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water-bower, the theatre, and thirty-six arches, built on the top fountain of Latona, are so elegant- of a hill, from whence it is conveyed through large pipes to the gardens of Versailles and Marli.”

From this beautiful place we proceeded to St. Cloud, an open town upon the Seine, a few miles west of Paris, from whence great numbers resort hither by water on Sundays and Holydays for their diversion.

ly contrived, that it is impossible for any one, who has not seen them, to form an adequate idea of their beauties, even from the most lively description. The statues, gioves, grottos, labyrinth, and orangery, all shew a delicate taste and design. But what is most surprising is the grand canal, sixteen hundred yards long and The palace of St. Cloud is sixty-four broad. Towards the justly celebrated for its beautiful middle, this grand canal is inter-prospect, its gardens, park, magsected by another; at one end nificent cascades, and the masterwhereof is the menagery, where pieces of painting and sculpture they keep all sorts of foreign which it contains. beasts and birds: and at the other end is the beautiful little palace of Trianon, part of which is hid by delightful groves. That part a façade 144 feet in length, and of it which appears is faced with seventy-two in height. Two pawhite marble, adorned with an order of pilasters of red marble, with windows in form of arches between them.

The entrance to the palace is by an extensive court, composed of a great range of buildings, and

vilions at the extremity form the commencement of two wings less elevated. The ascent to the state apartments is by a grand staircase "Both within and without it is to the left, the pillars and balusadorned with the finest Porcelane trades of which are composed of or China, with which even the the choicest marble. Four saloons floors are laid, and the rooms lined have the following titles, and are instead of wainscot. But this embellished by corresponding ormay be rather looked on as a sum-naments. The Saloon of Spring mer-house, or place of retirement, towards the gardens, that of Sumthan a distinct palace. What is mer on the side of the court, that more surprising than any thing of Autumn also towards the court, we have yet mentioned, is the and the Saloon of Winter facing manner whereby these gardens are the gardens. All the apartments supplied with water from the are adorned with a magnificence Seine, which is a league and a becoming a royal residence. The half distant. This is done by a Empress Maria Louisa's bedprodigious machine, which raises the water up to an aqueduct of

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chamber is a fairy palace; her boudoir the cabinet of the Graces.

Whoever is Archbishop of

Paris takes the title of Duke from this place.

The gardens are universally ad- a single jet rises to the height of miged. Nature and art combine ninety-seven feet. to render them highly picturesque and beautiful. Autique and modern statues, temples, altars, sheets of water, groves, and parterres of flowers, are tastefully arranged in every direction, while an immense distant landscape opens to the view, and the whole city of Paris displays itself, intersected by the Seine, whose innumerable windings give peculiar interest to the prospect.

The weather being fine, we went by water from St. Cloud to Paris; and took lodgings in the Suburb of St. Germain's, intending to make a considerable stay, in order to take a perfect view of this famous metropolis, and to get acquainted with the manners and genius of its inhabitants. All the The most striking object is the country about Paris is watered cascade. It is divided into two with innumerable streams, which parts. The upper cascade is 108 fall into the Seine and the Marne, feet wide, and the same in height. on the banks of which are very Its head is decorated by sculp-pleasant woods. The hills to the tures of a river-god and a naïad, southward bound with springs, representing the Seine and the several whereof are medicinal; and Marne. The sheets of water the adjacent country is full of which proceed from them, unite quarries of stone, with which the as they fall into a great shell in houses in Paris are generally the centre, whence flow nine other built. sheets, which, in their descent Paris is divided into three prininto a large bason, assume many cipal parts, the Town, the Unifantastic forms. An alley divides versity, and the City. The pubthe upper from the lower cascade. lic builings are particularly beauThree distinct sheets of water tiful. The Louvre is the most here fall into a circular bason, ancient of the royal palaces, it thence into a second and a third, is richly adorned by statues aud. and lastly into a canal, ornamented its general appearance is most with a variety of jets. In the grand and majestic. The Tuilintervals between the cascade are leries which derives its name from enormous leaden figures, repre- its being erected on a piece of senting dolphins, frogs, &c. ground appropriated to the manuwhich spout water to an immense facture of tiles, presents a beauti➡ distance. In one place a number ful specimen of architecture; the of jets intersect each other in a splendid triumphal arch of the pleasing manner, and to the right late Emperor forms the principal

entrance to the palace. The cen- the great timber magazine, who tre arch is fourteen feet high the mark on their backs with chalk others eight and a half. Each in letters and figures the place to front is decorated with four Co- which the boards were brought, rinthian columns supporting mar- and the number of them. It is a ble figures representing different singular sight to see those boors soldiers. Over the centre arch hurrying away with all possible is a triumphal car in which was expedition to the counting-houses the statue of Buonaparte. The of the merchants in the Quartall, bronze horses are the celebrated with the original species of obliproductions of Lysippus which gation on their shoulders. By formerly ornamented the square stopping in their way, or engagof St. Marc at Venice, and which ing in any other business, they had before adorned the arch of might rub out the marks on their Nero at Rome, they are held on coats, and thus extinguish for ever each side by two figures of Vic-all evidence of the debt. When tory. These figures and car are they appear before the treasurer gilt and by their splendour and at the counting-house, they have position quite eclipse the match- no occasion to say a single word. less horses. They present their shoulders,

