The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-23 00:00:00

each per month; for which .she receivod a card .1
protection or license:. Keeperi f Brothels,:also
paid a sum per annum. for their. license. The
office where all this kind
.of wa-s trans-
acted.was called Bureau des 3!_ocurs—Oillee for
Morals!! ! In addition to•the number of persons
employed at- the Vrefecture, and as ottt-door
agents or spies (for, ow every branch of-which the
Police takes recognizance, regular spies are em-
ployed, as in political matters,) there is an In-
spector-General of Police, residing at the Pre-
fecture, who in the first instance 'takes cogni-
zance of every thing that concerns the affairs df
Police, and.who' has under him' 24 OSkers de
Paix, one of whom attends regularly at the Po-
lice to receive tornplaints, atid`triaiSmits it td: the
different divisions. These persons reside_in.
ferent districts, and the Police agents wlioretside
nearest to them, apply: immediately to them
for advice, should any thing ,occur, ,But.inde-
pendent of these Officers de Pail', there are
forty-eight,Cothmissaires delP4ce, one to each
district, of Paris, who have always soldiers to
attend them, .and who -likewise eniploy 010.
The duty of these Commissaires _are to appre-
hend rollers and Other snspi-ciens characters,
to suppress riots, &c: These• CommissaireS
transmit `every morning, before ei!;ht- 'o'clock,
their repot* of Whit has -O'CcurrNi in Weir re-
'Spective districts, to the Secretary-General of
the Prefecture of 'Police, -who .owns- them in
'the presence of, .and reads' them 'to, -the Pre-
fect; from thence the reports are sent to the
Chiefs of the different divisions whom they con-
cern: • ;The Commissary make distinct reports
for each division, so that the Secretary-General
has only to read them; and forward them to the
divisions they are intended for. The examina-
tion of thieves, previous to their commitment
for trial, does not take place before the police,
but. before persons appointed for that purpose,
called illagistrals de surete:!, four in number, one
for each district of Paris. In Paris there are
no watchmen, but then there are thirty-nine
guard-houses, where there are military posts;
there is also a night patrole of cavalry, which,
however, is not of much use, as their approach is
heard at: a great distance, by the noise created
by the feet of the horses. Let the British Go-
vernment adopt some of the above- regulations,
and the Police of our metropolis would, be as
efficient as that of France. But our Liberty,
which depredators of 'every description in this
Country turn to their account, checks in a great
measure the exertions of our Police Officers,
who certainly are great opposers of Practical
Liberty, that is---THIEVING t.

DESTRUCTIVE INUNDATION.—We hear that
several hundred sheep were drowned on the
marshes of Sutton and Ilolbeach on Sunday se'n-

night, during the storm. But as it was not
imagined that the ground on which they were
feeding could possibly be reached by a neap
tide, no blame attaches to their owners ; who
had scarcely time to recover from their surprise
at their first unexpected loss, before they had
the mortification of witnessing a second ; and of
seeing many more of their straying flocks swept
away by the sudden return of the ebb tide, which
was again driven back upon these marshes by
the wind suddenly chopping due north, and
blowing directly upon that tract of iand.—(Bos-
ton Gazette.)

EXTRAORDINARY Acct DENT.-"--Yesterdav morn-
ing, four horses,- while drawing a coal waggou
heavily laden with coals, from the wharf at the
bottom of Northumberland-street, Strand, is
consequence of the ascent of the street nearest
the Strand, the animals were necessitated almost
to strain themselves in order to draw up their
immense load, in doing which, the shafts, which
were rather decayed, separated from the waggoof
and caused the horses to go along at a quicker
rate; the waggon withlts contents wheeled back'
wards down the hill: with great velocity, and
many persons who were in the street ;had a naf-
row escape with their lives ; and the frightened
carman seemed at a loss to know which he should
run after, the waggon or his horses; however,
the waggon took a circuitous direction, and came
with great violence againSt the front of a she
window, and the wheels dashed the front coal.;
pletely through, to the no small consternation of-
the inmates inside, who were completely dar-
kened by 'the sable visit. The accident caused
great damage to the house it ran azainst.

BIRTI4;i.
• On the 17th inst'ant, at Cambridge, the Lady of the Baroo
Charles de Thierry, of a son and heir.
•On the 21st instant, Nlts.J. E. Teschomaelier, of-a, son.