The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-11-20 00:00:00

THE sTATEMAN.

,LONDOPLIDIUMV Kb
.SESEIONSi MP'. 18.

viduals,*and rth*Who was Witt all prepared to con-
trovert, it would be at once disrespectful, and a
OAS INDICTED AS A NUISANCE. waste of time to the Court, Cu enter into a defence,
Yesterday there wa, a Special Adjournment of the and submitted that a verdict must be recorded spins'
London. Sesaines, held before the Recorder, Alder. his Clients. But he stated, that steps,had been taken
men, &c. at Guildhall, for the purpose of trying a to do away the nuisance, and prayed fur time to
qeestionsof considerable importance to the scientific make the trial 'if the effect.--To this Mr. Gurney
ii well as the public at large. It was an fn. consented.
'dictment preferred ageinst Frederick Sparrow and':.. The RECORDER. shertty addressed the Jury, and
William Knight, laid hi the Month of May last, and • observed, that it only retrained for them to pro-
charging them with a public nuisance. nounce their verdict, the justice of which they would
Mr. An %BIN stated the indictment, which charged be satisfied with, when he read to them the opinion
the Defendant with a public nuisance, by means of a of Lord Mansfield upon the question of a nuisance.
certain manufactory of gas, lo Dorset-street, Saliti- This was delivered In the case of two men who had
bu ry.sq ua re. commenced a chemiCal process' in Whitechapel, the
Mr. ()naul' stated the case to the Jury. ' effects of which had caused noxious vapours and
John Hill, examined by Mr. MUNN, deposed, smells. On that occasion his Lordship held, that it
that he was. all upholster, residing in Crown-court, was not actually necessary that the nuisance be un-
Salisbury-square, about 200 yards from the bedding wholesome or tending to indisposition; it was quite I
belonging to the Gas Light Company; between the sufficient to prove, that it rendered the life of any in- •
Imonths of February end May last,when the Defend.' diridual or fimily uncomfortable.
!ants were indicted, he observed something daily ! The Defendants were then found Guilty ; their
issuing from the establishment exceedingly offensive; ' necognizances ordered to be respired; and themselves
it was a kind of smoke producing saline efflu%ia, , ordered to appear at the Sessions in January next.
which .operated upon his senses, and considerably
affected his respiration: the smell was of a sour FROM rsx LONDON GAZETTE, Nov. 18.
and acid nature, partly sulphureous, and altogether
i most offensive: witness was unwell in the months of
! December and January last, and was advised by his Foreign-Office, Nov. 18.
physiciau to open his windows occasionally ; when His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been
he did so, however, he found himself worse from the pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Ma-
effects of vapour from ths.gas; when obliged to go jesty, to approve of Mr. Robert W. Fos, as Consul
into the street, he was also violently affected, and his for the United States, at Falmouth.
health became so bad, that he was eventually obliged
,to go 1100 the country ; this was solely in cone.
quence of the nuisance in question; the smell and.
smoke, which issued from the building night sod day,
and the oppressive heat accompanying it, was insup-
portahle.
Cross-examined by Mr. POOLE'''.
Remembers the burning down of the building, and
knows that it was since erected upon a larger scale;
to obviate the nuisance. A column or funnel of ex-
tensive height had been raised, to carry the smoke
higher up.. Admits having complained of a lead ma-
nufactory at the rear of his house about a year since,
and (lid complain of a distillery in Blackfriars.—
Thinks he remonstrated with the Defendant Sparrow
so late as July or August last.
Examined by Mr. Goastir.
The column is raised much higher, but in thick or
windy weather the smoke still comes down,aud there
area number of tubes which carried off the vapour
from the gasometer, and prove excessively offensive.
The tubes are about 53 feet from the ground, and in
damp weather the noxious effects are strongly in-
haled. Has felt an inconvenience from lead, but it
would be ridiculous to compare this to the offensive-
ness of the gas.
William Barnes, examined by Mr..Gosemr.
Resides in Water•street ; a wall divides his house
from the yard of the gas light concern, forming the

