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JOURNAL A TRIP TO PARIS. (No. XXXIV.) In my last I intimated my intention of noticing the Luxemburgh , , 'containing the Senate House in one wing, and a fine gallery 'of pictures in Of the Palace itself it is unnecessary' to .say much 5 built three hundred years ago, it has passed in review under the pen of too many .Tourists to possess either novelty or interest in . 1 our day. • Perhaps the same observation applies to most Of the pictures which it contains. In 4 the Senate House, however, there'lis a great deal new—for the French RevolntiOn -was a sore de stroyer of antiquity. The grand stair-case is one of the noblest I ever sate-broad, massy, and ht posing. Statues of Generals Bieber, Hoche, Dessaix, Joubert, Caffarell4 Mareeau, and Du goinmier; and of 'Mirabeau, Coudorcet, Beau . harnois ) Thouret, Chapelier, Barnave, and Vert niatrx, who have distinguished themselves in civil and political affairs, are placed on a projection from the 'wall, on each side of this stair-case, • and have a shetvy effect, ~ Aftcr'passing through several-elegant anti-chambers, you arrive at the Hall in which . the late Senate met, and in which the present Peers hold their sittings:. This is a noble apartment, but much more theatrical than the . British Upper House. Indeed; almost every , public place (except the Musses) in Paris, has the aspect bf 'a,theatre—all is laid out to catch the eye-and ensnare the mind, and nothing is left, as with us, to the unaided effect of innate dignity, or the resistless energy of simple truth. Thom son's-line— the other. " Anti is, when unadorned, adorned the most," would be perfectly unintelligible in France.— Buonaparte's statue, and son►c of his pictures, have been removed from their stations in this build- ing ; such as remain are imperviously covered with, green baize. The view over the gardens from 'the back chambers is beautiful ; but the gar dens themselves, though fine, want variety— " Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, " And half the platform just reflects the other." Some fine statues, however, are here offered to the gaze of the Critic, which, were the Louvre shut, would be . worth more than a transient, in spection : they are, to be sure, mostly copies, but many of them are fine ones, Having satisfied my curiosity with the Parlia mentary wing, I sojourned to that of the Pictures, which is, or at least was, styled the .Gallery of - the Palace of the Senate. In a sMall anti-room an admirable Holy Family, by Raphael ; a Panae, by Titian ; several Holy Subjects-, by Philippe de Champagne ; and two of the sweetest little Marine Sketches that ever flowed from the pencil of Vandeveide. The palm, however, is contested with these by asimilar. work of Vligers, certainly the finest of this - master which , I have met with. A Landscape, with figures, by Herman •Swanveldt, is remarkable for a delicious perspec tive-=-a Concert, by Brekelen Kamp, for charming colouring ; and above all the Pilgrims of Emmaus, a Cabinet Picture, by Rembrandt, distinguished for that indiscribable force and beauty, that ex quisite management of light and 'Shadow for which he stands without a parallel in the art. With the exception of the 'Woman taken in Adultery, this is the most captivating picture of the kind front. the hand of the celebrated Hollander. E.ntering the principal Gallery, you are daziled lvith . a glorious light shed from the walls by that splendid series of the Life of Mary . de Medicis, which has been called the Poem of Rubens, and was paintell for the Queen by that Artist. It is imposible for some time to examine these pictures, to inOire into their subject, or notice any defects 'which may belong to them : 'they are so tran .scendantly brilliant, so riclr in the glow of the brightest tints, that it is literally beyond the en iluranee of the eye to . serutinite them closely and steadily. One perceives, indeed, that purity of de . • sign camenot.within the atm of Rubeni l but the Jiving freshness of lkis colouring., the exquisite na ture of his flesh, the.mastery and rapidity of his tench, fills the soul with such astonishment, that all imperfections are forgotten, and you doubt whether these were..e.vesr the production of mortal It would be an idle tagk to repeat the stories.of these well known tablets but I could not resist the entilusiastic,.linpulse -which I felt to say something of the general effect of this blaze _ . of magnificen ce . The education of Mary deMe dicis in. the C;astaliau rotto strikes me as the most resplendent