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London, England, 1818-08-05 00:00:00

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CONFESSIONS OF HUSSEY.
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The Kentish Gazette, in its account of the last '' i
moments of this wretched man, varies in some par- i '
ticulars from the other accounts we have seen, with , •
respect to the cOnfe•sion made by him. After • • • e
saying that he had " his suspicious," he is stated 9 Li
to have added, " /know of the robbery, and partook - t
of the plunder." Mr. BIRD% son, it is farther stated, • 1 1
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visited him in his cell, after he had taken the Sacra- I 14,
ment, and put the same question to him as Mr.
RLIDOR did, "Do you know who did this deed r To 4
which Hussey replied, " I did not see therm do it."
' When Mr. RUDGE had finished praying with him on
1 the scaffold, it appears that he again asked Hussey
if he was innocent of the murder? to which he re-
plied, " Yes, I ans." And when the Reverend Gen-
tleman re-ascended the scaffold a secoed time, at the
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request of Hussey, it is said that Hussey,. in a low '
voice, begged it to be understood, " that he corvi-
dared his to be a rightemesjudgment; that he was equally
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guilty in point of taw, brit not the murderer." ,
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Another Account.—After administering the Sacra- •ti. ' . i i
ment, Mr. RUDGE was left alone with Hussey, at his 1' i
request, and was with him for nearly two hours. h I 1 t• ' '
has been conjectured that most important cornmeal- e,
cations respecting the whole transaction were then
made, but nothing has, as yet, transpired. It is
c thought that Hussey's having desired to see Mr. 's
HUDGE on the scaffold, had a reference to it. To 4, '$ • • ,
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all inquiries on the stlbject, Mr. Renoe's uniform an•
swer has been, "itis a righteous judgment." '
We add the following important facts from The I
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Maidstone Gazette received this morning, the Con- , o
ductors of which "pledge themselves for the correct- :74 • i.
ness of the statement" tires publicly made:—
" A short time previous to Laving the prison, ht (Hussey) ,•
' promised the Rev. Gentleman (Mr. Budge) that he would, at
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the place of execution, answer ' Yes' or ' No' to the question
respecting the murders • do you kr.tow who did this deed?' He 1
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' said he was in the house after the murders were perpetrated; ',.11 ' I
I he committed the ralbery, but he did no. commit the- mural-a. -
lie also acknowledged that the gaiters found in his box were in i
' the house, and were sprinkled with the blood of the victims, as ;
he walked over dse bodies. Mr. Bird (son of the deceased Mr. .
Bird) also visited him in the cell, and in auswer to a question j I s:
from that Gentleman, he sod—' I did not see aces do it.
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r We feel great pleasure in stating that the poeulous
1 Town of Stockport continues to remain tranquil, butl\ '. \'•
- the spinners of Manchester have not yet returned to
their employment. A
MANCHESTER, 4.—Five
A Companies the , .1
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s 95th Regiment, under the conmtand of Major ADAMS,
marched into this town on Friday last, from Chester. • l• ',- 1
_ Monday William H. Davis, Robert Fry, and Sa-
e mud Holniyard, %vete fully committed to Southgate l I
a prison, for forging notes on the City Bank. in Fezeter.
e Tile He evzsr.—We are favoured v. ith the follow- I r ,
ing view of the state of the current crops, horn an . I
u intelligent Correspondent, in Kent :—Wheat, bar- t 1
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vest begun ; very abundant and fine; and straw
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L., quite as long as it is usually.--Oats, straw very ,
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short, ear full of seed, and as good as most years. 1,4 4 i
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—Beans, failed almost every where.—Pease, very bad i
pe and not many.—Hops very fiat:, and shew well; •
, I should the fine showers continue, will in most places
e•• `be plenty.—Barley, a very scanty crop every where. '.
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e—Apples abundant.—The general stave of the coon-
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try is much greener than nearer indo•i. The springs leare all as high and running as ever. It is now be-
„ ginning to resin, and we hope.it will continue. . .
