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LA W INTELLIGENCE.
Cll ANCERY.2-PTHIS DAY.)

he was himself connected. Witness thought he was
then perfectly well.
Cross-examined by Sergeant Wunn—The de-
ceased had told witness that he had been in the
habit of consulting a Dr. Hawkins, relative to his
health. He had also consulted Sir James Clark, pre-
vious to effecting the policy of insurance. Witness
could not say.why the deceased had consulted so -many
parties.
Dr. Billing stated that he was a Fellow and Exa-
miner of the Royal College of Surgeons. Ile was
well acquainted with the deceased plaintiff, and with
his family. Witness considered him to be a person
of a generally good constitution. In the year 1838,
the deceased consulted witness as tb the state of his
health, and witness found that he was out'of condition
generally. No dangerous symptoms, however, were
perceptible. That was before the deceased had gone
abroad.

LITERATURE.

JONES V. SMITH.
The further arguments in this part-heard case oc-
cupied the Court the whole day.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
The Court was occupied this day with cases already
part-heard, none of which presented any points suffi-
ciently interesting to require a report.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir JAMES WIGRAM.)
FESTING V. JOHNSON.
His HONOUR gave judgment in this case. The cause
came before the Court upon the construction of a will
raising questions both as to real and personal estate.
The case as to the personal estate had, in fact, been
argued three times; it was argued as far as the par-
ties thought necessary at the time, when the case was
argued as to the real estate. When he gave his
opinion as to the real estate it was suggested that a
more favousable view for the plaintiff might be taken
as to the personal estate, and he consented that
the case as to that . should be re-argued.
The case, in fact, was this :—A real estate
was given in effect, if not in terms, to such of the
children of Martha Belt Johnson as should attain the
age of twenty-one years, and he had expressed an
opinion that the interest f the children was contin-
gent on the real estate. The argument at the bar
with regard to the personal estate was, that the gift
Was. to be taken as a gift to the children, payable at a
future day. Supposing that to be the case, the chil-
dren, having prima facie a vested interest, would not
derive any actual benefit until the day of payment.
A gift of personalty at a future day, would not,
in the ordinary course, carry interest. It
had been contended that in this case the
legacy payable at a future day, would carry
interest in the meantime. His Honour then referred
at Considerable length to the will of the testator, and
said the testator in effect gave his wife the income of
his residuary personal estate for her life, subject only
to the payment of annuities to Mrs. Festing and an-
other lady, and he provided undoubtedly for the main-
tenance of the children in the event of the mother of
the children dying during the life of his widow, avery
strong argument from which to infer that he did not
mean them to he unprovided for after the death of the
widow and mother. Now, if he was to read the legacy
as a legacy to the children when they attained the
age of twenty-one, he concurred in the opinion of
Sir William Grant, expressed in another case, that it
was to be regarded as a contingency. The most fa-
vourable way of recording it for the children was to
make the gift to the children immediate, this being
the only construction upon which he could give the
children an interest in the legacy, and he would con-
strue the gift in favour of the children, as though the
legacy was given over to the children on their attaining
21. Then what was the rule of the Court as to
vested legacies payable at a future day ? The rule
was that the parties did not receive interest until the
day arrived. He admitted that it might be inferred
that the testator intended to give interest before the
children 'attained 21; but the question was, whether
he had, in fact, given such interest, or whether he had
so given it as to justify the Court in deciding that
there was a manifest intention to give it? One point
relied upon for the legatees was that of severance. It
was said that the direction in the will amounted in
effect to a direction to sever, or, at all events, a direc-
tion to sever in certain events which might happen.
Although that point had often been relied upon, it
was impossible that it could be maintained in
the present case. The moment the residue
become payable, the executor was bound to pay over
sufficient to answer the legacy, whether payable or
not; but the mere fact of that retainer was by no
means the same thing as the testator directing sever-
ance of a legacy to take place in every event. Lastly,
it was said that in this case the testator had placed
himself in loco parentis to the children. Now, a gift
to children, payable at a future day, had certainly
been held to carry interest, on account of the relation
in which the testator stood to the legatees, but it had
been repeatedly decided, and was unquestionably the
law of the Court, that a gift to grandchildren did not
imply that the testator placed himself in loco parentis
to the legatees. In this case there was nothing but
the relation of the testator as the grandfather of the
legatees, from which he could say that he had placed
himself in loco parentis. Upon the whole he thought
it better that he should disappoint what the testator
intended, than introduce distinctions so subtle that
whilst they might subvert general rules of law they
could not themselves be reduced to any definite prin-
ciple. His opinion, therefore, was that the real and
personal estate must be treated in the same way, and
he could not give the plaintiffs what they asked.
QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius after Term, before Lord DEN-
MAN and a Middlesex Special Jury.)
MILTON V. GRIFFIN AND OTHERS.
This was an action of trespass for an alleged illegal
seizure of goods.
Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Petersdorff appeared for the
plaintiff,' and Mr. Jarvis conducted the defence.
The plaintiff was a widow lady, and had a son car-
rying on business at Uxbridge. This son became a
bankrupt, and the assignees seized certain goods in
the plaintiff's possession, alleging that they were the
property of the bankrupt. The plaintiff alleged that
the goods seized belonged to her, and brought this
action to recover their value.
The case, which was of no interest except to the
parties concerned, had not concluded when we went
to press.

