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his property being depreciated he should find it in-
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creased in value. The houses he intended to erect
would be within forty fret of the proposed market. He 1.42,..
had made arrangements to do this before anything was
heard of the proposal for the removal of the market at
Smithfield to the site at Copenhagen-fields. lie in-
tended to build 170 houses there, and other parties had
already applied to him for part of the ground, under
the conviction that the market would increase the
value of their money if they invested it in that pro-
perty. He proposed that the rent of the houses he in-
tended to erect should be from 45/. to 551. per annum.
The property, when complete, would be worth not less
than 84,0001. He had no doubt but that property
would be put upon the ground in the neighbourhcod
of the proposed site in a very short time after the
market WB3 removed, to the amount of several thou-
sand pounds, so satisfied were many of those who
owned land there of the benefit which would arise
foom the rErnoval to that locality. Oae person stated
that be had taken laud under covenant to build pro-
perty upon it representing the sum of 84,000/, and
he felt satiqied that the market, it' taken close by the
house's he intended to put upon the ground, would,in
the course of a very :port period, materially enhabet)
its valu,?,.

Mr. Deputy OUBARD then said that he rose to
move, "Tont the memorial be referred to the Afarkets
Improvement Committee," ES a similar oue ou the
other side h•ul been laid before that body. He knew
nothing at nil of the parties promoting the pt:lion,
but he thought it only fair that they should be ht trd
in the matter.

Mr. BARNARD seconded the motion. He fully
agreed with the principle enunciated by the mover,
Deputy Obbard.
Mr. Deputy LOTT said that he btu; no objection to
the petition being referred to the committee, as the
other had been ; but it should he remembered that it
had been agreed to at a meeting where there were
present only some 13 or 14 persons.—(A voice,
" 30.") One person upon that occasion had stated
that he was worth 84,0001.—(No.) Well, then, be
said he was under covenant to put property to that
amount on the ground, and that he was consequently
responsible for its being done. But what were the
facts ? Why, that the parties had taken land for the
purpose of building a class of houses and shops not
for the benefit of the locality, but for those who
might frequent or be employed in the market. Why,
what would be the result of that ? Simply this--
that the locality all round the market and its imme-
diate neighbourhood would be infested with knackers'
yards, the anatomisers of horses, bone boilers, gut
twisters, and all the other filthy trades incident to
such a market. He would say that it was an
act of injustice—it was not right on the part of
the corporation to attempt .to take the market into
the vicinity of the Caledonian-road in Copenhagen-
fields. [Mr. H. L. Taylor—" It is not the corpora-
tion that is to blame ; it is the Government.] He con-
tended that the petitioners at the bar had not shown
that they represented the amount of property speei-
fied ; they might possess a few acres of ground, but
it was not covered with houses, and nothing had been
said that would justify them in coming before that
Court and asking that the market might be taken to
their neighbourhood on grounds such as had been al-
leged by them.—(Hear, and laughter.) He hoped
that when the report of the Markets Improvement
Committee was brought up, the recommendation of
the committee would be to advise that the Copen-
hagen scheme should be abandoned.—(Hear and
laughter.) He thought it would be so ;he imagined,
indeed, that he already saw something in favour of
such a change 0 looming in the distance," and he
felt strongly inclined to believe that Smithfield-market
never would go to Copenhagen-fields.—(Laughter.)
Alderman LAWRENCE observed that really any one
who had heard the speech of Deputy Lott would
imagine that the corporation had the power of taking
the market where they pleased. This was a great
mistake ; they could not do so. The corporation
had been put to large expense in their attempts to
prevent its being removed, and they had been com-
pelled to enter into an agreement with the Govern-
ment that they would take it where the Go-
vernment approved. Before this was done the com-
mittee had examined several sites with much patience
and care, and at last they had recommended Co-
penhagen-fields as being the most eligible of
the 23 others ; but they never were parties to the re-
moval. It had been said that if the market was re-
moved it would be an evil to the neighbourhood. If
it was an evil at all, there could not be the slightest
doubt about that.—(Hear.) Indeed, he would say
more ; he believed that the evils arising from the
removal to any suburban place would be far greater
th*n its retention in the City.--(Hear, hear.) It was
no matter where they took the market, some would be
injured, while others would be benefited; and were
they to place it on a plain far away, as some had re-
commended, from the haunts of man, they would soon
find it surrounded by buildings, and consequently by
population. In his opinion Copenhagen-fields was
the most suitable place for the market if it was to be
removed. The proposed site was contiguous to im-
portant lines of railways, and if abattoirs, &c., were
established the evils pictured might, be found to be
comparatively trifling. He though; the petitioners
had done right in promoting that memorial, and
therefore he should support their solicitations for
inquiry. After all he was of opinion that the better
way would be to permit the market to remain where
it is, and improve it as proposed. Blaekfriars.bridge,
with its many advantages, was closely contiguous, and
taking all things imo account he must say that his
opinion clearly was, that if they did so it would not
only be best for those who opposed the removal of it
to Copenhagen-fields, but far better also for the
public.—(Hear.)

