y
reason to complain?--have they not invited such conduct?

The _quality_ of butcher's meat, varies quite as much as the _price_ of
it, according to its age, how it has been fed, and especially how it has
been treated the week before it has been killed.

The following statements were sent to us by a very respectable
tradesman:--

Beef is _best_ and _cheapest_ from Michaelmas to Midsummer. The price,
per pound, now varies from 4_d._ to 1_s._

Veal is _best_ from March to July. The price varies according to the
season and the supply; and the quality differs so much, that the same
joints now sell from 5_d_. to 11_d._ per pound.

Mutton is _best_ from Christmas to Midsummer; the difference in price
between the worst and the best, is now from 5_d._ to 9_d._ per pound.

Grass lamb is _best_ from Easter to June; house lamb from Christmas to
June.

POULTRY.

+----------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+
| _Poultry._ |_Come into | _Continue._ | _Cheapest._ |
| | Season._ | | |
+----------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+
| |{Spring chickens |To be had all the}| |
|Chickens |{ April | year }| November. |
|Poulards, with |March |Till June | December. |
| eggs | | | |
| |{Dearest in April,|To be had all the}| |
|Fowls |{ May, and June | year }| November. |
|Capons |{Largest at |Ditto |{October and |
| | Christmas | |{November. |
|Green Geese |March |Till September | do. |
|Geese |September |---- February | do. |
|Turkey poults |April |---- June | do. |
|Turkeys |September |---- March | do. |
|Ducklings |March |---- May | do. |
|Ducks |June |---- February | do. |
| | | |{December; |
|Wild ducks |September |Till ditto |{but the flights|
| | | |{are uncerta