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~ FRIDAYMORNING, SEPTEMBER 29
The British Party.
The Massachusetts Whig characterizes the
doctrine of non-protection, so warmly urged by
our Locofoco adversaries, as anti-paZrio/rc. Its
practical operation, says the Forum, would be
to sustain foreigners at the expense ot our own
mechanics and working-men. Il would crush
the American operator, and at the same time
support the laborers and enrich the capitalistsof
the old world. It would deprive our country of
the ability to provide for i self in war as well as
in peace, and make us depe dent upon other
countries for many articles which, with moder
ate encouragerae nt, JI US li i equal
perfection at home. In short, the whole scope
and tendency of the Anti-Tariff doctrine is to
breakdown American manulactures, discour
age American enterprize, and deprive Ameri
can industry of its legitimate rewards, while it
builds up British factories, gives employment to
European pauper labor, andswells the gains of
foreign capitalists. If the sole and a 'owed ob
ject of the Anti-Tariffites was to legislate for 'he
benefit of Europe, at the expense of America, they
could adopt no more effectual means of accom
plishing their object than to repeal the existing
Tariff’, and bring usdown to “Free Trade and
Direct Taxation.” As the staunch advocates
of British, in contradistinction to American inte
rests, these locofoco Free Traders have well
earned the appellation >t “the British Party.”
Let us see if there are not enough true-heaited
friends of the American system and American
interests left, to put do in this British Party in
its struggle to regain the ascendancy.
The Abolitionists at their Dirty Work.
The New York Courier & Enquirer of the
23d instant says: “We understand that a gentle
man trom Alabama, who is temporarily here
with his family, has had avery valuable servant
girl abducted from him by <he abolitionists of
this city, and that he is unable either to ascer
tain her whereabouts himself, or to obtain the
assistance of our police in doing so. We beg
our southern brethren to unders'and that, when
they come north with their property, which has
been secured to them by the highest constitu
tional guarantee, they are liable to bedepredated
upon by an organized band of thieves, who rob
for the pretended glory of God while they disre
gard that injunction of the decalogue which
commands that “thou shall not steal I”
The Washington Correspondent of the Balti
more Patriot says—“Dabney S. Carr, i f Balti
more, has certainly been appointed Minister
Resident at Constantinople, in place of Com.
Porter. Who is to get the Navy Office, in Bal
timore, is just now in the dark. By this rota
tion in office, Mr. Carr loses an office worth
$2,500, per annum, and gets one worth $6 00
per annum, with S6OOO outfit. A profitable ex
change.”
The Battle” - Waxes War ..—The New
York “Plebian” ol the 23d inst. contains the
following call, to which is affixed 30J0 names,
which the Editor says were obtained ‘■‘leithrut an
effort,” and he expresses his regret that he is un
able to publish the whole number:
“The Democratic Republican Electors of the
city and county of New York, friendly to the
re-nomination’of MARTIN VAN BUREN to
the Presidency, and to the action of the Syra
cuse Convention, are invited, by the undersign
ed, to meet in the Park on MONDAY, the 25 th
inst., at 5 o’clock, to take such measures as will
best advance his success in the Convention at
Baltimore.”
Au Every Inch Whig.
Willis Hall, a true and noble Whig, who
was recently stricken down by paralysis, has
received a very touching leUer of condolence
from the Whig General Committee ot New
York City. In reply, Mr. Hall observes:
My heart is in the great cause to which we
are mutually pledged; and in its glorious suc
cess, I‘look anxiously for a demonstration to
the world that Republics are not always unjust
nor ungrateful.
Goon vigorously, I beseech you, in the great
work which you have commenced, in the hope
of whose accomplishment, millions of hearts
beat in unison with youts. The good old cause
again calls you into the field—the cause which
has been once betrayed, but has never yet been
stained with dishonor. With a can tidaie who
embodies your principles, and wh > w.ll be false
to forty years of public service, if he is not true
to them and to you, 1 believe,that with the bless
ing ot that overruling Providence in whose
hands are the destinies of nations, as well as the
issues of life, you will achieve a more brilliant
victory in the name ol Clay, than you won un
der the bannerol Harrison.
Encouraging.—The Wilmington Chronicle
says:—The receipts of the past summer months
for travel over the Wilmington & Roanoke
Rail Road wera considerably greater than those
of the corresponding months of last season, not
withstanding there was in the meantime a re
duction on the charges of nearly thirty-three per
cent. The increase is attributed in part to the
reduced fare, and otherwise, to the bettered times.
TV A mammoth cylinder, twelve feel in di
ameter, has been cast at the foundry of Messrs.
Harvey &Co., at Hayle, Cornwall, (Eng.,) for
the engine designed to drain the Hoerlem Lake.
It is by far the largest cylinder ever cast entire
for any purpose. The operation was complete
ly successful. More than twenty-five tons of iron
were melted for the occasion, and the whole o*
that mass of liquid fire ran out info the mould
in less than six minutes.
Jj-The N. Y. Express of Monday says—
Three of our leading articles seem to have been
materially influenced by the last advices from
Europe. Cotton and Ashes have both advanc
ed. The former has been bought principally on
speculation, while the latter has been taken
wholly for export. Flour has fallen twenty five
cents per bbl and is very dull and neglected.
Inscription on the Tomb or Napoleon.—
The following record of events in the life of th
- is to be inscribed on the socle of his
tombat the Invalides:
Born on the 15th of August, 1*69; captain of
a squadron of artillery at the siege ol Toulon
in 1793, at the age ot 21; commander of artille
ry, in Italy, in 1791, at 25; general in chief ot
the army in Italy, in 1796, at 27;gene al in chief
of the expedition of Egypt, in 1798, at 29; first
consul, in 1799, at 31, consul for life after the
battle of Marengo, in 1890, at 32; emperor of
the French, in 18 M. at 35; abdicated the throne
after the battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815, at
46; died in exile at St. Helena; May 5,1821,
at 52.”
Melancholy Disaster —We regret to learn
from the Gloucester (Mass.) Telegraph, that it
is now’ ascertained beyond doubt, that the'schr.
Bvron, of that port, was lost in the gale of the
20th of August, with all on board. Ten lives
vs .
The Madisonian says that Professor Morse
will soon commence laying the wiresol his elec
tric telegraph on the Washington and Baltimore
Railroad.
|jr> The high and honorable position of Mi
Clay, by universal const nt the candidate of th.
Whig party is justly referred to in the following
extra:! from an article in the New’ York Ameri
can. After referring to the shameful defection
•i Mr. Tyler, the American says—
“ln the brief, bright hours between the acces
sion and the death ol Gen. Harrison, and in the
succeeding trying scenes of the extra session,'
mere was one Whig who never loitered, never
desponded, never compromised his opinions,
never parleyed with expediency, never sought
to make terms witli treachery; but, moving right
onward with the glorious V> hig banneraloft, he
stood fearlessly by his principles and his party.
That man—need we name him?—was Henry
Clay. The glorious party which he thus per
sonified felt the electric influence ot such a
course, and by acclamation put Aim forth as the r
leader, who had thus proved his ability and fit
ness to lead.
From that time there has not been in any por
tion ol the U. States, so tar as we are competent
to judge, any serious mention or thought ot any
other name than that if Henry Clay, as the name
under winch the Whigs would light the nexi
presidential battle; and therefoie it was, that at
an early day, we expressed the opinion, which
« e still entertain, that no National onvention
was necessary to designate the Whig candidate.
Influenced, however, probably by the force of
usage and precedent, and jossibly, too, by ap
prehensions that, withi ut a Convention, some
difficul y might occur in the selection of a can
didate forthe Vice Presidency—(a selection that
will henceforth berpade with all the caution .ami
’discrimination tharbelShg to that ot the candid
ate for the Presidency) the Whig members ol
ilie last Congress recommended that a Nation
al Convenion be hetd next May in Baltimore.”
Trade of New Orleans.—The Baltimore
American says—The annual statement of the
Commerce ol New Orleans, published in the
New Oi leans Prices Current, show’s that the re
ceipts of the principal articles in that city from
the interior of the country, during the year end
ing on the 31st August last, amounted in value
to #53,728,453. We annex the value ol several
of the leading-artieles received during the year,
viz: Cotton, $26,151,408; Flour, $1,954,406;
Furs, $1,000,000; Lard, 1,848,060; Lead, sl,-
150,908; Poik, $1,611,806; Sugar, $6,075,000;
Tobacco, $4,180,712. The value of produce
received during the year ending on the 31st of
August, 1842, amounted to $45,716,045, which
shews an increase in lavor of the present year’s
products ol $8,012,408.
The Cotton Crop.—The Fort Gaines Whig
of the 23d inst says:—The Caterpillars with
in a few weeks past have attacked most ol the
cotton crops on both sides of the rive, in this
vicinity. They have proved very destructive
—not a leaf, form or young boll being left by
them. They have cut the crops short in many
places we learn, at least one-thi'd.
A Temperance Cluarrel.
The Fort Gaines Whig administers the fol
lowing very excellent advice to the Temperance
Banner and Washingl mian:
Boys, be Temperate.—The “Temperance
Banner” and “Augusta Washingtonian” must
have t ken a “wee drop” lately, for they are
quarrelling like mad. You hadn’t ought t> do
■o, boys. We have not seen such a ‘Kilkenny’
fight in many a day. People like to see preach
ers practice what they preach, and if you ex
pect to do any good, you should, by all means,
keep co.il. There is
‘Ample room and verge enough,’
we shoul i think, fl r the exercise of all your en
ergies, without impairing your usefulness by
such unceasing hostility towards e >cb other.
Belter “lake a drink anu be friends,” and keep
sober for the future. That’s our advice.
Spontaneous Combustion.—A bale of Cot- 1
ton, which had been long stored in a warehouse I
in this town, was last week removed to the
Rockfish Factory, and being temporarily expos
ed to the sun, before packing away in the. Co
tton shed, soon took fire, and would have been
consumed but for the prompt discove y. It
seems that it had imbibed a portion ol Linseed
Oil whilst in the warehouse, and ihe action of
the hot sun at once kindled a flame from the two
substances.
Since this occurrence, it has been recollected
that some bales, of cotton, which had been pack
ed in a wagon with bacon, were deposited in the
large warehouse in this .own, which was des
troyed by fire on the night of the 6th ult. It is
tho ght quite possible, and indeed probable,
that tins fire, which was universally attributed
to an incendiary, may have arisen from the oil
of the bacon penetrating the cotton.
We learn that the wasle from one of the Fac
tories in this place, which is regularly removed
from the mill every night, and deposited in a re
mote place, is consumed by spontaneous com
bustion as often as the heap becomes large
enough to imbibe the necessary degree of heat.
