The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-12 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN NEW POLICE.

We understand that the following is the out-
line of the arrangement contemplated by the
Secretary of State for the Metropolitan Police,
for the organization of which powers were given
to him by an Act of the last session :
The district of which the new police force
will take charge, at the outset, will be a very ex"
tensive one : it will include the following Ps"
rishes,—viz. St. James, Westminster ; St. Mar-
tin-in-the-Fields ; St. George, Hanover-square ;
St. Margaret and St. John the Evangelist ; St.
Paul, Covent-garden ; St. Mary-le-Strand; St'
Clement Danes ; St. Anne, Soho ; St. Maryle'
hone ; St. Giles-in-the-Fields ; St. George,
Bloomsbury ; St. Andrew, Holborn ; St. George
the Martyr. Extra parochial—Gray's-inn, Lin"
coin's-inn, Staple-inn, Furnival's-inn (that part
in Middlesex.)
The district including the parishes above"
mentioned will be divided into five divisions,
each division under the charge of a superior
officer, named a superintendent of police, t°,
whom it is proposed to allot a salary of 2004
per annum, and who will be considered respoo-
sible for the activity and good conduct of the,
police force acting within his division.
The total amount of force for the whole ef
the five divisions will not fall short of SOO men'
The men employed will be divided into flr
classes. The superintendent, above mentioned ;
the inspector, at a salary of 1001. per annurni;
the police serjeant, with pay at the rate of 3s- 6u•
a day ; the ordinary police constable, with P 4
at the rate of 3s. per diem.
The men are to provide themselves out cf.'
their pay with a plain uniform of a fixed pattern,
at contract prices.
All appointments to the higher stations In
the police will in future be confined to th°l
men who have distinguished themselves by o°'
conduct in the lower ranks.
Each man will have some distinguishing bade
by which the division of police to which he 15
attached, and his number in that division, can
be at once mentioned.
No man will be accepted for the office ef
police constable, who is not of vigorous consti‘
tution, who is above 35 years of age, and under
five feet seven inches in height.
As the amount of pay will enable a man °f
good character to earn a comfortable livelihood,
and the number of candidates is very consider'
able, it has been distinctly notified to every ral.
examined by the Commissioners of Police (C
i°
Rowan and Mr. Mayne), that he will be n:-
stantly dismissed on a well-founded complaint 0
drunkenness, or neglect of duty of any kind.
The Commissioners require that the whole
time of each man employed shall be devoted to
the service of the police. No mar will be el'
lowed to exhaust his strength by labour durillg
the day at other occupations. The whole police
force will be gradually placed under such a degree
of discipline as may enable it to act with effect'
should any occasion arise fur its services, as an
united corps—for instance, the late riots in spv
talfields, and tumultuous mobs of any kind
pkinreds:
Measures are in contemplation, by which the
new police
i
oliclei force
extinguishing wil l bbe mfireads, and in
made useful in prevot-
ing
vation of life and property endangered by fire'