66 AN AMERICAN FARMER IN ENGLAND. 



seem haggard and stupid, and all with whom I have talked, 

 say a poor man can hardly live here. There is a strong 

 anti-free-trade growling among them, and they complain much 

 of the repeal of the Navigation Laws, asserting that American 

 ships are now getting business that was formerly in the hands 

 of the English alone, and so American sailors do the labour in 

 the docks which was formerly given to the stevedores and 

 working-men of the town. 



Clothing, shoes, &c., and rents, are a good deal cheaper 

 than in New York, and common articles of food but little 

 higher. I have obtained the following, as specimens of prices 

 for a few ordinary necessaries of life (1st of June) : 



Beef, mutton, and pork, fine, 12J cts. a pound; lamb, 

 16 cts. ; veal, 10 cts. 



Salmon, 33 cts. a pound ; fresh butter, 27 cts. ; potatoes, 

 31 cts. a peck. 



Foivls, 75 cts. a pair ; rabbits, 50 cts. a pair ; pigeons, 37 

 cts. each. 



Best Ohio flour (&quot; superfine &quot;), $6 25 a barrel. 



Bread, 2J cts. a pound, or a loaf of 12 Ibs., 30 cts. 



Bread of best quality, 3 cts. per lb., or loaf of 12 Ibs., 

 35 cts. 



Sugar is higher, and tropical fruits, pine-apples, oranges, 

 &c., are sold by the hucksters for more money than in New 

 York. 



$as. The town is well lighted by gas. and it is much 

 used in private houses much more generally than in New 

 York. Price $1 12 per 1000 feet. 



Water. Water is conveyed through the town and to the 



than any other in the world. Hopefulness, but hope ever unsatisfied, is 

 marked in every American s face. In contrast with Germany, it is partic 

 ularly evident that most of us know but little of the virtuous pleasure God 

 has fitted us to enjoy in this world. 



