The Sun.
London, England, 1816-09-06 00:00:00

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stifo'rtnitinn; itrkringst the joinneymen workmen
Ann esist,sl ten years —I
nee doubt WI th 49 tieing .grekiterlsabits of
cob, iety ; how far shut rusty tend to itstluee theirs
to wish for ItltnlllrMt 6111 I
1141 ve
110. Metall') of ;ay.
lug; but 1 have no doubt that the manners of the
lower cla scs of 'society at.; nitich better than
they were ten ,Sterstra,egn ; thime.exces,ive istetteS
of driinlien-nebs. which I have formerly Observed
are not ny any
Iroo think that while the tnorality of the IOW").
-closes of sos;iety hits been improving, their
nee I igorice pf their chiltketslias grown greater'?-1
their :ihitsitem•ess has been less, and yet the
negligence of their children greater.
upon the Report of the-Committee
on mendicity In‘t year, that there were above .6000
t!hildren in !It! metropolis Who wire mendicants;
do you not :Wink that that tit_ tither °very
tuktet icily neeottitt for the great increase of jnve7
ntle ',Eh...predator. whicit has lately taken place
•1 tshotild terraii6 think that it alight ; hitt front
on.rs ohAervatiow, it' I may be permitted tO
•rgive 9n opriii•in,' I do' not think that any thing
ti. Sr n'tntber oxist 1.

1)1, you thilik that if the watchmen in the
different divisions of the metropolis nere placed
tinder the controul of the Police Magistrates, the
town would tic coosiderably better .guar(lc4l than
it it at preseltt ?—l'here.cannot• be a doubt that

it ts otil4 antiwove Chen) a great deal ;lint I should
he inclined to think, -that Police Alagistrates have
ids-etoly pretty well as 'pitch tip do as they call ilia-

•To. what is it owing, that the police-officersot
flow street are of a higher cleat (fre ur'the other
Aces ?—Owing to the carefulness observed in
selerting and appointing them, and to their hav-
ing a ',ever school for instrnction,- and to their
Aeieg brought up to regular habits. When a
ni+in sacks employment at Bow-street,-he is.
'idared at firtt upon the patrole ; and after having
heath there for sonic time, and his conduct being
approved of, hi: may skleeeed to the appointment
of conductor, car perhaps be selected for Waif -
'rers and that gives them those' habits which are
li d. to --be neydred elsewhere, and operetta as II
116(111111f t/0 their exertions.; Therris a greet deal
of regodarity in the matiagenient Of the pairok,
411111 we have no histance of ally the uffieers
" being induced from venal or corrupt tinitives to
swerve from or betray the confidence reposed in
' them ; and I attribute that to their consitle:Ong
• themselves a better description of rtrett, and to
their being..moregenerally respected, arid in many
ilMilltheei better paid, than at the' other officei
pireililiStlitlCC. altogether make!them More
ions 'do their Attly.correetly:•
• X 7 n il:ive'heard• thole -threw:llB;4nm respecting
the oliieers 'of othet esteblishineas ?-:-Certainly
levee. As to the patrele; I have .a small-printed
irook emitaitting'reguiatirms, Which 1 beg' ltuve:
to pia in: '
Are thole-peculiar to li..w•street to the
font pa►wde of BOve.4t(eet.
I`lae i+,less (lelivered in the same.)
Ate thoe,e regithitions' -on Inset given in MO.
formly acted sputa ; wherever they ale not
ettelided and it 15 discovered, the. men ate eon,:
stantly pnoisited, by suspension front pay, or by,
• being di,Missed.
Fr .11 your experience in the effice, should rot
thir,ls it at till MlVittable that the Migistrattii
n41;1'1111 bP ettipo'weredlit give rewaids-foor the
Ortillent;orr of small =-01fauder's ; you being now
awere, of course, that 'there is'noliwerd paid,
uhiess a person is foitml guilty of otte•ol those
crimes to the appvehention and diScoteryot which'
the .1-IPt of Parliarnent hits affixed' a: rewhird
am no friend to rewards) I think that if men aro
pant, and their expellees in looking after
' fetiders :illowed under the direction of the
tram; it would answer better, by exciting tin theta
gtneral wish to' do their 'ditty, rather' than to
look to tonvietion only for reward ; for there are
' Many instances Where the officers act must met i-
torittusly; 'and where, speaking •in a pecuniary
point of view, theiriabc)ur is lost if they are to
look only to the ereivietion for their reward. •
lit) you not think it would be achange greatly.
for -the better, it:the maglitrate was at-liberty to'
reward the special service of en officer, rather
clean the present' system 3—Yes. The present
syStem'sornetimes induces •R jury to ,diteredit the
offieer, in eiresepience of•ohservetions made upon
11)14:Subject ; the reward is called " blooul-morey,"
and tint officers are charged with basing it always
in view, although frequently-the officers benefit
very little by -the reward, for the deolges. no the
thenits, and the Recorder of Loudon at the Old
. 1 Balky, iteapportionieg the rewards attend to the
sittration of the parties ; 'and if the prosecutor is
pooh; rit has had a great loss, lunderatand they
gist' him the Lager proportion of thel.eward
Sontetimeelhe affect gets it, but not•fretrprently.
Should you not think, with-out meaning to,iSty".
rly troy censure o:.! Ihellfficers of your &Tar f m cut ,
sippOsing their to be governed by those motives
, -which ordinal* go N era men; they would of
course hoi,firiore 1, miss In ' discover lg 'offenders
Where there was no reward, titan they would be
in cases where they wonid receive a large reward ?
do not thitik it 'tvoinld opertte upon them.
in that way : T should' not be against rewards be-
fug offered in specific ceses,for a crimoof any mag-
- Thttrite, particularly one relating to- the public,
where it beeame a *emeriti, /object to secure the
offender ; I think' them, as a -stimulus, not only con
officers, but lo officers' in general, teal to the
politic, bolding out a reward for the apprehension
• of'such a periou does ;,Berl, and that' a reward
migi.t• be off viered consiktable effect the
tl:,ng 1 hav'e been speaking ot •
ti,e Varliamen•
tary eeivard, pail ou conviction for`partieitlar of-
fences whether there has been any-met-I(in &s-
-cot ern) g nod apprehending the off-ender• or not,
the -4trie rewaril•N paid in
.those
MI you not think t hat .the parliamintaty'reward
which is given has a tendency to make tie
ntliters- neglect those crises Which are not worth
the reward, as it is Stated I speaking of our
oti c:rs, 1 should Sri)' decidedly no; I.do nut think
the rewaid operates-I,l)mi them in that way.
your isliwined-more open the character
of the individuals beloiOng fO your !Ace, thee
upon the motives that woiod operate upon and
gOvern' the conduei of men ?---tholonhl.-
edly -;• but spcakirg generally, 1 tike it the motives
that would OpeliilC moat 00 Inca's winds would be