The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-18 00:00:00

PUBLIC SLAIJOHTER-HOUSES.

A report has jnst been printed by the Sub-Cm-
mittee appointed in December last, to examine into
the state of the slaughter-houses Mi'd, matte-markets
of London, :and to,inquire how far the nuisances
arising from them might be,abated ILiy the removal
of
,the cattle-market from Smithfield, and by the
erection of public slaughter-houses ou plans similar
to those of the abattoirs of Paris. This Committee,
it will be recollected, emanated from a number of
highly:respectable individuals associated for the pur-
pose of endeavouring to put an end to the many se-
rious inconveniences to which the public 'are sub=
jected by the practice of driving' cattle through our
crowded streets, and to abolish the filthy and, dist,
gusting nuisances, 'and frequent cruelties; attendant
on the present mode of slaughtering them within.,the
ity: 'The 3•epi‘rt, WhiCh considCiable le.pgtN
enters into a detailed ctescriptienlof some of the bad
effect; of the present system,. and strongly, recom;
mends, the removal of the cattle-market from Smith:
field, and also the adoption of the Paris plan of
.public slaughter-houses. We have not room at prep
sent for; extracts, which we regret the less, as the
report will he submitted to the consideration 'of a
public meeting, which we understand will be held in
London immediately after the Easter holydays.

ROBBERY OF THE .GREENOCKI3ANK.

Since mirlast, a number of particulars have trans-
pired, in connection with this extraordinary occur-
fence, which, as they have become the subject of
general conversation in town, we cannot omit men-
tioning, for the information of our more distant read-
ers. We were right in supposing the the thieves
were strangers ; intuit now turns out that they had
been loiiztedi as an American would phraSe it; for a
veryconsiderable time amongst us. Two of the four
ascertained to have been concerned in the robbery,
are traced to have taken and occupied lodgings at
the west end'bf the town as'far back as the 24th of
November last, and to haVe met their-confederates
occasionally, no doubt for concerting operations, in
the;apartments of a spirit.dealer, in Hamilton-street.
At. their lodgings they behaved civilly and paid
prompt!) ; but althoughthey usually went out at an
early hour in the morning, even in the depth of win=
ter, and seldom returned till late, no other suspicion
was excited, or conjecture formed regarding them,
than that they were probably seeking concealment
to evade the demands of Creditors.. They changed
their lodgings repeatedly since the period above-
mentioned. A
.gig,, which they bad with them
froM GlasgoW, was deposited with a stabler at the
Rue:end, and was frequently taken away and re-
ti ned. by them during their abode here. Inflict,
the whole process, which,mnst have been one of la-
bour such as might have exhausted human perse-
verance, and fiaught with danger calculated to appal
the stoutest heart, seems to have been 'Carried on
with a deiterity and success, of which we know not
any parallel.
Yn
r.,the (best from whence the money was
abstraeted, "a considerable sum in tole and mixed
bank notes'was left. The Cashier's cash chest, con-
tainiig. the ,Comparrystock of specie, and of notes
which had never been issued; -withs bills, bonds and
variotts.other valuable securities, remain untouched;
likewise; Iwo 'clist.s under the charge of the deputy-
. teller,-Inite4 money, and to a Very large; amount.
Whitt the sum Was, ivhich was carded off, ire have
no authority to say':- common rumour states .it at
about 20,006/ of which little mote than 1,0001.
were in geld': the notes, it is .understood, were
chiefly small -Dotes of the .(ireenock Bank. The
whole party having seemed, their retreat, arrived,in
Glasgow on Sunday. afternoon. From thence two
of them proceeded to Edinburgh, the same night, in
chaise hired from a peraon; the- Gallawgate.
The other two, it is conjectured, went Off by Carlisle.
Monday forenoon they eil'ected the exchange
of On
Greenock note's fol. "others, at different banking
houses in Edinburgh and Leith, without creating a
suspieion of so song a nature as to lead to their ap-
prehension.
.The amount so exchanged is said to he
5,00.0.1, Their rotAte,tiy te'dinburgh was; followed ;
from .thence they were,successively.traced.to Had-
dingtoti,,. Dunbar, and, ,Berwick ; and by the latest
accounts, it appears obvious, they- wouid proceed
without delay to London. Sonie time, therefore,
will. probably elapse • before the final issue of this
daring enterprise is known.—Green'ork Athfrrtiser.

tIENRY MUTTELT, (the brother of JOHN
ThirETErr., the -Murderer of WrAar.) who went out, last
yeir, -as Master-st-Arrbs, id the Atlas East./ndiaman, fell
evelboa-,d, and eras drowned, while the vessel was lying in
the at Canton, in the early part of October fast.