B.
Bacon, Lord—Suggested a revision of the Criminal Code, [7]
Ballad Singers—might, from an Evil, be made an advantage to Society, [348]
Bank Notes and Bills received, knowing the same to be stolen—not an offence by any existing Law, [8], [114] n.
Barkers at Auctions, [117]
Beadles ought to be rewarded for useful public Services, [415]
—— The proper persons to apply to when nuisances are to be removed, [598]
Beccaria, Marquis, his opinion of Punishments, [53], n.
—— his maxim relative to Pardons, [449], n.
Beggars, See [Poor].
Benefit of Clergy extended to all ranks, [436]
Bentham (Jeremy, Esq.) his proposal for a Penitentiary House for Convicts, and remarks thereon, [481]-[495]
Bill Discounters, or Advertising Money-Lenders, [118], [119]
Board of Police, See [Police].
Bolton, Matthew, Esq. of Birmingham, number of Penny Pieces supplied by him, [186], n.
Botany Bay, See [Convicts, New South Wales].
Brokers, in pawns, to be registered, [108], [304]
Building Materials, dealers in, to be licenced, [549]
Bullock-hunting, the Laws relative to it, [597]
Burglary, not so frequent on the Continent as in England, [94]
—— by what classes of men committed, [95], [96]
—— systematically planned and executed, [101], [103]
—— remedies proposed, [104]
—— definition of Burglary and how punished, [57]
—— called Hamsockne in the North of England, [58]