Dr. Todd Thompson stated that the deceased had
consulted him in the year 1836, and complained of
debility and indigestion. He had consulted him
again in 1838 and in 1839 for the same state of health.
He did not then seem to be afflicted by any complaint
of the liver or the lungs. The deceased again con-
sulted witness by letter, in the month of June, 1839,
and in his letter he stated that he had a spitting of
blood. Witness prescribed for him accordingly, as in
cases of pulmonary hemorrage. From the state of
the patient afterwards, and from the circumstance of
his death by consumption in 1840, will,ness should be
induced to draw the inference that the deceased had
tubercles on the lungs in the month of April, 1839.
Tubercles might, however, escape an examination
with the stethescope. Witness had formed a bad
opinion of the health of the deceased in. the early part
of 1839. Witness would not then have given him a
certificate to an insurance-office.

Mrs. Elizabeth Holy stated that she had known the
deceased since his childhood. He was generally con-
sidered a person of good constitution. Until the year
1840 Mr. Welshire had not been subject to a cough.
The case was proceeding at the hour of our going
to press.

PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATIONS, 6^c. By
Frederick C. Bakcwell, author of " The Natural Evi-
dences of a Future Life," 4-c. Harvey and Barton,
Gracechurch-street.
Mr. Bakewell, who is well known as a correct
and clever writer, and a careful thinker, has, in
this unpretending volume, supplied the young
with many explanations of common occur-
rences, and the aged with many very pleasant
recollections. It will enable them to impart
much useful knowledge which they might forget
or he unable to explain without such a help to
the memory. Its great recommendation is that
it illustrates the most important truths of physi-
cal science in a manner at once easy, correct, and
playful. The diagrams and illustrations are well
chosen and neatly executed, serving, as figures
should serve, to explain in an instant the princi-
ple to be taught. To give a brief specimen of
the book we will quote a short passage on Flying,
a subject at present rather popular, which may
serve to explain to the most sceptical the possi-
bility of achieving what is, in tact, now said to
have been achieved. Having first shown very
clearly that. the " weight of a bird, or the force
with which it is drawn to the ground, supports it
in the air," which naturally makes the little girl
who is one of the interlocutors, say "how very
odd," the writer proceeds thus—
The attempt to fly has been often made, but
without success. The weight of.the human body is
so great that awe have scarcely strength enough in our
arms to raise ourselves, even when taking hold of un-
yielding substances ; and all attempts to get a par-
chase or hold upon the air strong enough to raise the
body from the ground, have hitherto failed. The
most successful attempt at flying that I have heard of
was that of an ingenious baronet of Yorkshire. He
proceeded upon the principle of obtaining a horizontal
motion by downward pressure, in the same manner
as birds do when they fly through the air, without
moving thei*vings. He constructed wings, which
he attached to his body, and having ascended' to the
top of a tree, he then launched himself into the air.
The wings immediately expanded as he began to de-
scend, and presented such an extended surface to the
resistance of the air as to cause a very gradual descent,
and by inclining one of the wings to the ground, the
flying Baronet was enabled to give to his fall an ob-
lique direction, so as to arrive at the bottom of another
tree at some distance. Thus he may be literally said
to have flown from tree to tree. * * * I can
suppose it very possible fora man to support himself,
and move through the air, provided he commenced his
aerial excursion from a considerable height. The
most probable means by which man can hope to tra-
verse the air at will, is by the aid of steam-engines,
or some other moving power. * * * It is possible
for steam-engines to be made not heavier than a man,
yet possessing more than ten times the power of one.
If a proper apparatus could be invented to work
against the air by such an engine, the attempt to fly,
hitherto so unsuccessfully made, might indeed be
carried into effect.
With this quotation we must leave the book,
recommending it to our readers as both instruc-
tive and entertaining.

