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Petty Sessional
Divisions in the Metropolitan Police District.—in those portions of the
Sessional Divisions which are within the limits of any metropolitan
police-court, the criminal business is taken to the police-court but Petty
Sessions are held for all parochial or other civil business.
BEACONTREE, Essex (K and N divs.), Petty Sessions Room,
adjoining House of Correction, in the parish of Little Ilford, Essex, Saturdays,
at 11 am.
BLACKHEATH DIVISION, Kent (R div.), Green Man Hotel, Blackheath, at appointed times throughout the
year. For civil business only.
BOROUGH OF KINGSTON, Surrey (V div.), the Petty Sessions
for the borough are held every
Wednesday at 10 am, in the Town Hall.
BRENTFORD DIVISION, Middlesex (T and X divs.), Town Hall,
New Brentford, Mondays and Saturdays, at 11 am.
BROMLEY DIVISION, Kent (P and R divs.), 1st and other
Mondays in the month at Bromley, where the principal sittings are held; 3rd
Monday at Chislehurst. The whole of the Petty Sessional Division is within the
metropolitan police district, excepting the parishes of Chelsfield, Cudham, and
Knockholt.
CHESHUNT DIVISION, Herts (Y div.), Session Rooms, St.
Mary’s Hall, Cheshunt, Wednesdays, at 11
am.
CHIPPING BARNET DIVISION Herts (S and Y divs.), Town
Hall, Union-st, Barnet, Mondays, at 11 a.m. Police cases are occasionally taken
from parts of Finchley and Friern Barnet, in the Highgate Division (County of
Middlesex), and Shenley and Tottenidge (County of Herts), to the Chipping Barnet
Petty Sessions. Cases which arise in the districts of Bushey, Aldenham, and a
part of Elstree (County of Herts) are taken to Watford Petty Sessions, without
the limits of the metropolitan district, and beyond the limits of the
metropolitan police district.
CROYDON DIVISION, Wallington Hundred, Surrey (P, V, and W
divs.), Town Hall, Croydon, Saturdays, at 11 am.
DARTFORD DIVISION, Kent (R div.), Court House, Dartford,
alternate Saturdays, at 1 p.m. Pier Hotel, Erith, last Wednesday in month, at 3
p.m. Charges taken in the parishes of East Wickham, Bexley, Crayford, and Erith
are heard at Woolwich Police-court. Summonses are decided at Dartford Petty
Sessions on alternate Saturdays at 1 p.m. Offences under Metropolitan Police
Act, Mr. Beedle’s office, Erith, at 3 p.m., first Wednesday.
EDGWARE DIVISION (Gore Hundred), Middlesex (S and X
divs.), Court-house, Edgware, alternate Wednesdays, at 11 a.m. The greater
portion of the
criminal business from Willesden in the Kensington Division, all the other
parishes of which are in a police-court district, is taken to the Edgware Petty
Sessions, but all the parish business, &c., which must be done in the
division, is transacted at the Vestry Hall, Kensington, at appointed times
throughout the year. The whole of Harrow is in this division for civil business.
EDMONTON HUNDRED, Middlesex (N and Y divs.), County
Court, Edmonton, Mondays, at 11 am. The whole of Enfield is in this division of
civil business.
ENFIELD, Middlesex (Y div.), clerks office, Enfield Town,
Fridays, at 11 am.
EPSOM DIVISION (Copthorne Hundred), Surrey (V and W
divs.), Petty Sessions Court, Epsom, every Monday, at 10.30 a.m.
HAMPSTEAD, Middlesex (S div.), Police-station, Hampstead,
every Wednesday.
HANOVER.SQUARE DIVISION, Middlesex (B and C divs.), Board
Room, Mount-st. For civil
business only.
HIGHGATE OR FINSBURY DIVISION Middlesex (S and Y divs.),
police-station, Highgate, Mondays
at 9.30 am. For police cases only. Police cases which arise in parts of Finchley
and Friern Barnet are occasionally taken before the justices sitting at the
Barnet Petty Sessions.
HIGHGATE OR FINSBURY DIVISION Middlesex (G, N, S andY
divs) Sessions House, Clerkenwell, occasionally on Saturdays, at 10.30 am. For
civil business only.
HOLBORN DIVISION, Middlesex (E, G, and S divs.),
Freemasons’ Tavern, Great Queen-st. For civil business only.
HUNDREDS OF KINGSTON AND ELMIBRIDGE, Surrey (V div.), the
Petty Sessions for the Hundred are held in the Grand Jury Room in
Kingston-upon-Thames, every Thursday, at 11 am.
KENSINGTON DIVISION, Middlesex (B, T, and X divs.),
Vestry Hall, Kensington. For civil business only.
LIBERTY OF THE TOWER OF LONDON (H div.), Court House,
Well-close-square. For civil business only.
MARYLEBONE DIVISION, Middlesex (D, E, and S div.), Court
House, Marylebone-lane. For civil business only.
PADDINGTON DIVISION, Middlesex (D and X divs.), Vestry
Hall, Paddington- green.
For civil business only.
RICHMOND DIVISION, Surrey (V div.), Petty Sessions Court,
Richmond, Wednesdays, at 11
a.m.
ST. JAMES’S DIVISION, Middlesex (C div.), St. James’s
Vestry Hall, Piccadilly. For civil business Only.
