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- I later period than that of ha earliest foundation. Those
who have seen the Cethedeal of Chartres such as it exists iii
The not and Countess of Darlington and family are expected M
town on Wednesday, from Paris. I
the fitment day, and who pout es some knowledge of the
Onf attention has been called to the great aid almost The Earl and Counter, of Prism, and &mily are expected in ' science of antitinitiee, will easily discover, on an inspection of
intelculable advantages which will result from the accent- town to-morrow, from Tunbridge Wells, on their way to their seat , this edifice, the period to which each part may he assigned,
'' tenon of the projected plan for the formation of a ship in sullhilt.
31r. and 3lrs. D. Simpson hare left town for the Isle of IVig'it ,se well as the tracts of the various tntes displayed in its er, c-
:' lion. We think it unnecessary to say any thing of the two
(anal, between the English and Bevel Channels. The
Arrivals at the Itorel lintel. st. Jameesoireet-frol.emrd
11.:ia',1,;11.- . celebrated steeples, the finest ornaments of the Cathedral
more safe and speedy intercourse of the metropolis with
Patriots, from a tote.; anti Colima Pemberton,
Wand and the western ports of Great Britain, includin. g bridgeshire. • Chartres, or to enter into details devoid of intmest, es b, lug
Bristol, Liverpool, and Gleo Igow, taws not comprise the; Arrivals at Fenton.% lintel, St. James's-pi:we :-Ths Earl of inapplicable to any visible object of the picture exhibited ;
whole of the benefits that would be dcrivid by the corn-; 'rivulet,
reds it
Wm. Parker. Bart. from cheneoho,„. !to our view, cencernitte the external architecture of the
csthedral, or the numerous stem/cities that eittbellish its
plcticn of this cruel. Not only would the east of convey.. Deeartures from Jordaies Hotel. Bart` from
•--31 r and
Mrs. Morlend, for Parill and the key Mr l'iMy and. lantil;', for
sure Le much lees:end, but the risks of the voyage :nate-
xo furl. ... ' • • gatce, its !melte, its fret-work, or its gelleries. We shall .
tinily d minished. Every one acquainted with lie subject , Robert MUrisham,-Esq, and Miss Marsham left makes Hotel, ' te.!:e no notice pf; the subterraotems church, hut confine
'Jerenn-street, yesterday, for their seat in Norfolk.
emus the TIAN of doubling the land's end ; at sonic !ourselves to the upper church, that has eft riled to the
~....,&us, inde.d, it is impracticable, All these tFigeultb's ' .I.‘teicalt et the leettittu Hotel. Albemarle-au:et t-Ltuty El. authors of the Diorama the sultjeet of the picture, of the
rod dangers will be obviated hy means of this canal ; and . pisnaitoornes lic
un trhsentilolnet.iredc!:yati,nlvite,ars p, the flee. Mew 1,1.1.11ias flial•rent parts of which we present a lite-cription. In the
• citemaference of the double row of itillara exteatiii.g all
the navigation will in future he relieved from most of the "tone,tier Departure, s -T.. T.'Dreke, Esq. 31;:t.An'llrs..rriZake.,aaterni
sufferings and lasses to which It is at present exposed.. family. t.„ their
wit,whose elegant enclesure is pre..
Antershant, Bucks ;J. •A. Bateman, Es.!. I round the closed choir,
There can be no doubt, therefore, that the undertaking . for Surrey; /Jerry Bonnar, Esq. for the Contwert ; Colonel s. Weil to out view, seven chapels, of various forms anti
will turn out as profitable to the peoprictors of the canal as ' nearge and Mrs. Smith, for I
fDlian) Tower. Westmorland: and , dimensions, occupy the places which each casement or
it will *.e. lictereicial to the domestic trade of the kingdom.' Mr. and 3lrc.firaliam 'tontine, or the Continent.