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east side of the manufactory at the rear of his hnuse.
From the month of February to May he experienced
the utmost inconvenience and want of comfort from

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Dec. 4, 20, at the Commercial Ina, Plymouth. Anomie%
Messrs. Megeisons and Cu. Batton-garden ; and Messrs. Elm-
ker athl Co. lasistnek. i
T. S. Scott, Great St. Helen's, Bishoingate-street, merchant, '
Tor. 91, Dec. 2, 20, at Guildhall. Attr Mr. Backe'
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EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, Nov. 18.
THE KING V. stannocas.
An argument was heard in this case before the
twelve Judges.
The Prisoner was convicted, at the last Old
Bailey Sessions, upon an indictment, charging him
with forging an endorsement to a Bank Post 8i11...
The hill in question was endorsed to Mr. Falcon, of
the temple, and came to the hands of the Prisoner,
who was his clerk. The Prisoner went to the Bank
- of England, and received the amount, upon writing
the following endorsement:—'4 Per procuration, for
Robert Falcon, George Maddocks."—The question
for consideration was, whether this was, legally
speaking, an eidoitement or a receipt
Mr. ALLEY, for the Prisoner, in an argument of
great length and ingenuity, contended that it was
only a receipt while - • •.
* Mr. Bos A SQL ET, for the prosecution, beldam.:
trary areumqiit.

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The Cnurt did not give judgment, nor will the
reqult nt their deliberation be known until the nest
Old Bailey Se.sions.

• A reward of 5001. is offered in Saturday night's.
(7'enetle, for the discovery of the person who, on,
the fish isrgaot, set fire to the rick yard of Mr. J.
^'l)Mne, Terri!' • Busy' Farm, llcrefordshirr% with ,a
p•omi9e of pardon to any accompliottnaklng such
iiiscorcry.

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POLICE.
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UNION-HALL.—A question or
portance to the Grand surrey Cm
the parish of Rotherhitite, cat
EVANCE and Mr. CHAMEERS, the .
Office, on Friday last. The Canal
been summoned by the Overseers
therhithe, for the Ferment of 9.7
BANKRUPTCY SU
-- sal—
, . • . Company to the parish for Poor's •
PERSEDED. I
cause why a distress warrant should
T. Simon:ids and H. Sherer, Maidstone, Kent, wine and them, in case they continued to
brandy-merchants.
BANKRUPTS. 1 Several Gentlemen attended on the
O. George, Gosport, slopselkr, Dec. 7. 8, SO, at the India parry, and stated three grown!' on
Arms Inn, Gosport. Atternies, Messrs. Bk.:Male, Alexander, . payment. Ist, That the. Overseers
and Hahne, New Ion; and Mr. Crtsicksh .nk, Gosport.
W. Thorneloe, Binriingham, baker, Dec. 5,6, i t fdl That'
90. at the give a proper rece p . 7,
White Hart lon, Digheth, Birmin ham. Attornies,, Mr. The- , duced the minutes of the proceeding!
mas. Hind-court, Fleet street; and Mr. Prickett, Birmingham:! Which the respective .rites constitur
J. Macke* .*Plytnoutb, victualler. Dec. 4,3, 90, at the Ex•
change. Plymouth. Anoraks, Mr. Kelly ; and Messrs. An- their demand were founded.; and '
'tire. and Co. loner Temple. { deinanded by them was not,porrect.
W. Bickerton, Oswestry, Shropshire. druggist, Dec. 5,6,
90, at the Talbot Inn, Chines, Worcestershire. Attornies, decided.that the Overseers Mere not
Messrs. Price and Co. Lincoln's Inn ; and Messrs. Price and duce any minutes of the proceedings
Co. Worcester. Meeting, the signature of, the, twr
C. W. F. Walker, Exeter, mercer. Dec. 4, 5. 30, at the Ho. •
tel Tavern, Exeter. Attornies, Messrs. Lamb and Co. Princes- Peace to the rate being a sufficient ,
street ; and Mr. Morthiser, Exeter. - 1 and with. respect to the amottot of
H. Humphries, St. Bennett's-hill, wholesalddruggist, Nov. aggrieve
d,
21, felt themselves
21, Dec. 3,30, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Noticship, Gm. ,
cers' Hall, Poultry. : remedy in an appeal to the Sessior
W. D. Taunton, Union.conrt, Broad-street, scrivener, Nov. now stood, if the Overseers should
21,28. Dec. 90, at Guildhall. Auornies, Messrs. Lamb and
Co. Princes-street. rant of distress, the the Meglstrai
R. Livie, Austin Friars, merchant, Nov. 21; 23, Dec. 30, at to grant it. .
Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Crowder and Co. Frederick's- , It was at length agreed to suspend
place, Old wry. 1
T. Cox. Ship-alley, Weliclose-square, linen-draper, Nov. 21, ceedings till.tt meeting Shout(' have '
28, Dec. sn, nt Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Lliugls•y, Charlotte- Court between the parties, when it
street, Bedford-square. I
ferences might be adjusted.
W. S. Wright, Pottishead, Somedetshire, shopkeeper, Nog. 1 „.
20, 29, Dec, 30, at the Commercial Rooms Bristol. At. 1 pow-svntrr.—An infant boy,
tonnes Messrs. Winter and Co. Bristol; and Messrs. Viznrd, ; of age, westcharged• with rehiring a
and CO. Lincoln's Ina.
(25, hatulkerchief. The charge was deal
W. Smith, Beerfetris, Devonshire, lime burner, Nov.

