wonderful. I wish you could have heard him exclaim,
after my petition 'Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive . . . ' 'I
have not the smallest ill-will to any one person in the whole world.'
They stay here until Saturday, when they begin the sad journey to convey
him to Sussex. They wanted to bury him at Liverpool, but she refused. I
forgot to tell you that he told Lawrence before starting that he _wished
he were safe back_."

Mr. Huskisson was not buried at Chichester, for at last Mrs. Huskisson
consented to the popular wish that his body might have a public funeral
at Liverpool, where a statue of him by Gibson now stands in the
cemetery."

ELEVATED SIGHT-SEERS WISHING TO DESCEND.

Sir J. A. Picton, in his _Memorials of Liverpool_, relates an amusing
incident connected with the opening of the railway at that town. "On the
opening of the railway," he remarks, "of course, every point and 'coin of
vantage' from whence the procession could be best seen was eagerly
availed of. A tolerably high chimney had recently been built upon the
railway ground, affording a sufficient platform on the scaffolding at the
top for the accommodation of two or three persons. Two gentlemen
connected with the engineer's department took advantage of this crowning
eminence to obtain a really 'bird's eye view' of the whole proceedings.
They were wound up by the tackle used in hoisting the bricks, and enjoyed
the perspective from their airy height to their hearts' content. When
all was over they, of course, wished to descend, and gave the signal to
be let down again, but alas! there was no response. The man in charge,
excited by the events of the day, confused by the sorrowful news by which
it was closed, and, it may be, oblivious from other causes, had utterly
forgotten his engagement and gone home. Here was a prospect! The shades
of evening were gathering, the multitudes departing, and every
probability of being obliged to act the part of St. Simeon of Stylites
very involuntarily. Despair added force and strength to their lungs, and
at length--their condition and difficulty having attracted
attention--they were relieved from their unpleasant predicament."

THE DUKE'S CARRIAGE.

A correspondent of the _Athenaeum_, in 1830, speaking of the carriage
prepared for the Duke of Wellington at the opening of the Liverpool and
Manchester Railway, remarks: "It rather resembled an eastern pavilion
than anything our northern