The Sun.
London, England, 1816-09-03 00:00:00

11OVE
„ 1,

"We St)luileit -in. our Paper some Months ago to'
005 atiempt making at Deal towards. the Establish.
ment'of• a' Fishery, particularly directed to the
catching anti curing of herrings, after the famous
manner of the Dutch, find it now affords us a real
gratification to know that the Society has suc.
eceded In producing herrings equalling in every
respect those cured by the fishermen of that na—
tion and that the reports of individuals in this
country who have used them, and accounts from
.the. West Indies, whither a great part of them
were sent as samples, afford the, mast iatklactory
,protas of their goodness„,,,and the Most Animating.
ructsaragernent for the Society to persevere in.
their laudable nodertaking. by the assurance re
heatedly :expressed thtst •the Deal Herrings 'Will
.coramand: the markets. When we allude so
pointedly to the Deal Herrings, we tin it with no
desire to Make ati.inVioin.iis comparison, but for'
.the, purpose of stimulating the 'inhabitants of other
Sea Ports. equally happy in these localities, to.
•will, we think. ea Cite no
s,ntalkinrprize amono many of our readers when
we; state, that the fish from• Which the Dnfrbdraw
Such' immense sonrces•of 'Wealth are caught on
oar cogs's, awi that the British afterwards pa-
ti-ISe at a high pricethe very article which an un-
netnral and onairevinutibte.prility or indolence
,prevented them fronl "catching, curing, and selling
to the neighbouring States, and to our own Colo,
nie,, on most advantageous term's.
,We hail the De,ul Society as the precursor of
..;sl,ll,ional System calculated in an eminent degree'
tio'da4pansate :for the loss of, those branches of
`autith'eree which the peace obliges us to share with
orsetign to enter Nations. This branch of our
national economy has been probed to the bottont:
by the indefatigable -exertions and peiiereiance
of Mr. TiOwnsell, the King's •StOrekeeperitypeal.,
its advantages.are4refragably proved in a &pert
made by tbe.Mayur Caii...,6.4“ a • Deal at,
the Lord Warden of the Cinque-i'orti aud When
we state 'th'at the plan for it, crnultret has the
-;.
ap-
paobation''and:support of such men as the Earl of
Lieer'pon!,-frOrd Gambier,. Mr, Wilts:agree, and
t.at able statist and ecitatniit, Mr. P.
iffitifp 4•Ye art sore We speak volumes in its favour
The printery, object of the Deal Association

r'ew:tril the industrious exertiniti 4( the
• •
to give employment to the tabour-
;l.li2".etiisses iu that liviglibo.Fl)4o,.(while. profit.,
r.,‘tigh not- -f-o-F t-;; - rlitit-44peontitir y- point )-
rhe pttblie hsee,o,warratify of the excellence of
the-tinkle ruled by it ; anal, ht(lred, we have no
itt Sayi6o,-.1141 fish .enrrtlby the Society;'
‘ot "Poll (he principles itrhkOPti,lby , are iii once
14t, hilt Fit!{)ll,l, of rood,
consontption of which is well. worthy the
serious a' tentlim of the tosottfarturinx

report. .pf the Arriv4l oenerai NfuNA in
. ; .
Aniquips reptiteri iLe 16•4111 to be aertiMpft.
s*l4ollll Uettivuut.itlcxicoilut frotwidottdon.

TI i'gLATnct :

