk for them about four or live days after. wards, I leortird the the shill was gone. Tills was on the flub 'or Igilrot Felo nary last. " The above is, to the hest of my recollection, a correct statement. (Signed) '! J. lionaz." • Bth Augnst, 1S18." 317 e understated, that immediately after the eatestior, *he Rev. Mr. Midge oranuoitted copies of finssey's confes.i.o in tord-Ridniotaih and to the oilier authorities, Ow steps might he taken to ascerulin how far his declara ro attribn the guilt of morder to others, !nicht be I lie rho nut( 'that irteue,. ',pertly useasurcs might be edopkil, )3f sending 'welt propsr host ructions abroad, a, would lead the eppre here.lon of the criminals. 'Flue names of the to u men are not mentioned, as their public designation thus early might Erns' irate theirseirore. Mr. Smith, a imettiatr,tte at Greenwieli, !lax assumed to hinivellithe arduous task of nicertaining, by enquiry nt the Docks, and examining yarlatt► registeis, whether the men named by Hammy actually sailed from EiNlaitd fir the EAst ladies, or any other deatinalion. hiturily alter the mur ders. From tie LONDON GAZETTE, 7'.4.7.stiery, riug. I i -.40.- PANKRUFTCY ENLARGED. Tortn .T. /via Watau - r 'Fic'lhorne.stretr, %Vest:l:Laster, :Aber dashers, from Aug. 15 to Aug. YD. BANKRUPTS. Witt.saaranN It. Ipiwich ineeti;nt,gept..3. a. 22. at Ip:vei::). tt. 31r. Toms, Copthan-court. mit ay Gadinan6ester. Huntingdonshire. "Ake. Sept. 7, 11. • 21, at Iltuititigilan. Att. Mr. Clennell, Staple-inn. timow .1. 11. Vera-street. Oxford -street. jeweller. Aug. is, 23, Sept 22. at Guildhall. Atts. Mayhew and Co. Cliarmery4ane. • CHURL urn J. Bmniley. eartlwainer. Aug. 18, 125. Sept. Guildhall. An. 31r. Suter. Creenwial. CHOI:LEV J. Charley, I.m.cashire, joiner. Aug.",, at Marley. ' Sept. 7. V', at Preston. Att. Mr. Rotherham. Throgina:ta- street. . DIVIDr.NDS. W. S. Sherwood. Lieerpnot, joiner. Scr 'r. S!layle. Horde:ley, Warwickshire, tanner, Sept. 4. T. ('.Alison, and .1. 11. Triton. I.ombard-strra, bankers. Szin. 19. S. Durrey, Angel-court, Throgrnorton ,- treet, brok:r, S: x. 4. IL Nash, Kingston-upon-Thanics. se:d-cru•her. Sept. ‘Vrigtit, New-street. nrunswiek-square.ninehant, S,:pt. 4. T. iliddick, St. Issey. ternwal', connlictor, Sept. I. W. Dawson, Wakefield, money-seriveue , , Sap t. 7. T. Sykes, and W. Baker, Leeds. dyers, Sept. 3. T. Bend, Shirland, Derbyshire, inaltster, Sept. S. ci:wrinc.vrEs—Seri. I. J. Walker. S'anreditch, furniture broker.—A. • illingwirth, pnt-lanc.wine niereitant.—W. F. (;ot , irfrd. Upper Clapmn. —G. and T. Curine. Brightlielm%tone. linon..l;rapers.—A.. Ilolebottoni, Yoricthire f fustian-inanufatit incr. CAJOING of kl Ell R I Ikc•F f r. Robert Aiken, merrltan.e of htriwriter, in :44.01111nd, has discos in oil a le of ratio( hrt rings, an ast net artily to prevent the y rib) , " rust, nod to pre. Servetheflesh in its original whiteness. Aforr ha vow strum: plisht.ol his purpose in regard to herrin gs, he applied! gene. Calls the satne triode of coring noiloirtacrving to nintton, beef, pink, stud butter, in %%kith appliciatfoti also see. tertletl, —Some months ago he corresponded on this sultjt et ‘$ ills the Commissioners for Victualling his Majesty's Na y, Srudwtt In lilt 111 specimens of the weal eased atter his o u rs. tier. lie in due little received their nekton% ittlatotient ut t h e great *whin of his ileico.e.ry,voilh pt mission to ale the unmet the guard in siippot tof his eiainf 1y pn hhe notice. lie lit r. wise eiteamotiirateti iu gene iat , ti•• ins, the ualusr of his d. , - rovers. 10 the Commissioners of CIOIC/nel. !4‘i•j•r, flatr Fisbesits, asa in , O T . d ' o 1 1 . 1 If. ! t c. " o7 - hwriu pork. au•l beef Cnst seauhrr nisi. 'rise resin, of their ex:suitniqag, %vat li. moat nnyoali&dalhui.aian that 51r. thstri4ry is (.411'1114 ISA t o p roduce very guest In.ii.dit„• t,ol ntilk, to dell -cute l y and victuallers in particular, but to sneisif , in g e m ., 0 1 . T o ,, p eimaln Le‘il l i i i i i i‘l' llt 7 f i lle l' A ll t P r ' *Il lin t*t '-" 4 74111' e . it .111 1 1' 2.11 5 11 4 e n1 !iii kg '. lYk Iran ilied ' and ilk task is parUcalnel/ plcabant. - - • - • • I o ;-- ~. :' ,4 . 0 5 , - - -, - -7