The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-10 00:00:00

NEW REGULATIONS 0-1' SMITHFIELD MARKET.

The CHAIRMAN of the Market Committee brought up
a Report respecting the vacancy of Collector of Smith-
field, and the duties and emoluments of the office. From
the Report, which is of considerable length, and of great
importance as relates to the improvement of the market
and the security of the public from diseased or injurious
meat, we publish the following extracts, which compre-
hend the substance of the whole :

As the result of our inquiries, we are of opinion that
increase of revenue, improvement in the regulations of
the market, and economy in their administration, will
be best consulted by consolidating the several offices,
and devolving upon one individual the responsibility of
providing for the due performance of the whole of their
duties.

We do therefore recommend to your Honourable
Court-

That the whole of the duties heretofore performed
by the Manager and Collectors of the Tolls and their
assistants should be consolidated and executed by one
person, to be called the Manager and Collector of Smith-
field Market, with an assistant under him, and for whom
he will be held responsible.
That neither the Manager and Collector of the
Market nor his assistant shall be directly or indirectly
engaged or interested in any other employment, trade,
or business.
That neither the Manager and Collector of the Mar-
ket, nor his assistant, shall either directly or indirectly
receive from any person or persons any fees, perquisites,
or gratuities whatsoever, save and except any lawful
fees which now are or hereafter may be made payable in
respect of the hay market ; but that such fees shall not
be received by such Manager or Collector without the'
express authority of the Committee in writing, which
may be by them at any time revoked and annulled.
We are likewise of opinion that the Manager and
Collector should possess a competent knowledge of the
state and condition of stock brought to the market, that
he may be able to discover and seize such as are in a
diseased state, and unfit for human food ; and that he
may be able to give evidence in the event of proceed-
ings being advised to be taken in respect thereof. We
also think that he should possess a practical knowledge
of the average quantities of fat stock usually' sent to
Smithfield from the grazing districts throughout the
kingdom, with their peculiar seasons of supply, to en-
able him more effectually to arrange the general accom-
modation of the market, and to provide for those perio-
dical changes which bring with them not merely a
change in the supply of stock, but a change also of
salesmen engaged in their disposal ; which circumstance,-
together with casual fluctuations in supply and other
causes connected therewith, frequently occasion much
temporary inconvenience.

The Report contains the following duties of the Ma-
nager and Collector and his assistant, amongst others of
minor importance :--

To see that the whole market is properly cleansed by
the scavengers according to contract and to give infor-
mation at the Office of Sewers of any neglect, that the
parties may be summoned
.before the Commissioners;
and to attend before the said Commissioners to substan-
tiate such complaint.
To see that no cattle, sheep, lambs, &c., whether from
disease or other causes, unfit for human
ood, be offered
or exposed for sale, and if so exposed to ssize the same
according to law, or take the necessary steps for sum-
moning the parties before a Magistrate, or to communi-
cate the same to the Markets Committee, with proper
evidence to support any proceedings that the said Com-
mittee may think it necessary to institute.
To see that the following regulations are strictly car-
ried into effect :
That all calves and pigs exposed or offered for sale in
the market shall be tied and penned in that part of the
market only which is set apart for that purpose.
That all cattle, sheep, &c., which shall be tied up,
penned, or otherwise placed in the market contrary to
the directions of the Collector shall be forthwith removed
under his authority.
That no cattle, sheep, lambs, calves, or pigs shall stand
upon or be driven along any of the flag footways in any
part of the market, except so far only as may be abso-
lutely necessary in driving the same direct to or from
any pen or pens, appropriated for the sale thereof, open-
ing into or upon any such footway.
That no cattle, sheep, lambs, &c. shall be driven into,
along, or through any avenue or space within the market
appropriated to the sale of cattle, except such cattle shall
be driven into such avenue or space by arrangement of
the collector, for the parpose of sale, or shall be driven
therefrom after having been purchased therein.
That no catty shall stand or be offered or exposed for
sale in any off or ringdrove in that part of the market
extending from King-street to Long-lane, thence to
Duke-street and round to Giltspur-street ; but that the
space within such limits shall be kept as a clear and open
way for all cattle, sheep, &c., to be driven into and out
of the market.
Th it no drover or other person shall detain any sheep
or laailis in any of the alleys or avenues between the
sheep-pens within the market after such sheep or lambs

5. That every person duly licensed as aforesaid shall
at all times during his employment wear the ticket which
shall have been delivered to him conspicuously upon the
upper and outer part of the left arm, in such manner that
the number thereon shall at all times be distinctly visible
and legible ; and if any person licensed as aforesaid shall
not at all times during his employment wear the ticket
delivered to him as before directed, or shall refuse to
produce the same for inspection when required, or shall
refuse to permit any person to note the number on such
ticket, every person so offending shall for every offence
forfeit any sum not exceeding 40s. nor less than 10s.
6. That the clerk of the said market, or such other
person as aforesaid, be authorised during one cal.endar
month preceding the Ist of July in any year to issue
licenses, to take effect from the date thereof and to con-
tinue in force (except as aforesaid) until the Ist of July
in the following year.
7. That the particulars of every license shall be regis-
tered in a book, which any person shall be at liberty to
inspect without payment of any fee.
8. That upon the expiration of any license the person
to whom the same shall have been granted shall deliver
up such license and the ticket relating thereto to the
Clerk of the Market, or such other person as aforesaid ;
and if after the expiration of such license the person to
whom the same shall have been granted shall use or wear
the ticket relating thereto, or shall not within the space
of three days deliver up the ticket, every person so of-
fending shall for every offence forfeit any sum not ex-
ceeding 40s. nor less than 10s.

