The Sun.
London, England, 1818-09-02 00:00:00

RUSSET'S CONFESSION.

A few nights avb a circumstance occurred at
Chrlio•foril, which it was hoped had led to the
relttlin detectioo of Hassey's supposed accomplices
in the G! een‘vich tragedy. It will be recollected
that Hip•sey in !,is confession gave the letter B. as
the initial of one of his accomplices names, and
1114 t fact gave at first a degi cc of credit to the fol-
lowing singular occurrence, which led to a well.
founded. hope that justice would overtake the
guilty actors in the sanguinary scene to which we
have alluded. About 1 I o'clock on Saturday night,
Mr. Cakvkwell, the Governor of Chelmsford Gaol,
who had retired to rest, was aroused from his
bed by a clamour at the gaol door, of some
persons loudly demanding admittance. The
lateness of the hour induced him to conclude that
no lawful business could then bring any person to
the gaol ; hut conceiving it possible that some
extraordinary circumstance had occurred to re-
quire the interposition of his official duty, lie got
tip, and upon the doors being opened, a man pre-
sented himself in an apparently melancholy mood. ,
Mr. Ca wk wtil demanded his business. He ie.
plied, that he came to surrender himself to justice '
as one of the persons who had murdered Mr. Bird
and his housekeeper ; that his name was Brooks;
that he had seen Hussey's confession, which was
but too true; that Hussey was innocent of the mur-
ders, though be had planned the robbery, and had
watched whilst the robbery was effected; that the
pangs of a guilty conscience had made life insup-
portable, and therefore he was determined to sur-
render himself to justice, and expiate his crimes
by public execution. He gave the name of the
other accomplice, to whom Hussey alluded in his
confession, and stated he was then in England,
mentioning where he could be found. This
tale was delivered with all the appearance ut
sincerity, and was accompanied with gestictda•
tions bespeaking a soul tortured by the pangs
of remorse ; he cried - bitterly, wrung hie
hands, and exhibited a frantic demeanour,
calculated to impose upon the most incredu-
lous. Indeed, Mr. Cawhwell was so satisfied
of the truth of the story, that he congratulated
himself upon the discovery, and was giving orders
w some of Lisassistant; to prepare a cell fur the

sell-cOnVict, when his attention was arrested by
the inquiries of other persons at the door, wlie-
-ther a titan; answering the description of the stlp-
posed mtirderer,liad made his appear,' nce at lie g tot.
—This led to further inquiry, and it hi,ned out
that the utiftihunate man, who hail tlinS t,irren-
tiered hiiiiself to justice, %Vas little short of a ma-
niac;. that he had been drinking at a pnblic-braise,
were lie had matte a like .coulessitioi and 'ex-
pressed hi& determination of giving himself. in -
to the hands of tht law and lit fulfilnient of
this resolution lie had gore to the gaol, tvl.ith er
lie was followed by his friends, who bad flea id
of his wild conduct. Not wiihsianding tkisdis-
covery, the wretched Man still persi,;ed in his
guilty confession and in spite of every entreaty
insisted tipou being detained in cilstody.
gratify his whim, we understand he was looked
up for the night in the morning, the de-
fo•ious effects. of the liquor be 11411 been drinking
Raving subsided; he disclaimed all knowledge of
the- crime be had confessed, and was in the result
seta home (.0 his friends.—(ilfaidstope Journal )

