Star.
London, England, 1818-04-04 00:00:00

BANFFSHIRE CLUB.

A most respectable Meeting of Gentlemen, con-
nected with 13anishire, was lately held at Free-ma-
sons Tavern, for the purpose el forming a Club
among the natives of that County resident in the Me-
tropolis; RICHARDBIRNIE, Esq. in the Chair. The
evening was spent with the conviviality for which
Banffshire has always been distipguished, and the ob-
ject of the Meeting was unanimously adopted. The
following Address, by one of the Members, was re-
cited on the occasion. The names in the first three
lines are those of the chief rivers of the county :
Frae Baron's Banks, and Spey's hoarse roaring tide,
Frae fertile Boyne, and Ida's haunted side,
Frae Birk-clad .fen, and Livat's lovely Glen,
And mony a Stream, that nameless shall remain ;
Here are we met: Frae these scenes, far awe!
Welcome! my Friends and Brothers, arse and a!
Here are we met, in frierely craks to join,
Live o'er agaiu " the days of auld tang sync ;"
Becal to mind each boyish prank and ploy,
And consecrate the hour to social joy.
Each by his side here meets his youth's compeer!
Ilis chosen friend! his bosom cronie dear !
The same wha vri him, in the days o' yore,
Tuned o'er the page of ancient Classic lore ;
Or lap the burn, or wi' him shook a fa',
Or ran a race, or kick'd the bounding ba',
Or danc'd wi lightsome heart, or pat the stone,
And kiss'd the lasses o'er and o'er again!
Since then far *Paced o'er this world sae wide,
A Scotsman's Enterprise our only guide,
In search of Honour's Wreath, or Fortune's Smile,
We've shred the Merchant's care, the Soldier's toll—
And braid each danger of the stormy main,
Inspied by Glory's call, or hied by gain:
Yet 'mid our days o' woe, our hours o' mirth,
Could ne'er forget the Sear that gave us birth ;
.But oft have paus'd amid our Worldly SuU.,
And sighed ! to find the bliss of real Life,
E'en while we bask'd in Pleasure's sunny beams,
Fall sae far short of Youth's romantic dreams!
Then tuned to scenes," endear'd by joys gone by,"
By all die treasur'd sweets of Memory.
To nurse those Friendships form'd in Life's glad morn,
Bre Care had planted in our breasts a thorn—
Ere Sorrow wrung the heart, or dimm'd the eye,
While Love was true, and Hope's young pulse beat high :
To nurse those Friendships—fan the Sacred Flame
Of warm attachment to our Native 'lame,
Awaken feelings that have slept for years,
Forgot 'odd Worldly Hopes, and Worldly Fears;
In short, to exercise each social power,
And snatch from Life's dull round one happy hour,
For this we meet ; and who around this Board
But feels, e'en now, as if, by magic word,
His heart-strings vibrate, as they did erewhile,
When first he parted from his Native Soil ;
Feels thro' his veins Life's current warmer flow,
And his whole soul with kindling rapture glow
Fill high the glass, and raise the merry sang,
Till Age forgets that he has lived sae lang !
Fill high the glass, till sparkles every eye,
Mantles on every Cheek the smile of joy,
And loud, loud swells the note of glad ning Revelry!

