Great Boon to Our Household Guards Marcus Antonius Sunny Morning'

Sunny Morning'

Portrait of the author Maxim Gorky (1868-1939)

Mick Channon relaxes in bath

a child is being lifted through an open window during the outbreak of plague which occured in 1665

9 November 1837

Great Boon to Our Household Guards Marcus Antonius Sunny Morning''Great Boon to Our Household Guards', 1870. This cartoon refers specifically to the Metropolitan force, set up originally in 1829. John Bull, the representative of the British people, is depicted opening his purse to give Policeman A1 an extra shilling per week in wages. The country's police service by now numbered 26,000 officers, from 15,000 in 1856. The force had a significant effect on the reduction of crime and its status had risen as it became