. ,
At
• ,
raNGLrift °PHD A. night .1 oacto-n.lrattla its
The I I'wo /- •
twp natal entitled t.t_s , or, l'ae 'dent
nOt buffl.b,.was pro.l4:ed at I his I heatre. It t diet,
wore ismisedintely from. the Fr...or:lt Stage, but the
m in Stilly has been.coinitioik to Romances since
cite earliest. times of theserAVorktr,' to t lie-rtrite of
.
Twe Monk," ‘vhcrein the first Act of this
strait!,, is tit lie found in choice finglish, 'as the
, Ir/flowing, sketrli of-tike plot more fully site wet!. :--
It.isaboto, dangtter emint Gliridar, reveal ly
hie &Int Imur brit:nailed to'itu officer called Valbef,
she tits m , er 61.111,111141 Whillie death ill rumoured at the oe.en-
ing play. -Sir Hildebratiel, presuming on the un,:rn-
tecte.l..4.ne of Itesabells; •who has been) m the meettwitile,
left udder his gUartiataship by her father, confines her iii ht
uld.sequestered..castle, moil she. shall eutisiNlt to marry hint.
Itosubelle flies r but wunderingin. the:barest arrives ot a c. 0.-
rage inhabited by Jobbers, who detain her to perform the toe-
•liial offices of the fatail./, and threaten her teith instant death
the dray:old she titters iti the presence of arty stranger.—
on his way to demand his destined bride frum Sir
Hildebrand, lights with .bii Servant upon . the same
farful habitatioa in Abe forest, stud is' received by the
old hiiitress of the heinie with the Must spectates and
imposing hospitality. The obligation to silence ender
which Itosabelle, exists. compels her -to have recourse
to dumb shots to warn the newly.erilVed travellers of 'their
&lacet, and gives rise to 411 exhibitiett of heautiful 'pantomime
by Miss f(elly,•on whom, indeed, the chief interest of the
peer depends. tinder' pretence of making the traveller's bed,
she convey's behest It the pillow a letter and .ladder of ropes;
by the first or Which lie'learits the full extent of his danger t
and be the latter escapes thriaigh the 1110111eIll be-
fore the ,assassins enter lris•chamber to dispatch him. The
murderers, ifunittliatelyettributios hi flight to Ihr COMO:Ince
of ltosabelle, drag her forward to put her to death, 'when Sir
Hildebrand—it sort a personage *Wilti has a trifle more smite
than Hoit Quixotic, and Iva, a ;;rest deal more 'courage-0:m
Falstaff—Ravine issued from the castle Miters:tit itt his Nand,
at ices in the nick of time, surrounds the banditti with a nu-
merous train of follewers,and carries off the lady ko triumph.
Thus ends the first , act. The second flags a little. Valnel,
having gut of from/lie hid, strays away to the 'fortreis sae
Hildebrand, which-Icing subjected to a stria discipline of
drawbridges, moats, sentinels, eke. Inds him to suspect that
he has fallen into the hands of another and more formidable
bend of fuming. He .meets itosahelle Magnifieeittly et-
tired, and is perplexed -hy her resemblance to the damsel
in the.' wood she atilt addresses bins in dumb show;
.and with tier maid, to induce hint to attempt their re.-
lease, carries oh the deception that they are really pri-
, sown' to a banditti;.• but to ascertain the sentiments
of %Whet towards .his former preserver, she gives bias to
understand, that if she puts herself under his. protection,
be must consent 'to 'marry* her: this produces a deelarn-
flan of hil love for Rose, whom* he vows, tit rescue from
the den where-he had left her or perish. Oft Sir Hildebrand
giving a signal tobis soldiers to commence a Itte in honour
of his ward, which Valliel mistakes fora preliMinary to his
own assassination, kr seizes his arms, and attacks' his host.
The astonished knight requires and giro. au- explanation—•
the errors of the dilierent parties are cleared identity
of Rosabelle nod Rose is established, and Valhel's claims to
her heart and hand aliowed.—The title arises front the cit..
ea:pittance ed the Heroine speaking twice, and hut'twice in
the course of the performance--once as Rose, to indicate the
hour at which. Valbelle was to escape from the R'obbers, and
once it) her Owes character, to express her willingness to
be-
rutne his wife.
By nu inversion of the usual dramatic rule it
will be seen, that the part of deep interest is lucre
made to precede the part of a lighter• nature. By
ibis means the main character Bosahelle is reit-
insignilicant .throughout the second act ; for
we cannot feel that sympat lay for the saute panto-
mime in a silk gown, and without a sufficient cattsv.
for silence, which held tie captive in, the Bandit's
domestie s/aVe,, acting tinder the terror of death.
Notwithstanding the new contrivances, therecore,
'the second art,. it. COMpfilifillll. with the • fiist.,.
langtsisliel, extremely. Jliss liaLcy as the.licluine:
elisplaye.n hex pia w ers to. inlvntitage, Awl the
only critical; suggestion. we shall offer to her
,
on repeating tue character i* tO omit the.
stave of a song at the close, which is very
little wantevt, and produces nu elfect
that of destriiyimg the appropriatette.o He the name
of the piece—Miss K HUN being conjuror enough
to understand, though the author thigh; not,. !hot-
.
saying ' 111idniglit," and " )i es,' and i•iiiginga.
song into the bargain,' is More titan " TWo
WOrdS."
• •.

