Parliamentary Rewards and Police in Metropolis Report
A committee reports on the police state of the Metropolis and the system of parliamentary rewards for convicting offenders. It condemns the practice as dangerous and explores how rewards are distributed, citing money taken as poundage and irregular fees by officials, urging abolition and reform. The inquiry covers Acts dating from William and Mary through George II and details experiences of magistrates, clerks, and under-sheriffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tite
Igdom
Ipyiepta Agua
Kingdom of Great Britain
Recorder of London
Nee
Midland
Middlesex
John Sylvester
Thomas Watson
Recorder
Adair
Glynn
Vofficer
Atalk
Abolition of Tyburn Tickets and Juvenile Reform Probe
A parliamentary committee condemns Tyburn Tickets granting exemption from parish service as corrupting rewards. It urges higher police salaries and ending rewards for crime discovery. Witnesses describe abuses by Bow Street officers and vagrant abuses. The panel also backs a penitentiary system for metropolitan juvenile offenders, citing causes of delinquency and failed prison management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelton
Barnley
St. Andrew’s
Hatten-garden
Ely-rents
Hatton-garden
House of Correction
John Townshend
Bow-street
Old Valley
John ‘Lavender
Dueen-agnate
John Vickery
Gow-street
Philip Holdsworth
City of London
Thomas Shelton
Oyer and Terminer
Old Bailey
London
Middlesex
Police
Vaughan
Crauford
Eres
Committee urges separate juvenile prison to curb crime
The Yaar Committee protests current prison system as dangerous for youths. It details mixed-age confinement at Newgate Clerkenwell and Cold Bath Fields, cites rising juvenile numbers, and calls for a dedicated penitentiary. It backs Bevans plan for a 400-bed facility, far cheaper than Millbank, to reform young offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yaar Committee
Sentiet
Newgate
S&c
Clerkenwell
Cold Bath Fields
Tothill
Giltspur-street
House of Correction
Bath Fields
Bevans
Millbank
Penitentiary Institutions And Their Benefactors In Focus
The committee reviews costs and outcomes of the Refuge for the Destitute Magdalen Hospital London Penitentiary Milbank and other charities. It notes reform rates and high demand for admission, urges extended patronage and discusses prison economics and future reforms.
Lottery Sells Large Prize Ticket Amid New Drawing Anticipation
Sc and J Livewhcut celebrate continued success of their offices in selling a prize ticket worth 20,0002 Sterling and a second prize of 2002 in the Lociery draw that ended Wednesday. They list outlets at 37 Cornhill 38 Jaymarket 141 Oxford Street and 11 Holborn and pledge further prizes ahead of the November 7 drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sc and
J. Livewhcut
Cornhill
Jaymarket
Oxford Street
Holborn
Birth Notices From Carmarthen Gloucester and London
On the 7th at Carmarthen the Lady of Captain Richar Alcock of a daughter. At Gloucester on the 3d the Lady of Hardwicke Shute of a daughter. Mrs L Gore of Bedford-place Russee Square has a son. On Monday the Lady of Henry Earle of Bern Street had a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmarthen
Richar Alcock
Royal Navy
Ke Shute
Gloucester
Hardwicke Shute
L Gore
Bedford-place
Russe Square
Henry Earle
Bern Street
Married Notices and Deaths From Cockermouth and Dursley
Married on Thursday at Cockermouth Join Leathley esq eldest son of Edward Armitage of Farnley Hall Bentham York to Elizabeth Thompson of Cheltenham. On Monday 8th inst at Dursley Robert Jermyn Cooper of Christ Church Oxford to Arabella Harriet Walling ton of Dursley. Died on 21st inst Robert Alen Crawford eldest son of Robert Crawford of Devonshire Square. On Thursday last Dr James Basset student of the Middle Temple aged 23. Franks Stack. Stock and funds market closes with prices for various consols Navy Ann Imperial 5 per Cent Irish 5 per Cents and South Sea Stock. Printed by B. M. Swyny No 348 Standard published by J. P. Wanless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cockermouth
Leathley
Edward Armitage
Farnley
Robert Alen Crawford
Robert Crawford
Devonshire Square
Dean-street
Canterbury-square
James Basset
Middle Temple
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gommons
Milbank
Philanthropic Society
Magdalen Hospital
eThe London Female Penitentiary
Magdalen
Boch
Frank Stack
Navy
Imperial
India
B. M.swyny
J. P. Wanless
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