The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-13 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

WooLwrcii, Nov. I?.—Boatswain Charles Davis
to the Ceylon receiving ship, at Malta.
CArpent,.r Thomas J. Thorpe to the Ceylon.
Acting-Carpenter Francis Taylor to the Ceylon.
The Britomart, 8, recently commissioned at De-
vonport by Commander Arthur P. E. Wilmot, is
said to ba found so defective that the Gallant Com-
mander and officers will be turned over to the Har-
lequin, 13, sloop, at Devonport.

MILITARY STATIONS.

(From the United Service Magazine for November.)

FIELD MARKET.
(From the Weekly Dispatch.)
Mr. Editor,—ln pursuance of the promise made at
the conclusion of my last letter on the above interest-
ing subject, I will now lay before your readers some
few extracts of the evidence given before the Commis-
sioners, to whose report I have already drawn their
attention; but before I do so it is but justice
to state that, throughout the very lengthened
inquiry in which they were engaged, the Com-
missioners expressed the utmost readiness to act
on that long recognized principle of justice of
hearing both sides, and accordingly their very first
step was to open a communication with the authori-
ties of the City, requesting the Corporation would
appoint a deputation to confer with them upon the
several subjects embraced in their Counniesion. A de-
putation from the Market Improvement Committee had
an interview with the Commissioners, who explained
to the deputation the nature of the inquiry intrusted
to them, and solicited from them such assistance and
information az appeared to them necessary to a full
investigation of the matter; and with statements
of the principal advantages resulting from the exist-
ing state of the market, or of any disadvantages, with
suggestions for their removal. On the other hand,
they had had before them a deputation from the Is-
lington Cattle Market Company, representing the
interests of that body, and also various witnesses
practically acquainted with the business of the
market. Whether the evidence of these parties
justified the report made by the Commissioners,
I-must leave the public to decide. Many persons
who are not practically acquainted with, or have paid
very little attention to the subject, .consider that there
would not be the slightest difficulty in establishing a
new market for the sale of live cattle at a distance of
one or two miles from Smithfield. I beg to recommend
to the notice dell such persons a brief extract from
the evidence of Mr. Deputy Hicks, who gave the
following account of the result of his experience as
to the establishing of new markets elsewhere, and the
abolition of old and well established ones. He stated
that he had seen the rise and fall of many markets,
and had traced the origin of every market round Lon-
don, and he could not name a market that had been
attempted to be established within the last 30 years that
had not proved a failure. Fleet-market, which he had
known for many years, and in which very nearly the
whole of the numerous occupiers got a living fee their
families, was removed into Farringdon- market, and
he saw the break-up of nearly every person who
previously got a living in Fleet-market after he be-
came an occupier in Farringdon-market. Hunger-
ford-market was re-modelled at a vast expense, and
started upon the same principle, and a more wretched
failure never took place. Among the proposed
advantages, it was to do away with the
inconvenience of Billingsgate; but Billings-
gate still retains its trade. Another, called Portland-
market, was established in his recollection, and which
was also a perfect failure. A market was opened in
the New-cut, Lambeth, which was shut up in twelve
months. Another was opened in Finsbury, where a
large market was set up, and that has been a failure
far many years. He therefore seriously con-
templated the removal of Smithfield-market, as a cer-
tain failure, from the fact of the difficulty of esta-
blishing new markets. The failure cf each of the
markets specified by Mr. Hicks is a "great fact," that
admits of no denial. Let any one visit Farringdon-
market, and he will find two-thirds of the covered
portion of it completely deserted ; and yet when that
market first opened, anybody who had ventured to
predict that in a few years it would be nearly tenant-
less, would have been laughed at for a fool. There
is a strong attachment to old markets, not only
on the part of dealers therein, but of the public
in general; the " old market place " is held
sacred in every large town in the kingdom.
The construction of the market may be altered
from time to time, but the site is connected with so
many old associations, is a matter of history, and has
been approved of by the authorities from one genera-
tion to another, so that any attempted removal of it is
hardly ever successful. At all events, before the remo-
val of a market is resolved upon, the place to which it
is to be removed should be definitely settled ; but in
stead of this, no clearly defined plan for a substituted
market, with the means or cost of carrying it out, has
been suggested in the Report, so that the public are
not afforded the opportunity of judging whether it
is likely to obviate the assumed inconveniences of
the present one, the removal of Smithfield being alto-
gether an experimental proposition, and the Report of
the Commissioners leaving the position of the site
wholly undefined, excepting, indeed, it is
said that it would be desirable to remove
it to a site detached from the central posi-
tion of the metropolis, and that several eligible
sites may be found on the northern suburb of the town.
With regard to the alleged unhealthiness of Smith-
field, in consequence of the cattle market being held
therein, one of the witnesses examined (Mr. Blackett),
who has carried on the business of a woollen-draper
in Smithfield for many years (he and his father before
him for upwards of 70 years), stated that he remem-
bered both the occasions when the cholera prevailed
in London, and on neither occasion was there a single
case in Smithfield; and the late Dr. Lynch, whose
exertions in the cause of Sanitary Reform cost him
his life, and must be fresh in the recollection of every
citizen of London, on one occasion toid him that, so
far from considering Smithfield as an healthy place,
he considered it to be eminently healthy. The wit-
ness added, that there had never been any sickness in
his own family, and he did not know that any of his
neighbours had complained of any eickness occasioned
by their living in the market. On the subject of
accident, he stated that during the whole period of his
residence there he had never witnessed any serious
accident in Smithfield, and though his shop-windows,
were wholly unprotected from the cattle, and the
pavement was not very wide, he had had but three
panes of glass broken by the cattle; yet, according to
the alarmists, not a market-day passes without some
accident of the kind occurring, not only in Smith-
field-market itself, but also in the adjacent streets.
The Commissioners admit in their Report, with re-
ference to the alleged deterioration in the flesh of the
animals, caused by the treatment which they receive
in driving them to Smithfield, and to the market it-
self; that the opinions expressed thereon were founded
upon data too conjectural to be received with much
reliance. The two gentlemen who have dissented
from the Report made by their brother Commissioners,
say that as far as that complaint is concerned, admit-
ting there is any ground for it, it will be obviated by
the enlargement of the site of the market, and they
settle the whole question by saying that such alleged
deterioration is inconsistent with the fact so well
known both as regards the provinces and foreign
towns, that London holds a character pre eminent as
to the superiority of its butchers' meat. With regard
to the alleged inconveniences of the present market,
they consider they may be remedied by its enlarge-
ment or adoption of the plan proposed by Mr. Bun-
ning, and by a legislative enactment for regulating
the hours of sheep and cattle arriving at and depart-
ing from the market, by widening the avenues, &c. ;
and such being the case, the existing inconveniencies
of the market do not seem to them to justify a course
so extreme and problematical as its removal to a dis-
tance, accompanied as that must be by a great and
expensive disarrangement and dislocation of extensive
commercial interests, connected directly or itdirectly
with the existing market. Such an experiment
would also be likely to affect the regular, certain, and
cheap supply of animal fond, a question of vital im-
portance to a population of two millions of persons.
('he dissent signed by Sir James Duke teed Mr.
John Wood warmly recommends the adoption of the
suggestions of the Market Improvement Committee,
founded on the plan of Mr. Bunning; but I must
reserve my notice thereof for a future letter.
CENSORIUS.

