The Express. — 1860-04-13 (London, England)

HARM-1U VALUI OP POBLIC•HOUSI  PROIIIIT.  This was an action, brought in one of the Auperier courts, to recover compensation in damages for breach of an agreewent in not selling the lease of a public-house. Judgment had been suffered by default, and a writ of inquiry was executed to wawa the damages to be awarded. Owtng to the intended alteration in the licensing system the case attracted some attention.  Robert Harris, the manager of the Great Central Gas Works, on the east aide of Bow-common-lane, Bromley St. Leonard, appeared before Mr. Selfe to answer a summons taken out by Mr. Edward Fukher, inspector of nuisances and sanitary inspector to the Board of Works for the Poplar' district, under the Metropolis Local Management Act, for permitting the existence of a nuisance. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, appeared for the prosecution. The nuisances on Bow-common, including the gas works, have been frequently prosecuted by the Board of Works, and considerable abatement of the compound of villanous smells arising therefrom has been the result. There is, however, still much to complain of, and many chemical manure and alum works are still carried on there, and are highly detrimental to the health of the inhabitants. The greatest nuisance in this now thickly-populated locality is undoubtedly the gaeworks, and there have been several prosecution, of the company to which they belong, and orders made by the magistrates of this court The nuisance, as is alleged by Mr. Fukher and by Messrs. Arisen and Ellison, the medical officers of the district, has been revived, and is now far worse than ever. The mammon. charged that upon the gas-works "there is a large accumulation of refuse lime-water, called Blue Billy, giving off offensive effluvia, so as to be a minuses and injurious to the health of the inhabitant, of the neighbourhood, and that the coke upon the premises is slacked with foul water, also giving off offensive effluvia, so as fob* a like nuisance, and injurious to the health of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood." Mr. Harris said he only received the summons on Tuesday night, and had not had time to meet the complaint. He requested a postponement of the case, and urged that any material interference with the operations of the gas company would be attended with serious consequences. Mr. Young, on the part of the Board of Works, said it would be unfair to resist the application for adjournment. Mr. Ansell, as was understood, wished the magistrate to visit the gm works before adjudicating upon the case. Mr. Sao Why should I have all she euhusuce• ea Bowcommon thrust upon me? Mr. Young—You made an order on a former manager of the Great Central Gas Works to abate the nuisance now complained of some time ago. Mr. Selfe—l have visited the nuisance. on Bow-common  Mr. Vaughan Williams was counsel for the plaintiff. No one appeared on the part of the defendant. The plaintiff is a brewer in Wales, and the lease of the public-house he agreed to purchase was the king's Head at Tredegar, Monmouth. He agreed to give 1201. a year for seven years. It had, however, been let to another person at an increased rental, and the plaintiff claimed compensation. The defendant had lately died, and the action was against the legal representative. It was admitted by the correspondence that damage must be recovered by the . . . .  Mr. Vaughan Williams in stating the awe, said the plaintiff wanted the house to let wsiu for the purpose of supplying it with beer, and expect to make 20W. a year proht out of his beer.  The plaintiff war called, and raid he expected to make 100 f. a year profit out of the beer he should have sold to the tenant, which would have been about 10 barrels a week.  Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell—AndTZprodt;nloiar e a week would have been lOW. a year? Witnem—Ym. Under-13her4ft— You wanted the house to let again? Witness—Yea, sir. Under-Ilherlff—ls that not what is called now-a-days Irrly ?" aughan Williams said it was a very common praatiee with brewers. In answer to the Court the witness said the beer would have been from 365. to 46.. a hatred. The tenant could have made a good deal mom out of the beer than he should have done.  lir:lUder. Sheriff Burehell.-1 won't ask you what the beer would have been made of. (A lauh.) The jury moaned the damages at Oa  once. You don't wish me to go again, I hope. One visit to Bow-common is quite enough in a man's lifetime. After some discuasion, the hearing of the case was postponed until Thursday next.  HORRIBLE SUICIDE AT HlGHGATE—Yegtertiay afternoon, shortly before" o'clock, as some undertakers were returning from the Highgate Cemetery down Swain's-lane, they were suddenly alarmed by a tremendous report of fire. arms, and on looking in the dirmtion from whence the report came, they saw the body of •man lying by the side of the road with his head literally. shattered to atoms, no single vestige of feature remaining. Near the body lay a large hone pistol, the barrel of which had exploded. It i believed that the unfortunate roan had loaded the pistol to the very muzzle, and then discharged the contents into his mouth. The body was placed in an undertaker's hearse and brought down to the dead house of St. Pancras' Workhouse, i where it remains for identity, which can only be effected by the clothes and articles on deceased's person. His dress consisted of a black surtout coat and wrapper, the outer of petersham or beaver cloth, with black velvet collar, black cloth double-breasted waiscoat and trowsers, black patent leather "Balmoral" boot, (nearly new), a blue figured and crimson stock. The shirts of the new flannel material, striped black, or brown and red ; a white linen collar, marked "C. Crane, No. 10," and white socks with blue stripe,' also marked "C. Crane, 3." On his person were found a card with an address at Chelsea, four duplicates, one for some trifling article pledged that morning for a shilling, near Golden-square, a knife and near percussion cap, powder, bullets, Sc., but no money. The body awaits an inquest.