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111 a ,LON'DON JOURNALS. XVII V 11,0114 THE DAILY MOILNING PAFEMS, • January 31 1%23• [MOANING CIiItONICIA..I We are glad fa 4nd that there is but one feel uteri this mitropolli With respect to the liting of France's Speech. It wus never alluded to • yesterday in the lann-uage of contempt, and isititgnation. The principles avowed in it ap ,,#Sterid 8.611 more odious from the prostitution , of , 'teligion with Which they were associated. In. iti kiti of approaching the Deity w ith the reve. , ir• eatial a we which his creatures ought never for • -.2 "lir inent to lay aside, this conceited old man . 'gait of the God of St. Louis with an impudent fa , IsiiiitOty, as if he were as much at his command as 'iliedloeel of one of his Swiss regiments.lt is shock jog to s~eeti family,lately dependent for bread on the "IftO4ty of the tradesmen and mechanics of this coup. 147..0 elated with an elevation to which their own • merits never would have raised them, as to dare to ttnioute to the Almighty a participation in their giant* attempts against, an independent and un. • 'offending nation, and to introduce his name into their theatrical buffoonery. It was this prosti. tation of religion under the old regime, this im. • fttdent association of it with every thing wicked , ; and secular, that eradicated it from the hearts of • the-people, and left them at the bleaking out of the Revolution as , completely 'strangers to piety is were the profligate Court. [m o Nri Hot , war which the French 'Ministry has jos tkinotineed against Spain :will be the trial of tu in experiment, as interesting its process, as mo. meutotrs in its results. The experiment is this— Whether the restored Government - of the House , Bourbon, still in its non.age, be able to rid. the French nation, and the French armies, oyer a course, the most perilous, and per. fectly untried—a war of unlimited, Gothic Mo. uarchy, against modern .Constitutionalism—ls , the" French Government knowingly provoking •:this trial of. its prowess, in the excess of its youthful nllautry? There is certainly one point of resemblance between it and the me morable equestrian feat of the young Alexander, god folding is the expedient employed in both. The French Ministry and its partisans do what they can in the way of blindfolding, by sophism or falsification. But the parallel soon breaks off. What was gallant' y in one case, may be presump. titan in the other—and there may prove a corre sponding difference of results. But supposing that the,French Government should succeed, still the result of the trial will be roost important — not merely in its effect. upon Spain, hut as the beginning of a great central counter-revolutionary olOvement in France. fTlin Toirs.] tr 4 L'W Times.] As a civil wnr exists in Spain, France has a clear right to support the party which she thinks has justice on its side ; and that right becomes the more cogent, w hen the other party has evinced intentions of the deepest injury to .France herself. On this latter point we may observe with Vattel (b. 3,.c. 3.), that " the right to obviate a danger is in a compound ratio of the degree of proba biiity and the greatness of the oil`threatened.' Now, not only France, but all the great Mo, pantiles of Europe, feel their dearest interests thireatened ; and we rosy be well assured that 1110 measures adopted by France will be in enison with those of all her Continental Allies. 'l;he following statement of the views of the 'lrene!) Ministry comes to 11:1 from the pen of an acute and . judicious observer in Paris, and the facts to which he adverts, we have strong reason to believe, are nutheutic In case our troops," says he, " should enter Spain, I think it pro bable that they will scarcely have occasion to:fire a shot ; for it has been finally de termined to furnish the Army of the Faith with motiio, arms, ammunition, artillery, and clothing, and-a very considerable quantity of gold has, fur that _purpose, been already supplied by a great Banking-house. The French troops then, on centering Spain, form as it were only the liiargunrd of the Spanish Royalist Army, to reinforce and support it in case of need so that probably confine ourselves almost en tlri to the taking of positions. You may ex pect, in a short time , the a pp earance of a Declare, lion by The Four Great Continental Powers, re cognising the Regency us the true Government of Spain, accrediting to it their Ambassadors, and-formally binding themselves to make neither pacification nor treaty without stipulating that the'l.ooote which may he made to the Regency 4411'be`guaranteed as made to Spain, whatever marbe•the event of the War. It is added, that • a -speaal authorisation will be given by all the • Four rOwers to their respective Agents to ratify the'titeirss. made a nd to be made to the Regency." tut little more remains to us to-day than to gleitp after a dikunalliarvest. We justly tldjletterday the feelings which the Ki ng sif France's Speech would excite, though th e 1;0)14: indignation almost exceeded our con ception. Wherever the speech was read, a burst of absolute horror folio wed ; awl the jottice 'of the Spanish catike ViRS acknowledged on the Stopk—E4echange‘ by throe cheers—a vain ex. pression of sentiment, perhaps, hat yet, as cutriintl, from men