• Two troops of the Gilt regiment of Dragoon
Guards have been marched to Macclesfield, anti
other troops of the same regiment are also sta-
tioned at Leek and Congletoti, as measures of
precaution, rendered necessary by the active
means taken, by bad minded wen to sow discon-
tent iu the miOds of the working pa-rt of society
in the manufacturing districts.--(Manchester
press.)
,011 Weanesday tast,Captain'Mat.t.etsy
WOOD, of the Cottingitam, of this port, was chosen
an Assistani.af the Trinity House; in place of
MaTTnew•Wooo, who has resigned.—(flull
Packet; .Aug 3l)
Mr. D: IV. HativeY, in conscquenee of being
elected a Member of the House of Commons, de-
clines offering himself .at the next election for
'Common-Couneilman for the City 'of London.
It is said that one-of the battalions of the Third
Regimen• of Guards has lately been inspected in
a very-winutebaanner, and that those soldiers,
with, from age or the state of their health, are
unfit for severe. duty, have been turned over to
the other battalions.
One hundred and eighty-four male convicts
have been removed from the Portsmouth hulks,
and put on board the Globe, for New South
Wales, on Thursday last. ,
To-morroW the prisoners who stand commit-
ted on charges of felony will be removed from
the gaols in London and Middlesex to Newgate,
preparatory to their taking their trials at the en-
suing Sessions at the Old Bailey, which commence
on Wednesday next. The Calender is one of the
heaviest ever remembered, there being upwards of
400 prisoners for trial,—The Sessions for Aliddle-
sex commence at the Sessions-house, Cie, kenwell.
green, on Monday next, the 7th inst.
BARTHOLOMEW FAIR.—To-MOrrOW, according
to annual custom, the LORD INIAYoR gees in grand
procession from the Mansion-house to Smithfield,
to proclaim Bartholomew Fair.
IMITATION TEA.—On Wednesday morning a
large quantitity of dried herbs, of various kinds,
curled in imitation of tea, was found lying on the
'west side of the Earthen Mound, by some boys,
who itioit carried it .aff,.oisdattered it in the wind.
'The imitation veis' very bad, both in regard to the
'curl and-the colour; but it had clearly been ma-
nufactered for the purpose of passing it for ge.
mine tea ; and it probably had been thrown out
by some nefarious trafficker, who had either nut
.been sufficiently versed in the art, or who had
taken the alarm at hearing of the numerous con-
victions for this crime which have taken place
elsewhere.--(Edinburgh Paper.)
ANECDOTE.--Some time ago, a professor of
training (well known in Nottingham), who
was suffering from a severe and painful illness,
which threatened the most serious consequences,
sent for art old friend to lay open his heart to
him, which he did in the following terms :—" I
am glad to see you ; I have not long to stay here,
and am now preparing for a better place ; I teal the
hand of death upon me, and secrets now are
of no use to me ; but I have sent to you, as an
old friend, to tell you, upon the faith of a dying
and honest man, whatever you do, don't bet
against Merlin for the St. Leger. I have gam-
moned many, but never gammoned you, but that
is all over DOW ; so, farewell, God bless you,
and he an honest man."—(Nottingham Journal)
The Grand Jury of. the County of Down, at
the last lAssizes, have, at the request of his Ma-
jesty's Post-Masters-General, presented a line of
mail-coach rota ~in part new, from Newtownards
to Belfast, containing in length SOO perches, be-
tween the market-house of Newtownards and the
4th mile-stone from Belfast, running by the north
side of Milecross and Ballyrogan mill dams, thro'
part of Killarn Glen, being thirty-seven perches
in Newtownards Corporation, three hundred and
twenty-five perches through Ballybarnes, eighty-
seven perches through Killarn, three perches
through Ballyrogan, two hundred and forty-six
perches throughl Greengraves, and thirty-six
perches through Carryreagh, all in the barony of '
Castlereagh ; 42 feet wide between the enclosures.
An alteration of- the -old line of road has been
long wished for, and we congratulate the public
that it is now about to be carried into effect, A
Committee of Noblenaeu and Gentlemen has also
been appointed to view the country between the
towns of Newry and -Ratbfriland, to lay out a
road on the best line of communication between
these towns, the present one being totally objec-
tionable.—(Dublin Correspondent.)
FOLSEIGN TRADR.--The forthcoming edition of
" The Practical Abridgment of the Laws of Customs
and Excise," by Mr. Pope, of the Bristol Custom
House, is, we hear, to be dedicated by permission
to Mr. BATHURST. It will be published in a few
days, and will Contain an enlarged statement of
all the regulations at present affecting our West
India and American possessions, the Liverpool
Dock Laws, and a variety of miscellaneous mat-
ters, but, above all, the American Navigation
Laws and Tariff.
As T. Franks, Esq. of Bristol, was going along
Piccadilly, opposite Devonshire House, towards
Hyde Park Corner, accompanied by his Lady,
on night, about I I o'clock, two villains
wel Sundayneach side of them, one of whom snatch-
ed off-Mrs. F.'s valuable shawl, anti the other took
Mr. F.'s gold watch and appendages, with which
they wade clear off.