THE MAYORALTY OF 1851.
The following is a list of mayors for the ensuing year,
so far as we have been able at present to complete it.
The figure attached to some of the names signifies the
number of times they have filled the office, and the letters
"re" that they were mayors of their respective boroughs
last year, and have been re-elected
Beccles—W. H. S. Davey Ipswich—P.B. Long (3)
Birmingham—W. Lucy (re) Liverpool—Ald. Bent
Bristol—J. K. Haberlield (re, Leeds—Geo. Goodman (3)
6th time) ManchesteK—J. Potter (3)
Canterbury—G. Farley Maidstone—Jos. Tootel
Colchester—Jos. Cooke Portsmouth—B. Bramble
Deal—C. Hills::
Rochester— Ald. Essell (re)
Dover— S. Finnic Sandwich—
Capt. Stewart
Exeter— W. W. Hooper • Salford—J. Iliggins
Faversham —C. J. Hilton Southampton
H.
Andrews
Folkestone.—R. Hart (re)
Gloucester—B. L. Kendall Stockport—Geo. Turner
Gravesend—E. Lacey Tenterden—S. Beale
Harwich—F. F. Hart Windsor—Chas. Phillips
Hy the—J. Watts

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held on the
23d of October, at Peterborough, on the body of W. Pike
Grant, driver of a ballast engine on the Great Northern Rail-
way, who was crushed while attempting to couple his engine
to another on the 18th instant. He was at once removed
to the dispensary, where he gradually got worse, and died on
the 22d, from severe internal injury. A verdict was returned
of " Accidental death." The surgeon stated on the inquest
that the deceased was insured in the Railway Passengers'
Assurance Company. by which 500/. would be secured to his
widow and child. He had only been insured five months.
Cambridgeshire Advertiser,