Mr. 1. Scour, as VuMel, was.veryanintated in
his performance, and cety agreeable in his music.
One of his snug Was encored, and repeated of ter
some rat her ungetierou, opposition. 11%1111.8Y. teas ts
good Sir flibiebrand, but the,character is not a
goal opt. It is utit ludicrous enough forrptitiriear
lure, mid not, sterling enough for counnbn sense.,
Great,effects ought never to he prOduCeaby-powcr,
given to mean •agents on the stage. ..A pretty
and lognacious„ Waiting maid (Mrs. OUOKIt), a
timorous Serving man (Mr. RussuLt.), tt drunken
ht.tler (Alr.,GirTth), and the Woodman's trite
(Mrs, Gaovt). the vtl up tie diwili'aji's Pers'oacc
with sonsiderableohill ; Jhe :ahnunelat ion for;
repetition Was svietioned b 3 the. unanimous.voice
of it full Theatte.
The Music, by .Mr.ADDISOI, is very pretty,
.cacti several of the seene:,. pat tieuhrly the iusjtle
of the ‘Vyodtim,..B' Cottage anti the Hall of the
old Castle, 'excellent. .

w.
EniNIKTUGII 'li EAtllit :--Tli.e folloxilitik Address
wits delivered by Air; W. 11W-1111.0r befoili the oloi-e
ulthe Theutrv, for tile summer sruson; oa :Friday
last •••-•.:. . . '

ANn ritttrlAMEN. =the enti•rtaininerite of
eveniug t erotism's. the present season, mull two Ole
of returiting.the gratrfUl acknowledgment of the nittliag,,iie
fur the I iheral,pat ronage.which has at tended theitexeitiolf",, mid
which has tallied them so soccesifullythrough a period pecu-
lin rly uuf.trourahltim all plates tit publi4 amusement. When
I fint,hail 'the bunatur of presenting ruyseli hoore )-•ou itt toy
present situation, I
.vetitured to expres toy timt, our
Sense of 'all your kindness wOnlii be' store fully exeloplitirii
hy:„m•
.a(stir.oc limn by nor upsets, and I,rimi ,rust,
and Gentlemen, that pledge hats-not betis •f0ef,...ik,11, to.
instance alone have we.hveit deficient in prettettting• to 'your
notice the 'first char:Otis who: now orniptlent the,tontion
Theatre:, and that dilteiency I now remove, by anianmeing
the trigag.nent of Me:-.l,i,ratt. We lung hesitated itirgratit-
ing the very heavy 4410*-uleAt) Which alone the titleilts of. titl r; •
liras can be provbredvas it always has, mid ever.will be our
urn to rats Hie price. ut iitlirtitsion to this.
Theatre for auk', totii‘ititotti Nut mer; butolisereing the very
general wish whic-h pervades the public to witovse the
prat•sliivniti txertititortit thig see hare acceded to
the propositions ttf Illy Kettit,.more its the hope 'of-securing
the eta timuttice yonr present. favour, .and estriblkkhing
.once claim to )our lotto. Addpi,it, Mau flout any, pveuttinry
ad; ant age that end tar tierived froto
Ladies and thuitetet..o, Iter.toy.ielf trit,of tim
INirforniers, I beg Imre. to 101411. uur iinrcr, 1,t,0.10 bit- the
-WWI totivation you' h,;“• li:ti4l 10 our ed,.irt".• bo.
uiraatj and omce more teprating-the itektiineledgMente u •t 1444
.pursetit tittmezetnenti amd ampoittiviuvtlitit. the vitirkkKutpent
sit Mr. ideas cc at tOit place during the !Jet? week. ovt,oiJl:t.
Own al4 mar le%
.:11r At,UtitiAY tilit tkt ty titteurtiptelf in- the
c,,;‘,Ae of his Nthiress lat the iiiiplauset of the nu- •
.
4.ll&stre, owl set tilS,Coltdoiti)ll sr+ is.rtl luti4l
end e x pressO. on of their oipprobation,--
"tiers-Jim/I ihAt the t;i4;eigilio...lo of Mr. KeLitt
is lir' Otte cif gtil:lC:,lti pet' nt._, tit,

'tvrtus it tiow preforAttillg at itiv 4410ny Ttivit4
tre with ~t•tl-tt sottress,
tiLOVER is engaged by the Dttbtin Maui•
ger upon I.""Jikeral tettni: -
.'•