ST. MARGARET’S DIVISION, Middlesex (A and B divs.),
Sessions House, Westminster. For civil. business only.
ST. PANCRAS DIVISION Middlesex
(E, G, S, and Y), St. Pancras Vestry Room, Pancras-rd. For civil business only.
Part of this parish is in the Finsbury Division for police cases. Those parts of
the parishes of Hampstead and St. Pancras which are not included in a
police-court district come within this district occasionally.
SOUTH MIMS DIVISION, Middlesex ( S div.),
the ordinary magisterial business of this division is transacted at the County
Court, Chipping Barnet, every Monday, at 11 a.m. Special Sessions for parochial
business are held at appointed times throughout the year at Hart’s Horn Inn,
High-st., Barnet.
SPELTHORNE DIVISION or HUNDRED Middlesex
(T div.), White Lion, Staines; Red Lion
Inn, Hampton; and Running Horse, Sunbury-common,
alternate Mondays, at 12 a.m.
STRAND DIVISION, Middlesex (E div.), Vestry Rooms, St.
Martin’s-in-the-fields. For civil business only.
TOWER DIVISION, Middlesex (G, H, K, and N divs.), County
Court, Great Prescot-st, Whitechapel, E. For civil business only.
UXBRIDGE DIVISION (Elthorne Hundred), Middlesex (T and X
divs.), Public Rooms, Uxbridge, Mondays, at 11 a.m.
WALTHAM ABBEY DIVISION (Epping Hundred), Essex (N andY
divs.), County Court, Waltham Abbey, Tuesdays, at 10.30 a.m.
WANDSWORTH DIVISION, Surrey (V div.), County Court House,
Wandsworth, specially, at appointed times throughout the year. For civil business
only.
Philanthropic Societies.
—The following are the
principal Philanthropic Societies, with their objects and terms of subscription,
according to official returns furnished, at the Editor’s request, by their
respective secretaries. The societies omitted are those from which his request
for information has failed to elicit any reply:
ABORIGINES PROTECTION SOCIETY, 17,
King William-street, Charing-cross. — Subscription:
10s. 6d. per annum. Object:
To protect the rights and promote the civilisation of aboriginal races,
especially in British colonies or the adjacent territories.
AGED PILGRIMS’ FRIEND SOCIETY and AGED PILGRIMS’ ASYLUM (at Camberwell and Hornsey-rise),
9, Finsbury - pavement. Subscription: Subscribers
of £3 3s. per annum qualified to nominate one case. Votes are given also for
subscriptions of 7s. and upwards. Object: To
grant life pensions of 5, 7 and 10 guineas per annum to the aged Christian poor
of both sexes, and of every Protestant denomination, who are eligible by the
rules and approved by committee. The asylums are for the reception of 160
pensioners of the Aged Pilgrims’ Friend Society.
ANGLO-ORIENTAL SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE OPIUM
TRADE, 8, Buckingham-street, Strand. — Subscription
(no information).
ANTI-VIVISECTION, 180, Brompton-road.—(See LONDON
ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY, p. 198.)
ARMY RESERVE FORCES’ PROVIDENT AID AND BENEFIT SOCIETY
(Registered under 38 & 39 Vict. c. 6o), 6, Finsbury-chambers, 88,
London-wall.— Subscription: annual,
£2 2s.; honorary, £5 5s. Object: For
the purpose of securing a better provision than allowed by the State for the
wives and families of the army and militia reserve men, in the event of being
called to serve with the colours. The society, although a young one, now numbers
5,000 members, and is self-supporting.
ARTISTS’ ORPHAN FUND (established 1871), 24, Old
Bond-street, Piccadilly.—Subscription: (no
information). Object: For the support and education of the orphan children of
painters, sculptors, architects, and engravers.
ASSOCIATE INSTITUTION FOR IMPROVING AND ENFORCING THE
LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN, 30, Cockspur-street. —Subscription: Entirely supported by voluntary contributions. Object:
The suppression of improper houses. The detection and punishment of parties
who commit indecent or other assaults upon women and children. To afford to
women and girls counsel and help, with a view to shield them from the
temptations and dangers to which they are exposed.
ASSOCIATION FOR THE SUPPLY OF PURE VACCINE LYMPH, 3,
Hemmings-row, Charing-cross (temporary). — Annual
Subscription: £1 1s. for
four charged tubes quarterly, &c. Object:
The object of this association is to supply pure calf or humanised vaccine
lymph.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN SAILORS’ SOCIETY.—Communications
to be addressed to Secretary, Sailors’ Institute, Mercers-st, Shadwell, E. Subscription:
£1 1s and £10 10s. life
member. Object: Is the religious,
intellectual, and social elevatiOn of British and foreign seamen.
BRITISH LADIES’ FEMALE EMIGRANT SOCIETY FOR PROVIDING
MATRONS, BOOKS, AND EMPLOYMENT FOR EMIGRANTS DURING THEIR VOYAGE, 23,
Fitzroy-st, Fitzroy-sq.-— Subscription: Optional.
Object: To provide visitation for
emigrant ships at the various ports of departure, forming the female emigrants
into industrial classes, and supplying them with means for their instruction and
employment during the voyage, through the agency of the secretary, or of a local
visiting committee. To find judicious and efficient matrons for the office of
superintending the young women on the voyage, and induce the emigration
commissioners to appoint them to that office. To form corresponding societies in
the Colonies, for the protection and assistance of the female immigrants on
their arrival.