the' great body et whim are likely to be injuriously affected by t h e cow . mencement of the war, an' indication :of ho. inane and disinterested sympathy. The Kin of France and other 'Princes ol his house have bhad een l o ng resilient un England they ;isnot many opportunities, therefore, of observing the friiteprodu6p4 upon the public mind hero by tim e e viirifOs atrocities of the-Tyrant who then occ u. piid the throne' of France ; but let them pore th e invetvrs, ttiti, never,- n ever did any e stro unguity, of littoriaparto% bowever biteiti, excitngr disgust, or call forth bitterer execrations throughout the British nation, than this speech' of the legitimate Louis. It is not that certain acts of the illegitimate Tyrant might be as bad, though none were worse ; but then the country had a right to expect better things from a fa mily so long proved in the furnace of adversity ; or if there are those from whom it is vain to ex. pect virtue, and liberality, and humanity, still the experience of a long life should have taught caution in the disclosure of sentiments fraught with pride, insolence, and cruelty. The saga city in foreseeing that the deliberations of the Court of France would end in war,is now boasted by those who supposed they possessed it : it was A sagacity in _foreseeing that which Louis him self did not know or decide upon till within eight-and.forty hours of the time when he made his detestable speech. The' age in which we live is said to be wise, enlightened, knowing. In what age, then, do . those live, or for what age and what regions were they formed, who could gravely tell the world that the gallant Spaniards, after fighting successfully for their liberties against the master of Europe, during eight years. and that whilst their tniserable King and hii whole family were dreaming out their wretched lives in confinement—that those Spaniards, we say, " can only hold their political institutions" from the hands of Ferdinand Vll.—that 44 he " alone can give his subjects fit institutions All that we can say is, that if one revolution has not been able to eradicate sttch sentiments from the hearts of the hoary bigot Bourbons, we hop'' another will. [MORNING . POST.] The Paris Journals of Tuesday evening, wide arrived last night by Express, - add but little to the information which we had previously received. It.is determined that the great political outrage shall be: committed, but the men who are ttn. 4 principled enough to give it their sanction, seerrl to tremitle RI. the moment of consummating 09 act : which. they know. will cover them. witli infamy, and which we trust: will terminate id their discomfiture and ruin. Although pass; ports had , been sent to the . Duke. of San ,bo4 renzo l, Co declaration of war was e xp ected to be Immediately issued. Hypocrisy was to be added to injustice ; and it was hoped that by provoking Spain beyond the power,of indivi; dual and national bearing, the first blow wetild be struck by that con y, and would afford an excuse for its immediate invasion. We also think it probable that Spain will strike the first open blow, in return for those which France has secretly, hut too successfully, aimed for, the last eighteen months, at her peace and indepen& ence. But we hope that whatever Spain does will be done quickly and with power.. Let het open all her mountain passes to the foe, and when once he has ventured beyond them, let het close them in his rear, trust to her Guerillas to find him graves, and send her armies into_the plains of France, where a. magic name tend it standard, rendered dearer by its banishinenr, will ' collect'. hosts of friends around. them, and , renew the Wenders: of the march from . Elba. Assail/44 as 'Spain : lit ,in her , constitutional. extsteumand national : itdopendence, for the avoroed anti egutietical purposes of preserving, not the Throne but the despotism of a Bourbon, she has a HO, to.use every moral as Well as, physical weapon, with which the situation, folly, or misrule of her enemy, may arm her. And when we see a Bourbon emulating towards her the villany of a Bonaparte, we cannst help hoping that he may share the fate • of his predecessor in aggression and injustice. , . [BRITISH PRESS,' The question of peace or war must be a very serious question with France. We have medi. tated on the very strong, and almost decisive, leaning towards war manifested in the King's Speech ; but, notwithstanding the trumpet sounded, we cannot easily persuade ourselves that the sword will be unsheathed. Ft is so glaringly contrary to the interest of France to combine with the Allied Sovereigns, that whatever the bias of the Ultras may be towardsambitious periments, we can hardly bring ourselves to believe that they are either weak enough or rash enough to risk their own fate and that of the nation upon the havard of the die. Nor can we readily suppose that the King of France would, if left to himself, he induced to pursue a line of policy so obviously hostile to every dictate of prudence. And Set we do not see, after having gone so far, how he is to recede. We ought not, however, in common justice, to score up this result to his temerity or to his imbecility. lie is a well-disposed, corpu lent, .contented Monarch ; a pliant tool in the hands of a selfish, wrong.headed, and desperate faction. His fatuity is no