Too much care cannot be taken to avoid sat
urating cotton or wool with any oily substance.
—Fayetteville Observer, 'Mill inst
Great Race to comb off. —The great Peit
ton S ake, says the National Intelligencer, to be
run for over the Nashville course early in Octo
ber, appears to be exciting unusual interest
among the gentlemen of the turl. Il will be the
largest purse ever contended for in this country
or in Europe. Thirty horses have been enter
ed, untried nags of four years okl, and among
them the produce of Priam, Eclipse, Black Ma
ria, Levin than, Plenipolenliarii, Luxborough, and
other celebrated racers. The entry is five thou
sand dollars, with a thousand dollars forfeit,
a: d, counting largely upon withdrawals, the
winning colt will take a purse of eighty thou
sand dollars. An unusually large number of
gentlemen from the Southern and Western
States, it is expected, will be present—all more
or less interested in the trial of speed of the
different sto. kot their several States.
Fruits of Treason.— Ihe follow ing extract
ol a letter addressed to Miss Schuyler by Alex
ander Hamilton, on the2sth September, 1780,
and recently published, shows, in part, what
ruin, tn addition 10 the loss of hisown fame, the
treason of Arnold sca.tered around him :
“Arnold hearing of the plot being detected,
immediately fled to the enemy. 1 went in pur
suit of him, but was much too late, and could
haruly r gret my disappointment wh n, on
my return, 1 saw an amiable woman, trantie
with distress for the loss of a husband she ten
derly loved —a traitor to his country and to his
tame —a uiserace to his connexions; it was the
most affecting scene 1 ever was witness to. she,
for a considerable time, entirely lost herself. I
I'he General (VWshingtun) went Uj> to see her,
andsheupbraidedlii.il wiai being in a piot to
murder her child. One moment she raved an
other she melted into tears. 8 nne imes she
pressed her infant to her bosom, and lamented
its fate, occasioned by the imprudence of its
father, in a manner that would have pierced in
sensibility itself. All the sweetness ol beauty,
all the loveliness ol innocence, all tue tender
ness 01 a wile, and all ttie londness of a mother,
snowed theuiseives in tier appearance and con
duct. We have every reason to believe that
she wasentirely unacquainted with the Jan;
that the first knowledge of it was when Ar
nold went to tell her he mu-t banish himseil
110 m his country and from her forever. She
instantly fell into a convulsion, and he left her
in that situation.
This mornina she is more composed. I paid
her a visit anu endeavored to soothe her by
every method in my power, though you may
imagine she is not easy to be consoled. Adned
lo her other distresses, she is very apprehensive
the re-emmeni of ber country will fall upon her
(who is only unfortunate) tor the guilt of ber
husband. 1 have tri dto persuade ber that her
teals are unfounded —but sire will not be con
vinced. She received us in bed, with every cir
cumstance that imerests our sympathy; and her
sufferings were so eloquent that I wished my
self tier brother, to have a right to become her
defender.
Correspondence of the North American.
New York, September, 24.
The rise in stocks was ratherchecked yester
day, with a greatly reduced amount of sales.
A larger amount of sales was never made in
New York than for th'’ week endi'g the 22d, on
which day the sales were $432,000 in funded
debt and 3981 fancy shares, an increase on the
amount ol the 17th «>f $124,600 in funded debt
alone.
Specie has advance ! in consequence of an
export de nan I: Carolus and Spanish dollar
one per cent; Mexican 1-8® 1-2, with an ad
vance of 10 cts. in Spanish doubloons.
Markets re nain much the same as before—
the advance in cotton is fully maintained, with
large sales at 7 1-4 a 10 1-4 for the extreme range.
Flour is much neglected—sales ol Genesee a
51,37 ® 4,31; Onio and Michigan $4,25® $4,-
31
ATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 31
Spurious Bills.
We were shewn, yesterday, a three dollar bil
•t the City Council of Augusta, which wa
.veil calculated to deceive the incautious. I
has the genuine signa ture of the City Treasure,
but was made by attaching parts,of seyeral bill
.' o.ether, and pastingthem on a slipol paper ii
such manner as to deceive those who do not in
spect.closely. The fraud may be readily de
tected, however, when the bill is read. V> <
therefore advise persons who are about to re
ceive pasted bills, to first read them.
Hou. R. H. Wilde.
We learn with unleigned pleasure, says th<
N. O. Picayune, that the Hon. Richard H
Wilde is about to leave his native State, ano
resume the practice of the Law in this city. Mr
Wilde has long stood at the head of the bar in
Georgia, but, like Talfourd in England, and th<
late Mr. Legare, of Carolina, he has devotee
touch time to literature. His reputation is al
ready European; his investigations in Italian
literature, especially into the life of Tasso, hav
ing attracted great attention among the learne.i
abroad. We shall chronicle his accession to the
bar of this State with much pleasure.
Sundiy Mails.—-The Washing,j,n Obrres. I
pondent ofthe N. Y. Journal of Commerce says—
the Postmaster General has already put an end
to sabbath mail transportation on different
routes, amounting in length to upwards ot 80,
000 miles.
The Reward.—The New York Bulletin
says that the reward of $5,000 offered forth.
apprehension of Saunders and recovery of th'
money he obtained by his forgeries, is to be dis
tributed in three equal parts —one to office,
Clapp, of Boston, one to the colored woman Ab
igail, by whom Mrs. Ragee dispatched the
trunk containing $24,000 to Mrs. Hunter, an
the residue to Mrs. H.
The Yellow Fever.—The Mobile Herald
of Sunday, the 24th inst., says:—We are pained
to announce the continued malignancy as well
as the spread, of this dangerous disease. W<
may, perhaps, be considered as an alarmist but
wedeein it our i operative duty to beseech, om
distant triends to stay where they are at present
—and at the same time, toadvise all our.citi
zens who can do so, to retire from Mobile into
the country. Instead ot the disease being con.
fined (is at first) to certain streets, it is now
spreading,.and cases are reported in the lower,
as well as the upper part of the city. Fourteen
new cases were reported on Tuesday.
The same paper mentions, it as a singula
tact, that while the city has suddenly become so
sickly, it is a remarkable cir umstance that the
number of patients admitted into the Hospital
has been unusually small. For instance—with
in the last eight days, there have been admitted
into the City Hospital only eleven patients—
some of whom have already been cured and dis
missed.
Tur. State of Gl'okgia andthe Securities
OF THE LATE TraSCUBH, CoL. HaYNE. -We
understand, says the Savannah Republican ol
Thursday, that a case involving the liabilitie
ofthe securities of the late Col. Hayne is abou
being tried at Milledgeville. Col. H. was a de
fa til rto the amount of about twenty ninethou
satul dollars, to wit: for some 89,000 received
from the banks as taxes, and 320,000, or nearly
that sum, from other sources.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
New York, Septe über 25—4 p. m.
The weather has been oppressively hot during
the last two days, quite equ .1 to the hottest day.
of summer.
The Cotton market remains as heretofon
noticed. Sales to-day 2000 bales.
Flour has been in fine demand by the trade;
Genesse at $4 31); Onio and Michigan 84 31 j
i® $4 374; Georgetown $4 75.
I'he sales at the. Stock Exchange were heavy.
Illinois Bonds advanced 2 $* cert, Indiana
Bonds If; Ohio6’s J; Harltem R. R. 24; Farm
er’s Lo.m 4; and Paterson R. R. f. Foreign
Exchanges are inactive. There is considerable
enquiry for New Orleans funds at par ® J dis
count, and Alabama at 12 ® 13 discount—bills
are scarce-
Cotton Crop.—The Vicksbuig Whigsays:
—We believe it is now generally aumiited that
the crop ot the present year will be a very short
one. Heretofore the crops in certain portions
ofthe country bid lair tobe abundant, but wt
have recently had correct information from the
plantations whose prospects were brightest,am.
find that these have given up all hope of a large
crop. The crops in Milliken’s Bend, AValnm
Bayou and Lake St. Joseph, were supposed in
August to be very promising, bui now tlie plant
ers in those sections of Louisiana think ttieii
crops will fall at least one Hurd short of lasi
year. A planter in this county, who three
weeks ago counted certainly upon five htinure*.
bales, thinks now he will not make four hun
dred.
'1 his falling off is attributed to several causes,
viz: the worms are injuring the cotion ve.y
much; the season is uniavorabie and tickle, an.
ihe b Ils are dropping off very fast, owing 10 the
frequent heavy bowers, succeeded by sunsh ne
holier than it was in August—the cotton is still
growing and opening but very slowly. From
the last information we can gather, we think
the crop in this St .le and the upper parisnes 0.
Louisiana will tall a third short of last year.
she Tallahassee Floridian of the 23d inst
says:—Fiom all that we c..n learn Horn almost
every poim oi Hie compass, the prospects of tlie
present cotton crop are most discouraging. Ex
cessive rain-, the cater piller and storm, have
each contribuv d to produce tnis state of things.
Tlie Tuscumbia North Alabamian says:—
“1 he worm, we understand, is doing much
damage in many co,ton plantations. With re
gard to the prosper.sof the growingcrop,we fini.
'a.nong the farmers a diversity ol opit ion. Some
think they wdl uiakea good crop others ihmk
ihey will make none. Where cott >n was plan
ted eally, and worked wiih little or no plough
ing, it is now opening; pretty well; but that
uhii h has been deeply | toughed, especially il
planted la e, or in rich ground, is opening very
little, and from present prospects will not open
before Irost.”
From the Southern Banner.
Mr. Chase —The ptvgressof the manufacture
ol our own cotton baguing, is very cheering.
Our planters very generally give a preference 10
the domesticar.icle, for txo reasons: it isueav
ier than the Scotch bagging, and it will pack
mu. h more to the yard. A bale was purchased
in town last week whicn weighed 541 lbs., al
though packed in less than five yards. Il is sol I
in large quantities as low as 18 cents, and this is
less than g md nemo bagging can be purchased
for. The Athens Factory sell freely all they
make, and the Prineet.m Factory sold, lasi
week, upwards ot 6,000 yards. There is no
doubt all that has been made at all ol our facto
r es, will be readily sold. The amount manti
factored in the state this year exceeds 200thous
and yards. This will absorb 400 thousand lbs.
ol cotton, and keep in the State 40,000 dollars.
The more we make at home ol domestic pro
ducts, the more will the wealth ol the State be
increased, the higher will be the average rateol
wages, tlie more will we be free Irom those peril
ous and disastrous changes, resulting from the
production of only one or two commodities,
and the more will the general prosperity of eve
ry individual in the community be increased.
We hope the day’ will ‘oon come when all
our cot on goods will be made at home, and
when our factories will not be confined to the
coarser articles of Osnaburgsand
COTTON BAGGING.