CAB DRIVERS’ BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, 15, Soho-square.
Subscription: Donations of £1
constitute a life subscription, entitling the donor to one vote, and one
additional vote for every £1 so
subscribed. Annual subscriptions of 5s. entitle the subscriber to one vote for
each 5s. so subscribed. Objects: To
grant annuities of £12 per annum to aged or infirm cabmen who can no longer
earn their living, and to grant loans without interest to members requiring such
aid, on the security of another member of the association.
CABMEN’S SHELTER FUND, 15, Soho-square.—Object:
To provide “shelters,” with refreshments at the lowest prices, under
the charge of attendants, for metropolitan cabmen when on the ranks. Each
“shelter” is supplied with periodicals, and a stove for cooking purposes.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION AGENCY, 10,
Blomfield-street.—Object: To. engage and send out to the Cape of Good Hope
artisans, mechanics, recruits for Cape Mounted Riflemen for the service of the
Colonial Government; artisans, mechanics, farm and domestic servants for the
service of colonial employers; and to supply information on all sub jects
connected with the colony of the Cape of Good Hope.
CENTRAL SHOEBLACK SOCIETY, 2, Saffron-hill,
Farringdon-road.
— Subscription: (no information). Object: To employ and find employment for
homeless, friendless, and destitute boys.
CHARITY VOTING REFORM ASSOCIATION, 30, Charing-cross.—
No subscription necessary for membership. Object: Reform of the abuses connected
with the election of beneficiaries to charitable institutions, such as “public
polling days,” “traffic in votes,” “canvassing by cards and
circulars,” &c.
CITY OF LONDON TRUSS SOCIETY, 35, Finsbury-square
(Instituted 1807).— Subscription: Annual, £1 1s.; life,
£10 10s., or £5 5s. Object: To relieve poor ruptured persons
recommended by governors; by furnishing (under surgical direction) trusses for
every kind of rupture, and bandages and necessary instruments for all cases of
prolapsus; and by performing every necessary operation.
DECORATIVE NEEDLEWORK SOCIETY, 73, George-street,
Portman-square. — Object: The instruction in, and production at
moderate cost of, the higher classes of decorative needlework.
EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION (Established 1842), 100,
Fleet-street. Subscription: No
fixed amount. Object: An abridgment of the hours of labour in all
departments of industrial life, wherever they are unduly prolonged; the adoption
of a Saturday half-holiday where practicable the early payment of wages; the
rescue of shopkeepers and their assistants from the drudgery of Sunday trading.
EAST LONDON (BLUE) SHOEBLACK HOME AND BRIGADE FOR
DESTITUTE BOYS, 96, Mansell-street, Whitechapel. — Self-supporting. Object:
The reclamation of destitute boys, and providing them with a means of honest
livelihood.
FEMALE MISSION TO THE FALLEN (Woman’s Mission Women),
435, West Strand.—Object: The work of the mission is entirely carried
on by means of Christian female missionaries, who labour in the streets of
London among the fallen of their own sex. The fallen reasoned with; hospitals
visited; tracts distributed; and temporary lodgings provided for those who are
desirous of reforming.
FREEHOLD COTTAGE DWELLINGS COMPANY LIMITED, 35,
Spring-gardens Charing-cross.— Subscription: (no information). Object: To improve the dwellings of
the poor and of the working classes.
GREENWICH SOCIETY FOR THE ACQUISITION AND DIFFUSION OF
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, Lecture Hall, Royal Hill, Greenwich.— Subscription: Life
membership (transferable), £10; life membership (not transferable), £5 5s.;
annual subscription (adult), 10s.
annual subscription (minors, under 14 years of age)1
5s. Object: See title of the society
HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND, 10, South-place, Finsbury.—
Subscription: (no
information). Object: To enable the working classes of the metropolis to
contribute to the support of the hospitals and dispensaries of London.
HOUSE-BOY BRIGADE, PIMLIC0 BRANCH, 63, Eaton-square-— Subscription:
£5 entrance fee. Object:
To train poor boys for domestic service ; while in the home they are sent out to
assist the servants of private families in the neighbourhood, at a charge per
hour.
IMPARTIAL, 92, Hampstead-road. — Subscription: Various.
Object: To ameliorate the condition of the industrial classes and
minimise pauperism by judicious pecuniary aid to the deserving poor.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE TOTAL SUPPRESSION OF
VIVISECTION, 25, Cockspur-street. — Subscription: 10s.
6d. annually constitutes membership. Object:
The repeal of the Act of 1876, and the enacting of a law
absolutely prohibiting the practice of vivisection.
IRISH PEASANTRY SOCIETY OF LONDON, 61,
Stamford-street.— Subscription: (no
information). Object: The improvement of the condition of the peasantry
of Ireland, with which object in view grants are made, under certain conditions,
to local agricultural and gardening societies in Ireland.
LADlES’ DRESSMAKING AND EMBROIDERY ASSOCIATION AND
SCHOOL OF DRESSMAKING, 42, Somerset-street, Portman-square. Subscription: Annual
(amount not stated) and donations. Object: To
afford thorough training in dressmaking to the daughters of professional men
with limited incomes; to arrange classes for needlework for amateurs; and to
give daily employment in embroidery to a limited number of poor gentlewomen.
