Great Boon to Our Household Guards Marcus Antonius Mike Hawthorn

Mike Hawthorn

A toast for the bride & groom

carrying a basket and a bell

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

Great Boon to Our Household Guards Marcus Antonius Mike Hawthorn'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