ETON COLLEGE.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT'S PRIZES FOB

MODERN LANGUAGES, 1852.
The annual examinations for his Royal Highness
Prince Albert's prizes for the German and French lan-
guages have concluded. The result is as follows:
German—(First Examiner, Dr. Marc)—First prize,
Gem; second prize, Palk. Selected in order of merit:—
Baring, Tottenham (ma.), Lord Hinchinbrook, Wilder,
Lambton, Wagner, Pugh, K.S., Parker.
French—(Examiner, M. C. J. Delille, professor at
Christ's Hospital and Merchant Tailors).—First prize,
Yorke ; second prize, Swinburne. Selected in alphabe-
tical order :—Antrobus, Mr. Bertio, Lord H. Cecil, Mr.
Egerton, Lambton, Puller, Russell, Tottenham (ma.)►
Tottenham (mi.).

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS•
LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILNAT•—Amount of revenue
for the week ending October 3:—
Passengers
Goods

... £1,087 8 2
... 29 10 0

Total ... £1,116 18. 2
Corresponding week last year ... 1,155 0 9
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAYO•Traffie receipts
for the week ending October 3 :
Passengers, &c. £949 9 2
Merchandise, minerals, &c. 974 5 1

Total .. 41,915 14 3
corresponding week last year 1,804 12 8
GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (IRELAND) RAILWAY
(188 miles).—Return for the week ending October 2:—
Passengers, parcels, &c. £3,763 11 7
Merchandise and cattle .... 1,237 19 4

Total ... £5,001 10 11
Corresponding week last year ... 4,665 7 4
CALIDONIAN RAILWAT.—(IB94 miles opened.)—Ratarn of
traffic for the week ending September 26:—
Passengers, &c. .£4,633
b,342 18 04
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Goods, &c. •

Total ..„ £9,976 8 O
Corresponding week last year 3,504 12 104
Scorns"' CE.I4ITRAL RAlLwer.--Traffic for the weak
ending Oct. 3, 1852:
Passengers (12,414), parcels,'horses,
and carriages ... ••• £1,325 12 11
Goods, cattle, Sm. ..• ••• ..• 855 17 3

Total ..
last ... .. 2,181 10 2
Corresponding t week in year... 1,866 6 2
Perth, Oct. 8, 1852.

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SHOCKING DEATH OF TWENTY-FOUR HORSES IS
Till LATE (TALE._ Information was received yesterday that
the sloop 'Zebra, Cooper master, of Exeter, with a cargo, con-
sisting of 27 young horses from Perros, in Brittany, for the
first-mentioned port, was caught in a heavy gale, on Thurs-
day, the 30th ult., when half-channel over • the sea was so
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(made water tight), but the horses breaking loose, com-
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gale, it was impossible for those who had charge of them to
get down and secure them ; the vessel was for a time on her
beam ends, the horses all getting on one side, but she soon
righted. The gale having abated in the morning, Captain
Cooper considered it prudent to bear up for Jersey, where 00
opening the hatches, 24 of the animals were found dead, sup
posed to have been suffocated. The loss incurred is immense,
as most of the horses were of the value of 301. each, and
were in good condition when chipped.

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