D- The ,Marquis of Marrone% Gardener. at Rae-
st , cut, •
ley, early in the last month, in his LordshiPs
te Pinery, a pine, which weighed ten pounds ten ounces \ 1 if II;
st avoirdupoise.
CORN-EXCHANGE, MARS:-LANE, AUGUST .5--1-Tht •
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arrivals of Wheat and Oats from abroad this week
n_ have been very considerable; which, in aldition to the ', •',
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[r• immense quantity previously on hand, hes corn-
glutted the Market; and !teeing scarcely any
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21 demand this morning for both the above article., t ' t 111'
de sales were exceedingly heavy, and purchases might e'• 1
he have been made on loner terms than on Monday. In e.: ' 1
'o- Peas, Beans, and other articles, no alteration. ; :II;'*. ' I
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The supply of Grain is excessively abundant, no a )
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he less that 100 sail reached the River on Monday, with •: , iII
rte cargoes of Wheat, Barley, Sec. Although the decline 4, • ; ' i
in price has already been considerable, a further re- I • 1
_ duction must he the consequence. . l' •
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he DREADFUL. Acctover.—Saturday morning the fol. /
he_ lowing most lamentable and unfortunate occurrence •
ed took place, on Messrs. Houtteets' premises, in the
-as Second Back-lane, in Exeter. Three men, William
d_ Middlewick, Nicholas Eust ice, and William name !. l
oh more, were employed in making a pit, for the recep. r I 4 4
tion of the contents of a sewer. Middlewick having •
nearly completed an adit, was in the act of ascending • 1,
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;al 'the ladder, when he dropped his shovel, and, on his .
en returning for the same, need \ the whole contents of • lie
ia„ the privy burst upon him, and caused instant sun. I Id cation. His companion, Eustace, immediately de- . •
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of wended to his assistance, and 'ere he had got half
er- way down the ladder, the noxious vapour precipi-
tated him to the-bottom, and he sleeved a similer fate. i 1. ! •: i
en A thirJ man, William Finnemote, then went down, . •
b and he fell in ; and on a person, of the name of
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ty,
Giles Tozer, in the employ of Mr. G. Telma, iii- I i .
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its versmith, being apprised of the shocking citcum-
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stance, he volunteered his services, and he also tcll • 1
td_ from the ladder. Another man then went down, • 1
with a rope affixed round his body, who was imme- ,1 1 ')1 I i
ofs diately drawn up in a state of insensibility; in con,
the sequence of which no others could be found to under. . • I
take the haeardous task of descending the pit, until I ,e. I ' • t •
ice Mr. John Rouse, of Exeter, plumber, -having been in. 1 '4l. ' V
formed of the melancholy event, instantly repaired a,•
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tri_ to the spot, and, with that humanity which ought
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rxi_ never to be forgotten, went down the ladder, and .
succeeded in brining up three of the unfortunate ik
men, viz. Tozer, 'linnet:re:re, and i Middlewick, and •
with the assistance of a person named Risme% (Mr. I '
nto Rouse being nearly exhausted with his humane ef
gill forts), got up the other poor fellow, Eustace, whoa
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the together with Michllewick, were lifeless; and every ,
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ely means used for their recovery by several professional
an- 1 gentlemen proved ineffectual. Finnemoie and Tozer
ely were immediately put to bed in a very dingo-ore ( t ,lt: t
stete; and we are sorry to say, that on Monday more-
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.ge, ing, about six o'clock, the latter breathed his last...
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pth leaving a wife and one child, in the most indic . 4
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ide, I circums ances, to lament his unhappy demise. •
i nemore, we are informed, still lies extremely i 11.—.. i i A 4
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t to' Thus three individuals lost their lives—two of these
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•ss. I in the cause of humanity, in endeavouring to earl,"
1 tette a fellow-crzatere front .t pi c mature death.
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