Living under the Shillelah. —In the good
old times, the Irish kings, princes, and thanes,
corresponded withone another by means of then
w; Iking sticks, which they covered with nicks :
irom which came the pro’.'.Sib, “nick the post,
said the Brancher. Thus, when one prince was
offended by another, instead of sitting down with
a pen in hi< hand to write him a challenge, h'
pulled out his skene, and cutting a few fierce
nicks in his walking-stick, sent it to his enemy,
audit the latter broke it upon Use bearer’s head
it was understood that the challenge was accept
ed. If 1 gentleman became enamoured of 1
fair lady, he straightway sent her hisstick, wits
a hole bored through the heart of it, and if sf<
returned i* with a ring fastened npon one end
be became the happiest of men; and when a
iy carried a ring 1 pon the end of her shillelah
t was understood that she was betrothed, and i
ny man presumed to pay her particular atten
ion after that, the lady was at full liberty
break his head lor his pains.
AUGUSTA, GA THURSDAY MOgTOG, OCTOBER 5, 1843.
AiOiNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2.
The Colton Crop ofGeorg'a.
The Savannah Republican ot Friday says:
)ne of our most intelligent merchants, who re
t irned to the c ty on Wednesday, from the up
country, informs us that in no event can the crop
>e more than two-thirds as large as that ol ifist
eason. He was formerly a planter, and he
‘ays his information has not been derived mere
ly from seeing the fields in passing along the
■oad, but that for the fastsix weeks he lias visit
’d all the important cotjon growing counties in
he State, and has been over most of the large
plantations, and he knows that the worm and
caterpillar have been very desti ucti ve.
Brazilian Cotton.—The quantity of cotton
imported info Great Britain, trom Brazil, ap
pears to be decreasing annually. An English
aper copies the followingamounts of the quan
tities imported and entered for ho ne consuinp
rion in each ofthe last ten years, from a recent
parliamentary return:
NUMBER OF POUNDS.
linpirrUii. Home Consumption.
183328,463.82127,253.989
183419,291.39629,928, 833
1835 .24,986,41 ,24 *57,67.\ J
IS3K . ~ ; ‘ .atMLkW....... .26.995.704
18372 t 1,499,1452 t 1.822,5' 9
183824,464,50521727,312
183916 971,97917.089 859
184014,779.17113 952,644
184116,671,34814.095.083
184215,222,82813,554,546
Healthofthe City.
The Mobile Advertiser of the 26th ult.,
says: If we may judge by the reports fiom the
Board of Health, for the last 48 hours, the sick
ness is eeitainly abating very rapidly. We
learn alfco that the disease has.appeared in a
much less malignant and fatal form within the
last two days. Our advice is still to those who
ire absent from thecity, to remain as they
are.
Dreadful Murder.—A most ..orrible mur
ler, says the New Haven Herald, was commit
ted at Middletown, Westfield Society, Ct., upon
the person of Mrs. Bacon, about 45 years o
age, wife of Mr. Eben Bacon, a respectable and
wealthy tarmerof that place.
Trouble in Washington.
The Baltimore Patriot says:— I'here is some
thing to laugh at, as well as denounce, in the
proceedings of the I'ylerites in Washington.—
A special correspohuent of the Madisonian ap
pears in that p iper yesterday, in a letter fro.n
Brown’s Hotel, slating that “whilst the Presi
ieut was absent from Washington, sum selfish
Hid designing men” in the East, “did most
oiraeu lotisly succeed In ousting from office sev
•ral most efficient friends of President lyier,
ou libei alsu| porters of the government paper.”
f.. is correspondent lias seen two of the vi’-ti nis,
.nd they still remain “iri> nds oftlie administra
tion.” But th se “selfish i.n.ldesigning men,”
not content with turning out of office tue Ty l<er
nen, “were very busy in circulating a report
imong those remaining n office throughout the
region,that those who were kno an as ihe supp.irt
•rsot the Madisonian, would by mean- of a most
iiysterious influence, soon share the fate ol those
j nsl decapitateu” 11!
1 here 're tew things more ridiculous than
tnis. ihe “supporters of the Madisonian” pro
cribed by Tyler for such support! I
The Madisonian is indignant at this, and is
sure that all injuries inflicted on his friends will
oe repaired by Mr. I'yler—promises hereafter
hat no friend will be removed witnout cause—
tiat all will “be shielded from molestation,’’and
then the official journal adds:
“As for the supporters of the‘Government pa
per,’being forewarned of the machinations of
oar enemies, we shall endeavor lo be forearmed.
Lbt them pay no attention to the misrepresenta
tions ot ihe ‘trading politicians.’ For our own
private convenicn :e, we sh i 11 draw off • nd keep
>v 0s a list ofthe names of bur valued support
ers.”
What an interesting list must these “valued
riends” make! If an office holder would be
safe, he must get his name on the list. Once
registered among the “valued friends,” he may
bid defiance lo all the much iuations of Spencer,
Henshaw, and their party. He will besuppurt
ed by the Madisonian, and cannot be struck
lown. As ihe possession -of “troopsof friends”
is regarded as a matter to be boasted of, perhaps
the Madisonian will consent to add its list 10
he next eoitionof the Blue Book. It would be
an unfailing guide to the office seeker, and whilst
it might save from “moleslalion” the “valued
friends,” would point out, as an index, the vul
nerable recipients of official patronage.
Nicholas as Emperor.—lt is easy to perceive
that the Em eror can not fora single instant for
get what he is, not the constant attention wi.ich
ue excites; he studies incessantly—horn valence
it results that he is never natural, noteven when
he is sincere. He has three expressions not
ineot which is that of simple benevolence. An
other, though rarer expression, suits perhaps
better his fine face—it is that of solemnity’; a
third is that of politeness, in which are mixed
some shades of gentleness and grace, that serve
to temper the chill produced by the two fonner
lut, notwithstanding this grace, there is still
something which injures the moral influence ot
he man ; it is that each expression is assumed
or cast off at will, wit bout the least trace 01. ne
remaining to modify the one next adopted. For
such change wearen.it prepared, and it there
fore appears like a mask, that can be put on or
off, at pleasure. Let not my meaning of the
word mask be misunderstood : I employ il ac
cording to its strict etymology- In Greek hypo
crite means an actor; the hypocrite was a man
who masked himrelfto perform a play. I would
only, say, then, that Hie Emperor is always en
gaged in acting his part.
Hypocrite and actor are ill-sounding words,
especially in the mouth ol one who professes to
tie impartial and respectful. But it appears to
ne that, to intelligent readers, (and rt is only
such that I address,) words nre n 'thing in them
selves; their importance depends upon the sense
’.hat is given to t iem. I do not say that the
physiognomy of this prince lacks candour; but
ii lacks natural expression. Thus, ihechiel evil
under which Russia suffers, the absence of liber
iv, is depicted even on t e countenance ol' its
sovereign; he has many masks, but no lace.
Seek for the man, and you still always find the
Emperor.
A Thought.
We have now lived several years in the world
of noise and show—travelled about a good deal
and seen a good many tilings, and we raiely, il
ever, saw a man uho was in the habit of using
ardent spiriis as a common beverage, prosper in
his piolei-sion. On the Contrary, we have
Known lawyers and physicians to lose tbeir
praciice; tradesmen to lose their custom; and
farmers 10 lose their 1 roperty : and while we
nave known many a man ruined in health,
character, influence, peace and property by the
use oi spirits, we never yet knew one injured by
the moderate use of cold water.
We rarely ever knew a man who followed
hffig the practice of either making and vending
ardent spiriis, but what involved either himseil
or some of his family, and was sure to involve
some of his neighbors, in habitsof drunkenness.
We never yet knew a distillery or grocery to
make the people among whom it was located,
mote industrious, moral, intelligent, prosperous
or wealthy. On the contrary, they tend to make
a people more idle, vicious, ignorant and poor.
We rarely ever knew a man who loved spirits
but who could find some means of procuring it.
He might be unable to pay his debts, or feed, or
clothe, or educate his children as be should do,
but he seems always able 10 procure the means
to get drunk. We could give chapter and verse
where families spent whole daysduringthe pa’t
summer without bread, and yet the lather could
come to this village and find either money 01
credit enough to get drunk again and again.
We have known men rave and rant about
their lights, and at the same time pursue a
course which scattered “arrows, fire-brands and
death” through the community—increared the
crime—increased the wretchedness —increaseu
the pauperism—and increased the tax, which
had to be paid by the sober, industrious portion
of the people.
From what we have seen we are much dis
posed to believe with John Welsey, that wealth
procured by the traffic in ardent spirits, rarely, il
ever, lasts through the third generation.
The most prosperous, quiet, orderly and hap
py people we ever knew, were those among
w'hom ardentspirits were used for medicinal am
nechanical purposes alone.— Highland (A’. C.)
Messenger.
We learn from the Petersburg (Va.) Intelli
gencer that the manufacturing establishment
■ n that town and its vicinity are in a very thriv
ing condition. There are eight cotton factorie
i 1 the to wn, some of them on a large scale, al
in active operation.
Mr. Weed’s Leiters liWEurept.
Correspondence of the Albany Earning Journal.
NUMBER X,
LoNDoNvAjy 14, 1843.
This great metroi oils baj« mi.-
i . . '. -
Mi'atuely foitumiK’m our ' ti- itisiead o
the smoke, v..pms, fi.gsand rairiSgftliich wehaC
been laughl to dreai.l, we a genu,
atmosphere, a bright sun, bui
relieshmg slmweis, lor days.
London, like the Cataract ol Hjjfeira, is con
stantly growing upon the wcniMOind aumira
tum ot strangers. 1 am just b#gfnnmg to be
conscious of the impossibility
ing its wealth, its magnitude'Mjdls magnifi
cence. Ride tor hours, direction
you please, and the s, me ol golden
conquests are presented. nations oi
theeartli must have been payi^feJribute, for
centuries, to London, or and in
computable iiiillioris could not been con
cemra c : here.
I was wondering this how much
•Provant’ was required to far li-UiJhis army ot
eople with rations. An shows that
1,590,990 quarters (eight wheat are
required annually to stipplyyL with bread,
that 120,1.00 tons of fish h e i e
which 45,000 tons are -mnually;
i: annual consumptio'v 'mi.aieil
lo.iKHMXfoibs., anu Is
there is brought annually io SomhiiA I Maiket
' l.rne, 180,000 jxen, 45ii,000hogs or pigs, 1,-
350,001) shetp or h.inbs, and 25,000 calve-: o>
milk, it is said that 11,000 cows supply he me
tropolis with 8,030 000 gallons annually, at an
average price of Is 10d per eight quarts. Eggs
are sent nere in great quantities, in crates, by
water, fiom lie! nd, Belgium, Holland and
France, and sold sometimes as lowasßd per
dozen, but generally Horn Is to Is 6d. Hogs
are failed here in the yards of breweries and
distilleries, for while every thing ol thegrain
kind is callea ’corn,’ that pioduct is not grown
here. Hams sell at 7Jd, shoulders at 6d, and
smoked pork al 5.i, in the retail stallsand shops.
