The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-06 00:00:00

thief when Ire goes to pledp, by Abe same mean,
thwhe can be deteted in Paris-? Even the vet'y
construaion of Ole houses in Paris tfn
measures of Police ; (or it is well known that a 'great
Many families occupy the same house, and the por-
ter who opens and shots the street dom.., can at-tiny--
time be -corninanded by the Police to give every ill.;
formation required of him as to the persons • who
lodge in the house. Yet, with all these advantages,
there are mote persons tried at Paris in the course of
the year, for criminal offences, than there are in
.Lontlon—which I will prove beyond the' power of
ossibilny of contradiction.
In London, the Sessions at the Old Bailey are held
only_every six 'Weeks, and seldom last more than
eight or ten days; whereas in Paris the sittings for
ctitn'ttal offences are held every day throughout
the year, which commence in the morning; hut:sel-
dom sit later than five in the afternoon ; but on the
other hand again, there are two criminal courts, or at
least what is c tiled two Sections', which sit
Thus it is evideat that there are more criminal causes
tried in Paris than in London. There is also a. court
simlar to our minor :cot-ntS, called Police Corredi -
orielle, where causes are tried of a similar description
to those tried at Hic:is's Hall, the Westminster and
Guildhall Sess:ons. There are also Tribunaux de
Police for each district, where -offencea ate tried
vhit-h are not punishable by more titan eight . days
imprisonment.'
In Paris there are no Watchmen, but then there
are 39 guard houses, where the military are al ays
stationed there is„also a night patrole of caralry,
which ho..veveir is rnt of much use,.as their approach
is-heard at a great diStance by the noise mated by
the fret of the horses.

Miardets in Paris are 'numberless, and ye.ats often
ela;iee before they are discovered. About four yedrs
since, an interesting yoorg femah, of about t%venty
years old, .was .rtithd for robbing and murdering a
teMale friend of her's. In the course of her exa-
mination, it game out that she had-committed two
other murders—one was upon an old priest with
whom st,e cohabited, and passed for his nephew, as
she always wore.men's apparel.. This murder` was
con:milted three years before she was last taken up.
The other murder was committed about a twelve-
month after that of the old priest, upon a youth of
eighteen, whom she induced Co rob his father. As.
is in time French.couris,:ali three murders were
included .in the samelndiament, and she was found
gulty upon them all. I was ',resent at her trial, and
in my life I never witnessed more sang froid,in
person in such a sitnation.. There was ar,o a man,
executed at Paris about fii.e years ago, for murdering
an.old man, whom he visited every. night. The
murder was not discovered till three years , after it
was committed.

I trust I have proved to the satisfaCtion of tlie
reader, that not wit hstanding the superiority, as it
is called of the Police of Paiis, still they eatit.ot pre-
vent crimes being committed. However, it oust.
be admitted that there are many thing's ,in the
French Police which de;,!tve to be imitated, espe
eially in the organization of the Police eseablish-
mem—such as its unity, and the cordial "co-opera-
tion which prevails in. all its branches ; whereas,
with us, there are too many Police establishments,
which have no regular communications with each
other, and are consequently -deleCtive in their
means and information. We would strongly re-
commend to the notice of our legislature, the adop-
tion of some measure which shall ensure greater.
harmony and unity of a6tion- to our Police. On this
every thing depends. Our Magistrates have suf-
ficient po.wer as the 16W already stands, to apprehend
and commit reputed thieves to prisons for a cettain
time. We also think that fire-engines, as there aie
so many fires in the metropolis, should be under
the imme,.fiate direction of the Police, and persons
.tegularly appointed by them to reside on the spot:
where I fie engines st e kept.
I also think that there are not enough of officers
at our theatres, and near those public-houses which
are the known resort of reputed thieves. A new
system of police should be adopted for the water
side, and every inmate should be regularly registered,
and other rigictregulations made with regard to sea-
men,who live on shore. Why not make gates round
Shadwell, Deptford, and Limehouse, and no person
allowed to gu in or out of these places but those
who have a paper to produce (tom a Magistrate It
should be strictiy enforced that no'one cast go in a
boat from that quarer or land after a cettain hour.
All these regulations may appear arbitrary, but they
are necessary ; the times we live in require it. We
may -repent, when it is too late, for not hay.
ing -been
.sufficiently firm, for,- as I have already
observed, if the idol of the English democrats
knows that assassination can be committed with
impunity in the heart of the first metropolis of the
world, be will tin,st assuredly fiat fail -to profit by

The Late Mr. Wdliamson and his wife, have, it is
said, lett property to.the cmount of about 6001.
Among their papers has ben found a will made by
Mrs. Williatipqra, ott„the presumption that her luis-
band might die first, and the lawyers are not a little
embarras,ed to ascertain which was rnnrdered first,
as it she became a widow before she died, it would
influence the descent of the ,property.--Mr—Mair
has left proerty to pay r9s. in the pound.
On Saturday se'noight a fire took place Pandon
Dean, in a house belonging to and occupied by Mr.
Cooke, ship-biscuit baker, in- Newcastle, which
comimmicated to the house adjoining, and termi-
nated in the total destruetion of .Loth. How the fire
had originated has,nOt beetfascertained.
Last week the large iron cylinder, forming a
part of the Soda Water Apparatus, belonging to
Messrs. Hurfot d and Tr e y of Birmingham, burst
with a tremendous explosiou. A part .of the cy-
linder, of nearly ten hundred weight, was raised
from the plate on which it rested, and fell several
feet distance upon a solid block of oak, two feet
square, used as a seat by one of the workmen, who
had fortunately quitted the place a few moments
previous to the accident. The apparatus has been
in full work all summer, and at the time of the ex-
plosion was not fully charged.
The body of a Murdered man was found on the
Cerne-hill road of Somersetshire ; he was much dis-
figured with wounds, but was recognised as a Hal-
well labourer. "Wilful Murder" is returned as the
inquest, against persons unknown.