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termination of this question. They would find it in
vain to struggle against the force of public opinion, and,
sooner or later, they must bend to its influence. A large
portion of the press and a large portion of the public had
spoken upon this subject in a voice that could not be
misunderstood—they had doomed the market as a public
nuisance, and it was something too much for the Corpo-
ration to say that they rejected the motion of his Hon.
Friend as not being entitled to be referred to a commit..
tee for inquiry and examination.—(Hear, hear.) In that
committee proof would be given of the truth of the state-
ments that gentleman had made in his opening speech.--
(Hear, hear.) It required, however, no evidence to
prove that a great cattle market in the centre of a po-
pulous city must be injurious to the health of its inha-
bitants. The air is necessarily contaminated by the re-
spiration of a dense population—the congregation of so
large a mass of live animals added to the evil. The air
expired by a bullock was as much deprived of its vital
principle as if it had performed the same office for a
human being. When it was recollected that every week
three or four thousands bullocks and many thousands of
sheep were collected together in the very heart of the
City, in a place surrounded by a low population, it was
impossible to determine what was the extent of its inju-
rious influence upon the health of the surrounding dis-
tricts. The Corporation ought to be in advance of the
age in all great improvements, instead of halting be-
hind, and rolling in the ordure of Smitlifield.—(Cries
of " Oh, oh.")
Mr. R. TAYLOR said it had heen truly stated by the
last speaker that the public was strong enough to take
care of itself and its own interests. The Corporation in
this case had no interest apart from the general welfare
of the public.—(Hear, hear.) It was a gross misrepre-
sentation to say that the Corporation were interested in
perpetuating abuses injurious to the public; but who
were the public whose cause interested individuals were
so prompt to advocate? If public opinion might be ga-
thered from what took place in the House of Commons
last year, it was wholly in favour of the continuance of
the market in its present situation. One of the Represen-
tatives for the county of Middlesex, and the metropolitan
Members in general, voted against the removal.—(Hesiin
hear.) The public were free to patronise a subnrbaa
market. If they preferred it, it was the duty of the
Corporation to continue, as they had heretofore done.
to enlarge the market when necessary, and to improve
its regulations, and they would perform that duty with-
out grudging any expense it might entail upon them,
but while they felt that by retaining the market, they
were upholding the rights of the public, they would not
be deterred from pursuing that course by the attacks of
the press, however, powerful that organ might be.—
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Deputy HARRISON said he was not so indifferent
as the preceding speaker to the interest:which the citizens
of London had in the decision of the question. They
were representatives of the inhabitant householders of the
City, and it was their duty to uphold their rights and
privileges as long as they were not unjust and injurious
to the public at large. It was impossible to say that
8,000,00 u/. a year could change hands in the centre of
the city of London without some portion of it remaining
by way of profit to those who were engaged in the trans-
action. The interests of the inhabitants of the metro-
polis at large, and not merely of the citizens, rendered it
a matter of paramount importance that the market frosts
which they derived their supply should be in a central
situation, which could be easily approached from every
part of the surrounding district. The mover of the ques-
tion, like a dextrous tactician, had confined himself to an
attack on the existing market, and had not pointed out
any spot to which he would have it removed .—(Hear,
hear.) It had been said that the beast markets for the
supply of the population of Paris were several miles from
the centre of that city. That was true, and, as a neces-
sary consequence, the markets were combined with
abattoirs fur slaughtering the animals on the spot. The
effect of this system was to drive the small butchers out
of the market, and to throw the trade into the hands of
the monopolists.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted the trade
and commerce of Paris, and the mode of conducting it,
in all its branches, would never be made the subject for
imitation in our commercial arrangements in this coun-
try.—(Cheers.) Extracts from evidence had been quoted,
but they had been so garbled as to raise inferences en-
tirely opposed to those which ought to be drawn from the
facts, if fairly stated. Mr. Harrison the read extracts from
the evidence of the late Dr. Lynch, and others, in illus-
tration of his statement, and concluded a very able speech
by saying that the complaints that had been made,
of the state of the slaughterhouses in the City, had some
foundation ; but those who preferred such complaints
ought in candour to have stated that until their new
Sewers Bill Came into operation, in January last, the
Corporation had no power to abate the nuisance. They
had long been in the habit of putting the law in force to
its fullest extent, for the purpose of modifying evils they
could not altogether remove. Now they had enlarged
powers under the Sewers Act, and they had caused no-
tices to be given to the owners of all slaughterhouses that
they would be subjected to the most stringent regulations
which, under the advice of the officer of health, the Cor-
poration might think necessary.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Deputy STACY supported the amendment. If it
were true, as stated, that suburban markets afforded
more accommodation than Smithfield, why did not the
graziers send their stock to Southwell, Croydon, or
Barnet, all of them in the vicinity of London, and all
of them having old established markets for both beasts
and sheep.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. R. LAMBERT JONES said, that while the corpo-
ration had been engaged during the last ten years in im-
proving and enlarging Smithfield Market whenever op-
portunity offered, the demand for accommodation had
been decreasing, and he was satisfied it would still fur-
ther decrease, by the operation of the railroads and the
steam navigation, which now supplied the dead-markets
with a large portion of the supply required for the popu-
lation.—(Hear, hear.) He had taken some pains to as-
certain the quantities brought weekly into London by
those means; and he found the steamers averaged 100
tons; the Great Western Railway 100 tons; the Eastern
Counties Railway 300 tons; and the North Western 150
tons, including a great quantity of mutton brought
weekly from Edinburgh. According to the best calcu-
lation he could make, the whole weight of live stock sold
weekly in Smithfield amounted to about 1,470 tons, while
the average weight of dead meat from the sources named
already exceeded 600 tons, and the supply was constantly
on the increase.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. PERKINS and 111 r. H. L. TAYLOR spoke in favour
of the amendment.