!..13416,01r4.1.t1tien1it0:.:741n,
thenttertkinvh,ft.t Th0111:111.11 lintel, Berkeley:l compartment in the foreground of the Church scions to
me practicability of constructing a harbour in the Hagfish 1 have been designed to sapply, in the distribution of the
sett, , building. roe position of the spee.tator is tuppossed to Le 11
channel, opanle of afferillne adequate proteetien to ships i "Hoe. Fr :trick lamb has left town fer Earl Cowper's
desirous of using the canal, was satisfactorily proved by the • Pansenger„ Hens, iin one of these chapels, elate to which the paint..r has
late Mr. It •nnie; and alsalhat a sufficleut supply of water. 1 Departures Erma Long's lintel. Bond-street.:-Mr. and Mee.placei us for our better enjoyment or the view, and which
are respectively called the Knights' Chapel, and the. Petal-
fee the canal can be obtained. It is pupated, we amide?- i Fla.arnyt,.. for Pets ra‘ua•il Captain Ituvila,as, It. T.. for Portamout.
stand, to raise the meows:try cepitat by 13,300 shares of 1 p:',7511, y.e^. T".....95.i
Some.eh lei 'd thlll, W. . trotiary.a Chapel.
point in , wee cash; bet at present to limit the subscriptions to "' ” -r" ""'s in ~:,:,,, I The Penitentiary's Chapel occupies no visible
Moot) shares. We sewed,' the sin litninary report of Mr. DIORAMA. . the picture : it is comprised in the space which is repre- 1
Telford to the Committee of Managetrent. That eminent _-....... I genteel by the spot we How (weepy • the entrance of the
ingineer, who has with great propriety been selected to! We were on Saturday favoured with a tiew of the sem Knights' Chapel, on the left side of the picture, is entirely
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suseed Mr. Reanie, has just comVeted a survey of the the " harbour of Brest," and the " Cathedral of Char- on the first plane surface; it is; lantern by a semi-circular
most eligible line for making the canal. I tett," which replace these exhibited last year. On the' grate, of about three feet in height. The statue, which we
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l'figlefal INA RY ItEPOUT. , first exhii.ition we offered our meal of praise to the artists I discover on a pedestal em to the wall that separates this
chapel:from the adjoining one, call ed :he ('.tap,! of St. John
I *lto esecuttel their task with so much ability ; and w,. .
oTeeshir to the Crinamittez% instructiene, dated the 13th tat: I leave sow
to
repeat
the txpressien of our npproval. The the Biptlat, is a representation of Jesus Christ, such as he
led to the summit of the 1:01.11,11It I;lttnigh which the in. u
rule' • I • ' •ea t view of " Brese Harbour' is taken from within the Rose , appeared to Mary 31iiedalen after his resurrection.
lc tied canal would pass: and. atter I,,vmg carefully ex i
.e
The chapel , f St. John the Lta ist, which
districts adjaxat to and connected with this appoint, I pen
et
B.l:tery, so called from its position on the top of a rock ' ,: - • pt . , we have just
time Ms valley of the .tae to the vea_sh,,re av seat., and B.:er, on . called the Bose, the roek being at the entrance en time : mention 'I, a'lloins the liniehle Chapel. The commit&
the English Otannel. I next examined the several ex...naive cot. right of the harbour. The more prominent objects in this cation with it i't through the double row of pillars, by a
Omni valleys, attich ease rid towards that of the Axe ani Vie ,
. 'scene we shall detail, for the purpose of assisting the spew- small:•,.._ flight of stairs with an iron beiustralle, the slope of
onoieh cbannet whom Ire invite to patronise a work of „., much ; which terms, wit pa ,
~ t of about twenty.;
11 the vement an anel •