LLOYD’S PATRIOTIC FUND, 14, Cornhill.— Subscription:
Fund invested, no
subscriptions solicited. Object:
To grant assistance to such soldiers, seamen, and marine, as well officers as
men, or their widows, orphans, or dependent relatives, as in the opinion of the
trustees shall be fitting objects for such aid, having special regard to
sufferings and losses arising during services in action.
LONDON ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY, 180, Brompton-rd.— Subscription:
5s. and upwards. Object:
Total abolition of vivisection.
LONDON LABOURERS’ DWELLINGS SOCIETY LIMITED, 5,
Eldon-street, Finsbury— Subscription: Shares, £100 each, fully paid. Object: The improvement
of existing dwellings for the bona fide working classes, and the erection of new
dwellings as opportunities arise.
LONDON PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY, 17, Ironmonger-lane,
Cheapside. — Subscription: Optional. Object: To relieve the poor with bread and
coals throughout the metropolis during the winter, the tickets for which are
distributed by subscribers.
MARYLEBONE ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVING THE DWELLINGS OF THE
INDUSTRIAL CLASSES, 65, Marylebone-road.— Subscription: (not
stated). Object: Improving the dwellings of the working classes.
MENDICITY SOCIETY, 13, Red Lion-square—
Subscription: Life governor, £10
10s., or £1 1s. annual, entitles to 100 tickets’ and for the further
privilege of referring to the Begging Letter Department: Life governor, £21, or
£2 2s. annual. Object: The apprehension of impostors and vagrants, and
relief of the deserving poor.
METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION FOR BEFRIENDING YOUNG SERVANTS,
7, Great College-street, Westminster. — Subscription: (no information).
Object: To befriend young girls from 13 to 20 years of age who are in or
entering domestic service, and are exposed to peculiar dangers and difficulties
from the want of home protection.
METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVING THE DWELLINGS OF
THE INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES, 8, Finsbury-circus.- Subscription: (not
stated). Object: Improving
The dwellings of
the working classes of the metropolis.
METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL SUNDAY FUND, 1, Queen
Victoria-street, Mansion House.—Subscription: By collections made at
places of divine worship. Object: To relieve as far as possible the
current annual expenses of hospitals and dispensaries of London which remain
periodically unprovided for.
MIDNIGHT MEETING MOVEMENT, 8a, Red Lion-square.-—
Subscription: Voluntary. Object:
The rescue of fallen women by holding midnight meetings in London and the
provinces.
NATIONAL DWELLINGS SOCIETY LIMITED, 35, Spring-gardens,
Charing-cross.— Subscription: (no information). Object: To improve the dwellings of
the poor and of the working classes.
NATIONAL TRUSS SOCIETY (Instituted 1786), 3,
Crooked-lane, Cannon-street. — Subscription: £10
10s. donation constitutes a life governor; £5 5s. a life member; annual from
10s. 6d, Object: For the relief of the ruptured poor of both sexes
throughout the kingdom, and also provides many other surgical appliances in
addition to trusses. The governors and subscribers are entitled to letters for
recommending cases in the proportion of four for each guinea.
PURE LITERATURE SOCIETY, 11, Buckingham-street,
Strand.— Subscription: (no
information). Object: The increased circulation of pure and healthy
literature.
ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY, 4,
Trafalgar-square. — Subscription: £1 1s. per annum, annual governor; £2 2s. per annum, annual
director; £10 10s. donation, a life governor; £20 donation, a life director. Object:
To collect and circulate the most approved and effectual methods for recovering
persons apparently drowned; to suggest and provide suitable apparatus for saving
life; and to bestow rewards on all who risk their lives for the preservation and
restoration of human life. Supported by voluntary contributions.—(See also
HUMANE SOCIETY.)
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION (Established 1824;
incorporated by royal charter in 1860), 14, John-street, Adelphi. Supported
solely by voluntary contributions. Object: Planting lifeboats on the
coast, and granting rewards for saving life from shipwreck. Number of lives
saved, 26,051.
RUPTURE SOCIETY, 27, Great James-street, Bedford-row.—
Subscription: Annual
subscribers of £1 1s. can recommend three patients within the year; of £2 2s.
six patients; and for every larger subscription a greater number of patients may
be recommended in similar proportions.
For every life subscription of £10 10s. at one payment, three patients may be
recommended in each year; of £I5 15s. four patients; and of £21 six patients
in each year. Object: To supply trusses gratuitously to the poor of both
sexes all over England.
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION, St. John’s-gate,
Clerkenwell—(See special heading under “S.”)
ST. MARYLEBONE FEMALE PROTECTION SOCIETY, 157,
Marylebone-road — Subscription: Voluntary
contributions. Object: The society, founded in 1838, seeks to reclaim
young women from all parts of the country who have, by one false step, fallen
from the path of virtue. They are cared for in their trouble if expecting to
become mothers; and after suitable training, are placed in service, where
needful help is given them in supporting their infants, lest, through want, they
should fall again. This is the more necessary from the extreme youth of many of
the applicants, which prevents their earmng sufficient to maintain their
infants.
