The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-10 00:00:00

The Jewel Robbery in the City.

A Publi

'in 1c meeting of the inhabitants of the ward of Corn-
, convened Upon requisition to the alderman of the ward,
Corn • yesterday at the Great Room, St. Michael's-court,
police tot ake into consideration the conduct of the City
brie in connection with the great jewel and watch rob-
s which havelately taken place in the City. Mr. Alder-
Inall Carter presided, and the meeting was very numerously
an;
hinnuentially attended.
tial • e CuAraltAs said he was glad to see so many influen-
insynli
pmahathbisietadtas of the ward present, showing that they all
with the loss which their neighbour had sus-
(Hear, hear.)
WALRER (the sufferer by the late robbery) said he had
been accused of negligence in not properly seeing to his
_vporo..el.itneeise astif teuHdizte felt deeply how he had been treated by the
stances e thought after his great loss, and the
commissioner o
P Ileell would haveth im paid ha, and visit ascertam ed in for him-
sulfathe particulars, and not have entrusted that dutyto
terdinate officers. (Hear.) Mr. Walker then read a let-
-I€3
inst., had
haLturessed to the commissioner of police .on the
and acquaienting him of the robbery and its great
eltent, to which h received a reply merely stating that
;actParticulars of the robbery were being inquired into. He
:guaddressed another letter to the commissioner of police
esting information as to the name and age of the police-
-gall
replywho was on the beat at the time. Ho received no
but an inspector of the police called upon him and
asked
.nf —'lvlly he required these particulars. He candidly
1--°rroed ki •
then it was to lay before this meeting. Since
he
had heard nothing further. (Shame.)
Iverer._SotoßoNs, goldsmith and jeweller, whose premises
kr, recently plundered in a similar manner to those of
his
„Walker, detailed the circumstances connected with
'as°, and that he could only obtain the stereotyped
Pr"lise thouthat the matter should be inquired into.. He
f
the thought
It Was a bad policy the constant changing o
I,ll°neemen on the City beats.
pritetie CRAIRMAN said he understood it was the constant
whielleoh to change the beats of the City police, a plan
foki e thought highly detrimental to the efficient per-
ance of their duties.
kr ,
and in' tri2l (of Cornhill) severely condemned the conduct
oug—efn.eic4cy of the police. He thought they must no
ine,l'el3' on the police. but must emoloy private watch-
kee,..,.."l6 moved the following resolution :—" That this
taken '"ldeerdydeplore the numerous burglaries which have
nunllplies in the City, and is of opinion that the greaterhad
""' of these burglaries might have been preventedho 'l3,care and viligance on the part of the police been s
,341-r and
(of Cheapside) seconded the resolution.
te,etw. as one of those who had taken all means of se pr.
be I°ll, but when he saw what was going on around him
of the°afessed to great anxiety, feeling theigross inefficiency
et:
rithe-eB4,Pdotlhicaetatsheatopirtesenit. conducted. He was prepared to
were a superior body of men
with uietropolitan pyoplioce,cebut still he was not satisfied
Wer
°e the Present selection of men out of the City force ; they
prod not underpaid men, and not of that class required to
e-;'t the vast amount of property in the City. (Hear,
leeie) if they expected good men, they must pay a proper
Thethem. (Cheers.)
r,
rate ; 'tt-AntMAN said he had always advocated a higher
wee et Pay to the police, feeling the amount at present paid
the ?lite insufficient to procure and retain good men for
keZee.
ra• Cross, Price, Hughes, Sarl, and other gentlemen
u
ot,
er r PingsPken, the resolution was adopted unanimously.
dealtli nesolutions were also adopted unanimously, con-
eientpfy.ttailrfßoiency of the police, arising from insuffi-
na Callin the Want of a proper selection of the men,
5 -Da "P°4 the police committee of the corporation to
T-h—...ediae attention to the subject.
mane Ineeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the chair-
to Who promised to use his influence in the corporation
4417 out the object of the meeting.