The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-11 00:00:00

at him. He did not stir all the time—if he did they
would shoot him. WMahon had a loaded gun in his
I a'id. They were trying to take it from him. He got
away and escaped.
Private Cody, of the Kilkenny Fusilires, was called in
and asked by the
President—Did you see a Tipperary man escape over
the wall ?

Witness —I did, and sent a sentry after him ; I
thought he was one of our men and wanted to have him
brought back ; I did not know who the man was.
Lieutenant Lyster recalled.

President—Did you see Private APKowen in the pas-
sage that night before you were struck, or had you any
conversation with him?

Witness—l did not ; I had no conversation with him,
except that I met him at the gate when we were coming in.
I had a conversation with him the next morning, and he
told me he had a hole in his coat, and showed it to me ;
he said be heard a ball whiz past him, but did not know
it struck his coat until the hole was pointed out to him
by one of his men the next morning.

REMOVAL OF NUISANCES.-POOR LA IV

GUARDIANS.

The following circular has just been issued :
" Poor Law Board, Oct, 5, 1855.

" Sir,—The Poor Law Board having received various
inquiries from boards of guardians as to their powers in
reference to the appointments of inspectors of nuisances,
and other proceedings for the removal of nuisances,
deem it desirable to state that the statutes 11th and 12th
Vict., c. 123, and 12th and 13th Vict., c. 111, have
been entirely repealed, so far as they relate to England,
by the statute 18th and 19th Vict., c. 121, which re-
ceived the Royal assent on the 14th August last.
" The powers conferred upon boards of guardians in
unions, and the obligations imposed upon them and
their officers by the two first-mentioned acts, have there-
fore ceased, except as regards proceeding commenced or
taken under those acts, and not completed at the time
of their repeal. These may be proceeded with under
the authority of the acts under which they were origi-
nally commenced.
"The new act confers no powers and imposes no du-
ties upon the board of guardians in unions, but requires
that its provisions shall be carried into execution by the
local authorities specified in the act. In section 3, the
different bodies who will constitute such local authori-
ties are defined, and there are no terms i❑ that section
which will apply to the board of guardians of a union.
"Those local authorities are the following :
" In any place within which the Public Health Act is
or shall be in force, The Local Board of Health' :
" In any other place wherein a council exists or shall
exist, The mayor, aldermen, and burgesses by the
council,' except in the City of London and the liberties
thereof, where the local authority shall be The com-
missioners of sewers for the time being ;' and except in
the city of Oxford and borough of Cambridge, where the
local authority shall be The commissioners acting in
execution of the Local Improvement Acts' in force re-
spectively in the said city and borough.
"In any place in which there is no local board of
health or council, and where there are or shall be trus-
tees or commissioners under an Improvement Act, such
trustees or commissioners :'

" In any place in which there is no such local board
of health, nor council, body of trustees or commissioners,
and where there is or shall be a board for the repair of
the highways of such place, that board :'
" In any place where there is no such local board of
health, council, body of trustees, or commissioners, nor
highway board, committee appointed for carrying the
act into execution, by the name of 'The Nuisances Re-
moval Committee :'

" In any place wherein there is no such local board of
health, council, body of trustees or commissioners, high-
way board or committee, and wherein there is or shall
he 'a board of inspectors for_ lighting and watching,'
under the act 3d and 4th William IV., c. 90, that
board, with the surveyors of the highways :
" In any place where there is no such local board of
health, council, board of trustees or commissioners, nor
highway board, nor such committee, nor board of inspec-
tors for lighting and watching `the guardians and over-
seers of the poor, and the surveyors of the highways'
in and for such place.
"The board desire, however, to add that under sec-
tion 10 of the act it is competent to any relieving officer,
who may be , aware that a nuisance exists within his
district which is injurious to health, and falls within
the desciption given by the statute, to give notice
thereof to the local authority, in order that such
authority may take cognisance of such nuisance, and
cause, if they deem it requisite, the proper steps to be
taken for its removal.

" The nuisances to which the act applies include—
" Any premises in such a state as to be a nuisance or
injurious to health.
" Any pool, ditch, gutter, watercourse, privy, urinal,
cesspool, drain, or ashpit, so bill as to be a nuisance or
injurious to health.
" Any animal so kept as to be a nuisance or injurious
to health.

" Any accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance or
injurious to health.
"The board request the board of guardians to com-
municate this information to the several relieving officers
of their union.—l am your obedient servant,
" W. G. LUMLEY, Assistant Secretary.