The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-29 00:00:00

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A public-house, at the corner of New-street
and Broad-street, Carnaby-market, .was.attempt-
ed to be robbed during the night of Sullday. The
house had been entered by some-one, by means
of breaking the glass of a fan-light over the back
door. The 'robber bled profusely, as is supposed
by the glass eluting him, and he was traced through
the _lower part of the house by blood, and ulti-
mately out at the street door. Several things
were removed, but nothing was carried away.
• The house of -Mr. COLY,EAR, in Newton-build-
ings,. New-road, Paddington,- was entered by
thieves on Saturday night, and robbed of plate
and other articles to the amount of more than 1001.
with which the robbers got off.
'Thursday aS Mr. CHARLES WILSON, of Black-
wall, in company with his brother-in-law, and
two more friends, were returning home about 11
o'cldck at night, from the East India Dock Ta-
vern, where they had been spending the evening,
they were attacked by'a party of men armed with
bludgeons, nearly opposite the Dock gates. Mr.
WILSON and his friends made a spiriteffresistanee,
but one of them unfortunately had his leg broken,
ant; in all probability. would -have lost . his life,
but for rite sentinel at the gate, who came with a
fixed bayonet, on -whose 'approach the ruffians
made their escape.
The house of Mr. JEFI,ERIES,I)f Covent-garden
Theatre, was robbed a few nights since of linen,
&c. &e. _ _

M'Nichotas, lately belonging to the •
Dock-yard, at Deptford., had occasion 10 go• to
WoolWich Dock-yard, on Thursday, and met with
three decent looking men, who on his' 'saying he
would return to Deptford again, proposed to ac-
company hint, saving they were going that road,
which he accepted. When they reached the bot-
tom of Shooter's-hill one of them stepped out be-
tore him, and turning; hack presented a pistol, and
rather in a polite manner demanded his money.—
Another of them -CalllC behind and pinioned both
his arms, while the • third rifled his pockets, and-
took his pocket-book, containing a proimsssory
note for .201. and fire one-pound notes; They
returned hint souse loose silver he had in his -
pocket, and jumpag across the hedge, made their
escape across the fields.
May robberies have lately been committed i:4 Colchester
and the neighbourhood; three men who,had been in the
town for tome thile as strangers were suspected, but not on
sufficient cause to apprehend them. The last rubbery com-
mitted wlis.a burglary in a watchmaker's, in Colchester ; and
soon after,' three men were seen by one unobserved by them,
at midnight, hiding property under a dunghill ' • the man who
watched them caused them' to be, apprehended, when they
were found to be the three strangers. On examining the
dunghill, the articles proved to be time-pieces and other va-
luable property, stolen from the watchmaker's. shop. They..
underwent several examinations before the Mayor, &c.; they
said their names were ./okir Rickards, James Gardener, and,
Richard Brown. It came out that previous to their coming
to Colchester, they liven at Sudbury,. in Suffolk, where they
were suspected of robbing a. travelling Jew who sold
glasses,weather-
while he was in a public-houseinSndbury, and fell a-
sleep. I'hey were suspected of lobbing until of his pocket-book,
containing two ltnry notes of 51. each, and four Bank of Eng.-
land notes of 11. each. Witnesses were produced to prove:
that the prisoners' lodged together in Sudbury. Brown was
proved to have been in the room eating a red herring when
the JeiN was asleep and was robbed; and on searching Brown
the peeketzbook was ;Wind (whim. Richards was suspected.
to have been in Company with Brown at the sathetime, but
his Person could not be poSitivelyadentilied. About a fore-
filgat since BrOwn escaped from prison, assisted by-a soldier -
who was confined there, by means of a knife, which, howei-er,
he was prevented from effecting by the soldier giving him
up, just as he was leaving prison, and informing the jailor
thereof. -He was,, in conseriunce,. prevented-and secured,
and`afterwards removed to a sti'oetg room, and doubly ironed.
He. remained there about- tea days, but effected his com-'
plete escape on Sunday night last. In the saute room his,
companion Gardener was- confined, but not doublY ironed,
he not having endeavoured to escape. shown procured as-
sistance irons without the prison, by applying- to annul 'sass-
ing by, through the iron railing, and whom he feed to pro-
cure him a small saw and giiiiblet, *Which he raised into his
room by. means of strips from his .blanket. He then bored-
holes with the gimblet, which enabled him to saw through',
the ending with: the siit.all saw, and aftewarns through two
thick joists, me.asuring 7 inches by 5, by which means lie broke
through the 4-afters to the top a-the building :
,his compa-
nion, Gardener, followed Isisn, although very reluctantly, be-
t ing fearful of detection. When they got to the top of the pri-
son, they bad no means of getting down, and on account
of it's great height; they
,were tearful of being killed.-
- Brown's ease because 'desperatel and he observed to
his companion,. Gardner, -that their necks might as well
be broken in an attempt -to escape as in any miser tray,
mid began to let himself down; he fell on his feet, as
it is supposed, from- the weight of Isis irons ; he thought
he had broke his, back front the fall, bet soon -reco-
vered himself, and -prevailed on Gardener to follow his ex-
ample, which he did,a7nd Brown broke his fall by catching hint
in his arms, he being very strong and active. They proceeded
through Colchester unobserved, about 10 o'rlock: Gardener:
walked with little difficulty, having but one iron on,which he
- concealed. Brown, however, had great difficulty, being
double-honed and chained; lie was only able to take very
short sieps,.and when Ise met any person' he went to the
wall and stopped.- • They went -to the back part of the
Duke ,of York
,public-horse, a little beyond the Barracks,
where Brown concealed himself in a cart, 'while three,'
respectable-looking men, who had been drinking freely,
promised to get seine stonemason's tools to get off his irons.
Gardener also went in pursuit of means to get Brown's irons
off. During the time they were gone, unfortunately fur Brown,
the owner of the premises' and cart laving been repeatedly
robbed lately, was going round his premises, and found Brown
in the cart, and: having no doubt of his being a thief, seized
him; his chains soon discosered that he was a prisoner es-
caped. - He was therefore conveyed back to the prison under
an escort of soldiers, and was chained to the floor, to prevent
another escape. Gardener escaped, and: has not since been
heard of.
On MOnday, Brown and Richards were re-examined be-
fore the MAYOR, &e: of. Colchester when James Smith and
Rahen, belonging to tile Public Office, Bow-street, attended,
anti identified Brown as answering the description of the
man indicted for rubbing and wounding Capt. Partridge, of
Islington, as he was returning- home a short time 'since
through the Shepherd and Shepherdess-fields. Brown was
then in company with two other robbers, one of whom is now
under sentence of death in Newgate. He was, in eunse-
quence, delivered to the officers of justice, as was his coin-
panifin, Richards, on stispiiiion of divers felonies. Yesterday
morning the Officers arrived in town with them. They were
examined at Bow-street, andsommitted fur further investi-
gation. '