The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-19 00:00:00

rrflE SITN: LONtION, TUyS,-)AY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1847.

i . uy no meal s follows that famine should be invariably
he antuce.lent of plague and pestilence. Filth is as
potent a generator of disease as famine ; and, therefore,
it behoves us to guard against filth. One of the most
:,ro:ific sources of filth, and consequently of disease, is
the accumulation in large masses of putrid animal
,natter, and nothing so tends to produce a tnagazne of
pestilence as the holding of large cattle markets and the
slaughtering of animals in large towns. Of all large
cattle markets, the market of Smithfield is the largest,
and as all cattle markets in towns are great nuisances, it
is, of consequence, of all existing nuisances the greatest
The committee of the Rouse of Commons appointed to
consider the state of the Smithfield market reported,
" That the passing of live stock to and from Smithfield
is a nuisance to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood
and to the public at large, and that the present size and
arrangement of the market does not afford sufficient ac-
commodation, are propositions which your committee
are prepared to maintain; and that the site of a live-
stock market in a thickly-inhabited part of the metro
polis, is highly objectionable, your committee cannot
rvaionably doubt."
As a proof of the highly objectionable nature of a
live stock cattle market in a thickly inhabited part of the
metropolis, we need only refer to the weekly record of
accidents, not unfrequently attended with loss of life,
which occur in the metropolis, from the onslaught upon
passengers of bullocks. goaded to a state of madness by
the cruelty with which they have been treated, and by
the terror which they have suffered in their progress

of the KING of the FRENCH, and intense anxiety
exists concerning the manner in which France will
be alluded to in the QUEEN'S Speech on opning
Parliament. It is also said that Lord PALMERSTON'S
representations have been received so favourably by
Prince METTERNICH and Count NESSELRODE, that
M. GulzoT, notwithstanding the good feelings ex
pressed towards France, and the personal compliments
paid to himself by the representatives of Russia and
Austria at the Court of the Tuileries, feels by no
means at his ease.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN_ RAILWAYS AT.THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 16.
Boulogne and Amiens, 144—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette (Espel&e), 'A
—Central of France (Orleans and Vier•
zon ), 124—Dutch Rhenish, s—East Indian, %—Louvain
it la Sambre, 1%—Luxembourg, 24—Northern of France,
124 ex d.—Orleans and Bordeaux, i% ex d.—Paris and
Lyons, 7%—Sambre and Meuse, 4,4—Tours and Nantes,
3:%—West Flanders, 2X.

NSURRECTION IN PORTUGAL.

The Madrid steamship arrived this morning at
Sou..hampton, from the Peninsula.

The Courrier Francais says—"lt was remarked
at the last reception at the Tuileries, that the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of NOUMANBY were paid great
attention to by the Royal Family. The KING spoke
for half an hour with the Ambassador, who spoke
little, and listened to his MAJESTY with the greatest
attention."

She does not bring any news of great importance,
The Queen's troops entered Coimbra on the sth inst.,
amidst great rejoicing. Antas had evacuated Coimbra
forty-eight hours before, and retreated in the direction
of Oporto.

Before entering the town Saldanha issued a proclama-
tion, assuring the people they had no violence to fear
from his soldiers. Saldanha was to march from Coimbra
on the 9th, and if Antas should tot offer battle at
Vouga, he would reach the neighbourhood of Oporto
about the 14th. Macdonald's loss at Braga has been
about 200; the loss on the Queen's side is variously
stated at from 30 to 120; Casal's men committed great
atrocities at Braga, which has kindled a flame of indig-
nation against him. Nothing decisive had taken place
at Oporto. Rebels were flocking into the city in great
numbers; the Miguelites all have joined them. Their
forces at Oporto consisted of about 6,500 men, and they
show no disposition to flinch.—Morning Paper.

to and from this market, situated in the centre of the me-
tropolis. These over•dtiven and fevered beasts are taken
from the market to slaughter-houses, situated in dense-
ly-populated districts, slaughtered there while in a
state of fever, in places where blood and ani-
mal offal, in a state of putrescence are allowed to
accumulate, and in these magazines of pestilence the
carcasses of the slaughtered beasts hang for two or three
days, imbibing all sorts of noxious gases before they are
exposed on the shambles of the butcher for sale; and this
is the case with the best and most costly meat—the meat
which is furnished to the tables of the rich and luxurious.
This is not a thing done in a corner—it is open, pal-
pable—all who run may see. The retail butchers of the
metropolis purchase the greater portion of the meat, which
they sell, from the carcase butchers of Whitechap(l.
These carcase butehers slaughter the beasts in their pre-
mises, and in Wiatechapel the streams of blood and filth
unite in a common channel, which runs exposed to public
view in the strec t immediately in front of the meat stalls.
At any time of year the sight and stench of this polluted
stream is most disgusting, but in warm weather it is not
only a source of annoyance, but of pestilential disease.
Is there any necessity for the toleration of these
nuisances in the heart of the metropolis of the British
empire ? Certainly not. In no other capital in the
civilized world are public cattle markets suffered to be
held—i❑ no other metropolis are slaughter• houses tole-
rated. In Paris the cattle market is held extra urbeni.
In Paris the Absttois, or slaughter-houses, are fitted up
at some distance from the city, and there is no instance
on record of any individual being gored by a bull in
the good city of Paris, or of any ox being driven through
its streets, during the present century. We ate rejoiced
to see that at length a company has been formed (The
Grand Cattle Market and Abattoir Company) to rid us of
this nuisance. In France the Government has long since
interfered to put a stop to the propagation of pestilence
by means of cattle markets and slaughter houses. In
England it appears that it is left to private enterprise to
patronise those sanatory measures, which on the conti-
nent, the Government, as the guardian of the people,
thinks it necessary to adopt. We wish this company
every success in its good work, and as an incitement to
them to persevere, we may mention the fact, that while
the cost to the butcher slaughtering a beast in an
abattoir is considerably less than it was under the :old.
slaughter• house system, the gain to the Government
(in this case it would be to the projectors) is sufficient
not only to maintain the abattoirs and the markets, but
to afford a very fair profit upon the capital invested. The
(lay, we trust, is not far distant when every large town
will have its cattle market and abattoir, extra urban, and
when the existence of live stock markets and slaughter•
houses in cities will be prof ibited by law.

%lONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS,
(Frcm The Sun of last Night.)
A limited business only was done at Liverpool on
Saturday in the Cotton market. Sales, 8,000 io 3,500
bales, of which 3,000 were American, at 6 d. to lid. per
lb. Shares were depressed.
We have no late ship arrivals to-day, but it is satis-
faclory to note that large supplies of food are coming
forward from all parts, and that many of our merchants
have sent out ccnsiderable orders to America for con-
tinued shipments, although, in some early cases, there
was very little profit upon the cargoes received here.
The majority of those engaged in corn imports, how-
ever, must have made money, and, in particular in-
stances, to a large amount. Wheat is Is. per quarter
higher to-day than on Monday last.
An excellent opportunity will now be afforded to many
of the States of the North American Republic to wipe
off old scores and pay up a portion, at any rate, of the
heavy sums for which they are indebted on account of
dividends, to say not a word of commercial debts. They
have abundance of produce, and therefore every facility
for remitting what will satisfy their creditors. We
are pleased to entertain the hope of something
being done this year further to redeem American
credit. The messages of the Governors of those states,
the Legislatures of which have been convened, have
given the usual details of the public debt and condi-
tion of the state finances. These statements give the
gratifying intelligence that rapid progress has been
made within the past year in liquidating the floating or
domestic debts, and in placing the finances upon a
better basis.

A letter from Berlin, of the 12th inst., published
n the Nurenzburgh Correspondent, says—
_ _

Leeds and Bradford
Leicester and Bedf.,rd... 16s.
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 27% — •••••••••••••••
Do., Branch ix, Shares 2%.• ..............
Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2%51
Do. Ex tension( Green) 21/2..
Leeds and Thirsk 17% 1514
Ditto, New 5
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct 3% ........
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport ....... 2 3A3,4
Livery., Mncbstr& New
castle Junction 2%....,. 2 .....
Londo a andßlackwall. 16/.135. 4d. ...........
Do. ~\Tew
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 50 .. .. 57 56% . .
Ditto, Fifths
Do. Como!. Eighths.. 10
De. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9
London a adGreenwich 12/ 15s 4d —
Do. Preference ...18/1;s 2d —
Loudott and N. Westeraloo 195 193
Do. Quarters
Do., eo., New
Ditto Fifths ~.

Do. -,4 Shares (G. J.) 10
Do 41.11.Shares(L.M.) 8 —
Do. 40'4 M. & B.) ... 40
Do. 10/.. (M. & B.) A. 5
Do. 10/.. ,(M. & B.) B. 5
Do. 101. Al. & B.) C. I
London, tOxfore, and
Chelte,llxam
Low!. & b.•Westera 411 63 10d 63!4 64
Do. New- ConsoL Bths 40 —
Do. New,
Do. New,

Ditto Tffliths ..... ... 5

Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4
Ditto Scrip .
Ditto ditto ....... .... 4
London and York Scrip 21/9 3%....
Do. Extension 21,4 - ..•.•.. ..... ..
London, cialisbury,. and
Yeovil
I.)ndonderry&ColerAine 15 ...... .....
Londonderry and Ennis-
...

ki11en.......- ....... -.. 15
Lynn and Ely ..... —.... 20
Lynn and Denham.-- :5
Manchester and Leeds 82
Ditto Li:. Shares . ... 38
•
Do. Quarters l2
Do. Fifths 5 . .
Do. Sixteenths 6%
Do. Extension 42s. l% p
Do. Liverp. and Bury 21
Do. do. Fifths 1
Ditto 14 (late Hud-
dersfield and Shelf.) 23
Man;:hest er,Buxton,and
Matlock
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire 100
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 8
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 214-- ••
Ditto and Grimsby.... 15
Ditto ditto
Ditto ditto . ...
Ditto Sheffield and

Lincolashire 2% --
Manchest. &:Southampt. 2 l3/4
Midland
Do. Fifths 2
Do. Nlw
Ditto, New
Do. Birm., aad Derbyloo -
Midland Great Western
Irish 2O —
Newcastle and Berwick 20
Newcastleand Carlisle...loo
Ditto New 20 — ...... •••• a• ••
Ditto Quarter Shares 6i
Newmrket&Chesterfrd _ 5