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and convenience of a respectable 
part of the community was not+to 
be compared. 
After several witnesses had 
been examined, Mr. Gurney was 
proceeding to call others, when 
Mr. Pooley, onthe part of the de- 
fendant, rose, and observed, that 
after hearing such a body of evi- 
dence from the most respectable 
individuals, and which he was not 
at all prepared to controvert, it 
would be at once disrespectful, 
anda waste: of time to the Court, 
to enter into a defence, and sub- 
‘mitted that a verdict must be re- 
corded against his clients; He 
would, however, beg leave to ob- 
serve that the defendant, Mr. 
Sparrow, had little or nothing to 
‘do with the concern in question, 
until the middle of March. last, 
and that the evil complained of 
was rather before than after that 
period. This gentleman had since 
then manifested the most anxious 
desire to remove every ground of 
complaint, and: had gone to a 
most enormous expense, in adapt- 
ing plans for that purpose. Some 
of these had succeeded, but for 
those other improvements that 
were meditated, he contended 
there hadnot been time. In sub- 
‘mitting also on the present occa- 
sion to a verdict of conviction, 
he promised, sat the evil com- 
plained of should be most eftectu- 
ally removed within a given time, 
and trusted that the Court would 
forego judgment upon the party 
auntil, at least, the Sessions in Ja- 
nuary next. Mr, Knight as well 
‘as Mr. Sparrow, should plead to 
the ‘conviction, and both gentle- 
men would adopt every means 
which art and money could effect 
dn obviating the nuisance. This 
ANNUAL REGISTER, $1815. 
was;an object as dear to them, 
selves as. their .existence, ) inas- 
much as the establishment pro- 
mised to be one of the most lu- 
crative nature. To obviate any 
serious ground of opposition to 
their pursuit, must be, therefore, 
an object of vital interest. 
Mr. Gurney, on the part. of. 
the inhabitants who had preferred 
the indictment, consented that the 
judgment of the defendant might 
be respited until January next, 
when, if the nuisance was not re- 
moved, he would certainly pray 
the sentence of the Court upon 
them. He had no hope, how- 
ever, that they would be enabled 
to effect the promised improve- 
ment; for the apertures from 
which issued the foul air, the ex- 
tensive fires, and the consequent 
bodies of smoke, were connect- 
_ed with the vefy nature of the 
establishment itself, 
The Recorder shortly addressed 
the Jury, and observed, that it 
only remained for them to pro- 
nounce their verdict, the justice 
of which they would be satisfied 
with when he read to them the 
opinion of Lord Mansfield upon 
the question of a nuisance. . This 
was delivered in the case of two 
men who had commenced a che- 
mical process in Whitechapel, the 
‘elects of which had caused noxi- 
ous vapours and smells. On that 
occasion his Lordship held, that 
it was not actually necessary that 
the nuisance be unwholesome, or 
tending to indisposition; it was 
quite sufficient to prove, that it 
rendered the life of any indiyi- 
dual or family uncomfortable. 
The. defendants were then 
found Guilty, their recognizances 
ordered to be respited, and them- | 
