1^6 on the rights of beasts. 



and the eftablifhment of two in lieu thereof 

 one on the North, and one on the South fide 

 of the Metropolis ; as well as the total difcon- 

 tinuance of ilaughtering cattle within the town. 

 But the common fenfe, or juftice alone of a 

 meafure, are feldom any recommendation. 

 Even were the whole Court of Aldermen, to be 

 toiled by horned cattle, their united influence 

 would not be able to carry fuch a meafure, as 

 the removal of Smithfield Market. A man 

 might as well have the modefly to afk for 

 univerfal fuffrage, and the abolition of the flave 

 trade. 



The advantages of this propofed change are 

 fo many, and obvious, and the rational objec- 

 tions fo few, or rather null ; that I am certainly 

 performing a work of fuperrogation to ex- 

 patiate. All the thoufand horrors and rifks of 

 driving loofe and untamed cattle through every 

 part of a populous city, and the hourly defile- 

 ment of it, with loathfome fcenes of blood and 

 carnage, would be avoided. The faving to the 

 public, and to the butchers themfelves, in the 

 fuperior condition of the meat, would be im- 

 menfe ; for it is well known, that from the old 

 mode of beating, bruifing, and harafling the 

 cattle about town, and confining them in 

 heaps, in clofe places, and a noifome atmo- 

 fphere, they too frequently die in fuch a ftate, 

 that their flefh is fcarce wholefome even for 



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