Great Boon to Our Household Guards Finish:Float frame England's Stanley Matthews battles for

England's Stanley Matthews battles for the ball with Nilton Santos

'The Liberation Society'

the centre of the sheet is taken up with a plan

A convoy of steamships proceeds up the river watched by crowds in the foreground

Great Boon to Our Household Guards Finish:Float frame England's Stanley Matthews battles for'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