The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-06 00:00:00

THE HEALTH OF TOWNS AND REMOVAL OF

NUISANCES BILLS.

Yesterday a meeting of deputations from the
metropolis and the provinces, convened by the Private
Enterprise Society, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern,
to consider the best means of opposing clauses contained in
the Public Health Bill (1856) and Removal of Nuisances
Bill, SW before parliament; Mr. JAN= COWTIIOI,II
P,LCHI in the chair.
Mr. T. BAWKISLII, C. 8., elaborately reviewed the prin-
cipal provisions of the original bill, the majority of which he
severely condemned, as tending to the confiscation cf pri-
vate property, and especially of the property of water
and gas companies, by the estnordinary powers which
they placed in the hands of local boards of health. Some
of the more glaringly unjust provisions had been modified
upon remonstrance, but enough of injustice yet remained
in the bill to render it incumbent upon aU gas and water
companies, as well as upon landowner and manufacturers,
to give their mast strenuous opposition if they wished to
protect their own interests.
Mr. Buaarniz, secretary to the Private Enterprise
Society, directed the attention of the meeting to the fact
that on Friday last a meeting of about 2,000 working men
had been held in the Leather Market, Bermondsey, to pro-
test against the repeated and mischievous interference of
government with private enterprise, upon the ground that
the legislature, upon pretence of caring for their health,
were in reality preventing many of them from obtaining a
livelihood. (Hear, hear.) And, with regard to the
Nuisances Removal Bill, a remarkable instance of its preju-
dicial action had just come to his knowledge. A gentleman,
desirous of estab,iihing a naphtha manufactory, and, re-
cently, on treating for the purchase of laud for that pur-
pose, at Dartford, but, having some doubts upon the sub-
hct, asked his solicitor if the Board of Health could follow
im down there. His reply was, Yes, anywhere within
the Admiralty bounds, of England ;" and the gentleman
masequently declined to complete the purchase, and removed
his manufactory to Jersey. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. AsynTAL said the Society of British Architects had
petitioned against the bill, which, if carried, would render
it impossible for any architect obnoxious to a local board of
health to pursue his protrusion.
The meeting adopted a series of resolutions, which will be
found in another column.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 6.

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