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adapted to answer the design of such an establish-ment; the Keeper appears to he a decent and respect-able man, and well qualified for his station; theapartments are not so cleanly as I expected to findthem. There are fifty-nine convicts confined, fifty-seven men, and two women, who appeared decent,orderly, and industrious; they were employed in the manufacture of nails, shoes, and cloth. The Inspec-tors are very worthy citizens, who reside in the neigh-bourhood of Trenton. They informed me, that theprofit on the labour of the convicts, was sufficient todefray the expenses of the prison. It is about fouryears since its estabishment. I also visited several times the prison of Phila-delphia. This building was erected before the alter-ations were made in their penal code, and is, there-fore, not well calculated for the purpose of a peniten-tiary. Prisoners before conviction, vagabonds, anddisorderly persons, are also kept there, and the sys-tem of order, &;c. does not appear equal to that ofNew York prison. This difference is not to be im-puted to any inability, or want of attention, of theInspectors of the former, but to circumstances not intheir power to control. Unfortunately for Pennsyl-vania, the vast number of emigrants, from everycountry, who have settled there, and the violence ofparty spirit, tend much to distract the government,and destroy the influence of its best citizens. Thepolitical changes in the administration, caused by this spirit, have also been extended to the peniten-tiary, and those who have most contributed to itsestablishment and support, are displaced to makeway for new men, wholly unfit to manage its con-cerns. The friends of the institution feel apprehen-sive of the effects of this change on its future pros-perity. It is, indeed, to be lamented, that the spirit of political parties should be so violent, as to checkthe progress of improvement, in what so essentiallyconcerns the safety and happiness of all. But I must