Star.
London, England, 1829-04-16 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING:

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS. Aram IS.
Mr A. Gaapr, sad other *sobers of the Hass ef Commies%
limes up copies of the Repasts of the Select Comadtteee ep
=to Inquire into the Cod 'Vaal* la the peer 1000; Gies the
Artless Repletion OK the Swam /her alt, be Dundee
Harbour BW, and several private 1116, which were reed a kit
amt.
Mr S. Wolivelv and When, latweigtha up the Seim of pans 111 S.
which, ou the modes of Lord ‘Vaaamourra, warns/ a bit that,
and ordered to be read a woad dale as the deb of May.
Lard W lIA RHCLIVFE moved fora recurs of the amber of
all reams committed sod ewavided at the Lest Assizes of NM
is the several count*, of Sighed and Wales, wader the Act of
Parliament for the prevail'''a of peopk from going Mimed at ales.
—Ordered.

Mr. Ceeris, front the Tremor,. brought ',the eisbteeeth Be-
pert of the Ceenntisehmen et -the Bevenre legeky.
On the lonian of the Berl et BOSSLYS, the Sesta lids* Bill
*as reed i seined.**

The Newton Eked illeheeles* BUI, and the f3resevrieh Ilogled
2.v/blows' Penske 1111141111frolmod a onond time, and @Mrs) Priltehl
BUk were forwarded arson their 'respective stagin.
searsonees or auseurssea
The Martins of ANG LOST rose, and said, any Ltd% 14011
lea, to say that I will take an tidy day, doe the awoke of the
Hesse, of propene a day when t may be peraltndadtrbetyseeze
explasolon of my conduct while at the head of the •
of Whin in Ireland. Iffiink it inauebent upon as. in ossoolowleo of ,
my statement upon the Bret day of the session, and I combo k wUI
be mote necessary in consequence of some mks which
appear to have Bane Abroad respecdng my condos, which have
been more than once alluded to In the House. AN I can vow so-
dertake to sate is, that aN I skaß have then to say will be solely
rand purely ev thedefensive, and shall they, bsldg the object
.fairly before the Howe.
The LORD CHANCELLOR gave soda that it was his Is-
testioe shortly after the mese to bring in a an respecting the
Coon of Chancery, forthsporpoes of making sore repletion@
with reference to that kepeetsi subject.
On the motion of the Red of Satansentrav, the House adjoined
vodl Wednesday, the with of ApriL "'
HOUSE OF COM MONS.
The LORD A DVOCATR brio& hi a Bill for the owe ef-
fectual preventke of murder by antecedes' In &attend.
The Bill was seed a Got time, sad adored to he read a seeesd
dies on the 4th of May. t )
Mr. RUG DUN brought is a Big foe tronsolidanig the Laws
relating to infants, Lonny, Idiots, and pens= of unsound sdnif
The Dill Was read a fire than, end 41 dersd to be nod a second
doe on the fah et April.

POLICH OE THE msraorous.

