The Sun. — London, England, 1814-09-06 00:00:00

JOURNAL OF A Tnw To PARIS. (Na. XV(.) Paris, Stipaday 30, From. . . . F the jardin des PIOMes, as I stated in My last, I drove to the new St.'Genevieve, or rather the Pantheon Francais, for in revOlatio.naty times, 'when churches :to wOrship God were ,t4eoeed to : be unnecessary, this divine Butsilique was convert ed into an earthly monument., And wir4 'destined by the National Assembly 'to become the reposi- 7 'tory of the carcases of great men who signalized themselves, like the ancient Titans, in oppressing their 'fellOW-creatures and defying Heaven ! The architectural boasl . of the age of Louis XV. Was therefore desecrated; the 'religious de tOrations Woe rubbed oilt, and the 'Chris tian Church of •St. Genevieve became the hea then Pantheon of the Vrench Nation ! But it seemed as if Fate had determined that this sa crilege should not be accomplished with impu nity. The noble dome sunk within its socket of pillars, and all the art of the modern architect was required to_sustain its light and elevated form, by the addition of supports, which destroy its beauty. Still, however, it is a.superb example of Grecian architecture ; rich in ornament, and, th 04411 at present filled with rubbish occasioned by . the al terations, and repairs, magnificent in effect. The entire building is in the slope of a Greek Crows, 340 French feet. in length and 250 in breadth. The portico is a fine piece of Corinthian archi tecture, apparently about forty feet high, and in large letters over the columns is this inscription : Aux Grand: llonnes la patrie reconnaissante ; the meaning of which is explained in the Vaults below, where a number of BUONAPARTE'S Sena tors and Generals sleep . profoundly:. They are disposed in small Aisles, upon the walls of which their frail memorials.are inscribed, and the lying sculpture has said, that A.B. C.D. were "grand! homilies," and deserving of the admiration of pos tctit'y ! ! These' subterranean Vaults arc alSo enriched with the tombs*, if -not with tl►e relics, of VoLTArnp. and ltossEAu, whose writings, no doubt, greatly contributed to that state of things which floated France witl► human blOcid, and led to the existence of the Princes, Grand Dignata ries, and _Members of the Legion of- Honour of BUONAPARTE, who now rest quietly in the neigh tourhood'of their peaceful remains. These Sepul— chres, to which you descend by a passage on the side of the principal entrance, are curiously hewed out in the manner of a labyrinth.— In .the body of the Church is .a statue of LAN: ES (Duke Of_ MONTEBELLO-others were in contemplation, but the fall of 13u 0:v ,u; AL-.L. prevented the apotheosis of his myrmidons.— There must be a fine view of Paris from the top of this place, but during my stay it was not allow ed to ascend the Cupola. After dieing at Beauvilliers, I went to the The atre Francais in the same street. The Play was " The Return ,of Ulysses;" and the Farce, a favourite on the French stage,. '' George Dan din.- Owing to circumstances of attraction, it Was a crowded night, ancl there was great d;ffi culty in getting forward to the entrance. Of all the inconveniences. in Paris the inconvenience of paying at the Receipt-Office of the Theatre is the most serious. The, pressure of.persons for all parts of the 1-louse tends to two points. At the one, the admissions arc for the Galleries, and some other inferior places—at the other, for Pit, Boxes, Orchestra, &c. The tumult is conse- quently prodigious, and even were the avenues the most facile possible, still the annoyance Of mobbing would not be very agreeable. But as the accommodations exist, it is intolerable and dan gerous in the extreme. The price of the place