The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-29 00:00:00

THE CITY POLICE.

The followicis is the animal report of the City
Comotiotoiter of Police, to the Lord M.y..r, A dernt.-n, and
Commons of the City of London, Ln Cannon Council
►•eembled

My Lord sod Q,n.l•esen,—lt is with pest Omar'
that I submit to sour roc sideratioa tbe statistics and work jag of
tbe City Polio Fun*, for the year wading the 31st of Doom.
bar, 1849.

In every department the result will be four,d satiefeetoty,
not ouly as it evinces the g al tfficieney or the officers
.nd e insulate in the dia.harge of their ordinary duties,
in the gratifying eviilence which this return affords of the
improved and improving condition of persons whom viaduct
is more immediately under the mania coca of the police, es
the same is traceablu in the decreased number and in the
nature of offences. I. aselirmation of this stn im.nt, I
invite your attention to the retinas made in the year 1841.
-*in; the first atter the establishment t the City Police in
its present statutable form, and to these of the yen just
laden. in the tolioniaz parucuten:

134: Vsaue est property stoteu £9,003 7 8
reenerok
1.742 3 11
11;19 tralue"of praperty stolen 4 406 11 1
, nd
1,3'22 10 0
1841—Pawns takea.'into custody 7,785
12149 P. 11.

But while the above returns indicate a marked improve.
moot in the condi•ion and conduct of the people, the re are
others which show *he accumula•ing dwies of the polioe in
matte's which evince the great incease of business within
the city. Indeed, while It declines in its residential" popu-
l.tiun,meCiy is vastly increasing in all the elements of
bus'nees, as the seme is proved by the influx of persons and
the increase cf public carriages. From •re turn which was
made to the chief utlice in May, 1848, it appears thistupwards
of 600,000 persons come into the City in each day,
while the iecreased number of public emanate' the conse-
quent inconvenience arising from competition, and still mere
irons the increasing movement 01 carriages in the public
streets, arising mainly frees the absence of suitable accon-
m idation, or:cation greet and harassing employment to the i
constables; thus, in 1841, the number of summonses was
1,378; in the last year the number was 3,322.
As I coneider the utility of au annual report to consist as
much in the sugi serti..n of mprovements, as in the evidence
of satisfactory results, permit me to call the attention of
the court to the injurious noose quences which arise from
the operation of the crier recently issued from the Justice
IL ices at Guildhall, to the effect that a summons is only to
be /footed umow a ems stated by the constable, itotead of
issuing the same, as horerotore, upon the responsibility of
the superior officer at whose instance the application was
made. The new plan imposes upon the constable who
seeks the summons, the necessity of waiting at the Justice
Et urn frequently two or three hours, hy which the
etfitiency sit the force la greatly impaired, as many consta-
bles are diverted from their ordinary &ries, while in a
number of eases much time is enhanced from the rest el
the constables, and the result is, that public annoyances are
overlooked, which require to be, and ought to be, Lrought
forward.

There is also mother matter width greatly perplexes the
force. Toe experience of come years boa shown the vast
advantage of employing e wattles out or uniform, al by to
the surest method of p big edits and deka ins
°treaders and the mass have be.. few In bich just cause
oI custpl.int bee boon made against this body ; but of late
some of the magistrates here publicly isruclemni d the em-
ployment of eunatablts oat of uniform, sod have exhorted
pock. to bring actions against the men. Ttoeglt I should
regret the relit quithenent of the practice of emyloyins con-
MOSS not artaii g the uniform of the force, being
a.tilled of its great utility, yet were an Intimation
from the nuigistrates gives by them roll. coati, ,
disapproving of the practise, conveyed to me' is would of
a term be respected, for it it very unreasonable that the om-
its, les should be exposed to the eons. stenos which mey
arise from rebuke and advice of thi nature alluded to.
I hove the hammy tie be, say lord and gentle men, your.
most obedient *trout. 11. W. II
8-renath of tho force let January, /WO ,&4
Number of persona taken into custody ip the year
1b49 ll . 13,319
Total slumber of sammon.ee 3,311
Number of hottest, warehouses. &c., futo•ti insecure
(1,042 occupiers id. son premise, 130 etteneneed,
6eB no of ebtly reddest)
N amber of fires discovered by the polies u....
Neither or children found 743
Number N see" saved i y the pens'
Number of robberies, burglarise, dice
Vale' if proper', stolen
Valuef prayer ty recovered 1,334 10 0
Vales of property foetid on drunkest porous',
and restored oa their departure from the
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