Police

Printed House of Commons Select Committee report on policing in London 1812 Report on the Nightly Watch and Police of the Metropolis

10056 — London 1812. 'Ordered by The House of Commons to be printed 24 March 1812.'. Folio 41 pp. Text clear and complete. Disbound. Repaginated in a contemporary hand 95 to 135. Fair on lightly-aged paper. The report covers the first eight pages the remainder carries nine appendices including 'No 6. - Division of Districts by Police Officers' and 'No 7. - Details of a Nightly Report'. 'This system of Watch and Ward adapted by the Legislature to the City of London is not a dead letter but is kept alive and in action by the constant superintendence of the Marshals of the City with their Assistants who every night visit the different Wards and Precincts and take care that the Constables Beadles and Watchmen of all descriptions are alert and do their duty. Morning Reports are made to the Lord Mayor as Chief Magistrate; deficiencies are noticed as well as any disorders or irregularities or other occurrences of the night.' Scarce: copies on COPAC at Oxford the University of London and Southampton. London, 1812. ['Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed, 24 March 1812.'] unknown