Tfi2

' • Vla, Int est his urtriily unt lot u .1 in tliit
.'s ii•
rielighbotirii,io44. Hit,i tioii oreit iii.o.slivtk ii. tln
Asolenol,(1 state of the 440itlier.jill Is 110144:d 1 11. st,
Oat* goo 4 oteititeyi' Ali ti.4'iNlgif *.,,i,iii. oil! he -le.
ett;i4l.,- Th i.' I:ijsl i;tili,,uncgt, 140,4tetk; i 1 .. tu.tt.,
yt
'illicit Above the tinspiit, co spinet iim . ' ',,i1l lid
brought t(i inat.lit;i::--..(ri'or're er")/Yt:).44147 ).
'I he tvtioit li.ltiresi he'e,i'iti tUiferul i:i die tistq--
iveeli, ['mold Tutiotoit, ..Tori.cti'si•tisit enliefl (lit:
canker ii foootl not to have suivte ttiojg 1%!‘i.i.,..,e6 ,
%Odell hitli beeii rllll;Cillkityir 'll'4lll lii• it, v,i.1113
hiiits. `fill, -ltarlest 11'13 ' tikr) 1 '6illtilielilkti • I:11
-illifitillgtioir, Catubridge, Iletti4r4l: :init I krifurtl-
shire I ninl:To'r. oatkittiil-Iptiley. 'ili•lsOtiie- 11,itrtti of
Lincolnshire:. ....

Al letter from " W 6 had it
larger 'supply Of iyheat than eVer «it►►c4 dat
ooe Cline hefone, at' our hitt. multi:E., Not oht,littlf
of it was soln,', About ,tl4o.l4#l4oiticiLik peck:,
of, whet could hardly be.4tkined for moner
• . ATHLONE, AUG. 30.-1441JVCSICieiljang has Cola-
MenCill:111 connatightstoikitztsitrick; of Ros‘
common, had a consideral4s .of mew em
ployed on Monday hitt ; they cut diitVli large
field of oats--at' fine tt btop at Ladd' he Wished for.
The corn, a beautiful grain, is otkred-for..sale'iti
our market,

ENNAILII.I.6, MAY 29.—The film weather Bari
atiength Set in, and, as there' nit every t'eil9Qn to
expect, in good enttest; IN benefit:laid-eels. Ore.
already Manifebt in the rapid approachn i, the grain
.6.oo..towards maturity, and the progress which..
has been matte fluting the prevent %reek iii-.sating
hay, great flaw lays- of which lay aver in a losing.
state. 'We rau-Y now reasonably 614h:utile un a
mast abundant harvest. •

Last week, a fine field of .boiley was cut npnit
the estate of Melvin, and sold In Cnpar morket„
it '2ss. per it- will, however, be two weeks
before harvest in this fertile and early.diStrict
general; the crops of every kind (pease and beans
excepted); ptiomise...on altul . tiqpt. harvest., The.
Saint cankorbe said of theilal.e.r,ilizs.tricts of Fife.
iu inane places the. potattlk ettA ,turnips tire su
Completely saturated by the Ike rains, as to afford
no appearance of n'eropi.and'ifTe ecirweropilook.,
as it they wo4ld require 800tita .ripta),.
the -top stickle 01 the Oats only showing."itself,
above the blade. •

On Friday, the 231 of August, a small field of
good barley vaw cut in•the !wish of Colt ssiu, in
Fife, and immediately sold at Vis. per bull.

Major-General Sir DeNsii PACK has presented
tp,the 421 regiiiiebt a very etegant pair of blik:
pipes, superbly mutilated, with the •folloreitig•iii,
scriptioil 0' • ,
"
ARP:;PRE6t:Wriii'ts-Pr '.':s .
. , AJOIUGIES VIAL SI 10 4,?4N1$ ,RACK,
To

PORTY-SECONI),./IPV-lii IfEifikatAN"lMS.
In testiwuny of eotem and I,.gh revect, fur their &Rim.
gnikliv4 e:4irtitnt% its the F field, ' .
and

eiAtic, iu 11,1 rrspectt,
• . Iris eim.oittild.
18th Julie, 1415.