INSOLVENT COURT—(THIS DAY
The Court was occupied during the day in hearing
applications for bail. Very few of them being opposed,
but little occurred likely to interest the general
reader. In the country bail. cases several were heard,
in which the parties applying stated that they should
be enabled to file their petitions through the assistance
of the Society for the relief of persons confined for
small sums ; upon which, the Learned Commissioner
said, the professed objects of the Society were not to
enable parties to get out on bail, but to enable them
to take the benefit of the Act. If those persons, there-
fore, applied the funds granted by that Society to
getting out on bail they were guilty of a diversion
from the object for which the money was advanced,
and if it were the other way, and that the money
came from their own pockets, they could scarcely be
deemed fitting recipients of the fund.
IN RE WHEATLEY.

The insolvent in this case was registrar of births,
deaths, and marriages for the Lambeth district. His
case was partly heard yesterday, when it was ad-
journed to this day in order to allow the insolvent to
resign possession of the house No. 9, Prince's-row,
Lambeth, to Mr. Southey, by whom he was opposed
at the last hearing.
Having complied with the order of the Court, he
was sworn and discharged forthwith.
IN RE RICHARD LOUIS WEST.
In this case the insolvent had been a horse-dealer
and job-master. He had become bankrupt in the
year 1834, when the debts owing were about 5,7001.,
out of which ss. in the pound was paid. In 1837 he
passed through this Court, but no dividend was then
available fur his creditors, and the sum he now sought
to be released from was about 8001.
It appeared that he had been in the habit of buying
largely at the northern horse fairs, and about eighteen
months ago he bought four carriage-horses from a
breeder named Well 3, which he brought up to Lon-
don, and one of which he alleged was diseased.
Not having accounted satisfactorily for the disposal
of these horses in his schedule, the case was adjourned
to get further evidence.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BO W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
A respectably dressed girl named Elizabeth Ives
was charged on suspicion of stealing a quantity of
wearing apparel, the property of Mr. Derwentwater
Radcliffe, of the Strand, her master.
Mr. Radcliffe stated that the prisoner had lived with
him as servant about six weeks, but owing to her being
insolent she had been discharged. Since she had
left they had missed a quantity of wearing ap-
parel and table linen. Since this discovery he
(Mr. Radcliffe) had visited a patient in his capacity
as surgeon, and speaking of the circumstance of the
prisoner's leaving, the gentleman said he was sur-
prised that the girl had ever been in witness's house,
as five years ago she had been discharged from her
place for .felony, and was sentenced to a punishment
for it. Witness was astonished at this, and made
further inquiries, and found that the prisoner was a
most disreputable character. He therefore gave her
in charge for stealing the articles he had missed.
The prisoner, in her defence, said she was innocent
of the charge.
Mr. JARDINE said he should remand the case for
further investigation, owing to the previous bad cha-
racter of the prisoner. She was, therefore, remanded
till Tuesday next.
Four boys, named Macarthy, Downs, Bell, and
Hallett, were sentenced to one month's imprisonment
each for attempting to pick pockets in Covent-garden
market this morning.
The officer said that robberies were continually
being committed on market days, seven or eight oc-
curring every Saturday.

