One Mr. Rhodes, of Carlisle Street, Lambeth, is summoned before the Lambeth Street Magistrate to answer for the—what shall we call it—indiscretion (?) of boiling down putrid fat on his premises to the prejudice of the health of his neighbours, causing thereby "nausea, and even vomiting." Mr. Secker turns to the wisdom of Parliament enshrined in the Nuisance Act, but found that—
"The words relating to any dwelling-house or building being found in a filthy and unwholesome condition applied not, as he took it, to places where a trade or business was carried on, but to common lodging-houses and places of that description, and the other part of the clause did not apply to the premises described."
That is, if you can make a trade of a nuisance, if you can "carry on a business" by fat-melting, the evil to the public is to be allowed because of the profit to the individual. You may turn a whole parish sick, if you can turn the penny upon their "nausea and vomiting."
EDITORIAL CANDOUR.
The Morning Herald has recently made an approach to the principle of abolishing the anonymous in newspaper writing, and has made a sort of indirect disclosure of its editorship, by meeting the public half-way in authorising an impression that has long existed in the minds of the community. The Herald of Tuesday, the 20th of September, after saying, "we have been favoured with the following letter," prints a communication beginning "My dear Mamma." It is clear that to have made the avowal of its severally imputed editorship complete, the letter should have commenced with the words, "My dear Grandmamma."
The Russian Bear and the Turkey Cock.
We have heard a good deal lately about the "position taken by Turkey;" and as the attitude assumed has been undoubtedly rather warlike, we may come to the conclusion that the "position taken by Turkey" is in fact standing on her drum-sticks.