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pies, it imparts a total want of delicacy, at which the 
ftranger will often wonder. 
The young unmarried ladies in France are completely- 
exempted from thechargesjuftmentioned. Theftri&nefs 
of the general fyftem of education there, prevents the 
poflibility of fuch indecorum. They marry, therefore, 
not to give up their liberty as in England, but to gain 
liberty. Hence they marry young 5 and nothing is 
.more common than a match between a girl of 16 and a 
man of 36. 
Mr. Holcroftfays,“I have heard it maintained by French¬ 
men, and I greatly fear with truth, that the number of 
public women, according to the population of the two 
cities, much exceeds in London that of Paris ; and the 
reafon they fay is, that the prafilices of gallantry already 
defcribed are fo much better underfiood in the latter city. 
May the knowledge never fpread! Of the two evils, great 
as is the leaf, it is better to fuller public prollitutes than 
that our wives, our fillers- and our daughters, (hould be 
their avowed fubflitutes.” 
After all, it has been aflerted by more than one good 
writer, that the French ladies are more formed for friend- 
fhip than for love : “A French woman at thirty (fays the 
author of ‘Paris as it was and as it is’) makes an excellent 
friend ; and, attaching lierfelf to the man fire efleems, 
thinks no facrifice too great for the advancement of his 
intereft, or thefecurity of his happinefs or his reputation.” 
In one article of perfonal decoration an evident reform 
has taken place among the females of Paris. Rouge is 
no longer applied with an unfparing hand. The French 
women are generally brunettes ; and many of them pof- 
fefs that peculiar and fparkling complexion, which is 
often more captivating even than the delicate and tranf- 
parent Ikin of the northern fair. Thefe nymphs have at 
length apparently learned to rely on the fuperior power of 
their native unaflifted charms; and others, to whom Nature 
has not been equally kind, now apply the rofeate hue of 
art much more lightly than fome of the falhionable.belles 
of other countries. That this is not a mere freak of fafhion, 
but a permanent improvement in talle and manners, may 
be concluded from the fafil, that the firlt dawnings of it 
were noticed by Mr. Holcroft in 1802. 
Having thus given a rapid fketch of the hiftory and 
prefent ftate of this magnificent city, and the manners of 
its inhabitants, we are tempted to enter into a more par¬ 
ticular defcription of its palaces, public buildings, lite¬ 
rary and charitable inftitutions, &c. The numerous pub¬ 
lications which have iflued from the prefs, for the inftruc- 
tion of travellers, fince the memorable year 1814, will fur- 
nilh us with ample materials ; our only trouble will be 
feleflion and arrangement; but it is right that we fnould 
acknowledge before-hand our obligations to two works 
in particular ; Tronchet’s Guide to Paris, and Pianta’s 
New Picture of Paris. Other fources of information will 
be noticed at the end of the article. 
PALACES AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 
The Tuileries. —The Palais des Tuileries was fo 
called, becaufe a tile-kiln formerly flood on the fcite 
where it is eredted. At that time, this part of Paris was 
not comprifed within its walls 5 and nothing was to be 
feen in the vicinity of the tile-kiln, but a few coppices 
and fcattered habitations. In 1519, we find a little 
chateau handing here, which belonged to the duchefs of 
Angouleme, mother of Francis I. This was removed by 
Catharine de Medecis, and the conftrudtion of the Tuile¬ 
ries was begun by her, in May 1564, after Charles IX. 
had deflroyed her former refidence the Palais des Tour- 
nelles. The prefent fuperb palace confifted, at firfl, of 
only the large fquare pavilion in the centre of the two 
piles of building, which have each a terrace towards the 
garden, and of two pavilions by which they are termi¬ 
nated. Henry IV. enlarged the original building, and in 
1600 began the grand galiery which joins it to the Louvre. 
