New-York tribune., 1882-04-23

hilarating exercise, and when you have passed
through the experience two or three times von
grow into the belief that all palaces are pretty
much alike. In company with five or ten Other
listless persons you march behind severe man in
livery through a succession Of apartments openny
into one another, all adorned with marble foors
and gilded or carved woodwork aud damask
hangngs while the guide repeats in the moDoto
nous and reproachfu tone engendered by wearv
series Of such exhibitions the names Of serene liob
ncsses whose portraits hang on the walls You tr,
TO look as if you knew the public history OF thesa
personages and took an interest them and you
are conscious that your your attempt is a dismal
failure. YOu are really thinking that palace mus,
be dreadiully uncomfortable place to live in. An
such edihccs contain at least one ford chamber
notable for somebody's august ped. At Monaco thu
room is that in which died the Dnke of York
brother Of King George III. The Duke fell i'll on
Mediterranean voyage. and being carried ashore
here expired few days aiteIward. The bed is one
OF the familiar pattern which those who have gone
through palaces know so much too we'll Ii ia
stately and stif. it covered with crimson it faces
the light. it stands on a platform it is rallied in
with n balustrade, as IL there were danger lest
when the august occupant retired the courtier,
might crowd TO get IN with him. At last you reach
the end of the sut of rooms and are requested 10
look back through the open doors and admire the
vista. This is always an indication that tue show
IL over and you get ready the silver piece which.
with an absurdly faint pretence Of concealment,
you are to drop in the hand half held open for the
purpose as you pass out. Ii must be said OF the
palace Of Monaco, however, that it is really hand.
somer than some royal residences could name
The gardens are entered from the Court OF Honor
They Overhang the sea and command beautiful
outlook, but they not remarkable for beauty Of
arrangement or richness of contents
When passed out into the public square, an open
SPACE before the palace gate, furnished with
cannon and heaps of balls. and all prepared if FOR
desperate war the princes bOdy-guard were drill
ing. They were well-made young men, Italians ap-
parently. distinguished alike for their elegant uni
form, their good manners and their personal
beauty-so fine a looking set of fellows that one
was sorry not to them in better business. An
extraordinarily handsome sentry. to whom | ad-
dressed question or twO answered with a suavlty
and cOurtly grace which would have become
royal duke. ] drove along the old wall which sur.
rounds the rock, passed few narrow streets OF
the ordinary Italian pattern, looked down upon
an ancient battery and trayersed pretty public
garden. and then by a gateway and a steep roadI
reached the harbor the Old Port of Hercules
which once sheltered the Roman galleys bath
ing establishment and two or three hotels now stand
on the brink. and the port holds only few fishing
boats and a stray yacht. At the very edge OF the
harbor begin the villas and bOardlng-houacs OF the
quarter known as La Condamine, by which there
a quick and easy transition To the uhrePutaDie de-
lights of Monte Carlo. j. X. q. L.