Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-09-22

l was recently expressing my surprise thai Loh'
don should be 80 comparatively Tree from CRIME
and disorder. sny comparatively. because yo"
see aud hear OF mOfe burglarips and more vlO-
!erce in New York than in ibis great Babylon
He replied that the principal CATS for this was III
the circumstance that law iltreuker, when con
vcted, was transported, and did not return, MS
with us. 10 commit serond offences Another rea-
son for their security, he very bankly udnllleh,
was that they had shipped off great numbers of
their rascals 10 America. Persons from all parts
of England of dissnlute character, who hail Ell =
tered or were en,pring upon a career of deprela-
ton, we're first sent to the Work Houses, aud from
thence to America, their passages being paid ny
The Authorities. But more than all, london is in
dehled Or tie quiet and good order Ihnt pcrvade
to the excellence OF lis PoLICE. There is hndy
of Policemen here who IRE scheduled and discl-
pln"d TO their duty; and they discharge mat dn-
~ with equal discretion and fidelity. by their
tact aud good temper they prevent ten tumults
where they have occasion to suppress one Inc
mnheht yon see or hear any thing that LOOKS like
collision or outbreak Policeman Steps in, not
with hludgeon to eutOrce physical arguments,
hut as Peacenaker; and in no instance Thai has
aleu- under my observation has their oil failed
quel the troubled wulers. Nor do they drag PEG.
pie indlscriiIinntely 10 the Watch house. Lust
'vening, passing along Fleet street, | saw IA row
III narrow court, which Instantly collected a
crowd Two Policemen came, when II appeared
that Two women, each with an infant, were pul.
llHg caps aud hair mos iuriouSly. Two Police
men ihterIered but the Tigrresses were losI to all
bur thirst for revenge. The efforts OF Tie Pc.
lIcenen were totally ,lIsregared, uuti they sepa-
rated aud held the ternagunts Ivy force. After he
'wlirlwind NJ their passiun' had subsidized, instead
al hhrryiug The poor creatures pff-to the Walch-
house, ,he Policemen calmly isls lSs,i Them to 20
hume and tnke Care OF their cliildreu, which, wilh
tears ana thanks, hey promised 10 do. On an.
other OCCASION, when passing along harrington
street with the 'luli tide OF human EXISTENCE a
n'au me had his board jnsed from his huad,
anu his entire stock Of polter's Nelson's, Yelling
TONS VlctorIas, &c. dashed in pieces upon the
sidewalk. rush, hurried word, and fight
followed with electric rapidly. The Policemen
were soon within tie ring, and the comatunts
drew off TO parle,. Some charged that the board
was Knocked off the mans head by design The
accused party md their COMPANIONS protested
their innocence and The result was that alier ex
paratlons and statements, all parties agreed &c
contribute something tor the sufferer, Instead o.
pumneliny each other, This anruble aud equ
table adjustment of IL difficulty was eff cted b,
the good sense and Kindness of Policemen, NJ ,
moment when different course would have beer
very likely To have produced II serious outbreak
for il was case well calculated 10 excite popular
passions.
The London Policemen deserve the thanks o
strangers for their uniformly polite AMI civil at
tcnons. To these oral guides am Indebted fD
much information. They seem 10 lake pleasure
in inparling 10 others their familiar knowledge o
Lomlon. They give courteous answers to al
your questions. they will direct you TO any par
Ut the city you desire 10 90, and indicate the Short
est routes aud the best modes of cnnveyamce.-
These IN II seem 10 have heen selected with I
proper regard 10 their intelligence, sobrety, dis
rrellon and good temper. have remarked, IN ,
| former letter, upon the genten,anly conduct Az,
beariig. aud the fine appearance of This class o
men in Ireland. The policemen, here, AS in Ire
land, dress in uniform blue conts and pantaloons
with white inclngs and The number of their STA.
| tons upon the slnnd-up collars of their coats.
| An American gentleman to whom | expressed
my surprise At Tue absence, in London. of the up
roarous, dram drinking deus which infest New
! York, told me had nor seen Lite in London vet
| and proplsed 10 conduct me thar evening 10 SOM
| of the GIN Shops IN High Hoborn and Drur,
Lane, which, according TO his account, outsriI
| the Five Points, except that they have no Negr
vagaOond1. anu therefore cannot mix coiurs u
well as liquors. Bni as one oimy 'walkiUg.braul.
is not III cunditlou for hard service, was turceI
| 10 deny myself the amusement aud instruction Il
he derived from q round OF visits 10 the Londo
Gin Shops