The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-09 00:00:00

ANSWER.

" Sin—Your letter has been received, and I will take
the earliest opportunity of communicating to you the answer
of die Directors, and, in the moan time, remain, Sir, your
very obedient Servant,

" THOS. NELSON PICKERING.
" F..aet London Water Worke, St.
Ilelen'e-place., Oct. 6, 1827."

" East London Water Works Office, St. Helen's-place.
" Sta—Your letter of the 2d inst. has been received,
and I ant orderid by the Court of Directory to request you
will favour them with stay explanation you may think
prorr as to the nature of the olive bran& ultich you
thereby tendered them, and to assure you they will receive
it in the bit MO plainness and sinoetity es professed in your
letter.

" Seeing no occasion for any vindictive feelings in caber
party coolly seeking to maintain a legal right, and more es-
pecially on a public question, I remain, Sir your obedient
&Avail t, " TIIOS. NELSON PICKERING,
" Tu Stec& " Chic& Clerk and Secretary."

" 43, Aldgate..

" GixTLE:s.zsx—l 'ewe your letter one minute. You
in the ftist instance came to treat with me, I set a price
upon what you wanted, you madame no offer, but treated
me with contempt. . Yowl! next step witt* to ally your-
selves so the Select Vestry of Bow, con4sting of x knot of
men who have persecuted me for years. You then alter
your tune, and say we can do without you—we will come
your
your fields in spite of you ; you then invade me
with Goths and Vandals. I protest and remonstrate in
vain. You Jrag we to a Poliee-ofEee for only speaking,
place me at the bar as a criminal, and compel the to plead
guilty or not guilty ; the Magistrates flue me 51, for only
asking the labourers by whose authority they acted, at
the same time they were drawing my knee to pieces. You
then proceed (what is termed) sally. The couttron day
labourers employed by you scalf at me, Liss me, and hoot
me for a period of six umuthe !Afore my parlour window,
and in the presence of my children and servants. I then
seek redress at the hands of a jury--tliat alarms yon,
and la9o and Sirphilx of Bow are such as spits. To
obtain a t eferenet: I remain determined ; next 11.1 r. Knapp
is applied to, to request the Jetelgti nut to take the tried,
being so long ; you succeed, and even that is hailed .
as a victory, and all the Bow band have a grand field.
day in glass Coaches to Blackwell, to eat white bait.—
The day of trial comes-I have a victory--yet, deviruna
of couvineing you that I have no vindictive feeling, within
one hour of having a verdict, I write to treat with yea,
How do you act? You assemble and declare that Jutke
Best's opinion is no better than as old apple-won-1411'a;
that kis decision is tint worth a straw—you will apply to
the other Judges, who no doubt will reverse it—that yttu
are fully determined never to come to any settlement with
that fellow CcaleA; and in tea days after the receipt of my
letter you write me au evasive one, saying you will se xdf
me au answer as soon as possible. I have your second
letter, which seeks to know the meaning of an olive
branch, instead of proposing terma of settlement ; then
you speak of plainness and sintxrity—why if you meant
either, you would have said, sir, we have received your
letter, and have ziveu Mr. Pickering colt powers to settle
every di&renee betwixt us.' In the tempee you are now
in, our differences ran only be satted at Coilaritangto Ford,
and in the same manner 5* Rhoderie Dhu and Fitz_ James
settled theirs—hilt to am, Gentleaten, your vet
humble servant, (Signed) " ALS."
The defendants could have purchased the right to
lay down their pipes for 3001., and it is calculated
that the expenctts of law, and of removing the vivo,
amount to no less than 11,0001. or 12,000/.