SALE OF THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S FAT STOCK.
—On Wednesday the annual sale of the Duke of De-
vonshire's fat stock took place in his Grace's farm-
yard, at the pretty village of Edensor, a short dis-
tance from the princely Chatsworth. The attendance
upon the occasion was most numerous, it being esti-
mated that about 2,000 persons were present. This
unwonted confluence is attributable not only to the
excellence of the stock brought to the hammer, but
to the prestiv attaching to the name of the Duke
of Devonshire:, whose high character and truly
noble conduct in his exalted station have rendered
him deservedly popular. The auctioneer .was Mr.
Nicholson, of Chesterfield, and the following are the
prices at which some of the lots were sold. It may
be stated that the condition and appearance of the'
stock generally was such as to reflect great credit on
Mr. Swapfield, his Grace's bailiff :—A fat bullock, a
very fine animal, was, after a spirited competition,
knocked down to Mr. Turner, of Sheffield, for 70/:
Mr. Turner was also the purchaser of a fat pig for
201.55. A cow was bought by Mr. Tomlins, of Bas-
low, for 361. Mr. Wyatt, of Chesterfield, was the pur-
chaser of two, at the respective prices of 361. and
281. ss. Messrs. Middleton and Shimwell bought
two others for 281. 10s. and 271. Mr. Cocker, of
Edensor, purchased a highland bullock for 281. 155.,
and Messrs. Nale and Creswick, of Chesterfield,
another for 271. 15s. Mr. Arkwright, of Sutton Hall,
bought a bull-calf, not seven months old, for 22/.
Another, not,five months old, was purchased by Mr.
Taylor, of Pilsley,' for 101. 15s. The total produce of
the sale was 1,6331. 4s. 6d. The result of this sale,
and the high prices given for the stock, has put the
farmers and graziers in good spirits ; they looking
upon them as an indication that " things are about to
mend."

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

WALTER V. GOOCH.

The plaintiff in this case is a timber merchant, and
brought this action upon a guarantee, to recover the
sum of 601., being the value of timber furnished by
the plaintiff to a person named Johnson, who was
building a set of stables at Notting-hill. It appeared
that before the work was completed Johnson
required a further supply of timber, and ob-
tained it to' the value of 1001. from the plaintiff,
on the guarantee. of a person named Connop. The
latter was paid, and the present defendant set up
against the plaintiff's claim of 601. against him, that
the payment of the second guarantee satisfied the first.
The question at issue here was, whether the first
dealing in which• Gooch was a security was a part of
the second in which Connop was concerned, and in
which the plaintiff's demand was satisfied; or was it
a special and distinct transaction ?
The Jury found that the two dealings were distinct
and independent, and accordingly gave a verdict for
the plaintiff.

UNION HALL—on-us DAY.)
William Singleton was charged with creating a
disturbance in the Victoria Theatre, and assaulting
Mortlock, the officer, in his attempt to remove him.
On the preceding night the defendant went into the
pit of the above theatre, and had not been there
long before he commenced making such a noise
as to interrupt the performance. In order to
attract attention, and make himself as con-
spicuous as possible, he stood up on the
benches, vociferated that he was the "immortal Kean,"
and gave an imitation of his Richard, to the great
discomfiture of the audience and the performers. The
constable at length made his way to that part of the
theatre where the " would-be actor" was standing,
and over and over again requested him to desist ;
but words having no effect on such a " customer,"
an attempt was made to remove him, in doing which
he struck at and kicked the constable, and it was with
difficulty he was at length expelled from the pit, and
lodged in the station-house.
The defendant was what is termed " down upon
his luck" while at the bar, and apologised for his con-
duct. He was fined 20s. and discharged.

EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY.

WELSIIIRE V. BROWN.

This was an action brought to recover a sum of
3,0001. the amount of a policy of life insurance effected
with the Law Life Insurance Company, of which the
defendant was the representative in this case.
The Attorney-General, Mr. Platt, and Sir G.
Lewin appeared for the plaintiff; and the Solicitor-
General, Sir T. Wilde, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. White,
conducted the case on behalf of the defendant.

