PART II.
THINGS AND THOUGHTS IN EUROPE.
LETTER I.
PASSAGE IN THE CAMBRIA .-- LORD AND LADY FALKLAND .-- CAPTAIN JUDKINS .-- LIVERPOOL .-- MANCHESTER .-- MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.--"THE DIAL."-- PEACE AND WAR .-- THE WORKING-MEN OF ENGLAND .-- THEIR TRIBUTE TO SIR ROBERT PEEL .-- THE ROYAL INSTITUTE .-- STATUES .-- CHESTER .-- BATHING.
Ambleside, Westmoreland, 23d August, 1846.
I take the first interval of rest and stillness to be filled up by some lines for the Tribune.

Only three weeks have passed since leaving New York, but I have already had nine days of wonder in England, and, having learned a good deal, suppose I may have something to tell.
Long before receiving this, you know that we were fortunate in the shortest voyage ever made across the Atlantic,[A]--only ten days and sixteen hours from Boston to Liverpool.

The weather and all circumstances were propitious; and, if some of us were weak of head enough to suffer from the smell and jar of the machinery, or other ills by which the sea is wont to avenge itself on the arrogance of its vanquishers, we found no pity.

The stewardess observed that she thought "any one tempted God Almighty who complained on a voyage where they did not even have to put guards to the dishes"! [Footnote A: True at the time these Letters were written .-- ED.] As many contradictory counsels were given us with regard to going in one of the steamers in preference to a sailing vessel, I will mention here, for the benefit of those who have not yet tried one, that he must be fastidious indeed who could complain of the Cambria.

The advantage of a quick passage and certainty as to the time of arrival, would, with us, have outweighed many ills; but, apart from this, we found more space than we expected and as much as we needed for a very tolerable degree of convenience in our sleeping-rooms, better ventilation than Americans in general can be persuaded to accept, general cleanliness, and good attendance.