DISCOVERY AND APPREHENSION OF

CHARLES HUSSEY.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Iltaw-smarr.—Since the time of Hussey being
suspected of being the perpetrator of the horrid
crimes at Greenwich, the Magistrates and Officers
belonging to this Office have been indefatigable in
their exertions to trace and apprehend him. fhe last
account that was heard of him in London was on
Sunday se'anight, at the Lamb public-house, near
Fitzroy Market, where he drank some pepperment
with his brother, of whom he took leave, and said he
was going into the country. Adkins traced him from
there to Basingstoke, where all direct knowledge of
him was lost. The officer went to Burton in Dorset-
shire, where his wife was living with her relations,
and had lately been confined in child-bed ; she and
her family were extremely shocked on learning the
crimes with which he was charged ; he had not been
there nor had they heard any thing of him. Most
of the officers have been in various directions after
him where there has been any suspicion of his being,
but they were not so fortunate as to find him. On
Thursday morning, however, the agreeable intelli-
gence was brought to the Office of his being taken at
Deddington, in Oxfordshire, a small town sir miles
from Banbury, 18 miles from Oxford, and 12 from
Woodstock. The information was brought by the
Agent in London of Mr. Field, an attorney of Ded-
dington, who stated that he had received a letter
from Mr. Field, informing him that Hussey was taken
in that town, and that he would be brought to Lon-
don by the constable, accompanied by a man to as-
sist in keeping Hussey secure, and also by himself.
The letter also stated, that they should travel in the
Woodstock coach, till within the last stage of Lon-
don, and then should come from there in a post.
chaise, to avoid bustle and confusion on their arrival
in London, from having such a character with them.
This conuntinication excited a considerable degree of
interest at the office. In the course of the day the
information was sent to Greenwich, in consequence
of which, Mr. BICKNELL the solicitor, of that place,
who has exerted himself, and taken such a great in-
terest in endeavouring to discover the murderer, and
other Gentlemen of that town, came to the office to
see Hussey on his arrival, and to be present at his ex-
amination ; a brother of Hussey's, a sawyer, in Tot-
tenham-court road, on learning his brother was taken,
came to the office to wait his arrival.
At four o'clock the Magistrates and others were
assembled, in anxious expectation of the arrival of
Ilussey, and in this state of suspense they were kept
for near three hours. At half-past five a messenger
was sent to the inn where the VI oodstock coach drives
to, where it was ascertained that the coach had ar-
rived, but had not brought such passengers as the
Ic-ter from Deddington described. Some little doubt
then began to be entertained of the correctness of the
information. On application, however, to the Gen-
tleman who brought the information, he said he had
no doubt of the letter being the hand-writing of Mr.
Field, he having been in the constant habit of re-
ceiving letters from him upon business for a consi-
derable length of time ; besides, there was a letter from
another person upon the same subject, and he had ne
doubt but that something had happened to prevent
their travelling in the way the letter described. At
length, a little before seven, all suspense was relieved,
by a hackney coach driving to the door, in which
were Mr. Field, the constable, and Hussey, hand-
cuffed to a man. Hussey was delivered into the cus-
tody of Adkins and Vickery, who conveyed him into
their room, and after he was released from his hand-
cuffs, the officers proceeded to search him very mi-

