New-York daily tribune., 1843-11-16
Letters from Hr. Weed :. No. xxx.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Albany Evening Jou'na

PAn1s Sept, 90. 1913
The Palace of the Tuileries is the winter resi-
dence of the King. 1t was, you know, the scene
of MANY stirring and startling events during the
Revolution Of 1885, 1t was taken also by thc
People, in the Revolution of 1880. 1t stands on
the bank of the Seine, having the Garden OF lhe
Tueries for it's west. and the Louvre ior It's esst
front. When it was supposed that tne Queeii %
: England might extend her VISITS 10 afis' e3leh-
sive repairs were ordered at TINS faiacc, during
and since which it has not been open to vlslters'
All who come to Paris visit the LOUVRE, ana
as almost every body has written about 1t, VIII
not be tedious. Its early history IS unknown
A Castle existed here in the earliest ages OF the
Monarchy. In the time Of Philip Augustus II
was used as Prison for titled offenders In
1923, under Francis l. it was rebuilt and en-
lerged. Louis XIV designed much more exten-
siye improvements, but did not complete them,
and during his Reign and the Reign OF Terror,
the louvre was neglected. But NAPOLEON re-
suued and finished what was contemplated by
his predecessor 1t was the residence of several
of the Kings of France. Charles TX. fired from
It's windows upon the victims of st. Bartheleml.
It has long been, however, exclusively devoted
TO the reception ofworks Of Art, and after Napo-
leon had despolled Italy, &c. of their treasures,
the Louvre displayed the richest collection Of
Paintings in the world. But the Allied Mon
archs, when in Paris, stripped this great deposlto
~ OF Pictures and Statuary OF many OF Its go
mes. It's magni6cence, however, still excltes
admiration and wonder. These galleries arc open
10 the free examination of strangers every day IN
the week but Monday. Artists from all parts Of
the world come here to improve themselves IN
making copies of the old masters. In passing
through the galleries / saw, in several instances,
halfa-dozen Artists making as many copies of
the same Picture Around two Of MURILLo's
magnificent pieces | saw as many Painters at
work as could get views Of the original. OF the
Parisian Artists thus employed in the Louvre,
large proportion are young Ladies, some OF whom
paint with much power and effect.
The basement story of the Louvre IS called the
Musee Royol des antiques, and contains be
tween eleven and twelve hundred pieces OF Stat
uary most OF which is from the ancient cities OF
Greece and Rome. Think what al army these
Statues would make if tEcy were placed for re-
view in TN open field But the Picture Galleries
are far moro extensive have spent most OF
two days in these Galleries, without getting
through them, and without attempting 10 look at
half The Pictures | passed. The principal Gal
Eery IL 1882 feet long and 42 feet wide. It's
walls are entirely covered with Pictures, amount
ing in number to over | 400 Of which 373 are by
French artists $40 by Flemish and German, 4S0
hy Italians, and the remainder modem copies of
ancient Pictures. The works Of all living
lists arc excluded from the Louvre. l am so de-
iicient of knowledge and taste in Pictures, not
to appreciate the works OF the most lllustrlous
artists. At the Louvre, | passed the master
pieces of Claude, Lorain, Titan, Rubens, &c.
with comparatively slight interest, to search and
all bat worship the divincly beautiful and sub
lime efforts of MrKiLLo.
We went to st. Cloud on Sunday, with fifteen
or twenty thousand Parisians, who were attracted
thther by FETf. st. Cloud lies six miles from
Paris on the Seine. 1t is memorable as the place
where Henry Ill was assassinatcd in 1889, and
as the residence Of NAPOLEON during that period
of the Revolution which placed him at the head
Of the French Government Louis Philippe re-
sides in the Palace of st. Cloud most Of the year
Charles X. was residing here when the Rcvolu-
ton Of 1880 broke out.
1 went TO st. Cloud under an impression that
its Fete, on Sunday, was IN some way or sort a
Religious Festival, but found it more like our 4th
of July Celebrations than any thing | had ever
seen. But in comparing it with our 4th of July
you can form only an imperfect and inadequate
conception Of the scene. Its object is amusement.
To crafty this ruling passion of the French,
the most grotesque, ludicrous, absurd, and even
frivolous exhibitions arc found successful The
banks of the River, for more than mile, were
lined with booths, tents, stands, &c, in which
all sorts Of shows were to be seen, and every spe
cies of confectionery, fruit trinkets and frppcry
were exposed for sale In the beautiful grove adj
joining, innumerabe tables were spread, at which
between Ii and - thousand visitors breakfasted.
Around each table were MINISTRIES, some excrtinc
their vocal powers. while others sdiscoursed' in
strumentally. The first and most ambitious place
of amusement was the Circus, in front of which
the whole troupe with its band was stationed. ey.
erting all their powers to draw an audience
The band would first play most clamorously.
Then the manager, with vehement voice and yes
lures, would dwell upon the prodigics performed
by his company; then one of the company would
throw somerset by way of illustration; then the
band would thunder again then lady (ofwhich
there were four IN tight pants would sing and
then another lady would stand with one foot upon
the Clowns head, holding the other leg in llori.
zontal position, and balancing sword upon her
nose. During these outward signs of the wonders
to be seen within, the people kept dropping, like
pigeons into a net, through the door. The price
OF admission was SIX sous The performance
lasted an hour then the same seductive arts were
practised Tor another audience. Directly oppo.
slte the Circus was Theatre, before winch the
dramatquc persona, IN tawdry costume, present
ed themselves. Here, too these initiative heroes
and heroines Of the sock and buskin, like Ham.
let's layers split the ears of the groundlings
with lncxphcable dumb show and noise Next
to the Theatre We're the tents of jugglers, magi.
clans, momtebanks, rope-dancers, &c, before
each OF winch actors exhibited themselves in the
SKINS of horses, bulls, lions lcepards, tigers, hy
enas, ahgators, SC, neighing, believing and
roaring IN ludicrous mockery of the beasts they
attempted to personate. Opposite these were
tents IN which balloons. monkeys, parrots, rab
hits with all sorts of ina1hSn,1n ;ca 49, z