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mother was stated to have encouraged
thieving. He belongs to what is cat'
gang, who live day and night or
C, ‘d he'

,ovent-gsrden, and gain their exist
--ewo-- I the process of the .gas manufactory. There was a ! ----
. eN w-Coort,Swlthites-hriv, Immhard-street.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 18. , constant effusion of apparently deleterious matter, j J. surr, pleb firdhoro, h .herilik,her, Nov. 25, Dec. 9,30, at' The child was sent to St. Maigaret'
THE KITMG V. TIIE INHABITANTS Of AcIIIIT. t but could not say what these were, not having access i Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Osloddeston, Loudon-street, Fen- . which parish he belongs, with a;
March-street.
21, , , his mother, who resides in St. Anue's-lerse
This W 34 an nepeal against an Older of Sessions, •to the interior. When the effluvia was abroad, he 1 W. Quarterfinal°. -Gallstone, Surrey, farmer, Nov.
settling a female pauper in the parish of Ashby, un.. could not open his windows; and the smell proved i fete. Am pisildhall. Attorney, Air. Pearson, Staple Inn. Ito be allowed to take him out.
tier the. for ouing circumstances:- 'exceedingly injurious to his appetite and that of his 1 S' 13"111"1' Bronghton-linckett, WorceLtershire, lime- ,
.turner, Nov. 19, Dec. 4.50. at the flare and Hounds Inn, Bed- '
The pauper had hired herself as a servant in Ash. •wife, who had been affected with a dreadful cough , wardine. Worcestershire. Attornies, Messrs. Caritalcs ;,uti Co. On SaturdCat?Ck2orEnYingSl3, DTRhTSOLI II
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by lint ish fel fifty one weeks, and for her service in consequence. His own lungs were hurt, and there ; Holborn-court, Gray's last; and Mr. Saunders, Sidtutry, Wor brought to the Office, charged with
a gun, and threatentwo ing *to
watchmen of shoot I
was to receive ten guineas and a half. At the ex. was a certain nausea produced upon the stomach. A c". 11. marei'myre. Liverpool, merchant, Dec. 14, 15, 30. at the Robert Candor,
piration of the tine she received her wages, and then taste was also continually in his mouth, like 5t31.1 Gcorge Inn, Liverpool. Attorives, Mr. Denison, Liverpool ;
of I an,il.%,..is:lh.tiertsktintroan and Co.
13,
14
30 Clement's, early on Saturday morning.
agreed to cooing:o one week longer with her mistress, phureous acid. There was an immense quantity
dered to find bail.
for which she received one shilling, and at the end of smoke proceeding from excessive large fires, and 1 illt• Cattle Inn, Preston. Attorni'cs, Mr. 1' liitrtit'endale, Gr'eatat
WOBSIIIP-STREET.-Mr.M. Foster
She week cLe egaie hired herself for fifty-one weeks. when these appeared to be at work, he was compelled ; Queen-street, Lincoln Inn-fields ; Vesrs. Janson and Co, i
111C11ateluirgerandpitilrlicflotat•hliutrt, Preston.
_, ;to an information preferred by the
ironmonger, Nov. 2.. 3`, Dec. 30,
Afterwards becoming ..ha,geahle, the Justices in Sec- to close up his doors and windows. Could• compare 1