This is just double the price with us.
Every i oody drinks Beer in England. Iha ve
astonished w< iters, in two or three instances, by
asking tor water. When you seat yourself at
t .ble in a‘Coffee Room’or ‘Steak House’ for
dinner, and have ordered your ‘joint’or (steak,’
or ‘chop,’ the waiter i. quires, ‘Hale, Porter, or
Stout, sir?’ If in place of either ol these na
tional beverages, you reply UMlrr, he either
latigns m your face or turns away Plundering
where such a wild chap could have been caught.
Now that 1 have seen something ol English
habits, lam astoni-hed that Miss Martmeuu
should have deemed toe circumstance that two
or three Ameiic.m women with whom she met.
were ‘not all lor love, but a little for the bottle,’
worthy of remark. Thedrinking of Aale, por
ter and stout, is universal here, with the lem les
of the poorer ciasses, when they can get it, and
with hose of ihe better classes of mechanics,
females, people and shop keepers. While at
dinner at Birmingham, it was ot'served by all ol
us, that the ladies (a dozen) it table, drank por
ter as if they were thirsty, and as if it did them
good. The Ldy opposite to ine, who was well
uressed and well educated, disposed of nearly
an entire bottle. You meet Indies at every I urn
of the streets in Lon .on, ‘the rubric of whose ta
ces shows the shi ines at which they kneel.’ 1
have met la lies at exhibition mortis, whose fie
ry faces entitle i them to the distinction of being
clas.-ed with shaks; eare’s ‘knights ofthe i tim
ing I. mi.’ An y u fin I eveiy side-walk bl"ck
ei up with lu-tv ladies, who re indebted ,or
their rnmeund laces anil rotund persons, to ha
bitual beer drinki g. 1 yesterday sat in an om
nibus with an _l< 1 ,y n i gentleman, evidently
of the wvaltny class, b e latter of whom was a
victim to gout, while the former displayed a face
arid nose, the maintenance of which had cost as
much as FalsL-.ff paid for‘sack’to keep Bar
dolph’s salamander in fire
We went last night to the Adelphi Theatre,
where the leading attraction was • The W izzard
of the North,’ whose wonuer-working powers of
m.igic, if we may believe the show-bills, have
procured tor him acbmii and to repair to St. Pe
tersburgh, to exhibit before the Emperor Nicho
las. 1 hi< man is indeed a‘wizzard.’ Ihe de
u-.ionspract.sed cast Monsieur Adrent, Signor
Blitz, and i.ll other magicians into deep shade.
Li t me astonish you with a lew specimens.—
He carte into tr.e l oxes ard, ffi'toM—3“ li- S
potted note from one askedklri'l
other (any .ne who chose) lo writes sentence
u, on a slipol pa| er. The note and paper were
folded so that the wizz .rd could not sjeeitl.er
!he number of the former or the sentence upon
the other, tnd then laid upon a plate, set fire to
by a taper, consumed, and the ashes blown upon
tlie stage. The wizzard then announced the
number of the bank no'e, repeated the sentence
on the slip of paper, anu a page returned these
articles to the owners in a box which the wiz
zard had not touched. He then handed a box
to a gentleman nearest the stage, and requested
him to tleposite any article he chose in it, and lo
pass it around tor similar deposits by ladies and
gentlemen promiscuously, he standing upon the
stage. When the deposites had been made, he
requested that the box should be placed where
he could see it, with the lid down, and standing
at least sixty leet fr >m it, he named evers arti
cle which it contained. He requested ladies
and gentlemen to loan him their handkerchiefs,
w.iich were thrown to him froma 1 parts of the
theatre. VV hen collected and counted, to the
number ol seventeu, they were placedin a large
ewer, into w hich a servant poured a large buck
et of water. Having been thoroughly satura
ted, the handkerchiefs were rinsed and wrung,
and then spread, one by one, into another Ves
sel, u; on each one of which some blazing mag
ical elixir was poured; and in five minutes the
handkercliiels were placed upon a salver and
returned to the owners washed, dried, ironed,
f ilded and perluineil! All this was done open
ly, witlvutturning away from the auiiience, and
without any ol the lumbering accompaniments
of ordinary juggleiy.
We devoted the morning to the pursuit of
w hat is classic ground 10 Americans, and what
had tor me the additional inieiesi of profession
al associations. We found, a No. 34 Lincoln’.-
Inn Fields, the buil ing occupied eighty years
ago, I believe, by Mr. W. lts, (I have ho books
10 ruler to.) and wi h whom Benjamin Franklin
woikedasa Journeymi n Primer. It is now
occupied tor offices of various descriptions, by
person - too busy to know or care who was their
predecessor. We then started tor Duke sire- 1,
where the Journeyman Printer from America
boarded,and remembering that it was near a
Chapel, 1 stepped intoa small Book and Statiun
ei’s shop directly opposite a Chapel, to inquire
11 tneoceupant could direct nre to Dr. Frank
Im’s boarding-house, when I had the satisfac
tion of learning that I bad crossed the ihresh
hold and sto .d under the root that sheltered that
illustrious American Statesman, Patriot, Phi
losopher and Ptiil .nthropist. He boarded wiih
nu.d widow lady, of much intelligence, and
occupied an upper room in ihe back part ol the
building. ’1 he lardlady-ot Dr. Frank!.n and a
lady still o cier, who bad a 100 m in the .same
bouse, were veiv d< vout Catholics. This hap
pens to belh cuaracb rol th • preeentoccupants
oi thishoi.se. I observed ay. uug man‘reading
pioot,’ and remaikeu that 1 was glad tu find a
ort.ther Ty| e umier tue ancient root of ll.egreat
master 01 our art. 'lhe Book.-eller r plied,‘as
you are an American, sir, I may say lo you that
we aie trving to carry out Dr. Franklin’s prin
ciples in another esp'ect. Vx e are now re-, tint
ing an American work entitled ‘lreland Vindi
cated,’and we are staunch ‘Repealers.’ 1 in
formed him that I was with Mr. O’Connell
when the Trades of Dublin passed his bouse,
andon the stage at Donnybrook Green. This
led to many inquiries about Ire] nd, and an in
vitation to attend a Repeal meeting in that street
at 8 o’clock on Sttnd. y evening.
I intended to have g.me Irom this spot through
the Mammoth Brewery House of Messrs. Bar
clay & Perkins, bui there was sb much da in fi
nes- and humidity in its capacious vaults, which
were not likely to alleviate the agne in my face,
that I concluded to content mysell with an exte
rior view of an establishment which covers thir
teen acres in the heart ol the city of London!—
Well might Dr. Johnson have exclaimed, as he
did, when (as the Executor of Mr. Total!, the
founder of theestarbshment) he played ihe auc
tioneel:—‘We do not offer you, gentlemen,
those empty butts and barrels merely—here are
'he potentialities for . cquiring wealth beyond
the dreams of avarice.’
Sunday, July 16.
We repaired at li o’clock this moining to the
Foundling Hospital in Guillord-st., a noble edi
fice founded in 1739, lor the reception and main
enance ol exposed and deserted children. Ihe
Institution has been liberally endow ed by be
quests, and receives constant and handsome do
nations. The Foundlings to thenumberol 320,
of both sexes, were se led in the gallery of the
■hapel, in neat uniform dresses, the boys with
mixed roundabouts and trowsers and. sc rlet
vests, and the girls with pretty white aprons and
caps. They’ formed a part of the choir in the
chants and choruses. The chapel was filled
with a fen ale voice, in solos, so clear, rich and
melodious that seraphs would have listened witb
dmiration. The service was read by a dull
nan wiih a husky voice and a sluggish manner,
t'his, however, was atoned for in a Sermon
rom Archdeacon Robinson, replete with know
edge, abounding in piety, and eloquent and fer
ently delivered. The congregation was large
nd highly respectable. Alter the service wa?
ver (it consumed nearly three boursjthe founu
ngs were marched to the dining-hall, where,
, _fter a blessing was asked by one of the oldest
oys, they sat dow n to a bountiful repast of ion
eel and .potatoes, without bread, the who.
eei.e biought vividly to mind the most interes
ng exhibitions ot the inmates of our own O>
h. n A.-ylum, where if there be less ol munit
■ nee and ostentation, the same benign at.
ulessed spirit of charity reigns. There are key
ial Valuable paimings in this hospital, li
most attractive ol which is that ofthe Savioai'
t eeption of little children, I y Benjamin Vv Hs
I'lie oigan was presented to the hospital b
Ht.nc.el.
Monday, July 17.
I have been through the T hanies T untie.
This is to London what the Ctotqn ’Wan
VV orks are to New-York, the gieatachievena-i
of th 19th century. T here is nothing at eitire
et trat ee of the Tunnel, wi.ich indicates tha
you ate in the vicinity of thisexuaoidmary in.-
pioVeii en . We ) assed over it in a steamu
in the mo.ning, w thout being aware that othei
masses of fellow beings Were qureily walkin,
through a subterranean passage below us! Tin
visitoi isdirected “This way to Hie Tunnel
by a board on the cornet ot a street. You des
cend a winuing stone stairway 100 steps, din
enter into the Tunnel, which is well ligldei
with gas, and afforded us a cool, pleasant widk
alter four hum’s exposure to the sun. '1 he Tun
nel has two avenues, each wideenough toallpv
'l2 or 16 persons to walk abreast. Halfway
through a printing press is stationed “By Roy.
Authority,” which is throwing ofl sheets cun
taming in account ofthe Tunne). I told tin
uian I would pujehase two of his sheets pro
videjjj’e would aijpw me to “ruff” them my
’ “I knows tin
roj es,” as they say at sea, he consented to. ’ 1
have, therefore, an a'count ofthe Thau e ’4 t|u
nel, printed by myself, standing midway between
tie London and Surry sides of the river, seventi
feet below its bed, with steamers and ships
passing directly over my head!
'4 he Tunnel is two miLs below Lomlor.