DETERMINED SUlClDE.—Yesterday forenoon,
shortly after nine o'clock, as a police-constable of the
K division was passing down a narrow lane running
by the side of the City and Tower Hamlets Ceme-
tery, Bow-common, he observed a man stand-
ing in a curious attitude against the rail-
ings of the cemetery. On going up to him, he found
that he was suspended by a handkerchief from the
railings, his feet nearly touching the ground. He
immediately cut him down, and, having procured
assistance, had the body conveyed to the Rose and
Crown, Bow-common, where it was identified as the
body of a man named William Ottley, living at Brom-
ley. The body was quite cold, and had been hanging
some time. The deceased's friends can assign no
reason for his committing the rash act.
THE LATE MURDERS IN IRELAND.-The Dublin
Gazette contains the offer of the increased sum of
1001. for the discovery. and conviction of the murderers
of Mortimer, the middleman, at Freshford, county
Kilkenny. A reward of 1001. is also proclaimed for
the apprehension and conviction of the person who
fired at and killed Michael Hanly, at Greenwall, Tip-
perary, on the Ist inst.
TESTIMONIAL or RESPECT.—The friends of the
Rev. C. A. T. Smith, M.A., late Curate of St. An-
drew's Church, Plymouth, have lately presented him
with the sum of 1001., as a token of personal regard,
and to give some public avowal of their grateful sense
of his ministry during the nine years in which he has
officiated in that parish.
In the course of the past week, the brooms have
disappeared from the mast-heads of many of the ships
in the various docks and canals within the port, which
may be regarded as a very palpable indication of a
favourable move in maritime affairs. The shipwrights,
too, who have—very much to their disadvantage
—been idle hands about the banks of the Thames
for some time, begin to find occupation. The value
of tonnage is improving, and with the spring we may
expect more general and increased activity.—Shipping
Gazette.
ST. MARY, NEWINGTON BUTTS.—The poll upon
the vestry question, namely, whether application
should be made to Parliament for a Bill to light, pave,
and improve certain parts of the above parish, closed
on Wednesday, when there appeared a great majority
against the proposed Bill. It is, consequently, aban-
doned for the present.
We learn by accounts from Paris that the Earl and
Countess of Chesterfield have been giving a series of
sumptuous banquets at the " Grand Hotel Bristol,"
in the Place Vendome, since their arrival in the French
capital. An English nobleman's retrenchment very
frequently bears a strong resemblance to a foreign no-
bleman's profusion.
The month of December has been ushered in in this
vicinity by the singing of thrushes, blackbirds, and,
other warblers of the feathered choir, while during the
present week swallows have been seen flying strong
on the wing, and the hedges round are adorned with
several sorts of field flowers, in full bloom ; and in the
gardens belonging to Bate's Golden Lion here, ripe
strawberries and blossoms are now to be seen on the
natural beds. These are striking proofs of the mildness
and salubrity of the air in this neighbourhood.—
Western Times.

sincerely EXTENSIVE FAILURE IN THE CORN TRADE AT
V
regret to announce that
tII L. Fernandez and
Sons, corn merchants, sole millers, and ;wine
merchants, were made bankrupts, on Thursday last.
N:LEFiniEen Ltm firm —We
of Messrs. L
Thus are other Tory names added to the victims of
Sir Robert Peel's sliding-scale !At the corn market,
at Wakefield, yesterday, the stoppage was the subject
of general conversation, and great alarm prevailed in
consequence. It is said that the liabilities of the firm
are not less than 90,000/.—Leeds Mercury of this day.
THE GAS MONOPOLT.--On Thursday evening a
public meeting of the gas consumers and a large num-
ber of the householders of the borough of Marylebone,
took place at the Colosseum Tavern, Portland-road,
for the purpose of taking steps to destroy the existing
gas monopoly in the borough by the formation of a
company, to comprise the consumers of the gas them-
selves, upon the same principle as the Commercial
Company, recently established by the tradesmen
and consumers of the eastern portion of the me-
tropolis. Mr. A. M. Hyde was called to the
chair. Mr. Waples said it was high time the
gas consumers of that borough followed the example
which had been set them by the Licensed Victuallers
and other tradesmen at the eastern end of the metro-
tropolis. He proposed that they should form them-
selves into an Association or Company, to protect
themselves from the barefaced robberies which were
at present perpetrated upon them. No one could
doubt the benefit which would accrue to the con-
sumers themselves, and therefore he hailed with de-
light the present proceedings.. Mr. Seridge said he
would call the attention of the meeting to the present
state of thraldom and subserviency in which they
(the gas consumers of Marylebone) were held by
the present gas companies, who, },
-aving coalesced
together for the purposes of monopoly,
could do
just as they liked with them. The only way to
relieve themselves from this difficulty was, not
only for the inhabitants of Marylebone to be con-
sumers of gas, but to become manufacturers of it also.
They had endured this monopoly for the last 16 years,
and it was now time to shake it off. Experience had
taught them that they could obtain a reduction of 30
per cent. in this necessary to trade, and at the same
time give a fair profit to the capitalist. Mr. Freeman
inquired what would be about the charge for each
1,000 feet of gas. Mr. Haig said it could be had, and
was supplied by the Commercial Company, at 75.
per 1,000 feet, and the quality would be the same,
whilst the existing companies charged 9s. Several
other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted, expressive of an
opinion that a Consumers Gast Company was highly
necessary to destroy the existing monopolies in that
necessary article of trade. A provisional committee
was then formed to carry out the object.
The Commerce publishes the following extract
from D.Z. ;Jacqueminot's address to the electors of
Paris :—" Gentlemen, I have shed all my blood for
ray country, and I am ready to shed it again."

