HUMANE SLAUGHTER [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —The City
of Liverpool is to be congratulated on the provision and equipment of so fine and up-to-date slaughter houses as those at Stanley, where humaner methods have been adopted. Although not so ideal perhaps as the methods enforced in Scotland, they can nevertheless be sai-i to eliminate the element of pain. There is also another point which has been taken into due consideration—that of fear. So often those who would favour the humane methods of killing lose sight of this importaht point. That any animal should be slaughtered, in a place where joints of meat are hung, or flayed carcasses lie on the floor, is a most revolting thought ; but at this new Stanley abattoir the pens have been specially placed well away from the buildings. It is most encouraging to read of such a venture on the part of a great municipality, and it is only to be hoped that the authorities in London will follow suit, and abolish the backward methods still (I believe) prevailing there.--I ani, Sir, &c.,
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