The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-01 00:00:00

during the past week, and the officers had condemned
4,2641bs of meat as unfit for human food. It con-
sisted of 5 sheep, 5 pigs, 6 calves, 24 quarters beef,
and 4 quarters venison. He also directed attention
to the fact that recently a large quantity of animals
affected with the prevailing rinderpest had been sent
to the City markets for sale as human food ; but in
the opinion of the inspectors it had not been fit for
food, and it had therefore been seized and con-
demned. He also reported that the day previously
a large quantity of boiled meat unfit for human
food was condemned in N ewgate-market, and he
submitted that the case required further considera-
tion, with a view to legal proceedings being taken.
He also stated that the day previously four pieces of
meat from an animal that had died of the rinder-
pest had been condemned in Newgate-market, and
the inspector had condemned nine quarters of beef
in a very diseased condition, both of which cases,
it was urged, required further inquiries.

There were 51 births and the like number of
deaths in the City during the previous week, and
Dr. Letheby stated that the mortality returns were
greatly below the average for the corresponding
period of the last teu years.
The Commissioners subsequently adjourned.

Foreign Enlistment.

Two English seamen who recently shipped on board the
Indopendencia attended yesterday at the Guildhall and
made, before the Alderman, solemn declarations of the
truth of the following statements, prepared by Mr. Thos.
Beard, solicitor. They were forwarded through the hands
of the Spanish Consul to the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Beard has transmitted a copy
to the Spanish Minister in this country. The result
is not yet known. The declaration of King, one
of the seamen, is as . follows : —LI, George King,
of the Peruvian man-of-war Indopendencia, now lying off
Greenhithe, hereby declare that I am an English subject ;
that on Saturday last, the 20th inst., I was engaged by the
captain of the ship Independencia as an ordinary seaman,
to proceed from London to Peru, or any other port, for
three years, at $l6 a month wages, being £3 4s. English
money. That i signed articles on the 25th inst., and was
ordered to go on board the ship at Greenhithe ; that I ac-
cordingly went on board at that date, and remained on
board until this morning, when I came on shore by leave
of one of the officers, in consequence of the ship not being
ready to sail, and received instructions to hold myself in
readiness to return immediately the ship was ready to sail;
that while I was on board the ship I heard the captain call
all hands aft, and heard him say that they would have to
fight their way to Peru against any Spanish vessels thoy
might fall in with ; that there would bo another vessel
join them after they left the coast of France, and that this
vessel was now in London. The captain also asked all
hands if they were agreeable to fight their way out to Peru
at the same wages they were then getting. The mon re-
plied that they were. The Peruvian flag was flying when
I left the ship, and had been for throe days. Tho vessel is
a man-of-war, an ironclad ram. I have seen her guns :
they are marked Armstrong. I have seen a large quan-
tity of shot, shell, and powder taken on board every day
since I have been there. The captain and his officers wear
a uniform, and call themselves officers in the Peruvian
navy. I asked the boatswain (an Englishman) what num-
ber of hands there would be : ho told me between 250 and
300 men, and that they were 20 short. There were then a
great number of men on board, consisting of English, Ger-
man, French, Peruvians, Norwegians, Portuguese, Greek,
and Americans. The captain and his principal officers are
Peruvians, all speaking the same language. The captain
told me that I should be required to assist in
working the ship and fight as well if necessary
to do so. He told all the men the same. The captain
read from a paper to the men that any Spanish
ship they fell in with they would take. I heard the able
seamen say they were to get $2O a month, the second class
$lB, and the ordinary seamen $l6. The gunner's mate was
to have $3O a month. All the uniforms and bedding are
on board the ship. The seamen's uniform consists of a
blue flannel shirt, blue cloth pants, and a red sash to wind
round the waist, with the tassel attached ; a blue cloth
navy cap, and ribband with the ship's name on it. I have
seen between 300 and 400 men on board night and day at
work for the last three days. They appeared to be in a
great hurry to get the ship ready. I have also seen the
other ship sp3ken of by the captain ; she is a wooden ves-
sel, now lying in the East India Docks, and has the Chi-
lian flag flying. I have been paid two months' wages in
advance, and I make this solemn declaration." James
Thompson, the other seaman, made a similar declaration.

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