1 art. anis cahumeneAl a perambulation on the northers side , Caton,
of Mel:lard auntruit, atal mole • gmeral inspection of the rivers nacrit. The gate of the Rose Battery, which is painted i five themes.
Punt sad Tone, to the Shores of the Bristol &Manuel. I elven, (as well as those of the whole enclosure); is the en- I On the plane surface, forthe- removed from us, we dis-
la performing thls general surrey. I derived much advantnee trance to a 114111 pry which commands the roar! on the eastern ; tinguish the Chapel of All Seinte, closed by all iron grate,
from levels, which, dtlfntgh taken by Mr. (teem toe a easel ~f a
'AI •and 0 Rh Ithe t s mouth of the harbodr, with the as-,
' ornemented with a pediment, the style of which is of no
say I. l 'ilf•rent d •riotion, yet nailed me toareertain numerous re- . t, .°
hem points in valise:. a i.I ecr; distant parts of the country. . sistattee of several other batteries (tile inaektel one for in- i remote antiquity. This grate, now used as an etudosure
Day other suer:snotty from respectabb quarters, I was in.liteed ' stance). lined with guns of the largest size, and the royal to the chapel, &longed in former time; to the Church! of
santene my inspection over a district, nos halt, r:o explored with battery lintel with twenty-four braes pieces of miion,' St. r" ere (Sr. Peter), one of the chtlrchcs that were either
ails of i deed tie Agation; I mean that which is situated on the : which renders its spinach impossible for a hostile squadron. i demotslie I or suppressed in the course of the revolution.
wawa side of the Quantozh flat, and terminates on the shore of 1 The platform at the North-east end of the Untie bears I In the direction of the pillar, against it hidi is pieced the
tin Bristol Channel at, and
tie
scent to Wa:chet. velvet standard of a brothethold, and behind the pillar.of
tin
the surveys I here directed to be made are completed, I . no et semblance to a fortification, with the exception of its
Name otter into details reluctit.g the precise lines which it will exterior lines; and iii the directfbn of Brat it fonns a' the third plane surface, against which is suspended a pie-
be oast advieatee to adoet, or the amount of expense which will ' continuation of the citadel of the castle. The children of . tore rt presenting a religious subject, there is a small chapel,
be incurred; but, se a General Pre; iiii Mary Rein)", I all enabled j the neighbourhood have chosen this ground as the theatre not within out view ;it is named the Chapel of St. Lazarus.
testate, that in regard to the practicability of constructing a safe •
i o•'.ietts Cana, Navigation between the English and !It jowl The Chapel of the Stunt r!ne on the right of
of their must iit los ; and we pet ceiveone of them le in- ir• .. Is. e, is . the be-
itc:n.e.ll•l‘,l capable o admitting ships ,if 12U to 200 tons burthen, I tag on the wall, dressed in a sailors jacket and dirty !holder, near the pillar which r, (wives a r, fleet:on from the
am convinced from experience in similar catca, that no cbataelcs trowsera, without bat or cap, and Isis feet une m ncubt•red by i blue colours of the windows that are shone upon by the
eels:, but diet may, at a comparaively moderate expense, be shoes. The machine for wasting ships is of large tlinien- rays of the sun.
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OfefOOMe. sinus, and rests upon a level base of considerable size and Another chapel, entirely concealed from our view, and
In ar- ' paint of view, the chief objects to be attended to are,
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..._!, .- • • • • - - - • standing hem, - the Chapel of the scot; -nil th-^ '