doubt to be pitied ; but of guilty design or deliberate bad intention we feel inclined, in candour, to acquit him. We should not be forward in any case to visit upon a Sovereign the sins of an ascendent party, who, to effect their own views, would bring him, as his present advisers would do, to the scaffold, if the Almighty, in his mercy, does not shelter him in the grave. Great allowance ought to be made for `one who, with the' name, title, and insignia of a Monarch, is not his ewn master. It is somewhat remarkable that the warlike, note of preparation is sounded towards the end of the Speech, in. stead of taking precedence, as, from its importance it ought, of all other itiformation or allusion con tained in it. That a hundred thousand French. Men are ready to march, invoking the God of St. Louis, i 3 a &cm:lst:met. of leading import. That a King has re solved_ been compelled to concur with the party who have resolved—to Hilt the ruin of his Kingdom and the downfal of his Throne, is not that kind of intelligence which should be thrown almost into parenthesis, at the close of an address to his Parliament. Tiffs first great step towards the Revolutions of Empires in Europe ought, we thiraL, to have been anuounced with a gravity suited to Its dreadful and porters. tour conseqtiences. following extract from the Boston Gatcltc exhibits 4 nothe - r instance of the deereaie of Otto et- 41 The Sessions at LincOln, on January la, i.veiyur, notiee, in coniegtience'of receiving' toport'of ratty lithinbas 'being transacted Arki ii is'our stbrreeable office to state, that the late seasiant fof the eitrof Lincoln were matain ' there no offence, indiceturtrcorlausintla a any kind whatever to bring begaretlis Court.' POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS. . . The following interesting Report has been printed, and we hasten to lay it before our Readers : , The SELECT COMMITTEE appOilltOd to inquire into the State of the Police of the Metropolis, and to report the same, with their Observations thereupon, to the House (of Commons); together with the Minutes of Evidence taken before them :.-- Have, pursuant to the Order of the House, inquired into the matter to them referred, and agreed to the following Report : The subjects connected with the general Police of the Me tropolis, which occupied the particular attention of the Com mittees that were appointed in the years 1816, 1817, and 1818, are the following : • . The system of Licensing Public-houses in the Metropolis. The consideration of the system of Parliamentary Rewards on the Conviction of Offenders. The Establishment of the Penitentiary Prisons.. The Extent and Effects of Female Prostitution. The Condition of the Prisons of Tothill-fields, Clerkenwell, and the Coldbath-fields Hou se of Correction. And The State and Expenditure of the different Police Establish ments of the Metropolis. The extent of these inquiries, and the ample information on the subjects to which they refer, contained in the printed evi dence and thedocuments appended to the Reports, have confined the duties to be discharged by your Committee within compa ratively narrow bounds. They have, hoWever, directed their attention to the several establishments in the Metropolis formed for the maintenance of the public pettee, and the prevention and detection of crime, and they have thought it desirable to present to the House, in one Report, a general view of these establishments. They may be classed under the following heads :- 1. Ihe Police of the City of London. ‘2. The nightly Watch and the Police of the City of West minster, and of the several Parishes which constitute the re minder of the Metropolis within the bills of mortality. 3. The Police establishment at Bow-street, and (under the immediate superintendance of the Chief Magistrate at that place) the Foot Patrole, and the Horse, Patrole mounted and dismounted. 4. The Police Establishments at Marlborough4treet, Hatton garden,- Worship-stfeet, Whitechapel, High-streat, Maryle.: bone, Queen -square, Union-hall, Thames Police. The Police of the City of London consists of the general police for the City, subject to the immediate superintend ence of the Lord Mayor.and Aldermen, and paid by the Cham ber of London ; and the police of each se p arate ward, under the immediate controul of the Alderman, Dep uty, and Common Council of the respective wards, and paid by a rate upon each ward. There are two offices for the purposes of police in the City oi London ; and an arrangement has been made, for the conve. , nience of the Magistrates, by which the City has been divided into two districts. All cases which occur to the eastward of King-street are taken to the. Lord .Mayor at the Mansion- House, and all cases to the westward to the Sitting Alderman at Guildhall. The Lord Mayor always .presides in his own court, and the Aldermen take it in rotation to preside at Guildhall. The officers appointed to conduct the business of the Police under the Lord Mayor and Aldermen are—Marshal, upper and under, Marshalinen, Day Patrole, Night Patrole, Smithfield Patrole. The business of the Upper and Under Marshal is to attend the Lord Mayor oh all public occasions;_ to attend all Courts of Aldermen and Common Council, also the Sessionaat the Old Bailey ; and to superintend the general directiou of the Police of the