nutely. On taking off his boots, something dropped
out of one of them,,which proved to be a large ring,
supposed to be set with diamonds. It was asked
if
he had been searched in the country ? It was an-
swered that he had, but it was admitted that his
boots had lex been taken off. He had slept in them,
and they were cleaned on his feet yesterday morn-
ing. The account Hussey gave of the ring being in
his boot, was, that when he went to the privy it fell
out of his fob into his boot.,—He gave the following
account of being possessed of the ring. It was among I
the things.
Q. What things?—A. In the bundle in which the
things were which I found against a tree in Mr.
Smith's grounds at Greenwich.
Q. Is that the account you mean to give of the
ring ?—A. Yes, it is; I have no other account to give.
Mr. Blame, the Magistrate, entered the room, and
inquired of Mr. Field, if the prisoner had been com-
municative on the road to London, and if he had said
arty thing respecting the crimes with which he was
charged ?
Mr. Field replied, he had been communicative, but
denied being guilty of the charges alleged against him.
After he had been searched, and had dressed him-
self, he was taken into .the Office, placed at the btr
with Adkins and Vickery on each side of him, and Mr.
BIRNIE commenced the examination of the prisoner.
John Poulton, the man who discovered and ap-
prehended the prisoner, stated that he keeps a public-
house, at Deddington, in Oxfordshire, and is the
constable of the parish. On Tuesday night two men
came to his house, one of them a lath render and the,
other a tradesman of Wolvercot ; they called for
supper and beds, with which they were accommo-
dated. They left his house about six o'clock on
Wednesday morning; they told him their business
in travelling was being in pursuit of the prisoner,
and they described his person very accurately to him,
and said he had a gold ring upon his person, with
the remarkable inscription on it—" To the memory
of six children." The men did not say how they
knew the prisoner was in that part of the country, or
that he had such a ring as they described on his per-
son. They left Isis house for Banbury, saying they
were going there in pursuit of him. After the men
had left his house, he went and read the Oxford news
•
paper, in which he saw the prisoner advertised as
described by the men. Soon after nine o'clock, he
saw the prisoner pass his house, and his person an-
swering the description given by the men, and in the
advertisement, he went out and followed him ; he
saw him go into the shop of Mr. William Ryman, a
next door neighbour, where he learnt lhat he had
sold a waistcoat for two shillings, and had inquired
for a painter in Deddington, saying he was a painter.
The _prisoner went from Mr. Ryman's shop to the
Tap of the King's Arms Inn, where he had some
bread and cheese, and a cup f beer. Witness asked
a neighbour of the name of Churchill to accompany
him : they watched and followed the prisoner from
the Tap of the King's Arms to a farm-yard, which
he supposed was a thoroughfare, and finding it was
not returned again, which convinced him the priso-
li
ner was a stranger, and he then went up to him
boldly, and said he must go with him, as he had
strong suspicion he was the man advertised ; the pri-
soner, after some hesitation, confessed his name was
Charles Hussey. On his taking him to his house, he
proceeded to search him, and found a watch, and a
pocket-book with a ring in it, part of the property
stolen from the late Mr. Bird's house.
Mr. BIRNIE addressed the prisoner and said, "this
constable has brought you here, I presume you know
the charges that arc against you." The prisoner de-
nied that he did.
The Magistrate informed him he was charged with
aiding and assisting in murdering Mr. Bird and his
housekeeper, and robbing the house, at Greenwich.
Prisoner.—" I know no more about it than you do,
your Worship. I acted like a villain in not making
it known when I had the things (meaning the things
which he said he found against a tree in Mr. Smith's
grounds, at Greenwich), and which were stolen from
Mr. Bird's house."
When Mr. Poulton, the constable, was searching
the prisoner at Deddington he asked him for the
ring which the men who had been at his house had
described as having the inscription on it—" To the
memory of six children." The prisoner . admitted
that he had such a ring, but had thrown it down the
privy at the Tap of the King's Arms Inn, at Ded-
dington, where, on examination, the ring was found,
wrapped up in a piece of rag, and which he produ-
ced to the Magistrate. This is also supposed to be
part of Mr. Bird's property.
Mr. BIRNIE called upon Mr. Bicknell, the solicitor,
to identify the prisoner as the man charged with the
murder of Mr. Bird, his housekeeper, and robbing
the house.
Mr. Bicknell said he was not able to do that, as he
did not know that he had ever seen Hussey before.
The Magistrate, in reply, said, he presumed he
could swear that Charles Hussey was charged with
the murder of Mr. Bird, and that he suspected the
prisoner to be the man.—This Mr. Bicknell agreed to.
Here Sir NATHANIEL CONANT entered the Office.
Mr. CONANT was also present.
The examination proceeded. Mr. Poulton, the
constable, stated, that the prisoner had been in Ded-
dington about an hour and a half previous to his ap-
prehending him; he had been at the Plough public-
house, where he had two pints of beer. The prisoner
denied to him any knowledge of the murders or rob-
bery, but admitted being in possession of the stolen
property. The watch found on him was numbered
345, and made by Miles Patrick, of Greenwich.
A pawnbroker's duplicate was found upon the pri-
soner by Vickery, for a ring, which was dated a few
days after the murders and robbery.
The Magistrates told the prisoner it would be ne-
cessary for him to account for being possessed of the
things which had been stolen. The prisoner in reply
said, that between four and five o'clock on the Sun-
, day afternoon after the murders and robbery, he saw
a man get over a wall into Mr. Smith's grounds at
Greenwich ; he ran to follow him, and saw him put
a bundle, which he was carrying, down against a
large tree and leave it there, and then ran again.
Curiosity led him to the spot, and opening part of
the bundle, he saw two watches and the handle of a
silver soup ladle. He left the bundle then as he
found it. On the Saturday afternoon following he
went to the spot again, and found the bundle against
the tree, exactly in the same state as when he left it.
He denied that the waistcoat which he sold to Mr