The Sun.
London, England, 1816-06-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTEI.LICiENCE.

MARGDO ROU n•STit E r.—YesterdaYlfary Cooper
was charged-with stealing a quantity or napkins,
table-cloths, &c. the property ~f Sir Join Beres-
ford, which were found pledged by her. The
prisoner now 'confessed the fact ; but Mr. Hicks
informed her it W4l not the intention of Sir John
to prosecute her for'the felony, therefore she Must
be committed for kix weeks untie.. the Pawnbro-
kers' Act, and pay a line of -Ws.
William Flatly, a watchman, in St. James's Pa-
rish, was charged With committing, "in conjintc-
lion with several of his 'own fraternity, a most
wanton and outrageous, t4sault on Mr.; Stephen
Wos thy,. of beieester-street, on Sunday night.
The complainant, whose head was 'dreadfully
eat Withtheir bli4.!eons said, they repentediy
threatened to murder him, which Providence a hone
Prevented lie did not give tlw least provoca-
tion, and did. not know why lie bad' been
struck. The Magistrate ordered the prisoner to
be kept in custody until he gave responsible bail
for his appearance:at the , Sessions, and, he Would
require 48 hours notice of such bail.
Qrtaz t.` R .---'4 esterthiy John Thomas; alias
4/Ipart, was'charged With stealing in the dwelling-
,- hnurie.of Thomas ,Boswell, a goose nun a duck,
lii.s,property„ They I.vre found in the prisoner's
possession,by the watchmen yesterday morning,
at Chelsea. flOswill swore ,the property, and
the:prisoner was fully committed.

•
SCALIBQROUC;II.—.A species of depredation has'
been discover4l withiti these fewsdays, which, it
is eonjectureti; has been -carrying on- for some
years past :with great success, A mereer, who
had, lost,
„in a manner he could not account for,
a great many, of his goods, us he was walking in
the street saw a Lady in a shawl, %chick knew
to be hit own, and, apologizing for the question,
rewlested to know of whom she had bought it.
—The Lady at first hesitiited;. but at- length ac-
knowledged Shelled bought it of 'stn. wprnan,
who was. supposed to dial in smuggled goods,
and to whom she'had paid,' antler the idea of its'
being smuggled, ss. more than she would-. have
given at the :owney's shop. On searching the
premises of the 9/(1,u:colon, anAtinnense collec-
tion of &Orden property was ftiond, .con,isfing of
spoons, socks, ehith; china, and every spe-
cies of goods, which had 'been purloined from
different lodging-hoitieS it)r• lii th years
The gang i$ supposed to he very large, us this old
wretch appears'only-to have heentlte.receiver.
,Another Woman has het-to secured, whose custom
it was to go into dititi cut shops' with a 61001
,child, and tOten, the shOpman was looking another
way, osed:to, pot .shawls,,or Rimini, or atty thing
site could lay her
,bands upon, under the child's
pelisse, and then preteud she' could find nothing
that suited her.

On lbe.lath instant; during i,,search matte foe
the appreheniTon of a matt who had eloped from
his family, and who,: it 'was supposed, had se,
cretgd:himself at a:house in erestOn-street, in
Exeter,' two constable's having`got into the same,
strange mgt) Wab perceived by them, in the act
of jumping out of the ‘‘:ihtlow, and, on looking
about, II quantity of 10od e. papers ,were Ilibco`yered
burning in the fag, parts of which were rescued,
and Which proved -to he lorged one pound Ideal
4,lank Note', oftive,.ditlergut Banks; The mats
eVatted -the' actliny ta' die "Officer '±yho Wain
pursuit of him, anti deceived those periorti inat
by contioutdly ciyiog "