The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-13 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANS lON-H OUSE.
The fishermen on the Thames, from- Chelsea Reach to
Staines, have been for some time complaining that the gentle-
men anglers are almost daily encroaching with their stakes
upon those parts over which the former had been time imme-
morial in the habit of drawing their nets.—As they could obtain
no satisfaction from the parties of whom they complained, they
resolved, on the suggestion of Mr. Saunders, the water-bailiff,
to appeal to the Lord Mayor. As soon as the inhabitants of
Walton-on-Thames heard of this intention, they sent a me-
morial to his Lordship, signed, among others, by the Mi-
nister, Churchwardens, and - Innkeepers, of that village,
representing that the fish had been nearly destroyed, un-
til, with the consent of his Lordship's predecessors, a por-
tion of the River, called the Deep, was preserved by three
sunken boats and a few stakes. The memorial further
stated, that the fish were now on the inckaase;--leut that
if the fishermen' gained their point by removing the stakes,
the fruit of five years' expence and trouble would soon
be wholly destroyed. A great number of fishermen attended.
They admitted that it had been necessary to fix stakes in cer-
tain parts of the river as preserves ; but the permission given
for this purpose had, they contended, been acted upon in a
most unlimited manner; indeed so much so, that three miles
of the river were now stakedl; the fish never were caught by
the hard-working fishermen, except uow and then, when they
happened to leave the deeps for the sake of a little variety.—
It was often the case, that when the fisherman was haw',
ing his net in vain in the open part of the fiver, a dozen punts
would be seen in the deeps with the gentlemen anglers, wha
caught immense quantities of dace, tench, and carp. Upon the'
part of the anglers it was stated that if it were not for the
preserves there would be no fish left, the practice of fishing
with unlawful nets being so prevalent. It was denied that the
encroachments were frequent or arbitrary. The fishermen said
the encroachments were so great, and were made with se
' little ceremony, that when they would lay down their nets
on one 'lay where they laid them down the day before, the nets
were torn to pieces by the stakes. They called upon the Lord
Mayor, for God's sake, to do them justice in deciding between
them and the Gentlemen, who merely acted from the love of the
sport, and were not obliged to expose themselves, day and night,
in the winter, in order to get a morsel of bread. They were,
they said, willing to allow that it was absolutely necessary. that
some deeps should be made; they only hoped that the inner
channels made in Sir Win. Domville's mayoralty would be
diminished to a reasonable size.—After some altercation be-
tween the parties, the LORD .MAYOR said, that he should
take the City Solicitor's opinion as to the power of the Chief
Magistrate in this case ; and that after more evidence had been
taken, he should decide with respect to the present limits of the
various deeps in the river, and if he was empowered to do so,
cause a bill of regulations to be published, pointing out the
exact boundaries, beyond which it would be attended with a
penalty to deviate.—The day appointed for the decision is Sa-
turday next.

BOW-STREET.
Iltrris, the persoi who has seen for some time in custody on
suspicion of embezzling letters in the Post Office, was again
brought up yesterday, and discharged with a feeling admoni-
tion, addressed to him by Mr. Halls, no further evidence being
brought forward to substantiate the charge.

HATTON- GA RDE N.
EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.— Yesterday a genteel.
looking young man, named George Angel Lone, was brought
up for re-examination, on a charge of embezzling various sums
of money, to the amount of 2,0001., the property of his em-
ployer, A. J. Nralpy, Esq. of Brunswick-square.—The pri-
soner, it appeared, had for
_several years been employed as
cashier and confidential clerk at Mr. Valpy's extensive printing
' concern, Nos. 4 and 5, Red-lion-court, Fleet-street, the finan-
cial department of which was solely under his management.—
On a recent examination of his accounts, deficits to the amount
above stated were discovered; and information being given at
Batton-garden,, WaS -pur into the hands of Lee, an
officer, who apprehended him at his residence in Islington.—
After a part of the evidence was taken down, Mr. LAING, the
presiding Magistrate, observed, that as the majority of the cases
of embezzlement had occurred in the city, it would be neces-
sary to send the prisoner to Guildhall, and lie was removed
accordingly.

