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ly finished, in fields within the liberty of Westmin-ster, at the public expense, with all the improvementswhich experience has suggested, and a bill is nowin the house, for regulating insane establishments,and appointing periodical visitants for the purpose ofpromoting humanity and preventing abuses. But,after all, much remains to be done. A continuanceof peace may do much. The legislature, however, isperhaps very properly slow in adopting new mea-sures and in abolishing old customs. These feelingsdo not operate with the same force in a new country. I am surprised to find that my last work on thePopulation, Power, and Revenue of the British Empire, had not been on sale in America; as the first editionwent off in eight months, although a very expensivebook on account of the number of tables. I have nodoubt of its being reprinted in America. Already thereare two translations of the work in German, and Ibelieve also in French. I believe Mr. Clay, when here,carried out a copy of it. He told me he intended todo so. I send you under cover an epitome of thiswork. It has been purchased by the ministers of allthe nations of Europe, as well as many other foreign-ers. Through the medium of this work, much hasbeen disclosed on subjects tending to promote thehappiness of nations, and to prevent many of thoseerrors by which their decline has been effected. It is a pleasing circumstance, to find your countryis following our example, with respect to free schools.We, at last, discover here, that the general educationof youth is not only the best prop to the state, but tothe happiness and prosperity of the people. I trustyour schools are established on a stable basis, whichcan undergo no unfavourable change by the death orremoval of the first benevolent founders. For wantof this, many excellent institutions have fallen into decay, when their original founders were no more.As yet, our legislature has afforded no pecuniary aidto the numerous schools established in this country;