Bridge, where another budge, which was mdci
wanted, would'have proved seriously injurious
to the immense commeice c fthe metropolis. In
1823 after the failure and abandonment of seve
ral plans for tunneling the Thames, one Was
subn itted by Mr. (now Sir J. M.) Biunel, whjen
received the continence ol capualists, and tin
1825 tie commenced his operations. But he |n
cuuntvied difficulties and obstacles, for years’ a,
cvety step of bis progress, that would have dis
fieaitened and appalled any man but one whom
iheemerge ncy had produced to accomplish tin
ighty enterpri-e. Quicksand beds wereamong
the most troublesome and perilous obstacle
met with. The top of the tunnel’s arch, abclut
Hie middle ot the liver, a proaches within fen
feet i f the bottom of the river. Four times, du
img its progress, the tunnel andshafts were fill
ed witu water, and the inuplion ot 1827 threat
ened to destroy the enterprise, but by the most
incredible efforts, all was overcome by its in
domital le architect, and in 1835, seven years af
tei wards, Sir J. M. Brunel was enabled to re
sume the work.
The piogrt ss of this great work was necessa
rily veiy slow. Sometimes, with favoiableex
eavations, two feet would be accomplished in
twenty-tour hours, working as they did, with
chnngesol hands, day and night; where the ax
cavaiion was uitficult, only two leet would be
done in a week; and lor the last three months,
so great was the labor anil so forinidnble the ob
structions, that only three feet and four inchis’
progress was made! In August, 1841, fifteen
ye.iisatter the ground was broken on the Lon
don sii eof the Thames, Sir J. M. Brunel de
s. ended a shaft from the Wappingside t n.l pass
ed through a small “itrilt-way through the shield
in the t unnel.” Less than two years therertl
ter, in March, 1843, the magnificent work Was
com, leted. Ihe w hole expense of I’onstructibn
isettimaied at 614,090 pounds sterling. The
toll is only a penny for passing through the
Tunnel, ;r d but for “the getting up stairs,” it
would pay well. Until passengers are letdown
and taken up by an engine, i' will not take foot
passengers from the bridges.
The son of Sir .1. M, Brunel, whose life was
in such imminent danger from swallowing a
half crown piece, was, with three workmen,
caught by one of tue inbreaks of water, and car
ried by the rushing column through the Tunnel
to ihe shalt and up to the surface where he whs,
rescued. The three men who were With him
perished. On the first passage of Ihe, stearner
Great Western from London to Bristol, he also,
met witli an accident .which it was supposed
would result fatally, but from which he recov
ered.
NUMBER XI.
T.'iNtWiN, .nilvT?.
We took the iron steamer ‘Daisy,’ at Blai'k
friar’sstairs.alterh eak.astyester.iay, foi Green
wich, fire miles below London. Objects oi
vast historical interest and of much arcuitectur
atgrandeur attracted and dazzled the eye at ev
ery point to' which it turned. Passing iinfitr
London Bridge and over ihe Thames Tunnel,
tlie river is we.iged so full of shipping asitu
leave but a small passage for the steamers up
and down. The ships farthest up the Thames
are loaded wnhcoal, which is discharged iffto
large junks, half scows and halt-durtiam-bijat
const!uctiob, that are floated along further up
the rivet, and then the coal is measured into
bags. The bags are loaded into large Pennsyl
vania looking wagons, (diawn by the same
breed ol hots.s rehrred to as before the drays
at Liverpool, and Ute noblest animals for
strength, resolution and steadiness, I have ever
seen,) taken throughout the city and sold at an
average price oi' twenty-five shillings (or $6,50)
per ton.
Si. Catherine’s Docks and the London Docks,
displayed forests of masts spreading over many
acres of artificial sea—the-e Docks, you know,
having been excavated after the I haihes Ije
came entirely 100 small to accommodate the
sltipi mg winch the metro, oils attracted to her
wateis.
We passed several large steainersthat run be- ,
tween London and vattous places on the Con- j
linent; an,, for miles below, as tar indeed as we ;
could see, there was a continuous wilderness ol |
mast and spars, those most distant being mi in- ;
distinct as to r sen ble the dry ranks, limbs and ,
tops oi a girded Forest. .
Near Grecnwieh we passed close tofheship ;
iff war "Drear.naught ,’ one of those enormous ,
‘wooden walls’ tnat helped to render England ,
let 1 rule to her continental enemies, but which
is now, under the auspices of a Female Chariia- ’
tile Society, a Hospital for Seamen. She is a ,
majestic hulk, with her tiers pt port holes, that
look destruction even after the braz n mouthed ,
engines of slaughter have been withdrawn. ,
Upon our stearner ‘Daisy’ was a Band (with
three instru ..ents,) playing sweetly, and at eve- |
ry stopping place a plate was handed to the de
parting passengers, each of whom deposited his
penny or ha-pence as unhesitatingly as if this
small stipend had been ‘nominated in tlie bond.’ .
There are, as I have observed, numbeis oi per- ;
s. n> about the metropolis who maintain them- ,
selves by these conventionalities, which, while ,
nobody is obliged or required to pay, yet every
body does pay as a thing ‘in course.’ Theatre
bills, instead of being given to you, as with Us,
inside, are sold at die entrances, by half-mendi
cant men and women, lor a | enny. *1 he eruss
wal is are Kept clean by persons wlio derive ,
tlieir support fiom the volunlaiy half-penny ,
eon.ributions ol those who pass, in two instan
ces 1 saw the mud removed from the cross
Walks by women, who plied the scraper with
one arm, ami carried an infant, pu.bJ>ly f r el
feet, in the othej. '1 hese persons have a priqi
eilv, of sou e sort, in their respective cro-s
--we’lks, but whether by prescrij tion, possession,
or the pay ment of license money, lam unable
to say- bui 110 n ihe minuteness and imparnal
‘ ity of the E g i-.ii system ot taxaih n, the e ser
vitois 01 die cross-walks are nut unlikely to de
rive their au'hoi ity from Her Majesty’s Gov
ernment. When you etn toy a hack or cab,
its door is o| ened and shut, nut by the hack or
cabman, but a person who expects and receives
his penny fiom you.
But let us get back to Greenwich, where we
found the docks, shipping and shores lined with
people, collected, as we soon found, to witness
‘ 1 he Annual Greenwich Regatta,’ undertbe pa
tronage ot Princess Somebody, whpse name
has escaped me. Tnere were to be five heats ol
a mile each, with half an hour’s time to
breathe between each heat, or to speak more
I roperlj, ’eat. Soon after our arrival, six boats,
each wiiu one pair of srulls,’-(aslhey call the
oar,) started, and pu led briskly and bravely
through. The competitors were designated by
their jackets ol green, yellow, scarlet, white,
&c. The river was jammed so full of small
craft that it seemed impossible forthe Regatta
boats to find their way through, and they did en
counter some obstruction; and in tlie third neat a
boat with half a dozen in it ran so foully into one
I the competitors, that his friends in another I oat
made for the offenders, an I a general naval en
gagement ensued, in which blows were dealt
with such effect that several of the combatanu
were knocked down and one overboard. Afiei
a cessation of hostilities, both boa's pulled foi
shore, where the battle seemed to be renewed
amid a great crowd oi spectators. We came
avay betbr the la-t heat, (at 8 o’clock, P. M.)
but ihe London papers of this morning give us
the result.
We didnot, however,come away tromGreen
wich without having a most gratifying view ol
the Hospital, one ot the man}’ noble charities
which have been founded, endowed and are
supported in Lend n. The Royal Observatory,
built by Charles the Second, and the best in Eu
rope, stands upon an eminence here. The Ob
servatory is the meridian from which Astrono
’ mers all over the world make theircalcnlatidns.
There is a beantriiil Park on an emini
I’und the Hospital, from xhich ’ a gon. tiew
, of London. Within and ai. um foe Hospjtal
t ' the old" VB.eians are seen pacing leisurely about
rgaihcred int< groups lounging quietly u, v
-uches uudei tne ne vi a Wall, ui an arbul, >
i.i alcove. Lisi entered, one ol them duet.v
eto the ‘Paiiaeu H. 11,’ to which an has in
• ited an interest second only io the non.
ehicvemems thus peipetuated. In the ves<
de ol the cupola is painted H splendid eoml.i
uh its poiiiisauu bea itig-; auu iu the covii.g
* magnificent chiaiu-vseuiu, the winos *i
ieir aunbutes are seen. Ihe artist, 6>ii Jahn
iiuinville, wasengag dtenjeaisou Uiesepn
ires. 4he Hail, on either side, is liung w>i
timings ol Naval Battles ano Puiuaiis oi N.
al Heroes, among which aie several ol Lui
■ elsi n, who is evidently the v. asl.ingioii >
ngtend. In tue Lha, el, 100, are many vx« ei
m paintings, the best oi which is St. Paui
reseivauoii trom tsbipwreek, by Benjamn
vVest. There are NavaiSchoo.s here in whin
the sons ol oincers and se..men arc educa.eu.—
i he uuinber ol boys in toe schools now is <•-
out stjo.
But the admiration which this massive pil
1 buildings excites, and the chauiis which it
Hails have bunoweo irom art and genius, t;m<
way and are forgotten white you aie cuiiteu.
lating the living chroniclers of maritime $6
y. Painting an u sculptme can but reflect an
ersonny deeds ol leuuwn. But here are tt.v
oen, the bone and muscle, the thews and si
news by whom all these prodigies were achiev
d—mm who have for nearly a hundred year
“Braved Ihe battle and the breeze.”
Here are veteians wbo were engaged in lb
oaltie w ith the Spanish 4 leet ofl Cape st. Via
cent, in 1797, wuen Loid xiteisou boarded tn<
Sen Josephus 112 guns. 1 neieaie others isl“
were with Aumuai Duacan when he gaiiKdihi
victoiy over the Luun B Let oil campetaoui.
1 hete are suivivuis ol ixeisoii s vic.ory ove
tie French in 1798, oti die avih; anu severe,
wiio ivere on bearu tue v ictory with Nelson; n
a s last battle at ITalafgar, tn ltk*s. In siioi ,
mere aie men here who nave helped to cany tai
oiiiisli flag through every ocean and sea, am
who have fought m all cuglaud’s naval haul,
foi the last seventy five years. T nejr aie in
maimed, nd seanea auu seamed, but still lit
ng monuments ol her gloiy. lou see so., e
with but one leg, others wan out one aim, ana
■tilers again wuu but a s.ngie eye; anu in tm
Infiimaiy are those who i>uve nut one giu
nd a leg, and others who have lost bulla leg
With their.hie - . caea hats, long wa. Uu bjat
coats, their weauiei-beateii aua tiiue-HU’u>i|e
countenances, and their gruveoe; oiunmt, UijeM
veteian- qpinmahu aliehiunaiiu respect. 1 jex
ceeuingly regretted that 1 had so limited mysci
in time, as not to be aide to hear some ‘long
yarns.’ Ii ever i go there ag .in it shall b.
with pockets lull ol lobacco, aiiu withan ■in
tention to make a day ol it. Many ol ti.e-i
Old Tars are fine looking men; several ol then
discovered intelligence and maimeis that wutih
grace a quailer-ueck,anu 1 saw two, 1 am sure,
who, with the aid ol ionuue of laiuily, wopl.
nave been Admiials instead ot Pensioners.