City. They are appointed by the Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, ant the Court of Common Council. The yearly salary of , the Upa per Marshal is 6001. per annum, of the Under 4601. per an num ; and the amount of other emoluments is uncertain. The business .of the Slershalmen is similar to that of the Marshals, but they are solely under their directione, and serve the summonses and warrants issued from the offices. They have a salary of 1301; per annutik e and are appointed by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Court of Common The Day Patrole are appointed by the Lord Mayor. Their pay, with some Wall emoluments incident to the appointment, average 11. IN. per week.' Their duties are mintrle the streets from o'clock in the morning until the evening ; to apprehend all thievee, rogues, and vagrants, and Witt generally undo the orders given by the Magistrates. A portion of the day patrole is appto ointed patrole the City. on Sundays and receive extra pay. The night Patrole are appointed by the Lord lilayor ; they are paid 11. I Is. fid. per week ; and patrole the streets from in the evening, until in the morning. They visit each watch-house in that peried, and report to the Marhals.the conduct of any constable, and the state of the public -hours; they are relieved by the day Parole. 'the Smithfield Patrole are appointed by the Lord Mayor ; are allowed IN. a-week, end their only duty is to attend at Smithfield on Mondays and Fridays during the time of the market ; they are eight in number. Besides this Police, which from the nature of its establish, ment is not confined in its operation, but is calculated to super; police of the City, each ward appoints a cer. i t n ai t n end ni t l i i i n e gbeernoieral beadles, watchmen, patrole, constables, and street-keepers, who are paid by a rate levied upon the inhabi tants of the ward, and are appointed to patrole the streets, and to fulfil the duties of a nightly watch within their respective wards. The number of' these officers varies according to the size of the different wards, and the mute catablishmeut is not uni, formly kept up in all ; but as the same principle prevails, with very little exception, they may b e ,classed i n t h e f o ll ow i ng manner :—the beadle , the constables, the patrole, the watchmen, the watch-house -keeper, and the street-keeper. The beadle is an officer annually' elected by the inhabitants of each Ward, with a salary varying from 50/. to 9W. a year according to the extent of his duties ; whose business it is to set the nightly watch, to collect the watch rate, to attend the Alderman, Deputy, and Common Council upon all Ward business and to superintend the constable of the night and the watch. The constables are elected in rotation from the inhabitants of the Ward, who sometimes serve in person, but generally pro vide substitutes . which substitutes must, however, be ap proved of by the Alderman or the Deputy and Common Coun cil, and who receive for their services a sum varying front 8/, to 151. The constable must attend during the whole night at the. watch-house, and the whole body is under the orders of the City Marshals on any particular occasion. They serve without salary but when called out on any particular occasion, receive 3s, per day. In most of the Wards a patrole is established, varying in number, whose duty it is to patrole the Ward from four or five in the afternoon until the watch is set. In some Wards the patrole are continued through the whole night, raid acts as a check upon the watch. The salary varies according to the duty performed by them. The watchmen are appointed by the Alderman and Com mon Council of the ward, on producing a certificate of good Character signed by two respectable housekeepers ; the regu lation as to age is conformable to the Act of last year, and care is taken to employ none but ab le bodied men. Their pay, as well is the number of hours they remain on watch, vary accord ing to the season of the year. The time of attendance is g reater in winter than in summer, and the pay is augmented proportionally. As in most of the Wards watehboxes are not allowed, the men must be constantly on the alert, and are re lieved in succession at certain periods of the night. The Watchhouse-keeper is a person employed in some Wards to keep the watch-house clean and in good order, and is occasionally employed as a c onstable. Besides 'the regular watchmen, there are in some wards an extra number itho attend every night to supply the place of any regular. watchman who may be ill or unable to attend ; these men, if employed, receive the regular pay ; if not wanted, receive three-pence, end are dismiesM. Almost every ward has a street.keeper, who attends from eight in the morning until the patrol conies on duty, and whose peculiar business is to remove any nuisances front, and to pre vent any impedineeme in the streets front carts or coaches. . . Under the head of the Police of the City of Westminster, it - appears to your Committee that the same, gradations and sub. ordination of the different .officers of police, and the Atone sub division of districts; do not prevail. and consequentirthat there is not that unity of action upon which themaintenanee Of pub lic order so much depends ; it was attempted to he introduced ' in the different Acts for