sinus tlec'ded, trat she had obtained, by her service, a the nuisance to nothing but the bilge water of ft ship, ; Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Hunt. surrey-street. Strand. at of the district, chi grog him with et
settlement in Ashby parish. Against this decision though the stench from the gas was infinitely more Dec.. W. Barber, 1:v-lane,
Mr. IiII9SCO and Son, feet three inches beyond the line ol
Newrste-street, painter, Nov*. 25, iNts. 86, in the Curtain-roid, wl
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the inhabitants of Ashby, appen'ed. , excessive. Thinks the eell- be 4 increased sin the 1 .'r,to. 2' 30. at "uadhull• Attorney,
n-court, Aidersgatesstreet. -
and the principal part of the trot
Mr.lt Es Dee was now he-Id in support of the ! erection of the new building; wit Compelled to move I W. Jamiesoo Tottenham court-road, baker, Nov. 21, Dec.
,at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Cunningham, Frith-street, of wooden materials, instead of a
order of Sessioes„ and conteoded that the continua- his larder from the yard to the Upper part of his I Ler
lion of the pauper a week it. service after the ex pi- house, on the eastern side; es he discovered that by. I J. i'oynton, Sheffield, silver-plater, Dec. 5,6, SO, at the house t nine inches thick, as specified in LI
MARLBOROUGII.STREET.-SIM
ration of - the (if. v.one weeks, completed her year's : leaving it exposed tit the vapour from -the gas, the 14 of M. Henley, Sheffield. Anomie., Mr. Brookfield, Sheffield;
service, anti coined her a settlement in Ashby parish. ! victuals became pulthi ; had given notice to leave his . "1.:
I -1Tert50.r.,11117.7.7,1:d t.i"„.fftetilla: csit,rrene!riemer, Nov,s, Dec. Brow"
was charged before the
with stealing in the shop of Mr. T.
Lord Ker.renonoueu--gi No. The, question is house, but to time present'moment could not procure 2, 30, atyGuitclltall. Attorney, Mr. Ruben, Ilar`e:Co.urt,Tern-
street, Manchester.square, linen-draper,
not whether her one week and fifty-one weeks I a situation to suit him-would not 'remain an hoof in I Pie-
make a year, but whether fifty-tWQ weeks make a I that quarter if he could remove with any possiblecon. i' 294'31;:leert.3;:ge"rarteLtr„ficia: ierfor' it,sapjrniZlifialc,,t:74:l7. muslin. Committed for trial.
year ? P:fiy-two weeks do not make a year, and, : venience-:-never knew of the least step being taken . Staffordshire. Attornies, Messrs. Lamberts and Cu. Gray's Inn-' MANSIoN-nonce.-Peter Dolan,
consequently, such a service does not give a settle. 'to abate the. nuisance; until the indictment was pre. ' Square: ployed in the copper factory of MI
J. Gomm, Buckland Common, Backs, timber-merchant, Nov..
meth, ". forted against the Defendants. . 25, Dee. 2,3 Q, at Guildholl. Attorney, Mr. Finn's, Hart- Houndsditch, was' charged with
Air. Jublie'' BAILEY-44 There are but 36-1 days William Snozell resides in Dorset.stfeet, his house street. Bloomsbury. sank, of an atrocious nature, upo,
J. C. Crow, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire. miller, Nos. 21, servant to a neighbouring public-ht
in filty.te 0 weeks, anti 365 day s 6 hours and 49; is only divided by a wall from the gas manufactory. i
es, •
