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Two & A HAUf D0t,UTEl anh. Pantilil half learly., 'I - f LI SHE WEEKLY") , BY.' WILUaV 'E0YLXH ftwa tni;:t A.ts f ASK. y0i. 8. ;R ALEIGH, (wf c;) ? iff OND AY ' OCTOBER 10i 1803. No. From Relfs Philadelphia Gazette. ' EXTRACTS v - Of letters from an American Genttemarj travel ling in Europe,' to the Editor of this Gazette. " THE'lte rRoyal r isne of the moft ' public placesJn. '.the city of Paris. It en- clofes an' oblong fquare of about one thoufand two hundred feet in length,' and four hundred &,nftyin breaUthV An open piazza fronts on three fides of the fquare, under which there is a continual ' multitude of fafhionables promenading. Herearea vafl number of reltaurateurs " ""and coSee-houIesf intermixed wkhfneps difplaying the molt brilliant and; coftly ifiot tmefit of gdodAU the upper part r3fthe' aalace extends over the piazza to i the line- forming the "inferior fquare. - The building is finifhed in a fuperb ftyle of architecture, The fecond itory con vJm a vafl number of brilliant coparf- i ments, which are occupied as' licenced f ceed the grandeur of the Corinthiar lumns of the portico-, and the richn J thev interior ornaments" through every part ot this ffupendous building. . The vaulting under .the. whole fuperftrycture h of : the moft exquifite workmanfKipj ingfoined: arch ; work, executed with a light coloured ito'ne; faced with thfgrea.tr eftneatnefss' p In thefe vaults are' depo fited the aflie's'of Voltaire and RolTeau, in feparate tombs. The government ap pear determined, in their continual ad ditions to its-embellifhmenu, to makdt it the object of general admiration. ' . . . TfieationaUibraTy tion. It is contained in a building com- brary itfclf confifts of threelTiundred thing valuable in ancient arid modem. litcTatUTei-ThMeatline-fe-loon'-w -fr tbi- fecond itory, where there is continued- range or eight hundred feet in length, entirely -filled, with books.- .Adjoining tnis, range is a large room, appropriated pttninjBhyvatl flltn?1j iCr:. ;fbp viihniin of rhV ann'nnpiirlofi- tnvi'nt r?AfrTnfiin tlf. third florV 1V ' UP S hrriliahf f rnnv .I?ir'""7THrtTP lA-frf various defcriptions : the third ltory by the moft fafliionable courtezans. 1 hi a t place altogether is one of the moft bufi eft fcenes of the city, and exhibits a fcerie of diflipation in gaming, proftitution, and -voluptuous indulgence of every kind, unequalled, I believe, in any other part ot the world. In the evening, the "tfhops below rand the fecond and third ftories being lighted up, prefent a moft brilliant fhow, giving the whole build ing the appeaTance of a grand illumina tion. . The whole of this proper; y for merly belonged to the duke of Orleans, and judging tromthe rents now paid by the occupants, the revenue mult have netted at leaft forty thoufand pounds fler per; anntirn. Iris :nor held as nati- . onil domain, and as fuch rented out. Thepalace o the Luxemburg is alto a noble building ; -the gardens little infe rior to thofe of the 'i huilieries, and rich ly decorated with the. (tatiiary of, the . fineft fc.ulpturcr '.This palace i? occupied -.by ih fittings of the confervative jenate, and likewile formerly belonged o the duke of Orleans. . . t ? " , The national hefpitalof invalids is.a4 magnificent fabric. It was erecTted by -Louis XIV. .In fize and decorations, it is not exceeded by palais royal. T here is a library, and every other thing attaca- ;'ed to,it,j which can contribute to the comfort and happinefs of the wounded and difabled lolcjier. In the temple of Mars, which is a grand faloon, with a lofty and highly finifhed doome, are fuf pended the enfigns ot viftory which the French acquired during the . tate waf, a inounting to nearly nine hundred, ar ranged under the names of the places where at chieved a's thus, Rome, Naplesw. Egypt, Lodi,. IViarengo, Ments, ecc. The . 4loor 6f telTelated marble, is incompaia- bly beaQtiful' as is alfo the whole inte t rior of the temple,-. - Oh wo garble tab- lets, each about thirty feet high, and 8 feet wide, fixed on the. entrance ol the r temple, are now inferibing, the names of all thofe varriers ir? the late conflict;" who received the p.ublic vote of thahks for their fervices. " sf ; The palace Bourbon is finely fituat-' cd on the fouth bankof the;Heine. ' Iris ' ' a very fpacious ftrudture, covering a pro: dieious fujerficies of croiind. . It was buiirbytheprincefsQtBcft)rbon,in 1722: . 