The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-13 00:00:00

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MOON-Nam—
• In consequence of some information which had
been
:obtained by some officers belonging to this
office, they on Thursday evening apprehehded
Mrs
Brooks, a respectable whitesnilth in the Borough,
Stephen Cooper, his foreman, and Joseph Broad:
beret, a locksmith, on suspicion of their having been
Conct4rned in making the keys by means of which
Roberts effected his escape from Cold.bath.fields.
The parties were brought before G. Hicks, tsq.
Oo Tharsday evening, at a tare - boor,' and under-
went a twig Write eliabilnittine, Of 'wlikls the fa-
toeing are lhe *titillate • •
Mr: Brooks stated, that prior to the account 9r
Roberts's escape appearing in the papers, a persons
whom he did net knew came to him, and said hi
wanted to here tyro keis elide immediately, the'cinee'
Ol pock key, tile 'ifoar key ; that he bed
heen reobleitientlhd` hUh (Brooks) to have them'
Matle,by a respectable ironmonger in the Borough,
and olast have them that,nightt AS he was goingnuti
of town to Cheltenham the following Morning,,_anil
must take them pits tiro.: he was. to make thcelfdfr'
key frOm an inipreision soap, the
tither free% a Whorl' Which the person left of
Brooks wait to Bimetal ironmongers„tq,enn
deavOur to proctue
.tough key, but Could not
prooara one, as thedirensleni.of that waiita were'
opt common ; the bit wal not very large, but aide'
teas an pnustial lctigtli between the la skid O. 41*.
not leis thao'elglit or nine niches% -ha at hit west:
to Breadbent, and directed hint to make a key, from
theimpression.; Broadbent made the key, and de-
livered .it. to, Brooks that evening, nod 14hen the
person paged on hioi he delivered the keys, the itn.
prestion, and ihepedltiat 61111'1,1nd received 12e:,
for the tee kits. • •,
BratfillieM's statement cotroborated that of Mr.
Brooks, so far as related to his coming and giving.
directions to have the key made. Brooks appeared
very anxious to have the key made in time, atidetin.
Boiled at a 061k..house. in the neighbourhood..an
the time be was
atwork on it.. He.told Broadbest
to send for whatever he tweeted Ae drink whilst he
was making it, but the key must be done io time,
it.;was going 150 miles out d town. At filial
Btiadhent was not willing to Maki . the key,'lt
loOked so Mitch litie a prisbn keg, ind'iretit to we:
suit snithe friends before he mule it; they, however,.
advised him, as it was a usual thing to make
keys from such impressions, to make it. Redid so, •
and finished its by the hour mentioned' by Brooks,
who paid him Bs. for makinglt.
Stephen Cooper, fore Men tb Mr. &bilks, made
the Oadlock.key by his mistei's &dye.
Mr. Brooks, when first examined,, said he did
not know the person who gave: him the order to
make the ken: hut on tling pressed afteiwards,
he said he believed it was William Polkaed, the per-
son now in CuitirifY.
the Priabahre were *Warded for further exami-
nation on atntbrt day.

IN• •••

llortwa.—A desperate pitched battle was fought
an , Weduesdiy last. at Shirley Wake, between a
lapitb., hang ,intlehreted
gas: a pugilist, and . Thoinds
gfaliaip man of . a iesidetehle iiiriner in ' that neigh.
bouthoptli, Shirley is abbot Fie tilts 'fieinliar.
tailitgliinv; anittheWitenurse of spectators was very
lieut. The combatants met soon after three o'clockt
in "Loin formed in a.fieltl opposite the Red Lions
attended by their second and isottle.lhoiders. At
Jtalf.past three theY'Set.te. Aeill'adth *mend 'the
pmith Watt iollitak,lit'at,. iiii*?hglinade in ineffeitnet
(efftiritnitit 'hie 'man, he gave iti, after one of the
''.best contested battles ever seen in that part of. tbs.
country. The smith, who had fought repeatedly,
was never beat before, and was confident of tilde)/
at set tinpio. ~.
A fire 'brae out on Wednesday night, at •the
house of the Itev.•B. 'Guide, at Frimpton, about
'Steen miles from Dorchester, occasioned by the neg.
ligence of a servant-maid, in setting fire to the
,drawing.room curtains, during the absence 'or 'Mr.
qd,Dirs. Guble, who were on a visit ithiut a mile'
rilitant. 'The house was burnt to the grossed, and
not.` a 'single article of furnittire was saved, the
uiliting being chiefly of wood. A 'son of Mr.
Guide lost his life in the flames, and a maid-servant
was so shockingly burnt in searching for the child,
that she is not expected to survive. .
Thursday afternoon, as three yoeng men' who
reside at Deptford, were sailing in a plonsure.boat
off the the Isle' of Dogs near Limehouse, by a
sodden gust of wind the boat upset, and they were
launched into the' Stream. Fortunately, it, ship's
boat aiming to their immediate assistance, they were 6
'Aliened. feem, a sititery grave, and. landed 'safe on
iskeil.,.; Their delliererti were handsomely rewarded
'fot their hematittit and nativity, . , .
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A melancholy eient odeuTred at Lehr,' ett:tPrig.l
day evening last, to a man named Homer, belung.l
lug to the 37th reginient, quartered in the barracks
at that place, who. imprudently went to cut some{
turnips in an adjoining,field; when some person, at I
present unknown, discharged a gun loaded with
large slugs at him, many of which passed through'
his kidnies and liver. The poor fellow, who wall
a volunteer from the Northampton Militia, lingered
until next day, when he expired in the greatest mi.o,
sery. . . .
At Luton, Bedfordshire, on, Saturday ereittng, '
the 22d ult. the common pond, situated in rather
an elevated part of the town, which, as there had
been no rain for some weeks, was getting rather
shallow of water, suddenly filled, and continued
discharging a great quantity of water for some hours.
A similar phenomenon took place at the precise in.
stant the dreadful earthquake happened at Lisbon)
1
'in the year 1753.
The orders from every place, by post, from the'
Orkneys to the Land's End, flow with great redun-
dandy, as well as from every part of 'the metropo.
his, and the neighbouring villages, to the offices Of
, liroaxsnir and Co. for Tickets and Shares in.the pre.
.sent Lottery.—The last five Littteries. have prod need,:
among li GAMOW!' and, Co.'s friends the following re.'
;triarkable Capital Prizes t five of 20,0001. threwof
' 10,0001• four of 50001... five otiooorjen of'10(701.'
and:: twelve of 5001. at their ulti:eitattliilited State
tottery Offices,. 26,-Cornhill t 'and St' Mogartri:
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kills Borough. •