SHIPWRECKED MARINERS SOCIETY, Hibernia-chambers,
London-bridge. — Subscription: Voluntary, from 2s. 6d. upwards; fishermen and mariners
beneficiary subscription, 3s. per annum. Object: To board, lodge, clothe,
and forward to their homes, or to their nearest consuls, if foreigners, all
wrecked seamen, soldiers, or other poor persons of
all nations, cast destitute upon the coasts. To assist seamen, whether of
the royal navy or merchant service, fishermen, coastguardmen, pilots, boatmen,
and apprentices, subscribers to the society, to replace their clothes and boats,
when lost by storm or other accidents of the sea; and to relieve their widows,
orphans, and aged parents. To give gold and silver medals, and other honorary or
pecuniary
rewards, for any praiseworthy endeavours to save life
from shipwreck on the high seas or coasts of the Colonies. To give small
gratuities to its old and necessitous members in extreme and special cases.
SHOEBLACKS HOME (N.W.L.), 241, Marylebone-road.- Subscription:
None, being self-supporting;
all boys admitted free. Object: To employ homeless, destitute, and those
in need of help; to educate and p lace out those who earn a good character into
situations.
SOCIETY FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF NECESSITOUS GENTLEWOMEN,
48, Hunter-street, London.— Subscription: (no information). Object: For the tuition and
employment of gentlewomen in the arts of printing, engraving, bookbinding, -
relief stamping m colours, music printing, &c.
SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE, 23,
Lincoln’s-inn-fields. Subscription: No fixed sum. Object: To suppress all outward
exhibitions of vice and immorality ; more especially the suppression of
exhibition and sale of immoral publications, pictures, or other representations.
SURGICAL AID SOCIETY, 16, New Bridge-street,
Blackfriars.— Subscription: 10s.6d. per annum. £5 5s. donation,
entities to two letters of recommendation per annum. Object: To supply
spinal supports, leg instruments, elastic stockings, trusses, and every kind of
surgical appliance gratuitously to the afflicted poor; air and water beds,
invalid couches, &c., are lent to the poor on the recommendation of
subscribers.
SURGICAL APPLIANCE SOCIETY, PROVIDENT (Instituted 1872,
under the patronage of the Bishop of London, the Baroness Burdett Coutts),
&c., 37, Great Ormond-street, Bloomsbury.
Subscription: £5 5s. constitutes donor a life governor; annual subscription
from 10s. 6d.
TRYON HOUSE YOUNG WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. 115,
Sloane-st.— Subscription: 5s. and upwards. Object: To provide a
home for those engaged in house of business or seeking situation in the same.
UNITED KINGDOM BENEFICENT ASSOCIATION, 4, Berners-st,
Oxford-st. — Subscription: contribution of 5s. will confer one vote at
each election during 12 months; 10s. two votes, and so on in like proportion to
any amount. All contributors of £5 and upward in one sum are, in the absence of
any direction from them to the contrary, considered as life governors, and have
two votes for life for each £5 at every election. Object: For granting
annuities up to £25 to persons of the upper and middle classes in reduced
circumstances who are above 40 years of age, and who are unable from bodily
infirmities to earn their own livelihood; and for affording temporary help to
candidates in urgent distress.
UNIVERSAL BENEFICENT SOCIETY, 15, Soho-square. — Subscription:
Vice-president, patroness, or governor, 12 votes, £20 donation; 25 votes, £5
subscription. Life members’ donations: 1 vote, £2 10s. ; 3 votes, £5; 6
votes, £10, and so on, 3 votes for each £5 contributed. Annual subscribers: 1
vote, 5s. ; 2 Votes, 10s. ; 5 votes
£1 ; and so on, 5 votes for each £1 subscribed. Object : This society
has been founded to assist in various ways those in necessity of good character,
without distinction of class, nationality, or sect; its operations are not
confined to the metropolis, but assistance is given wherever needed in the
following manner: 1. By pensions to aged or infirm person who are unable to gain
their own livelihood. 2. By granting loan without interest to persons of
respectability in need of temporary assistance. 3. By gifts of money, clothes,
&c., to those seeking employment, or who require such aid towards
emigration. 4. By payments for the admission of orphan and destitute, neglected,
or ill-treated children into suitable home and institutions.
VICTORIA DWELLINGS ASSOCIATION LIMITED, 9,
Victoria-chambers, Westminster Abbey, SW.—
Subscription: Shares £10 each, fully paid up. Object: The
association was inaugurated at Battersea by the Prime Minister June 23rd, 1877,
to provide healthy and comfortable homes for the labouring classes. The
dwellings erected by the association are situate in the Battersea-park-road, and
at Stroud-vale, King’s-cross.
Philharmonic
Theatre, Islington-green. — Formerly a music-hall. Specialty of
opera-bouffe and burlesque. Stands just opposite the Angel Inn. NEAREST Railway
Station, King’s-cross; Omnibus Routes, High-street, Islington, and
Pentonville-road.
Piccadilly,
the great thoroughfare leading from the Haymarket and Regent-street westward to
Hyde Park-corner, is the nearest approach to the Parisian boulevard of which
London can boast. From Hyde-park-corner to Devonshire House the houses are
confined to the north side, the Green-park forming, to that point, the southern
side, which, for a considerable distance, is lined by foliage trees of some
antiquity, and of great beauty. Being the high road to the most fashionable
quarters in the west and south-west of London, Piccadilly, during a great
portion of the year, presents a bright and lively, not to say kaleidoscopic,
appearance; and even when the great stream of “West-end” London life seems
to have nearly run dry elsewhere it is still to be found, though perhaps but a
rivulet, in Piccadilly. Few streets in town have so many associations. Here, or
hard by, at one time or another, have lived such people as Byron, Scott, Sir Wm.
