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A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Note 155 — CHAP. XVII.

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The following are the Public Offices in the Metropolis; (exclusive of the City of London;) and the respective Magistrates who preside, and the Clerks who officiate at each.

Westminster. Bow-street, Covent Garden. Sir William Addington, Knt. Nicholas Bond, Esq. Richard Ford, Esq. Magistrates.

Mess. Lavender and Davies, Clerks.

The following seven Public Offices were established by the Act 32 Geo. III. cap. 53. and continued for 5 years by 36 Geo. III. cap. 75.

Queen's Square, St. Margaret's Westminster. Cranley Thomas Kerby, Esq. Henry James Pye, Esq. Patrick Colquhoun, Esq. Magistrates.

Mess. Arthur Gliddon and J. Jones, Clerks.

Great Marlborough-street, Oxford Road. Nathaniel Conant, Esq. John Scott, Esq. Phillip Neave, Esq. Magistrates.

Mess. H.P. Butler and J. Thornton, Clerks.

Middlesex. Hatton Garden Holborn. William Bleamire, Esq. Aaron Graham, Esq. Robert Baker, Esq. Magistrates.

Mess. A. Todd and W. Upton, Clerks.

Worship-street, Finsbury-Squ. John Floud, Esq. William Brodie, Esq. John Nares, Esq. Magistrates.

Mess. Chas. Lush and J. Chalmers, Clerks.

Lambeth-street, Whitechapel. Rice Davies, Esq. Henry Reynett, D.D. Daniel Williams, Esq. Magistrates.

Mess. John Smith and J. Bailey, Clerks.

High-street, Shadwell. George Storie, Esq. John Staples, Esq. Rupert Clarke, Esq. Magistrates.

Mess. J. Rowswell and G. Skeen, Clerks.

Surrey. Union-street, Southwark. Gideon Fournier, Esq. Benjamin Robinson, Esq. Richard Carpenter Smith, Esq. Magistrates.

Mess. D. Campbell and J.A. Jallicoe, Clerks.

Marine Police, Wapping New Stairs. P. Colquhoun, Esq. superintending Magistrate, gratis John Harriot, Esq. Resident Magistrate Henry Lang, Esq. Chief Clerk William Brooke, Cashier Three Junior Clerks, and Ten Surveyors, &c.

N.B. The whole Fees and Penalties taken and received at the seven Offices, established by 32 Geo. III. cap. 53. are paid into the Receiver on account of the Public, and the whole expences of the Establishments are defrayed from the funds placed in his hands for that purpose.

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