The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-07 00:00:00

IMPORTATION OP FOREIGN CATTLE.

Last evening a number of gentlemen connected
with the foreign cattle trade dined together at the Gonda.
Tavern. The object of the gathering was to celebrate the
opening of a new and more convenient route for the
• of foreign cattle, rut Thames Haven. Mr.
=art°
,of the well-known 6rm of Phillips. Graves, and
Co., presided, and among the gentlemen present were Mr.
Wightmait, the manager of. the Thames Haven Reilway,
Mr. Marcus Pole, Mr. Scharf, Mr. Garrler, Mr. S. M. de
Vries, Captain Schmidt, Mr. Giblet; Mr. Phillips, Captain
Schwan», and • large number of gentlemen connected with
the cattle trade from Holland as well as dealers doing as
extensive business in the New Cattle Market.

After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts bed been pro-
Poted.
The Catrartax, In giving the toast of the evening, stated
that they were amembled together for the purpose of
celebrating the opening of • new route by means of which
the imparters of cattle from Rotterdam and other parts of
Holland, as well se from Bremen, would he placed is more
direct oommunicatioo with the New Cattle Market in Copen-
hagen-16kb" than they had hitherto been. The importance
of • free and speedy importation of settle from the Coati-
emit to this emery was acknowledged on all bands Up
to the prompt time the great bulk of the cattle impeded
bed been brought up the Thames, landed at the wharfs,
and driven through the street. of London • and although
recently inducements had been offered for the Ladies of
cattle at Harwich and their conveyance by railway to Loa-
der, yet the mesas of eonsentaiethioo was neither so
speedy nor so satisfactory as to Woo, the large traders
to adopt it. A new route, however, had now
been struck out, via Thames Haven, which promised
in every way to be satisfactory, whether as regarded the
rates or the speedy transit. It was, perhaps, not unnatural
that those interested in the old route should interpose dif-
acuities, or offer inducements by means of cheap through
fans, with a view to deprive the trade and the public of
those advantages which the Themes Haven route would give
them. He thought, however, that the substantial advise.
tars which that route would afford would in itself be suf-
ficient to induce the trade to support it. In point of fact,
the advantages were already recognised by the Rotterdam
and Bremen traders, and he lied little doubt that sootier or
later the whole of the foreign cattle trade would be brought
I tia Thames Havao. It was but just to the Thames Haven
Company to state that every facility bad been afforded by that
weapon both for the landing aged direct conveyance of cattle
to the market. Hr. Wightman, the manager of the
company, was preset, and he would inform them that the
company were in • position not only to receive the cattle,
but were posecesed of all the neormery means to transmit
them with the utmost speed to the market. Ia cooelmies,
he proposed success to the new route, coupled with the
name of Mr. Wightman. (Cheers.)
Mr. W 1011T11•21 stated that he bad bees engaged fa the
duty of receiving and despatching cattle ever awe the
peer-
ing of Sir Robert Peel's bill. He might say that
of thousands of cattle bad pawed through his bands at
Brunswick-wharf, Blackwell. This was an age of program,
and the speedy transit of all kinds of prods°, to the thief
market had now become as absolute necemity. He had
watched with a great deal of attention the various order.
inleouncil with referee°, to the importation of cattle, and
although he quite agreed that it was neomeary to take
measures against the imported= of dimmed Wale he was
of opiates that any of the muleteers tithed were sot oily
obstructive but absurd. The propagation of demos amours
tattle by the impertatios of foreign beasts wee to a great
extant • myth, but, at all events, while the regulations
existed with reformers to the inspection and esparaticm of
cattle arriving from abroad, it was absolutely necessary to
have • larger epee for that purpose they the present
wharfage apace. It wee equally necessary alto that there
should be • speedy meths of transit between the port of
debarkation and the market. He had been cousulted epos
the subject by Mr. Graves, and it had been determine' ripen
to make the experiment of landingicattle at Thames Hama
The proximity to Loudon and the large quantity of lead which
the company had at ;hair command rendered that port an
admirable one for the debarkation of cattle from Rotterdam
end Braaten, and as • proof of its greater cosemissee with
reference to the new market be might romitioo that last
week a cargo of cattle landed there was actually in the
market at Coperdiagen-fields before the telegram 'amends(
the arrival of the boat at Harwich reached Stratford.
(Chews.) That was cionehmive es respected the speedy
target from the ports of exportation to the Losdavniarket,
and the importance of the fact could be well 'warted by
the large dealers. (Hear, bear.) He could only add that
the company he repremated would give itioreased facilities
as the trade grew, aad as a proof of their esremeneee is the
matter, be mentioned that be had that day applied to the
government to appoint • resident inspector, be, cer the pet
of the company, guaranteeing the express mud each time
as the magnitude of the trade justified the executive in
taking the matter into their own hands. la conclusion, he
gave the health of the gentlemen oeammetad with the cattle
trade. . _

Mr: Guiana returned thanks, observing that the edam-
tags, were so obvious that there could be no doubt as to
ad:supporting the Dew routs.
Mr. Gamer% in proposing the health of the importers of
tattle, pointed out that the question of cattle supply from
abroad was beaming more and more important every day.
Already there had beep imported this year 109,000 limed of
cattle, 448,000 sheep, and calves and pigs iv proportion,
and he believed that if facilities were not given to the im-
port trade, the effect would be an increase of something like
4d. per lb. on the priced meat. It was, therefore, theirinte-
rest to we every mean@ for the conveyance of cattle brought
to our shores to the Loudon market as speedily as possible.
and there could be us question that the new route would
sooomplish this better thee any other at present is exist-
«los. The stopping of cattle, for the purposs of Insure
tics, at the port' wee neriessary, but the power sboujd be
exercised 'adieiously, and no iniusaisnary delay should be
10 , for this was • gaieties is which ths whole of
the public were interested, sod every facility alma be
gives both to the importer and the dealer.
Various other toasts having bean given sad ampanded to,
the mooting separated.

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