New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-26

,,tce n locomotive faculty was :.-,s. or al
-. -. .race was maintained ior Tue III"
4 II tcIcs IN one direction those cns'
,.a,e,n,r.ng by different way, anu I" b..
-, hing incumbent uPon all We 'o''4 az Ou'
- to without any greater sP'oe - -''
90. ....u,e than Is available Touh1 "sN'"5'oH
.o"'a-" y. hv means Of the enforcement oil proper
,Is,;on. all oorfu.On il AVOIDED anu "''O''
%: ..vcd TO the hurried huye'@'
- ,be market by one OF 'ne S''ee,S "u'cn
f,"V brouch il. We were struck with the air OF
""u 4-,.,cemept which psTaded the entire place.
o,-sslves 70 the narrow euro, lmmeo-e caF-
Ibearing the mythical name OF " Pick
rsis "'ea laden with hampers OF country-slaugh-
no. as.b from the towns byrailroad transport,
theD br,kly psst u.s. for delivery of their bur
were -.,;ous consgneos. We instnc,iyey made
esD !" -, .,spdipc.pace to watch the various in
o,..,.ticp around us. Az the heavy wagons
'S'"! ,.d At the door Of the respective statesmen,
rets "' s,.,,. were unceremoniously dumped and
. ''e" ooo nv the market employees, the empty
o. ,'Ni. living instantly of, aud passing ont by
.st tier way.
I D,,vjpg up to snumber Of hampers just unloden-
n a. 80 a which the smorous Sir John Fastaf
/ Ia .,arcely be circumstanee-we watch the
-. unfasep the Id and proceed to empty Il OF
S.nr,s,t, IL appears TO be q consignment ofchoice
~ lambs. swathed in clean linen cloths with
....n,,lous exsctitude aud as they unwound
,,. oDe,stors, and hung in spon the hooks,
hey really present Ai0'' u''''''' "'-- ~
.aaote.
We sand admiring them for a few moments, and
l.v, hands on two of them. Surveying them
"a ,hs air Of connosseur, lie inquiries of the sales
A az
,,,es;pp TO our friends, we are informed that aone
,messnre Of eight pounds, and crown we already
he Eve shillngs sterllng from which data, sf-
!. cmaderabe calculation, we arrive at the fact that
II !bs pnce demanded ID Se'enPeI'e h'' penny P''
pouDd.
The quality s choice, but The price nordinate; and
As buyer after ofrr of -Four and four pour shI-
no. spd fourpepce affects TO walk away But 1t IL as
-,to the salesman as to ourselves that he has no IN
- sion q leaving them end after little
Sweet, reluctant, .norou' delay"
either sde two Of the finest sold to him at the
,ownromisng rate Of four aDdcightpencc per stone
J An attendant is then called, who takes them upon
bs ,bouder and enters the shop with them, followed
H. ,ba rprchaser Desirous of seeing the matter
,i.orch we also enter tho shop and pursue our OBJ
,.,,s,o.s from one corner An inclosed Office is be-
co Ar the raised window Of viii n two clerks are
s.ied In from. of this Office a pair OF scales are
ueoed with nan to attend them, and as he calls the
respective weights OF the articles that are unceasngy
placed upon the scales of the clerks enters them III
salesb book and announces the cost the other being
busted in receiving the money We say announces,
ft the Ieason that there seems to be no caculauon
entloysd every compound of stcne aud pounds
on the weight of rOaser up to that OF the heaviest
quarter Of beeat whatever price per stone Is 80 un-
eningly and unhestatingy cast up that ready reckon
er seem q perh city unnecessary invention' NO
combination of figures perplexed him; the weight and
The price were followed speedily with the decara-
ton of the cost as the fash is followed by the report
Our mnn having hung hs burden On hook, An
nounced, apparently for our general edhcahon that
there were "two lambs for cash and withdrew. The
purchaser then advancing, raised an inquiry who's
last who's last ?" No reply was returned TO this
reiterated demand, until the Statesman suddenly re-
rembercd that Little joe then absent, had the la"
turn, This ne subsequently discovered was the form
observed for ing the rotation of buyers the last
conner giving ga turn to the one who succeeds hun,
and any one negecting THE Observance being debared
oil access 10 the scale.
To our suggestive mind this arrangement seemed
TO facilitate any dishonest abstraction, az we saw no
Linderance to a man Stimulating the character OF
ro,ter and removing any carcass first come to hand
while the employ6s were busy about their work
TIA we leaned was only on one coca = known to
bs attempted and the thief, being dete' ed in his
nr, ctices WAS 80 roughly handled by the butchers
before he could dive ont of he market that II has
,aectualv deferred all hgh-hngered gentry from at
tempting to ply their industry in that place ag"n'
Returning TO our fiend We proceed to take
roupd Of the place. Having square opening an the
c,ter of about an acre in extent affordng admirable
accommodation for the loading and unloading of waS-
oDe streets radiate in all directions TO the surrounding
ihorourhfares The market, we should judge, covers
an ses Of about five acres containing 27o odd stalls
But the business is ot confined to the market proper,
n, across Warwick lane there is another nciOsed
u,,rkethouse surmounted with a massive dome,
originally designed for the College Of Surgeons; and
IN all the epyrons Of the market there are numerous
commission merchants, whose dealings in country
On. ats and other produce are very extensive.
surveying the bewildering acCumuations of meat
which surround US on every hand we are principally
impressed with the uniform superiority of quality of
AZ that Is exposed for sale. One row Of suspended
mutton cSrcasses pointed out to US specimens OF
the Leicester breed the average weight of which was
thirteen stone or one hundred and four pounds Such
display of fstted calves, fine daifed Saolk pork
ss, aAd chubby, artstioally dressed lambs, never
greeted or admirirg eyes before Be the quality of
John Bulls proverbial discomfort however chronic,
hscerany is not neglectfll OF providing for his erea
tUfe comforts.
The organization of the daily transfer OF this INA
nense amount Of perishabe merchandise from the
P-Vducer to the il very interestng-we had
almost SAID complete but that our theory of perfection
n the transfer of commodities admits Of wholesale