The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-12-29

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long parallelogram, and is divided into two
cities the Tartar, or more properly the
Mantchoorian city, contains the imperial
palace, and forms along, with the other or
Chinese city, an irregular whole, seventeen
miles in circumference. The walls of Pekin
are fifty cnbits in height, and conceal the
buildings from the view the gates are not
embellished with statues or with sculpture,
but their prodIgious height gives them at a
certain distance an air of grandeur. The
arcades of the gates are of marble, and the
remainder Of broad bricks cemented with
excellent mortar. The greater part of the
streets are in straight lines: the largest are
one hundred and twenty feet wide; sdhd
nearly three miles in length, well-aired,
clean and cheerful. The whole street is
generally occupied with shops, in which
the silks and wares of China are sold. The
fronts of the houses which are very low,
have nothing gloomy in their appearance.
The magnfcence of the imperial palace
does not consist so muen in the imposing
elegance of its architecture, as in the multi
tude of its buildings, its courts, and its gar
Sens. The walls of the palace comprehend
little town, inhabited by the great officers
of the court, and great quantity of me-
Father Artier, French Jesuit who obtain
ed permission to visit the palace, says that
it is league in circumference, that its
font is embellished with paintings. gliding
and vanished work, and that the furniture
and ornaments of the interior comprise
every thing that is most rare and valued in
China, India. and Europe. The gardens of
the palace form vast park, in which at
a. 142,r, fxxYn rfE mr.
sixty feet in height, separated from one
another by little valleys, which are water
ed with canals these waters unite to form
lakes and broad ponds, which are navigat-
ed Ivy magnificent pleasure boats, and their
banks are adorned with series of build
ings, Of which no two are alike. Each val
ley contains a summer house or villa, suffi
GENTLY spacious to accommodate one of the
first noblemen of Europe. with all his at
PENDANTS. The cedar Of which these hous-
es are built is not found within less dis
lance than fourteen hundred miles from
Pekin. In the midst of lake which is a
mile and a half broad, there is a rocky isl
and. crowned with superb palace contain
ing more than hundred apartments. The
mountains and hills are covered with trees
| and fine aromatic flowers; the canals skirt
| perfect imitation Of nature in her widest
and most desolate forms. The whole has
an air of enchantment On the SUBMITS of
the highest mountains tall trees encircie
pavilons and kosks consecrated TO retire
ment and pleasure.
The temples of Pekin are not equal 10
the palaces. The religion of the Emperor
is comparatively new in China, and It's cere-
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that country than in Tartary. The manda
rims and literati, from whom the magistrates
who rule the empire are selected, rather
respect than worship Confucius, and assem-
bic to honor his memory in simple, neat,
and clearly buildings.
The English make the number Of inhab-
itants amount to three millions, an estimate
ridiculously extravagant. The city of Pekin
does not afford sufficient space for three
millions of men to stand on. With these
accounts we may contrast the testimony of
the Russians who have visited Pekin, who
tell US that it scarcely doubles Moscow in
extent; that large portion Of it is occupied
by the palace and its gardens, and that the
houses are not closer together than those Of
Moscow. Now we know that Moscow,
though larger than Paris, does not contain
more than 100000 inhabitants. According
to these data, Pekin will only contain 600,-
COO, or, at most, 100000 inhabitants.
Male Bun.
Titles. The Boston Palladium says
" We agree with the Portland Gazette that
our really great men would not be less
great than they are. if we discontinued
their titular appellation of honorable"
Let Isaac Hull and Thomas Moore have
the title ;-they need it to ensure them
selves some respect from the Vulgar; but
it is almost insulting to man of sense and
of really high character 10 dub him every
time his name is mentioned in newspaper
paragraph, with the epithet of"the honor
able" We do not, as Byron remarks, say
Mr.. Cesar. The people of New England
are. it is said, very tenacious of their titles !;
civil and military. In the book Of an Eng
lish traveller. published some years ago,
an extract from Boston paper, containing
the names and titles of the guests Mt some
dinner party, is given to prove the travel
ler's assertion that the New England peo-
pie are prone to aristocracy.
Many years. ago we saw an advertise
ment, said to be copied from Connecticut
of the pigs, the auctioneer, the tavern
keeper, at whose house the sale was to take
place, and all the other parties concerned,
had either the title of Honorable or of Gen
| ITut."
The Massachusetts Journal says" We
are clad TO see a Portland and Boston
paper coming ont against our numerous
siliy and inconvenent titles; as, Gen.
Hon. We have been in the habit Of omit
ting them generally FOR these four years,
but with very little countenance from CO.
temporaries."
Bestow thy youth SO that thou mayest
have comfort to remember it, when 1t hath
forsaken thee and not sigh and grleve at the
account thereof. While thou art young
thou wilt think it will never have an end
but behold, the longest day hath its eve.
ming, and that thou shalt enjoy it but once
I that il never returns again; use it Therefore