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carry out a counterpoise of forces by the direct under-
standing and the mutual consent of the parties interested.
Baron Bourqueney observes to him, that it is neverthe-
less indisputable that the proposition made by M. Drouyn
de Lhuys in the eleventh Conference, to the effect " that
the Plenipotentiaries of Russia and the Porte should come
to some understanding with each other, in the presence of
the Conference, on basis of counterpois of their respective
forces, which basis should be recorded in an arrangement
which they should mutually sign, and which, annexed to
the Treaty, should have the same value and the same
force," had been rejected.
Prince Gortschakoff reminds M. de Bourqueney that he
will find in the Protocol of the sitting to which he refers
the proof that his objections did not bear on the idea it-
self a direct understanding, but on the method so little
feasible in which it was proposed to carry it out.
After some observations of Prince Gortchakoff, made
with a view of modifying the impression produced on Baron
Bourqueney by the circular cf the Chancellor of the Em-
pire of Russia, the meeting was broken up.
(Signed) BUOL-SCHAUENSTEIN.
PROKESCH-OSTEN. GORTSCHAKOFF.
BOURQUENEY. TITOFF. .
WESTMORLAND.
AALI.
AARIF.

Inclosure.
Annex to Protocol No. 14.
(Translation.)

Article 1. The High Contracting 'Parties wishing that
the Sublime Porte should participate in the advantages of
the system estab'ished by public law between the diffe-
rent States of Europe, engage themselves severally to re•
spect the independence and territorial integrity of the
Ottoman Empire, guarantee together the strict observance
of this engagement, and will in consequence consider every
act or event which should be of a nature to infringe on it
as a question of European interest.
Tf a misunderstanding should arise between the Porte
and one of the Contracting Powers, those two States, be-
fore having recourse to the employment of force, should
place the other Powers in a position to prevent the ex-
tremity by pacific means.
Art. 2. The Russian Plenipotentiaries, and those of the
Sublime Porte, will propose by common agreement to the
Conference the equal amount of the effective naval forces
which the two sea-bordering Powers will keep up in the
Black Sea, and which shall not exceed the actual number
of Russian ships afloat in that sea. The arrangement which
they shall have made between themselves in this respect
shall form an integral part of the General Treaty.
There shall likewise be inserted in the Treaty the means
upon which the same Plenipotentiaries shall have agreel,
with the view of controlling the exact and constant obser-
vance of the stipulations of the present Article.
Art. 3. The rule of closing the Straits of the Bosphorus
and Dardanelles, sanctioned by the Treaty of July 13,
1841, shall remain in force, with the exceptions stipulated
in the following Article. •
Art. 4. Each of the Contracting Parties which has no
establishment in the Black Sea shall be authorised by a fir-
man of his Highness to send into and to station in that sea
two frigates or ships of less force.
At. 5. If] case (which God forbid 1) the Sultan should be
threatened with an attack, he reserves to himself the right
of opening the Straits to all the naval forces of his allies.

INAUGURATION OF THE METROPO-
LITAN CATTLE MARKET.

VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT.
Sir G. GREY, her Majesty's Secretary of State for the
Home Department, having issued his notice in accordance
with the terms of the Metropolitan Cattle Market bill,
passed in 1851, for the opening of this market and
slaughter-houses on Friday next, the 15th, yesterday was
appointed for the inaugural ceremony.
Smithfield, as a market for the sale of cattle and horses,
has ceased to exist—has become one of the byegones of
the age, but the historical associations connected with
the spot are so great, that whilst it has been shorn
of this pm tion of its notoriety, the stirring events
of past ages connected with it are too indelibly
marked on the memory ever to be forgotten.
Although Smithfield has been used as a market from time
immemorial, the first traces of a charter connected with it
are only to be found in the year 1327, in the first year of
the reign of Edward 111., and the extent of the market,
so far as it can be ascertained, was 4 acres, 2 roods, and 35
perches. As the population of this great city increased,
and the requirements of more extensive market accommo-
dation were needed, the Corporation of London made ad-
ditions, at their own expense, by the purchase of property
adjoining, until it became that vast area we now have it,
extending over 6 acres and 15 perches, and even now too
small for the growing wants of the metropolis.
The movement originated for the removal of a cattle
market froth the centre of so large a place as
modern London is a matter of history, and so notorious as
not to require recapitulation on the present occasion. The
Legislature in August, 1851, passed the act for the erection
of these markets, on which a committee was appointed by
the Corporation of the city of London, H. L. Taylor,
Esq., being appointed chairman, with powers to select a
site most suitable for the purposes of a market on an ex-
tensive scale. After much time and attee tion, the com-
mittee selected Copenhagen-fields, in the neighbourhood of
Islington, and situate between that place and Camden-
town, as the best that could be found, which they recom-
mended to Mr. Walpole, the then Secretary of State, for
his approval, and whose consent was obtained July 29,1852.
The markets, which extend over an area of 75 acres of
ground were, on the assent of the Secretary of State being
so obtained, immediately commenced under the superin-
tendence of he city architeet,J. B. Bunning, Esq., F R.S.,
a gentleman of known reputation, and whose abilities
eminently fitted him for the efficient discharge of Bur'''.
onerous duties as the works in question naturally imposed,
and the whole of the works have been constructed since
the above period. The site of the new market proper is an
equal-sided rectangle, having a fall from the west corner to
t he south, east, an d north corners, and includes an area of about
15 acres, of which one acre is devoted to the pig market, and
an equal area to the calf market. In the centre of the
market aro erected shops and banking-houses, over which
is a lofty clock tower, not yet completed, but which, when
finished, will have a market bell. Accommodation is pro-
vided for 34,980 sheep in 1,749 pens, with a reserve for
considerable extension ; and 13,232 feet of rail, for the
tying of 6,616 bullOcks. The calf market. will accommo-
date 1,425 calves, and the pig-market 900 pigs. Lairage
is provided for 3,000 bullocks and 8,160 sheep. There are
four depots for hay, and slaughter-house accommodation
to a considerable extent. There aro five public-houses—
the Black Bull, the Lion, the Lamb, the White Horse,
and the Butchers' Arms. There are also nearly completed
two large hotels, with shops underneath the principal
rooms. Betseeete these Mr. B. Elgington, the eminent tent
builder and rick-cloth manufacturer, erected a spacious
marquee, capable of accommodating 1,700 parsons.
This tent, which was 163 feet long by 80 feet wide, was
most tastefully fitted up both externally and internally, the
flags of England, France, and Turkey being most artisti-
cally displayed. At the west end of the tent a dais was
erected, on which was a very elegant chair of state, where
his Royal Highness Prince Albert (who at all times evinces
so much interest in the promotion of agriculture) received
the Corporation address.
The importance of the event was commemorated in that
liberal and magnificent style for which the Corporation of
London are so justly celebrated, The Corporation verywisely
deciding that the ceremony should be conducted in the
presence of those for whose immediate benefit the markets
have been erected, sent invitations to upwards of a thou-
sand persons connected with the breeding and feeding of
cattle, butchers, dealers, and others.
Precisely at 12 o'clock the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor,
Sir F. Moon (who looked remarkably well after his recent
visit to Paris) Accompanied by the City Remembrancer,
the Sheriffs, the Recorder, Aldermen, Common Council.
men, and other officers connected with the Corporation,
arrived' on the ground and was enthusiastically received,
and itraceeded to examine the arrangements of the day, of
which he expressed himself highly satisfied.
With that punctuality for whioh the Royal family are
so noted, his Royal Highnese, accompanied with his suite,
arrived at the north-west entrance gate of the Market,
at one o'clock, where he was mat by the Right Hon.
the Lord Mayor, H. L. Taylor, Esq., the Chairman of the
Committee, the various members of the Committee, and
other gentlemen, and was received most enthusiastically
by the numerous concourse assembled, the band playing
the National Anthem.

The Lord Mayor then entered his Royal Highness's car-
riage, and accompanied him round the extensive grounds,
the slaughter-houses, &0., which were examined by his
Royal Highness, who expressed his admiration at the
admirable manner in which the whole had been
arranged and carried out.
The survey of the vast area and inspection of the various
buildings occupied his Royal Highness nearly an hour, it
being two o'clock before he returned to the pavilion.
On entering the pavilion, his Royal Highness was again
enthusiastically cheered, and was conducted to the dais,
whore the town-clerk read, in the presence of the Lord
Mayor and the civic functionaries, the following address'
to his Royal Highness :
TO MS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, &C.

" May it please your Royal Highness,—we, her Ma-
jesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Alder-
men, and Commissioners of the City of London, in Common
Council assembled, desire, by the warmest expression of
our gratitude, to testify to your Royal Highness the value
which we attribute to your gracious presence on this occa-
sion.

" The proceedings of this day are of deep interest and
importance to the great community of the metropolis and
to the country at large.
" These costly and extensive works have been under-
taken by the Corporation of the City of London, in defe-
rence to the suggestions of the national Legislature, and
under a strong sense of the responsibility accompanying
the powers and the means confided to them by their fellow-
citizens.
" If the transfer of the City Metropolitan Market to the
new and spacious locality shall be successful, it will not
only have removed all ground of complaint arising from
the character of its ancient site, but will also have confer-
red essential benefit on the population of this vast capital,
as well as on those important branches of withonational in-
dustry which are concerned in supplying food. the
increasing masses of its inhabitants, and the countless
numbers who frequent it.
" In the happiness and prosperity of all classes of her
Majesty's subjects, your Royal Highness has always evinced
the warmest and moat active interest, and we know no-
thing more likely to secure success to this great undertak-
ing than the sanction and encouragement afforded in its
inauguration by the illustrious Consort of the Queen.
" We, therefore, humbly rejoice in the opportunity thus
given us of welcoming your Royal Highness on this spot,
of expressing our heartfelt gratitude for your Royal High-
ness's attendance, and of manifesting anew our affectionate