Petty, Lord Eldon, Nelson’s Lady Hamilton, Verrio, Sir Francis Burdett, Lord
Palmerston, and “Old Q.” Piccadilly is one of the few streets left in London
which are remarkable both from a commercial and from a “society” point of
view. Eastward the double row of houses is almost entirely devoted to trade, and
westward a few shops are still dotted among the stately abodes which overlook
the Green-park. From the “White Horse Cellar” to the mansion of the
Rothschilds, and Apsley House; from the butcher’s shop to Devonshire House;
from the tavern to the club-house, every kind of edifice is represented. On a
fine summer’s morning the departure of the coaches from the “White Horse
Cellar” is an amusing and interesting sight, unique of its kind, in these
railway times. (See —COACHES). Among the principal public buildings are
Sir Christopher Wren’s brick church, dedicated to St. James, certainly not one
of the master’s happiest efforts so far as its exterior is concerned; the
Geological Museum, which abuts on the southern side; and Burlington House, the
home of the Royal Academy, and of many learned societies.
Pigeon Clubs.—There
are many societies in London for promoting the pigeon fancy. The first of these
is the Peristeronic, meeting fortnightly during the winter months at
Freemason’s Tavern, and having an annual exhibition at the Crystal Palace in
January. There is also the City Columbarian, meeting in London-wall, and several
in the suburbs.
Pigeons.—(See POULTRY.)
Police.—The
police force of London comprises the Metropolitan Police and the City Police.
The latter have jurisdiction in the city of London proper, covering about 1
square mile, and consisting of 8oo men. The Metropolitan Police District extends
to a radius of about 15 miles from Charing-cross, and covers more than 700
square miles. The force consists of about 11,100 men divided into 20 divisions.
Each sergeant and constable bears the letter of his division and number on his
collar, which should be taken down if any complaint has to be preferred. Within
a reasonable distance of nearly every house in a populous district there is,
besides the local police-station, a fixed police point (see FIXED
POINTS), at
which a constable may always be found from 9 am to 1 a.m. If the constable at
the fixed point be called away on special duty, his place is taken by the first
patrol who arrives at the vacant place. Every householder should learn where is
the nearest police-station and fixed point. If police assistance be required on
some special occasion, such as a party, personal or written application should
be made to the superintendent of the division on which the ground is situated.
Such duty is done by men in their own time, and from 5s. to 10s. is generally
given by the person interested.
SPECIAL DUTIES.—The following questions have also been
submitted to the Metropolitan Police Department, and have received the annexed
replies:
Whether when application is made at a station for a
married constable to take charge of an empty — furnished — house, any and
what responsibility is undertaken by the department, and what are the general
terms and conditions on which such applications are entertained?
Police sergeants or constables are permitted by the
commissioner to take charge of unoccupied furnished houses on the recommendation
of the superintendent of the division, provided they have undivided care; that
no servants remain; and that there are no valuables or plate therein. No
responsibility whatever is undertaken by the police department. There are no
other set terms or conditions. If the man’s wife is employed to keep the house
clean, it becomes a matter of arrangement between the parties. Sergeants and
constables are allowed by the divisional superintendents to occupy unfurnished
houses, or houses that have not been inhabited, provided they are reported, on
inspection, as not likely to be prejudicial to the health of the officer.
Whether the police on ordinary night duty are allowed
to be made available for calling private individuals in time for early trains,
&c.?
The police are not only allowed, but are taught that they
are bound to render this or any other service in their power to the inhabitants;
and any neglect is considered a breach of duty, and dealt with accordingly.
Whether any arrangement is practicable—short of hiring
a special constable—by which a house can safely be left empty for a few hours?
Certainly not. The custom unfortunately is a very
prevalent one, notwithstanding numerous official cautions, and a large number of
offences are traceable to it, as it affords every facility for thieves and
housebreakers.
Police Courts. —
BOW-STREET: Bow - street, Covent-garden. Applications for
summonses to be made at 10 am., and at intervals; summonses heard at 2 pm,;
remands and charges from 10 am till 5p.m. NEAREST
Railway Station Temple; Omnibus Routes, Strand and Oxford-street; Cab
Rank, Wellington-street.
CITY POLICE OFFICE, 26, Old Jewry. NEAREST Railway
Stations, Mansion House and Moorgate; Omnibus Routes, Cheapside and
Moorgate-street; Cab Rank, Lothbury.
CLERKENWELL King’s-cross-road. Applications for
summonses to be made at 10 a.m., and at intervals; summonses heard at 2 p.m.;
remands at 11.30 am.; and charges from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. NEAREST Railway
Stations, King’s-cross and Farringdon-st; Omnibus Routes,
Gray’s-inn-road, Exmouth-street, Euston-road, and Pentonville-road; Cab Rank,
King’s-cross.
GREENWICH. Applications for summonses to be made at 12
noon; remands heard at 11 a.m; summonses at 12 noon; and charges from 10 a.m. to
1.30 p.m. NEAREST Railway Station, Greenwich.
GUILDHALL JUSTICE - ROOM. Applications for summonses to
be made at 1 p.m.; summonses,
remands, and charges are heard from 12 noon. NEAREST Railway Stations,
Mansion House and Moorgate-street ; Omnibus Routes, Cheapside and
Moorgate - street; Cab Rank, Lothbury.
