The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-09 00:00:00

POLICE.

Mr. BENN3TT brought up the Report of the
Police Committee. lie stated, that the Comniit-
tee had thought it•most advisable to doss this
portant question under two heads, in order Its
render the•sohject clearer tit the House. These
heads ‘vere,- Narltanteittaty Rewards and J.,eoite
OtTenders. The fortnerliad a strong tendency to
make Men forswear thetnselves to obtain the
blood-money In Id out as a recompe:ise for the de-
tection of crimes., This was proved by the trials
which had taken !Once last year for cinsspiracies
to entrap inmicent individuals into oil lives. The
sante influence was felt in inferior branches, and.
the Committee had no doubt-that, although no-
discovered in all its fulness, the.evildiad ext'ended
very considerably. They had been hammed
by a respec7table parish-officer, that police Officers
had often gi% en money to paupers, and afterwards
taken up.these persons as vagrants, and 7Obtilined
ten shillings for the commitment of each. _This
was a subieut which ought deeply to engage the
attention of Parliament. • As to juvenile of ca-,
tiers, their numbers had greatly increased, as the
following` statement would show :
In 1313, had been committed, under 14 years of age, GI
In 1814, ditto
In 1315, ditto
In 1816; ditto
—Of' those under 20, 1281 had been committed,
of whom 900 were for feloriies alone. Out.of 200
boys, two-thirds of whom were under 14 years of
age, only 25 had been tried for their fit st offence
141 bad been convicted ; and 26, the eldest of
whom was only nine, had also been convicted.---.
He then was understood to object (for the Ho-
nourable Gentleman spoke in so low a tone as
scarcely to be heard in the Gallery) to the pu.
nisbment of transportation, and the manner in
which it was regalated. Since 1812, 3978 males
and 637 females had been transported to Botany
WI. Of these 1116 were under 21 years of age.
He ci,mplained that no provision was made for
dick yew' n. The men might indeed work their
way back ; but the women 'had no other Means
of procuring a passage to England than by'prns-
tinning themselves as mistresses to the sailors and
Officers of vesselS sailing' home. This.wiis ;tio-
ot her point also deserving of the consideration of
Patliament.. lie then she Wed the great expense
attendant on the hulks and Botany.. The annual
averaile fOr. the last fifteen years seas 225,5801.---
He hoped that the subject would •be • discussed
next Session, and moved that the Report be
brought up arid laid on the Table.
Sir S. ROMILLY COnCu!red with. his Hon. Friend
in hoping the Report would he received with due
attention by the House next Session. He thou; ht
that in some instances a wrong line of conduct
hail been pursued. It appeared that many per..
sang s,oteoced to seven years' transportation, had
beets conveyed to New ..5.60t1 %Vales after spend-
itig two or three years 'in the hulks at home.
When the means Or returni,g were so difficult 10
procure, he could not.. think it.t,t)it to transport
persons so far, who had only three or four years
of banishment to undergo.

it lityrTEttwoiern objected to the system of
re %Vat (IS; min .rated, that in a par-
ticular ease, in which n trifling as..ault had been.
committed, the police-officers hail actually 'paid
cduiric! And proacquti4 the alluding puny agains;

the wish of the Offended, for -the -purpose of gain-
ing a reward of SOL
Mr. Colit:Buitl4 said, that as to transporting
convicts to New South Wales, when they had
only three or 'four years of 'their sentence to run,
that was done as a reward for their good conduct
in the hulks, as their situation at Botany
was forpreferable.,--Theneport was then brought
up and laid on the table.
SiTS.,l;tom.u.or. gave .notice that he should, to-
inorrow, move for the cop.y of certain dis-
gii444speo4-44-the -conduct of thi.t.ira4d4uty,
at Dominica.
Mr. W. SMITH
__presented a Petition from the
Unitarians in Kent and Sussex, complaining of
tfte treressity snider which they lay to celebrate
marriage after the forms of the Church of Eng-
an4 raiing for exemption from a law so in-
- -consistent with their creed and
derv(' to lie on the table. _ .

Si~• M. W. RrDLET presented a Petition front a
tiergyrnan at. Andover, complaining of the hard-
• ships be hid suifefed in consequence of 'the Col•
lector of taxes having assessed him 121. 'duty on' a
• carri'Age drawn' by •asses and running on four
'and that when he had refused to' pay the
duty, as he thought the carriage exempted from
•it', lee lead been 'surcharged' 121. more, making iq
' alt 241. • '

The Citkittettott 6f the ExcitEat%Eit'aaid, that
-sordv•itro u,d'Oclefl carriages drawn by asses were
extimitell.--.-The Petition wai diem read, atid7Or.:
derttillta•lle•oil the table. '• •• • - -
' • ,t)FricErts uF iTLE HOUSE.
114 EttmgcElL(ltt 'of the ExcuEiitmt ntoved
• teverat.Addresses to the Prince Regeift•, 'praying
'that he swO'filaheia-as•ed toarder the iitial'Annual
Grants to be ina(le to the Chiplailiand tbre Officers
• of 'the ifoilie'; and .exprtissittt; the deterniiitaiion
make good the swipe ...=-Agi•eed to.
' The'C'liA:%cEr.i.On of the Eicti atie•tt then moved
tt sirtt htr Address sum •oat 12,01)01. isli`cur
revey,• to -cettiu'ticrac'e the Cditii.tiisSioners appoint 4
''tad twitter a vote -of.tbat Hobse, to inquire into thd
ditties of Courts of Jllstice in Ireland.—tagreed
tA, 'after •a' woids- from Mr. W. Quin, Sir G:
Hill, and Mr. lietrtrett.• ' •