The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-07-08 00:00:00

13.160.041,

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Excise
Stamps
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Total Ord. Revell
Repaymt. by Austrial
Imprest and other)
Monies

Total Reveal's..

1341'

Applied as Casson-I
dated Food f10,99,11.7111
Topai off Exchequer
Bills charged ua
the Annual Duties' WASH
Applied as part of
-Was aed Mattel
of the Year 395 ri

pI4TST!
1 7011

Total I 13.219. tat

COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.

TO THE AGENTS OF Hl4 GRACE THE DLE OF

uevrouii.-

GEN TlSMFN—Undistaniling that a considerable part
of the princely revenue of his G.,lice the Duke of Bedford
arises from the rtatieiof l'oveuccarden market and its
neighbourhood, I take the liberty of calling your attention
to what may be considered one of the greatest nuisances
that can be met with in this populous city—l mean the
state in trhich the refuse rep-taldes ate left in the Covent-
• garden market, and more especially during t►e whole of
every Sunday. Such a neglect reflects disgrace on those
who have the power of preventing it: the efloct of it must
be highly prejudicial to the health riot only of those who
may have occasion to pass the place, but more particularly
to those whose habitations surround such a sink of often.
sive putridity. Last Sunday the whole splice of the market
was strewed over with the wasting leaves of different vege-
tables in a high state of putrescent decay; these, with the
divers pools of stagnant water which the rain had sup-
plied, and the heat of the weather, produced a most offen-
sive and pernicious effluvia, powerful enough to engender
an epidemic disease.
In most large towns, I have observed that the refuse
matter of the markets has been seated away immediately
after the market is closed at night, and conveyed to proper
places. In Liverpool, where the new enclosed market co-
vers a space equal to the area of the vegetable market of
Covent-garden, all the refuse of the meat, fish, and vege-
table markets is removed, and the place swept and venti-
lated, in an hour. In Manchester, in Edinburgh, and in
Glasgow, although the latter cities are not usually cited u
patterns of cleanliness, the greatest care and despatch are
used to remove the offal of the markets. _ _ _

Another powerful reason why this offensive matter should
be removed from Covent-garden market frequently is, that
the fruit and vegetables neeesstrily kept iu shops in the
market, for which I bear high testis are paid, must be lia-
ble to rapid decay, tram bag etpersd inch." a fold
and pestilential congregation of vapours as that by which
they are surrounded, and thus a serious loss must be suf-
fered by the tenants of those shops and warehouses.
As far as the public are concerned, such a want of atten-
tion to necessary cleanliness in a populous neighbourhood
is highly culpable, and if not attended to by those whose
duty it is to abate or remove such a nuisance, should be-
come an object of notice to the Police.
1 am Gentlemen, &c.
Tavistock :love', July 7, 1324. VIATOR.