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partero, but M. Guizot is for remaining [neuter, and
waiting for pr vocations from the DictatJr, which, how-
i ever, he says will not be made."

BELGIUM.

The Moniteur Belge of to-day, publishes a Royal re-
solution for the re-organisation of the Royal Academy of
Antwerp.
This decree is divided into three 'chapters ; viz.,
Chapter I.—On the organisation of the Administration of
the Academy. Chapter IL—lnstructions. Chapter lII.
Of the Academy as an Institution for the encouragement
and improvement of the fine Arts.
The Franc/time/dais announces (what might already
be presumed) that the object of the deputation from
Stavelot, which was lately admitted to an audience of
the King, was to protest against the projected acces-
sion of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, to the Belgium
tariff of customs, which accession would be a fatal blow
to the tanneries of Stavelot.
The Royal foundry at Liege has completed the order
for 400 pieces of cannon of divers calibre, which was
given by Bavaria. We have had occasion to admire the
precision and excellent execution of those which are not
sent away. It seems that the Bavarian Government has
repeatedly testified its satisfaction to Lieut.-Colonel
Frederiex, the director of the foundry. This consider-
able order having been successfully executed, cannot fail
to confirm the well-merited reputation which this im-
portant establishment enjoys in foreign countries.
Our learned countrymen, N. Blondeau, member of the
Institute of France, and senior of the School of Law at
Paris, who was lately appointed ,a•Knight of the Order
of Leopold, has just arrived from ,England and Scotland,
whither he was sent by the French. Government to visit
the institutions for teaching jurisprudence.

EXHIBITION OF DESIGNS FOR

THE TOMB OF NAPOLEON.
(From Galignani's Messenger of Wednesday.)
This exhibition will be opened to the public this
morning at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, as we have had
already occasion to announce. Yesterday the pri-
vate view took place, and we had an opportu-
nity of inspecting the collection, which is in many
points a remarkable one. The drawings and models,
SO in number, are arranged ih the great gallery on the
eastern side of the principal front, and in the smaller
gallery on the northern side ; the drawings are by for
the best, and are contributed by the most eminent ar-

chitects of the capital ; the models, with one or two
exceptions, are of an inferior kind, and very clumsily
executed. This being an occasion on which the full
enthusiasm of national architects might be expected
to be displayed, we were not a little anxious to wit-
ness the efforts of what is on the whole as strong
a school of architecture as any in Europe ; but we
are compelled to confess that the number of really
grand and suitable designs is much smaller than we had
anticipated. Many of the plans sent in are evidently
the works of very young men, in which eccentricity has
been mistaken for originality, and in which much
more attention has been paid to the isolated effect
of the tomb than to any attempt to harmonise
the erection with the magnificent building in which it
is to ba placed. As a general fault of nearly all the
drawings, we may remark that of those which are not
Egyptian, or of other orders to which no possible de-
signation can be applied, the greater number are far
too Grecian either for the subject they are intended
to commemorate, or for the great dome under

which they are to be viewed. Some of them are beauti-
ful in all their details, and admirably drawn, and a few
come up to the level of what the country requires.
We shall single out the most remarkable, and
will commence with No. 24, on the left hand side

of the Eastern Gallery, by M. Duban, architect
of the edifice in which the plans are placed. It consists
of a sarcophagus, with richly decorated sides supported
on a basis against which figures stand like pilasters, and
on which the names of the Emperor's victories
arc inscribed. A model accompanies the drawing ;
they are both of bold and revere outline, of Grecian
character, and on the whole confer much honour on
their author. M. Lassus has sent in a design of the
same description, No. 10. It is rather lighter in
outline than that of M. Duban, and is more delicate in
its details. The model which accompanies it, gives a
very excellent idea of the plan, and like the preced-
ing design, furnished. by M. Duban, is highly credit-
able to the architect's correct taste. In No. 25 M.
Lemaire has contributed a design in very good taste,
with the figures of the principal Marshals placed erect
round the Emperor's tomb ; at various parts occur bas-
reliefs of the principal victories of Napoleon, and on the
whole it would form a very practicable and not unsuit-
able monument. No. 37 is an anonymous drawing
of good design, only much too Grecian in its details;
' and M. Bouchet, in No. 27, has sent in a similar de-
sign, to which the same remark applies. Bath these
plans, however, are full of merit. No. 26 is a plan by
M. Gauthier, in which the Emperor is represented
under a canopy supported by pillars, sitting on the
rock of St. Iltiena, while on the dome of the canopy

