put, by respectful violence, in his proper place, the servant closed the doors in haste, the coachman whipped his horses, and the equipage dashed off, with the obstinate little prince pinned by force on the precise spot that etiquette enjoined he should occupy. The whole time the crowd was uncovered, and the soldiers stood at presented arms. Deference to royalty is carried very far here.--W---- and myself were strolling in one of the public buildings lately, and I stopped to read a proclamation. While carelessly running my eyes over it, a sentinel ordered me to take off my hat. It was commanded that the royal proclamation should be read uncovered. As this was a little too much in the spirit of Gessler I preferred not reading any more to submission. I do not mention these things to deride them, for they have their use, though proper substitutes exist: but simply as touches of the country. I wish there was a little less of this abstract deference for station and authority here, as I sincerely wish there were a good deal more of both (under certain limitations of common sense) in America. Society loses nothing by causing those who do not know how to reason, to feel. Besides, there is great danger that, in the absence of respect for station, men will get to have a respect for mere money, which is the most abject and contemptible of all conditions of the mind, to say nothing of its direct tendency to corruption. I should deem it a _pas en avant_, could we hear it said at home, “That fellow is proud of his descent, his manners, his knowledge of the world, his conversation, his connections,” his any thing, in short, instead of the vulgar accusation of being “purse-proud.” LETTER XIII. Villas in the Environs of Naples.--Castle of St Elmo.--Views from a Convent.--Villa of Cardinal Ruffo.--Beautiful View of the Bay of Naples and the surrounding Country.--Erroneous notions of Travellers.--Tasso’s House.--Sorrento.--The Campo Santo.--Mode of Interment.--The Lazzaroni.--Neapolitan Fruits.--Naples and New York.--Neapolitan Labourers. Having determined to pass the remainder of the season in the vicinity of Naples, we have been employed, for the last week, in looking for a house. Our aim has been the vicinity of the town; so far from it, as to escape its confusion and noise, and yet so near as to possess its conveniences.--The occupation has enabled us to see more of the modes of ordinary life, than a traveller usually gets in a hurried visit. At the same time we have given glances at the different objects of curiosity as they presented themselves.