Jr NOTION OF THE
2V/V E ENGLISH AND BRYSTOL'
0114 LS.

F.ISIIIONIRLR nITELLICENCE.

In avneeal
1. The cro-ninr of the summit of the c. wary.
I. The yo.u.ria.; up:n the saumnt lord a plentiful supply of
/WT.
3. The direction which the general line or Canal shall take
from t!tc suirtit to the English ("nannel, and its termination there.
Th: bas. direction w be taken from the northern ea:remit), of
tit, summit to the Bristol Channel.
I. As reran:is the summit level, the pas; immediately emit of
the town of Chard. in Snenntetchire, hi decidedly the most &this-
aide, and the lowest part of :list pass should, of count:, be taken.
Ifr the survey formerly made, the summit level is only tau and a
elf miles i t length, but, after carefully czarninini; the countey,
lam of opinion, that this at ttttt nit level sh.itthl exten.hd touch
further etch way feu.n Chard. Cittil correct levels have been
taken. I cannot &rural' to the precise length ; but from the points
ascertained by 3lr. Bremen levels, I think it maybe made nt least
tea miles. This, with ;cachous ananagzuteut, would itself be an

2. This very considerable length of summit level, embraces a
gnat hinge of the high Lands which occupy the enuitry to the
westward, whieh. being intersect:al by sundry considerable colts.
tend valleys, atilirds ample epportuni tin of ao pp!) ing it with rate.
for the prtrposca of rekoT, &e. in It sib dicerimis ; the oaten of
the Worntirook Stream. and those of the extensive Party Valley,
may be brat ;ht in from the w.vtward; and tho.lood waters of thy
cptier part of 'the riser .1 xe, may be brought is from '',c eastward ;
all No the S3llllllllt 1:VCI. Alit/WM*l supplies of water may be
rotund bum other sources--asy the (.'uly Valley and Hirer,
althant;h they earn with con7eMency, be brought into
tb: summit I:vid, wiU be extremely useful in providing tier eve.
poratioa and leakage, as will as the increased consumption by the'
lowa. loelmxt.
3. limit =ll2 southern exiremity of the summit level, the Canal
well amend by lael.Age k.mperly divtributcd along the western vide
of the river Axe, and the Village of Seaton to the north-cast angle
of Hen harnh.r,lnto which A: Canal will dtecend by mean of
locks plarx: in Inc manse( rocky chili, which may be conveniently
excavated fur this power.. 404 t• ferns extensive protecting and
landing piyr.
by keeping on the wevigOn ale of Seaton village, its connection
ith the beach is left unintemtpted • the large mass of woo
shingle beach, and also 'he stem cruint;ling snarly banks along the
'here, are avoide.t, and the Canal introduced sr ore into tSo
i.orth-east a^gle of the herb no-, to be fanuctl at Boa, lasing . dial
rest of the hitrivino, and the whole of the tsenton bay, fee the pot,
le- of a roclstrait
These at Herr will be fnur.d to be very advantageous. If
emlirg a 'inn fonnit ition re: I wk., protecting m 316.7406 for back.
lug them, end Lie the hearting or body of the protecting piers and
sec-vary wit:At alio; while the harder facing shine can be
brought by set. • • • -
It t• well knotn-thiky Iker harbrntr is already effenually pro-
tected from the verse Oboralent windy, and from the others, wfit-1
o
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sr: to the soothe/ant of sidaereast or west, it may, bi'Vetilicial
p:ert. be mode as wenn:army harbour into which the tale k freely
atlrrtteil ; a hi;e the depth of water to he obtoired it only limiteil
t. the amount ditextrasse it may be judged visitable to incur:
vat (shall hare in view in fona,Mg the plan and e,timate, will b.
to OLtlill (11.'ty flee Or water within tile pies-Amish at low water of
a. 7 iNgse The amok to the harbour is upon &or grtmd,
aad thtteira,atp.et of. its b:ing incomrmtded by mud, sand, 1
sitsbioak.
lipteittujrisols, halves?, that !Seer harbour is a eery value&
pk: foe the ..crintratton of a Ship Canal, and as an asylum foe
iti ort-4atint: the English Cha-.nrl.
To the northward of the town of Chard, Inttead of Imm 'di-
cc maene'tg lockage, mid carrying the Canal dawn the bottms
e Tetley, and - ---- nerusa tb, soft Iskils which com.pose the
allaTial lam! - of

