The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-30 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON CENTRAL MARKET

ASSOCIATION.

Yesterday evening a conotritasione was held at
the London Coffeehoum, Ludgate-hill, for the purpme of
t :claming the plan of the new central cattle market as
proposed by the Anociation.
The models of the new market, which some time pest
were exh.bited at Guildhall and during the late Smithfield
Cattle Snow at the King meet &Zeal. occupied • promi-
nent position in the room, and were illustrated by an explana-
tory lecture, given by lir. James Ached, the Secretary.
and by a aeries of beautifully executed lithographic prints.
A considerable number of gentlemen connected with the
corporation were present • amongst them, Sir S. Duke,
M.P. ; Mr. Deputy Bedford, Mr. C. Pearson, the City
Solicitor; Mr. D. W. Hervey, the Commissioner of the
City Police. Several curlers, butchen, and others
Immediately connected with the subject, were also in
attendance.

Mr. J. BLACIET having been chosen as the chairman of
the evening,
Mr. ACLAND commenced hie lecture by stating that
the associatiou, of which he was the secretary, was formed at
the commencement of September last. It comprised
graziers, salesmen with their drovers, butchers with their
drovers, the proprietors and occupiers of houses and pro-
perty likely to be affected by any alteration in the existing
sierkets of the City of London • and for five months this
&recision bad been engaged taking step' calculated to
ataiataia the contra pennon of ties mwirepolitaa live settle
'ilepeffel et fewsfteloblieseribowoesseity llea easel as 40•11/Cierlien I
would be obvious, seeing that for many months an influen-
tial portion of the press had been laudably engaged in
denouncing abuses which none could question the existence
ef, and the effect of which had been to excite in the public
mind a reasonable and well.groanded prejudice against
nuisances which, without doubt, prevailed. Application
was to be made to parliament for the purpose of depriving
the City of Landon of its live cattle market, and no wonder,
for the parties by whom that application was to be made
were anxious to obtain for themselves those profits whisk the
chilies of London, by their trustees, now under charter,
enjoyed. The corporation of London also proposed to apply
to parliament for leave to erect a new live Gatti, market,
with a view to abate the nuisances in connexion with
Smithfield, the existence of which no one could deny. The
persona who formed the Central Market Aisociation
were interested peculiarly in the central live meat
cattle market of London, and they desired to sup
port the efforts of the corporation of London in main-
[aiming the present central potation of the market and to
oppose any effort that might be made to remove is from that
locality which was most convenient to themselves and to the
meat trade et London generally. At the same time they
were not so wedded to, or connected with, the corporation as
to accept as a whole, and without Inquiry, any proposition
they might make. They had, after examination, 'approved
of the general principle of the plan of the corporation, but
they objected to certain of the details, and those objections
they laid before the market improvement oommittee. These
objection, had been considered, and their suggestions
bad been received in • liberal and handsome spirit,
arid the greater part of them had been adopted. The luso
elation, therefore, had already done good service to the
public. Coder these circumstances the association, being
convinced that the corporation was really in
prosecution of their measure, and desirous of doing what was
right in suppreesing the nuisances at present existing, was
prepared to advocate their proposal for the construction of
the new market. The objection that the central market
gave a monopoly to the City no longer existed, because the
establishment of • new market at Islington had proved that
neither gran' our Mediu& would re•ort to it. It was
now known that, have as many markets as you pleased, the
trade would use only that which was convenuut, and that
was the most central and the most easy of access. The
further removed from central the market war, the more
inconvenient it became, and the greater the nuisance it UM
stoned. The lecturer then proceeded to describe the
proposed new market, illuetratieg his description by the
model., and plane in the room—the principal features being
the increased area, and the adaptation for the vicissitudes of
supply of besets or sheep, the whole area being oa an lamina
flushed with a constant flow of water from the higher
level, carrying the reluse into the Fleet Ditch, and from
thence into the proposed tunnel sewer, which would convey
the sewage to the E-sex marshes—the clueing of the gates and
of all market built, es aiter a ceramic hour of the morning,
and the absence of say thoroughfare through the market—
, the removal of the disgusting trades of knackers, =snafu-
hirers of neat's loot oil, rabbit and at-skin dressers, bone
collectors and bone boilers, slaughter houses of the most
offensive nature, and is all some 67 of the most offensive
nuisances now carried on in Cow-crow, Sharp's alley, end
other places is the immediate vicinity et Smithfield, and the
substitution of convenient and well-watered abattoirs—a
convenient dead meat market on the spot—the provision of
bathe and washhouses—a model lodging-house for 1,000
families, on the site of the present sheep market, and other
details, which have already been described. A quarter of a
million was to be expended in providing the proposed adoi.
tional accommodation for the sale of the cattle, and the tax for
that wouldbe one teething for every 80Ibe. of meat. Would
anybody who complained of existing nuisance* object to that
—when the effect would be to abolish those nuisances as fir
as it was possible to do so? (Hear, hear.) Theother
quarter of • million was to go in providing baths and wash-
houses, and other public improvements, for which not a shil-
ling was to be charged to the public. The association might
be advised to employ commit to watch the bill; their in-
structions, however, would be, to have full confidence in the
corporation, but to take care that nothing that had bee,.
promised should be by inadvertence omitted.
Mr. EARL, a salesman, observing that the present area of
the market was six acres, wished to know what was the
proposed area.
Mr. ACLAND said the present area was six acres minus
the thoroughlates through the market, which reduced it to
about tour ease ; the proposed area was between eight and
nine acres, and by an arrangement which allowed • portion
of the Sheep market to be appropriated to cattle when
cattle predominated, and of the cattle market to sheep when
the eupply of sheep was in excess, the area for buaineu pur-
poses was materially increased beyond that.
Mr. EARL made some further objections, but
Mr. CHALLIS interrupted him, observing that Mr.
Earl represented • small minority of about 1 in 100 of the
salesmen who were adverse to a plan of which the general
body were decidedly in favour.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman, and
the secretary having given a general invitation to all persons
interested to attend at the office in Cheapeide and 'Aunties
the models and plans, and promising to give the fullest
explanation upon all details, the company retired to one of
the state rooms of the tavern, where a handsome coliatien
was served.