minutes in a year, and unless the whole of the lat. I From Februatfto May last, the most offensive smell ' lane. Dec. 30, at Guildb4ll. Attorney, Mr. larlow, Chancery-
that the latter flag gone 'into the
ter lime is included in the contract, no settlement was expel imiced by himself and family ; and so great i J. Goocichild, sen. and J. Goodrbild. jun. Pillion, Durham,! Williams, on Friday evening, wht
: neittohw nix;
.Durham,
5,
le, 29Mr.:1te lit'aidi,,zrstolasiln.stlishopz Wicar.
can be obtained by servitude. was the stench, that he has frequently been obliged
A Corning' at!some time in conversation, and who
Lord ELLENSOROUOII.-" The question is purely to quit his dinner in one room, and • have tire table: and Mr. Thompson, Bi,hop.Wearmonth. Ymunu nu' : ing, with the men. In the course ,
arithmetical, and the SessionsJ. Geldie, taivrence-Pmenmey-bill, cannon-street, meschant, :however, some words arisse betweenons in Warwick will in i laid in another. it was equally offensive by night as I
allov.,
future know the difference between a contract for Iby day, and subsequent to, as before the new build. , Dec. tt, 3tt• at “aildllatt- Attatalest Messrs. Knight . Prisoner, who proceeded-to punish 1-'
I and Co.G Bustngliall-street. I
fifty-Iwo weeks, and a contract for a year." 1 ing was. raised. Thinks, however, it was a little J.:lnd 11. Burman, Birmingham, drapers, Dec. 1, 2. 30, at' itijoke. In earnest, however, It
in. • the Stork Tavern, Birmingham. An .rnies, Mr. MR, New i the Prosecutor towards his bend
Rule for discharging the order of Session was diminished of late. In thick weather it wee.
Boswell-court, Lincoln's limo; and Mr. Likington, Harming -
thin made absolute. tolerable, and instanced the late. Lord Mayor's clay, bans. : hold of his right heed, he forced it
as being exceedingly offeesiee and distressing to M. Thomas, Plymouth Dock, merchant, Dec. 5,7, SO. at.: large copper shears, and cut his 1
. . Weatieyts Hotel, Plymouth Dock, Atternies. Memrs. Car- i
inhabitants and passengers.these wera mutilated in a most threat
dales and Co. Gray's Inn; and Mr. Simmons, St. Misted, .
Thomas FAlgely is a coal-merchant, and has a Cornwall. ' .it became necessary to obtain surgh
wharf adjoining the gas light manufactory, and from W. Loft, senee-place, Kent-road, dealer, Nov. V, 28, Piisoittir, ;otitis defence, protested
which there is a constant stench. This arises Dec. 30, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messts. Ito and Son,
Pin' . Manchester-baildtort, Westrnmster, m to any mischievous ;mention, but a 4
eipally from the liquor which is let off in the drains, I DIVIDENDS . . he had committed the SO 'and WO
Dec. Id
and runs beneath his counting-house into the Thames. • ,J. Quick, Tiverton, ' Devonshire, linen-draper- $
merely by a bit if lark, eadbeing
The effluvia about the concern causes a -smell, and Dec. 11, J. mid It. Bra 5114 W, Lal:VaSit•l'. t::lloW.Chandf.,ri..... The Prisoner tt as fully coraimitte,
ch.,.;isit,_ei)ea7d lt,6..BryndsAhsul.,,and J.Bly inder, Lancaster. tuer-
evtlial-r Ig.:
,gives a sort of taste like copper to the mouth, seizes
upon the palate, and destroys the appetite for a time. -Dec. 9, A. 'White. Alderinanat:tistr.v. t!ar)r‘iiiiirl4llllleic'.