1'. .1" . r . V t .mis isiipprTjpTrarenTTo-Tnetmgs&f.-rfti legiflattve body. In the hall,, there are , niches ; on each fide of the prefident s chair, in which arfe placed the ftatucs pf Ttheei Greek and three Roman legifl.V 7tdrs7-iz7 ;Lycurgus oolon,-Demost-P'kenesi Brutus, ato, and Cicero. All; ": the interior is fiiperbly fitted up, and ' affords accommodations for, all the va : rious offices connected wittnhe legifla . ture. W------ .TcThe Pantheon Js. fb i fiirperiatively" grand ari edifice, that I ought to fhrinfc - fjforn, an attempt to defcribe'ir. . It.ron , filts of four naves, of equal fize, with a magfuficent . dome Tiling in the centre, ' the, dome haying "the ; for mof a temple fupported by fifty two" columns, each of which. is fifty four feet high, retting on' an octagon bafe on theTquare'of an ele vation of the four-nayesThe bafe of the temple being furrdurided by a galle-1 1 ; Ty, with i ftone oaluftrade,at the heighth " " ot one hundred and, fixty feet above the' ? ' vlev'et 6i the etouad. Ijpthing can ex- ties brought f ro'n Egypt, dtifirig the late war, which of tliemfelves would afford entertainmehtVfbr three or four' days. T here are ahxr'to bofgerriierea pair of globes; whofe fiiamete'r is twelve feet, i he library is openfed to the public two days in the week, when every body is permitted to go in and read, and inl'pecl the con tentrof this valuable repofitory. Nothing can exceed the order that is o'b ferved in every thing relative to this in- lutution. to de'eribe the' vyriuas 'obhftteiF tion and admiration which1 in Paris de light and iaicinaie the traveller, I fcoilld, I fear, not on ly fatigue rnyfelf with writ ingi but tire you with reading. - There are the Falacp of Juflics, which has been, the -refidence of many of the kings ; the Military School at the Champ de Mars the temple where the late roy al family We're confined the Lyceum of arts -the Exchanj e-L-ihe Mint the fchool of 'urgery-,-the SCollege Mazarin -.the Royal College of Medicine, the maibn.de ville, and the great church of Notre 1 Tame, all of which are important 'buildings. -The gates.ofiSf. Deilms ?,nd St.-' Martin -'are fine fpecimens of archi- tecture ana icuipturein nemo, tne-nrit is a -grand arch of 72 feet in height, the latter 54 feet. . .,, The National" Mufeiim ofFrerch Mo numents, in an Augulh'ne "convenr, re fembling the cloifters of a Gothic- Ga-. thedral, -isan extremely interefling ob- jf ct amnnglt the curioiiiics 01 ...Oris thole c uncus relics of .ancient ti :rc.v ajrut of ancient art, are ,fo arranged and dil tributed, that the prpgrefiivc ftare of fculpturein France from the e2rL"-;lt -period to the" prelent time may be tiacecl through each fuceeedingcentuiy." '1'he monument of Kloifa atid EbelanT, re moved from the Abbey of I'arsolet", i.s placed in the garden of ihe reinvent -the antiquarian & admirer ot mpniynen tal fculpture will be amply gratified in vifiting Inch rare famplcs of rich concep tion; combined with the inoltequifitc execution. ' '1 he colleOion is: fo.uume- Irous and fuperlativcly grand, that it re quires Teveral hours to do jyltice to the infpedion. " .'... rl heTGobclin National manufaclory of TirpWi-f-r is vH) V"r' V rhr pftentinn of every ltranger." " The Tubj&iH now on' the looms are extremely giand, and workmanihip exquifitively fine.,' All that are now in hand are fortjie;-;' vernment, to iccotate jt.hepaiace of St. CloudIbnte-of the pieces have Ibeeh three y ears. ujqerj he wotkmeri's hands' and will take as much longer to finif.h, and though the hlgheji' wages given, at the manulaclory is i ct more than three li vres. per day ( 2s. 6d. fterling ) yet the Work! will colt from twenty to twenty five guineas per fquare el I. -1 he plate glafs manutaclory is a valu able" acquifition to the nation. I have had an opBCJaunity. of Teeing the whole procefs from the. rough ft ate of cadi ng, tn thf nnlifiiinc and filYerinff.iTheT arid manufadory is in the fuburbs ot tans . theOUliaing 15 iraniemc large, luuihuub of a i lower and 4 iecohd ftbiryeach in' Mic rnftm. in which eieht hundred and fifty 'rien and worpen are employed admitting tne