PEntssiltiANl,:+l.--EvANs; the relebratea petits»
wliosv pertoril,tioce of 'lOOO iniltit IA 17
dip Ilan been the subject of mocberinveriatiort at
Brighton, tins. hAckeil himself for 2001. to wulk
.1150 wiles in 1000 succebro‘e hours, at tire rate of
o;,e wile anti- three (touters each hnttr; As 4 )11 11
*la the bet 'is act.‘rii'ketl he u ill cotaineAcehis.littn,i-
.
riot's tusk.

• -• CORK ki.SXZEs.—Mr. Z)Liji:itut JOIINSTON and st
'special Jerry Were.ocetspied the entire of "Fue,day
in trying on action brought by the Itev, FILE:P.SIA';
caotrii, a Cilvi.gyman of the liablished Church?
agaitist,:ibe Ave. Mr. ENGLAND, a Roman, Co..
•Clcrgyinitn, propiletur .of The Cork
contile ,Chrunicli., for a libel contained in LiDit piper
.the .Ist of April last. The Jury, alter a short
consultation, returned a verdict in,the e'ening at
I'l%llo'ooa, of 2001. daitilitbitNiiil costs. The
tlatuages were tskl at; 1 004.1„1—.- WthTespondent)

'A' letter front DFrott, iiiirt2llll), etentions
the arrest of )AcQUES CIAM4NC4h,, a farrier at S.
Jean-de-Losties, one of the agents of the suspect.
(.;.11 etirtespoudetice; the existence of which has
been disetieered 'in the'7Departnitnit of the Cote-
(VON Ille*lters tottlitl uppiliiliill,nian.ate written..
',in an euiginaikal style, and all of 'them
_cont-
inence with the wards Brothers and biends. Cf.ba,
L',%lk% NOE. wore a 'copper medal covered with .tafletr,
suspended ft mu hit; neck by Several small blue.
' 'white ribbons. The medal, whirl' wee.
eiiresent a Pope CtfeSti4T,.tie endeavour-
. ed byall.possibie-meat.s ywititieettilX.
- The fishermen of Britiihttg: ij,4•1!1! bt en.coojec.
luring whether the ensuittg,,wilete! wit! 'be severe
several sitifals ttaingil'itilCing a south-
ivesterly .direetiOn•;, I)urittirtartast week sellers(
boats loye caught Opts; tish, Nod they hare:proved
of ilelidiotiS lbteottr". For u series of years tittse
finny mig-ratinits have not fieen known so early in.
Oetol',er ins geitertily the coninteues.
triencol- the. herring fishery.
„ Monday,: ut Devonton colliery, in consequiiice
of therofebeitig by accident t t
Ely_jmek: t.. 1) wit,
;Cots, eonsiming of four persons—a husband and, •
wile, 'it father tool clatii,liter---Werc thrown to a
pent distance.' The yinnig..woinan, was killed 'on r •
the twoinen. died a fem hours. tater, the •
accident, anti the,tvite anus sta severely inintet),.. -
that her 1 re despaired of,
Friday the 1611 i inst. a. balloon,: fortned of the.
'chamois of a calf, 'Lwas-rsilell trout Kinfitutts
CdSde,'C'Xiiill); at 110611;,%:itik,ii, label attached to -
it, rrAptesting the lit•lrioti mtltf?„,fr.pittill it to send
motice ut tliv plikle.44tAll.deseent. As
there was little or. no kv4t4:4l!.tyg.Atc..e,;. it ~cettd.,
eel verb* ,tuts for eight oi ten toiniitta
vet netoli in a terpcol4s..3litse: direction.
the this of tliat tihte
o wkis lost', lit o.`sotail cloud,
.
trtlt hwl .lifter it Inane Ifs. epprilytMee agqin, sind
grndomily-t. ninving towurits- tht .•
'li3;-,,letter I ecvivtflitt ltinhintts:Custie, lite Slot.
tlaVloil.iiVing; it 'appears to ItaVe tlescetiolt4.l,.nitec.
3 iiight af five. hours, at Nlot too, about it mile
;ituth rAn'tir
chicken batched ti rills il, rite riro.erty or
• RevaoLris, 1,1,41-:'Carrick-, Foini-sliniven"
counts at I..)iinegal, deposited sit tit'c'eth
it considerable sizeigeootttittes. to ley -
daily since; •an itistanceit illkted in the heu
,
sveries at such tin age:

. "

POLICE OF THE AIE'FROPOLIS.

LEl:amino/on of ,Thrti.)ol.quitouN Continued.)

