The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-15 00:00:00

ST. JOHN'S TIORSLYDOWN.

A meeting was held yesterday morning in the
vestry-room of St. John's, Horslydown, to take
into consideration the propriety of petitioning Par-
liament for the abolition of the new police.

Mr. BaowN being called to the Chair, drew the
attention of the meeting to the enormous increase of
taxation within the last 15 years, together with the
great reduction in the value of Water-side property
since the formation of St. Katharine's Dock : in
such a state of things, it was impossible for the in-
habitants to meet the additional burden imposed
upon them by the creation of the new police, the
consideration of which was the purport of the day's
meeting.
Mr. Burtoces stated the annual sum paid for the
old watch to be 000/.; that of the new police,
1,7101.----(Cries of "shame.") —Now he contended
that they were better watched under the old system
than the new. Ile was walking lute the other night
from Camberwell to 'Bermondsey, and saw but two
policemen the whole way. He was for doing them
away altogether, unless some better mode were
adopted for their regulation.
A gentleman submitted that the day police might
be done away, thereby giving an additional number
of men for the night duty.

Mr. BAUNES objected to that course; the neces-
sity ofd day police bad been fully established by
evidence before u Committee of the House of Corn.
rriont4, formed in consequence of the then dreadful
state of the metropolis. He was not disposed to
quarrel with the new police.. Generally speaking,
'bay were much better adapted for the purposes Of
protection than the old watch, if - under proper and
constitutional.centroul;- but it was an improvement
purchased at too dear a price. Let them be made
amenable to local authority as heretofore; and the
expenditure of the money raised for their mainte-
nance atcounted for.
The CHAIRMAN begged to add another specimen
of their utility. Two ladies were knocked down
few nights since in Rotherhithe, and a gentleman
who interfered, met the same fate; a policeman was
desired to take charge of the ruffians, but refused,
because, indeed, he had not witnessed the. outrage.
Several other gentlemen having expressed their
sentiments' it was moved, and agreed to unani-
mously, that a Committee of seven gentlemen be
appointed, to prepare a petition, in a similar spirit
with those of other perishes, the tenanr of which
has already appeared. The meeting then broke up.

THE HAMLET OF MILE-END OLD TOWN. I
Last evening u numerous meeting of the inhabi
tants of the hamlet of Mile-end Old-town took
niece at the Town-house, for the purpose of adopt-
mg a petition to Parliament far the repeal of the
New Police Act ; and also for another petition for
the repeal of times on inhabited houses.. Mr. J.',
Ctitaxst in the Chair.
ohjeeted to the new police on the
brnettlibteiple of 41 itneonstitutiamil nature.
,
- • Acutopi 0...pct.,' to the new police, on the
-firs-ti-ittourai, that :was contrary to the spirit of
the 'Ceegittltion, icit Was vitsbitad by maldng
that portion of it Intlitery which ought to be of a
ovil nature. The #cond ground was its proved

inefficacy; and the third objection was its oppres-
sive expence.
Mr. HAMMOCK, the churchwarden, said that the
alleged expence of 1,3301. arose partly from an ad-
ditional portion of ground which the new police
watched. He, however,objected to the new police
system in its present form.
Several other inhabitants addressed the meeting,
after which a petition was agreed to.
The meeting next went into an animated discus.
sion relative to the propriety of preMenting a second
petition to Parliament, praying for the repeal of the
taxes on inhabited houses.

Mr. NEWTON pointed out the oppression of this
tax, which affected all classes. He thought by
asking moderate al,olition from Government, instead
of the repeal of the whole of the Assessed Taxes, it
would show that they had no wish to embarrass