THE FOREIGN CATTLE MARKET. 523 
with Deptford Cattle Market; a perfect slough, scarcely even fit 
for the slaughtering of pigs—the charge was 10<?. for bullocks 
against 5s. charged by the Corporation; but last year 34,000 
beasts went there without let or hindrance. Again, taking the 
case of an animal that was landed at Thames Haven and was free 
to go anywhere, the charge for it from the time of landing till it 
found its way to a slaughter-house in London was 7s. 1 Id. If it 
went to Deptford the charge from the time it left the side of the 
vessel to the time it w r ent to the slaughter-house door was 5s., so 
that there was a difference of 2s. lid. in favour of Deptford. If 
landed at Brown's wharf the charge was 6s. lid., which was 
Is. lid. more than that at Deptford. The statements in the 
newspapers had been circulated with the view of preventing ani¬ 
mals going to the new Foreign Cattle Market, and it was desirable 
that persons on the Continent should be acquainted with the fact 
that the charges at that market were considerably less than those 
that were imposed upon animals that went free to Copenhagen 
Market. 
With regard to Copenhagen Market, he might say that, 
at the instance of the Cattle Markets' Committee, some of the 
restrictions which were of a stringent character had been removed. 
In conclusion, the lion, member remarked that, alike as regarded 
comfort, convenience, and consideration for the health of the ani¬ 
mals, Deptford Market was an honour to the Corporation and 
to every person who had had anything to do with it. He 
had great pleasure in telling the Court and the public the facts 
of the case, and he trusted persons connected with the trade 
would desist from making use of the Corporation in the way they 
had done. 
Mr. Lawley expressed a hope that the press, which had inad¬ 
vertently lent itself to the propagation of that which was false and 
injurious, would kindly give the same publicity, in justice to the 
Corporation, to the reply which had now been given to those state¬ 
ments .—City Press. 
