The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-06 00:00:00

DIED.

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On the 19th tilt. at Stroud, Gloucestershire, aged 43,
Elizabeth, the wife of the Rev. John Burder, A.M.
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of Ipplepen.
On the 31st ult. at Hampstead, William Cleghorn, of
Fig-tree-court, Temple, in his 81st year.
On the 30th ult. at his house, Highbury, Mr. Richard
Fennell, aged 47.
On the 3d inst. at Liverpool, of a rapid decline, Miss
Rosa Smithers, aged 24.
On the 26th ult. at Ramsgate, in the 18th year of his
age, Northing, third son of George Snowden, Esq.
On the 4th inst. at his father's house, Islington, Fre-
derick, the sixth son of Mr. William Witherby, of Birchin-
lane, aged 28.
On the Ist inst. at Lymington, aged nine, Sarah, second
daughter of Mr. Michell, of Queen-square, Bloomsbury.
At Cheltenham, on the 2d inst. in the 63d year of her
age, Mary, relict of Thomas Beckley, Esq. of Lymington,
Hants.

ABUSES in the POLICE of the METROPOLIS.

After all that has been said of the Bow-street

police, and notwithstanding the high reputation
of the officers of tl►e establishment, for pursuing
thieves into their most secret holds, the neigh-
bourhood of Bow-street itself is one of the most

dangerous in the whole metropolis. Every night
the most revolting scenes of debauchery are re-

presented, and robberies are committed there,
and still no attempt is made to abate either the
danger or the dissipation. To obtain an ade-
quate idea of the nightly occurrences in the des-
perate vicinity of Bow-street, it would be neces-

sary for a stranger to visit it, under the protec-
tion of an officer (for the officer is admitted into
all the flash houses at all hours) at different pe-
riods of the night. Immediately before the theatre
doors are opened, a gang of thieves assemble at
a public-house close to Drury-lane Theatre, and
they simultaneously drop their pipes the instant
notice is given, and issue forth to plunder the
struggling crowd. As soon as the press is over,
they return to their f, smoking crib," dispose of
their plunder to the landlord, and enjoy them-

selves until the performances are concluded. The
signal for industry is then repeated : down go
the pipes, and off the thieves scamper to levy
fresh contributions upon the public. Their plans
are arranged by such strict rules, and the beat of
each is so accurately ascertained; that when
a gentleman happens to miss his -wathit,
and gives symptoms of liberality,—for rob-
beries are now-a-days difficult to be found
out without the precursor of a reward,—
he has only to say in what part of the househebe-
lieved the transfer to have taken place, and the
" buzz" (pickpocket) can be in most cases
found, and the property restored. The loser, at
all events, will have the gratification of knowing
from the officer whom he employs, that Jack
such-a-body had " the thimble," whether it is
ever recovered or not. Each of the thieves who

thus by constant practice attain a wonderful
degree of excellence in transferring watches,
pocket-books, shawls, cloaks, handkerchiefs, &c.,
has what he calls his " pal" or " blowing," to
assist him. This " pal" is a girl of the town, as
great an adept as her " pal" in the art of prig-
ging. They sometimes come across a drunken
man, and if the female can prevail upon the un-
fortunate fellow to accompany her to White-hart-
yard, or Swan-yard, or any other infamous place
in which the most dangerous houses of accom-
modation are kept, a robbery is sure to take
place, and fear of exposure is generally calcu-
lated upon as a security from punishment. At
two or three o'clock in. the morning, the flash
houses in this hopeful part of the town abound
with buzzes, prigs, cracksmen (house-breakers,)
and flash dragsmen (coachmen who associate
with thieves, and occasionally lend a hand.)
There are also to be seen sprinkled about the
bars and parlours of the flash houses, watchmen,
whose silence is purchased with gin. Those
" terrors of the robber" have a little game of
their own, but the thieves are never played upon
by them. Gentlemen are their aim. If a well-
dressed man happens to pass along BoW-street,
or any of the neighbouring streets, at a late hour,
he must not be surprised at receiving a push
from a watchman, and then being accused of a

however, to tell him that if he behaves I.eret-
violent breach of the peace. It is necessary,
fully to the'vvattchTrumi'Whcr-will not tsctUple to
call him a thief, he may be allowed to depart
upon
a compromise of 55., and that if he resists
his watch, and purse, acid clothes, are in the

greatest peril. Flash dragsmen--a very dan-
gerous sort of gentry—are to be found amongst
the coachmen who ply at the corner of Charles-
street, Covent-garden, every night, ail
stand in a crowd at that advantageous post.
They are very fond of helping gentlemen into
coaches, and paying themselves for their trouble,
by " prigging ' a watch or a pocket-book : but
their chief amusement is " hustling," an art in
which they excel, as they have been known to

push a gentleman from one to the other, without
letting him fall to the ground, until he has been
dispossessed of every thing valuable about him.
Their efforts are of course generally confined to
lushy coves" (drunken men), as the gentlemen
of the whip on that beat have a sort of reputa-
tion to support, and will not countenance an at-

tempt to rob a sober man, inasmuch as he has
not been " disgracing himself " with too much
" lush." It is as well known, that some of the
flash-house keepers not unfrequently join in a
little buzzing excursion themselves, as that they
treat with contempt the Act of Parliament for
the regulation of public-houses, by admitting per-
sons at all hours to drink and smoke in their
houses. All this is well known to the Magis-
trates, who, however, manifest the greatest in-
difference upon every occasion on which com-
plaints are made. It is true, that the licence of
one of these thieving dens is sometimes threat-
ened, and sometimes taken away ; but the in-
fluence of a large brewer never fails to restore it,
and the same iniquity flourishes every night, al-
though for decency's sake the name of the
proprietor may undergo a change. No in-
spector is appointed to visit the " cribs." The
watchmen are the only superintendents, and they
are always at the command of the landlord.
The patrol will not interfere, for there is no ade-
quate remuneration upon the side of morals, and
there is no order issued by their superiors. It is
admitted universally by those best qualified to
judge of the cause of the increase of crime, that
houses of this description, and the houses of re-
ceivers of stolen goods, hold out the greatest en-
couragement to the perpetration of the most des-
perateand it is well known to the
trs ;
ates, that an effectual check can
v
begiven
police
iltaloagli'bsie both sorts of abominations. kin-
spactors, with good pay for the performance' of
their duty, are appointed to examine and report
the public-houses known to harbour the alien.
doned, the " cribs" must be knocked up, and
if, on"occasions of robbery, a reward was offered
for the receiver instead of the thief, Petticoat-
lane, and Hounsditch, and Whitechapel, and
the Jew-streets and alleys in the neighbourhood
of the Strandwould no longer be places of refuge
and barter for the prosperous ruffian. The prin-
cipal officers of the police are convinced of the
efficacy of such a system, and that robberies can-
not be checked without a determined effort to
spoil the business
of receivers. The gamblipg,
houses at the west end are to be put down, upon
the above-mentioned plan for clearing flash
houses. No respectable man, who saw an of-
ficer, prowling about the neighbourhood, would
venture to enter a hell. In fact, there is no
dreadful evil with which the metropolis abounds
that is not capable of being greatly abated, if thft
magistrates would but perform their duty.

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