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horses will be less likely to be stolen, and 

 from what we read in the public papers? 

 horse stealing is now so very common, and 

 the rogues know the trick so well, that it 

 has become one of our greatest evils, and 

 I hope the police will take it into their 

 serious consideration. During my sojourn 

 in France, in the neighbourhood where I 

 resided, I never heard of a thief of any de- 

 scription. The reason given is, when a 

 person is robbed, he has nothing to do but 

 to make his declaration (as they call it,) be- 

 fore a magistrate, which is merely the par- 

 ticulars of the robbery. The king's attor- 

 ney general then carries on the prosecution 

 at the expence of government, and with the 

 assistance of the police, the culprit seldom 

 escapes. The person robbed is at no ex- 

 pence, nor has he the odium of bringing a 

 man to justice. I believe there lies the 

 great secret, and the cause of there being 

 so few robberies on the Continent. When 

 a poor Englishman is robbed of his horse, 