piece of colonr taken altOgether-; awl the birth of 1 4 6 u1s XIII. as posseising not only mote grace a!id expre-ssion than any of the , other s, but as surPassing in these respects any picture . of . the SIMI: , illustrious painter. In Time discovering Troth, there is a female figure n b s) .:. luEcv a cilef-d'ou'vre of flesh-colour, and beywid genius. jiguginationettchaiiting. • IL the gallery of flubens, as if, to 'l,llc. them to nothing by:the COlitt3SV, are placed two of thy- largest anal finest productions of David—the Oath of the Horatii, and Brutus at his Heaith after the cemillunnatibn of his• Sons, ; David is a marlted . ex ample of the detects of lic G l is Scho'ol. Aiming at the simplicity of the an'tigne, at anatdnical display, and the most rigid unity of action, this school has forgotten that there are chasms in colouring, in variety, in life and nature, which surpass all others, and i'vithout Which . the best &Mtn burnan figure is a mere uninteresting outline, , and the deepest tragis tale an tmaffucting shadow. Such are these pictures; and their stiff composition, .their chalky line, their inanimate stillness are _more than ut terly destroyed by the,' contiguous flowing ease, lustrous tints, and joyous spirit, which breath on the canvas of the immortal Rubeni. Of the Gallery of Lesueur we have little to say ; and the less that is said of it the better ; fur the works of this Raphael of France (so pronounced by the vanity of that Nation, as if unconscious that he was not fit to be the Raphael of any other) arc poor, monotonous, and tiresome. Never was learning so misapplied as in the; twenty-four pic tures which tell the history of St. Bruno, and are all of the same dingy brown, we suppose in honour of his name. They are not Worth a remat4 were it not that in the second of the series, representing. the Death 'of the 'Canon Raymond, there is an Imp seated on the Doctor's pillow, froM which un seemly and tasteless circumstance it is probable that Sir Joshua Reynolds - borrowed, the idea which disfigures his noble picture of the Death of Beau fort. A third Gallery contains the Parts of France, by Hue and Vernet—the former of 'whom is, we believe, still living, at the age of 64—Vernet died in 1789. There is a good deal of similarity' between these artists ; and though some of their productions fail in effect, there are others of ex traordinary merit—displaybig at once fidelity and, genius of the first order. The whole number of pictures in . these Galleries amount to 100. The roofs, &c. are finely painted by Barthelemy, Jordaens, and Callet. VIATOR. FRENCH. PAPERS. [Further ExtrUcts7] PARIS, OCT. 2.—lt is most assuredly not with out the. most painful feelings that our readers will have perused the details we have given them, respecting the capture and desOui:tion of the capi tal of the United States of America. Thus, then, the war is prosecuted in the New World with the same character of furyas for so long a period spread desolation over the Old. It there exhibits the same spectacle of devastation and horror, at the moment when we flattered ourselves with the prospect of beholding the revival, even in the midst of battles, of those principles of humanity and the law of nations . , which a poliShed and civi lised people ought never to violate. Was it in tended to furnish him with an excuse, who was. justly charged with trampling under foot all those principles, by imitating his barbarOns ex ample ?—Whaf the Englii, who reproached hint with such force and justice, with spreading 'pillage and conflagration wherever he went, with ruining and destroying the towns that submitted to his• armies, now make ,themselves masters of Washington, ,plunder, and lay it waste, blow up all its public'establishments and public edifices, and carry off in their' ships all that they do not chooie to destroy by fire .and sword ! 'kis not an absolutely foreign city, and to which no tie, none of those ancient relations which doubly claim the rights of humanity, might have to en_ sure a.less . severe fate, that they have thus treat ed ; it is a city, which may be called English, which speaks the same language, which has the same manners, arid is composed of inhabitants whose fathers were English ! In' this last war, which. has divided. England. from the United States, our wishes and our feel ings have been constantly in favour of the En g li s h arms. The English combated the general enemy of Europe—the enemy of France in particular.