elevation. Ibe e.ombination of lwti:ers in this invention
for toasting, the finest of any in the French Military har-
bours, is of a very simple nature; its motion is very quick,
and its strength adequate to the ;:reatest efforts. Ships of
the line undergo the process of toasting and unmastim.!, in
less than one hour. At tl.e foot of the matting machine,
and a little further on. is a creek called the toasting creek.
This, mid another Ik..tt close upon the harbour gate,
which are discovered below the small steeple. are the usual
points of communication llaween llrLst and Reeouvrance.
Issuing from the rate which is near the toasting machine,
and closes the quay, a street i. perceived on the right hand,
the lower extremity of which is below the level of the
higher extremity of the who!c elevation of the platform.
A a ingle staircase of too sops connects the higher with tSe
lower oeint of this street, called the Seven Saints, a nama

pot. el,
which it derives from an old church, founded under the Fa-
troeage of the Seven Martyrs who were canonized in the
early day's of the Christian era. A street, or rather a road
remit red practicable fur carriages, leads from the extremity
of the street above-mentioned to the citadel of the castle, I
and directly in front of that beautiful promenade, the Court
dr:lid. This promentdc, of which we discover a few trees
above the castle, consists of Put rows of young elms form-
ing three spacious long avenues. It hewn, at the walls of
the castle, and extewls to the ramparts. A protection
wall, which connects MO fortified works of Brest with the
citadel, extends breast high along the Coors from
whence the eye embraces a roadstead of about nine leagues
in circumference.
harbour clock is placed in a smtll steeple, standing
over an editice, which is mid to rank foremost of all those
which compose the arielia. of Brest, built by Louis XIV.
iii ;669. Facing the clock is a dock for receiving frigates I
and torrents that have to undergo is-pairs ; the entrance of:
this dock is closed by a darn, that serves as a communication
between the quay of the general magazine and the har-
bour gist the opening of which is concealed from cur
view by the extrime houses forming the angle of the com-
tnereiai quay and the main street, the most considerable
street in Brest.
The Bsgnio, the higher and -lower Rope Walks, are
large building.., the longitudinal angles of which are seen
to extend in perspeztive liars as far as the fourth plan of
Sys
av-

he picture, are du.; most considerable of the na, arse-
nal. The lower parts consist of two distinct wings. com-
prising the Ripe Yards, and above them the Baguio, an
extensive building in which arc t onfined all prisoners con-
demned to chins and to the painful works of the har-
bours, since the galleys have been suppressed. The Rope
Yards arc nearly of equal thinensions. We do net ex-.
actly know of how many feet their length may consist; but
we can va sly a:iirtn that it &los not fall short of twice the •
length of a just rAte-man of wor's cable, and may therefore,
he estimated at about 1200 feet. Behind the ;Alike', the •
elicits of .which have just been iminttti out, the be,tou e
the harb.mr farms in tOrtin tto the right, an snide of
sides

._...um„ t . •een ipet 0. ...aiming and that in
which several p ranna are seen kneelitte• at the foot of an
image of the Virgin l'tlary, is called' the Chapel of the
Tramdlrurat ion.
Not far from this seventh chapel, we find leaning against
a column, though at a rather consi•lerahl, elevation from
the ground, a sculptured group of a (lath colour, the ap-
pearance of which indicates antiquity. It represents the
Ala:lona who is held in much reverence in the Church of
Notre-Dame-de-Chartres. A li!elit is cantinualy burning
at the feet of the Virgin, and prceeeds from a lamp whicd
r.-c.ives the refi:etioa of the sun's rays, and is oliservA to
shine with great brilliancy in the oh/Titre corner in the
s. crud lower aisle on the left hand. The figure of the
Virgin was transferred to this place 1771.
Ihe enclosure of the choir, which tapes • the centre of
flothic