must ,be thrust through a hole in a grating like a'trapi about six inches square, and while your hand is here waiting while the money is counted, and the cheque given, you are,liable to be pushed froth your place, and your arm dislocated- or cut in a dreadful manner before yoti - can.disengage•it.trOm the aperture.. Should you, by strength of nerve or good fortune, escape' all injury, the way into the Theatre is afterwards easy—but do not go to the Orchestra of this Theatre, or indeed any other. I did. It is a nasty little box, at the end, of the Fiddlers' compartment, and, though it cost thrice us much, I was glad to exchange it for the Pit, by leaping over, the railway which divides them. • The'Theatre itself is 'a shabby-looking place, and for a people wh o are fond of dramatic amuse ments, absolutely disgraceful, on account of its mean and filthy appearance. lam a ware, that a Foreigner cannot com petent to deliver a correct opinion Upon O le mer i ts ers a strange language, or demerits of Perform * These " /J 6ried urns" are of wood, painted to resemble sfoue; with long Epitaphs inscribed upon them. Such tlikUsy Memorials are worthy of the plan of 131.TONAPARTE. *of „4 c6ifiArY ivtic4e 'Manlier's and habits are 'dissimilar to thole to Which he is accustomed. Still there a' e grekl and prominent land-marks, on • WhiCh every inan of taste and 'education is adequate *to form a judgment. To 'this extent 'only, I Wish to he received in whit I may yen 'ure to say respecting the French Stage. To . speak generally, it appears to Me, that how ever habit may render it palatable, and, in fadt, confine the critical powers of appreciation to that limited circle, the very language and structure of French Tragedy is destructive of nature,, real . feeling, and deep or pernianent effect. One may start at a glowing and, impassioned sentiment given with fire by an accomplished actor ;, the `pathos of a lovely woman in distress may even excite a tear, when a- brief exclamation of sorrow is Beard and her gestures proclaim unspeakable wretchedness ; but listen to either for a few seconds, - and hear in the one the language of ene4-getic rassion degenerate into the' mea sured sing-song of verse ; -in the other, the accents of woe revolve into hexameters of grievous declamation—apt the Writer and the Player . are before us,' and the delusion of the sense is dispelled. I imagine that the British Stage was somewhat allied to this unvarying rant, till GAttatcs'. appeared, and introduceti Nature.--Nature was the fist, Mother of the Stage : the •firSt Players imitated life, and their efforts were a rude copy of reality. It r t succeed ing times Art became the instructress of the Drama. What was, 14 the beginning, an im provement to polish the earliest style, usurped the sole dominion, and Tragedy walked on stilts; Comedy flashed with the corruscations of wit smelling of the lamp,- but -not congenial to living IHRMICFS. SHAKESPEARE, as an Aniline, recurred to the grand . source of delight and inspi ration; but, in process of time, even the words of SHAKESPEARE came to be mouthed out in measured pomp, and the English Stage, half a century ago, was. nearly what the French is now—perhaps not quite so bad ; for our Plays sere not-so artificially (they call it regularly) constructed as to put it in the performer's power utterly to destroy the na tural effect of deep distress and affecting situati.on. But I ant digressing into an Essayist instead of a Tourist. TALsrA. is a fine figure ; his voice is good, the tones masculine and powerful ; his ex pression of countenance noble and capable of all the modifications necessary to tragedy ; his eye penetrating, dark,' and full of sentiment ;, his gestures, mode'of