The Sun.
London, England, 1812-02-08 00:00:00

roticitts.--4"or tOrrie iittie past, dsterley
the rei,ddenee of the Earl Of aßitgEr, arid its neigh-
bourhood about Brentford, have been jacked with
numerous poachers. On Wednesday night, be-
tvieen -elc-yen.and twelve o'clock, Gorge Wood,
the game-keeper, with three men, went in pursuit
of poachers; and when they came to a field close
under a wood belonging to the Noble Earl, they
heard a noise, which, they had no doiibt, wasahe
report of an air gun. They made towards the p irt
wherize the report came, and heard four more sitni-••
lar reports. When they tame near the spot, th-y
heard the breaking of bushes, and a large dog bark
who flew at them, and endeavoured to seize them,but
they kept him off, and ran towards the bushes,wbere
they observed a man going fret them anet running
away, They tan after and coming near him;
he turned about and presented a gun at theli
however, they pursued him courageously,
the:- twin turned his gen and oudeayoured to knock
the gamekeeper down wi!h the butt end of it; but
failing in that, hp s t oil- again. The gamy keeper-
followed closely, and he threw his gun into thi
bushes ; the gamekeeper at length seized him by
the collar, when a man of the battle of John Good-
fellow, rushed from a cover and struck the game-
keeper a violent blow with an iren instrument
he repeated the blow, which knocked the game-
kecper down before he could recover hirnelf, and
enabled the man whom he had secured, and who
had the gun, to escape. At this juncture,
herd and Fletcher, two of the men who were out
with the gamekeeper, to as-ist hit», came up and se-
cured GoodiellOw. A light was then procured, and
the iron instrument proved to be an air pump be-
longing to an air-gun, which was thrown into the
bushes by the man who escaped. The air-purnp
was found about a yard off the spot where the grim-
keeper received-The blows. On the same spot was
found a bag, containing leaden bullets, and another
containing a hare and a pheasant, which appeared
to have been killed with bullets. The air gun was
fmn-id in the bushes where the man thre.v it when
he was pursued. Goodfellow was conveyed to the
Public-Oa-ice, Bow-street, on Thur-day afternoon,
and was convicted under the Game Acts of the 3 g.
and 40 of Geo. 111. and detained for the assault
on the gamekeeper.

SUICIDE.--On the morning of ate Fast day, at
half-past six o'clock, an interesting female, about
twenty years of age, dressed in a green gown, blacl‘
velvet bonnet, bl ick stocking:, and altogether de-
cently attired, plunged herself into a pond beiong•
ing to Mr. Brown, of Wattleton Farm, Beacons
field. She was soon discovered, and quickly got
out by assistance immedigtely procure 1, when all
possible means were used to restore her, not of
by medical aid, but ,also_ by. the attention of Mr.
Brown's family ; and although she had remained
not more than ten minutes in the water, the v,tai
spark was gone, re-animation having been for the
space of two hours and a hall attempted in
She was seen the preceding etening, an(4 said she
going to Oxford, that her name was Ryler, and
that she had recently left her pace in PArk-street.---
Seven one-pound notes wr3-; found in her pocket.
The body, however, has not yet been owned, our
can any one be fbund iu Park-street who has any
knowledge of such an individual as she desclibed
herself to be.

The body of young woman, respectably dress-
ed, was found on Tuesday about 100 yards below
Westminster Bridge. Hand-bills, descritirg hef
person, dress, &c. were distributed, and she wa9
owned the following day. She was in a state of reg.".
nancy. A Coroner's July returned a verdict--‘,
found drowned.

On Thursday right, the house of Captain Hap
in 'Woburn-place, was broke open and robbed of
several articles of value; with which the depredatolo
effeCied their escape undiscovered.