The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-31 00:00:00

THE BARBAROUS MURDER AT

EXETER.
CONFESSION CF BRINSMEAD.
(From the Flying Post.)
On this dark and appalling event we are happy in
being enabled to relieve the public mind by placing
before it the confession of Brinsmead, made in the
presenee of several persons in the gaol this morning.
110 says, as has been communicated to us, that
.there were three of them in company when they
left the Cattle Market Inn, as stated by Mr. Tay-
lor and his companion ; but that this third person wished
them a good night, and left them at the corner of South-
street. He says, he knows this person perfectly by sight,
b :t persists he does not know his name. Himself and.
ats then proceeded through South-street and Hollo-
way-street, into the Topsham-road, and thence into the
leading to the river, as before stated. When they
g,lt to the bottom, Pitts demanded some money of Mr.
..Bnriett, and lhat gentleman gave Brimsted sixpence, as he
said, to get something to drink. He also gave Pitts a
si.Wiog, but, the latter swore he would not take so small
a sum, and with an oath he swore lie would not have
more, as he knew he (Bennett) had plenty of money.
Pitts then seized Mr. Bennett round the middle,
and " bang'd" him up against the rails, calling to
lc. Brims-
(as he held. Mr. Bennett), saying, "Let o at
Pitts alio struck him a severe blow in the
and then made use of his knife, which Mr.
Pr? `l,l
ett succeeded in wresting from him. A des;
p? rate struggle ensued between Pitts and Mr. Bennett
by the door of the. boat-h
prb-,e_-Iledth( 0t.9 and in this they lap-
Mr.
lidge of the water, and at length Pittspushed
Bennet foto the water.
,Brinstnead persists-he had
no hand in this last act, but. heard the House." now said t 4.) • you, ye settled Brins-
him, we had

better make off." Pitts replied, "- his eyes, he has
early cut my finger off, and had nearly cut my
throat." It is understood that there is a severe cut on
one of Pitts' fingers. They then made their way to
Sellick's lodging-house at Westgate (a Tom-and-Jerry
shop in that part of the city), and when they got there,
Pitts took a knife and scraped the blood from his jacket.
(This jacket, which had before been spoken of, presents
the appearance of something of this kind having beers
done.) It is understood that at Sellick's Pitts changed a
sovereign, and they took 10s. each. We also under-
stand that the watch ®f the deceased gentleman was left
deposited at Senick's, and is now in the possession of the
police.
This account goes so far to exonerate the females
Dickers and Stapleton. Indeed, the statement of Brins-
mead throws an air of doubt over the whole of the story
told by Ann Trinn. It is remarkable also that Brins-
mead, when taken into custody by Stuckes, had a
sixpence, and one sixpence only on his person. It;
is known, -as we are told, that Mr. Bennett had fit.:-
teen sovereigns in his pocket that afternoon ; having
drawn that sum. We might here likewise mention that
the name of the female brought from Newton St. Cyr es,
is Butson, and not Vicary ; and being confronted s ith
her, Trinn declared the had never seen her before ; rod
that this was not the female with whom she had been in
company on Friday night. Butson consequently was
again returned to her home.

