The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-15 00:00:00

SPECIAL CONSTABLES.

The following letters have been received by Mr.
B. Hancock, chief superintendent of the D division
of special constables. The first, which is dated
from Wellington Barracks, says :—" Sir,—l am
directed by the Secretary of State for the Home
Department to thank you for the efficient organisa-
tion of the force of :special constables under your
command. lam further desired to express his sense
of the zeal and alacrity shown by the officers and
members of the D division, Marylebone parish." The
second letter, which was signed by Mr. Greenwell,
the clerk to the magistrates, stated that, "At a
meeting of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for
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the St. Marylebone division, in special session
assembled, Sir James John Hamilton in the
chair, it was resolved unanimously, That the best
thanks of the Bench be tendered to Mr. Hancock
and the other superintendents of the division of
special constables for the parish of St. Marylebone
for the zeal, promptitude, and energy which they

have exhibited in the organisation of the special
constables who have so loyally enrolled themselves
in aid of the civil power in the present emergency.
Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace trust that

their invaluable exertions will not be relaxed, and
beg to assure the superintendents and the officers
and men connected with them that they may con-
fidently rely on the cordial support and co-opera-
tion of the magistrates in this division of the
metropolis." A letter of similar purport to the
foregoing was also received from the Marylebone
Vestry.
The special constable movement in St. Pancras
has evoked much enthusiasm, and the drilling is
carried on with the greatest possible diligence. On
Monday night Colonel Ibbotson drilled 200 special
constables in the entrance hall of the Euston-square
station of the London and North-Western Rail-
way. At this terminus, as we are informed, a
guard of the 20th Middlesex Rifles is on duty every
night, and challenges everybody passing into the
station or about the works after a certain hour.
Captain Butler will this evening drill the Camden
and Kentish-town specials at the head quarters
of the 29th (North) Middlesex Rifles, which have
been granted for drilling purposes three nights a
week.

The swearing in of special constables for pa-
rishes and districts of the Tower Hamlets was con-
tinued yesterday by Mr. Paget, at the Thames
Police-court, and the business was protracted to a
late hour. The remainder of Charrington and
llead's-people, including the heads of the firm,
were sworn in by Mr. Paget in the afternoon. They
number 212 persons. The clerks and workmen of
M?ssrs. Batger's large confectionery works in
Broad-street, Ratcliff, have been incorporated with
the other specials sworn in for the Hamlet.
Staves are very much wanted; but one person
sworn in at the Thames Police-court in the course
of the last week has been provided with a trun-
cheon, and if called out will have no weapon of
defence. The fact is, the loyalty of the people has
outrun the large supply of staves, and some thou-
sands more are required.
Upwards of 500 special constables have been
sworn in at Stamford, Lincolnshire. At Colchester
the number enrolled has risen to GOO, and on Mon-
day evening a meeting was held, at which the
superintendent (Major Papillon) announced the
final arrangements made for the management of
the force.

On Monday night the special constables who had
been sworn into office in Edinburgh, assembled in
the Corn-Exchange. About 800 were present.
The Lord Provost, addressing the meeting, said :
" We have already within the last few days sworn
in and received the cordial aid and assistance of up-
wards of 1,100 special constables—(cheers)—and I
may say we could have doubled that number had
we possessed sufficient batons ready in hand to give
them ; that was our only difficulty, and lam happy
to say that in a few days more we shall be able to
enrol a system of at least 2,000 special constables in
the city. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Morham, deputy
city clerk, read the proposed magisterial arrange-
ment for the division of the city into six sections,
for each of which a superintendent was nominated
by the magistrates, leaving the deputy superinten-
dent to be nominated by the constables themselves.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Jan. 14.
The Queen and their Royal llighnesses Princess
Louise and Princess Beatrice drove out yesterday
afternoon, attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe ;
and her Majesty walked in the grounds this morn-
ing, attended by the Duchess of Roxburgho.
Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess
Beatrice also went out.