Mr. Secretary PEEL said that he was desirous of
taking the first opportunity that presented itself, after
the cooclusion of the important businesiwhich bad fur
sohnirit time exclusively occupied the attention of the
tlir House, to call its atten ion to a subject of great im•
pottahce as related to' the criminal jurisdiction of the
metropolis. He alluded to the pillfce, inert° the estab-
tishmeat which at present existed in the metropolis for
the aviation and punishment of crime. This was a
subject which had occupied as various times the attn.
tints-and consideration of the Legislature. In the years
1790 and 1793, and in the years 1812, 1818, 1822, and,
kraly, 1829, committees bad been appointed foe the
pose of inquiries into the cause of the mistimed in-
nate of crime, and of enminieg the state of the police.
,
[ committees had generally been appointed la con-
. e of the alarm. width bad ben eadted in the
lie skied from the recent perpetration of some great
stew" or from the disagreeable conviction that crime
was rapidly increasing, and that some measure ought.
therefore. to be speedily adopted, in order, if possible.
to prevent it. He (Mr. Peel). however, regretted to say,
that, when the incitement which had led' to the appoint-
ment of those committees bad subsided, the exertions
and endeavours of the Home to prevent a recurrence of
the events which had alarmed them appeared to bate
subsided also, for it seldom happened that the attention
of the Legislature had beers properly called to the re-
ports which the committees bad laid before them, and,
consequently, nothing effectual bad yet been done.—
Those who had read the reports which had, at various
times. been Made by the di&rent committees which had
been appointed, most have been convinced that the police
of this metropolis was exceedingly defective. They must
have felt convinced that it was not safe for any long'
period to commit the lives and property of the inhabit.
ants of such a city as that of London to the only police
establishment to which it was now committed at night-.
to commit the lives and property of the inhabitants, fee
the most dangerous hours et the night, to no stronger a
guard than that of the parochial watch. That Rem
guard war an exceediney ineffective and ins elae
bad been the general eptnion of the 11011111 a ter w^ag
read the reports which bad been laid before it ; but, as
die veciteribeet which had induced it to appoint a Colt.
mime had ceased, no iaclinatide bad been maitifeeted
to promote effectively the inquiries which bad bees
de. In the course of the last year be (Mr. Peel) had
Moved for the appointment ol 'a Committee, which had
ben ranted. He now exhorted the House to tab
subject into its serious consideration, and to mdse.
part to devise some means to protect the lives and pa.
of the inhabitants of this metropolis, as. .00
prioido some Miastire to check the present Aired,
Wrenn of aline. If he dolnpued the state of crime
is the metropolis with that of other parts of the Mei
try, or throughout the country generally, be regretedd
to say that sock cobsparima would not be favourable
either to the morals or to the security of thouistropohi.
In the year 1828, 'as compared with the population of
London and Middlesexi'ene bqt of every three hundred
and eighty-throe of the iababitats had been committed
to prison dtiminally charged; While in England and
Wales the proportion of the criminal part of the popu-
lation was one to eight hundred and twenty-two. Thus,
while it was one to 383 its London and Middlesex. in
the country generally it was one to eight hundred aid
tienty.two; thedifferente cal very great, and nut owl
to be accounted for. It might be expected that is
liege metropolisancb.as. Leaden) the proportion of al.
'Meals would he nsocb greater than in other pasta of
the country; but this argumento was not sufficient to
deioutit for the great dischOrieraiin that existed.. It be
efintyrarecrthe-increase action in London and Middle:
a 4.-and this would be, •perhirps. a rarer test than the
irserease of crime toughest
.the country--the remit
wisqld be found in no,way favourable tolls* enetropolit.
Ili ihe' Ppm' 110.1 the number of persons convicted *na
•enble In 'London-atf Middlesex amounted to 200;
and the population that year to 1.167 000; while in , •
;ear 1828 the number of criesirmis convicted amounted
to 3.516; and the population of .1:Ilion arid Middlesex
161,349,000. There lias-thosbetn an increase of crime
in London and Middlesex. since the ye ar 1821, to ait
emetic of tor ty-one per cent. while the increase of pope
-
(Aim' only amounted to Skeen per c 'tn. while in Eng-
tsit'd end Wale-, is tauten 1821 and 1828. there was
an increa e of crime to the extent of twenty sin per
eat. and an increase of population to the amount of

