The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-13 00:00:00

lIA\IES,

SANITARY IMP 11.0VEM ENTS IN PoPL A . —The
Board of Works for the Poplar district have been
for some time actively engaged in the laudable
task of enforcing the provisions of the Sanitary Act.
A few days since Caroline Smithers was convicted
by Mr. Benson for not having complied with the
order of the Board to carry out sanitary works in
six houses belonging to her in Hants-row, Poplar.
Mr. Layton, the clerk to the Board, a most able
and zealous officer, gave a dreadful account of the
state the six houses were in. The roofs were out of
repair, the ventilation defective, there was no supply
of water for the retiring places, and the houses
were very dirty. Mr. Layton, jun., also stated
that last year the district was visited with
cholera, and the Board he had the honour to repre-
sent were determined to carry out the provisions
of the Sanitary Act. This morning, Mr. Shad-
rake, the junior Inspector of Nuisances, applied for
summonses against John William Stocker, of the
Cubitt estate-office, Cubitt-town, Poplar; John
Garnham, of No. 9, Bread-street-hill, City; Elijah
Heafield, of No. 2, East Ferry-road, Poplar ; and
James Russell, of High-street, Poplar, for not com-
plying with the orders of the Board of Works.
The persons complained of are either agents to
owners of houses in the district or owners of nume-
rous other houses let to the poor. Many of these
houses were represented to be in a very defective
condition and wanting in sanitary arrangements.
It was determined by the Board to proceed against
all house owners and agents who did not carry out
the requirements of the Board and put their places
in order. Mr. Paget granted summonses against
the parties named by Mr. Shadrake.
A DISHONEST SERVANT.—EIIen L. Webster, 22,
was charged with stealing money from her master.
Mr. Sherwood, eating-house keeper, said the pri-
soner had been in his service a few weeks, and that
missing frequently money from his till be suspected
the prisoner; he consulted the police, who advised
him to :ipply the test of marked money, and the
result was that a marked shilling was found on the
prisoner, who was committed for trial.

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PAMPELUNA, Sept. 8.

The Captain-General of the Basque Provinces
and Navarre has published the following order :
" 1. All shooting licences and permits to carry
arms are suspended and called in for revision, no
matter by what authority granteJ, for how long a
period, or in whose favour.
" 2. Those persons desirous for legitimate reasons
of continuing to hold such licences and permits, or
to acquire the right to possess them, must apply to
the proper authorities in the province where they
reside. These authorities, after such inquiries as
they may deem suitable, may grant or refuse the
application, being guided mainly by the reasons
upon which it is based. In either case they will
notify such request to me, together with the grounds ,
for granting or refusal. Detailed registers of all the
permits granted will be kept at the Civil Governor's
office and the headquarters of the Captain-General.
"3. Owners of arm factories, armourers' shops,
and public vendors of arms must solicit and obtain
similar permits in order to carry on their business.
They are to send in lists of the arols at present in
their possession, and will be subject under the most
stringent responsibility to all the conditions the
authorities may think proper to impose upon them,
in order that the increase and diminution of their
stock from time to time may be made known.
"4. The absolute prohibition to use and possess
arms is repeated with regard to all who shall not
obtain the authorisation expressed in Art. 2.
Offenders will be considered as disturbers of the
public peace.
4g 5. All arms for the possession or use of which
permits have not been obtained shall be delivered
up within the space of a fortnight from this date.
Military commandants and alcaldes in their respec-
tive districts will be responsible for their collection,
for holding them in safe keeping, and for handing
them over, with a list of the persons from whom they
have been taken, to the military authorities in each
province. Refusal or delay upon the part of private
persons to comply with this order will be considered
and punished as resistance to the public force.
" G. I reserve to myself the right of ordering
domiciliary visits. All persons who in consequence
thereof shall appear guilty of concealing arms will
be tried by council of war, as ordered by Art. 3 of
the decree of August 17 last.
(Signed) " ANTONIO M. GARRIGO."