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

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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 to
Me. tone. He hail himself ist timely argedme to see him. !
I wintsensible, that if any confession acceptable to the people.'
at large, and satisfactoay to the inhabitants 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 eliermee
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
;141I'k''`'''i We!, w're Ittlk‘e.t- % Ana witTa, fluffiry; 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 sit", .8114. lay' ad"te %sou, tie shouts' try that
•Ory nlOllll3 I had provided a trimmer to open the
Igor wirb., We Went all larger, abootdifill'Arist I I ; but tins
tiq tb.,tnn ismattriew wit as rere!' to our limektog, and
t iriema• a'Artai 'laxity • people pieotsing and rellible,lllll4, Nsl.
; :tiny sttzthra vied 4. and teentleietingwhat me w,isittr
'Ivo:MI.1 Vast' said &bald cat ly Court., at all agrec.l„