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of another, in which he gained his splendid victory over the Eng¬ 
lish on Lake Erie. There is also here a full length portrait of 
General Jackson, and of Generals Brown, Macomb, and Swift, 
as well as those of Commodores Hull, Decatur, Bainbridge, 
McDonough and Chauncy, and of the former Governor Lewis. 
There is also a very good portrait of Ex-President Monroe, as 
well as of several of the earlier Governors of New York, among 
whom is one of the last Dutch Governors, Peter Stuyvezant, in 
full armour. In another hall appropriated to the meetings of the 
corporation, there is a portrait by Trumbull of the great Wash¬ 
ington, and opposite to this, a portrait of the elder Governor 
Clinton, uncle of De Witt Clinton, as well as those of General 
Hamilton and Chief Justice Jay. 
To my great delight I met with my fellow traveller, Mr. Bow- 
doin; we were much together; in company with him I paid a 
visit to the English Admiral, Sir Isaac Coffin. He is an Ame¬ 
rican by birth, and although he belongs to the English navy and 
is a member of parliament, his whole heart still clings to his na¬ 
tive country, and he has come hither to see it again before his 
death. 
I was much disappointed at a second visit to the Italian opera. 
II barbiere di Seviglia was announced, but on account of the in¬ 
disposition of the Signorina Garcia, it was not represented. 
The same folly prevails among the public here, as among the 
English, to require a repetition of the greater part of the airs, 
even of the most difficult songs, without regard to the exhaustion 
of the singer. 
I visited again, in company with the Rev. Mr. Schaeffer, the 
excellent institution, called House of Refuge for juvenile offen¬ 
ders. This institution has increased since last autumn, and now 
contains ninety-three young persons of both sexes; at present, 
however, there are only twenty-three of the female sex. Such 
an institution is certainly worthy of imitation ; for children, 
who are led astray by wrong inclinations, by the wickedness of 
their parents, and by bad company, are brought back again to the 
right road, whereas in other countries they are shut up in public 
prisons with old offenders, and thereby they become still more 
corrupted. The house intended for the boys was finished, and 
inhabited by them. They were at this time employed in build¬ 
ing another for the girls, parallel with the former. The boys sleep 
each alone in a cell on a piece of sail cloth, which they spread out 
and fasten by four pegs. These are long rooms, which serve as 
school rooms,, and are on one side of the building two stories 
high. The second row is reached by wooden steps, and a gallery 
runs before the cells of this row. All the boys are employed; 
either in receiving instruction or in attending to some mechanical 
