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moreover at a time when it

might

ht be supposed that - : the whole force would have

been em

employed for the

purpose of preventing and detesting offences of this- Kind, a large body of Police with the Captain Superintendent at their head were occupied in unnecessarily parading : the town; a duty for which the Military force at disposal amply sufficient.

was a

25.

It seems to me

that

C

that the system of Police.

training has been unduly

military, and that the

members have come

their

to regard

do

-principal function rather that of acting in force

for

the re

repression of tumult

than that of using

individual

efforts to prevent it.

"I fear that in

26.

neither of the two points

referred to can any very rapid or immediate improvement be expected; but I need scarcely

say

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