New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-04

" with coming death, such are tbe Speclacles
which thu. more favored and fortunate OF the
Gallo youth have been called for generations
70 admire and ENJOY. These oaulepleceS
have scarcely more Historic than Artistic value
since the names of At leas, half OF them might
he ,ransposed and the change he undetec'ed
by nine.v-nine Of every hundred who see
them If Oh the French Battles were thus dis
PLAYED. It might be urged with plauslbiliy
that these galleries were Historical IN their
character. but full hall Of the story, that
which tells OF French disaster and discontinue
is utterly suppressed The Battles of Ptole-
mas. OF Iyry of Fon;enoy. of RvolI, Of Austen
hiz, &c, are here a. imposing as paint can
make them. but never whisper OF Agncourt.
Crecv. Poictiers. Blenhem, or R0mllles, nor
vet Of Salamanca. OF Vittorla. OF Leipsc, or
Waterloo Even the wrotched succession OF
foravs which the French have Tor the last TWEEN
~ years been prosecuting IN Algerine Africa
here shines resplendent, for Nernet has painted,
bv Louis Philippes order and al Frances cost.
succession of battle-pIeceS wherein French
numbers and science are seen prevailing over
Arab barbarlsm and irregular valor IN combatS
whereof the very names have been wisely for
gotten. though they occurred rs but Yesterday.
One of these Is much the largest painting ever
saw. and Is probably the largest IN the world
and il seems 10 have been got up merely to
exhibit one of Louis PhilIppes sons IN the
thckest of the FRAY Last OF all We have the
CAPTURE OF Abd-el-Kader.' a. imposing as
Verne, could make 1t. but no whisper OF he per
siStent pertidv wherewlth he has been retained
for several years IN bondage, IN violation ct The
express agreement OF h> captor>. The whole
collection is. IN is general effect, delusNe and
mischievous. the purpose being TO exhibit War
as always glorious and France a uniformly III
umphant II Is by means like these thar the
business of SCATTERING knee-orni aut multiply
ing orphans is kept IN countenance.
Versailles Is striking monument Of the sci
FISH proficacy OF king-crait and the long sufer'
ing patience Of Nations Hundreds o. thousands
of laborers' children must have gone hungry to
their straw pallets in order that their needy
parents might pay the memorable taxes levied TO
build this Palace Yet after all 1t has stool
mainly mnhabited It, immense extent and
unequalcd Spendor require an lmmeaSurable
profusion in lis occupant, and the incomes even OF
kings are not absolutely without limit 80 YER
s,llles. with SIX or eight other Royal Palaces
IN and around Paris. has generally stood
empty. eniailmg on the country an cnor-
nous annual expense tor lis simple preSer-
vation And now, though France has
outgrown Royalty. It knows not what to do
with It's costly. spacious. glttering shells. 4 SIN
gle Palace (Ramboullet) standing furtheSt from
Paris. was converted (under Louis Phippe) into a
GIGANTIC storehouse for Wool while It's Spacious
Parks and Gardens were wisely devoted TO the
breeding and sustenance of the choicest Menno
Sheen. The others mainly stand empty ana
how. n disnose of them Is a National perpexity
some of them NAV be converted into Hospitals,
Insane Retreats, sc, others into Libraries Or
Galleries of Art and Science but Versailles i
too far from Paris for aughr but Retreat as
aforesaid, and has cost 50 immense sum that
any use which may be made of 1t will seem
wasteful | presume It could not be sold A. II
stands for a tenth OF il actual cost. Perhaps II
will be best. therefore, 10 convert all the others
into direct uses and preserve this for public IN
spection as a perpetual memorial OF the reckless
prodig alty and all-devourng Pomp OF Kings, aud
As a warning 70 Nations never again to entfust
their destinies to men who, from their very edu-
cation and the influences surrounding them
through life. must be led to consider the Tolllng
Millions as mainly created to pamper their appe-
tites to CRAFTY their pride, aud TO pave with their
corpses their road TO extended dominion
ST. CLouDis much smaller but more pleas
antly situated and more tasteluly furnished and
decorated Palace, some miles nearer than Yer
sailles to Paris, and commanding an admirable
view OF the city. The LCxEMBorRc, situated In
the Southern section OF the city, is externally
chaste and wel-propOrtioned edlhce, containing
some fine pictures by living artists, and sur
rounded by spacious and delightful woods, shrub
berry &c termed the Gardens OF the LuNem-
bourg' The TrnERIEs, in the hear, of the city,
near the Seine, have not seen internally, and
the exterior seems low, struggling, and every
way unlmposlng It's extent Is almost incredible
by those who have not seen it-scarcely less than
tina, of Versailles. The Louvre IS the.hnest
structure Of all, and most worthlly devoted It's
lower story Is filled with Sculpture OF no conSld-
cradle ment. but IT. galleries contain more stnA-
insly good Paintings than | shall ever again see
under one roof have spent good part OF TWO
DAYS there. and mean to revisit It on my return.
PASSPORTS, *.
If each American could spend three days on
this continent, his love Of Country and OF Liber-
~ could not fail to be quckened and intensified
If only by an experience OF the enormIty OF the
Passport nuisance 1t has cost me precious
hours already not speak OF dollars and Is Ger
tam 10 cost many more OF each. have nearly
concluded to gwen up Germany on account OF 1t,
while Italy fairly swams with petty sovereign
ties and with Yankee Consuls, the former AFRAID
OF their own black shadows, the latter intent on
their beloved two dollars each from every Amen-