up
the picture, is a composition of a , style, well worthy
the aveation of connoisseurs. Its architecture is of ea.
essitting richness, and its ornatnet.ts are in the hest taste.
The same inny be said of the figures, which add to its
plendor. TL^ basso rellevoa inehased in the massive
parts, :Ind contained within the angles which give to the
sari-ciriumfe settee of the choir the form of a prism with
angles of equal length, uniformly represent subjects taken
from-the-lives of Jesus Christ and of the Virgin Mary.
We shall now explain the rabjects of those that are
within nur view, and commence by the Lift hand side.
'flit first basso relievo that we perc.ive repracnts the
adultrziss ; the second our Saviour restoring tile blind man
to sight • the third (which is the first tm the right of the
great pillar that takes up the first plane surface ground,)
the entrance of slc 8113 into Jerw&erh ; the feurth thc inha.
' bitnnts of Jerusalem rushing foAlarel tuwards our Saviour,
end strewing the ground with branches of palm tree. The
subject of the fifth is our Saviour in the Gawlen of Olives ;
tho sixth represents the trellchcry of Judcl, and Peter's
violence towards Malchus. In the seventh and last, we
see Jesus Christ tied to a pillar and scourged by his exe-
cut Milers.
It would be difficult to name the authors of these basso
rclievos, the greater part of which are deserving of par-
ticular notice ; we have but a vague information respecting
them. In urder that we may avoid assigning to the chisel
of one artist what may be owing to the talent of another,
- shall . . . .

......: ofthimgal sil Ferret, and 1.1...,1 tlayorls'iiy feels ab ite sere:ay-live degrees; at one of the extreme _ .of
the line Lip a very eirositoaddirtsai.in by Or town of Lei ...in • ' '
4brmestetsion of the summa, turd, whichhas. beets-her re red tu;
,' the angle, that which is directly opposite the Re Yards,
hi- the hi .4 lands, by ttra.ohmay and Rietenhal. to- , in an lovers- ',tw, a somewhat sharper angle, and in the
. , .
Yams fictiLvdtt lime quarries; and rear this place, is whatever
same dirc..:tion an obtuse one, thereby presenting that ex
-
direction the line stay afterwards proc:zi, the lockage must tremity of the harbour as 1'... fus -e of Y with its
clortiees. I branches wide apart.
10 the ifteirmr ~.--7 ha" l'^-r.' mile, It, proves mc"l24'imb. le I S .vcral work-shops belonging to Oil arseral, and
lanai by ridgeirater, tJ the iower port to the river
PSet,h wilt only remain to choose the mos: direct line to anti . amongst the buttery in the dirt etion of the Beeosertmee,
"7" t':s l'tru fl.r. 1.. o.e Tone valley, and by the town •y• are deacrilled outside the picture on the lett, and on a h eel
Indstv.aer, es the deep channel at the l'outba 101 l itesch. I ve:•it the spectator. 8..10w the elevation where
.tve are
AL: ;?, sfeifr full investiest: „ the Pert of %%Tate het. is fauna to I standing, may be seen the Chain, a kind of floatitr gate
1i.,*?.... brantasortus eati....ce into the Bristol Channel,
+.ll lice stolid probatsly pais near to 1 hurmar,
and
tames ‘iit ' whit:, lai is closed at the beat of drum in the Harl'ettr and
alley, of the Tore Irnweeu T tunton and Wellington ; is..o from : roatisumm, on a bloal given by the tiring of a gun from a
u4soe,...tur tither to the east or west of rtandhill Park, the seat of ' half-circular battery named the Horse Shoe. This llorse
