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I.—POLICE OF THE CITY OF LONDON. 
Business is transacted at the Mansion- 
house, daily, by the Lord Mayor, occa- 
sionally assisted by one of the Alder- 
men, where the proceedings require two 
magistrates. Before the Lord Mayor 
all the prisoners committed to the Poul- 
try Compter, the preceding night, are 
always carried; while those from the 
Giltspur-street Compter are carried to 
Guildhall, before the Sitting Alderman, 
who regularly attends there, for this and 
other purposes, The usual hours of 
attendance are from eleven to two 
‘o’clock. 
It was intended, during Mr. Pitt’s 
administration, in 1798, to alter and 
abridge the privileges of the City of 
London, by appointing a certain num- 
ber of magistrates, “to be named by the 
Lord Mayor and Court of Alderynen, 
and approved by his Majesty, and com- 
missioned for the whole of the metro- 
polis, and the counties of Kent, Surrey, 
Middlesex and Essex;” to sit both 
morning and evening; “to assist the 
Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen at 
the Mansion-house and Guildhall, as is 
practised in the offices of police esta- 
blished in the other parts of the metro- 
polis, with similar salaries, and under 
similar regulations ;” with “power to 
distribute small rewards for useful in- 
formation.” 
Il.——POLICE OF WESTMINSTER, AND THE SUB- 
URBS, TOGETHER WITH THE RIVER THAMES. 
Seven public offices were established in 
August 1792, and the expense, at an 
average of five years and a half, amounted 
Jlleo cecongetociaaeiod POU £18,281 18 6 
In addition to these, the office 
in Bow-street, in 1797 alone, 
Hoost ys, Fut be Ee pe se DVO Fi7 
£26,183 6 1 
DETAIL OF THE ANNUAL EXPENSES OF THE 
PUBLIC-OFFICE, BOW-STKEET. 
Three justices,—one who is 
considered the head of the 
‘ office, salary supposed to 
aD bate SRS 84 £1,000 
The other two, origi- 
nalty at £400 per 
annum each, now 
£500 each ...... 1,000 
£2,000 00 
One Clerk, atic cs. ee ee 160 00 
One ditto, at.......... Sai 130 00 
One ditto, at...... eet hehe. 100 00 
‘One extra clerk, at ........ 80 00 
Carry forward .... £2,470 00 
Police of the Metropolis. 
{June I, 
Brought forward ....£2,470 0 0 
Six officers, at 1ls.8d. perweek 182 0 0 
An office-keeper ..-++++++- 35 00 
An house-keeper ..--+++++- 35 00 
A MeSSCNgEr..-. +2 ee eeeeee 35 00 
An assistant gaoler ....---- 17 10 0 
Attached to the office, there is 
a patrol, consisting of 68 
persons, divided into 13 par- 
ties, each having a captain at 
5s. per night, the men having 
2s. Gd. per night, amounting, 
in the whole, annually, to 
BHOUG el ede hes de OOO e eae 
To the clerks, on account of 
» the patrol’. 4\- 2iss-s'2s,sheasik = 71 120 
And in remuneration to the 
magistrates, in lieu of fees 
and perquisites, and for spe- ’ 
cial services......--.---+- 900 ° 00 
£7,441 14 6 
N.B.—The above statement is amended 
from the Twenty-eighth Report of the 
Committee of Finance, in respect to the 
two first articles; and it is supposed, that 
the other part of the establishment has 
been since considerably increased. In- 
deed, in 1797, the total expense of this 
office is estimated, by the Committee, 
BE c's oct e et sne's tin canine SERCO Loe 
Of which the fees defrayed .. £485 5 6 
The remainder paid out of the 
Civil List, was...... 7,901 77 
Seven offices of police, established by 32 
Geo. III. c. 53, consist, each of them, of 
three magistrates, with salaries originally 
at £400 a-year each, now raised to £500 
each, amounting annually to £1,500 O 0 
First and second clerk, toge- 
titer tit) sacle ciate eisl> peter 250 0 O 
Six constables, at 12s. per 
week ewer si7 ee nto Bae 0 
Of a housekeeper, at about Senor © 
In addition to this, five of the 
offices have each an extra 
clerk, with salaries varying 
from 650 £0)\sic0 dies 5,005 80 0 0 
Six have each a menial ser- 
vant, with salaries from £13 
£0. a Hee 35 0 0 
And the total amount of sala- 
ries in all the offices, for one 
year, was, in 1798 ...... £12,313 3 0 
The average annual amount of the salaries 
and incidents, between August 1792, and 
the 5th of January 1798, was estimated 
yy ee eee ie eee £14,971 19 10 
To this add increase of 
magistrates’ salaries, since 
TAAGE.- 5 stersic(acinien eee 700 O 
Receiver’s salary...... af 7 0 
Carry oyer...... £16,371 19 10 
