The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-17 00:00:00

THB POLICE COURT&

MAMBION•HOUSE.
Mr. Edward Wilma, of the British Plats Glass Cosa-
play, Albion-place, Bloskfrian, wilted .poa the Lord
Mayor for the pups* of solisitlig his lordship's militant*
to abate what was sonsidend to be a most dangerous'
askance nu the Rivet Thames. Bs had, he said, written
to the COMIIIISSIOSSE of the City Polio* some time ago on
the subject, sad he would road • copy of that letter as the
most compendious way of deseriblag the .attar of which
he somplaansd. It was so follows:
" London, June 6, 1855.
"Sir,—On Sunday hat the new and costly iron railway in
frost of those premises WY broke., end its strength is such
that it mast have been done wilfully. Every Sunday durirg
the spriag sad summer I. aososqueeee of the letting out of
boats, and of various materna eosin to the bridge stairs
ply's' with might sad stela to take boys sad phis
at a ballpseny tr a may to Waterloo Bap sad
back, the plan In front of these houses and down to the
water is like • fair. It commences soon after 6 o'clock in
the morning, preps/ Wm Wag then made by the boatmen.
The talking, hallooing, one wombs set all further quiet
or sleep oat of the question. Later In the day, end during
the whole shaman, the boys aad girls and children swarm.
Flews, swestataff, sad nut and otaage venders come, sad
some make it a regular staid. The mos are quarrelling and
bawling for passeagen; ethers calling oat to rowers who
sever probably rowed before, bemuse they are getting into
dagger, and added to' this there are disputes as to mosey
or &sage. In hat, instead of ha being a day of rest, it h
one of uproar sad coalition, and thou' la the bosses bars
so peace. My application to you is to order that
an (Meer attsad, sad char off this ignore, venders,
to*., from the steps lording to the water, and
scab other parts as are within your jurisdiction, and in
any other way you earto main la abating the nuisance. I
will gladly pay aoy reasonable charge, it nquirad. I have
written to the Metropolitan Police Coramhsionere, asking
that attention to the subject —I remain, sir, your obedliht
servant, " Enw,tan WiLson."

The police had, epee his npremntation, dons what they
could to Tweedy the evil, bet their power did not extend to
the mooted barges when the danger of the nuisances was
most palpable, and it was so later theta Suaday last that
seven penes' were Immersed in the water neat the barges,
three of whom were unfortunately drowned. The bargee
were, soma of them, he believed, said ma dwelling homes,
sad the Lord Mayor's bugs wee is considerable danger on
the 9th of November of coming crash against them.
The Lord Mayor said he had heamfof the very serious
accident alluded to, and he thanked Mr. Wilson for hating
called his &nestles to a nuissum w►ich appeared to be so
great a mares of dangerous obstruetion. llis lordship ex-
pressed gunnies at the (*miasmata of the "mimeo. after the
aomplaint had bees made, end assured the applicant that a
strict inquiry shoula be made into the cane, sad everything
the chief magistrate could do to offotd a remedy should,
with the greatest expeditioo, be dose.
Jobs Webb was 4:committed for trial for halving stolen a
piece of cloth from the sheep at Mr. Smith, of Lone bardotree t,
toile/. The primmer had been mulcted on s former °m-
ales, and was the companies of &swats thieves.
The Lord Mayor ;gusted that the press would sokaew-
lodes his receipt of the awed half of a Bask of England
note for IW., No. 46,497, from the Shioners' Company, and
34. from T. M. T., for the poor-box.