HAMMERSMITH: Vernon-street, Hammersmith-road.
Applications for summonses to be made at 10 a.m. ; remands and summonses heard
at 11 a.m. ; charges from 10 am. to 1.30 p.m. NEAREST Railway Station,
West Kensington; Omnibus Route, Hammersmith-road; Cab Rank, Red
Cow-lane.
LAMBETH: Renfrew-rd,
Lower Kennington-lane. Applications for summonses to be made at 10 a.m., and at
intervals; remands heard at 11.30 a.m.; summonses at 2p.m.; and charges from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. NEAREST Railway Station, Elephant and Castle; Omnibus
Routes, Newington-butts and Kennington-park-road; Cab Rank,
High-street, Newington-butts.
MANSION HOUSE JUSTICE-ROOM. Applications for summonses to
be made at 1 p.m. ; summonses, remands, and charges are heard from 12 noon.
NEAREST Railway Stations, Mansion House and Moorgate-street; Omnibus
Routes, Cheapside, Moorgate-st, Queen Victoria-street, and King
William-street; Cab Rank, Lothbury.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET: Great Marlborough-street.
Applications for summonses to be made at 10 a.m. and 12 noon; summonses heard at
2 p.m.; remands at 12 noon ; and charges from 10 am. to 5 p.m. NEAREST Railway
Stations, Portland-road and Charing-cross (Dist. and S. E.); Omnibus
Routes, Regent-street and Oxford-street; Cab Rank, Conduit-street.
MARYLEBONE: Seymour-place, Bryanston- square.
Applications for summonses to be made at 10 a.m. ; summonses heard at 2 p.m. ;
remands at 11 a.m.; and charges from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. NEAREST Railway
Station, Edgware road; Omnibus Routes, Edgware-rd and
Marylebone-road; Cab Rank, Edgware-road.
METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICE, 4, Whitehall-place. NEAREST Railway
Stations, Charing-cross (SE. & Diet.); Omnibus Routes, White-
-hall and Strand; Cab Rank, Horse Guards.
SOUTHWARK: Blackman-street, Borough. Applications for
summonses to be made at 10 am. ; summonses heard at 2 p.m.; remands at 12 noon;
and charges from to 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. NEAREST Railway Station, Borough-rd
; Omnibus Routes, Blackman-street and Borough; Cab Rank,
Newington-causeway.
THAMES: Arbour-street-east, Stepney. Applications for
summonses to be made at 10 a.m. and 12 noon; summonses heard at 2 p.m.; remands
at 11 a.m. ; and charges from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. NEAREST Railway Stations, Stepney and Shadwell; Omnibus
Routes, Commercial-rd-east, Burdett-road, and Mile-end-road.
WANDSWORTH: Love-lane, Wandsworth. Applications for
summonses to be made at 2.30 p.m.; summonses
heard at 4 p.m.; remands at 3 p.m.; and charges from 2.30 to 5 p.m. NEAREST Railway
Station, Wandsworth.
WESTMINSTER: Vincent-sq, Westminster. Applications for
summonses to be made at 10 a.m.; summonses heard at 2 p.m.; remands at 12 noon;
and charges from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. NEAREST Railway Station, Victoria; Omnibus
Routes, Rochester-row, Vauxhall-bridge-road, and Victoria-street; Cab
Rank: Vauxhall-bridge-road.
WOOLWICH. Applications for summonses to be made at 4
p.m.; summonses heard at 4 p.m. ; remands at 3 p.m.; and charges from 2.30 to 5
p.m. NEAREST Railway Station, Woolwich.
WORSHIP-STREET: Finsbury, near Finsbury-square.
Applications for summonses to be made at 10 a.m.; summonses heard at 2 p.m.;
remands at 11 p.m.; and charges from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. NEAREST Railway
Station, Moorgate-st; Omnibus Route, Moorgate-street; Cab Rank, Finsbury-pavement.
For localities comprised in each police-court district, see
POST OFFICE DIRECTORY, p. 1923.
Police Force.—The following is a list of divisions and
stations, showing the rank of officer in charge of each station. The figures at
the end of each paragraph denote the total strength of the division:
A OR WHITEHALL DIVISION.
Andrew Gernon, Supt. Station: Gt. Scotland-yard.— Inspectors:
22, King-st, Westminster; Hyde-park. 577.
B OR WESTMINSTER DIVISION.
Wm. Hayes, Supt. — Inspectors:Rochester-row,
Vincent-square; Cottage-rd, Pimlico; Walton-st, Brompton. 550.
C OR ST. JAMES’S DIVISION.
Joseph Henry Dunlap, Supt— Inspectors: Little Vine-st, Piccadilly; Marlborough-mews, Marlborough-st. 354
D as MARYLEBONE DIVISION. George Draper, Supt.— Inspectors:Marylebone-lane;
Molyneux-st. 353
E OR HOLBORN DIVISION.
James J. Thorn son, Supt.— Inspectors: 34,
Bow-st ; Tottenham-court-rd; Hunter-st, Brunswick-sq. 558
G OR FINSBURY DIVISION.
William Fidge, Supt.— Inspectors: King’s -
cross- rd, Clerkenwell; Old-st, St. Luke’s. 382.
H OR WHITECHAPEL DIVISION.
Thos. Arnold Supt. — Inspectors: Leman.st,
Whitechapel; Commercial-st, Shoreditch. 309.