the regulation of the . police , b u t owin g to the clty.ofWestmi nster never having been incorporated, the treats of efficiency and controul tbroughout this greet district is t Nave failed. There is however at present, a general police under the superin ten dence a the Dean sod nigh Steward of Westminster; and a parochial police itOntained by the dif. I ferent parishes within the liberties of Westutini,ter. By the 27th of Eli:., Confirmed by the 29th Geo. 111. e. 25, the city of West. Minster is divided into twelve wards; and the Dean or High Steward nominates annually, on Thursday in Baster week, twerve . persons; being.merchitnts, artificers, or persons ta r rying on a trade within - the city, .to be . Burgesses. Every •• person chosen as a B t rilcss is obliged to serve, under a penalty of 10/. and takes upon bitnaelf the government ora Ward. After his first election, he is regularly nomi nated from y ear to y ear, and is ' not removable unless for misconduct The Dean or High Steer. ard, with the assistance of these Burgesses, choose twelve other persons, who are called Assistant Burgesses, and form the Court called the Court of Burgesses. The Act gives them the power of acting as • Magistrates within the city and liberties ; but, since the establishment of the police-offices in 1792, that power has fallen into disuse, and they exercise no magisterial function at present, except in the regulation of weights and measures, and removing nuisances and annoyances. By the same Act, the Dean or High Steward is empowered to issue his precept to the High Bailiff to summons a court leet annually. That court returns the names of 160 trades people of the city to the court of burgesses, and the court of burgesses out of that number, choose 130 to act as constables. All persons carrying on trade are liable to be called upon to perform this duty, except victuallers. It appears that most of the persons so nominated serve the office by . deputy ; but this permission is only granted upon the most satisfactory excuse being made by the principal, and all deputies are reported to and must be approved of by the court of burgesses. It does net appear exactly what sum is given to induce a person to serve as a deputy, but it is stated to be between 6 and 6 pounds. The constables are liable to be called out upon all-public oc casions ; they attend constantly at the House of Commons during the sitting of Parliament; they attend also during the e l e ctions for the city of Westminster: since the establishment of the Police Offices, they are not employed in the detection of offenders against the law ; they receive no salary from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster ; but when employed on any public occasion, such as attending the King on the open ing of Parliament, or attending at a drawing-room or levee, they receive, from the Board of Green Cloth a gratuity some times at the rate of 65., and sometimes at the rate of 2s. 6AL a-day. They also receive an annual gratuity of six guineas from the Speaker of the Noose of Commons. The Dean and Chapter have no contralti over the parochial police and nightly watch. With respect to the parochial polic.e of the City and Liter.' , ties of Westminster, the same kind of establishment appears to prevail in almost every parish, varying of course according to the extent and population of the district. The establishment consists generally of beadles, constables, headboroughs, street. keepers, and watchmen. The general duty of the beadle is to set the watch to attend the watch-house on certain nights in the week, to remove nui sances, to take vagrants up, to attend the parish officers, and perform the parish duties. The number of beadles vary ; in some parishes there is only one, and in others two. The salary uncertain, and the mode of appointment rests sometimes among the inhabitants in vestry assembled, and sometimes among trustees under local Acts, particularly the 14th Geo. 111. ' The Constables and . Headborougha are chosen by the inha bitants in vestry, or at a court leet ; they receive no salary ; and their duty is to assist the beadle in all parish matters, and to take their turn in attending the watch-house during the night, The business of the Street-keeper is. to patrols the streets during the clay, for the purpose of removing nuisances. The nightly watch is regulated by the 14 Geo. 111. c. 90, which extends to the City and Liberties of Westminster, and other parishes therein named. In the parishes not named, local acts have been passed for that purpose, varying according to the exigencies of the districts. The above-mentioned statute prescribes with great detail the duties, numbers, and rate of wages of the persons to be em ployed as watchmen in each parish and no alteration in the prescribed regulations has taken place, except in the power given to the Police Magistrates by an Act of last Session to displace or suspend a watchman in case of misconduct, and a disqualification of any person to act as watchman who is above he age of 40. The Establishments of the Public Offices is as follows : At Bow-street there are 3 Magistrates, 3 Clerks, and 8 Officers. At the Offices in Queen -square, natton-garden, White chapel, Worship-atreet, and Mary-le-Bone, 3 Magistrates , 2 Clerks, and 0 Of fi cers each :At•Oreat'Marlhorough-streat and