The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-02


E2546 the British Museum, $3.50; and the two
National GallUricS--at Trafalgar SQUARE and
south hensinRion-cost fl005 for the prutect IN
oitbeir pficeless treasures, The Inland Revenue
Office paid El2S3, mainly for the services ofthe
| polico az Somerset House and a slmi Az sum Wa
| paid 10y the trustees Of Greenwich Unspltal
Public companies, including such as tho Crystal
| Palace ana Railway COMPANIES tOrether ,yith
| private individuals, contribute an aggregate of
| f6llf towards the expenses of the policn. and
the Thcatres paid E5O3.
Besides those sums directly contributed in
| rttuTn Ter police services received the nation
| takes its part, 10 some extent along with the
| metropolitan "a e-piy ers, In pa, ing It's quota of
| pOhct-rstes on account of the large Dor ions Of
labd 10 the CITY OF Westminster that are occu-
| ptd by pnbic bulldogs. The total amount
| levi, d by rate-wairants for the purposes uf the
| metropolitan police Is E4Gl SOB. of which ann
! Elld,376 is paid by Government as nat on Il
ra'eg@er; OF he remain1,r Of tho total cost
| OF tie police in lS63-which was 1854, ,2iD,--
E2l763 was deiruytd by parliamentary votes.
] aud the residue by the payments for special
services, fom viii h we have above selected a
| few OF the principal items.
Appendix "A" in the return consists of n list
OF over t~o hundred lines, enumcratinR every
! "IHrsb, township, precinct, and place" an the
! ufucti together with specification OF the
rental IN each, and the sum chaged ucon and
received for the purposes of tng metrupolit an
police. The mcIi,yal designations of mnnv
"bamlets" and liberties illustrate that regard
for ancient usage which Is such NATIONAL
the various amounts sh, Wa a truIy Bitish dysre
gard for regularity. In th' Sc respects the return
tNhibts a striking contrast 10 she rectangles
apd pafaIleloerams which are so precious In
tie eyes Of FfeDcl land American admini,trators
This table Is very Suggestive OF rtpid cbsprp
when cumpur with the distribution OF London
population thirty years ego, and the growth OF
tu' p0utah he use-mOp.Ity Within that period.
Sill mCre striking l. It when compared with the
stat sites in ibe ,arll part OF last century then
MarylebOnC was small village, d,iant nearly a
mile ir m any parI of London, and 81. Plncras
was "a hamlet two miles North OF the city"
In The ietuin before Us, The rental for the
parish Of Mary lebone is entered nc E9S3 5s3, and
ns net cOnirhu ion for the purposes OF the police
in 1903 Is E24 $685. these are the largest sums in
the list. 81. Gturg's, Hanover square, /. nearly
~ rch a parish; and tfpn st Pancras comes
next with T,nttl Of ES5G,4lS, ami police rare
OF f2S,H7. st. M,ry's, Islngton, comprises pro-
perry Of E690,359 in annual value, contributing
~ 25o Tor police purposes aud So. Mary's L,m-
beth, rays about El0OO a year less. IN, parish
OF Pacd lgtun l. nearly us large, and contributes
numly fl6,0O0 to the rate.
lhe par sbes Jus nnmerati much exceed any !
e,h'f IN Xtnt and value OF property So. James, !
Westn insteI, TAX prec dcnCe in she second class
havr a reDiai OF E43l ,5O2; and Keus,ngtpn mas |
EiOS gS8. Some OF the new suburban uisricts |
are prol lly as much ind, bttd to D. services of
the ponce as any, and The rapid increase OF eN- |
penslve house property 6rn ngs them as good con.
tr1butols 10 the fund Thus " the precinct of !
Norwood now contains property of the anull |
valhe of El5,05 a. "the inlet OF Pcppe" il
worth E52 1870. Croydon, the most extended
outpost Of London, has now ren al If Elj3, ,lj0,
pay iTg G3S2S for protection by the 20 ice
The parish of reatham contains property
rented at nearly ECO, 90 per annum rottenDam,
bayng rental OF E57,457, pays El436 for the
police, ana Edmonton about $500 Il year less
Epson is ole Of the most distant parishes in tne
district, and perhaps for that reason its deuizens
are backward in paving their quota towards the
support OF Sir r. Naynes' army. Ofthe very
lev initances OF arrears recorded in this return.
EphOm is one having . balance against it, on |
Dec, mhcr 81, lurg,r than its whole yearly con !
uihuiiOn, wbi Il Is E2S6. Oug of the smallest |
!, YieS IN the list is that from she Close of the
Colltgiae Church, St. Peters, Westminster"
amuuniiI 10 E35 lis.
