New-York daily tribune., 1843-08-16

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!, nresents oaayv OF names which any country
or ace might claim with pride and gratitude.
viii name few Of the works that now sold
IN london. and may be found in well-sclected
Fnolsh Libraries The Letters Of JOHN ADAMs
addressed to his Wife; American Annual Regis-
ter Sparks American Biography in 10 vols !;
Bancroit's History Of the United States the
Works OF Benjamin Franklin in 10 vols. AT 1GS:
Memoirs of Franklin written by himself: Me
/ ,1oirs OF Robert Fulton; Goodrcl's Universal
/ Geography; Life Of Patricl; Henry; Holgatc's
Atlas OF American History; Washington Irving's
Works: Life and Writings Of John jay; The
Madison Papers; Marshalls Life Of Washing
ton; Timothy Pitkms Statitcal View of the
Commerce Of the United States: PrcscottS Fer
dinand and isabella, which the Edinburgh Re
view says is Of the most successful h!stoll-
cal productions of our tmc;" Histories Of Yale
College and Harvard University, the first by
Baldwin (our Baldwin, and the latter by Josiah
Quincy Renwick,s Life Of De Witt Clinton;
Sparks I1ifc of Lcdyard; Col. Stones Lille OF
Brandt; Life of Red Jacket, by the same author:
Life Of Peter Van >chack; Tie Discoveries and
Addresses Of Gulian c. Vcrpanclz, upon Amerl-
can Arts and Antiquities; Writings OF George
Washington, edited by Sparks, Il vols. for El0;
Speeches and Forensic Arguments OF Daniel
Webster; Wirt's Spy Letters; Catlln's Notes
and Letters on the North American Indians; Dc
kay's Turkey Dcwcy's Old and New World;
Fish's Travels in Europe; Schoolcraft's Travels
TO the Sources Of the Misslsslppi; Sman's
Travels in Europe; Stephens Incidents of Ira
vel in Egypt Arabia Pctrea, Russia, Turkey.
Poland Yucatan, and in Central America; Au-
dubon's Ornithoogy q am not sure that Audubon
is an American; Coieman's Agricultural Rept;
Silliman's Journal; Ewbank:s Hydraulics Chan
nng's Works. But / must stop, though have
taken only here and there name, and have not
gone half through the catalogue. Chancellor
kENT's Commentaries upon American Law, are
authority here, and the book is in frequent request
Several American Physicians and Surgeons
stand high in the estimation of their brethren
here. The SIX published volumes OF the . Natu-
raj History of New-Y York' was for sale here
Messrs. W. s. P. lave paid forty guineas for ad-
vertsing this work, which begins to attract at;en-
ton Several copies have been sold 10 Libraries,
and few to wealthy individuals. The work Is
regarded as highly creditabc to our State by all
who sec it. Scientific men, on this side the wa
ter, speak of it as valuable contribution. The
work sells here at So per volume.
went from the Booksellers TO the Mansion
House" and " Guildhatl," for the purpose Of see
inr some Of the Criminal Courts in session. but
they were all closed except that of the Lord
Mayor, handsome, intelligent looking gentle
man. whose ernne robe was lrnged with gold,
and who sat in small room surrounded by law
yers, policemen and vagabonds. They were half
an hour determining whether chap who stood
in the dark, an inch or two within or
without the Lord Mayors jurisdiction when he
picked pocket The accused however, got
the benefit OF the doubt, and was discharged
But if he would not pick pocket on either or
both sides of iursdjctional line, then ugly looks
90 for nothing.
Our next visit was to NEwGATE tho receptacle
Tor criminals during the last seven hundred years
Its frownng gloomy walls but too clearly told lis
character aud history. | sent my card TO the
Governor with a strangers request to visit the
Prison, which was courlcously granted. A mat
ron conducted us through the apartments and
cells for female convics, OF whom there were now
but %, about bali, of whom were awaiting trial'
and the others had sentence Of transportation
She pointed out an Interesting girl, about eight
years old, that had been kidnapped by thieves In
Scotland, and brought 70 London, TO be instruct
cd after the manner Of tie :. Artinl s)odger' IN
the light Fingered mysteries. Keeper then con-
Quoted us through iiie apartments ior male pri-
soncrs of whom there are .low less than hun
dred, many OF whom were ali0ut 10 be taken TO
the h,ilks lor iranyporta.icn TIC cc; arc large
and clean. but cold and du,np. We we're shown
the place where the walls were, to the general
amazencnt, scaled by chnney-sweep. who
made his escape. Tie non rufilcs IN wirch
Jack Shepard was confined, are also exhibited
70 visiters The door throagh which capital Of
tenders arc taken out for executions leads through
the Kitchen There has not, however, been an
execution at Ncwgatc for more than year. The
:" Old Bailey is connected with Newgate, but