— The• American Government seemed to have espous ed the odious cause of our Tyrant : it thwarted the active War made upon him, by declaring itself against England, whom we considered as the soul of the Coalesced Powers, and whom we heartily. wished to see performing a part at once so bril , liant and so honourable. We, moreover, be held in Mr. Madison and his party, adherents to those democratic principles, which had brought upon us such calamities : we wished, therefore, that this party might fall. But bow much was it. to be wished that hostilities had ceased in Ame rica, as in Europe, on the fall of him who had given the signal for them in all parts oldie world ? Why, at least, has not war itself experienced the good effects of that fall ? Why is it conducted in the manner of pirates, who land upon a coast to ravage it, and then precipitately embark again, not ,feeling themselves sufficiently strong to oc cupy it and maintain their ,position ? Was 'it not in this wanner that the English landed, to the number of five thousand, as it is said, at Wash ington, and Then tied, after having ruined, and as it were, swept from the face of the earth, one of the finest. capitals in the world, which most for cible struck, by its magnificence and its establish ments, one of the most celebrated travellers of the 'present day, 'At de l(lumboldt ? Is it thus that the hero whom they bold forth with 31st pride to the admit'ation of Europe made war in Portugal, in Spain, in Franee.?. The English have Offen preached up excellent principles of 'morals and humanity ; they have often' and justly 'reproached their enemies' with violE ! ting . those:principles :.but let them beware— their edifying sermons. and. their severe reproaches We received French Papers to the 4th, at so late an hour this afternoon, that to 'make room for them we are compelled to postpone the inser tion of some observations on the Expose of the views of the American Government 'in our last page ; as well as on the article respecting the di lapidation of Washington from the Journal des Debats. The former will however, of itself, fur nish the answer to all but the misrepresentations 'of the latter. The following are our Extracts from the Paris Journals : " COPENHAGEN, SEPT.I6.—An Edict ofthe K ing of DnimAnx, dated Fredericsberg, 26th Anzust, absolves the inhabitants of Heligoland from their Oaths of Allegiance, in consequence of the cession of the -Island to the Crown of Great Britain by the Treaty of 14th ianyary. " VIENNA, SEPT. 22.--The decorations of the Order , of the Garter were yesterday presented to the Emperor with great ceremony. The Deputies of the King of England; the SecretarY of State for Foreign Affairs Lord CASTLEREAGH, Sir I. HEARD Herald, King at Arms, and Sir T. TYRWHITT, re paired at an appointed hour to theEmp;ror's Palace, accompanied by several persoils who carried the deCorations and habit of. the Order on cushions into the Hall of Audience. The Deputies were received at the door of the Hall by the Officers of tll Emperor. After the customary compliments, the King at Arms gave his letters of credence to LONI CASTLEREAGH, 'who presented them to the EMPEItOR. His Majesty handed them to Prince - INIETT.taNien, in his quality of Chancellor of the Household; of the Court, and of State. The Prince read . the -Diploma with an. aeidibie rOke ; the will lose muck of their force, if they themselves commit those excesSes.of which they accuse Others. Thtir enemies assert, that it i§ rather their own interest than that of humanit Which in general governs their renrality and their conduct 1 that at this Moment, for instance, when they die so zea lbusity pleading the cause of the Negroes, it is less 4tt of love for the Africans ihait, from jealansy of the French colonies :—we, indeed, believe no such thing; but we must confess ...that frequent :examples, such as that which they have just ek• hibited at • Washingloii, would grievously embar rass their friends.—(Journal des Debats.) VIENN,I, SFA'T-21.