UDder the head If receipt and expenditure
for 'fbe Service of the Poll Courts" we OBJ
serve that the fines, pcraltcs and furieltures
levied during last year in the thirteen metro.
olitnD courts, together with small sums from |
the subnf al districts, amour. 10 Ei2,32J. The |
Thames Court received the largest share OF
thes, the SpOils % evil. dOers, namely :--eli0O; |
ana W, stmin'ter Court the Least wiinin metro
rOlitan bounds, being E5Sl. OF the eighteen |
suburban districts, b. acontreo appears 20 he
the most iDfoTtant, as it contributes nearly
ESQ, by fhT the largest share under this head; !
alo Chipping Barnet sends the smallest am1unC
OF IhsCals' pence namely, E8 81
The names OF those vllag, :, together with Ep-
som as the most southern, ana Waltham ADpsv
hs the II ost poTtbtrD poDt Uf the district, will
alold familiar idea OF lhe extent OF territory
over which Sir X. Mayne sways the trnncneon 4
By far lbe largest part Cf The legal exprn ,es Of
the police cUuIts-f57, ,330-is provided by par
lianen'ay vote, a out a half of it from the Com
5, lldeted FUND. The amount uf salaries paid ls
tS9,e26 Oi that sum E26 3O6 Is ptld 90 tyguty- Z
two stp,IdiaIy magistrates at El200 each and
ole chef M ristTate at El5U0. On the pension
list of the police courts there were ON the last
day III 1863 t"eny magi iTa'es and clerks, re-
q wing an aPPrtg gate amount OF Ej267.
Df |
G. Trages /, managed by distinct portion Of the |
! ollce force, for which para,e se5 of accounts |
is kept The net expenses Of this department for
latt year was Ell,I2; Tut this is o ID ny the
Inland Revenue Office inr Without the Co opera
tion Of the poli,e the duties un public convey /
alcts could lot be collected.
The eloihng Of he pOiice Of all kin nis cost last
year E52 S34, being an average Of ri her less
than "a los. lor each man. comparison ofthe
aIuum lald for clio hug, VITA the cost Of the
rohc mans armoly, exhibit, the eSsenJllly
CNian character OF the force, the total charge for
truncbt ous, fa'tlCs, swords, and belts" being
t3GO. Somtt mos 20 iCeHen act u good Slinari-
tans we ind in II nm item OF ElOl7 paid tor IT. /
tendarCe and medicine fOf destitute prisoners
ana lonr persons who had met with accidents in 4
the public thoTouRhfaYes. Medical attendance
on the police themselves, aud the tnncral ex- Z
ptnses of forty eight dying lass year, amour ed /
To E2652. 1
In thus g'ancing at the expenditure, and ia /
dicatil the range Of the duties unrrrtAlrn nv
vince tO phss any opinion q, the prinCip gs on
which this great CIVILIAN force should be admin
isterd. Besides its great purpose OF the re- .
preston Of crime, It's service IN iossening the
tmOuut Of irlCt olf amidst the Duste Of Lon
don life Is scarcely ot less Importance. Doubtless
thtre are cases OF eNcep ion 10 The ordinary dis
cieilon and moderation with which the police 10 4
thtir uuty.
Though well-dressed people always meet With
ci'llity from "a 10 n, }, the ragged aud he ont.
cast may occasionally meet with the nasty " lrd .
or unnecessary force fOm the constable, who is .
lol Them The dtspot Of the streets. Ona great ,
merit in he police j., however, thut they know
nothing OF politics the man IN bue always pre- .
serves ms neutral tina Ministries may ri and
Ill but the policeman in the lODby OF ST, .
stephens i unmOvel by changes TIM; agi.,te .
lurOiy breas's; and amidst the excitement of .
elcciiubeofiDg contests, the good old canse of
old,r Is the only eide that the policeman sup
pors. /
The distaEcc from ChattanoOga 10 Atlanta ia (
one hundred and thIty -four miles from Atlanta !
to Macon, where many OF our prisoners ar5 CON
hnedi !. one hundred and rhree lies.
"A lit le girl, eight years old, who was .b- I
drc.ed few weeks ago from her gra d-parents
90 Ir vlderce, by whom she was legally adopted
ana with whom she had always lived and was
taken by her mother 10 Montreal aud placed in
convent, has been recovered bv her legal guar
dams through the agency Of the Montreal police. |