Union-hall Office, 3 Ma gviesdy.ttrotanitlte:ieslT:ahnsune,liercoeskantysliElbile-oe:filee,-ac3ra/tl. agistrates, 2 Clerks, 17 silt dittonal establiehment of Connected with the Office it Bow-street. consta bles, w ith ad. d eta above Bridge and at Blackwell. lt 3rl4l7"44 and na. 2 1:a w e: Le t: I ; u perintendence of the Chief 'Magistrate of that Office, are the horse patrole, mounted and dismounted, and the foot patrole. • 'The horse patrole wasoriginally established in the year 1806; in consequence of the frequency of highway robberies. The patrolet were stationed on die great roads leading to and within twenty nines of the metropolis t and the immaJate environs; within the dietance of four or five miles were patrolled by the fOot patrole. In 1821, the alarming inereasie of street robberies within the Metropolis, and the consequent necessity of confining the exer tions of the foot patrole within narrower limits, led to a consi derable And beneficial change in the establishment of the horse and foot patrole. The horse patrole still continued the per. formance of the duties ori&inally assigned to them on the prin. cipal roads ; but an establishment of dismounted patrole was connected with them, on whom the charge of patrolling the environs of London was devolved. Tha foot patrole, by whom that duty had been previously executed, being confined to the streets of the Metropolis. In all appointments made in the first instance to the situation of dismounted patrole, the individual appointed is required to be under 40 years of age, and to, have served with credit in a cavalry regiment. The dismounted men supply the vacancies as they occur in the horse parole. These establishments are under the immediate superintend ence of Mr. Day, the conductor , to whom a salary of 1001. is allotted. The Bow-street Foot Patrole is under the superintendence of the Chief Magistrate at Bow-street, Sir Richard Birnie, Re sisted by Mr. Stafford, the Inspector. The Metropolis, exclu sive of the City of London, is divided into sixteen districts; and a party of five patrole, one of whom commands the other four, is allotted to each district. There is also one unattached party, disposable for any casual service. The duration of duty required from the party is regulated by circumstances, and by the period of the year. Your Committee have now given a general outline of the several establishments of all descriptions, connected with the police of the Metropolis. The system is open to one obvious objection, that the parts of which it is composed are disunited, and under the controul of different anti unconnected authorities. In the City of London is an exclusive jurisdiction, and a se p a rate Police Establishment. In the other parts of the Me tropolis, for the greater part of the night, the charge of main taining the public peace is intrusted to the watchmen appointed by the respective parishes, and holding little or no communica tion, except in the case of actual breaches of the peace of the district within which they are situated. • If a new system a police were to be constructed ab initio for the regulation of a great city, such defects would no doubt be remedied ; but your Committee have the satisfaction of think ing, that, constituted as the present system is, the obstruction to public justice, and to the maintenance of the peace, exists practically in a much lteis degree than might have been appre hended, and certainly not to that degree which would warrant them in recommending any fundamental change in it. A controul over the nightly watch to a limited extent was given to the Magistrates by the clause in the Police Act of last Session, before referred to, which enables two Justices of the Peace to suspend, or absolutely dismiss, tiny watchman, as they may think proper, who shall be found incompetent for the dis charge of his duties, or guilty of negligence or misconduct ; and your Committee having, ample testimony in behalf of its salutary effects, strongly recommend that this power should be ,continued. It appears to them, that much benefit would result from communication between the police offices and the vestries of the parishes within their ?especttve districts, on the subject of the nightly watch generally ; as your Committee cannot doubt that the vestries would be disposed to consider favourably any suggestion for increasing the efficiency of an establishment so essential to the protection of persons and property, in all eases wherein there might be ground for complaining of general negligence or insuthmency. - Your Committee are so strongly impressedWitha conviction of the advantages which have resulted from the establishinent of the horse and dismounted, patrole, and the increase of' the Bow-street font patrole, that they earnestly recommend the fur. titer extension* of the principle on which they are founded, and Am a n lication of a system of patrole by day to those parts of the opolis which offer the greatest temptation or facility to the tolimission of crime. They are satisfied that no check so effectual can be devised upon the evil designs of those who gain their livelihood by ha. baud plunder, as,an impression that they ate under the vigil. ant inspection of person* who are acquainted with their persons and characters, and are at hand to defeat their purposes, or to assist in their