Fleaox, C.B..—This
distinguished officer died on the 26th inst. tinder a ()littering
occurrence,
occurrence, having committed suicide. He entered the army
ia )795 ea an ensign in the 31st regiment, in which he re-
mained many plan. In 1826 ha was appointed lieut.-
colonel in command of the 64th; he alterwuds exchanged
to the 6th foot. with which he served in India until 1838,
when he wee appointed to the 40th, also then serving in the
East Indies. The lets General Puna served with the 31st
in the Was; Indira in 1796 and 1797, and was present at the
storming of Vigil (whoa htwas wonsdad in the knee), the
attack on Ilorneefortanee, and the surrender of Bt. Lucia.
In 1799 he served in Hollend and was present In the battles
of September and October. The next year he served on the
oust of Prance and Spain. His accompanied the expedition
to Qaiberon, was present at the attack on Ferrol, and went
with the expedition to Vigo and Cads. He also served in
the second expedition to Egypt in 1807, and wee present at
the surrender of Alexandria. as well as the attack and
storming of Rosetta. In 1814 end 1816 he served in Italy,
sad was present at the surrender of Naples and Genoa. On
the Ist of Kari*, 1826, he commanded the troops on board
the unfortunate ship Kent, when she was burned in the Bay
of Biscay ; for his servings on this occeelos he was appointed
the same year a companion of the Bath. When serving
with the 40th regiment In the East Indies be held the ap-
pointmeat of deputy adjutant-general. Having in 1846
retired from the command of that regiment, he that year
became a major-general. He was one of the officers re-
ceiving the reward for distingnietted services.
COCKUKOIMI AND WORKINGTON RAILWAY.—
On Tseeday last the half-yearly general meeting of the
shareholders in this railway wee held la the Court House,
Cockermoeth, Mr. Joseph Rants is the chair. Mr. todds,
the eforetary, read the report, which stated that there had
been a slight diminution in the general traffic, as compared
with the corresponding period last year, though the through
passenger traffic had increcud. The directors re-
commended the formation of a depreciation lend. The
following resolution, after some disiuslon, was carried una-
nimously i•—t. That the whole clear balusee be divided, but
that the principle of a depreciation land be recognised by
the shareholders, the directors being instructed to state at
the next meeting what precise amount they would recom-
mend to be laid aide for that rupee." A dividend of
3s. 9d. was declared, and the Proceedings terminated.

DEATH OF

CATCIDNO • BUSGIAL-A pot/Amin who resides
at Stretford, left hems b spend the irresing with • party of
friends a few days slue, and returning about midnight
weat into his greenhouse without tattleg his family know of
hie arrival. A female domestic hearing a noise at the back
put of the house told her mistress, who immediately Went
is the window, and sprang the rattle, which soon brought
several neightioun end the police to the spot; the Anew
stood et the trent ammo', and the latter went to the back
of the premises end discovered some one moving, and they
then moon captured the supposed tt.ief, whom.they handled
not very tenderly. "I am Kr.— " exclaimed the master of
the ItroMiess, but the polio not Jimmies biro doubled his
rimer, and it wee not before his wile ma femal• dotowar
unload that the police discovered their mistake. It seems
that the gentleman alluded to, finding it Was a Iros.y night,
went int* his greewhouse for the purpose of lighting the
fires, sad-on Ittiera from that place with a box of lunfen
In his hand, he was taken into custody for entering his own
premins.—CAeletsjorg Chronicle.