11 Parishes, &c. in the City and Liberty of Westminster 302 13 Parishes, &c. in the Division of Holborn 377 5 Parishes, &c. in that part of the Division of Finsbury which joins the Metropolis 135 7 Parishes, &c. in the Division of the Tower Hamlets 268 1 Liberty of the Tower of London 14 5 Parishes and Hamlets, being part of the Division of Kensington, near the Metropolis 66 9 Parishes in the Borough of Southwark 79 ---- Total Beadles, Watchmen, and Patroles 2044[119] ---- [Footnote 119: Watch-houses are now placed at convenient distances all over the Metropolis; where a parochial constable attends, in rotation, every night, to receive disorderly and criminal persons, and to carry them before a Magistrate next morning.--In each watch-house also (in case of fire) the names of the turn-cocks, and the places where engines are kept, are to be found. This circumstance is mentioned for the information of strangers unacquainted with the Police of the Metropolis; to whom it is recommended, in case of fire, or any accident or disturbance requiring the assistance of the Civil Power, to apply immediately to the Officer of the night, at the nearest watch-house, or to the watchmen on the beat.] Nothing can certainly be better calculated for _complete protection_ against acts of violence in the streets, than _the System of a well-regulated Stationary Watch_; composed of fit and able-bodied men, properly controlled and superintended: and from the number of persons already employed, independent of private Watchmen, it would seem only to be necessary to lay down apposite legislative rules, with respect to _age or ability_, _character_, _wages_, _rewards for useful services_, and _general superintendance_, in order to establish that species of additional security, which would operate as a more effectual means of preventing crimes within the Metropolis. Let the same system of moderate rewards also be extended to beadles,[120] for useful Public service _actually performed_, as is proposed with regard to officers of justice, watchmen, and patroles; and much good will arise to the community, without any great additional expence. [Footnote 120: Beadles are, in many instances, employed at present as local superintendants of the watch, within their respective Parishes.]