How many 'elerkt -are there ill the office over
vv,hithii you preslil4l.--z1 ete are two clerks upon
the establishment; Alta there is .another young
man, who has been there fur a considerable length
of time, not upon the establishment; nor paid by
the establishment the chief clerk pays him.
Have those clerks any other employment he-
sides their attendance there?--The chief clerk (who
is a ye; y able, excellent, and valnable maim) is in
the law ; but he does not let that interfere with
:his official duties; he- is there every day, with a
very few exceptions in term time ; and then this
person, who is very' competent, and has been a long
time with him, assists in the business in his ab-
sence.

Do you conceive • thatifindependently of the
personal character of ,the .chief clerk In your of-
fice, it may be a disadvantage that the clerks
should be employed as attornies ?--If he was a
man that had not a strong sense of duty, as many
•may not have, it would be certainly a disadvan-
tage ; but in the present case we. have. never felt
it any inconvenience.; whenever there has bean
any thing of the least importance requiring his
attendance, he has-always been punctual and re-
gular : we have never felt his occasional absence,
which was but seldom, in the smallest degree in-
jurions to the public service.
Do you think it is Considered as an advantage
to the pales in a cause, to employ -a clerk in the
police office as their attorney ?-4 cannot really
auy.thatit can be an advantage, or, that it may
not ; there are-other attornies who ire generally
employed in those cases, who turn their attention
particularly to the, crown law, and who are ge-
nerally employed in-, criminal cases. I recollect
Do instance where the ehief clerk at the Queen- ,
square office has:hceu so employed.
Do you conceive,, at their present salary, you
could obtain competkokpersons to: act as clerks
in the police offices, ,without their being at, liberty
to act as attornies also ?-1 shouhl.think, at their
present salaries we could not obtain very coin-
pctent OirsOns for the situation, unless he had
perruissipn to employ his leisure hours in a way
to increase his emolument.
REWARDS TO OFFICERS.

Have you ever formed an opiniodin respect of
the: propriety 9t the present system ,of ''rewntsls
giren ro the officers of the different police offices ?
—The legiilativeiMaNts certainly have an effect
.to excite a gmitl!iletitbr vigilante on the part of
officers, where•the'reit4itni 'considerable. Hitherto
in the seen leghilativiOffrees established in 1702,
the tnag iSt rat es Iti've Earl' Wit fund; norany power; to
grant rewards to:officers per forming meritoriOns ser-
vices: Ott some occasions., where theyhave been sent
into" the country, and incurred an unavoidable ex-
poke to a' small amount, the magistrates have
matte an Order for such expences; it has.atnount-
cd only to a trifle in the course of the year.' Illy
opinion has been, 'decidedly, front the beginning,
that, it would be of inipyrrance that the Magis-
trates should have a power to certain extent to
s'evvard oNeers yhotVere'Vigilatit and suecessful in
flett'oing and apprehending offenders; and i 6 mark
those who were not vigilant and less aitentive to
their duty, by depriving them of any of thnie pe•
ctti,try benefits which the magistrates might have
it in their power to grant. There is a great di-
versityln ni.iukind ; and although there are al-
ways nianyeantlidates for 'the situation of police
constables, it is difficult to find men in all respects
calentated for the- dutiei that are.regaired ; and
therefOre the 'power' of discriminating between
the one and the Other would be important to the
public interest, and Viiight-exeite a greater degree
of vigilance in tfinSelliaeare less attentive to the
important dutieS'assignetUthein.
• Do you think' ir would be ,:more advantageous
that the whole syieiloie rewinds should be op,
portioned at the discretion otthe Magistrate, ac-
cording to the circumstances, of the particular
• case ; ar that they should be adjudged, as' they
are by law, to the particular nature of the crime
for. which the'eriminathas been convicted ?---The
Crown:rewerds ere eenerally distributed here by
theßeeorder of. London, and by. the:Clerks.pfM-
size,. under the cant tout of the Judges, in the (lit,
fereut entrat,iest: they have been of long .standing,
and they apply not oply.to the officers of justice,
butt to all persona cot-4446n to the conviction;
it would not be espedient.perhaps to disturb that
system, although. it may be susceptible of im-
provement. The rewards.that are in contemp4-.
lion to be given by hiagistrates would be confined
entirely to the °Meets under their immediate con-
tralti. who were. most active and vigilant in detect-
ing: Nonies.and other offences, and io.apptehend-
inoffendera, nod in recovering,stolen,properey.
D 6 you think that the present_sytem of rewards
has ever induced, or. That it is, likely to indece,
()dicers to neglect those crimes for the discovery
• •
gvin,a4troi....adv!icki no. teWard was given
t! en XV jc,tt X X, very early period,
end even previous to Sir John I'ielding's time, that
many officers in those days
.were not anxious to
apprehend a criminal person till he was worth 401.
cannot any, as for as.my own experience hat
gone,. that it seems to,haye operated much in lat-
ter: times, though it is" very difficult to decide upon
the:imptilies of theoffiCers that have beep at Ail-
bunt 'times under Ply controul. 1 have found
always, when any felony has been committed, a
considerable degree.of eagerness to discover 'and
apprehend the :;offenders. Perhaps in souse in-
bIiMCCS, where, an extensiye. burglary has been
committed,,..where *Jenard might be offeredpr
expected.from.opulent sufferers, a,greater degree
of;zealiandtictivity might have been, manifested ;
hart, typo the whole* L must confess .that.it. bits
towsippeared to me that the non-expectation of
legikit ism rewards has, in,any material degree in-
fluenced. the :conduct, iii.police-officeriin cur-
eisiiig their zeal and frietteity .appre.hending
iIetSOIM
.for minor offences. It Very frequently'
11apperis,that.they expect the offepee will turn out,
a intrillity, vtg!here, in the result of the trial,4ltey.
arc disappPinted. L4)00, the whole, the rewards
they obtamilLthat wayhave not tended to enrich'
, ,
many.of them, as fir as.
150 tint ytiit think that it is very difficult to dis-
cover how fur such a circuaisttince might itfiluentt

