Star.
London, England, 1830-06-21 00:00:00

CITY POLICE REGUL.inows.

M Saturday last; the Police Committee met at Guildhall, for the
purpose of receiving the opinion of the Recorder, upon the subject
of the contemplated application to Parliament, relative to the daily
and nightly watch. During one of the tempestuous discussions in
the Committee, it was resolved that the Recorder, Common Ser.
grant, and City Solicitor, should be consulted on the following
question :—Whether the City of London were authorised to pay
fur the daily watching out of the funds raised to defray the ex.
proses the nightly watching ? A few days ego an opinion was
in to the Committee, signed by those three authorities, di.
reedy negativing the proposition, and some of the advocates fur im-
proving the present condition of the City police, quoted this opinion
as an additional ground for applying to Parliament, for a Bill.=
thesubject of providing more efficient police force.
still exists, however, notwithstanding the glaring deficiencies of
the City system, the strongest prejudice in favour of the drivel-
ling Dogberries, who have in many inrances aided and abetted
in the plunder of the dwellings under their protection. The repo.
went the individuals of the Con tttt ittee, who distinctly see the ne-
cessity of improvement, spoke of a bill in Parliament, the rest
most violently complained of the daring violation of the privileges of
the citizens of London. and declared that by-and bye their Charter
would present nothing but a bundle of dialoc.ited regulations. if
the affairs of the Corporation were subjected to revision by the bee
gialature. The majority of the Committee were by no means sa.
tisfied with the opinion of the three authorities by whom they agreed
to be guided, as to the course to he pursued with respect to the
payment of the daily watch, end they celled the Recorder he'iire
them on Saturday, and examined him on the subject. To the
astonishment of many, the Learned Gentleman exl rowed drub s
upon the matter on which !wheal already given an opinion in affir-
mation, and requested time for consideration, which was granted him.
Although the Committee are not likely to come to any agreement
on the subject, it is believed that the Court of Common Council
will,without hesitation, adopt the system recommended as an improve-
ment upon the old plan. The subject will very shortly be discussed.
A Deputation from the Committee called a few days ago upon
Colonel Rowan, the Commissioner of Police, to consult hint
upon the details of the new arrangement, and great impatience
is beginning to manifest itself amongst the citizens at the dr.
lay in assimilating the City regulations to those which coast!.
tute to obvious an improvement in the recent Act. It is said to
be determined upon in various discussions held amongst the 3letn.
bets of the corporation, that the election of ward constables shall Lo
longer remain in the hands of those who have been time immemo-
rial in the habit of appointing them, and that one person shall be at
the head of the police, and responsible for the efficiency and wad
conduct of the officers. The person spoken of in the committee as
the best qualified for this office is Mr. Cope, the City Marshal. Time
saving to the City likely to accrue front a change of the existing
plan will, it is confidently said, amount to nearly 60001. a year.
The following account will show the effect of the improvements
in the police, adopted partially in the City of London upwards of
two years ago, upon the suggestion and under the management ut
Alderman Venables, and also of the corresponding operation of the
new system.
Return of the number of prisoners tried at the Old Bailey See-
sions in February, April, and May, 1827 and 1828; in February
and April 1829 • and those committed to Newgate up to the 24th
of May, 1829; Leo, those tried in February and April Sessions,
1830, and those committed to Newgate up to the 24th of May, 1830.
London. Middlesex..
1827 February 57 280
April 85 277
May 92 380
1828 February 57 301
April 57 383
May 56 309
1829 February 40 237
April 53 353
May 52 217
1830 February 36 181
April 87 384
May 47 176
It will appear, from this account, that the number committed in
the first quarter of 1827 from the City of London was 234. In
the corresponding quarter of the following year Alderman Vena-
ble's plan, which caused the removal of watchboxes, and obliged
the watchmen to patrol the streets appointed to their care, and
which in other respects provided for the public security, was pi,
I into operation in some of the Wards, and the result may he
11 seen in the number of committals which took place in the tint
three months of the experiment, when, notwithstanding the in.
creme of the population, and the general distress, no more than
170 were sent to prison. In the corresponding loaner of 1829.
the experiment was found to be still further beneficial, for the num-
ber of persons committed was 146. The new Metropolitan System
soon afterwards was introduced, and the activity and vigilance of the
new police had the effect of driving the thieves into the City. This
increased the quarterly number in the year 1830 to 190. It it. s
been invariably the case, that as the City of London commitments
fell, those of the County of Middlesex rose, and rite versa. In the
first quarter after the adoption of Alderman Venablea's system, the
number committed from the county ass 1033; and in the copses.
ponding quarter of 1830, when the new police was in full operation,
the number did not exceed 721.

