The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-10 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

On Saturday several representations were made to
the (now late) Lord Mayor, which the unusual length
and importance of that relative to the British and
Australas'an Moorgate-street prevented us from
referring to.
The following, in allusion to the case of Pittie, the
poor fisherman, whose boat was run down by the Mof-
fatt East Indiaman and two steam-tugs, was received
by his Lordship :
" Tholes Association Office, London, Nov. 7,1840.

"My Lord,—l beg leave to hand you this certifi-
cate, as it is Mr. Duff's, the pilot's, wish, that as the
Press published the statement made by the poor fellow
James Pittie, they would, in justice to him (Duff), pub-
lish his statement, to show that he did all in his power
to present the collision. It is really but common justice
to the pilot to make the representation public ; and I
have never known fair play, in such cases, to be refused
by the Press, I must say.—l have the honour to be,
my Lord, your very obedient servant,
" THOS. LORD,
" Secretary to the Thames Association."

" Thames Association Office, London, Nov. 7, 1840.
" In the matter of James Pittie, the fisherman, run
down by the Moffet, I, the undersigned, to whom the
above case was referred, by Mr. Alderman Pirie and
John Goldham, Esq., to investigate, do hereby certify
that it appears by the evidence, that Mr. Duff, the
pilot of the Moffat (previously to the accident in Erith
Creek, on Thursday, the 29th October, ordered the
wheels of the two steamers, by which the Moffet was
towed, to be backed, in order to soften the collision ;
that notwithstanding Jame Pittie cut his cable and did
every thing in his power, he could not prevent this
dreadful accident, whereby his boat was sunk, and he
lost all his gear, his and the mate's clothes ; all his cargo
and his nets, and was himself, mate, and son nearly
drowned.

(Signed) " THOS. LORD,
Secretary to the Thames Association."
Mr. GOLDHAM, whom the Lord Mayor addressed
on the subject, said, that from all that he could collect
on the subject, the pilot was altogether blameless. It
was one of those cases which might most justly be termed
inevitable. It seemed to him that the poor fisherman
must have been asleep when the Moffat bore down upon
his boat, and did not start up soon enough to cut his cable
in time, for the men had called out from the Moffat with-
out doubt. The pilot had certainly acted with prompt
humanity and liberality to Pittie and his poor child,
and mate, all of whom were near perishing ; and Mr.
Ward, the owner of the Moffat, had directed the boat
to be thoroughly repaired. He (Mr. Goldham), how-
ever, found that Pittie bad suffered a serious loss in
his nets and fish, and that the poor man felt it the
more as he was only just recovering from an illness
which had reduced him very much.

The LORD MAYoa said that the fisherman and his
boy both looked, upon coming before him, as if they
had very narrowly escaped drowning. His Lordship
hoped that Mr. Goldham would, in representing the
circumstances, be enabled, by the benevolent people of
the water-side, to obtain for Pittie as much as would
set him afloat once more with advantage: .

His Lordship was handed by Mr. Lott, who has
taken a very active part io recommending improve-
ments in the metropolis, as well as modes of escape
from fire, the following communication, which that
gentleman had received from a fellow-citizen, and which
he considered gave very decisive reasons for the sugges-
tions to which it referred :

" Sir,--I pray you receive the heartfelt thanks of a
humble fellow•citizen for the benevolent and manly
conduct you have shown in endeavouring to procure a
public place of recreation on the beaks of our noble
Thames. lam told there is no city or town of any
size out of England that ,has not its public walks for
the recreation of the poor and decent citizen. True,
we have the Parks, but they are much too far off for
our children to avail themselves of the pure air there to
be obtained, and the small expense of taking them
there cannot be borne either by the poor man or small
tradesman. They are the class of persons for whom
your praiseworthy exertions must be used. You, Sir,
well know that all our more fortunate neighbours take
their families to a considerable distance from the city,
clearly proving that they are quite aware of the advan-
tages to be gained by children especially breathing the
open air. It is too often the case, that when mon are not
personally inconvenienced, they cease to trouble them-
selves about any improvement. Those gentlemen on the
Common Council, who take a different course, deserve
the prayers and thanks of all men, who, like myself,
have a large family of young children, and who are
compelled from their circumstances to keep them shut
up in the city. Much, very much, has been done by
widening and improving streets for the health of the
city. Some years ago we had often to send our chil-
dren into the streets—the north side of St. Paul's
Church-yard, for instance—but now, from the rapidly-
increasing population, and the great influx of strangers,
every street appears filled with carriages of various de-
scriptions and pedestrians, thus rendering it dangerous
to let them out at all. Had we a public walk, such as
you named in the Court of Common Council the other
day, it would be one of the greatest boons ever bestowed
on the pent-up citizens of London.
" When we think of the noble charities of London,
can we doubt, that, if brought forward by a few public-
spirited gentlemen, we shall, before many years, rival
some of our foreign neighbours in the comfort afforded
to our poor and industrious fallow-citizens of London ?
The conduct of Mr. Strutt, of Derby, is a bright
example. We hear of railroads and steam-boats ; but
many religious and well-conducted poor men are quite
averse to their families mixing with the company often
found on board steam-boats, especially on their only day
of recreation, the Sabbath.

" Trusting you will excuse the great liberty I have
taken, but from your previous conduct, fearing nothing,
I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant,
~ A POOR FIELLOW-CITIZEN."

The Loan MAYOR said that the letter contained a
very powerful argument indeed, and did high honour to
the heart and understanding of this poor fellow-citizen,
whose views he certainly felt the highest satisfaction in
seeing realized. His Lordship thought that Mr. Lott
might with great advantage refer to the communication
at the next meeting that would assemble, to consider
the means of accomplishing so admirable an improve-
ment as he contemplated.