The Lord Lieutenant, during his absence, has
appointed Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Vice-Lieutennnt.—
Aylesbury News.
The second caravan of 170 souls left the neigh-
bourhood of Worms the other day for a Russian colony
in the Crimea, not far from Marienpol.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—A new organ, of con-
siderable size and power, is now building for the express
use of Prince Albert, and is nearly completed. It is in-
tended to be placed in the music-room at the Castle.
His Royal Highness, some time since, received lessons
upon this instrument, and the Prince now performs upon
it in a very talented and highly respectable manner.
The Lord Lieutenant has been pleased to ap-
point the following gentlemen to be stipendiary magis-
trates, viz.:—Edward Gonne Bell, Esq., for the county
of Kerry, in the room of W. N. Roche, Esq., removed to
the county of Clare ; and Nicholson Kelly, Esq., for the
county of Westmeath, in the room of M. Crofton, Esq.,
removed to the county of Louth.—Dublin paper.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
DAVID LODGE, bleacher, Tottington Lower End, Lan-
cashire.
THOMAS ATKINSON, druggist, Lancaster.
BANKRUPTS.
LLEWELLYN LLEWELLYN, maltster, Aberdare, Glas
morgan, to surrender August 10, and September 10, at eleven,
at the Cardiff Arms, Cardiff. Saverv, Clark, and Fussell,
Bristol ; Horaby and Towgeod, St. Swithin's•lane, London.
THOMAS SMITH, Nagger and slater, Preston, Lan-
caster, August 26, and September 10, at eleven, at the Town-
hall, Preston. Chester, Staple Inn, Holborn, London ; Arm-
strong and Son, Preston.
HENRY GURNEY, licensed victualler, Upper =-
street, Lisson-grove, Aug. 10, and September 10, at half-past
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assig-
nee, Basinghall-street : Sawyer, Bow-lane, Cheapside.
THOMAS CAVE, jun., merchant, Liverpool, Aug. 12
and :::ept. 10, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.
Laces, Myers, and Rigge, Liverpool ; Hardisty and Roscoe,
Great Marlhorough-atreet, London.
HENRY HERRICK, licensed victualler, Prospect-place,
St. Gerrge's•road, Southwark, August 13, and September 10,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official as-
signee, Coptlaall-buildings ; Sawyer, Bow-lane, Cheapside.
DAVIS SIMS, pickle dealer, Portsmouth-place, Lower
Kennington-lane, Surrey, August 11, at twelve, and Septem-
ber 10, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Can-
nan, official assignee, Finsbury-square; Field, Finchley, Mid-
lesex.
EDGAR E ‘IERY, victualler, Islington-green, August 10,
at twelve, and September 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Gale,
Basinghall-street.
ORLANDO PIDGEON, tobacconist, Shrewsbury, August
13, and September 10, at ten, at the Shire-hail, Shrewsbury.
Hawkins, Illoxam, and Stocker, New Boswell-court, Carey-
street, London ; Edwards, Shrewsbury.
JOHN CLEMETSON, grocer, Upper Thames•street,
Aug. 11, at half-past twelve,, and Sept. 10, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Sandys and Pearson, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet-street.
THOMAS PICKSTOCK, merchant, London, August 13,
at half-past one, and September 10, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Basinghall-street;
Sawyer, Bow-lane, Cheapside.
JAMES TWISSE, power-loom cloth manufacturer, Man-
chester, August 16, and Sept. 10, at the Commissioners'-
rooms, Manchester. Bower and Buck, Chancery-lane, Lon-
don ; Russell, Manchester.
SAMUEL CHADWICK, cotton-spinner, Heywood, Heap,
Lancashire, August 10, at eleven, and Sept. 10, at three, at
the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Clarke and Med-
calf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Grundy, Bury, Lancashire.
AYSHFORD WISE, NICHOLAS BAKER, and WIL-
LIAM SEARLE, bankers, Totnes, Devonshire, August 17,
at the Globe Inn, Newton Abbot, and September 10, at the
Clarence Hotel, Exeter, at twelve. Pearce, Newton Abbott,
Devonshire; Whitoway, George-street, Mansion-house, Lon•
don ; Church, Bedford-row, London.
ROBERT PEART, rope-maker, Newark, Nottingham,
Aug. 18, at three, and Sept. 10, at eleven, at the Castle and
Falcon Inn, Newark. Lee, Newark-upon-Trent ; Milne,
Parry, Milne, and Morris,Harcourt-buildings, Temple, Londn.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
H. Brown and J. Coombs, bankers, Windsor, Aug. 20, at
one—F. Roberts and C. Rowe, milliners, New Bridge-street,
Aug. 21, at eleven.

In the Country.
T. Roe, miller, Whitley, Coventry, Ang. 23, at two, at the
Castle Inn, Coventry—R. Simpson, grocer, Sheffield, Aug.
23, at one, at the Town-ball, Sheffield—T. Barnard, mer-
chant, Bideford, Devonshire, Aug. 25, at twelve, at the New
Inn, Bideford—R. Caldecott, draper, Chester, Aug. 23, at
three, at the Green Dragon Inn, Chester—G. S. Harvey,
ironmonger, Melcombe Regis, Dorsetshire, Aug. 25, at one, at
the King's Arms Inn, Dorchester—G. Wood, drysalter, Man-
chester, Aug. 28, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man-
chester—J. B. Prichard and J. R. Croft, oil merchants, Li-
verpool, Aug. 28, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.
CERTIFICATES—Atm. 20.

W. C. H. Parry, bookseller, Liverpool—E. Dollman, mer-
chant, Church court, Clement's-lane—J. Parton, draper, Bir-
mingham—J. H. Gulden, brewer, East Challow, Berkshire—
W. Lawton, iron founder, Rumworth, Lancashire—H. Burton,
corn dealer, Nif em, Shropshire—C. Hepper, hotelkeeper, Li-
verpool—E. Lees, tea dealer, Leather-lane, Holborn—T. El-
liott, lace manufacturer, Nottingham.