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

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The late rains and easterly galley tbo.llittreVith the
moan's attraction, occasioned yeeteeday effie-trif the '
highest 'tides known dating many leaves Soon after
two o'clock, the water flowed over the pike at 'Black- "*.
friars-bridge. The platform et the stept on the city
side wai covered by at least three feet of water.; the
wharfs were inundated, and elf business emended • s. •
during an hour. in one Instance, R. coalssraggott, .„;..
taking in coals near the old' Batge-Urinee.,
.was Iw-
mersed by the fiend up to the horses' shoulders.—
At the timber wharf adjoining the qtrand-bridge,
the waiter, rushed over the wlible mass of timber,
and fejt like a torrent into; the low grounds cut the
other.side of the road. The tide 'rese to high at the
temporary bridge by the Strand Bridge, as to leave
no room for boats to pass thristigis. There is a
court in Narrow-wall, named Limetree-court,
containing about twenty houserie• inhabited by
hard-working people: this place was laid under
j water. The inhabitants were washed out of the
ground floor, and confined to the first story. The
, water was several feet above thesteps of the deers, and
the whole scene became truly distressing. The water
forced through the houses above the Green Dragon in
Yedlar's Acre, with rapidity, and made the way im-
passable; but passengers (nand the most itaterruptiim
on the bank by Lambeth Palace. There was one
sheet of water from the end of the Bishop's Walk to
Lambeth Church. %Vatermen attended with their
wherries, and conveyed persons across to the Chorch.
The same sort of flood extended along the bank to
Vauxhall, and the people were washed out of their.
houses. On the London side of the river the same
inconvenience was felt, and the damage sustained on
the different wharfs and wareltbuses below-bridge
' must be immense. The tide returned at two o'clock,
A. M., and rose much higher than in the day, it is,
however, reasonable to suppose, that the owners of
property removed it in time to prevent further in-
jury.

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POLICE.

Bow-sTnerr.—A great number of robberies have
. lately been committed in Colchester and the neigh-
bourhood ; three men, strangers in the town, were
suspected. The last robbery was in a watchmaker's
at Colcheiter, mid soon after three men were ob-
served hiding property under a dunghill, and were •
apprehended. On examining the dunghill, a
time-pieee and some other valuable articles, the
property stolen from the watchmaker's shop, were
found. They underwent several esaminatiesis
before the Mayor and blagistrates, in the course of
which it appeared that their names were J. Richards,
James Gardener, and Richard Breton; that, previ-
ous to their coming to Colchester, they lived at Sad-
bury,in Suffolk; that, during that time, they were
. suspected of robbing a Jew in a public-house in
Sudbury, while asleep, of hit pocket-book, contain-
ing several bank-notes.
Evidence was produced to prove that the Priioners
lodged together in Sudbury; that Brown was in the
room eating a red herring at the time when the Jew
was asleep; and that, on searching him, the pocket.
book was found upon Mm. Richards's. person eeeld
oat be positively identified.
About a fortnight since Brown attempted his escape
from prison, but was prevented, and removed to a
strong room, and double ironed. Ile remained there
about 10 days, and effected his complete escape ors
Sunday night last. Gardener was confined with him,
but not double ironed. It appeared that Brown. had
' procured a small saw and a gitablet from outside the
prison, which he raised into his room by means of
strips of his blanket. Ile then bored holes with the
Igimblet; which enabled him to use the small saw,
with which he separated two thick joists, measuring
' seven inches by five, which enabled him to reach the
top of the building; hiscompanion Gardener followed
him. From the top of the prison they had no means
of getting down • however, Brown's case being despe.
rate he proceeded to lei himself down, and fortunately
fell on his feet. When he had recovered from hit fe"
he prevailed on Gardener to follow hi* mtimple,
`Brown breaking his fall by catching bins in his errs.
I They proceeded throw* the to tvo of Colchester on.
observed, it being then about W o'clock. Gardener
walked w:.h IP' ie ,), no' dilfiesity. having bet one
iron Mt , *l4iol he was ebahled to conceal • Brown
k nad grt at difficotty, being double-ironed anti chained.
Tl,ey p• t, ,'. I to the back part of the Duke of
Yo-k I ...ic-hoitse, a little beyond the barracks,
...ilere Brown concealed himself in a cart, while three
Irespectable-looking men, who had been drinking,
promised to get some stonemason's tools to get off
his irons; Gardener also went in pursuit of men
to get B.'s irons off. During the time they
were gone, unfortunately for Brown, the man who
owned the premises and cart, having been repeatedly
robbed, was going round to see it all was secure,
when lie found Brown in the cart, and seized him,
his chains discovered that he had escaped from pri-
son ; he was, therefore, conveyed' back ander an
escort of a file of soldiers, when he was chained to
the floor, to prevent another escape. . Gardener was
more successful, not having since been heard of.
On Monday Brown and Richards underwent,ants,
they examination at Colchester, when James Smitis
end Ruthen, belonging to the Public Office, Bow.
street, attended, and identified the Prisoner Brown,
as answering the deactiption of the man who stands
Indicted for robbing afid wounding Captain Partridge
-s Islington, as he:Was returning home a short time
since through the Shepherd and Shepherdess Field.,
in company with two-other robbers, one of whom is
now under metopes of death in Newgate. Ile wag,
in consequence, delivered to the Officers, :p was hi;
companion, P. Richard?. Yesterday Morning the
officer, arrived in town with them. They underwent
an examination, and were committed for a further
investigation.
,: , • ,•
i ate obd Prince ck. Ilene who died at Vienna on
te 13th,•kept op his good humour, and indolged in
It sod lively sallies to the last moineut of his'
existence. " Every kind• of ipecterle," said he,
daring his illness, has been ezhaustvd to amuse the
Sovereigns ; I shall furnish them with a new one—
the funeral, of a Field-r
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