them?—Ttl,s very difficolt ; bat if you judge from
the nature' 'of man, they will be naturally More
anxious when they are to gain a great advantage,
than whewthe advantage is less, or there is none
at all. I must also add, that it is the practice of
the Court at' the Old Bailey to allow a moderate
sum for the limss of time aild expellees. incurred by
police officers time prosecution of offenders.
Illoseexpencesare generally (Comparativelispeak-
Mg) liberal; to that they hnve,a chance in almost
all cases, mikei or les., of getting something.--
Wheu it conies to be a b trgidry Ur u highway robe
bery, where, in the latter case, it anrommts, in-
cluding what they call a Tybilrli Ticket, to. about
501. they are remunetated in a much greater..de-
gree. But still, under 'every Circumstance, all
who contriloite to the conviction,. and even the
prosecutor himself, when he is not a gentleman
Or d man of property, as well as the witness,. par-
ticipate in the reward, and hence the share al-
lottid to time police officers is always considerably
reikced.
it is .a custom at some of the offiCes, for .perSiins
of fortune, that wish to emplOy officers, to give
them certain presents, according to time duty they
are to perform tp;:st say the qiieers, are, with
perhaps wine exceptions, rapacious enough, for 1
have sometimes had occasion to check them for
that.fapacity. When they couceiyed tliry were
doing a duty for a person of fortune, I, have. uui
formly told them they must leave it entirely to the
gentleman, and must not prestmic set 11-;Frice
upon services they are under any circumstonces
hound to perforth ; otherwise, they would lose
their situations that instant. This brings plc to

mention, that many years ago I drew up and
framed a distinct system, omit:cable to the office
at Queen-square, both with regard to the (Unc-
tions of the magistrates, and the duties of the
clerks and constables, stating what fees they were
entitled to With full instructions respect-.
ing the various Millet which the constables were
expected to perform, and on every circumstance
which was likely to occur. A copy of these in-
structions are delivered to every.officer on 'his ap-
pointment. If it is the wish of the COmniittee,
will.piodnee the 'book on a future day ; it will
throw some light on the nature of the pre,ent po-
lice system, as conducted at the Office in Queen-
square, Wistminster.
Do not you think it would be:a4lVantageotts that
all tine police Officers shoutitlii-tbrtiriftlere fronritt.-1
cejviug any lees or presents of any sort from the
p ysons by whion they are. employed ntve 00
difficulty in saying, that if they an be sufficiently
rettittnerated'through the medium of the magis-',
trres, it would be infinitely preferable that no
person suffering the loss of property should .he
called upon 'to give any remuneration whatever,
unless he chose to 'advertise a reward, 'or, front' a
sense of the henefits he had 'derived, to make
voluntary present, subject to the approbation of
the justices. licit I should wish to see kin the
power of the magistrates tti remunerate them
wbere they have been diligent, and that it should
not be understood as expected, except in extreme
eases, that any' of them should receive money
from tiiimse persons who call upon them to execute
theit4':loty, either- in time recovery )f their pro-
perty, or the apprehension or prosecution of the
offenderc