lame lec or, nanus iuku through the wholeprocefs, it would take 1 abqve eight weeks for them to finifh a? Tingle plarc." .xT he quantity of wrought giais in inc magazine or una inuwuidcio ry,'is worth foWmilliops.ot.livres. '1 he; largeft plates Haw wqie tn feet by fix thefe fell lor nine thoufand livr.es each, about ?7cl. ft erline) without filvering. This manuladlbry' has been eftablifhed about' 1 '60 years ; formerly it was the property of the? crown,' it is.iiow in the hands, of a private company, and us con cerns are unller, the rjircclion ot nine flock-holders.:- If is jnpolli.Me '.for4. ftranger 'to. get to know jr.y-fhing-of the. extent of the manufadorib , warehoules, and rich .fhops of goods iMfl'arjsbya J r.ap-fient- paflivg through 'the llrms-they niakejQpJhXw, beirg gtneralluutc in 'encloffcd' court yards,., and ih upprT 'ito-: riesbiirth.4K furpriled td find the mini, bo'r and "ex ft n'five i'cale on w bich they are conducted', when he lets about to en quire for them. Amongft the national irtfti.tution, that1 Ingi and can comprehend the relative connedion of kingdoms 4nd Hates .on each com inent or.divifion of the earth. -. , Children are pot admitted into the " fchool undeHeven years ot age , -. None are permitted to remain in the' fchool more than eight.ycars ' f . To fojne trucflions' that I afked for , information, the.anfwersjnformcd met "as follows- '. . 7 T t ' i That the m.n and boys appeared more chearf ul and happy than the women and.. girl's.' . - ".'.. -.1 ' Both fexe are-much more irritable. -than thofe who have their fight. '. v ' - Many of bothTexes; fhow great con-' reptibn of-mind, a.djaiJi?ffiwlfci. lmrances 01 r.ciuuivcji'ciuwijrt......-.-.-:- ;Jlhe:iprodudjo theiriMjng is:u "wrought up into coarfe linen, blankets a rvd- fags? ' - - -: 'r-r-rn i.-" '- - This ichool produces: many excellent me AbPe o ic;ird fof teaching 'deaf anddulnb to read,: write, Che mathe- ma ties ?:nd iR;r. branchts.of literature "o.ughr to.be feen Itnva-at a pttbiie ex amination cf this irdiitution, which evi denced a woiulerlul deal of ingenuity ori thc"part of- the Abbe in teaching, -and acufenefs of perception 'in' his pupils--, queftions however abltrufc, b'eing.afked' promifcuoufly by the audience in writ ing, were anfvvercd with, the greatelt 1 i wV.c 10 pipceeu wim my attempts 1 jupported by the moft profound philofo phical rcafoniigT . '- ; The national fchool for cducau'rigiht blind, and f't-athing" them to fuppoVf th'cmlelvcs bileful labor, is a molt ex celknt inllitu:ion.-ri his ifVhool ' ha?, been eilabli.'h -d , about 14 Vi-'ars, and is grafted oh the holpital tounded by 8,1. Lopis. m 1 2.60, tor mamfa:riu.gTevcn hundred indigent blind. They are edu cated in reading, writing, arithmetic, geograghy, the mathematics and mulir, 1 he women and. girls. ate taught to f pin. ami' kint lli boys are taught to-fpin-wool in the large wheel the men to ma nufacture' tohrsccfo and In ..;). 'J here is one woman who makes lilk rurfes and other articles of filk a man has 'inad-e- an 'organ which another plays cn cne of the men is a vhip.maker,,and a very good wc'ifknlan feveral ot tl-ie'giris read before us ou of a French grammar, which' wc opened'1 promiTcuoufly. for them ; this mult, appear a my fiery to you I will try to explain it : 'I hey afetawght their letters by feeling on ihe face of an' mulicrans. "When wc rctlcd on the advantages wtvich this Valuable inltitutidn ofters to t ' I I ! I I aipneret let up 1:1 n .large nzeu kc t ypo aijer they are vvell acquainted with the'fiVapcs of the letters l-y leeling, they are then taiight-in-the grammar 1 have mentioned this grammar is of rhirk pa per, printed with a dny larre Italic type, with fo ftrong an iiiprVfiion, that1 the whole fhape of the letter's" are forced out: ant! projecbabove:rthe fuif'ace of the pa ", per on tne. revei le iiOf-T.iiie:c LiJinq gji is having become well acquainted" Wlthlhe fhnnpof the' Alters oh the face of the f.vOe. can now trace. the impreiTion of them ti''Fafi 'tores, ir.As. iri readily occur that itsis not : oiily the benefit of beir:g taught the means tobbT'ain.a livelihood 'for '.hem lehes, and thereby making -tlumfelvcs lefs burthenlome to their f 1 lends, but;, the employment alfo furnifhes a iubjeft for the mind to rtfl upon, and