K OR STEPNEY DIVISION.
GeorgeTurner, Supt.— Inspectors: Arbour-st
Stepney; East India. dock-rd, Poplar; King David’s-lane, Shadwell; Bethnal
Green; Bow-rd; Great Ilford; West Ham-lane; Plaistow; Barking; Barking Side;
Isle of Dogs; Dagenham; North Woolwich. Sergeant: Chadwell Heath.
Constable: Mile End-rd. 776.
L OR LAMBETH DIVISION.
James Brennan, Supt.— Inspectors: Kennington-lane;
Kennington-rd. 293.
M OR SOUTHWARK DIVISION.
Thomas Garforth, Supt. — Inspectors:
Blackman-st, Southwark; 63, Bermondsey-st, Bermondsey. 384.
N OR ISLINGTON DIVISION.
William F. Green, Supt.— Inspectors: High-st,
Stoke Newington; Dalston-lane, Dalston; Upper-st, Islington; Kingsland-rd,
Hoxton; Mare-st, Hackney; Lea Bridge-rd, Walthamstow; Wanstead; Leytonstone;
Woodford ; Loughton; Waltham Abbey; Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey.
Sergeants: Chingford; Chigwell; Enfield-lock (Small Arms Factory). 753.
P OR CAMBERWELL DIVISION.
Thomas Butt, Supt.— Inspectors:Carter-street
Walworth; Clock House, Peckham; Gipsey-hill, Norwood; Bromley; Sydenham;
Camberwell-green; Penge; 3 & 4, Vicarage-ter, Lewisham; Rodney-rd;
Beckenham; Lock’s Bottom, Farnborough; Dulwich; Knight’s-hill, Lower
Norwood. 590.
K OR GREENWICH DIVISION.
Inspectors: Blackheath-rd, Greenwich; William-st,
Woolwich; Lee-road ; Shooter’s Hill Paradise -street, Rotherhithe
Prince-street, Deptford; Park-row, East Greenwich; Eltham; St. Mary’s Cray;
Sidcup; Bexley Heath; Erith;
Chislehurst. 464.
S OR HAMPSTEAD DIVISION.
Chas. J. Q’Logan, Supt.— Inspectors: 104,
Albany-st, Regent’s-park; New-st, Portland Town; Roslyn-st, Hampstead;
High-st, Barnet; Whitechurch-lane Edgware; High-st, Bushey South Mimms; Hendon;
Shenley Whetstone; Elstree Finchley. 529.
T OR KENSINGTON DIVISION.
Wm. Fisher, Supt— Inspectors: Kensington;
Chelsea; Hammer-smith; Brentford; Bedfont;
Chiswick; Fulham; Hampton; Hounslow; Isleworth: Twickenham; Hampton;
Sunbury
Staines; Teddington; Norwood Green. 667.
V OR WANDSWORTH DIVISION
Charles Digby, Supt.— Inspectors: Love-la,
Wandsworth; Battersea-bridge-rd; George-st, Richmond; London-rd, Kingston;
Epsom; Barnes; Ditton; Putney ; Wimbledon; Wandsworth-common. 428.
W OR CLAPHAM DIVISION.
William Wiseman, Supt. — Inspectors: Brixton;
Clapham; Croydon; Streatham; Sutton; Carshalton; Banstead; Tooting; Mitcham ;
South Norwood. 467.
X OR PADDINGTON DIVISION
Hugh Eccles, Supt.— Inspectors: Notting Hill;
Notting Dale; Paddington; Harrow-rd; Hanwell; Uxbridge; Kilburn; Acton;
Willesden; Harrow; Ealing ; Harefield; Ruislip; Hayes. 548.
Y OR HIGHGATE DIVISION.
Edwd. Words, Supt— Inspectors: Kentish Town;
Somers Town. Caledonian-road; Holloway
Highgate; Tottenham; Enfield Town; Southgate; Edmonton ;
Enfield Highway; Cheshunt;
Wood Green; Potter’s Bar. 627.
THAMES DIVISION.
William Astlin, Supt.— Inspectors: Wapping, near
the River; Waterloo Pier; the Ship Royalist, lying off Folly-wall,
Poplar; Station Cutter Spray, Erith. 150.
CHATHAM DOCKYARD DIVISION.
John Smith, Supt. —Inspectors:
Chatham Dockyard; Sheerness Dockyard. Sergeants: Chatham
Naval Hospital; Chatham Gun Wharf. 160.
DEVONPORT DOCKYARD DIVISION
William Wakeford, Supt.— Inspectors: Devonport
Dockyard; Keyham Factory Yard; Stone-house Victualling Yard; St. George’s
Hall, Stonehouse; Royal Magazine, Bull Point.
Sergeants: Stonehouse Naval Hospital; Gun Wharf;
Devon-port. 155
PEMBROKE DOCKYARD DIVISION.
Inspector: Pembroke Dockyard. 24.
PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD DIVISION.
Archibald M’Donald, Supt.— Inspectors:
Portsmouth Dockyard; Gosport Victualling Yard; Haslar Naval Hospital, 202.
WOOLWICH DOCKYARD DIVISION. Thomas E. Hindes Supt —Inspectors:
Woolwich Roya1 Arsenal; Woolwich Dockyard; Greenwich Naval College; Deptford
Victualling Yard. 174.