The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-29 00:00:00

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'BREA 'KING Our. .o_l.i. PRI SOY.

CPO*. -fir ~•
Oa Sim:l4.y evening-
,at o'giorls, the follow-
t,
ing.pitsoners, who.lotve been eitint„o ty' com.iclen,
init whose f„entence-h‘as been commuted tii'trari.-
11,)rtation for hie, broke out of Is:.cAvv(e.'"Tite
offence.; of which they were ftitintr
builtyirredtr-
ucxeil. to their names • - '

,liaines Hickey, - Thomlq end' Martriee
Healey, fOr titirttiary; Solominviloteerman„ Jahn
Ilardy, and John Harriaoa, for horse-stealing.'
Healey W,ts prevented from joining his cont..,
panions by the spitit Of'an old...woman.who re-
aided on the premises into which, they wade their
stay from the place of confieernent.'-lie. was shin.
into a small yard, from which there was no pus-
sihility of making. an ..tumediate escapes; 11nd of
course was Obliged
.10 remaiu there until the alarm
was giveN,,anil the keel eis and.otlicers, who a,.
aerObledlir treat intiobera, after there had been a
very great necessity for them, arrived. •
The following is the substance of the cambia-
tioo of Healey., %AO teas conducted to Mr. New-
tnan's house, where the Lord Mliyor bad already
arrived
He at first denied that he knew_any thing of -a
premeditated plan to escape from prison ; but
when he was assured rif his-danger:in case of his
Weald to deciare'ell lie knew, he became more
communicative. ilealien said—b'a.hegge'l 4“ he
understood as a grata, not onlyinnocetit of pri-
son-breaking, but of the crime for which he. sums
confined in that prison—that the five men,whetet
he follOweil had been working for their escepe
five days, that the horror of trtrusportation for
lite made them despera•e etrotigh. tti atireibpt any
•
thing, and that it wai by Mere, itecident .he lie -
came acquainted with their intention. -.His first
impirlse Was to prevent the crime by alarming the,
keeper, but when he reflected; it did not appear
so great a crime.' Beside: they had told him the
would just ,breathe the`freshair and return. Ii
the room where they were all confined there was.
et cupboard large enough to contein a man with-
out cramping him. This. cupbuard:was,in the-di-
rection of Warwick-square, and. the prisoners hi a.
days accomplished the tirsk'roLcutting through the
wall, wbigit consisted of bricks and timber ot
digioua thickness, by which a Very extensive area.
presented itself They left a thin part nioete..
tween them and the open ail:, until it was dusk op
Sundayeyening,' when they pulled it inside, and
formed a hole large enough to admit them through
it. 'Healey was riot in irons, because . his lees
were enfit either for their weight or pressure ; the'
others were ; but Solomon Bowerman,-who hod'
a file, frted himself Irma his 'while the other foot~
were muffling theil bolts. Gulliver was the first
at the hole ; lie looked out to see. whether the
watchmen on Abe, roof of ,NeWrgate were attentive
to their duty : 110 watchman •.was to be Seen.
the prisoners got out upon the top of the pt isotil
but upon I,.oking round they saw nothing hut
death, and ulon looking through time hole-they
saw nothing butt trans-ortniion. - The walluirCre
so high, and the eirterprize appeared so feaofulan
every respect, that they would have repente.;, fiat
th Bowerman pent them in 11,irri'by•isityin1, Le'd
bring imp the rugs. alt, their deliberation they
had nut once irit'itpon the -necessitytif li, Ving
a lope, or a sttbstitute far a rope. Bowerman
went through -the hole, and returned, drai.toag
atter him the rugs *ith which they.used `to certi•er
themselves. nose they tore. in long pieces, tied
together, and suspended troacthe ramparts. Tfiry
descended without hurt into the yard Of a prirare
houseA and having liatenedat the back door fur
moment, Bowerman tried the latch, which aid.
miffed- them ; but the moment he entered the
kitchen an .old WOMAn stood full in his view. it
was too late for ceremony i he dashed by tier, and
was followed with gm eat speed by. all teieuds,
except Healey, who loitered, and was shut into
the yard; Healey declared, that so anxious wrio
he to
,return, that lie attempted to mount by the
means he had used in descending.
The five other men have not yet been sivre-
headed. Mr. Newman obeyed the sum of V. for
the apprehension of each of them, iu addition to
the reward-from Govt:U.4ll)mq of 1201.
The
,140ap MAYOR Wilt at dintier at the' Man-
sion 'house when intelligence was brought. to"-trim
that a terrible riot had taken place in 'lsietigjaie.
He , instantly left his guests, among whom was
the Mayor of Exeter, and went to Newgate. It
is an extraordivarreireumstanee that Le could
not get a single officer to attend him. Upon this
subject lie Made some comments' in the Mansioe•
boase yesterday, and deelarvd that he would so
regnlate the police that 200 offieces should tie
ready at less than 10 minutes' warning to attend
the Chief Magistrate upon ring emergency r- and
that if the disturbance which prevailed had been a
riot instead ofithexestilt of an escape, the .eoust
quences might have been tnint alarming.