Tiie MARQUIS OF DOW NSUIRE. —The Nor'/iv-it
Whig. In commenting upon the apathetic conduct of this noble
Lord when presenting the petition from Down against the stamp
and spirit duties, gives him the following pretty intelligible Itir.t,
should he be negligent of the duty he is bound to venom towards
Ireland. " Has he any selfish principles—does he wish that his
tenants should be able to pay their rents ? Let him be cautious how
he cuts off the springs of their means, ■nd aids in reducing them to
poverty. If these considerations are too light, we know a point in
which he will be, perhaps, more sensitive ; we know an opportunity,
when his errors may rise up in judgment against his interests and in-
fluence ; and we caution him not to cheer forward the oppressors of
his country, lest he may awaken a re-action of which he little
dreamt. Our Carrickfergus friends will understand this ; and ru.ay
assist as in teaching his Lordship to think differently on this
measure."

The most rapid instance of building perhaps ever wit-
nessed is just now taking place on the site of what was tic Argyll.
rooms, where a large mass of houses are nearly completed as far a%
the carcasses are concerned, though the whole area was a heap of
ruins only a month ago.
The Strand improvements are making rapid progress ;
the whole line from Mr. Arnold's theatre to Southampton-street
appears as if it would be soon thrown open to the public.
NATURAL BOOTS.—The Peruvians are without seam
or a single stitch—the leg foot, and sole, are all of one piece; and
we are told, fit most admirably. The following is the receipt for
making them :—" Take a horse, cut off his hind legs considerably
above the hocks; pull the skin down over the hoofs, just as if you
were pulling off a stocking ; when off; scrape the hair from the skin
with a sharp knife, and remove every particle of flesh that may have
adhered to the inside; hang the skins to dry, and in the process of
dry in,; draw them two or three times on your legs, that they may
take their shape, form, and figure. The upper part (about twelve
inches abuse the hock) becomes the mouth of the bout; the rouod
projecting part of the hock the heel; the foot terminates at the let.
lock joint, where it is cut to the required length." These boots ate
called [Alas dr polro ; and, we arc assured, are very light, and as
.• easy as a glove. Temples Teary&
NCTIt 1 T 1 E PItOPERTI ES OF SVC R.—The Hindeca
have a tradition showing how the sugar cane was first introduced
among them, and which proves in what estimation it is held by them.
They relate, that in very ancient times a vessel belonging to their
country happened to leave one of her crew under a desrerate tit of
sickness, on a desert island, at a considerable distance in the Eastern
Seas • and returning by the same route, curiosity prompted them to
inquire after the fate of their companion, when the man presented
himself to their view completely recovered from his sickness and in
robust health. anxiety they inquired for the medicine he had
used : when he conducted them to the sugarcane, on which be had
solely subsisted from the trate of their depsrture.--Porfcr on flee
Cultivation of the Su.,ar.eatte.
MOST DESTRUCTIVE Fitt e.—About three o'clock eat
Sunday morning, a fire of a very alarming nature was discovered by
the police constables on duty, to have taken place in the large pre-
mises of Messrs. Birkett and 3lllboum, the Sugar-hakern. in Good-
man's-yard, the corner of 3lansell-street, tioodman's fiekis, White.
chapel. In a very little time, and before any engine could reach
the spot, after the alarm was given, the whole of the build.
ing was in one body of fire. So alarming was its appearance,
that upon the arrival of the different Assurance-office engines,
and their respective firemen, the attention of some of them
was ditected to the safety of the dwelling houses in Goodman's.
yard and Mansell-street, while others exerted themselves to
extinguish the fire in the premises where it first made its ap-
peals:see. By these judicious measures the fire was confined to the
property of Messrs. Birkett and Milboom, which along with the
whole premises, may be said to be completely destroyed. Mr. Mil.
bourn (one of the partners), who lives only a few doors from the
spot, saw every thing safe between ten and eleven o'clock the pie.
ceding night. Most of the workmen. including the foreman, resided
on the premises. and they with difficulty preserved themselves front
any personal Injury. The fire is supposed to have broken out in the
first or second floor, and it burnt upwards and downwards at the
same time. After the arrival of the engines, and plenty of water
being obtained, the refined sugar became melted, and ran in the ken.
ittel in &white liquid stream. The destruction of property is estimated
at 40.0001, but the firm of Messrs. Birkett and blilbourn is insult el.
Mr. • large sugar-Laker, is the proprietor of the buildinzs,
and weUvil that he also is intured.