Do licit you think cases may occur in which
officers may he equally deserving of reward,
though a conviction may not take'placel-1'
cer-
t►titily'do; si»ce convictions are not always ob-
tained, although the persons may he guilty. 1 be,
Iteve a very considerable projoirtion of those' who
gt) to trial would be convicted if there Was-a pro-
secutor for the CroWn ; very few magikrates'send
pet sons accused of offences 'to trial • where .they
do not consider the proof suilieicntly strong to ob-
tain a conviction.

Pt J3!dC-liOUsjs;
Are there within your jurisdiction any housei
notoriously the resOrt of thieies and ut3audnited
pet ‘tnis ? rhere e certahrly• in • the tti,rrict of
ti'estinirwerseveral pauses that ,tire notorious as
'‘e rendezvous of Criniinni persons : those.iii 'the

gher scale :genertilly' go to" the holigeivoho

Drary-lane awl parts adjacent, all of which are
well" k nowt' ; they are 'an infeHoi• class of petty
. .

AeVes•who generally frequent housei in'un
about what is 'called the city of IVestinioster.
Can you give any Jcason why the license a
those houses has not been taken away
ever it is found that they are diibederly or notori7
ously bad, in the district in which 1 act-, we cer-
otainly stop their licenses, or couip'el the proprie-
tor to find a store.. proper person to occupy the
house. It has been frequentlystated, that the
existetice of such houses is„iwee,s,ary for the por
pose of enabling the police-officers to'knOw where
to find criminal personsiiocuscd,, or saspectedinf
.having committed specitio felonies'; •and it must
Ire acknowledged that it •freOeiliTy happens that'
•
the landlords, or uecupiers of thosc houses do give
useful information to theofficers .
TheiOn fact there'are houses' which' are over-
looked by•the. police, for the purpose of gaining
inftirmatipn cannot exactlisay_they:lr.,,lver7
!oohed ;...1 speak of houses :where there is no par-
ticaardisorder, except that, th4,itre frequented
by reputed thieves : if slick houses, merely ou
this account,, are put down, °diets will rise tip
immediately, and there woold,be'"tio tisetul }Wag-
ticalresult. If they excite disorder by assembling
3 number of prostitutes, or otherwise, we cer;-'
,tainiy. take notice at ir..
Do yon not,think that the existence Of houses
of resort for thicves,.from the combination which
.they occasion of One with 'another, encourages
the habits of the people who frequent theist ?-=I
certainly do think so; the'conclusion is obviOns.
.One of my reasons, for. wishing very much to• have
a register of lodging-houses not paying above a
certain rettt, waS,...that an-eye might be kept on
prolligste, cba,racters and thieves who
,ussOciAte in
;the habitations of,common prostitutes; the 'nisei-
bitity of their being-consnierably: red v 4 or re-
glthoed might wrist: 11.0111,0 mi circtinist,w,Ce
they were iittenced as lodging-hoijses, we could
have perhaps a more correct view, not only of
,the number, but
_,51,( the characters and pursuits
the-Tpersons who inhabit or resort to them.
Most of the thieves reside with prosthines,
polou think the system of permitting pnbliP-
houses, which are the resort of thieves, kir the
sake of 'gaining.information;:ii really i-icce!;siiry
obtaluing f
such ,(I,o94ittiOn ?--,Upon the E.cn,cl4

principle that every thing that can contribute to
the delection and. apprehension of thieves may be
useful in bringing criminal offenders to justice; it
one house of,this description is put down, anotor
will immediately rise
Are you of opinion the detections would be as
frequent and as speedy, if the licences of thOSc
horses to %which they resort were taken away
1 shonld doubt it.

Are the police officers in the habit of resorting
to those houses, and living in communication with
the thieves .for the purpose of obtaining informa-
tion ?—They do mix with tlieni' occasionally, in
order to obtain information ; and they send per-
sons unknown to the •thieves, to mix with them,
for the purpose of gaining information, more es-
pecially when g►reat offences have been commit-
ted ; under such circumstances,. every expedient
must be resorted to for the detection anti appre-
hension of the delinquent's. .