walking the stage, and self possession, - all contribute to rank hint as a first rate tragedian: That his acting gave me no plea sure, I. therefore impute to the trammels in which he performed,—a race-horse in a broad-wheeled waggon team may slew his bloodtaml induce a belief in his speed, hat will, scarcely clear a 'five bared gate, or achieve eighteen miles an hour. Fettered in eternally recurring rhyme, cold amid unimpressive declamation was all I heard froal TALNIA,----A Mademoiselle GEORGES vas the he roine ; she declaimed also. A Mademoiselle Du- CHENOIS played the Son of Ulysses, and she also declaimed; but, to my mind, with more of variety and - nature than either of the others, 'and she pleased me more. In some places, where there was a break in the line, by the interlocution of the dramatic personages, the sentiments were delivered,with wonderful effect by the three-per formers I have named ; and this proves' that the poetry alone cramped their energies, and destroyed the vigour of their efforts. But I ant warned by my paper that a-break in my line may also be . ad vantageous, and I hasten to sign myself VIATOR IMPROVEMENT OF WEsTmtssTER.-=—The Re ports of the Conimissions for executing the Acts relative to the Improvement of Westminster, con taining the accounts,of their receipt and expendi ture from, May. the Sth, 1811,/to December the 31st, are printed by order of the House of Commons. It appears that from May 8, 1811, to April 27, 1812, their receipts, consisting of 1,4341. balance remaining in the Dank, of cash under the King's warrant 14,5451.19951 from sale of old 'materials, - and from div,krs rents, amounted to 18,3331. Gs. Bd. There out-goings is the 'satin period for compensa tions for different interests affected by the alterations, sur veyors' charges of near 5001. mid a bill till• law_ business of 7661., were less than their receipts hythe suns of 13181. left in the Bank. From April 27, to December 31, 1314, their receits were 6,436l.incloding cash under a warrant fur 4,4361. Their outgoings in the same period left a balance in the hank of 16451.. The produce of the sales of the building; pull ed down was 19951. 55.3 d. Receipts front Di2C. 31,181'2, to Dec. 13, 1813, were 3,4731. 12s. The 'disbiirsements,. iftelnding .two law charges, one of 5001.-and another of 6551., were 2,3061. iSs. Then follows the consent of the Treasury to a grant of land for the Westminster' Free School, and for the removal of St. Margaret's •watchhouce to the New Way, Almonry, the parish of St. ,Margaret paying 1501. towards the expense. Their Lordships decline purchasing the New Court-house, but recommend the removal of the portico from the South. to the East side of that building, and undertake to pay the expense. - The vacant space to the East and West of the Court-house is to be inclosed and planted. I'EDESTRIANISM. — An aged pedestrian of sixty and upwards, but who is well known on the pat , undertook for a wager of five to twenty guineas, to walk ninety miles in twenty four hours ; a thing not very difficult to a professed Walker. The ground fixed on was near Shooter's-hill, and the pedestrian kept steadily at five miles an hour,.al lowing himself time to stop for refreshment. lie started at eight o'clock, won easy, and received his twenty guineas. '1 031 THE A:I : IIfAUCA : N PAkft 3. . , . [From the Halit'axChvoniele'of Amptst 5.] • . " Adjitt.