,elves iipd a half Yetis cone Alffiesgb not directly can
meted with the wat oldie police of the metropolis.
it idight-be satisfaCtory to direct the attention of the
House to the comparison of thie year 1527 withdita W.
1928, sad. if it was a subject of regret that crime *add
so each have increased envie*s to the year 1828, it
.was consolatory to koala, that during the yeralB2B
there was a considerable dinsiostion of crime through-1
oat the kingdom generally. Ira the year 1827, assn*se
pared with the rear 1898, in forty-four counties of
England and Wales there was an increase of crime ie
the country to the number of 1,914; and a decrease is
six counties, including the city of Ilii.tol, of 187, lea,
ing an increase generally of 1,727. Boi, on ..mpuing
the year 1827 with the year 1828, there would be,
found • a 'most matarlai decrease--a decrease in thirty,
six chanties of 1,858. Csiminat commitments, and an
Vis. ase in 'fourteen counties,a including the city of
' oi, of 299, leavens therefore a decrease rf 1,357.,
circumstance era, then, most satisfactocy. -e-
He did wit consider it seal attiibutable to a decline
of activity in the pursuit oT crime, but be attributed
it to a substantial diminution of crime itself. Thom
the weber of rommitose ars. in the year 147 was
,17.911 l; mid thole of the year 1828, 16,564, heist! t
Ilesszonsber than that of- die year 182 t by 1457. in
souse of the counties of England and Wales the diminir
lion had been exceedingly great during the year 1828
as compared with the syllabi.; of consientalt during the
year 1827. In Lancaster thee was a omi:satins of
248; is Somerset there was it diminution of 151 ; eat
in York a diminution of 129; bet be was sorry to say
dint the county of Middlesex was an Mception to this
pretty genend rule. In that coun notwithsundiug
the decrease so the other counties of England and Waits`
there had, been an increase of 185 criminal conviction'
daring tbe year 1828 over die year 1827. localism.,
ing the somber of criminal convictious in Londe. alit
Westminster with fernier partied.. be hid referred to. a
report width. took in the seven. years Cons the year
1811 to the year 1817, and he had crimpared that *S-
port with another which took in the seven years frogs
the yeat 1821 to the year 1827. By this commode.s
there had been an increase within the latter seven yeas,
of ao tenth's thirty-six per cent. How this enormous
increase was to be accounted for would not be easy to
'say, sew would it be easy to draw from this fact any
satisfactory conclusion. He much feared, however. that
with the pogrom of society, and in particular of lOW
elmaieol ans,the means of committing crimes had pro•
pseiionably increased—that under the present state
clones might be perpetrited with greeter success, and
the greater probability of remaining undiscovered—
that, in fact, all the causes that had contributed to in-
cremealse cautions of civilized life, and had facilitated
communications beams one country and goodie:, al.o
increased the facilities to commit crime. But among
Ithe boas castes of the unsatisfactory state at the me.
sropelk we were to look to the present most unsatis-
fietorystate tithe metropolitan police. It was impos-
sible to consider the state al *this extensive metropolis
Iwithoit casidesingehe unsatisfaciory course by *Melt
the whole means of preventing crime was placed in the
hands of the parochial authwffies. The whole Watch
Establishment was under the controul of the different
parish authorities, and each was responsible for its
own watch,. and if each attended to its own con-
cerns some benefit might still arise to the community.
But such was not the fact, and the watch establishment
of the metropolis was sot only very expensive, but quite
ineffectual. He thought, by unities it, by combining
its efforts, and by removing a divided respoosibility• we
should obtain a far mote effective establishment. He
would not deny that in some of the parishes of the me-
is much attention bad been paid to the subject,
tartliriwith reference to local matters. with very great.
success ; bet it was difficult for a parish, seder any cir-
cumstances, to provide even for its own security; for
though, by activity and exertion, it atiein succeed in
driving thieves into a neighbouring parish, they might
still lurk in the outskirts, and commit frequent dere.
taboos. Among the parishes that bad been most sue.
cessful in such efforts were the parishes of Hackney, St.
James, gad Mary-hi-boast. In those parishes a very
effective sight police bad been established. and the best
attention had been given towards its controul. But he
apprehended that this was in consequence of certain
individuals having taken a warm interest in the welfare
of their respective parishes, and baying been, therefore,
induced to make certain sacrifices to promote its good.
In some other parishes, on the coatrasy, there was often
a great want cf unity. ill the parish of St. Paeans
for example, there was a large establishment, and be
bad called for a return of the state of the watch (stab.
Bailment. The answer be bad received was, the( the
watch Of the perish was under eighteen different such*.
cities, because in that parish. there were various estate',
each of which bad Nome local Act for tbansgine its
own affairs, and only took care of them. It was a
very large parish, and be felt justified in saying that
for half the sum now expended upon it, the proper.
ties of those eighteen authorities might be protected.
Is the parish et Lambeth them was DO regular watch
establishment ; there were in that parish various police,
eitablishnswits, but under differeat trusts, one being
upon one road and one upon another. It was amusi
to see such a state of things in such a metropolis.
amusement could be derived from such a subject; but
it was enough, he thought, to satisfy. all maims Ail
the.police of the metropolis re gaited some imperescieue,
and that, indeed, of a early decisive kind. With iiia
Terence to the Kessington divisiois, the Clerk of the Mai
&rates, Mr. Julian,, bad bees azamised, and his MID%
went was, that the constables of that division canvassed,
far the office, which was accompanied by emoluments.
The consequence was. that they were in general dislikes
peg goes. whose only object was to make out long bills.
Mr. Julien had also stated, that is this parish—a pad*
he temembered, not remarkable foe its tranquillity.—
there were three constables and three beadboroughs;
yet the parish comprehended a district of sixteen miles
in ciicunifeseace. Was northis..then.most surprising?
Was it not almost incredible, that in so extensive a dis-
trict there should be but three constables and three
headbeiroughsP He meant no reflection upon the per-
sons she now filled those offices, butte would say, that
if they were angels they could apt discharge their duty
with effect. The parish of To walnut) had so regular
constables at all. Zoos that parish be bad procured a
qst of the bureau ies committed or attempted to he cons.
mused within a period of six weeks; and he had fond
drat during thin,' six weeks sixteen burglaries bad been
committed. and three attempted that bad failed. Now,
was it to be tolerated that the people of this parish should