apprehension. Your Committee consider that the chief recommendation of a patrole consists in its tendency to harrasts and banish the offender, by a persevering and annoving scrutiny, anti thus to pmvent the couttnission of crime. They consider a day-nalrole advisable, because robbery from the person is probably more frequent by day than at any other time and because it is by day that many of the robberies intendeeto be committed-by night are concerted, that premise* are surveyed, and fiteilides of approach and attack ascertained. They propose to make the experiment on a limited stale in the first instance ; because, if successful en. that Kale, it can very every exn easl pe yb :e which it is an They doubt, however considering the great expesimtel which Is required in providing the means of punishrnfet ( 1 1111 4 exndotbcause necessary theyto incur. Fe a nxiout to avoill i. offenders, who do not incur the extreme severky of . the whether an effective police, employed in the prdendon of d' would not be an establishment consistent with the s .. economy, as well as with the soundest policy. aced ivith ' The day patrole ought, in their opinion, to be coin% . the present nt witrole, and aced under the setae aunrt tendence. M o st ih of the Police Magistrates who have been ea.. ;trained, have recommended an increase to the number of eet stables at present studied to the police offices i ts and office should undertake the. duty of patrollingP. ' sent own d' But as a night patrole for the streets of the M e tropolistset ' sent established, the Committee think that by on ? neetell, .. it the proposed day patrole, the arran ge ment will be VlM..i i nornically made ; and that concert and co-operation, I ,!_, so pe.cuharly desirable to maintain, will be best aecutl a t ,- Your Committee are of opinion, however, in order_ several offices of Police may have full infonnadoe ,„._144. passes within their respective districts, that there Outfitt w i " -- full and unreserved communication on ever .ma . 1 stance between the Magistrates and the °thous iin' . c • superintendence the patrole is placed ; and Pertim 4 Salt' each case in which an application to magisterial au i .... , - - - - 7 - -t. be necessary on the part of the patrole, it ought to= . . '..., - , the o ffi ce within the district in which the case may have;' 'l' _,,, Your Committee consider that the experiment ,I, _,,;,,,d- , , P n r° ot P e crne xce llia edi Y n , , : i. ~ 41; the al* 44 ' After a full inquiry into and consideration of „ , several Police offices, your Committee arenot d any important changes in their establishments. . - 0 ,. 1 11 ,C: g be mo nlar, p o e n r a a n s n u u lli n c i iet . sufficiently extenaivesesle Thoy recommend that the residence of the Martft 1' .4--- ' their respective districts, or at least within a conveplz . eil- • - . .. from the o ffi ce, should, as far as possible , be e ven t ofd ..•• purpose of insuring regular attendance at the 0T,R, 9 4" -- t. means of constant access on the part of the inhabit/ 4 f for the purpose of enabling each Magistrate totte4l ' knowledge with respect to th e district to which lee • I'' which it is so dateable that he shou!'" • ,0 1 4' , ' resident at a distance, he cannot amp Although the pay of the police corn which the officers of the same descript receive, yet as it has been very recent guinea to 255. per week, and as a pow tary of State by the Act of last Sessit dinary diligence or exertion of any of . mittee do not think it necessary to pry fixed salary. It might, however, be expedient' State the authority to. sanction an i officer who may be severely wounded duty, and to grant a retiring kilowatt( may be completely disabled by bodi, be worn out by.the length of service. They think that it would be advi, office one head-constable, at a salary with no emoluments whatever fror officer to be selected from the most , employed ; and all vacancies to be tions in future. ' - • - ' The prospect of sueceetfrng to a nature, on account of meth., wolf, not only to exertion under casual stances, but to that uniform vigilant ing the commission of crime, whir' tications, and ought to be the stroi subordinate instruments of police. Your Committee' propose that superintend the conduct and env stables, and should make a daily . the district to which lie belongs, of peace officer has been employed. There is reason to apprehend, ' who are not in immediate attend. in executing its current or ordini employed than they might be. , not sufficient to constitute an effe to which they belong; hut there should 'not aid, so far as it is in tht for "which'it is /proposed to establit It is occasionally the practice to cess front 1. 4 0n,d0n, on the requisi' cases'whereire Offences of more ti city have been votnroitted in the exertions, for, the detection Of the their experience and dexterity. Your (2:onniiitteehelleve that Inv frequently result from this stop) , they think that m show CUM w' C with the police of London, the local district assigned to it, shoui of detaching those officer* Into the Your Committee have learnt Report of 1818, no Solicitor has , police offices ; and there at presen which the clerks in the police offs, and they repeat the recommen , " that this practise should be who. Various suggestions have bee) the repression of particular a'k detection of crimes ; but thee they could be advantageously . in which precise enactments or not be evaded, without giving that wide latitude of discretion, recommend. It is difficult to .reconcile an that perfect freedom of action tence, which - are the great pri‘ in this country ; and your Comi or curtailment of such advent crifice for improvements in Poi crime, however desirable in th/ dered. Two other points have been p Committee, upon which they di. observations:-These are, the vicinity; anti the practice of hue itpetition of the inhabitants of to your Committee. With regard to the first, you; of the Fairs are lawfully held .that these, though legally cot. 