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The gardens of the Tuilleries and are immediately paid.—Von are well laid out. The principal Buck's Travels in Norway. walk, extending the whole length

of the garden, and bordered throughout by fine orange-trees

Early Rising.-The difference in every progressive stage of ve- between rising every morning at getation, forms a delightful pro-six, and at eight, in the course of menade in summer. In the morning these gardens are the resort of the politician, who for four sous is accommodated with a chair and

40 years, supposing a man to go to bed at the same time he otherwise would, amounts to 29,000 hours, or three years, 120 days, and 16

a newspaper. In the evening hours. they are crowded by a gayer assembly.

To be continued.

Humour.

Cross Purposes.-It was cus

The country people who bring tomary with Frederic the Great of timber to Christiania, deliver over Prussia whenever a new soldier their boards to the overseers of appeared in his guards, to ask

him three questions, viz. "How army," rejoined Frederic. The old are you? How long have you soldier, who had exhausted his been in my service? Are you sa-stock of German, stood silent; tisfied with your pay and treat- and when the king again addressment?" It happened that a young ed him, in order to penetrate the soldier born in France, and who mystery, the soldier told him in had served in his own country, French, that he did not understand desired to enlist into the Prussian a word of German. The king service, and his figure was such laughed heartily, and after exas to cause him immediately to be horting him to do his duty, left accepted. He was totally igno-him.

rant of the German language, but his captain gave him notice that the king would question him in Two gentlemen were walking in that language the first time he High-street Southampton, about saw him, and therefore cautioned the hour which the industrious him to learn the three answers damsels of the mop and brush usuthat he was to make to the king. ally devote to cleaning the paveThe soldier learned them by the ment before the door. It happened next day; and as soon as he ap- that the bucket used on such ocpeared in the ranks, Frederic casions was upon the stones and one came up to interrogate him. His of the gentlemen stumbled against majesty, however, happened to it." My dear friend" exclaimed begin with the second question the other, "I lament your death first, and asked him, "How long exceedingly!" "My death?" "yes, have you been in my service?" you have just kicked the buck"Twenty-one years," answered et."--"Notso," rejoined his friend, the soldier. The king, struck "I have only turned a little pale with his youth, which plainly in- (pail) !" dicated that he had not borne a musket near so long as that, said to him, much astonished, "How hold are you?" "One year, an't please your majesty." Frederic, still more astonished, cried, "You what he was. One morning he or I must certainly be bereft of happened to be arrested by the inour senses." The soldier, who spectors of the poor. This miştook this for the third ques- take, instead of offending him, tion, replied firmly, "Both, an't gave him great pleasure; for he please your majesty." "This is was fond of singular adventures. the first time I ever was treated He therefore told the officers, that as a madman at the head of my it would fatigue him too much to

Mezeray was so negligent in his dress that one would have taken him for a beggar rather than for

go along with them on foot; but that as soon as a new wheel was put to his own carriage, he would accompany them when and whereever they thought proper.

Riding out one morning near Dublin, Swift met one of his parishioners very well mounted, and began to compliment him on his horse. "This may be very true said the gentleman, but still he is not equal to yours."-"To mine!" exclaimed the Dean, "why this is but a mere pad."-" Aye; but notwithstanding that replied the other, he carries the best head of any horse in Ireland,"

Foote, while walking with a friend in his grounds at North End, saw coming towards them, on the Fulham-road, two in one persons of those high phaetons then so much in vogue." Is not that Moody said he, in that strange three pair-of-stairs vehicle?" "Yes said his friend and Mr Johnson the stock-broker with him: and yet I wonder how he can leave his business, for I think this is no holyday."—" Why, no said Foote, I think not, except they choose to call this Ascension Day."

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Till mingled in the main,

Our vital streams of weal or woe,
Though near, alas! dstinctly flow,
Nor mingle as before:

A widow of the name of Rugg having taken Sir Charles Price for her second husband, being asked by a friend how she liked the change, replied, “I have sold my old Rugg for a good Till death's unfathom'd gulph appear,

Price."

Now swift or slow, now black or clear,

And both shall quit the shore.

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