1 here are 2,700 Pensioners now ut Green
wich. In the Hospital fulirmaiy are 105 ntiis
es 10 lake cure of the si. k, l..nrui and disable..
Ihe navai uniform coat worn .y Nelson at ti.e
Battle ol the Nile, is deposited iu a grass casi
and exhibit'd to visitors.
On our return ftuin Greenwich, we were jse.
dounatliie I'uWr.R, wineu is near the Rive,
and not far below Loudon B1 idge. The fir.-,
view ol the 1 uwer, (or ratnei lowers, Jot
tnere ate three ol tue<n) caused a shudueting re
collect ■hi of the,cruelu. sand Honors that have
been perpetrated wiituu irt. liouiiing walls, the
blood-stained annals ol which are to be luuiiu
upon almost every pageol laiiglishhistory. 4ne
Tower covers twelve acres,ana was you know,
the Castle of the early Kings 01 England. Wi
passed irom the aiclied gate-way Uiruugti a
win Jug sione coun to a relreshiuem apanuiem,
from whence a Warueu, alter a party ol a dozen
had arrived, conducted us first into the Hohss
Armory, w..ere some forty Knighis, Nobleme ,
and Monarchs mounted, are clothed 111 the Ai
iuo r worn in t e respective Reigns in wiii'cb
the individuals lived. Hi re is a suit ot Annul
actually owne I and worn by Henry Vlll, in
1520; a suit oi Armor belonging >o the Earl u.
Leicester, Queen Elizabeth's lavorite, as gor
geous as lhauwhich is saiu to have been wuru
in the 4'bui naments ; the Armor worn by the
Earl of Essex at tlie Coronation of Geoige 11; a
be iutilul suit of Armor worn by me prince ol
Wale- (>on ol Ja .es I, 16ol; when only lx
yfoafs olu. 1 here are, also, several suits of Ar
mor worn by distinguished uiusaueis. lo
all which, isadded a nameless number of an
cient Shields, Helmets, Gaunuets, Pike-,
BJiears, Gross-bows, Bailie-axes, &c, Which
’rriiiH<*the ages in wnieh these various imple
ments of desti m:tion o nd defence, were in use.
We then ascended to Que.n Eliz'beta’s Ar
mory, which was Jong ihe Prison ol doonieu
men, among whom was e>ir n alter Raleigh.
Queen Elizabeth, in a dress like one she wo 1
to St. Paul’s, on a pouey led by a page, (as sir
is here representeu) to leturn thanks tor the de
live ance other Knig ioru Horn as; antsh inva
sion, is the piomineut object in tnis Room. This,
like the Artnoiy below, is tilled with the ins.fu
mentsof death wielded in the barbarous ages to
whicn they refer. But 1 will not weary ybu
w ith details. Here is the bfock upon w hich,■ 1.
isSafo, two of the wives ol Henry VIH were
beueaaed, but 1 nonce that it is affirmed wit.,
liioie confidence that th Earl ol Essex sutiereo
upon Hus block, and by a blow irom toe lefo
ciuUs looking axe by its siae. CiownsandStar.-
are curiously wreathed upon the walls wit
Swords, Pikes, Halberds, Bayonets, Pistols,
Spears, &c.
From this Armory we were handed over to ti
Matron, khu ushered us with great solemnity
into the Regalia. Here, since the reign 01
Henry 111, Kings and Queens nave deposited
their golden anil jewelied Buui les and Play
things; but gorgeous anu spaikling as they a|e,
1 looked with any foilings raiher than awe 01
admiration upon these costly and pi eciuus trink
ets. The Imperial Crown 01 her present Ma
jesly, which foims the Dume ot this Royal Pyr
amid, is hooped in diamonds and studded with
b illiants, sui mounted by sapphire. In from i
the ruby worn by the Black Prince. This Roy -
al Toy cost a m.Jlioii steiling.. 1 here are ma?
sivegold Tankards, Banquet ing Dishes, B. p
tismal Font, W ii.t r b ..untam, &c., wh Cl>,
with the Crowns of ut..er .viunaiclis, cost threi
millions sterling.
V\ e were not show n into the Beauchauq
Tower, so long used fur the eoniin’.nient oi
“state Prisoners,” though I w. s mo-t anxious
•to see tlie dungeon bouie of t e Earl of War
wick, Earl of Leicester, L ady Jane Gray, atiu
others, w ho “sorrowing, suffered” there.
The fire ol 184 l destroyed "hat weiedesigna
ted the “Grand Store-House” and the “Sarall
Armory,” in which most ol the Trophy cannon
were deposited. These valued memorials o.
English victories, are n.iw arranged in the
yards, either melted, mutilated or dela ed. They
are lo be taken to vVuol.. ic.i, where new Pieces
are to be te-east from toe same metais iu thei,
original forms.
July 18.
We availe I ourselves this morning ol ihe per
mission obtained by Mr. vi iggin, to visit th.
Bank of England. An official (Macer or Ush
er) with laced dress coaluuu tnree-corneredha',
escorted us to n .ther servant ol the Bank, wnu
took us leisure)., through an Instr utton dial is
so potent iu controlling and regulating the mon
ey pulsations of Europe. It is situated on
Thieauneedfo-sl., but fronts upon halt a doz- n
others, and occupies an irregular area of eight
acres. There are no windows through the ex
terior of ti e bdiiiiing. luhl oeing supplied ny
sky-lights, and open courts within. Tnere is a
clock, by which Bank time is kept, wi h dials
indicating the lime in sixteen different offices.
'1 he Bank, with its various offices, arc open
from 9A. M. 1111 SP. M. Tne Bai.k lias its
Printing-office, Bo' k-oinuery, Engiaving-otiiee,.
&c. Cheiks, Blank-books, &c , are all printed I
II ithin the bank, as are she Bank Noles, in
the Ronin where tr.e circtilating notes are print
ed. there are eight Presses, ail c .nslaiitly ern
ploye.., and whicn throw off'aboil' 8009 rm, res
siuns daily. We saw two Pres es rolling off
five | oil no notes, and oilier- upon the various
denominations up 10 a 1000/., whicn is the larg
est note the Bank issues. Ine dates an.i num
bers ol the notes are supplied by smaller Press
es in another room. Tne payer is delivered ot
the Presses counted (an nun ned sheets ata
time) and when worked ann returned, another
hundred sheets are given. Pressmen woik five
hours and earn limn two 10 three guineas a
week. In the office when r? .eemerl notes aie
examined, cancelled, &c., 136 Clerks ..re con
stantly employed. Wneu we -rnereu this room
our anemia t w,.s snaryly reprimanded foi
bringing slrang'-rs there, but u, 01 be ng inform
ed that it was by “tne Governor's or. er,” ue
were allowed to pass. Fortv thousandibfleicnt
notes are frequently sent to this oriice, to be can
celled, in a cay. The crank, you sn .w, nevet
re-issues a note. W en re uined to its counter
lor payment, a note is cancelled, tiled away , to
e l unit at the expiration of ten yea is. 'lhe
Armory ofthe Bank contains an hundr d stand
ui muskets, w ith pistols, cutlasses, hand-gren
odes, &c., and has a night guard 38 strong, in
the office where the Bank notes are counted into
parcels, tied with twine and placed in pigeon
holes, we found five -tai', metliodical,matiei
o-lacl looking Clerks, whom you would tiust
for their faces. One ol these old chaps, withtbe
recisfon 01 “Old Owen;” and t< e good nature
ol “Tim Linkenwater,” took bis keys and un-
- locked ihe depositories of paper weal h. The
- “rags” of each denomination were in separate
- parcels. When we came to the “high number”
he placed four p.' ek: --'-s >'■•"> hand, and re-
. .I. -.! flMslerlnfftu
, \y.nrt. .. .ro." Ye-,iactu ... was in posse-
I i 'ion us twenty millions "1 dollars, a.sum mui b
it larger than the whufo estate ui John Jacob As
„ ! . at u al, jtiaimu to its pi o eoii-hole, a>
nme alai hap ( ie. u.an iliau u.Ooe who ai
.icumaeied w.1.. such o eigiown luiiun >.
. nuther of the old Cleiks o ( meu the guiuen iu.
allies, where repose an eiiuiesshumLerul b .g
jucu containing eight nmiureusuvereigiis. V»
.eie next an-, huaiiy Coh’uUCleU io a subliu.
can region iimcaeu by gold and silver bun iu.
■ ully heaped as ti.ose ol nun -no steel a, : ■
ae Stoles ol our menus beneu>ei, AuWtne.
nd Coining, ihe siivei we diu not reek.
.ilh, bui we haiiuled baisui gold, each we g.
ug eight thousand puutius srei mg, luut v e.
Hid m baiioW-luuuS ot seveniy lliuusia
ounds s,eilmg each. Much oi tins bulla
.as recently received Hum C. ina, as an in£o.
nent U|sm tae sum John bull muses the Cdie
ia|s pay tor their obstinate refusal to ‘ Uia
pium.”—ihe Bank of England hasnow! i
aper anu specie, nearly tinny eight luiliiutA u
ounds steiling. There aie eight hundieu bn
oils, in ns vai lous aepartmeuu., Cuhstamly yu.
, luyea wuuiu its waits.
NLMBERXII.
London, July
There is unquestionably a vast amuuui v
f uveity, ucfeliiusiuij, anubuiiering iu |iu
‘Uiuui, as x«jt. jcUeJsuu caLea ciae
-.u. uic-e is iu tueir naoit.'.ui policy, suuit iJh .
./I ui buuaiiUciii lui wniUi gieut tTtull is uui.~
»v .in laie exct'piiuu>, wicicuudi«e»s and uien
uiciiy. in jagsanuni.il, seiuuin übi.Ute tntu.
-ivlvca jou m iiicsuetU) oi Louden. |h<
you uu eiiuouniei are, iur me must un*,
’o r ulp M uy in suHtied costume, anu witiJn
ucaiseu |u»ts, ih..i y<mr jisibiiny, iaiherdiai
ou. sympathy, is mu.eu by tueir<.ppewis. Th«
uasL ma icai sulltriiig are so leu as lo
ma nghi ou.muu u r on you puc et, turaii.