'protracted beyond their legitim: of the Fairs' they understand without any lawful right whal It appears to your Committt held require, in so populous a bourhood of the metropolis, to so that the business and the transacted and enjoyed there rate into scenes of vice and di They therefore propose to business and amusement at in the evening, and not be o; andthat the keepers of all sty sorting thither, unless they log of a peace officer, shall be carried before a Magistrate, st viction, W a small fine, and non-payment. The reFular course of proceeds illegal fair, is by a writ of King's Bench ; but this is little adapted to the present . Your Committee therefei given to any two 31agistrate; fair entirely illegal, or coati summon the owner or occult: to appear at a Petty Session snit shew his title to hold su; period (as the case may be); Magistrates preeent at the P: to declare such fair either alb beyond a specified period ; tion shall for certain ni ed, by being affixed on tht diate neighbourhood of th be made to hold the Fair Magistrates, any Dlagietrat rant requiring, the. peace „- to the ground for the pure custody all persons concerti fore a Magistrate, who Mt the former case Your Commitkee, hose'' Petty Sessions the power of property; and. they thereff owner or occupier of the Petty Sessions, shall not but shall he disposed to Bench, he shill be at libi abide the decision of that snit if he shall be ultimati case the Justices shalleo; of the illegality of the fel decided by the Court. On the subject of bon'. that the poetic* will (which is. now only Ws.) 54 for a second offence. te voip Printed and Published for the Pl . l CO °tlllCe No. 112, rtl,nil, 14 J .. 4 ald posseest # 7 l*.wr 7 ‘;" = 'titre. •.„,.. •, ' astables Is not ption in the US - :may aure.: , ' . -..`, ' )we r was give to a ion to retiaidtbe $ f the consusblea Pro Pose sql 104 -r • .' to g ive to the , • additional. Lorne* ir, ed in the pea stet in dosesivh ...„' • s day Injury. railway, vantageous•tiat i e t ry of threeeguin.,_;•., .k' uss any other www",,, r''' • desgylog of 00 4 7 -' up hi be filled ~,,,,, P• respectable sir:t 04 thl .aonsos , a ....... t a and eurao ',Fe ~ trice and actiell. 4 .. .„' ich constitute the 'Y' ingest ; i ,.. t this °Meet au ' , ' iployment of ..... ' r report to Oaf f of the manlier Pi ,„ . i that at presentld:l4 Lance at the (m ee t mary.business, art t•I ' ....: Their numbers 474 reCtiVe pa trOle 4 e can be no :heir power, the -* ..1,„ .• ish such i moll to detach , iition of privato, 'F' 4 . 4, than usual 1 , . A OP he country, lOL A hp s perpetrators pry , ' a leti titt le important s er, n.v ateigii. plo yment oft f, which are entirAT °ffice ili. Bow:stret lots uld alone exercizadic s . the country . -.., .)".' : with satialaction i , "•1 es f ooltit is been appointed a 0 resent few if say . dices are employed, ~." ;dation of a fon 4...,, - ,''' oily discontinued ; en offered to you ' - 4 ' t Asuses, and fall ,I,^e ,..,' : D t :r l r t a , gre e f rg e s w a a en i r i those i t e particularadopted, l iwveu we ee s : : 11 your to t 'l r * 4. 7 . i . i 01 ' 1 • se . • 1 ii . i ii ° ‘ . I , o i ' , 1 7 : , ivileges and hi s tas mmittee think U.'" 011ee, Or fitelliWr '. • hetnselvei, if 'AO" ,t ~, 4 ' A ,. .4 p re sented to t he pt) d ee m it necesserY , e Fairs held in unting bullocktk r .. ' . f Bethnal-green h'', at Committee apP by charter ar ._ mirnenced,.ge ii , , mate duration. .."je.i.- to be of modern or,} , !;- , stever. ,i k ir) , tee, that the faiel,r . ^ a district as die ir tl " rt o be placed und er flool i e innocent aO lO- 'ow 1 ' - e during the thlt iebanchery daringime provide by it i lr,o auch fairs OW PI. f iti ,ocild°daUCPillitietai'endt4nPtbSietiSlll:hieenligleOlgtielietrbe'bffli:rbaTrengtpthf::r'bill°ellles:l:'roil:#oi` 1 f Quo Orarrasto _„eeei a tedious and Or ~) . oacasian. ~,..„ $ ff 4t ti )TE prOpoo. that 111 V es, who shall hal , , 0 tinned beyond its, i., ~, pier of the grounPt; 11l n of the INI agi4 ta i c c 0;40 uch iltir, or to of and if the parqn: to Potty Sestionsi Y`trg together iliegili,L. 0 1 .4 , and if, after r!(!°,:`,"041, • umber of doll 'lo I 'sit 041101*. ' , le pan , 4 , he Fair gliwn.,l,- . 1 r contrary to ~,,,,'w", t Ae shalt be 00' 4 .4 'VI' otticcr to relocl7,l I' f ;be r a', ..k.k. rposes 0 040 ',,,r- , .neti therein,. Jt_,, , say i-onviet Ow' 4 :e", are not P _ of detertniltipif 1 erefore RIDPOI.IV,,;, , t he ground, li7 t ts . s _ ..........etet f satisfy the ~.a io 0 iitigate it' 1n_.: 1 ,6 , betty too nter, _Prii,, t Court, and 11: x. , tell faund,in Ili' c CA prOCCeit tO .toot air until tile ill' )1, i c aL lllock-Ituntirigt" i,. abah/Y bo_,tl ( PPill.r` .) is inCr e* j - , r