It appeared from the opening statement of the At-
torney-General, that the plaintiff had been a land-sur-
veyor, residing at Hitchen, Herts. In the month
of May, 1839, he had effected the insurance in ques-
tion with the Law Life Insurance Company, having
referred the Company's agents to a friend of his, and
to a medical gentleman of the name of Johnson, as to
the state of his health. The plaintiff was then 29
years of age. He had paid the premium on the policy
in 1839, and had paid another premium in May 1840;
but towards the end of the latter year he died, and
died of pulmonary consumption, as was admitted upon
all hands. After his death the amount of the insur-
ance policy was claimed by his executors. The claim
was resisted by the Company, on the ground that the
deceased had made false representations as to the state
of his health, and had concealed circumstances which
he ought to have disclosed, and which would have
guided the agents of the Company in the matter.
Dr. James Johnson was the first witness called on
behalf of the plaintiff. Witness knew the late Mr.
Welshire. He first became acquainted with him in 1836,
when he was consulted by Mr. Welshire for an attack
of influenza. In 1838, the deceased went abroad, by
the advice of witness, for the benefit of his general
health. In the month of April 1839, the deceased ap-
plied to witness for a certificate, he being at the time,
about to insure his life. Witness then examined him
carefully, and could detect in him no traces of any
disease. He appeared to be wholly free from any
pulmonary complaint. Witness then gave a certificate
in which he stated he considered Mr. Welshire a good
insurable life. A series of questions were afterwards
put to witness in writing by the agents of the Law
Life Insurance-office ;, and to those questions witness
answered to the satisfaction of the Company. (The
certificate and the answers of witness to the agents of
the office were put in.) Witness had been in practice
as a doctor for the lost forty years.
Cross-examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Wit-
ness resided in Suffolk-street, Pall-mall. When the
deceased came and consulted him in 1836 he had re-
covered from the influenza, but indigestion and de-
bility followed from it, and were not then removed.
Witness believed that the deceased called upon him
three or four times in the course of the year 1836.
Witness did not see him again until 1838, when wit-
ness, as well as he could recollect, recommended him
• to go abroad. The deceased had not called again until
1839, when he applied for the certificate.
Mr. Hall Thompson stated that he was profession-
ally connected with the United Kingdom Insurance
Company—he was the consulting surgeon ; and he was
also a proprietor of the Company's shares. He had
known the deceased, who had consulted him three or
four times in the course of the year 1836. Witness
had again seen him in 1839, and after examining him
witness thought the state of his health so good that he
recommended him to insure tit the office with which

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER lO, 1842,

EASTERN AND WESTERN STATES OF
AMERICA. 3 Vols. Fisher, London; 1842.
With these volumes Mr. Buckingham con-
cludes his account of his travels in America.
We cannot say that there is any very particular
novelty in his reflections or his descriptions ; in-
deed the subject is one so completely exhausted
that it is scarcely possible to say anything new
upon it; nevertheless, he has contrived to pro-
duce a very readable work, easy and fluent in
style, cordial and conciliatory in point of sen-
timent, and by no means deficient in happy,
characteristic sketches of American life and
manners. Mr. Buckingham is by no means an
enthusiastic eulogist of brother Jonathan; he
wisely tempers admiration with discretion,
and does justice to all his good qualities,
while he does not omit to remind him of his de-
fects. He corroborates, we perceive, the obser-
vations of Mr. Dickens as regards the increasing
demoralisation of certain portions of the transat-
lantic press ; and speaks with equal commenda-
tion of the good order and morality that are
everywhere apparent in the manufacturing town
of Lowell, whose establishments are admirably,
regulated, and whose numerous operatives, fe-
male as well as male, are in a happy, contented,
and prosperous condition, and distinguished by
the strict uniform morality of theiz conduct. In
the course of an entertaining chapter respecting,
the extent, character, &c., of that " great Fa-
ther of Waters," the Mississippi, Mr. Bucking-
ham speaks in warm terms of approbation of the
beauty and variety of the landscape scenery on
its banks, materially differing in this respectfrom
Boz, who sketches the scenery as detestable, and
the stream itself as being every way worthy of it.