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Great complaints having been made of the nuisance occasioned by a large
accumulation of dust and house refuse on the piece of land at the back of the
houses north side of Plough Road, near the Bridge, which dust was brought from
the Parish of Bermondsey by Mr. W. Lipscomb, the Vestry, after repeatedly
summoning Mr. Lipscomb under the Nuisances Removal Act, without obtaining
any abatement of the nuisance, also preferred an indictment against him at the
last Easter Sessions of the Peace for the County of Surrey, when, after the case
had been partly heard, an arrangement was made that the defendant should plead
guilty, that he should be allowed to continue shooting the dust in the same
locality, but at a greater distance from the dwelling-houses, until the expiration of
his Contract, on 24th of June, 1861; that in six weeks from the latter date he
should totally clear away all deposits; and that, failing to fulfil any of these
conditions, he should be brought up for judgment.
Financial.
The loan, borrowed by the Vestry of the London and Westminster Bank, in
1857, originally £3,000, has been reduced to £800.
The loan of £500, borrowed by the late Commissioners of Pavements, of
Mrs. Arnold, at four and a half per cent., still continues.
Charity Estates.
The accounts of Messrs. W. J. Smith and B. S. Slipper, the Churchwardens
for the year 1860-61, have been audited, and the following is a copy of the
charities account:-
£
s.
d.
To Cash received from Stratford Estate
71
18
5
„ „ „ Plaistow Estate
24
19
5
„ „ „ Smith's Charity
39
15
0
„ „ „ Bennett's Gift
9
0
0
„ „ „ Hill and Bell's Charity
6
0
0
„ „ „ Coat and Cloak Charity
6
0
0
„ „ „ Mrs. Embleton's Gift
5
0
10
Balance due to Churchwardens
24
7
5
£187
1
1
By Balance paid to late Churchwardens
23
12
3
„ Cash paid for Bread
140
8
0
Hill and Bell's Charity, Treasurer of Charity School
3
0
0
Mrs. Embleton's Gift
5
0
10
Coat and Cloak Charity
6
0
0
Ambrose Bennett's Gift, distributed in Coals, &c,
9
0
0
£187
1
1