Let the strong arm of the law, and the vigour and energy of the Police be directed in a particular manner against _Receivers_; and the chief part of those robberies and burglaries, which are so much dreaded, on account of the acts of violence which attend them, _would absolutely cease to exist_:--and the resource for plunder being thus narrowed in so great a degree, robberies on the highway would _alone_ seldom answer the purpose of the adventurer; where the risk would be so exceedingly multiplied, while the advantages were in the same proportion diminished;--the result therefore would be, that in _the suppression of the Receivers_, the encouragement to become Thieves and Robbers would be taken away: and the present Depredators upon the Public must either return to honest labour as useful members of the State, or submit to be starved. Obvious and desirable however as a measure of this sort would be, it has never hitherto been put in practice. This has proceeded from a variety of causes; one of the principal of which is the disjointed state of the Police of the Metropolis, occasioned by a number of jurisdictions clashing with each other, and preventing the full operation of a proper system of vigilance and energy; which, with the aid of apposite and improved laws and a superintending agency, could not fail, either to root out all the Receivers of stolen Goods of any consequence, or compel them to abandon their mischievous trade. These observations apply to that class of Receivers alone, who are in immediate connection with the thieves, burglars, and highway robbers;--and who aid and assist them in the purchase and concealment of whatever is stolen.--From the best information that can be obtained, their number does not exceed _fifty_ or _sixty in all_; of whom not more than ten, (whose names and places of abode are well known) can be said to be persons of property who can raise money to purchase articles of considerable value. Aided by a well-regulated and energetic system of Police that might pervade the whole Metropolis, how easy would it be, to compel these large dealers to abandon the trade? The measure of watching their houses day and night, would cost no great sum, and would embarrass the thieves and burglars, more than any other system that could be pursued.