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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Where do those persons generally come from ? From all round 
London, within ten miles. 
You are obliged to keep the officers in such a position as to 
prevent the horses getting out among the people ? Yes. 
Was not a man executed a sliort time ago for stealing horses 
that were sold in that market? Yes, there have been five or six 
executed within the last few years that were detected in Smith- 
field market. 
Is there much cruelty pract sed upon the horses ? Yes, they 
tie them up, and keep whippirg them all the afternoon. 
Is the cruelty worse than is exhibited at the repositories for 
the sale of horses, Sadler’s and other places ? Not when they 
are first tied up ; but it is to l:eep up their mettle. 
What inconvenience would arise if that horse-market were abo¬ 
lished ? I cannot see any ; it would only be an inconvenience to 
the public houses. 
Do the drovers that bring :ip cattle also bring up ponies and 
horses to Smithfield? No, I believe not; they are a different 
sort of people. The Welshnen bring up ponies, but they do 
not bring them to Smithfield 
Does the market close at .'even o’clock ? No, it is eight before 
we can get rid of them. 
Do the people that atteni the market lie about the public- 
houses for hours afterwards ,' Yes, some of them. 
Are they the same peope that sell the asses that sell the 
lorses? No; they are a different people; they are a better set 
(if people. We have not hdf the trouble with the people that 
sell the asses, that we have with the dealers in horses. 
Are there regular horse-cealers that attend ? Yes, there are 
some. 
What people generally atend with the asses ? They generally 
come from London, but th(re are some from the country. 
You say the people thatattend with asses are a better claof 
people than those who attend with horses? Yes; they are the 
costermongers of London. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
We must again appeal to tin kind forbearance of several Contributors, 
whose coininunications shall sjeedily appear. 
The History of the Edinburgh School, and of the medical Practice of that 
in Nfissau Street in 1834, and fie Visit of Paul Pry, must also be deferred. 
The communications from Lancashire and Derby shall have the conside¬ 
ration they deserve. There aie many circumstances that must be carefully 
and anxiously weighed. 
]Mr. Lawrence’s work has been received. 
The “Communications on Sleep,”—w ill our readers and friends give us a 
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