• so-Generars'olliee, inal s, • • Molftreal„ Sul} 14, 144. - " GENif,E. 4 ;I, ORD'ER. - •, " Ex i dellency the the Fiirces airtiounc ';to the troops ader-his eminilaiid, Ora having. the2inrit tioir of the Arndt:lean Govii-rntiient, depa''(9.4. Colotiel Byanes, Adjutant-Ceneral,"and Eieineiialit-Couit el Brunton,P-ruci sional Aid-de-Canip,.toiiiect un 'l'lttn,day:l:,st.aj.Cl:acripl:ait,. Colone)ler, late Coiisul - -tienera! of the United :Matra at Al giers, for the Rintose of teeiiiisideriii..; the convent:Ma for the exchange of prisonei's, alticlt had b...ten entereAinto . on the 15th of April last, between Colonel General Winder.and:of rethfking . whatever objertions might be made to the due exeution ofit. "And the said Meeting- •h••;ritig. 'taken- place accordingly, all objections to the said' Convention were then and there completely removed; amid the same was, on the 18th instant, fully and definitively ratified, hy COlonel Lear, on the . part of the United States (he having ffill powers for that purpoe); with a supplementary clause, be which the 23 Britith soldiers, and the 4E; American officers and non-reoimiiis - sioned officers, the hostages mentioned in the first Article of the said Conven tion, are declared to be inclnded•in that Convention ; and ate to be released and exchanged same,lnzioner . as outer prisoners of war mentjoth:d in the said articles, l'iotwithstaud- - . ing the exception to then, therein cot:tallied. And his Ex cellency is pleased hereby to direct, that this liencral Order be considered in explanation and corifirromiun of the General Orders issued on the I hof April, and the .2tl of.iuly, 181 , 1. " EDWARD BAYNES, Adjutant-General, N. A." N1A11, , .. AuttlyEn--1 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Dublin. Lis bon, 1 France, 2 Gottenintrgii, I Alalta, 1 Haniburgh, 1 Dublin, 1 Waterford. .PRICE 'STC CiCS • • mil, DAY Ul "f WEI:VI: O'CLOCK. . • • 3 per Cent. Red. 65 ? - 4 Ghi s lndia Bonds, 12s. ),3s, pr. 3 per Cent. Cons. “510,- td Exchey. Bill.x, ts.jss. pr. 4 per Cent. Cons. Ba . ‘i 5 per ('cut. Navy Ann. 1)3 Consuls for Account, (tai Bank L. Attn. iihut . E. ErrON,.. and 'Stock-Broke!, No. 2, Cortiltill; No. 18, Coventry-street. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE Morning, 53 ininntes after 6. [Evening, 23 mlnutes after T. 1 1 1 IE SUN. SOLENI Qtr CENE FA LS 1131 A 151,EAT ? LONJ)ON, TUESDAY; SEi!7'E3IIIER 6 . , 1814. We noticed yesterday the arrival of a Messenger from Ghent, who, we understand, is the hearer of, no iniformation•of importance. Ile left Ghent, it is said, on the 3d, and the Official Yankee Chro nicle confesses to accounts to the 31st ult. which, however, do not eatable it to pledgr'itsclf again to the rupture of the negociations. We have, from the beginning, Vvarn.ctl the Puh 7 lie against crediting these rumours, however stoutly asserted. The cupidity of trade has at present nu other source of gratification but Arhat it can raise out of this spring. All its engines are therefore at work upon, it. We believe, how ever, that there was some foundation for the report of, a serious suspension of the negocia tions, Speaking front private authority, we would say, that an important point was start ed; in discussion.; that the Americans paused, and had forty-eight hOurs allowed to rout n a de finitive answer ; that this ans xer was returned„ and that it • was conditional, depending . upon the assent of the American Government, to ob tain which, the John Adams has sailed : that in consequence of this the Treaty is in the mean time proceeding upon .the other. topics involved between the countries and that should the - American Government yield the prOposition Made by the British Diplomatists, it is ,not im probable -that, on their signifyiug the same in America on the arrival of the John Adams, an ARMISTICE BY SEA AND .1.410.4 D WILL INIMEDI- Al ELY ENSUE. The particulars of the. American News, of which we briefly stated the substance. yesterday, "will be found in our last page. Their complexion is generally good, though