putting in his word on all occasions, and allowing his own sense of the
matter in hand to be pretty plainly seen; so that, before the trial is
over, and long before his own charge is delivered, he must have exercised
a very powerful influence over the minds of the jury. All this is done,
not without dignity, yet in a familiar kind of way. It is a sort of
paternal supervision of the whole matter, quite unlike the cold awfulness
of an American judge. But all this may be owing partly to the personal
characteristics of Baron ------. It appeared to me, however, that, from
the closer relations of all parties, truth was likely to be arrived at
and justice to be done. As an innocent man, I should not be afraid to be
tried by Baron ------.



EATON HALL.


August 24th.--I went to Eaton Hall yesterday with my wife and Mr. G. P.
Bradford, via Chester. On our way, at the latter place, we visited St.
John's Church. It is built of the same red freestone as the cathedral,
and looked exceedingly antique, and venerable; this kind of stone, from
its softness, and its liability to be acted upon by the weather, being
liable to an early decay. Nevertheless, I believe the church was built
above a thousand years ago,--some parts of it, at least,--and the surface
of the tower and walls is worn away and hollowed in shallow sweeps by the
hand of Time. There were broken niches in several places, where statues
had formerly stood. All, except two or three, had fallen or crumbled
away, and those which remained were much damaged. The face and details
of the figure were almost obliterated. There were many gravestones round
the church, but none of them of any antiquity. Probably, as the names