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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 soon dune for with 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 strange, I went 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.