'_-_."treas Lethbrbfge, Halt. and alter creasing a rib of high . Shoe faces the Rose Battery, and is erected upon the ruins
:7etTit :avarice to the north of Sandhill Pad:, proceed down' of a large tower, which, together with the Castle, con-
'''' ”147 tl,e. P' -t of Watch• t. tribute(' to the protection of Brest in former times.
ihirt,, li!!"" a! Wiei.act possesses many natmal advantages, arid ,
'?" MVP= to be any obstacles but el.at may be rem wslied i ss e agrae with the artists on this occasion, that Brest
kimilltirtinin.. LI i . eery am„ssilife to and fruit, 3 port of the j deserves to be better known than through api 'tore, how-
,, ,3:=1., which is without all the extensive said blotto; I ever faithful in its description (and ty one that eni,ages
ily iic......., `'••. of course, (114 at vantage of being itumedtately in ! our attention claims no less merit in this character than as
"4.8,, ""1..„)..:ce clew piri;zi rut excellent fountlatira, also mA. a work of orrl •
Me Arsenal of Brest was foentbd by
est ro:swoyln,.;. P'en' wet an 'rY docks,
. whilei, the at Louis XIV., an carried on by Louis XV. and Louie XVI.
, -t.res al ample supply of water or oc see a
5f...... ._."l"ni—ssati the whole Lim die property of a Nobleolon, ' and embellished tt) years aco by Buoniparte. Thia Ar-
.7.tonrus the scheme, and to nathinal lmerorements in s.,nal, as a whole, or in its details, is well worthy the atten-
,7,4.llt,ery nessoury twilit viriTti4n.l be allimilest ! lion of men rot exclusively attracted by trilling objects.
,7,. . . ":•!r v e y s I have
l•sa.. a fu ; t i he 'nude have teen cont.
i In vie -;. e. th • picture attentively, the tone of closer or
red initrirtirl cumpartstin will be ii.ade between this ; the , ",""i^ , the ,
tt Si! iii, ni,sih i . tie iii,,, pain, , opt It is be,„,.,1 &jamb; say is particularly remarkable for its mellow:tears, sad
tepee oxen site time Bristol Channel can be iiiitained la on; i what will not a little strike the Is. holder, is the smoke which
f ~..pf...„ -
TDO.UAS TELFORD. is seen issuing from the forges on the right of the picture, !
Isetba, August 2, 1821. as it is seen from the Amphitheatre.
The best view is that of the Cathedral Nare Dame Jre,
1 Chartres; and the situation of the town, which is !Mk,
over deep caverns, justifies the appellation of the City of
Dens, given to it by Ptolemy. The Church now exhibited
is one of the finest Saxon-Gothic I-tit:air:a still. extant in!
France. The (podia of its f ,utitlation is not accurately!
known, for like most of the edifices atal institutions of
times long past, its origin is surrounded with stories
equally marvellous and incredible. We shall not therefore
attempt to throw an itnperfect light over the gloom in
which the early days of the Cathedral of Chartres are
enveloped; it will be sufficient to repeat the words of 31r.
Gilbert, the author of a valuable account of this moutuneni:
It may be considered as certain that St. Lavinien and
St. Ponsatien, found. rs of the metropolitan church of Sens, ,
carne to Chatrca ; and that St. Aventin' their disciple, who
is acknowledged to have been the first bishop of this city,'
laid the foundation of the first church, towards the end of
the third century. We must observe that several portions,
such as the southern gate (with the exception of the porch,
which appears to belong to the twelfth century), the prin-
cipal at and the twa ate p' es, tier: coestruettal at a rather

