Ready  on  every  occasion  at  their  Sittings  in  the

:  morning  and  evening,  to  offer  their  advice  or  assis-
tance to  the  labouring  people,  as  well  as  nil  ranks  of
the  Community,  who  apply  for  it— to  adjust  their
differences,  and  to  protect  them  against  wrongs  and

•  oppressions  :  prepared  also,  as  a  matter  of  business,
to  receive  and  follow  up  informations  Vhere  crimes
have  been  cpwipittefl,  and  never  to  lose  sight  of  the

.  object  while  it  is  practicable  to  attain  it;  those  As-
si^ant  Mag istra^^  would  afford  incalculable  advan-
tages to  the  City :  which  would  be  still  farther  in-

'  creased,  if  a  System  of  co-operation  of  the  other
Police  Magistrates  were  established,    upon  a  plan

which


OP  THE   METROPOLIS.  £)£    ,

which  would  unite  their  energy,  and  reader  their  ju-
risdiction co-extensive*     (See  ante,  pages  419420,)

It  is  a  well-known  fact,  that  since  the  establish-
ment of  Police  Magistrates  for  Westminster,  and  the
parts  of  Middlesex  and  Surry,  contiguous  to  the  City
of  London,  great  benefits  have  been  experienced
Croup  the  assistance  and  advice  which  have  been  af-
forded tp  the  indigent,  and  the  ignorant

Many  quarrels  and  little  law-suits  have  been  pre-
vented,  and  innumerable  differences  immediately  re*
conciled  without  any  expence.
Jt  is  in  this  wanner  that  Magistrates,  acting  up  to
tb&  spirit  of  tbeir  Public  Duty,  and  bestowing  their
wk»k  attention  upon  whatever  relates  to  that  duty,
confer  those  obligations  upon  the  Community  which
op  wodeFate  remuneration  can  pay.
The  office  of  a  Police  Magistrate  is  not  like  other
p*bli<?  situations : — for  the  business  is  multifarious,
tfjdom  admits  of  any  recess  or  a  vacation.— it  is,  or
OQgbt  to  be,  constant,  Uiborious,  and  without  inter-
tnisswn*.