A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most
Honourable Privy Council met yesterday (the Morrow
of St. Martin), at two o'clock in the afternoon, in the
Exchequer Chamber, for the purpose of nominating
the Sheriffs for the counties of England and Wales for
the ensuing year.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer attended in his
gold robe of office. Sir George Grey, Secretary of
State for the Home Department; the Right Hon.
Fox Maule, Secretary-at-War; the Lord Chief
Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, the Lord
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the
Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Judges Parke,
Alderson, %Vightman, Williams, and Talfourd, &c.,
were present. Mr. C. Greville and the Hon. William
Bathurst, Clerks of the Privy Council, were in at-
tendance.

The Queen's Remembrancer (Mr. Vincent) having
read the usual proclamation in Norman-French, ad-
ministered the oath to the Lords of the Council.
The nomination then proceeded, and was eventually
arranged as follows :
BEDFORDSHIRE.—Sir Charles Gillies Payne, of Bien-
cham, Bart.; Sir Thomas Montague Burgoyne, of Sut-
ton, Bart.; and Sir George :Robert. Osborne, of Cuick-
sand, Bart.

BERKSHIRE.—DanieI Hoglert Duvall Burr, of Alder-
maston park, Esq.; John Samuel Bowles, of Milton-hill,
Esq. ; and Heal Pottinger, Bart., of Donnington
Castle, Esq.
BUCKS.—The Hon. Richard Cavendish, of Thornton
Hall; Charles Robert Scott Murray, of Danesfield, Esq.;
and Thomas Alex. Boswell, of Crawley Grange, Esq.
CAMBRIDGE AND HUNTINGDON SlllBES.—William
Wells, of Holme, Esq. ; George Rust, of Huntingdon,
Esq.; and George William Rowley, of St. Neot's, Esq.
(The nomination is this year from Huntingdon).
CUMBERLAND.—George Head Head, Rickerby House,
Esq.; George Henry Oliphant, of Broadfield House,
Esq ; and Francis Baring Atkinson, of Rampsbeck
Lodge, Esq.
CIIESIIIRE.—Thomas Marsland, of Henbury, Esq.;
George Holland Ackers, of Moreton, Esq. ; and John
Hurleston Lecke, of Carden, Esq.
DERBYSHIRE.—Francis Bradshaw, of Barton Blount,
Esq.; Samuel Evans, of Darley Abbey, Esq.; and Sir
Henry Sacheverellyilmot, of Chaddesden, Bart.

DEVONSHIRE.—James Cornish, of Blackball, Esq.;
Edmund Bastard Henn Gennys, of Whitleigh, Esq ; and
Richard Durant, of Sharpham, Esq
DORsETSHIRE•—Henry John Reuben, Earl of Porter-
lington, of Milton Abbas; Francis Pitney Brouncker
Martin, of Kingston Marlewood, Esq.; and Augustus
Forster, of Warmwell, Esq.

DURHAM.—Frederick Acklour Millbanke, of Hart,
111,; Robert Henry Allen, of Blackwell Hall, Esq.; and
John Bowes, of Streatham Castle, Esq.
ESSEX.—Charles Preston, of Luther's Sewartstone,
Ell.; Charles Du Cane, of Brnxted Lodge, Esq.; and
William Philippe Honeywood, of Mask's Hall, Esq.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Thomas Anthony Stoughton,
of Owl P,a House, Uley, Esq.; William Dent, of Sude-
ley Castle, Esq.; and Winchcombe Henry Howard
Hartley, of Sodbury, Esq.

HEREFORDSHIRE.—CharIes Thomas Boddenham. of
Rotherwas, Esq.; Richard Hereford, of Sutton, Esq.;
and John Francis Smith, of Whitbcrne, Esq.
HERTFORDSHIRE.—TIOCITY Rogers, of Stagenhoe, Esq.;
Wynn Elks, of Ponsborne Park, Esq.; and Sir George
Edward Earle Lytton Bulw•er Lytton, of linebworth
Park, Bart.

KENT.—Ford Wilson, of Black hurst, Tonbrii?ge
Esq.; Sir John William Lubbock, of High Elms, Bart.;
Francis Colville Hyde, of Tyndall, Esq.
LEICESTERSHIRE. Sir Cortiv ;Ails Ricketts, of
Beaumont Ljys, Bart. ; Edward Hmshaw Chancy, of
Gaddes'.ey, .E.,q.; and Sir George Beaumont, of Col-
vorton, Bart.