we _ not attempt -to couple with each of the basin re-
lievos, the name of its suppqsed author, but content
curselves with observing, that- Jean Texicr was the archi-
feet upon whose models this fine monument of architecture
W 33 csecntid betweon the years 1314 and 1339 ; and that
Thibaut, Bauditi, Dieu, Le Gros, and many other scalp.
tors successively contributed to its perfection. The work
was not contpl-t:.! until they:carillon • 1708; the labours
of the artists mentioned Dave not a more recent date
than 164.11. Whim, under th,:rdin of Louis XIV. the Me-
tropolitan Chapel of Paris came lb the resolution of etnbel-
fishing the choiref Notre DaineAlie Cathedral Chapters do-
chic.' et the saute time upon sinkflarnpairs iu tMir respec-
tive churches..
that

The small gilt carve s 1 ries it are observed on the ex-
ternal contour of the vaulted arches, in the tones of ogees,
and lowering upon the choit, are onianients which Messrs.
Daguerre and itouton have itteniously indicated in this
part of the church, though they Ware carefully avoided pre-
a.:nting them to the view of the spectator.
We shall not enter into :eat farther ti-tails respecting
diode parts of the picture whlsfi arrest our view. We
shall not draw the winnings to dm:: motionless necessaries
r:tich e.mtiibute to the illnsion created by the correct re-
presentation of this wenderfuLprotk of architecture ; we
shall leave unnoticed the priest who will be overtaken by
night in his meditative contemplation—the congregation of
theinithful. who, inhenour of the divine mysteries, remain
so long onitheir knees before t oly images—the wusthat
ae,m to have been placed in 414 present nosition, as ex-
hibited to our view, in order 43 try the sagacity of the be-
holders, in diwinguishing *bat is nature itself from whit
is the effect of urt—as well cray other object that
creates our adinaiion ; they iippear as evidences of the
talents of two anists, wbu pulite have been too uni-
versally appreciated to regoirealny eulogium on our part.
The distinguishing charac He of this picture consists
in the architectural drawing, itch appears exact, without
Wiliness or unnecroary labour nil we are satisfied that a
liberal and discriminatii4; mild • will reward the industry
and talent of those individuals who have so scientifically
contributed to their pleasure and improvement.
essw_swesestaew

POlBO NIKO raom Tosacco.—Mary Turner, a child of
six years of age, living at Stratford, on last Thursday,
swallowed a rwion t.f half-smoked tobacco, which she
tcok out of her ino:lnc's pipe, and in the evening was
seized with violent retching, which el:I:inn:11 until next
day, when sl:c died. 'ibis was from the poisonous oil can-
taiurd
in the tobacco, alai which exudes iu stooling:—
Medical Adrisrr.

Ile two Dissenting* Nlinisters, sentenced to a mondes
L.Viiionment aLd the tread-mill in Ayksbury gaol, were
h It ctiactility release' by an order from the committing
14:34. ate, tile Rev. Mr. Lownilt a.
t TOLL CASE.—l'he great and important
C .1p ra'i'n Tot Case came 011 at nine o'clock on Moe.
i▪ :.rllt in the C•tunty Reeonl Court, Cork, before Judge
and the followi. g highly rtspectahlSpecial Jur/ :
d'in. Artist'? Ane.eslcy Forma.; A. B.
tlanori.
,? h. Edward Wallis Hoare, Adam Nemitan. slsrunaltirc Pen.
C.:4.ol'l,TfaTets, I:,.ary Stumm' Wallis Adams, Chas.
~nnot John Swete. and John 'l'untort Esq-s.—Mr. Ben.
074:ed et- ease for the C .rpswation. which, i 111 the docunsen-
,,,. mrole es:Jcnc-n. produced on the saute side ; occupies! the
6::..ef thesis:. The persons examined were, Mr. John Canta,
Iltnt,t,l7 wthe Chamber of Commerce of this city, and a man
ISIS 414 S''von, who is eighty years old, and had collected
angic. • Tate at the Tree hed of Roche's-street. and
k▪
t-;1F,...i; on the Ctranla,, Road. On, his cross-examination, for
4uu. he admitted that the Corporation had brought ban
✓ack t 41y-fi ve hyears ago, on Lancelot 11111's ease, but did not
risse:44'ibe . The Court adjourned at half-past live solid
Kt en the case for the dcfcntlant was opcnrd.—fristi

Tux BRAIN (11 ax OX INTIRELT PETRITIfD.—A
French surgeon lately producAl an ox's brain before the
Society of Medicine. It was not only petrified, but acquired
the hardness of flint. The butcher with all his might
could not cleave it asunder. It appeared like a piece of
rock-work. What is here vet y remarkable, this ox was
' both fat and rigorous, so as to break loose four times from
the butcher; whereas the only instance of a petrified ox's
brain en record is that of arthulites ox, killed at
Stockholm; but that ox was very leen, appea. reil sickly,
went always with his head down, which determined the
owner to part with him. This and some (Aber like in•
stances of feeruses burn without a head, would induce one
to think that the brain is not to als.2tael nee. scary fur life
as is ut.iectr.ary bel!eved.