Never remembers to smell any thing so offensive in purvey, Witham. Essex, and J. W. Harvey, flatllczh-hall,.
his life; even the coal-heavers complain and are lisec'e.riebt:ll).kW,;:l, •i.thr9l;_gi.leStionerc,hfitibrey, Barks, , t*,.:•tacr-
sickebed by it. Believes ft to be no easy matter to Doweateerin, wine•mrschuntlgc. I 63,nt17-I!:.runCCCesnlv., Qrf;tK`Cilit
66 turn a alai-heater's elomach.” Had often c'em. 'street, Cheapside, stationer-Dec. 2.3. It. Padfield: Onrney.
4S,laredeet, Soasersetshire, miller-Nov. 2ff, .1. Jackson, Dean-
plained as if affected by verdigrease in his mouth, and souttetare, coal-merchant-Dee. 9, J. Gate . Fleet-
on indescribable nausea upon his stomach. Several street, pastry-conk-Dec. 5, W. StokeloidOtildroHadrn-aflur-tsvtrt;:tti,m7:rerr.-
persons had threatened to desert his wharf in conse-
T. Latimetii:ldarlfl?
cosh:rate/I; rrtsee'll/9ec'Ta!iilinelrtuaTri ‘l.ltat',
quence of the nuisance; and persons on besioess merchant-Dec.l6. tr:eet,lllottm. shuty-squarc,
aid tone, tallow-enandler
a hne.nulicor,
also
iivi4 .
in . -Dees-hiuleletle:-2.•
were afraid to come there.
William Stewart is
ruzait:liolover4tat4juctrre, miller-Dec. 11,
.Crown-court: has been eonsidereblyonnoyed since G. Uid.deli, Her
• February last, from the effects of the et's Menu.. CERTIFICATES-Dec. 9. -
factory. There was a constant flatlet's smell, of a J. Ntible,. Bocklershitry, merebant-R. Shepherd, Rrldpart;
sulphureous nature, Which made himself .and his fa- Dorsetsbire, victualler-T. Higgins, idrre. Wiltshire, victual-
mil y very p
unwell. His complaint was a sickneea its Levy. Boerne ,Limmeolmoimire, ;seller-J. Earl., Qz-
lbPrri-dgje, shopkeeper-It. %riot, Platform.-ltotherhithe..Sur.
We stomach, accompintied With.. cnegh,; which tic. xeou-1. Stromihen Austin:friars, iherchant-rl. (Matson, Ctmn,.
casionally seized hie, and lasted abowt half an hour. den-town, „ietnallmtQ itr....r.
eGret3vcs,l'inner76-ball, merchant-S.
Mr. PURNEY was procceediug to calf other Wit- J. nitietiparliugl!eardrit47:Liue"-cross"a,ntaifil.s.orie-(ir Zed. einsiii,nit:.tua-n-
-ehester, linen-draper-K. Maley. nesses, when Mr. POOLEY, on the part of the Dee New ktondAmreemonilliner,
fend:nes, roje apd plsekverla that after hearing such a ' PA RTN F.RSHIPS DIsSoI.VED.
IV. Marshall T. Wcatberhead, Walsall, Staffordshire,
body of evidence from the Most restsectahle b mourn r
ell. • onfr.,_anc B.•
Bryan:, 11,,,,k5, stam"men,,G.

LlTSCAT4sTnnettv IN WELL-sTi
Out the whole lar Saturday end
hish continufd to be removed fro'
Ste.
.Coustadt, Kith unconising
lower part of the building, however
destroyed, Was approached,
.the
broke forth, ilia It became necessre'
engines in constant play. Not a
of the machinery, br of this,part on
expected to be saved. Not one of
dusts tnissing tea, op to a late boo
traced.; bill The cellar; in which it .
main,' hove not yet boom appreachn
posed, however, that being near to .
the time of the explosion; •their remain
been consumed by the fire which .
quarter.. The multitude that docked
the ruins was immensP, and it wax
peace officers and engine-men kept

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