The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-29 00:00:00

THAMES.

ANOTHER NUISANCE ON Bow COMMON.—John Stevens
and William Carr Stevens, the occupiers of the premises
situate and known as a fish manure manufactory, Weston-
street, Bow-common, in the parish of Bromley, St. Leo-
nard, appeared before Mr. Partridge to answer a summons
at the instance of Mr. Edward Fulcher, Sanitary Inspector
to the Board of Works for the Poplar district, which
charged them with carrying on ,a business which was a
nuisance and injurious to the health of the inhabitants of
the neighbourhood. The defendants were also called upon
to show cause why a penalty should not be inflicted upon
them for not having used the best practicable moans for
abating the nuisance.
Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, prosecuted the case for the
Poplar Board of Works, and said the works carried on by
the defendants were a great nuisance and detrimental to
health. He should call several witnesses who would prove
that poisonous vapours emanated from the defendants,
manufactory, where decomposed fish was converted into
manure—a process which might be profitable to the defen-
dants, and highly useful to farmers, but very inconvenient
to the inhabitants. The defendants had already appeared
before the court on several occasions, and been once ordered
to pay the costs, and on another occasion fined 20s. and
costs. Promises were then made that the nuisance should
be abated, but that had not been done. He read the 27th
section of the Nuisances Removal Act, which applied to
this case.

The defendants said they objected to the jurisdiction of
the magistrate, and referred to the 28th section of the
Nuisances Removal Act.

Mr. C. Young said the defendants had a perfect right to
avail themselves of the 28th section, and he should now
call. oil the defendants to put in bail to answer any pro-
ceedings that might be instituted against them by the
Board of Works, either in law or equity.
The defendants said they were prepared to enter into
sureties to any amount. _ _

Mr. Partridge said he would have some evidence before
he called upon the defendants to enter into sureties.

Mr. Edward Fulcher, Sanitary Inspector, produced a
certificate signed by the chairman of the Poplar Board of
Works, authorising the proceedings.
Mr. Thomas Ansell, one of the examiners of the society
of Apothecaries, and Medical Officer of Health for the
northern district of the Poplar Board of Works, said he
visited the defendants' works on the 12th of the present
month. The effluvia, was very noxious. He considered
the manufactory to be a nuisance and i njurious to the
health of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. If the
offensive exhalations were confined to the interior of the
premises the manufactory would no longer be a nuisance.
Mr. Partridge said he had heard enough to justify him
in calling upon the defendants to find bail, themselves in
£3OO and two sureties of £lOO each to appear and answer
any proceedings to be taken by the Board of Works.
The sureties were entered into, and the defendants left
the court.

Mr. Charles Young said the Board of Works would de-
cide on Tuesday whether they should apply for as iujunc-
tion in the Court of Chancery or proceed by indictment.

MARKETS—This Day.

MARK-LANE.

The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market
to-day were but moderate, but the trade ruled quiet at the
rates current on Friday last.

There was a fair average supply of foreign wheat on the
stands, the demand for which was by no means active at
late prices.
Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand at late
rates.

•The market was well supplied with barley, in which sales
progressed slowly on former terms.
Malt was in limited request at late prices.
Oats were in fair supply and moderate request at late
prices.
Beans met a slow sale at late rates.
Peas moved off slowly at previous quotations.
There was a moderate demand for flour at former prices.

SHIP ARRIVALS THIS 'WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch. 680 1610 150 130 610
Irish -
Foreign
2660 brls.,