Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-09-02
Correspondence If me ANany Ercning jour.
LETTERS OF MIR. wEED.---No. Y.
LONDON July II, 1913.

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LONDON July II, 1913.
The great Metropolis has been a strangely
maligned, in regard 10 its climate. or we have
been strangely fortunate in our visit ; for in
stead of the smoke, vapors, fogs and rains,
which we had been taught to dread, we have
enjoyed genial atmosphere, a bright sun, with
occasional but refreshing showers, for five sue
ccssivc days.
London, like the cataract Of Niagara is con-
stantly growing upon the wonder and admira-
tion of strangers | am Just beginning TO be
conscious Of the impossibIlity of comprehending
its wealth, its magnitude and its magnifc encc
Ride for hours, in whatever direction you
please, and the same evidence of golden con-
quests are presented. All the nations of the
earth must have been paying tribute, for centu-
ries, to London, or untold and incorruptible mil
lions could not have been concentrated here.
| was wondering this morning how much
"Provant' was required to furnish this army of
people with rations. An inquiry shows that
100000 quarters (eght bushels) of wheat are
required annually to supply London with bread,
that 100000 tons Of fish are caught here (of
which I5 COO tons are fresh samon,) annually ;
the annual consumption of butter is estimated
at 10,0O0,0C0 lbs, and the price varies irom Is.
To Is. 3D., or from two to three shIlings our
currency. OF meats can get no estimate, but
there is brought annually to Snthhed- Market
alone, 10000 oxen, 100000 hogs or pigs, l.
$4,000 sheep or lambs, and $4,000 calves : OF
milk, it is said that | 1000 cows suppy the me-
tropols with S,030000 gallons annually, at an
average price of Is lOd. per eight quarts. Eggs
are sent here in great quantities. in crates, by
water, from Ireland, Belgium, Holland and
France, and sold sometimes as low as Sd pei
dozen, but generally lram Is. TO l.. Cd. llogs
are tatcd here in the yards of breweries ant
dStlcries for white every thing of the grair
kind is cuiicd "corn," that product is not grown
here. Hams sell at I'D, shoulders at Cd anC
smoked side pork at ID, in the retail stalls an,
shops This is lust double the price with us.
Every body drinks BEER in England. have
astonishcd walters, in two or three instances
hv asking for water When YOU seat yoursel
at table in Coffee Room" or "Steak-II louise
for dinner, and have ordered your 'joint' o
"stcak," or chop" the waters inquiries "IIalC
porter, or stout, sir J" lin place of either {
these national beverages, yon reply wGter, h
either laughs in your face or turns away won
dcring where such wild chap could have bee
caught Now that have seen something {
English habits, am astonishcd that Miss MAE
JINEAu should have deemed the crcumstanc
that two or three American women with whol
she met, were "not all for love, but little tC
the bottle" worthy of remark. The drinkin
ofhale, porter and stout, is universal here, wit
the females oCthc poorer clascs, when they ca
get il, and with those of the better classes
mechanics, females, people and shop-kecpcr
While at dinner at Birmingham, it was obse
we'd by all of US, that the ladies a dozenl at t
bic, drank porter as ifthey were thirsty, and
if did them good. The lady opposite nc, wi
was well dressed and well educated, dispose
Of nearly an entire bottle You meet ladies
every turn Of the streets in London, ".he rubr
of whose faces shows the shrines at which tn
kncel." have met ladies at Exhibition Room
whose fiery faces entitled them to the distn
ton of being classcd with Shakespeare
"knights of the burning lamp" And you fl
every sidewalk blocked up with lus'y lad
who are indebted for their rubcund faces a
rotund persons, to habitual beer drinking.
yesterday sat in an omnibus with an old Ia
and gentleman, evidently of the wealthy ella
the latter ofw whom was victim to gout, VIII
the former displayed face and nose, the ma
tainance of which had cost as much as Falls
paid for "sack" TO keep Bardolph's salaman,
in fire.
We went last night TO the Adelph Theat