be is standing in his Imperial robes ; a design at once
incongruous and unsuited for a monument. There is a
large and elaborate plan by M. Visconti, which, as the
architect has the car of the Government, is not at all un-
ltkely to be adopted, independent of any other consider-
ation. His plan is to make a circular crypt or lower
chapel under the dome, open to the interior of that part
of the church, and surrounded by a balustrade. In the
midst of this is placed the Emperor's sarcophagus, and a
long approach to it is made through vaults under the
nave of the church and opening in the middle of the
great court of the Hotel. Over this opening, in the
court, a colossal equestrian statue of the Emperor in
bronze would be erected, and is the vaults would be
arranged the tombs of Marshals and Governors of the
establishment. There is a great objection to this plan,
arising from the heavy expense it would occasion. M.
Due has exhibited in No. 11 one of the most beautiful
designs we ever saw. It consists of a sort of a temple
in gilt bronze, with open-worked lattices between
the pillars, surmounted by an elaborate canopy,
and inclosing a porphyry sarcophagus with the Emperor's
remains. The decorations consist of crowns, the let•
ter N, and eagles. The temple is surrounded by a
circular marble enclosure with a balustrade, and two fe-
male figures in white marble are seated in advance of
the tomb, holding globes in their hands. The effect
is exceedingly beautiful and original, and it is oce
of the most exquisite drawings we have ever
seen. Another design, and it is the boldest idea to be
a practicable one we ever heard of, is that by
M. H. Labrouste. It consists of a subterranean
chapel, like that of M. Visconti's plan, in the midst of
the dome, in which the Emperor's sarcophagus would
be placed in the middle, with the imperial crown and
sword of Austerlitz at the feet, and the standard of
Austerlitz at the head ; over the top of this chapel is
placed an immense elliptical shield in gilt bronze,
of the most chaste antique design, resting on four
eagles, and allowing the sarcophagus to be per-
ceived below. The shield is about 50 feet across in its
greatest length, is richly ornamented with laurel
wreaths, and has a large N. in the middle. The de-
sign, which is most elaborately drawn, has this great
excellence, that it does not interfere with the architec-
ture of the dome, but is of gigantic effect combined
with great simplicity. It is well worthy of inspection,
and will be found immediately on the left hand on
entering. Of the models in the second room, No. 55,
without any name, is a beautiful temple with a do-
mint top on which the Emperor stands, while under the
dome is his coffin, borne on the shoulders of soldiers.
No. 67 is a very chaste model, by M. de Ligny, a na-
tive of Corte, in Corsica, and the sculptures of it by
M. Guyrard, of the Institute. This is, an exquisite
Italian tomb, and would be well worthy of a place any
'where; though, perhaps, it is hardly grand enough for
the subject.
The visitor will find colossal pyramids, obeliacs,
globes, and • all kinds of designs sent in ; some of tbe
-very worst possible taste. One is: curious, as being an
immcnEe bronza eagle, with expanded wings, stretch-
ing all across the dome,, suspended from the side-walls
by the tips of the wings, and holding the Emperor's
coffin in its claws, a kind of idea borrowed from the
fabled sepulture of Mehemet. There is one of a colos-
sal statue of the Emperor, in the Court of the lava.
fides, nearly as high as the Dome itself I—and many
other absurdities. We recommend all our readers who
can to hasten to this exhibition.

INQUEST AT HOWDENZ—OR Saturday after-
noon and by adjournment on Monday the 25th inst., an
inquest was held at the Angel Inn, by Mr. Porter, Coro-
ner for the division of Howdenshire, on the body of
Harriet Hanks, single woman, who came to her death by
taking a quantity of powdered Cantharides, or French
flies, with intent to produce abortion. The Jury, after
hearing evidence of the circumstances, returned a ver-
dict of Feb de .se.—York Courant.
The long continuance of wet and stormy weather
has occasioned many departures; but we are happy to
say that the town is, notwithstanding, still unusually full
of visitors. What will not future autumns prove, with a
I railroad and fine weather.—Brighton Gazette.
CHATIIAM, OCT. 27.—The greatest activity
prevails in the Dockyard here, preparing the ships for
sea which are already in commission, and getting ready
others. Nearly all the men are withdrawn from the
slips to work in the docks, which contains, at present,
the Thalia, 42 guns; the Castor, 36; the Wolverine,l6;
and the Eagle, 50 ; this last, a very fine ship, is spoken
of as the next for commission. The Lynx and Harle-
quin are ready for sailing, and only detained by the
contrary wind. The Isis frigate is to sail for Liverpool,
there to complete her manning ; her ultimate destina-
tion is said to be China, unless a declaration of war with
America should render a naval armament necessary in
that quarter. The Thunder, surveying ship, left on
Wednesday last for the West Indies. No movements of
any importance have taken place among the military
'during the last week. Recruits have come in more
slowly than usual. A company of sappers is expected
to leave shortly for Woolwich, previous to embarkation
for India.
A GAOLER.—The person who
SUICIDE OF
had charge of the gaol at Renfrew committed suicide on
Saturday morning last, by suspending himself by the
rope with which the bell connected with the building is
rung. The deceased, it is said, was drinking hard for
several days previous, and suffering under the effects of
his intemperate habits, which at length, it is supposed,
drove him to the committal of the rash act that put an
, end to his e4sPiiicP.-7-01a890w9ourier.