TOWN-HALL, SOUTH W AUK.
SACRILEGE.—The church of St. Saviour's, Southwark, was
on Sunday, between the morning and afternoon service, robbed
of the velvet hangings which surround the pulpit, and the gold
hangings attached to it. It is supposed the thief contrived to
secrete himself until he heard the church locked, and, as one of
the locks was forced, must have made his exit by that door. On
Monday a man applied to Mr. Noah Nathan, of Fishmonger-
alley, clothes salesman, said he came from Salisbury, and
wished him to purchase a piece of crimson velvet, about three
yards and a half, which he produced from a bag, and for which
he asked ss. Mr. Nathan, who is a parishioner, sent for
Kinsey, the Officer, who took bins into custody, and brought
him before Mr. Alderman SMITH. A number of the parish
ofireq attended, and the velvet was sworn to by Elizabeth
Farley pew opener. Kinsey tried the velvet on the pulpit ; it
' fitted exactly. He then searched the bag which the prisoner
had with him, and which was marked "Bannister," and pro-
duced a pair of breeches, a waistcoat, and as old duck frock.
Reeve, the Marshalman searched his person, and found.
6s. 34d. in a bag In his hat. On being asked by the Magis-
trate where he got the velvet, he said that he found it in the
bag in Hyde-park. James Presley, a master carman, stated,
that he-noticed the prisoner lurking about the Borough Market
during the whole of last week. The prisoner said his name
was Benjamin Robinson. It is not known what became of the
gold ornaments. Fully committed.
By the persuasion of Mr. Alderman SMITH, the prosecution
of the boy for robbing his employer of Is. 6d. was abandoned ;
when the prosecutor's clerk said, it was Mr. Jones's order to
give up the case if the 3s. 6d. money out of pocket was returned
to him ; if not,. he would prosecute. The Alderman told him
that his Master's motives were no. credit to him, but the boy
should not be lost because Mr. Jones had required the return
of hie expences. The- worthy Alderman then paid the money
to the prosecutor out of his own pocket.

UNION-HALL.
onnE nY.--John Milky, a young man, dressed as a la-
bouring mechanic, was charged with having robbed Air. Fran-
cis Pearce, of Queen's-bead row, near Newington church, of
two gold seals, value 145., in manner following t--Mr. Pearce
stated, that on Saturday night the prisoner came into his shop,
and after selecting two seals asked to see another; then seizing
the two which lay on the counter, rushed out of the shop.
Mr. P. said, that suspecting the manner of the prisoner, he
kept his eye on him, saw him snatch up the seals and flecamp,
pursued him closely, calling " Stop thief ;" never lost sight
of him ; he was stopped by a constable and taken to the watch-
house.—}'illy committed.
Caroline Wilson, an unfortunate young woman, of prepos-
sessing appearance, was sent to Brixton jail for one month, for
having endeavoured to instigate a mob to do personal injury to
1 a salesman of the Jewish persuasion named Alexander, -

There has been so great a fall of snow in Scot-
land, that it was necessary to employ a great number of men.
t 9 clear it away in the roac%for the aceommodation of the car-
riages and foot passengers, as otherwise the roads would have
boen impassable.
A gentleman of Stafford, a short time agog for-
warded a quantity of fine pork pies and some
brawn by the Chester mail ; unfortunately the
very day a lot of convicted felons were travelo.
' ling to the hulks by the same conveyance.—
Towards evening these worthies, whose scent had
been improved, and whose appetites had been
sharpened by the day's ride, discovered and -de-
' voured the savoury viands, which were intended
as a luxurious relish for more dainty palates, and.
a Christmas present for more valued friends