relieve them, in a great mealure, from. the bur den ofindolcnce. ' - ' . T he river Seine runs nearly through' the centre of Paris j and there are (ix good Hone bi id ges crofnrjg it, the two lower "ones are modern arid very, hand igmert lrrrri -a ieverrth n 0 w-buildi n "oppcilife tfthe enhance' of the Louvre on the Seiner the water?jiers are alrea- : dy up: ' . . ' -;. , T he Grand "Opera and the Theatre l'"r2ncis arc conlideretTas- the two. lead ing places of Jafliion and public arnufe ment in Paris. -The opera houfeis cx Tietltt'ly large, and allowed ftp exceed every; other place of the kind in the world, for the lplendor of its fcenery the mufic, and the, iratchlcfs dancing the tlcant terms and delicate limhsbt . lire" numerous dancing prates, rrvqving vlth nVcgic lightncls ot fairy ltep' in halt tranfpartnt drapery to the infpirihg mu fic o'rit he' ballet, cannot fail to char in c- vof'yradjjtlirer"; of fern ale beauty-y the ch.rge'X)t indelicate txpofurc, which t had lo ofit-n - heard 6if-J$ ca,Jfefy.:iih--fo.indc.d,- as they are protected Ttom it "by an .a'pi;opri?fc ..under drefs ci' mnn, -kctn"-- J his opera is under, 'ihe imirerlR'- ate 1 11 f rr 1 1 :v-1 f '.(.vtriir.trt' - wm. inafi no '-t-:cp'ciice to keep up its celebtiry. Tt -is fa id to bring the L-x.-T!:nrrt',in'debc irom 'jrty to fifty 1 html and Trancs rcr, lburleir.eits being Jo much month: the t uuciie than the fcccif)tf, although flume'. -' j 1 . . .. !.: t iui!iiy iuuuueu, ci'. jix iiiuuiigo uwu iiu w - pence flerliny.ptr ticket.. ' - - ' ; , '1 here are fi:; the uHind hackney car tiies in. Paris, under. 'tfiei'jjfames of ih'.iti'ds, fiacres, and eabiiolets and the rapid manner in which they drive along ' the itreets wlicrtneteare no'foot pave-; n.fv.f; lor the orotection of the wa kina ii.cr. would -lead a ftranger oh the ccondtlay of his being in Paris, - there would be a number ct" my r v and. a re thus enaWed to read, ivlvii'cis i tt; ftippie Awht Uv note in the fame wav! 1 have - Hv-s iott daily by being run ever ; furnifhed-myfelf with- a lpeclnien of tf.c t eb'nfc& were under the influence of this - printing. vvcervammea a ooy m geo- 1 itv.iii uii.i rci graphy maps cf the four quarters iyere j 'e'4 to it, r.r.d leund that the horfes were handed to ua'y.e gave lhgnt-i'tI;c;tH!r;.lvcli'bro one at a time, he inflantly told irs 'what quar'fcr it was ; we afked him to fix on a particular kingdom or 'i land, 'he didfo with great facility. I will try;td explain t he mode that enabled him to do fo t take a piece of ..palte'ooard the fee of thr. man. lay the nv noon it, and trace all the lines of divifit n othe Uingdonis and empires, and outhjies of the iflands, with aSlur.tr-pntedinftrurnxntv.fufficiently ftrongto leave thcinipreffion on the parte-: board, then take wire about jhe fize of a thin knitting needle, bend it exactly ro thefhape of the tracing,and glue it down on the paftebbard oiftKe lines of tracing, then paffe the: map on the 'pafte-bbard, taking care to let the lines of divifion on the map fall on the wireyyhlch of cburfe will then make a' projection on the iace of themap by being taught the fiiapes of the outline of each kingdom and ifl and on luch. a map, theTe poor Children can immediately defignate thszn by feel- ;is to, have them imder a moment's com rnand all thole carriages are under a firict regulation of the police and tbc owners are made anfwerable for nil dam age ctr accidenf occafioncd by. them., '1 he firccts of Paris pxhibit a gf eat num ber of extremely fine horfes of (he Not? man breed,-' equal in fize and, figure to, apy I have feen. - ,; - . '"f The gardens of the Jhuilleties and Luxemburg, the Chamb def Elifees, and iv Champ da Mars, and the ljouvelards 7 which furjound the city ,: are allj)lan;ed with'trees, , & afford delightful promen ades for the citizen's of Paris,befid wjrich there are gardens and public' plaesiof a- -mufement innumerable all round Ure'clty, V'A1I the public.liildirigexhiSftjidhs, the inflitutiops, the gardens and werks bi every defcriptio'n japgear to be under ; -the molt fyftmaticat regulations, are :. kept in the "neateir order, and attended to wim tnetmoit lcrupuicus care tne - ,'i I! 3t II f. i 1. t .'... 5,1 . - -. .- V.---. ' ' t' T '' :
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