Nenagh Guardian 4-4-1845 A Tipperary Jack Sheppard. On Monday night last, or rather Tuesday morning, James Ryan, under sentence of transportation for 15 years for highway robbery, made his escape from our goal by the most ingenious and daring means we have heard of in modern times. It appears that the prisoner, together with two men named Sheehy and Maher, were locked up in the cell by the governor, at the usual hour, after having received the spiritual admonitions of the Rev. Mr. Power, Roman Catholic Curate. The guard was doubled by the Governor of the goal, in consequence of private information which he received, that the prisoners were planning a general rising, and an attack on the officers of the establishment. Mr. Smith, the Governor, and Mr.Rock, the deputy Governor, previous to retiring for the night, examined the ammunition and the carbines of the sentries, and afterwards visited them on guard, and cautioned them to be vigilant. The escape of the prisoner was accomplished, as we said before, by the most ingenious method. His cell was situate over the privy, and by means of a small hold-fast, succeeded in raising one of the flags, with which his cell is floored; he then cut away, by the same means, the brick work and plaster, making an aperture sufficient to admit himself through, taking with him his quilt, which he tore up, twisted into the form of a rope and tied together, so as to make it sufficiently long enough for his purpose; By this he descended into the privy, got over the yard rainings, which are about 10 feet high; he then crossed similar railings of another yard, where, at the saw-pit, he got a ladder, got over the forge shed, and descended into the outer yard. His footsteps were then traced towards the women's side of the goal, where he placed the ladder against the wall, and having filled one of the Goal clothes-bags with stones, and attached it to the end of the quilt, he flung it over the wall, and then drew himself up from the ladder, which did not reach more than half way up the wall-he then dropped to the other side by the rope which, however broke as he descended, and it is supposed he must have been hurt by the fall, which is a height of 22 feet-had his rope not broken, it would have been long enough to lower him to the ground-and thus for the present has escaped "Modern Jack Sheppard". Ryan had been found guilty at our late assizes, with Timothy Quilty, for the highway robbery of a man named Hayes, and an assault of a brutal nature on his wife, and it will be remembered, that when sentenced by Baron Lefroy to 15 years transportation, the prisoner said he had a houseful of little children, and he would give the government 7 more years if they would send them out with him. He was a miner, and his knowledge of that trade, no doubt, suggested the idea, and gave him a facility which others would not have, in raising the flag of his cell. He is a native of Doon, Co. Limerick, but has lately lived at Carrawhale, near Newport, in this County. He has a wife and four children. At the hour of going to press we received intelligence of Ryan's arrest. He was apprehended at Carrigatoher bog, by Sub-Inspector Lewis and the Capparoo police. He was greatly bruised and shattered from the fall. Mary