The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-08 00:00:00

of the name of Ru,sjil alone kept she

Aris 'Slept •in the Governor's house, and, he had the
means of taking the prisoners through the house, if
he thought proper. D. Aris • used to walk in thi.t..
garden with Rob,irts, and he was a jod deal with
him. Witness had told him he paid too great re-
'sped to Roberts, which was the observation of
others, as he always staid a long while with hno
when he had occasion to carry any thing to
There was no other prisoner pertWtted,the ind.,l-
- of. walking in the garden but Roberts,' and
the Governor knew of these favours'.

Samuel' Winsell, a turnkey under D. Aris, in
that part of the prison where Roberts was con6ned,
deposed, that he iSsisted in locking up on th 'even-
ing of the 27th of August,._ and that the ,Govel nor
and D. Arts 'were present ; and alter Roberts had •
been shut in, the Governor tapped at his door, and.
wished him good -night.•, Witness foufid. ail tire
gates of the passage open in the morning, arid he
queStiOned the youth, M.‘l\lamara, to tell if he •
knew who had been there, and he observed there
would be a precious row. iVl•Namara informed
Winsell that his young. master, D.' Ails had been
there, as he had heard him in the night Wit-
ness gave information to Mr. Hasell, the Clerk,: ;Ina
communicated 'what the boy M'Namara, had in-
formed him, which led to an examination berore
the GOvernor. ' In some, conver.ation wittreis had
with D. Aris, the latter said M‘Namara had been
brawling to his father...
Mr..Hasell, the Prison Clerk, seated, that Roberts
Was brought in custody to the ..priSon oh the 15th of
August,, arid escaped on the 27th. Witness had
been informed by Paull, one of the watchmen,
that the SWELL (meaning R,ibeits) had asked !ruin
to sit up with him to pass away isotne tedious hours.
He said that D..Aris had sat up with him ; but wit-
ness cautioned the turnkey riot to do so, whatever
Daniel Aris might think prof er to do. Governor
Aris frequently conversed with -Roberts, and. ire
went. out in Iris (Roberts's) chaise, on the 18th of
August. Paull, the watchman, had stated'to wit—,
ness that it was not of much use to lock up the-
- prisoners 'when the. turnkeys were going backward
and. forward though the gates after such locking up.
All the Aris's had keys ;' and'there Were two bro-'
thers of. D. Aris omthe books, Thomas and.Cha.les,
the latter of whom, had -235. a' week, but he had not
done any duty in the prison for two years.
These were the only deposituinsi ar Mirlborough-
street.Office. There were four other, persons, pri-
soners in Coldbath-fields, who gave evidence betore
the Committee, but their; testimony went, only or
corroboration of the intimacy which subsisted be-
twixt the Aris's and Robert;. ,
The Magistrate informed the prisoner, that his
duty "was.to commit him for felonicusiyaiding and
abetting in the escape of Roberts and Harper, and Ire
direded'a warrant of coutmittal .to be made out ac-
cordingly.
The prisoner was committed for trial, but he will
be brought up again.

CO).ONEL DOWNIE'S THIRD SALE OP SPANISH
SHEEP.—Th.ursday morning 33 Paular rams, and
95 Paular ewes of different ages,. a further part' of
he. Sheep presented by the Supreme 'Regency of
Spain to Colonel Downie, from the confiscated
flock of the Prince of Peace 'which-was 'shipped .
Lisbon on the 14th of July last, were sold at
ton, by Mr. Daniel Smith. The 33 'rams produced
4801. 75. '6d.5 or 141. 1 ts..9d. nearly each, on the
'average. -71:11e 95 ewes produced 13141. 12c.,; or ,
131-. 16s. 3d. each,' on the averake: the total
amount of the sale being 17941.-19 s. 6d. Sir Jol;n ,
Sinclair, the Honourably Mr. Burrell, John. Mai'-
iat d,
Esq.' and many agriculturists of distinction
were present. •