The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-29 00:00:00

INTRELISPNCE.

COURT OF•
KING'S RFNOR, VrtsrmixaTta.

THE. RINU r. IiENPSON AND ANOTHER.

This was an indiettneut against the defendants, for
rublie noisome* In carrying on a manufactory at
iniehonse. for the distillation of coal tar (rota coke
. a i the residuum of coals. after making gas.
The proeeution was conducted by Mr. LIKUNTY and
'r. A %ANEMIC. and the defence by Mr. MARRYATT,
Mt Dr.* x 01, and Mr. I. POLLOCK.
The rose:•ution was carried on in the name of a
/*WWII named You!ter. a neighbour, and a very consi-
d.Table holy of evidence was offered to show that the
,;;fentlatris' manufactory was an intolerable nuisance.
1,,eal to human life, destructive of vegetation, and cal-
culated to depopulate the sur,ountling neighbourhood.
Ihe proseentor lost a child from the pernicious ettlu-
lk. emitted from the defendants' premises : and the
Ilralth of hitnsell and family was so much impaired,
;.‘ to eotupel him and them to remove from the migh-
t aurhood.

On the other hand upwards of 2t) witnesses were
on the part ut the defendants to show, not crily
that their manufactory was no nuisance, but that the
Eluvia complained of was highly salubrious and
b.:1)46ml to human health. Several chemists were
~roongst these witnesses, one of whom was Mr. Accum,
tt. author of ‘• Ilratli in the Pot." The trial of the
I..se lasted until nine in the evening.
The case went to the nry, under the Learned Judge's
di:retions, and they found the defendants guilty.

ANDRCW4 P•. PRIM

Mr. CHITTY Orelltsti this Cif?. It R3t an action
Poiti-t the gentleman who WILI High Sheriff of Wor.
e.:stersbire in 1!,16, for levying, muter a fieri
upon the goods and chattels of a Ilr. Poctan, a
firmer in the same county, at a time that rent to the
+menet of 1,450/. n•as due and owing to the plaintiff,
wli) was Postan's landlord.

!Jr. UrRNET stated the case more cirrunestantially.
A* Michaelmas, 1616, Poston became indebted to the
bees Charles Andrews, his client, in the sum stated in
thr, declaration. Mr. Andrews, unn Ming to put the
vnant to auy inconvenience, gave him time to pay the
r!,:a ; but, at length, he found it necessary to semi a
vritlettlan of the name of Perry iutoll'orcestershi re, with
r•arrant of distress to levy under, if he thought tit, for
t!..e rent; but, at the same time, he cave him instruc-
Ti 7133 not to take that step, if I.e • oeld procete set uri-
ties for the rent from Poston. Mr. Perry, in the first
instance, applied to an attorney of the name of Phelps
Lo het some information respecting Postan's circutu-
stances and he also went over Poston's grounds in
this person's company. Phelps assured Mr. Perry,
that if Poston cot some more time for his rent, he
would soon be in a condition to pay Mr. Andrews, and
r.!:at if hr was pressed then, it would be a great lose
to hint from the low prices of corn, &r. Mr. Phelps
floater promised to advertise the plaintiff if any part
of the property on the grounds was removed ; under
these circumstances, Mr. Perry, for the plaintiff, con-

tutted not to make a distress, Mr. Postan at the same
time undertaking to meet him by appointment at a
triad's house on the 28th of January. ife however
weer came, but in the mean Om% Mr. Paul Pen.son
went to the partner of Mr. Phelps, and confessed judg-
tx.:nt-. upon two bonds passed by his brother Mr. Wm.
Postan, and executions to the amount of 4,000/. were
issued upon the bonds. The Sheriff made out his war-
rant, and the goods were all sold in the greatest pos.
siLle haste, so as to have them out of the landlord's
way. The haste, indeed, in which they were sold, the
Learned Counsel said, was most indecent, for corn was
sold for nearly the price of straw. The consequence
was, that the landlord had nothing to look to for his
rect. The Sheriff hail not done Isis duty, for he onKht
rut to sell, as there were no hand-hills circulated, and
no advertisements in any of the public papers. Mr.
Gurney contended, that from the way in which the
isle was carried on, the Sheriff should have known it
was done in order to elude the landlord.

Mr. Perry and the other persons alluded to by Mr.
Gurney, were then called as witnesses, and they gave
in evidence the statement made by the Learned Counsel.
Mr. Jtarts, for the defendant, raised au objection
tti to no notice having been served upon the defendant ;
but the Jury, under the directions of his Lordship,
found for the plai at lir-- Da wages 1,150/.