9. That whenever any licensed person shall change
his place of abode he shall within three days give
notice thereof, in writing signed by him, to the Clerk
of the Market, or such other person as aforesaid, speci-
fying his new place of abode, and shall produce his
license to the Clerk of the Market, or such other per-
son as aforesaid, who shall endorse thereon and register
in the said book the particulars of such change ; and if
any licensed person shall change his place of abode and
omit to give notice thereof as aforesaid, every person so
offending shall for every offence forfeit any sum not ex-
ceeding 405., nor less than 10s.
11. That whenever the number on any ticket shall
become obliterated or defaced, so that the same shall not
be distinctly visible and legible, such ticket shall be de-
livered up to the Clerk of the Market, or such other
person as aforesaid, who is authorised, upon payment of
2s. 6d., to issue another ticket of a corresponding num-
ber ; and if any person shall wear or use any ticket
after it shall have become obliterated or defaced, so that
the number shall not be distinctly visible and legible,
every person so offending shall, for every offence, forfeit
any sum not exceeding 405., nor less than 10s.
11. All sticks or other instruments used by persons
engaged in driving cattle, sheep, calves, or lambs within
the aforesaid limits shall be stamped with such distin-
guishing mark as the Clerk of the Market, or such other
person as aforesaid, shall deem expedient • and if any
person shall use any stick or instrument which shall not
have been so marked, every person so offending shall for
every offence forfeit any sum not exceeding 40s. nor less
than 10s.

This Report was, after considerable discussion, sent
back to the Committee for further consideration.—Ad-
journed.

SHERIFFS' COURT—GUILDHALL.
(Before Mr. Sergeant ARADIN.)
DAY AND OTHERS V. HODSON.
This was an action brought by the plaintiffs as the
Trustees of the Bartholomew Equitable Loan Society, to
recover the sum of 31. 45., under the following circum-
stances:—

Mr. MILLER Was for the plaintiff, Mr. JAMES con-
ducted the defence. •

It appeared that the defendant became security to the
Loan Society for a female of the name of Nottage for the
sum of 151, he passing his promissory note for that sum.
The person for whom he became security paid upwards
of 12/, and the action was brought for the recovery of the
balance. The defendant joined issue and pleaded that
he did not make the note. Proof being given of his signa-
ture to it.

Mr. JAMES, on his part, submitted that under the sth
and 6th of William the Fourth, the Court had no juris-
diction, as the Act of Parliament directed that Rae, the
defendant, ought to have been sued by summons before
the Magistrates, and not in a superior Court. The Act
was made for the protection of the poor defaulter, and
the costs not to exceed ten shillings.
Mr. MILLER, for the plaintiffs, contended that the de-
fendant having joined issue and pleaded that he had not
made the note, he could not then set up such a defence.
Previous to his pleading he should have demurred to the
declaration.

Mr. Sergeant ARIBIN, having looked into the Act,
thought it better that the plaintiff should be nonsuited,
with liberty to move the Court to enter a verdict for
the plaintiff.

Mr. Illuxell protested against the nonsuit, and con-
tended that issue being joined, and there being no prohi-
bitory clause in the Act to prevent the case being brought
into a superior Court, the Jury were bound to find upon
the issue proved.
Mr. Sergeant ARABIN thought it was immaterial how
the verdict went as to either party. He would give leave
to move the superior Court.
After considerable wrangling between the Counsel, it
was agreed to on the part of the defendant that verdict
should pass for plaintiffs, and that certain points were to
be reserved, with liberty to move the superior Court.
The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs for 11. 45.,
and attached the following protest to their verdict, which
was read by the Foreman :—" The Jury, in giving their
verdict, must express their strong disapprobation at the
course taken by the plaintiffs in bringing the cause into
this Court, when a summary means was open at
much less expense, and also in adding heavy charges
through fines and attorneys' costs."

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THE FLOODS.—The heavy fall -of rain with
which this town and neighbourhood has been visited
during the last week or ten days, has not only suspended
for the present the hay harvest, but we fear it has done
irreparable injury to much that is already mown. The
rain fell without intermission on Friday last, which
caused the waters in this vicinity to overflow their
banks • considerable devastation both to the standing.
crops Of grass, and that which is in a forward state for
stacking, was the consequence, particularly in the low
lands ; the pastures, too, within the reach of the 'flood
have sustained considerable damage. The rapidity of
the waters swept away several tons of hay from a' field
belonging to Mr. Gillett, of Whittington ; indeed the
waters seemed to be concentrated in this locality, in the
river Rother, and as they proceeded in their course•
spread themselves over the adjoining lands. We under-
stand that the crops of Mr. Dixon, Mr. Heywood,
and other persons who have large farms in Binning-
ton and Staveley, have sustained great damage.
Hilla-
marsh was peculiarly unfortunate ; as from its low si-
tuation the meadows presented a complete sheet of
water • hence it may be inferred that extensive injury
has been done in that neighbourhood. Bolsover 'anti
Duckmanton did not escape the ravages of the resistltss,
torrents ; we have been told that at both these places
great damage has been experienced ; and that the
in-
jury
done is not confined to the crops of grass, but that
in some instances lands sown with turnips have suffered.
So impetuous was the stream at Duckmanton, that a
dwelling-house, with its inmates, from its proximity to
a brook in that village, was completely surrounded with
water, in which state it remained for some time.