, enny is ail Uiut is asaeu or tx, ectcd. 1 oi
.utti me pout ii. simals, but mey seem to h
cmpiovmeiit wmen supplies them, scantily, i
'Upjust, uim hr DtCcssaiies oi iite. A ev.
vu.amcu pcistdis sat, aS iu iStw Yuik, on |th
ide-waik>, aiid bidiu | eople are led about*
.dHiilui u g>, whose biuiseu limbs andsight|e>
»rgaiis, wiui mine but lesiHle.'S etuqutiut
peak to toe nearts ut must who ‘ilei iur uiie.t
aoe.’ lou meti, too, occasionally, beggai uu
ueu w.tii tuu iuiabU in tiicir aims, one u.
.j.js ci. ss bcsicgeu me wiUi such peiiinadiiy
anu m sUt-h ’stl ven. u<at 1 Said tu hei, i ui
warn a iiu-pvtiuy i u di 6 ivt lout tia*, tiic?
1 you wni uil me wiHuiiui iuv.se cuiiureii i.*
OoiioWtu. fti.e adi-c ed lo be v online.! by hi
'Uspiciuu, anu pioictieu mat they ueie boin n. .
own, auu mat * idle i/it was without iuuu A j
were >uikiing iur uuunshment. But imjiJlj
ith a piumise ui sixpence, uiiu being as>i ie.
that 1 uuulu not expuse her, cbe aumiited na
dot only une, but bvtu li.e ba es ueie hired, |.ik.
nai s.x paiu, to their diiierent motheis, tu.
•Hillings a week each, ior me use ui mein.
*uucu dial nicy buiseu her uwu buy, who
ik.er, w tide sue was out with ‘Hie twins.’ ’
ih.te aie, 1 suppose, abject poverty Bn>
qiraliu vice 111 the fcraUisorue lunus dial are st.
■uen aesenueu iu the purficus us Loau**n, but
.nc'se legions are so uisrant I see little chance o.
.caching iticiu. Tne city is so constructed font
tne wealiiiy, tue miudliug and tue poorer classes
testae in each otfier’s vicinage.. Veiy narrow
auu.te, lanes anualleysi uu back from the sti gets,
i nese courts, 6ut, are mostly occupied by the
laooriug.pvoi, but they s eiu rai inure comlorta
uie tliau iue uenizens of many ol our own ifor
jow streets.
Anuifiei thing struck me with surprise here.
Profd.ru; sweat tag has gone out of Justuuni 1
catdiui speak fur the nuuihty, Because 1 have
not reacneu tiled* circle, hut with all Ure oti.ri
classes, arid swearing are ‘honored 1 in
aie uieacu' lutner inan ‘in iue ob-er Vance.’’—
Gaius and ruiprecatiuns, so cumuiun in nmerr
ca, are nut'beard litre, even among tue water
uien, cabmen, coal-bearers, or scavenger s. The
lang age o. uiaspliemy, in 11s various‘‘sliding
scutes’ol euonuiiy, came as a part ol oui edu
cation irom the in- lhei country. Is it not rea
soiiaole tu hope, tficieioie, thnlaiiiong other En
gllsir rasluolis, adopted by Americans, our peo
ple will soon 101 oear to mrngie tne name ol
tueir Lieator auu Eedeetnei pruianery either in
then rule cuiiteisaiion or tueir excited couUu
'ersies? it ... 1 ’
We have been recognised but by three Amer
ica s since We came heie, lliougn Lvhuun is
rad ol Yankees. 1 dcle.-t die cusioiu ol tempo*
lary aehaiionalizuliuh which has uhiaiueu> a
mung Aiueiieah- in Europe. It is a pitnul ai
leciaiiou. 1 nunted up, iiumet.ialely alter in)
ur.ivar here, a young g> uUeurau who a. d .foci,
severaf hioiil sabiuatl/atiii lb wlldm 4 Wdllgui
a lellei trom bis lalliei, and of whom 1 hope..
..nd expected to see luucn, HUt rte has not been
near us. 1 hove inet scVCiai who Inust h.ive ,
Ki ov n uc (all raw) a a 1 American, as readdy
os I ~uew i.,e.. ; um I'foy' ‘passed ob l.ieuihe.
side.’ 1 neother day, in returning liom oui pil
grimage lo see Queen V icidfiii, We got into a
ous in num oi a gen leiiieu uhdiu 1 Sliuiily
uave known tu be a Yankee (as the wag told
alderman Brashei,) it 1 had seen his ‘hide in a
1 n-yard.’ 1 entered into conveisattotl vrt..
uim about London, but for half an hour be
gave no sign. 1 finally sard, ‘Youarean Aiiiu
ricuh, 1 perceive, sit.’ 1 lie lie belngthus uio
.ren, we talked t h without restrain!, and hkve
since been much together. 4 his gentleman ir
of the legal protession in Nassau-treet, (very
ntellr 0 e..l and ag ecaule,) Who is making a rui
u tuu t ontuiem 101 bis nealtn; At Uieuepoi,
when we came 10 Liverpool, 1 saw a genJvuLu
oi sucu unqucsilon..bte AiiiefftEti bearing, th..t
1 offered iii.ii my ii'and.' In’inking it cordially,
ae said, ‘ls y’odi name M— -f ' ‘Yes, sir.’—
’My nuu.e is ti— ,of NaShville. I was in-
troduced to you some years ago at Albany.'—
Uns gentle.nan, who is the editof-of a JacKSun
aper, is tnesame who was engaged in a ren
c inue wiifi a soli or .fobs dt tlie lute U. S. Sin
ator Foster. He nas recently received the ap
ointment of Agent fro hUa. t. fyler, tod luiok
alter the 1 übt.CcO interestbftheSotrtirei'n’Stbfos.
Havii g obtained wn. t into.rnalton ivas -requii
e . iieic, lie puce, .ted to Viki na.
Mr. bro'dliead reuiaikea tne other evening
n, on the exceeding regularity that exisredTntue
uondon Posl-GfuC'-,'aiidT was surprised to-day
y an evidence oi me truth ot his rerharkt—
Some ot my friends (lid methe favi r 10-enli a
copy of ‘ i lie Northern Star.’ 'I he parcel was
about three inc..es tong and less than an fuel,
wide, ..nd was Si. uply directed to‘ 1- *-■ W'-*-*—,
Lund n.’ The packet ship that brought' thi
paper arrived here night before last, and yes
.erilay morn.ng the phpei* was left at tny iiote.!
tiad this paper been to the care of Bar.ng &
diothvis, here would have t een no mystery in
the matter; out how Pu t-Office Cler ks and Pen
ne Posts'divllfo the whereabouts us Obscure
strang. is, is mo.-e puzzling.
1 had stippo ed that sueet-shows, fir the edi
fication ol tlie sovereigns ul she gai res and cel
lars, had abated he eas with us. But in this I
am inr-t.lken. On our way yesterday toWest
mins 1 Anley, we s w a particularfv m scella
neous croud assembled at some distance in a
narrow street, which had been attracted, we
Jinn d, by a strolling Company of ‘Ground 1 and
Lofty’ 1 umbkrs, who ha 1 stopped their donkey
wagon, spread then clo.iks in the street, and ir>
appropriate costume, Weie about to commence
their ‘unrivalled, universally admitted, never -to
be-equalli d and truly wonderful feats of strength
and agility.’ When the hat'Went its rounds for
pennies, those who had then. ( his class . f the
audience were in a decided minority.) gave as
readilv as it the Mountebanks fi d hem invited
to that particular street t>y the particular indi
viduals who were SO fortunate as to witness theii
prodigies. And’ at Greenwich, the Other dny,. 1
saw tor the first time in full thirty years, att gu
lar and legi'irhate ‘Punch and Judy’ exhibition I
During this long lapse <>f time, l am sorry t<r
say that I could discover no improvement in ,
‘Judy's m'anneis. Sire was the same incorrigi
ble scold and vixen now, ar Greenwich, in Eng
land, that she was when 1 saw her, in 1807, ai,
Cat-kill, in America; and she indulged tn the
same vexatious airs and at'itud.-s until she pro
voked P'unch,' now as as then, to box her ears,
al which John Bull was as much delisrhted, in
hi* obi age and wisdom, as Brother Jonathan
was in his vouth and si plicity.
Talking of ‘Puppet Shows,’ 1 am reminded
■of Sickles! There must be thousands in our
Sta’e, who remember this indefatigable little
man, with an enormously brg «lie, to wi.cm,
trom 1800 to 1811 or’l2, the villages were in
debted lor ru-tic and pritm ive thea.ricals. 1
certainly can never forget the ecstaeies into,
which I was thrown dur.ng my‘first night' at
ftickles's Exhinition—an enjoyuient whicn
would have been complete had not my lather,
w o took m to the door and paid the potent Six
pence Oral ga.e /«■. entrance, uenieu iemtell The
luxury ol I. ugbing at ’Pui.ch and Judy,’ and
wee ingovei ‘ she Bal es in the Wouub.’ bu
when some two or three yeorsailei wards, 1 w.is
again aduiitted to <he ‘exhibition,’ Sickles had
multiplied Ins wonuers by in audition ol a ‘Na
val I.ng gement between two ships,’ where, ..u
--cor. ng to th. show-bills, there was to Ire ‘filing
~n hotu sides,’ with an assurance at tne bouton,
that ‘ unng the perlormanie there u ill be go a.
music on (lie organ,’ I thought tue perfection ol
the scenic art had been attained.
Noblemen, as a class, nere, are distinguishe l
as readily by the plainness of tnerTdress as by
the simplii ilv of their address. I. ere yui tu
judge ot rank bv the cut and texture ol the cj.at,
or die tie of the' cravat, you would be sue? t
mistake the footman ror the peer. The Dulde ot
Wellington, Lord John Russel, Sir Robert Pye I
though certainly n. l ‘out at the elbows,’ are,
when in Parliament, quite lainlv dressed Ten
llem n. But their Itotineh arid valets adoin'
dreii persons with as much taste, and as eii**(~
atelv, as th'- exquisites who air ' he seen -iu>
American Drawing and, Agrjj jj , .<qoiii*<.-
AnJ the consequential personages w uo sifind in
VOL. VIL-M). 40.