LINCOLNSHIRE.—Sir Charles Henry John Anderson,
of Lea, Bart. ; George Tomline, of Riley Grove, E:q.;
and Joseph Live,ey, of Stourton, Esq.
MONMOUTHSIIIRE.—Thomas Wak, man, of the Graig,
Esq.; the Hon. William Powell Rodney, of Llanvi-
hangel Court ; and Ferdinand Hanbury Williams, of
Coldbrook Park, Esq.
NORFOLK. Sir Willoughby Jones, of Crammer j
Hell, Sculthorpe, Bart. ; Sir William Chad, of Thera-
ford, Part.; and Frederick William Irby, of Boyland
Hall, Esq.
NORTHAMPTON. Sir Charles Edmund Isham, of
Lanport Hall, Bart. ; Longhorn Christie, of Preston
Deanery, Ell. ; and the Right Hon. Anthony
Henley Lord.
NORTHUMBERLAND.—Sir Horace St. Paul, of Ewart
Park, Bart. ; Thomas Wood Craster, of Craster Tower,
Esq.; and NValter Selby, of Biddleston, Esq.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. John Francklin, of Gonal-
ston, Esq. ; Henry Frederick Walker, of Blyth Hall,
Esq. ; and Thomas Spragging Godfrey, of Balder-
ton, Esq.
OXFORDSHIRE.—John Brown, of Kingston Blunt,
Esq.; John Henry Asburst, of Waterstock, Esq. ; and
Henry Norris, of Wrorton, Esq.
RUTLAND.—John Walker, of Wardley, Esq.; John
Moore, of Clipsham, Esq.; and the Hon. Wrn. Charles
Evans Freke, of Bisbrooko.

SHROPSHIRE.—Robert Henry Cheney, of Bodger-hill,
Esq.; Robert Burton, of Longner Hall, Esq.; and John
Michael Severne, of Wallop Hall, Esq.
SOMERSET SHlRE.—Thomas Tutton Knyfton, of Uphill,
Esq.; Montague Gore, of Barrow Court, Esq.; and
Francis Henry Dickenson, of Kingsweston, Esq.
STAFFORDSHIRE.—PhiIip Barnes Broade, of Penton
Manor House, Esq.; John Barker, of Wolverhampton;
Esq.; and Edward Buller, of Dilhomo, Esq.
COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON.—WiIIiam Kingsmill, Syd-
monton Court, Kingsch-re, Esq.; Francis Jervoise Ellis
Jervoise, of Henriacre House, near Basingstoke, Esq.;
and Walter Jervis Long, of the Holt, near Bishops
Waltham, Esq.
SUFFOLK.—The Right Hon. Lord John Henniker, of
Thornham Hall; Frederic Barne, of Sotterley, Esq.; and
James Hamilton Lloyd Anstruther, of Hintleshara Hall,
Esq.

SURREY.—John Sparkes, of Gorden House; Shalford,
Esq.; George Robert Smith, of Selsden, Croydon, Esq.;
and Robert William Crawford, of Micklcham Hall, Esq.
SussEx.—David Lyon, of Goring, Esq.; Sir Isaac
Lyon Goldsmid, of Hove, Bart.; and John Day, of
Newick, Esq.
WARWICKSHIRE.—Sir John Newdigate Ludlord Chet.
wode, of Ausley Hall, Bart.; Mark Phillips, of Smither.
field, Esq.; and Sir William Craddock Hartopp, of Four
Oaks Hall. Sutton Colefield. Bart.
WILTSHIRE.—Graham Moore Mitchell Esmeade, of
Monkton House, Esq.; John Grove, of Fern House, Esq.;
and Joseph Everett, of Heytesbnry, Eq.
WORCESTERSHIRE.—Sir Thomas Edward Winnington,
of Stand ford Court, Bart.; Sir Edward Ilungerford Lech.
mere, of The Rbydd, Bart.; and Charles Noel, of Bell
Hall, Esq.
WESTM.HIELAND.—WiIIiam Crackenthorpe, of New-
biggin Hail, Esq.; Edward Wilson, of Rigmaden, Esq.;
and Richard Barn, of Orton Hall, Esq.
YoaKsainE.—Sir John Henry Low ther, of Snilling-
ton, Wakefield, Bart.; Andraw Montagu, of Melton Park,
Esq.; and the non. Pavan Dewney, of Beninbon Hall.