The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-25 00:00:00

(No. XXV.)

• Paris, Friday, 29th.
On my return to my Hotel I strolled into the
Church of St. Roch, one of the most remarkable
in Paris, and politically celebrated for having
been the sacred structure on the steeples of which
BUONAP.ARTE planted his cannon,. to overawe the
populatio.n, (luring the horriblemassacres of Sep-
tember, so bloodily written in the History of the
Revolution. The,Evening's Service was perform-
ing, and in no very impressive manner, as the
continual movements of the curions .about the
Church almost entirely destroy the idea of serious
and uninterrupted devotion. The great singula-
rity of this vast Edifiee.eonsists in three immense,
Chapels in the center of the' Church,,before you
reach the Choir; these are dedicated to the Virgin,
to Christ crucified, and to the Triumph of Religion.
There are also some curious Aisles and Confession-
als. One little Chapel, in particular, attracted
my regards : It is appropriated to the charitable,
but I fear mnavailing, purp4se of praying Souls
out of Purgatory, of which place there is a very
‘.
strange and ludicrous picture.. The walls also
are all covered over- with painted flames, &c, like
a San 13enito at,ati Auto da Fe:.— One of the large
central chapels, before noticed, is remarkable-for
its sombre and gloomy appearance, and fora very
Strong light, artificially thrown 'upon a fine Picture
in the midst of this deep shadow, which produces
a grand effect.

• ,
The various occupations of this day threw my
dinner hour so far into the evening, that, after
dining at BzAuvituttes, I. found myself too late
for the Theatre Francols, and, being. somewhat
fatigued, I was glad of the excuse to retire early
to rest. - I, however, paid. a visit to a couple of
Dwarfs, in my way 'home, whose 'm:nute propor-
tions were not unworthTof notice: These were
CaIICdiNANETTE STOCE.ER, and JEAN HAUPTMANN,
the former an excellently proportioned woman in
Miniature, 'converses 'sensibly and with great
good humour, and is 33 inches high ; which
height she attained when four years old, ,and has
never since' grown, though now as many years
of age as she, is inches-he resembles exactly a.

great Doll. , Mr. HA UP7MANN, her companion, is
full threefeet high ! and a dozen of years younger
than the Lady. He is, however, not so well,pro-
portioned, nor so agreeable in hii physiognOmy,
being like a sallow unhealthy boy. He accom-
panies NANETTE'S pianoforte on_ the violin, which
be plays with tolerable skill. They have travelled
together all over the Continent, and told me they
were. about to visit England,, the land which en-
riches foreign talent of every sort, however small.

.tote-a-tke with this Lady, :who: speaks
French, German, Italian, and English exceedingly
well, displays a bosom like a nursery maid,- be-
sides many other accomplishments and attractions,
I was addressed by a person among the spectators,
probably piqued by the deserts of this await whit)
;begged to inform me that he had changed his lodg-
ings, was Monsieur LEMERCIER, a most celebrated
Scholar tor the solution of all metaphysical clues-
tiiins, Master of most of the ancient and modern
languages, especially English and Italian, an:ex-
cellent Mathematician, and au fait in sacred and
profane histOry, geography, chronology, and, in
fine, another DoctorTangloss, if not an adMirable
The issue of all this was, that he taught
English Gentlemen to speak French, and had
bOard and lOdging for them at his:house, in such
a street. As a proOf of hiscapatity, he put the
following Note into my hand:—
'
L...'5pe9.19.a.c14 Anglise, and live No. 22 ;
nota-withstanding the chiller in his • schols, ofer
Gentleman who deiir to speak perfitlito teach, ,with conve-,
niente loge and horde." , • •

I. assured: this learned_ Gentleman that I would
apply, for his. assistance. I 'Veinained in•PariS;,and_.
• ".
at any, rate mention hini;lto•iny eitintryinen who
were in want of so able an instructor., which-I
Iniw, through you, Mr. Editor, take the opportu-
nity of 'doing; 11(14''t the SWIM titue -of subscribing,:
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