• oui'uxu s xaw.i ,iu abbwei me ocai, «.ie re-
ucvuiaua uim lace, spaugles and
iwuei, mat j,<.y ieu.mu you oi Uac Jbiucir
uke m *akuic a . He anu have a Wile,’ ibe
well is almost exunci bcie. T brie isucca
unaily an uiu beau, wiao makes hi ha sc 11 up ci*
, .otiuiui imii, keiii, eytbiows, u niskeis, caiVvi
AC. tec. a.ifci me iiunuci oi u bom i-ouk
ii Hmnuiu.i.Xuu ,u ‘Ptlvi’s ixucrs to bis
.Aiisiuu; anu you bouieiimes meet a Jun* ibat
Yusiib exishuceiu its Lui tuy a/t
ie, aim it is saiu, to ' ruckluAc., or
me o uei gam.bg bouse piupi.eiui, jae u.o
--.i oi an mis is, dial we, ius«eMU oi a
.andon ng ail luuiiu, <> was anueipaieu w ia r
a 11 met ie«h-iUadv cluincs. ihi»i»
<*uiy tome, who,like D.,u..ne oainsuh, ~a v e
eiiacvu -touieu to uhd a new gaimiui, tu in*
lurmtig, on the enuii iiuiu which tut ok. une
au been remuved as onen as time ana cireum
unces lendereu such a cnange proper anune.
cssary. Uui co u> anu waist 0.45, .uougn not
jl l.ielai.tl .a- i 11, a.e such as were won, .■
ou.y >u 01 eigut u uruhs ago; slid u.y
.a. (one ui BlouHDahaiu & Co.’« fine otavet.,)
so much better than those to be found here,
1 .ai 1 am proua to wear it aa a speau.eu ut
meiicau m .uui ctu.e.
While sittiiigihe utuerevening at a large ta
ie in ihe coilee-ruoiu ol our hotel, we were
ruck wuh the number anu uepin of (tie inuun
atious upon its leaf, ana as er various cotiiw
,ies tire waiter was called, auu m reply to our
quiri.s how the table got so many wuOnas,
said—’ll«>Ure Freemasons, sir. They apod all
ui tables. W hen the song or ths aeuuuieut
.leases iham, they come down right heavy with
ue hedges ol their glasses. 1 here ‘s quite a
.uuu.ei ol the Lo.iges bup here heveiy wtik.’
u'|K>n Hiq urihg whether ihe tumblers, aa well
■is the tuules, did not suffer Inun «u h violent
ontaci, tie answered, ‘Oh no, sit; they has glass
’s made tor theiuselvee, suvhg enough to knuelt
hox 11 tue ’ead.’ T bis inciueiit, which occur
ed seveial evenings since, is brought lo mmd
1 om the circumstance tnai while lam writing
tie members ol the fraternity, in the adjoining
uom to me, are now singing
“The wife ol a Free and Accepted Mason.**
n such nigh glee ahu joyous cboius, as to leave
.10 uuubt but dial toe tables will catch it again
u-nigi.t. Tlie Anc,ehi freemason’s Tavern,
>1 u iiich we nave read so mucli, and which Ho
ganh ihiiusuc.u miv one oi his great piciuiea
1 laondun, w as, I l.eiio ve, in the vicinity of
illiiCkfiiais, ahu fur aught 1 know, this vei, ho-
1 uiay be the pi cenix that spiung irom iu> ash
es.
1 ere are few, if any, respectable Hotels in
America, whose Pfopiktuis i.ave not a Private
cibraiy of bialidalti Ltigii h W’olks. But il is
tueru ise here. W ith eveiy disposition to ob
lige guests, your host’eanhot, when you want to
ouk at bhas-peare, nylon, Johnson, bi qu, Acc.,
ake the volume Irom his own libiary; no| can
.ie, like our dece..st-d Inend crutteiuieu, give
you tile quota lions arid correct readings trom
Hie Bntisii Glassies without reference to the
exts. To purchase books at English prices,
a hen we can get them al home for less than a
quarter what they coSt here, is out oi the ques
tion. Nor do you fare much better al the Cir
culating Libraries, irom one of which I ordered
a work yastentay. it e me to u,e in five vol
umes, lor winch 1 pay as mahy shillings ster
ling.
1 he keepers ofthe “Crack” Hotels here have
tp neialiy be.n in ihe serviceoi N'iblemen, who
m reward lor ttleir fidelity, establish them in bu
siness. Olliers have beet! intelligent ami favor
ite headrivaiteis,' who have saVeu enough irom
tlieir receipts to establish theiliselve*. Head
whitets ana chamber-riltiiiis pay for their situa-
■ tons. Two bf lite waiters in ibis house pay
sixteen shillings (01 $4) a ueektd its pioprie-
■or for tlie privilege ol doing his work and at
tending upiß-his guests.’ The other ' Waiters
pay a less sum.
1 he young gentleman to whom I referred in
unotfierpait ol this letter, as hut having return
ed otir call, eanre in an hotjr aitei waids. He
visits Euroji! more'.'or intorJuatipn in relation
10 Civil Engineering, Mechanics, the., than lor
pleasure, and uad been actively engaged tor
•eferal day s, but he'is now dune with A-undon,
and goes .0 bcuif. nd w ith us.
1 he tibeen went toiueO t >era, instate, last
•veiling. Hie price of tickets, when it was
»iiuw n mat hei Majesty was to grace the occa
-ion, lose tu two sovereigns. There was a great
■ fish tor seat’s!' A yduhg'.'gentleman Horn Bat-
tiiuoiv, Spoken of rh a former tetter, as a fellow*
, as.-er.ger, >■ ho has attacheq himseil to uui par*,
y, gives « fouicfuU|p*a!;cuumof dij scirimlUe.
lei four o'ci'iCn in-me Afteitioon, anu' at half
(iast six, when the doors opiffiE', wks Idled off
ui* seat-by the mass ihat had collected aiutind
linn, and ihus ca riad into the pit, where lie
stood wts.geu in, panting tor bre..tii, till half
, a-i 12 '•’ch ek.
1 h..ve spoken ot the high | rite of books
trre. Ip aid either a'dollar of lifne siillittes a
niHulfr for the fiist tout numbers of “The Bur
ney Papers.’’ 'The sth it unitor, that had n,.t ap*
, eared in America when 1 Jeff, cost mea guinea
here! t aiu es tnueti astonished as VeX ti, by
Ute way; tnat tlicse delightful MemOihs us Mail*
me D’Aiblay are so little re-ad. With tne ex
cei'tiuti ol Hannan More, there are nd Memoirs
lot ihedast fifteen years So rqtlete u ilh interest
ana information.
We went yesterday to a review in Hyde Park,
which, to us, was a brilliant attain' Tl.e bnly
very uistmguislied personages in’the til-id were
the Dukes ol We lington and Cambtidgi l , the
.atier being, as you know, one of the two survi
ving sons ot Geoige ill, end un< le to her ( res
ent Majesty. He has command of a n-gihient,
»hu h add-some filleeu hurthretl pounds per an
num io Ins income: 1 posted my-eli egifj near
tlyile Park gate, through whrehthe fivldmar
-hal w s to pass; This gave tne a good View
*>l the lielwoi W atvTloo, whop with hib'stnile,
passed meon-a walk. The veteran stibW* that
.Id age has no-respect for tank. He did not ait
erect in his saddle, atid-his headvrid haßoswere
o<h ueiiruloos ; though when I saw him alter
«’avdH,‘ki theaiu.nihgtit,
mg hie aids to the different divisions, he'seeined
iwo or three metres taller and twenty yeMtSmore
• ouihiul. 'There wen 2,000 i» the
beta,- and the. review oceupfeti more’titan two
■mmhm
l was more interested'with the people than
w ith the lroo r ». Mil classes were out,'the day
s inu extremely pleasant 1 i.ete, as-With ns on
ueh occasions, • booths, stands, 4e., with re
ir shments, were elected throughout the Park.
You saw oothinc, however,dn me way'ot bev
erages, but ginger b ei, uhieh wa> eiied at a
t >. nuy a (,dut) bo.tle. , omen and boys ciicu
luted <.i> onglhe sjeciatofo crying “cherries, all
n, e, two-peia-e a pound, tuff weigh ;"i“stiaw
•leinrs, lave and ripe,-mree-penen a pottle',”4c.
But <i:epimei|ml'truffic ’ was in •Sands”and
•Sw.ts.h tvery>‘garieV"Bßd"eell«r 'within the
precincts of Uy e Park had been rifledoith irs,
tienches, boxes, to accommodate those who
wanted to see* or sit. At ail dirty"hour the
crowd gathered in a small circle ardund the
roops. Soon a detachment lif hbrse-gtlards
v as ordered loenlafge the eirclP, and thin Com
menced a backward movement in a aetise mass
, f human beings, (men. women atrd chiforen,)
and a l.reaking-np and o-’er-scttingof stands and
chads that was exceedingly ludicrous. The
multitude, after' reth-ating a few rods, would
make a stand'and resume their posirti•tr, only,
however, to be broken again as the dragoons ap
proached ; and in this way the hbrrernen Clear
ed an area (which did not atfirst embrace more
than twenty acres) Wf at least a mile Square. —
And this Wasdorre so quiitly that although the
horses w ire constantly against a wall of people,
nor one was hurt, nobody got into a passion,
and there was no cursing.
There-was a great competition among the
proprietors ofstandsand seat*, for occupants. —
The prices fluctuated for the same stands.
When a particular’stand’became eligible; irom
the circumstances that the Duke had planted
hims< If op[dsite tir’it white the Column passed
him in review, the privilege cost halfa cTown,
(unless secured by chance before-hand,) though
en minntes before it went begging at sixpence.
I rented an old chair from a poof woman who
rejoiced in two of these convenient household
articles, together with an empty barrel across
the head of which was a board. She was “a
field,” (having three young 'uns to assist her)
with as high hopes an’das muchsolicitudeabout
the day’s venture, as the merchant whose “mind
IS tossing on the oc an,”
“Peering in maps tor porta, and piers and roads,"
for the sale moving of the “aigosies with hear
ty sail," which he’expects tb m the Eastern In
nes. I wns to pay three pennies tor the chair,
and a penny to th« boy who carried it about lor
lhe 1 . With this portable stand 1 was quite in
dependeni, and therefore “kept moving"*With the
toy ana chair at my heels, mounting my ros
tru u as ottenas there was anything within lhe
nails constructed of heads .nd sttoifltaeis that
ttracted attention. At the close if the review,
when, in audition rathe surlrMipnh ted, I added
two pennies to lhe hoy’k Hhbre of the '•spoil-,'*
hisbrigh lace-howeu that be Wdlf mentally say
ing, ‘‘wnaleier indy have b. en''he luck of lhe
other nntecs of old chairs, I am rich dnd hap
py.”
The review, aS fremark'-d before,called forth
-’ll sorts of peoplCpWnd ili Vasr numbers. But
g .tid order and good temper prevailed through
■ mt. I mixed with the spectators, but did not,
during the day, see liny violation of the proprie
ties of life. The Park was thronsred wi’h high
ly respectable female’, who walked among the
plainest and roughest nt the other rex, u ilhout
be:nc shocked, as Would, lam "so'rfyto say,
have ieen th easem an Arrerfcdh ReVftiu, by
. prof nc i>r obscene languatte. In medmiuring
the hole .lay I neitherjmyy Jhuig
i to offend the eye or ear.