Louis XIII. made fome alterations in the palace j and, 
in 1644, Louis XIV. diredled it to be finiflied, by making 
the additions and embellifhments which have brought it 
to its prefent (late. The front now confifts of five pavi¬ 
lions, comprifing that in the centre; wdth four ranges of 
buildings connedling them together, and forming one 
grand fagade. Every order of architefiure is rendered 
lubfervient to the embeHifhment of this magnificent edi¬ 
fice : but the Ionic pillars on the right of the terrace par¬ 
ticularly captivate the eye by their beautiful proportion 
and exquifite workmanfhip. 
Originally, the large pavilion in the centrq confifted 
only of the Ionic and Corinthian orders. To thefe 
Louis XIV. added the Compoiite, and crowned the build¬ 
ing with an additional ltory. This pavilion, whether 
viewed from the cotirt or the garden, prefents a beautiful 
fpecimen of architecture. The whole fagade is adorned 
with Ionic pillars, placed on pedeftals. Above thefe, on 
the three centre pavilions, and the piles of building which 
connect them, appears the Corinthian order, over which 
is the attic ftory of the palace, furmounted by a baluf- 
trade. The baluftrade of the pavilions at the extremities 
is furmounted with elegant ftone vales. The two other- 
ranges of building, with the pavilions which terminate 
them, are adorned with fluted columns of the Compofite 
order. The pillars are all formed of fuperb brown-and- 
red lharble. The portico of the centre pavilion towards 
the court is peculiarly beautiful, the ground-floor is 
decorated with columns of the Ionic order, and on either 
fide of the gate are exquifite antique llatutes of Apollo, 
Moneta, and a Faun. Above are fuperb columns of 
brown-and-red marble, of the Compofite order, fupporf- 
ing a triangular pediment. In the centre is the clock of 
the palace, and below are two recumbent ftatues of 
Juftice and Prudence. The portico towards the garden 
is fimilarly ornamented, but the columns are not con- 
ftrudled of marble. The niches on each fide of the vef- 
tibule are decorated with antique marble ftatues of Mars 
and Minerva ; and on either fide of the gate is a lion of 
white marble with its foot on a globe. On the galleries 
are eighteen marble ftatues of Roman fenators clad in the 
toga, and in other parts of the fagade are twenty-two 
bulls of Roman emperors and generals. 
Though each part taken feparately is beautiful and 
perfeft, it is much to be regretted that fo little unity of 
delign prevails. We plainly reckon five different orders 
of architecture, and five diftind fpecies of ornament luc- 
ceeding each other without connection and without har¬ 
mony. The tranlition from the fecond pavilion to the 
range of buildings beyond it, is likewife extremely ban'll 
and abrupt. The extraordinary height of the roof in the 
front towards the garden has likewife been cenfured by 
fome architects. Tt gives an air of heavinefs to the whole 
fagade, which the relief of the beautiful colonnade, en¬ 
riched with numerous vafes and ftatues, cannot altogether 
remove. ‘ T 
The interior of the palace poflefies every thing that 
riches, luxury, or talle, can fupply. Its magnificent vef- 
tibule is ornamented with three ftatues; oppolite the 
grand ftaircale is a Minerva ; to the right an Affranchie, 
or freed-man; and to the left a Ruftic. Travelling le- 
veral apartments of ftate, we arrive at the Salle du Trone, 
the beauty of which is unequalled : behind this are his 
majefty’s private apartments; and On the middle ftory 
tlfofe of the duchefs d’Angouleme. The count d’Artois 
refides in the pavilion de Marfan; and the duke de Berry- 
occupied the firft apartments in the royal gallery, which 
looks towards the Rue St. Honore. The council of ftate 
is held in the Gallery of the Mu feu nr; and the chapel is 
on the right of the edifice proceeding up the ej'cuHir 
d'honneur, 6r grand royal ftaircafe. 
An iron palifade, ereCled on a wall two feet in height, 
enclofes the coach-yard oft the palace, and divides it from 
a fine ftreet which leads to the vaft Place du Caroufel : 
this was formerly obftruCted by mean buildings, which 
concealing fome parts of the noble fagade, it was neceJfary 
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