but Yankee-born.  Was introduced to Mr. Deseze, Mrs. B.’s brother-in-law, a Frenchman, who fought under Napoleon at Waterloo, and was offered to retain his commission by Louis XVIII., but he declined it.  This was one of the pleasantest days I had spent since I left my own fireside.  It brought old recollections to my memory that had long been buried—­scenes of my boyhood, when Blane and I were serving our apprenticeship in Wigton.  In the evening we went to Palmo’s Opera-house, to hear Dr. Lardner, of Heaviside notoriety.  It was his second lecture on the “Evidences of Religion afforded by the Phenomena of Nature, and the Consistency of Science with Divine Revelation.”  We were much pleased.  He is the most complete elocutionist I ever heard, and impressed a crowded audience with his sublime subject.  What a melancholy loss to England by his one false step, that degraded him in moral society!  Walked to the Astor, and took one cigar each, when Mr. B. told me he was collecting charity for the poor widow of H. W——­s, who had left her without a shilling to support four helpless children.  He had 6000 dollars a year, and Mr. F. discharged him for intemperance.  He took to his bed, and died of a broken heart.  I envied this man, when I lived with him at F.’s, for his position.  Gave his widow 50 dollars; and to bed.

Monday morning.—­Had a long interview with Prime, Ward, and King, the first house here whom I had letters to from Barings and Overend, and Gurney.  They gave me all the information in their power, and introduced me to Mr. Halford’s agent, a bill-broker, 46, Wall-street.  Was occupied till dinner writing to Bow Churchyard, and had Mr. Pearce to dine with me.  Dr. Keene called in the evening, and we took steam-boat (as large as six of the Margate boats) to Holboken.  Had a delightful walk by the Hudson River, and saw some Indians, real Natives, with whom I was much struck.  Returned by a steam-boat, still larger and more crammed:  I should think there must have been 2000 souls, with lots of trotting-horses, and gigs from 70 lbs. to 120 lbs. weight each, returning from a trotting-match.  Heard some extraordinary grasshoppers, which repeated “Kate she did!” and “Kate she didn’t!” quite distinctly.  Thence, for the first time, to a mobocracy meeting, where they expressed awfully Liberal opinions—­“Polk and Dallas for ever!” The room, a very large one, was crammed to suffocation:  I should think there were 5000 wedged in, and I should say the thermometer stood at 106 deg..  Liberal as I am, I went no length to them.  Beat all the speeches I ever heard.  Dan.  O’Connell, Tom Duncombe, and the late Hunt and Cobbett were fools to them.  Home again with a wet shirt, and to bed.