—zrhe Poles testify much at - • tachnient to the Emperor bf Russia, for they. a r re persuaded that he. is resolved to restore rileM their ancient existence to make them a nation, and that lie will use all his influence in Vienna for this : great object. SPANISH PAPER. RCil'At MANDATE. ." His Excellency the Secretary of State and of Finances this day communicated to me the subsequent Royal Order : ... " The Directors .of the Royal Philippine Company have communicated with his Majesty, explaining to him that by his Royal Order of the 27th July last, forwarded by your Ex cellency, when you,discharged the office of Minister of State for the Indies, it was commanded that the exclusire privi leges for commerce and merchandize, should be preserved inviolable to the said Company, and with the same just inten tion the Royal Schedule, of the 12th July, 1803, was eon 'finned. Hut this Declaration will be inefficacious and even prejuklieial not only to the Company but to the national in dustry In general, if such Asiatic and European commodities .as are prepared likewise in Spain and America are not prohi bited, 'and if a eliandestine trade be countenanced under th e colour and prefixt of stall commodities. _ _ . . " To preserve, therefore, to the Company its beneficisl monopoly, and to Maintain unimpaired the natipnai indus try, which is engaged in the manufacture of cottons, it be comes necessary to renew the publication and annunciation of the said privileges, and to fix the term of four months fir the disposal of this description of goods by the individuals possessing them; . and after such term, : the holders shall sell them to the Company but should the tennis not be agreed upon between the proprietorS and the Company, another • month will be allowed for the exportation of the. goods abroad, 'according to the arrangement particularized in Arti cles 57 and_ 58, in the said Roya Schedule, respecting cotton articles made prize of or otherwise. "Zile said Directors further set forth, that if the Company is to arrive at the rank, elevation, and splendour wind' the nation expected at it establishment ; and if it is to repair its immense losses Which it has most innocently incurred, it is absolutely indispensible that-the indulgence sought should be granted, especially at the' present moment, when two expe alitions from Manilla and Calcutta are approaching the Penin sula, and the effects which they bring can obtain no sale if they are to meet a competition in the mitrket from other com modities of the same class, and the ruin of the Company will be thus accomplished by the exertions they have applied in . completing these expeditions..? " His Majesty the King .baring duly considered these im portant subjects, and being persuaded of, the Just reasoning of the Directors regarding them, has been pleased to deter mine, that in punctual onservance of the exclusive privil*ge of the Company, from the present time private merchants shall not be permitted to import either into Spain or America cotton-manufactures, whether Asiatic or Eurupean,,conced .ing,- however, the term of • fotsc months for the - disposal of such goods, after which interval, they are to be °timed to %the said Company, but if the conditioas should not be accept able; another mouth is to be granted for the exportation, as in the case of prize goods, &c. " These particulars I communicate 'to- your Excellency by his Majesty's order for your information, and that you may impart the same to the' proper ollicerS, that they may in all respects pay obedience thereto. 'God preserve you, &e. " Palairo, Aug. 29. • " GONGORA." " To the Superintendants of Revenue." A Int IVE11:-. I Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Dublin, 3 Waterford. Du E—l•Frunce, Holland, 1 Lisbon, 1 Goat:111)01 . 0, I Ham - burgh, 1 Waterl'ord. PRICE ()] Tills DAY Al T% Bank Stock, shut 3 per Ce!nt.. ltd. shut 3 per Cent. Cons. • 4 per Cent. Cops, shut '5 pre Cent. - Niv'y Ann. 95y ii Bank L. Ann. shut E. ErroN,• and ' SIC reiS et vc o'cLocti." India stock, 'whit 13ond,z, 9s. I Is. pr. Exylteq. Bilk, as. Is. Ommiirm, 2k-95 Coml.& for :iccount, GS Stork-Broker, N 9. Cornhill, No. IS, Coventry-Street. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE T0..-mortnow. Morning, 54 minutes after 7. I Evening*, 17 minutes after g. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERF. FALSIIAI AIIIPEAT ? LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER '6, 1814. i MP " Deputies •' - .then fastened the Garter ''",111( iiiltt Rat knee of his IMperial Slitje'sq*, -. rb ile Ilic t i . e l ' i. A u rinS read the -: Foriitula. At the 'Wile ill ; ;t• u aj6ty received The Itibbon and 5 , 131. 1 of ..e6l.g• the' Deputie& took the s‘vcrits stA , : I ".je s f-Y , 'tVilli which the King at Pr- TO invested in vir:tne 4 an ancient pri'ileg' t e i ; It ,Arid : hi s Ma .t e ,l, • , t h . 51 0.:-11 ,c . J 3, y IA Ittl L ' 00. ' Sword o f t h e order. Alter a shor t 1 r . pe% Lord - CAl:r"tkitEAOit, assisted by the lbe • p e n I) .i t . lfies,' placed the Mantle 'bit the 511.°Ide ro. the I?..!.rprinon ; t h e Ki ng Ai Airins .1-1(1111:11of., rploma. His M",jeWy also ,receired.