The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-15 00:00:00

GAOL

.
STAFFOILD, TIISDAY. —A deep-laid plan to break
out of the gaol here was. discovered yesterday morn-
ing., by the active and. intelligent.:, Governor, Mr.,
Drutton. It appeared that•a large body of the pri-
soners confined in one wing of the building had ar-
ranged to secure the turnkey on entering the day-
room, and, after securing him, so that he could neither
offer any resistance nor crrout, to pOssess themselves
e the-keys, one of which they had ascertained would
open a room immediately adjoining, in which fifty or
sixty stand of arms were deposited. . There is little
doubt that had the prisoners succeededin possessing
themselves of the keys and the arms, they would have
accomplished their. object—getting outside the build-
ing. Ellis, one /of the prisoners, who•has been con-
victed at the present Special Commission, and
several other of the convicts, were engaged
in the plot, and from :the desperate cha-
racter of many of the .party„and the small
number of military stationed in the prison, there was
every probability, had the, Governor not received
timely intimation, the plan would 'have completely
succeeded. The 'most', efficient art arigements were
immediately made for the security of the prison ; the
several doors opening upon the yards and day rooms
being strengthened with iron bolts and bars, and some
old iron doors, which were not.in User. having been
applied to secure the various passages. Several inti-
mations had teen-previcitth' received that such a de-
sign was in contemplation; but the' reports were be•
lieved.to be unfotmded, arid it Was -otiTST on the very
eve of the outbreak, which was fixed for the following
night, that positive information was forwarded to the

RIOT AT ENTWISTLE.
Jahez :Birch, William Tooth], and William Bridge,
were given in charge for having
boon concerned in a
riot at Entwistle, near I3olton-le-Moors,
The Jury acquitted Bridge and convicted the other
two prisoners, recommending them to mercy.
The Court adjourned at a quarter after six o'clock
to nine this morning.
(Before Mr. Justice CaEsswELL.)
MITnIiCES ON THE CONVICTED PRISONERS.
George ThOttiton, Joseph Webb, James Melbourne,
and Patrick O'Brien, convicted of having, at Man-
chester, feloniously begun to demolish the mill and
were first put forward.
sentence un them in an ad-
d') rr eeismisi si
social; °conofniji ss
;I diblenPr apPbarlseesseltdeonng, th . H e said the prisoners
were without excuse for their conduct, even if they
alleged that they had been led on to commit their
atrocities by men more wicked than themselves It
was true
that,had been experienced, and persons were without em-
ploy; remarkable feature in the
butit% va fors a somei,.€ry time before, much distress
present disgraceful transactions, that a single criminal
had not been brought before the Court who was him-
self suffering from privations, or driven to the ex-
cesses by either want of employment or want of the
means of subsistence. It was those who had been at
work—those who had the means 0
subsistence, that
had chosen to become the most active in creating and
°.
fomenting the disturbances. The conduct of the pri-
soners had been particularly bad.
hard labour in the
The sentence of
, and Melbourne
tae6nrfiaoaptnpaetared to have been a the
should Courtbe imprisoned was,
and Thornton,
iceptlltroe b b
House of Correction for twelve-calenadeadrimonths
Mitchell, and
labourt ha t O'Brienfe
r s
six
shouldcalendar be imprisoned
months.
His Lordship next sentenced John Cannon, George
"beeayroencid the fact of
of being pre-
assembly,;haaannr(d:
Thornton,nloitistoi)ave
Barney
Collins,
had
beenu3 inelal]eandelev:hf-
iaueersltdteedr .
Lord-
ships e
assistingn pre-
sent,
afiodr
imtnhi
alitg Thornton
creatinghp oarrnt
ring-
leader on the occasion. Some of the others were
la,losro
tvaehreynaacnti; es,barwleiilien mtboer et
roafntshaeemt i 0
na
their having been present. A distinction might,
stuliceirlefaorge,rabvee meffaedneeel:ectna-ncennent,heseveral
Thornton, and Har-
rington should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour
for twelve calendar months, and all the others should
be confined for six calendar months.
His Lordship next sentenced Joseph Thomas, John
Oldham, John Edwards, Ellis Hall, John Lever, John
Holmes, and Michael Clegg, convicted of being mem_
of
bers of an unlawful assemblk and creating a serious
riot at the mill of Messrs. irley and Co.,
that M
all
of
an-
chester. The sentence of the Court was,
them, except Clegg, should be imprisoned and ke to
hard labour in the House of Correction for twelve
calendar months, and that Clegg should be impri-
soned and kept to hard labour for three calendar
months.

His Lordship next sentenced Abel Maley, James
Ingham, William Hughes, Thomas Morris Thomas,
Layland, James Harrison, James Ashley, Samuel.
Sigley, and William llarret, who had been convicted
of being engaged in a riot at Ashton-under-Lyne.
The sentence of the Court was, that Sigley and Harret
should be imprisoned and -kept to hard labour for
nine calendar months, and that all the others should
be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve
calendar months.
Edward Walsh,
Patrickins
LMooordsnheyip, Patrickilezt tesFenernnsc,eTdhomas Tinan, and
John Calvert, who had been convicted of having
stolen ss. from Thomas Snibson, at Manchester. In
doing so, he said they had been convicted of a robbery