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thy colleagues have so successfully began, is thesincere and earnest wish of, Sir, your most obedient, and humble servant, P. COLQUHOUN.To Mr. THOMAS EDDY, New York. P.S. I refer you to the annexed copy of my letterwritten from Eastbourne in Sussex, on the 28thof August. I find since my return home, that Mr.Wilkes is still absent in the country, but I am never-theless making progression, collecting various publi-cations to be sent you; and as soon as I have thepleasure of seeing him, I will take measures for the purpose of conveying them to you. London, 16th February, 1803. SIR, Your excellent work on the state prison of NewYork, has been considered of so much interest andimportance, by several very elevated characters in thiscountry, that a proposition has been made to reprintit. It is now in the hands of the members for theHome Department, through whose medium, I trust, and ardently hope, it may be rendered useful in thiscountry. According to your desire, I have occasion-ally been employed, for some time past, in collectingevery publication which appears to me to bear onsubjects of this nature, as well as on other topics ofpolitical economy, which have appeared to me to beanalogous. The whole are sent in a box addressedto you, by this opportunity, in conformity to a list now inclosed; and I have particularly to request thatyou will accept of them from me, as a mark of my esteem and regard. You will trace in these various tracts a very greatportion of zeal and genuine philanthropy, as well asstrong marks of extensive reading and profoundknowledge, on subjects calculated to promote the com-fort and happiness of society, in every part of thecivilized world.