they still'continue to he (we are sorry to say) rather unimportant. But the crisis approaches, and the boldest advocates of the Andisonian policy do not seem prepared to meet it without shrinking. It may, perhaps, be ofsome use to our Readers to notice that these accounts refer to parts of the Continent widely apart : Sacket's Harbour,'they are aware, is at the Eastern extremity of_Lake Ontario ;—here, in the end of July, the American force, under Commodore Cut UNCRY, was cooped tip by Sir J. Yeo, and,re, inforeements, destined for General - BaowN on tli - e Niagara frontier, at the other end of the Lake, driven back. General IzAttp, who is spoken of as at Chazy, commands the Army at the head of Lake Champlain, which was intended to take Montreal. Detroit .is at the western extre mity of Lake Erie, and covers Upper Canada. All the other places named are in the Cite sap'eake, whither, it • will be recollected, we sent a similar Expedition last year to disturb the seat of Government. General PowrEti,' with his 7000 men -at Richmond, will have enough to do to protect both sides - of the Potomac, and the 'other rivers, not only of Maryland hut of Virginia, which are exposed to the incursions of our ar- . noment. Kforce - of3ooo men embarked atMontreal about the i 1 th of July, to proceed to Niagarll, and fortu a junction with General ,RIALL, after his repulse at Cliippawa retired to Fort George, ..--..... .—,,:e. , . • , ~a s. bo while the 'America% General Bitow . s ba ,. (l , r t bil l ' a . , .ery little fOrward to Que..mstown, a u° . F : , say :coin "Chippawa tb th:! latter P hice. e il, it Molltt i 1 , 00 '`the ealbarkatiOl of these troops " t ;•evi lent that the British have the SaPeti°l.lol/ Ake Ontario, the - whole of whic 4 - tsc 1 s tior to traverse before they reacit th eir i t e iveo' l , This fa . ct, and .the (Urea irlte— 0 from z•iackets Harbour, puts all e ria 't() •., talSities of the Mornina 'Chronicle, Wil)se t° be.° vate Correspondents in Americ a seed 's e 0 , p grossly addicted to lying as those in fr 4ric r ' ,„;! . .v sateBUONAPAIiTt'S 600,000 Inca ' lll .113 ) :ce:' Green," or those at Ghent, who to ote 1- oi 'pia a violent period to the negociati°us'4.so raised the price of cotton and toba ce° : o rti' exatnple of this utter• clisregard to trot' ) ' of I,• dons purposes, we, refer 'to the ChroiLicie r;fi'' week, which thus introduced its authellarr information : . . i ,, " The following ettraet of . aoretter 'frog/ . )I.9ntre'-'l4''`li' the public a faitlijal account of the ()pint ° tbat.tl' el e " fy . l ft wiz, nie and those the most OSt Zeii I O USIY att aa.c(jt° b. . ci% 5211 .rninent, entertain of the late -procee c lings) 3 " - , . , j 00 of the war ili America." Now let us hear what the best ifi f6rille say under date of Aloutreal, P2th inlY• i'' . . . It' nearly sickens one to death ',IS- 0,,e0 th.e4 0.1,31' NO zealously attached to Government)L.' 2.0 see i'i Ci i ' 3 sei li : 'plication . of the ample mean , daily ris .i„, , ', but w. •:'• '' i Clo ! a Prophet, lf heft muzzled as to any L'ist.fui l'i:leit.c.#l: g run ne gl e ct the enemy has teen a l l oticel to be cjilic :jot a il ' ' ; the Lakes, and the superiority i_itie mi't'er how b gre'- los; '-' ~ whichbb t 331. ali t 1 ,1 greening i a i al : s t g le ,bu e l l , eer their irce: inure naval: ~ e ili tit c ‘i l 1. ; :i t o st u ,, l i d ,ti .1 e ti :`, l :e 1, 1) a r li e e v: 3 1 ..4 y, : It : iil y 1 ' I' ' the ti,e fatality obstinately omitted. my ito l).S' ' ' , t unpleasant hind." (N o d',, o ut! !). , lo pifj ej But even this is not the extent of t li°l ivr tii pprvetsion of.truth in which, to its gre'..: 'id i ( n it: lu it lg i c ia s s . at: i y li s is ei: , s t t i.y . of , jsolniariii:ael); i t i l i ii t s:? frii : ti v i l i I : : fa ce intelligence hr its own colitinntsb,r,tal'iodir . 