The Sun.
London, England, 1830-07-21 00:00:00

MANSION.HOUSE.

Mr. Saunders, the Water•baililf of. the city of
London, presented a petition to the LORD MAYOR
from the fishermen of Leigh, who, with their families,
consist of several hundreds, and are all ready to
come up to wait upon his Lordship, if it should be
thought necesiary. The petitioners complained of
their being prevented from shrimping by the deputy
Water-WA Mr. Green.

The LORD MAYOR asked, how it came tOpassibat
those poor men found it necessary to apply to him.
The Water-bailiff could not . pretend to say by
what motive the deputy at Leigh was influenced in
preventing the petitioners from doing that with iut
which they and their families must starve, or depent!
upon parochial assistance. No direction had been
sent to him to proceed to such an extremity. On
the contrary, he had been expostulated- with upon
the injuricus severity of his conduct in thus opposing
the poor men; but expostulation or remonstrance
was all in vain. Mr. Green persevered, until .the
parish united to apply to his Lordship to restrain
the deputy.
The Loan MAYOR said that one of the old regu-
lations, directed that the fishermen should not
shrimp until the let of September. So far the de-
puty was countenanced in the harsh conduct be had
adopted; but the fishermen had always been allowed
a great latitude :,their circumstances absolutely
rc-
qutred that the" regulation should never be acted
upon, and he (the Lord Mayor) was surprised that
there had not been a greater show of humanity.
The Water-bailiff said that the practice of shrimp-
ing at so early a period was certainly &ciliated to
do some dis-service to the fishing, but by no meuns
such as ought to be placed in competition with the
state to which the fishermen would be reduced if
they were prevented. Many years ago some re-
straint of the kind was put upoit the fishermen, and
they assembled together and besieged the Mansion-
house by hundreds. The Lord Mayor of that dsy
immediately granted the petition, observing that the
petitioners were by far too numerous to be denied.
The LORD MAYOR directed the Water-be tiff to
issue orders at once to the deputy at Leigh not to
throw any impediment in the way of the fishermen ;
and to inform that officer, that if he hesitwedto
comply, he should be made personally respon'ible to
the Corporation.
A few days ago a person who sells hams in the
Old Bailey, was summoned by the LORD MAYOR,
for hiving placeJ a large hogshead of hams on the
pavement in the Old Bailey dur;ng.the Sessions.—
Mr. Cope, the City Marshal, requested that therle-
fendant would remove the obstruction, but au in-
dignity was offered to him and the authority under
which he acted, and very little attention was paid
to his request.

The LORI) MAYOR said that the least a person
could do who offended was to act civilly, and fitted
the defendant in a mitigated penalty.
Sir PETER LAURIE, who who was present doting
the examination, called the LORD MAYORI6 ttn-
-6011 to a nuisance in the Old Bailey, which often an•
toyed the Judges presiding at trials. On Smith-
field market-day the drovers were sure to drive the
flocks of sheep through the Old Bailey, and the dogs
that attended the flocks made such rt noise us fre-
quently interrupted the trials.
The LORD MAYOR observed that the nuisance
was certainly a great one, but he feared he cook not
remedy it. He regretted that he could not prevent
the dogs from barkiOg when the Court was sitting.
—(A laugh.)
Mr. Wirier said that the drovers had a right to
the sae of dogs.
Sir PETER LAUItIR said, the last session Baron
Garrow was greatly annoyed by the barking of the
drovers' dogs, and declared that he could not get
on with the busioess of the Court.

The LORD MAvort—The drovers, I know have
► right to keep the dogs, but the dogs have no right
:o bark when a Judge is sitting.

L A M lIETII-STRE ET.

Yesterday ti labourer in the Docks named Tomkins
was brought before Messrs. WYATT, WALKIIIt, and
IlAupwtox, charged with violently assaulting police
constables 266 and 274, division K.
The Magistrates tiaid he had acted badly, and he
was therefore sentenced to pay a fine of Mc to the
King, or be imprisoned one fortnight in the House
of Correction.

Tim LATE ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES.

On Monday eveniagan inquest was beldam before
T. STIRLING, Esq. and a respectable Jury, at the
King's Arms Tavern, Mill wall, Poplar, on the re-
mains of John Abraham, aged 24 years, one of the
unfortunate persons who was drowned on the tiny
of his late Majesty's funeral.
On Thursday evening last, Mr. Smith, a gentle-
man belonging to Messrs. Ilimbury's brewhouse, en-
gaged a waterman named lloneyman' at Green-
wich, to take himself and three friends to lam-
don. On their getting on band Iloneyman refu,ed
to go with them, and notwithstanilicg that they
threatened to punish him for the reloal, or for
taking any other passengers on board, he admitted
four other persons to get into his boat, making alto-
ther eight passengers. While coining up the river,
Mr. Smith, observing the Here steam-vessel, ort
return from town, approach theta at a othst rapid
rate, desired the waterimui to take t are and keep
clear of her; but he, it was startd by all the wit-
Hoops, instead of keepingelotatto the shore, actually
neared the steam-vessel, so that on passing there was
not more than twenty yards between them. The
swell produced by the steamer caused the boat to be
tossed about a greet deal, and being heavily loaded
the water soon began to rush in in great quantities
Fat her stern, and in a few moments she swamped,
and all were precipitated into the water, when the
deceased and a fine young woman, named Cameron,
were drowned, and several of the others narrowly
escaped with life. Ail the witnesses attributed the
accident to the neg/igence of the Waterman in ap-
prom:hinge tots near the steamer, and not keeping
close to the shore.

The .Jury retuned verrEet....6' rim the metuti.
choly accident had been occasioned by the extrettisly
rapid and dangerous rate at which the steartt.testei
was proeectlinv at the time, for which they levy a
leodand of 304; and they, at the sanui time, eon.
sifter the, conduct of the watertuvo. Vioneymaii,
highly culpable and deeming of their severest,
censure."

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flamed Gibbs, who was the sweetheart a the un-
fortunate you oci woman who was drowned. Mr.
Croutel,aent of the party in the hour, was approach.
ing to rescue her as she was strswling Ut the waiNs
and uttering piercing shrieks; when ho came keilv
her she caught hold of the young man who wise her
tweetheurt, with tho convulsive grasp Snll common
mid so littl4 pePsons in such a gitilAtioa, and they
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The young man was rescued t trait he is now almost
deranged. lie was to have been married tire` Sun.
day lust to her. Ilex body has not yet been found,

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