To which are to be added the stated Officers of Police, specially appointed for the purpose of preventing crimes, and of detecting and apprehending offenders. 1. The establishment at Bow-Street, under the direction of the three Magistrates presiding at that Office, viz. Constables 6 and (under the direction of Sir W. ADDINGTON, Knt.) Patroles for the Road 68 -- 74 2. The establishment of seven Public Offices by the Act of the 32d of his present Majesty, cap. 53, under the direction of three Magistrates at each Office, viz. Constables at the Public Office, Queen-Square 6 Marlborough-St. 6 Hatton Garden 6 -- 18 Constables at the Public Office, Worship-Street 6 Whitechapel 6 Shadwell 6 Union Hall, Southw. 6 -- 42 --- Total Civil Force in the Metropolis 999 To which add the Civil Force of the Thames Police Establishment;[116] established in July 1798, under the sanction of Government 41 ---- Total 1040 [Footnote 116: The Thames Police Establishment fluctuates according to the Season of the year, and the number of West India ships on the River.-- The permanent force in House Constables, Boat Surveyors, and Water Officers, &c. is 41 The fluctuating Civil Force in { Ship Constables 150 { Quay Guards 30 --- Total Civil Force of the Marine Police Establishment when the West-India Fleets are in port 221] Of these 1040 Officers the Reader will observe, that only 89 (exclusive of the thirty-two extra officers in the City of London; and the sixty-eight patroles at Bow-street; making in the whole no more than 189,) _are Stipendiary Officers_, particularly pledged to devote their whole time to the service of the Public:--and hence a question arises, Whether so small a number are sufficient for the purpose of watching and detecting the hordes of villains who infest the Metropolis, and who must be considerably increased on the return of peace?