000,10;, inconsistency to state ae ". lie ~,, " It length i !Ministerial Ph' . the - _pers coSeg:4.t lite .) we have received from Canada • and on t be Pill) i ftif now lwhich iiitctlihnoYii• halel e i1,.,,,c befores• tiiefc 1 1 1 .e o p u r i o t i g '. i b i e n !IP pO rua l . t c'a.1 luct3ltil fa ct -e' 411-lrivg4ll:. cl o : ‘,.leu l ia t alli i i. s edao , d .. f l y e L a o t : il lia y tl, lo a t s : :: et e ; r ,ot t .t i i t ol i i i ef i e ru d rLt : l l ; : ec e s, : i. l. c. x i ,!merle'''/ el iCA 95 .41 0:, a' •I' It is bill proper to inform the r ob:.e t i" authority this fancied confirmation { ols ' 1 C"' z(Jklons friend to our North Au'erie4llii%`,h!4' lollies (which certainly cannot be t° o ll l°'l l Prized, but Whose • interests are v ot ,. lll. o '''' ' e b ( y i an on over'-silcidoircniit,olgtis pao(sity,o.c(atc‘:vi!„s:l2.i:l:l)ll."::,,ltiii,: b k;d t it h o e r t n n e; t e i r o i n ef e n i s ll e i s er it s i i s d e e r ) tion tn ' civ ` ll 41) '' co j os ert ' 1 '''' or , ctr.°Fellaal/1:11/iti:tc: discontented c an a lt( t ai i : o } t n . e s d s e e :: : e l r a a d l i silly tl .isl e di , : r i s t pc i.al;)e:::11:e04.);:tic, of ,the Ith July, ti P 3re ,i,icb '' reached us tea days alto, an d Iron' s 0/ 0 1 ' 1 ' ' copied its facts without its t..actin"s c°l le li , ri f o oil l o 'f which are now itroved to be utterly t' .11:tiolt - So Much f the Morning Post's Co' lfl ;!,:ril irit'' the Morning ' Chronicle's iove II t i 011 i an d ')) tiou. 1 .1 thel Boston' h ( 1 ; e t . i i a l ult . , 1 . . e a l to i o f a t x t l i l i e e P t a i 3 c o li c e t o r i s ti a n u i t l b t s i u f 3 7 l o i i lN :i : : .l- i st : : t r4 : :lo , the ee(li Onffic:;tl:l.nDno'clenlel: I:ll::;veiutsoeittle'cli gic.:).lclrcile:('. clrange of Prisoners, agreed O n .(a s °lll know) some time since. IV ' . afr o, 0 IT,,,l;llat,elltiog,etTil,cee2chltabs July, beet becn roc' !" 601P 111 fr leagues west of that ish: l i i i -i d d , i t r o ° 4 r1:1:1:5 0 : 1 :): ICI : ; :: : i l. i o u e ,l l . a le m d a g. t e i sd on had been issned bY G°ve uvf . 11. 0 e BURN -(brother of the -Adinir',4l) iftes'f; 01 6 o i, hargo upon all vessels at P.,erinu(,ll',lololll:loif cation to thiemlJl72isteeol PStia)ttv;',l'ttli:3jinsileliiiiittio'llii::llll:::l the strength an d o bj ec ts o f tile xl" --( , t rici 5:1 were in progress•from that island. s.o.rivAl(-110,0 been the secrecy obselved since the 'ti lo st ALEXANDER COCHRANE, that no i n6) . if itinl e i , , / t a l c ia l t uir"ia obtained io ' t t h i ;e e s ( t i l i c r e ec e:s i7) ( t )lfie'tlll)4:3-Ylll:eff:7l6lj.7lljf ~i oil ,i,er The result of these expeditions w" 60 0 1 , r be known, and we shall see wh at 6 ), 1 : 0 1.1 :1 1. e i I 5 °I f; '' c has been for all the ill-bodi"g 1111 f °IP' Lion, respecting the raiisapplicati°° `) . • in the Atlantic. P , 0 6 , .....---4004. ---- 7 4 CA' t he 11 His Majesty's ,ship Duncan , O r -r r' is ordered to be fitted•as a tlag-5141 s ioli P t; , •no, to ception of Some person of disti"'" .., f 0 1 ) 1 il , I: D °l I: 06 the Stirling C as tle, %vhiell to° 15 t a" 1 Oel lt 1/S India. The object of .this cir.P l . 1 to t` I I;e ' in g P f ' the Duncan for the lir'lii's' all' 01 . 0c ,,N0 4 board the Prince R e gent of P° ltl iii ions , . t vil• store. bin! to his 'European IF - ' 31 • ..,t I ' l4 r d ,ill 11 "' . 11°" 1 1 0 . Admiral Sir J. P. BERESFORV " • 1‘ b e , on this occasion in the Dtincau, al'' 0 6 ' V it t ~ with the• Mission to Rio Janeiro• srl* e re. ;- R 665 ' b On the arrival of the PAIN -13 011 .1 r rev i " ban, Mr. CANNING, who W l - 1 . , / `-~ A t Ip4