The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-01 00:00:00

ALARMISO STATE OF THE METROPOLIS.

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It' is terith extreme regret. sve4uri: that the inqulis
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Wbih has Oen place since the suldideOf the tem-
derer-Wettthass, has not led to any Satittactoty dis. •
e;OVery'ef MO iferanal ssociates ie illo bloody deeds
Itatliffellighway ;. for that he had:, at least, nine
Alter ageomPlic
.is evidetrt-frOm the priats..of two
men's feet being traced backCardi from Mote's
house; and from the -Circerifstince, sworn to by
WILLI A.MiIi,CS 1 ocrger;igeit the site' 'one man riding
Mre. WILLIAMSON'S, tfockitt, :while...beAimed, the
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IA ptsites,,of teethe:. tiesidlegetrthe doer ;-- bad two
-seenoismosseeu immilisitely.aft4rll4o4tiine from the.
...."' filtlto,-It-is .net doubted, welo-ihe perpetrator
Tthm) i': ii4Oge csidsat7MVlfvelt therefore that
, I
Megbaselles will- net selat. in their etsdeSiours,
bo-thi Tsave,hroeght to -condign punishment '' '
a 'hava..partitipatedinthis-,moormons guilt. Sq
fr titi ends of justice will We answered ; but this
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• sit be sulkeient. .The example of such horri.
. . a Itilsea:rel:Of `crimes, , will eaturally continue to
bit AMA MI; and the comfort and security of the
.peopledemmed,lnat the necessary means should be
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reserteditn,. for the purpose of guarding against a far.
Mee 'thisetition, of such unexampled atrocities,
,I(AlkMbeiens, *St this great Metropolis is not
,ptitettelf 'iv-it, ought to, be; and the tieing.-
. sai constemSetion . and sloths that now pervade
~•it• parts of 4t,. are .onhappilyl trio well founded.
-the punishment .of crime, jtowever gratifying
-te-the peaceable .citizen, is ao• security against
the repetition of It;' ituttireiefoth,:.to give anything
like a - character of safety to tie capital, we must
have .114 MIMEO PREVENTIVE POLICE,
to guard us against the assaults oaf-midnight mur.
1 derers, the only protection against whose atrocious
designs at present, is our nightly, vigilance, and the
;placing our dwellings as it were in a state of siege.—
tntil this species of protection the be provided, we
are entitled to receive that Ada :would not . fail
tto be derived from parties„.4;..4o military act-
ing under the direction ett;thar Vivi' Magistrate,
i:aightly and pat' „to the metropo-
guards
i '11it....=-There can be Ael anend:Aection to such
a, measure. The millletry erelidd *for the pro-
. -firm' they afford to the publi4 ead, is fact, they
tc.
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i perform the. part of : citizens when they act under the
'orders of the civil.pOwer. We lisvisplenty of them
almost in a state of idleness, and is there any sets
*ice upon which they could be better employed than
that of . affording security to the public.? It is in sale
that they vanquish our foreign foes, if at home wa
cannot besecure in our beds from the attacks of do-
mestic assassins. We hope that one of the first
acts of the Recesses Parliament now about to
meet, will be the establishment of a regular
: I'REVENTIVE POLICE for the ' Metropolis. We
I feknerly stated, that it was the duty of the Home
Secretary of State, Mr. RYnElt, to attend to the esta-
' blishment of an efficient Police all over the country,
for doing which 'he enjoys an immense inconie that is
annually paid out of the public purse. But, this is
not all : he has two Under. Secretaries, who OM
equally liberally paid for -assisting him in the dis-
charge of this important duty,... Still not only the
Metropolis, but, the whole country are told by the
liii:eliug prints of these official delinquents, that our
present defective Police is sufficient to afford all
the protection necessary !! ! In Paris, and the
other principal cities of the Contineut, such crimes
as those which at present keep the people of
the British capital in a tousles* horrific state of
u4arizt, are scantly ever known. The streets are
di sak in the uigiit'as in the day. A. footpad rob-
bery tkniier :known, and 'the Om ar,..idraves would
be called to a Court-Matitlid,.'hyd• tried for--ccnioi-
trance, in may orterforsce :ef barglarT.
.Now, why
• should the ?Tenth' Felice excel/u; Erin ?- Why
strouht:Lonele*,
.iiihic.b.keele Nils in every other
,i fail tOPF 4,-113...thCzOit .VsilliVAl .IYOnt
1:-Ltlie defoti of 'the pers.* and prope'rty of the,citis
'ren: fe 'But we ire litYpiiaritically Cautioned by the
Courier against the introduction of Coutinepsal taea-
,' In tesi is if, for smite ef Obi hest Instittitions,*aed that
44-hictyperltaps principally laid'the fpundatiou of our
hapOness, we were not indebted to the example of
.Ihit'Onlinent. 'The. oppression •eXereised on some
,I- lath of the Continent we deteit and abhor but is
Otlthis.aecouot that we should refuse to participate
ifa
n'these particitlar ' blessings, which at present Pecos
liarly belong. to its, people ? Is it tq be advanced
ritgainit 'every measure which goes to the lives an't
-preseriation of British subjects, that we ought notate
'adopt- it, because the subjects or ftireign Powers hav a
I:Untenjoyed it ? Are we to *a)" to foreigners, we
will Mks- nothing among us which they
possess, not
oven those precautionary expedients, by which their-
&miriade quiet is rendered secure, although for the
want it lit, we are plunged into a state which is a
disgrateto our country, and an imputation upon the
-c:tviljApd character which we bear ? *Away with such
bypariticaleaat, As we are politically the envy of
ell other nations id the universe, let it not, in a ci-
vil point of view, be our bit to be the most comfort-
less sold unprotected people in the whole civilized
•sv odd. The gangs of depredators by whom at present we
are nightly assailed, are far more numerous and for.
-mildeble thin has 'ever been known in the Metro-
, and as murder is becoming a fashion among
Use, the unwearied repetition of our call for the
4tieessary measures of prevention, will, we trust, not
14 be deemed not unnecessary, bat ultimately be
• •to in its fustiest extent.