-11' (...00.' anti the hat with its plume./ '1.:01:(1 C'oll'g,sittitrl ( P i fat.t.el.l(el iii p rd t l e i :, a hands nd, 'the of 1 1) i i ot IN I alt•cile:stcYi till:cc , '" ' : 10 . 114e ' o ceepht‘i.eorne,dantOd the e ini a pi-oces • i•erlcil ° t. 7 "ell sci 6 nomination of ft Stlbstitote,,, of Cll O . i. : Br i c i St. powers to 'represent him in' toc t, George, at Witistir. ' The Plcnirtel, til l 1 I - put , the bat , and feathers on the hef' %,11 14 11 . tiE Hon. Al the forms being gon e tlir° A ll l ', l off 1 . 1 n g at Arms proclaimed the Mot-iarcl4 ' `roeign t the Order ; , and the saute cerenionie' riir served in the exit of the DepUties ai i' l °'e' troduction. - - ,',„ os l. . • " The • • tMPER O R has sent to Princc,'-tP4O° taken F.:BERG a number of the Crosses n ole ° . t. .„:l fa r ,and n s:' . a inli l i lei r ri(e r e i r ial ci .fs i -r i u e °o e li s fyl i l i t e l i hto ci l l ie g ie b l , s) r o aea loi l t tll t h e eee , n El tl . k i ly i . l : rt iE il lni i , t l ' , L i ( E ll r f: n a t i lt , o f t ,A B ) l f iß lP ß e iP4 ' l ! ) i i o ac' i ll ) :. oi (ll s e I s t e irt s ' i ell t tc : o les e ll ' i s :r :i: ,; ( l ls- I, l , (; : ti o cl ,4 C s til'll : 'll' certain 't I t"I r e o l morning, and the King Of D' ,l s ertain distance to meet these Sovereigns i lii til e I n T e A r. Y . salvo of a hundred pieces of artillery_ 10° ' ramparts will announce their entrance% to ° ,„ 1 ,„ a ; them round the,. tell to ; Or:l:arsenal has )— ligiEvNelncrEi'seStEorra. tilSio..-7-as:l cl ll' .. j i: c; tures.l i Besides have greata e to z l t n n e e st ile 1 04 ; safety of the pthp r e ti re p lio e l ... derable. in Stnyrna : : r a h n e d ‘i( t i ... :, c, I correct estimat • of sustained considerable thologte'.o: evening, B o i own baud il and to wear of the Archipelago, does excessive iojall to g movements commerce: so . . bee ri Cl " Zulu cm, SEPT. 24.—There hav e , 0 0 Reinthal. sed°l at Wylc, ill t ile lot fit. Gall, at Thal and INPrbach, ill t 95' . t teo - 01 ' .rc' eliaa tttiiilitee-sasllt:lll:l,tti:rusfol selaizet:lpgiei' lic e" :4 , e i g le a Sli t rl t e ec ci t i t t e) : C L , l l l3 B l' i t s il i let : ( l o l : . jo i t t' lli t i e.t.:Co:e:lslo:l4f.i "The King of PRUSSIA has Wit a R t ( he ' Surance to the Diet of his vatisfActiu' vi F establishment of the Federal C(nnr ct7 8 interest he feels for their well''re" 1/P bes s ` `` BERNE, SRpi. Arc` l '" tlc • , ce s Sj le LO U15:1 arrived here yesterday. bia N i ir evgce %. onic t. iTot t arnir s r,hit lier.saecyrresyerteii::erdi t e t ° - ; 1 1 , 0 2 Y r' ; Zurich ►L il ccr:l‘ '''' the tl Canton t i t i o s t i t i bs . l le :v. which 'have latelY P l. 11 ev, , c d P the • . 4 of Tessin are at an end. 1 We' v e' Prin terday,ces Princess of peel atv het ° ~r WEAlSEl:PaTr'r2i'veTill l e:e r . i t l i:e l:l3-; s lie res:l l o theitt five o'clock Lion in the c v r e r n il i:g s : iitee : l i iiir t er . : Princess consisted of four tnagnificetbrt, .he'ltri p.. 1 Princess o n itipi o lyico n esi g sioss t s l tzo e eltEii s p o e ;fi r .t s la o i etscn‘iivile:voaioliain:::e.i oc;i: : : l „ ) , : i i t irte i ir,re, : of : l l o ) 1 1 If, :, ,:,!: lain - Captain HESSE, n'.116 , 4- , Tv °. i near o i sop a uaa i as i s i ters o .eF n spor , (i)nle t i::e;aetn eGv:nit:: ta : 04 V f . 5 0115 b rt ou o r f g. seve ral P e— ll' - 1 41 e sie : n ` LueotytpesrstofrohianvieJtaxernburgb s tate I ,• ll :: iiijtV ; - few days, on their wapyastOet'lliethl:i-itdebviciliret 13iti : 11°P- i of Mentz and of Trevcs, and to the —1 Ponts. PARIS, O . CT. 2.--We 0 r i e: e l ei .I(i ti i i : l ot t o ri .' e b fr: o tl i tt , , ll J i l Booksellers and Hawkersarle;: They are accused -of having sold al' time to r h V , - libels, of which it a t lengt h !Jib 05 io e 0 t.l the circulation. 1 all 15 t t d " Seditious Pamphleteers eall'i()Y, f . 1 I ir i.r, their power to mislead the pouil- o te-' r ' . ve d 50 ~I P 0 people, whom they have deco . y O il i( t read their publications no ri be op , more. Sire 1/13Y ther readers nor accomplices• * 0 cot e 0 them the verse— ,eo v po "La venue e'en veut pas; le crim e n the tl , ... • i t 11"1. 1 that el PARIS, OCT. 3.--It is s alt - yet , t . ,l. r equ' 4 - b a y , - c e anti Duchess of 0111• 64 " ll b es elil' I,i! Cortesans and' Gaming-b°us- ' beir t ,o , , ftom the Palais RoYai• , gall - c oo- I g ell- ' On the 2211 September died a' '5 j. V i Highness HENRY XLIII. I'6oo ° cli c og &c. aged 62. v isit a r a r v lil iP 15er ` o ` rTaheLy2xfi:aisttlyerEiti,teant7j3eel;elisi:itahf.t:r tbe ‘ ia 4 ,e at Vienna. f r e J 3. a Brie' - The Porz has published sue ti() • - k ,t 1 (VI i I (