The Court, however, became impatient, in consequence
of the protraction of the debate to so late an hour.
Mr. NOIIRIS replied, and his motion was negatived
without a division.

.'HE ALLEGED MURDER IN CO-
PENHAGEN FIELDS.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Mills, the Deputy-Coroner
for the county of Middlesex, held an inquest at the Pied
Bull Tavern, Islington, on the body of William Henry
Crook, D.D., who was found with his throat cut in the
fields near the Model Prison, Pentonvillo, under such.
circumstances as led to the general belief that ha had
been murd( red.
George Andrews, a labourer, said, that shortly before
seven o'clock on the morning of the 28th of February he,
in company with some other persons, was going through
the fields near the Caledonian-road, when his attention
was called, by a man named Wells to the fact that a man,
apparently dad, was lying near the wooden fence, a
few feet from the road. On going to the spot he saw
the body lying between the fence and the back part of
the house of a man named Fosset. There was a glove,
with blood on the palm, hanging on the tenterhoooks of
the fence. There was a hat, with about a quart of
blood under it, six yards away from the body. The
body itself was I)ing on its face in a quantity of
blood, the left hand doubled under it. It was completely
dressed, and showed no appearance of any struggle. A
razor blade, with rag or paper bound round the haft, was
found a few feet from the body. The maker's name was
Johnson. A dog, upon which sonic spots of blood ap-
peared, was sitting between the legs of the body. It re-
fused to move, and snarled when the body was touched.
There were the footmarks of one person near the body.
The place around was very muddy. There was a blue
purse, with a key, but no money in it, close to the body.
This statement was corroborated m all its rngterial
points by IVilliarn Wells and Eliza Mason.
J. Goodenham, 433 N, stated, that be was called to
see the body by Andrews on the morning of the 28th of
February. There were two sof blood—one under
the hat a few yards from thepool body, and the other under
the body itself, the clothes being quite saturated. There
would be no difficulty in getting to the spot where de-
ceased was found, as he could have gone round the fence.
A purse with a small key was handed to hil, and on
searching the body he found a pair of spectacles. An
envelope with the address of 1)r. Crook upon it
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found near the body.
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The material bound round the haft of_ the razor was
hero opened. It was found toeto.nosist?f paper hound
with string, and underneath way_ brokenee handle of a
.a firm handle to the blade.
razor secured by a piece of wood, seoui
Mary Anne jludson,. the servant who attended the de-
ceaseda
After he bad gone witness, in el •
out to •
at his
wining the
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that he
was
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ilreplace, found part of the handle of a razor, partially
destroyed. The deceased used to have three razors, and
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perhapsd deceased
had
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schoolmaster at the Model 'Prison,
morelr. morose and
Wilson,and th abrupt,eseh
Pentenville, stated that he had known the deceased a
great many years.
On Tuesday, the 27th, he (deceased)
called on him by appointmentandthe
He was the same as usual in his manner, and inspected
some books to which witness directed his attention. He
was a man of great literary attainments. Did not think
the deceased committed the act himself. Never saw
anything in his manner to lead to the supposition that he
would commit such an act.
Mr. Crook, the son of the deceased, a chemist at
Gravesend, stated that ho had not seen his father for 18
months. his father used to be subject to fits of excite-
ment. His conduct to his family would lead to the belief
that he was out of his mind.
Mr. C. T. Bradley, the surgeon of the Model Prison,
proved that death was caused by a wound in the throat,
about an inch long, very deep, and dividing the external
vessels,

Edward Dorton, a police-constable, stated that his beat
wasjquite close to the spot, but there was no noise which
.excited his attention.
Mr. Crook said that his father's razors were all made
by Rogers, of Sheffield.
Other witnesses were examined to prove the state of
the deceased's mind; but it was only elicited that ho was
an extremely irritable man, and was subject to headache.
No trace could be found of the dog, which did not belong
to the deceased, and which escaped the day after the
death from the room in which it had been put.
After a brief summing up by the CORONER,
Tho jury returned a
.verdict " That the deceased's
death was caused by a wound in the throat, but how hat
wound-was inflicted there was no evidence to show."