The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-11 00:00:00

OFFAL EXPOSED FOR SALE IN WHITECIIAPEL MARKET,

Mr. Deputy CHRISTIE, having introduced a deputation
of master butchers carrying on business in High-street,
Aldgate, said he had to present a memorial signod by a
number of the inhabitants of the ward of Portsoken,
and he would shortly state the reason why these gentle-
men attended. Some time since the commissioners, in
carrying into effect measures of a sanitary nature, had
considered it necessary to issue an order to the tradeC of
butchers, requiring them to remove from their slaughter-
houses all offal before 8 o'clock in the morning. He (De-
puty Christie) had reason to believe that the butchers in
High-street, Aldgate, had cheerfully complied with the
desire of the 'commissioners, and had obeyed their in-
structions, except with respect to one single article. They
killed a large number of sheep and lambs, and conse-
quently had a large quantity of one description of offal,
namely paunch, which, for a great many years, they had
made a source of very large profit. Their custom was
to have large tanks of clean water, in which the
paunches were kept, a few only at a time being taken out
and exposed for sale, at their doors, as wholesale food for
dogs. They had not complied with the part of the
order of the commission which related to this species of
offal, because they did not think that the sale of that
which was to them a source of large profit should be in-
terfered with, and consequently one of the inspectors
had summoned some of the memorialists before a magis-
trate.

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The memorial was read by the clerk.
The memorialists, in answer to questions put by the
court, said that it was their custom to keep paunches
after emptying them, 24 hours, that the water in the
tanks were changed twice a day, that they were tho-
roughly cleanseci before being exposed for sale.
Deputy CHRISTIE moved that the memorial be re-
ferred to the general purposes committee, to consider
and report thereon, which,
After some further discussion, was carried.
OBJECTIONABLE MEAT.

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Mr. BONSER, a wholesale meat salesman in Newgate-
market, said he attended for the purpose of preferring a
complaint against Mr. Pecklington, one of the inspec-
tors of meat, whom be charged with, on some occasions,
condemning and seizing carcasses that were wholeseme,
and on others with overlooking those that were not fit
for human consumption.
Mr. POCKLINGTON, in answer to the charge, said the
carcass which he had seized was in a very bad state
indeed, in some places being perfectly green, and that
his judgment was corroborated by four of the most
respectable salesmen in the market, some of whom had
been appealed to to examine the carcass by Mr. Bonser
himself.

Mr. BONSER admitted that he had received a letter
from the farnier who sent the carcass, to the effect that
the bullock had been ill, and that his man, after having
administered a pound of Epsom salts to it without the
desired effect, had killed it and forwarded it to London
for sale.

Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said that the officer had done
himself infinite credit for the way in which he had acted.
It was perfectly clear that he had discharged his duty
fearlessly and honestly, and it was not to be endured
that animals on the point of death from disease should
be slaughtered and forwarded to the London markets
for sale.•
2 1 4-I I The subject than dropped.

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
To-day's market was scantily supplied with English
wheat. All kinds, however, moved off slowly; yet Mon-
day's prices were well supported in every instance. The
general condition of the samples was good.
The show of foreign wheat was very moderate. Good
heavy qualities changed hands steadily, at full quotations.
Otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state.
We had a fair inquiry for barley and malt, the value of
which was well supported.
There was rather a slow sale for oats, on former terms.
Beans and peas were tolerably firm.
The flour trade was steady, and the top price of the best
town-made was 58s per sack.

English ..
Irish ....
Foreign ..

ARRIVALS TIM WEEK.
Wheat. k Barley. Malt. Oats.
1,210
1 6" 3,830 940
850
570 3,G00 3,810

Flour.
1,550

—^ks
—brle

GH HOP.
The business doingBOROU in our market is limited. Prices,
however, are fairly supported.

WHITECHAPEL.
Each kind of meat moved off slowly to-day, as follows :
—Beef, 35 4d to 45 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; veal, 3s 4d
to 45 4d; pork,
3s 4d to 55 Od per 81bs. by the carcase.