The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-12 00:00:00

POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS.

One of the most interesting subjects upon
which .the House of Commons' Committee upon
the Police of the Metropolis examined evidence
immediately before the recess of Parliament, was
the increase of robberies upon bankers. What
was before mere matter of conjecture was very
candidly admitted to be matter of fact by some
witnesses who were best qualified to give infor-
mation on the point. We understand that it was
stated to the Committee, that immediately after
the robbery of a bank, a cvmmunication was
opened between the thieves and the bankers,
and negotiated by an officer on the. part of the
latter, and a go-between, or fence, on the part of
• the former. An officer, who said that he had
been employed on occasions of the sort, and t:e,at
he had succeeded in regaining the stolen -pro-
perty, was asked whether he did not colisider,,
that in effecting a compromise he NvP.s commit-
ting an offence ? To this he repiied in the ne-
gative. Ile did not think that in the present
state of things there was any alternative if a
banker wished for the restoration of hiS property
The case of an eminent banking concern was
cited in proof. An extensive robbery had been
committed on the firm, and it was deter-
mined that compromise should be rejected, and
that every effort should be made to deter
the thieves from uttering, by the most rigorous
prosecution. Three passers of the stolen notes
were tried and convicted, and an expense of
1,500/. was added to the original loss, and, even
after all the holding out, it was thought necessary
to negociate. The thieves received their de-
mand, and the rest of the notes wet- restored.
Another witness attributed the prevalener.4 of
this wholesale offence of bank-note stealing to
the frequent and familiar intercourse between
the officers and men of bad character, and was
of opinion that if thieves were in the habit of
dreading the presence of an officer, the idea of 1'
compromise would be quite idle, and, of course,
the great temptation would be removed. Ac-
cording to the present system, a gang of thieves
had only to run one hazard, for the plundered
party was generally ready to negotiate ; but if
there were an interruption to tile intercourse,
and the police were to do their duty resolutely
and without abatement, many hazards would be.
incurred. There were but few persons in the
metropolis who acted as fences upon those occa-
sions, and it would be advisable to have a con-
stant watch upon them. The Committee 'exa-
mined very closely, in order to ascertain the ex-
tent of the connection between thieves and
officers, and the conduct observed in what are
secarlliepctli flasho:of
h houses,
w
nuisancesth w e eaxsissoteipicoesiotif4 nt
iceolt de-
t'
by one of the Magistrates ho dispense
justice in the very midst of them.

R s.—NillneroUS coill-
,
rE
plaints bar lately lir •n received by t,
e , - the various newsmen
from their customers in the country, of n
STEALING NEWsPA
papers regularly; ear, frequently when
trot receiving their
n any thing ini.
portant is expected, they do not get '
them at all. Within
the last month this complaint has' il
icreasNl to such a degree
that letters are daily arriving in to
with neglect Yesterday ai.
mwa blaming the agents
epresentation of the circum-
stances was laid before Sir pn
ANcls FREELING, Bart., br
some
newsmen, who stated to iiim that if the practice was
'
continued it would entirely ruin them ; the fault was not
with them, as they could safely swear they packed the
papers up. A
number of letters from dilierent parts of the
country were handed to
names of the Sir FRANCIS, who took down the
different places where newspapers had not
been delivered as
make a very striosten. t, and. promised that be would instantly
inquiry into theaffair.
desired that for the future, when any gentleman made a
complaint to his ghe t
might
ertittown about the non-delivery of
his newspaper, thaathtbe iistantly,
should
informed of /1,,,
circumstance, and the strictestg
__ inquiry take place.
COMPARATIVE VALUE OF NATIONAL
CIL ARA cTr.E..--M m any po • • '
emAmerica with
sail to '
the
. understanding with the captain, that on their arrival
they are to be sold for a certain term of years, to make
up for their passage-money. It is stated
or
301. that the captain
generally gets fur a G,rman 201."br
a French-
man no more than 151. ; for an Englishman or Scotchman,
12/. ; and for an Irishman oily Si. or 91. ; but that a
Spaniard or Portup,vese he could not ;,:et rid of at any
price..--London Weeklv R
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