similar nature in Piccadilly, called Burlington, which perhaps is frequented by more fashionable people for a lounge, but it is in its nature so much like the Lowther Arcade, that a further description would be useless. LAYCOCK'S DAIRY.-Accompanied by our friend Mr. Baldock, of Chatham, we paid a visit to Thomas Flight, Esq., of Highbury Terrace, who is the proprietor of Laycock's dairy, Islington, near London; and which place we visited, and were shown and explained every part of it. It is certainly one of the curiosities of London, and is a most valuable and extensive property. There are fourteen acres surrounded by a high wall, and which is nearly covered with buildings for the several purposes required. And first there are upwards of four hundred cows, which are kept for supplying milk, and twice in each day, viz. at three o'clock in the morning, and at noon they are milked by women. The whole of the cows are kept in stalls, and the food is varied as much as possible. Mangel wurzel, a large species of beet root, is their chief food, and then they have turnips, cabbages, carrots and clover, when they do not continue to give a large quantity of milk; oil cake and other things are given to fatten them for sale at Smithfield market. All the cows were fine animals, sleek as race horses, and they are curried with a comb every day. As it is quite necessary to have four hundred cows to milk each H day, they are obliged to keep more than that number on the premises, and there is a hospital for the cows to have their calves in, and where any that are unwell have medical treatment. The milk is taken into a dairy as soon as milked, which place is kept most scrupulously clean, being scoured with hot water, and every thing in it twice every day. It is supposed, in London, that more than eight million gallons of milk are used in a year. There are immense pits for the reception of grains, which is a great article of food for the cows. Grains are the refuse of malt after beer has been made from it, and we were surprised to learn, that if covered from the air, they would keep good, and fit for the cows to eat for seven years. There must be an immense capital locked up, as each of the cows are worth more than twenty pounds, and the proprietor is obliged to have four farms, to supply all the varied green food that is required. He has a great number of horses constantly fetching grains, and the daily food required, and to cart away the manure. He has also numerous male and female servants about the premises to pay. Whilst inspecting the dairy, we were forcibly reminded of Bombay, for from a farm of Mr. Flight's, at Enfield, a number of oxen arrived, bringing the turnips for daily consumption, and one of them requiring to have a shoe put on, we went to witness that operation, and here was a great improvement upon the plan pursued at Bombay. The animal, instead of being thrown down, was placed in a frame in which he stood upright, and in a few seconds, he was secured therein by straps, and he was shod quite as readily as a quiet horse. Attached to the dairy within the walls, are buildings appropriated as layers for cattle, and where when they have been driven some distance to market, they rest for a day or two before they are exposed for sale. A large proportion of the oxen that come by steam from Ireland and Scotland, are placed here for a few days, where they are rested, sheltered, fed, and abundantly supplied with good water. The charge for sheltering and feeding is very moderate, and upon Sundays it is not unusual for upwards of two thousand animals to be within the walls, and upon some occasions, even two thousand five hundred have been here. We were much pleased with our visit to this place, never having seen cows in such numbers, and in such fine order before. When we name Sunday as the day when such numbers of sheep and oxen are to be found reposing here,-it is right we should explain why. It is that they may be ready for Smithfield market, which is held every Monday. It is asserted that the carcases of different cattle consumed in one year in London, is as follows:-Oxen and cows, 110,000; sheep, 770,000; lambs, 250,000; calves, 50,000 pigs, 250,000, and that their in dividual average weight is as follows:-Oxen (each) 800 lbs.; calves, 140 lbs. ; sheep, 80 lbs. ; lambs, 50 lbs. It may be as well for us to say here, that the cattle in Smithfield are all sold alive. There are daily, large markets for slaughtered animals in Newgate market and at Whitechapel. There is also daily, a large fish market at Billingsgate and Hungerford. At Billinsgate alone it is said, that 120,000 tons of fish are sold within the year, and of the following sorts:-Salmon, 45,446; turbot, 87,558; cod, 441,138; herrings, 3,366,400; maid, plaice, skate, sprats, and soles, 115,215 bushels; haddock, 90,604; mackerel, 482,492; lobsters, 3,076,700 ; whiting, 1,954,600; eels, 1,500 weight; crabs, 500,000. The great vegetable market of London, is situated in Covent Garden, and it amply repays any one for paying it a visit. It has forced vegetables and fruit all the year round, and the prices that are paid for these forced things and early flowers exceed belief. All the fruits of England, when in their proper season, may be bought in London, cheaper than on the spot where grown. As from there being a certain sale in London, it is preferred to send it where it is sure to sell in preference to selling it with difficulty and uncertainty in the country. The annual produce of the garden grounds, cultivated for supplying the London markets with vegetables and fruit, is said to amount to |