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to take them down, to give full eftefl to the view of a 
palace, the embellilhments and beauty of which majef- 
tically announced the dwelling of the French king's. 
This improvement was made by Bonaparte. There are 
fine galleries on each fide, which communicate with the 
Louvre. In the vaft area here, fifteen tlioufand cavalry 
and infantry have performed their evolutions when pa¬ 
raded or reviewed. The triumphal arch, which forms 
the principal entrance to the court of the Tuileries, was 
built by Napoleon on the plan of that of Septimius Severus 
at Rome; nor is it inferior to its celebrated original. It 
is fixty feet wide, and forty-five feet high. The centre 
arch is fourteen feet wide, the others eight and a half. 
Each front is decorated with four columns of the Corin¬ 
thian order, fupporting marble figures, reprefenting dif¬ 
ferent foldiers: towards the palace are a Grenadier, a 
Canonier, a Carabinier, and a Pioneer; on the other fide 
area Cuirafiier, a Dragoon, a Carabinier, and a Chaffeur. 
Four bas-reliefs adorn the attic. On the outfide are, on 
the right, the arms of France, fupported by Peace and 
Plenty; and on the left, the arms of Italy, fuftained by 
Wifdom and Strength. On the fide towards the palace 
are the fame arms, accompanied by divers attributes of 
the Arts and Sciences. Four other bas-reliefs are over 
the fmaller arches, reprefenting, on the fide towards the 
palace, the entry of Munich, and the interview of the two 
emperors; and on the other fide, the battle of Aufterlitz 
and the capitulation of Ulm. Over the centre arch, in a 
triumphal car, was the ftatue of Napoleon. The bronze 
horfes were the celebrated produ&ions of Lyfippus, which 
formerly ornamented the fquare of St. Marc at Venice, 
and which had before adorned the arch of Nero at Rome. 
This group, which had a picrurefque effect, and' well ter¬ 
minated a building remarkable for the elegance of its pro¬ 
portions, the happy arrangement of its different parts, and 
the inimitable execution of the whole, has disappeared. 
The horfes have been rellored to their rightful owners ; 
and the ftatue of Napoleon has been hurled to the 
ground. 
The Garden. —This, in the time of Henry IV. was 
feparated from the palace by a ftreet, and was nothing 
more than an orchard planted with fruit-trees, particu¬ 
larly the mulberry-tree. Rich in the beauties of nature, 
it wanted nothing but the afliftance of art. Louis XIV. 
accuftomed to imprefs the character of greatnefs upon 
every thing about him, ordered le Noftre to lay out the 
garden upon a parallelogram of 67 acres, and on a fcale 
worthy the refidence of a fovereign. The unity of the 
plan and the variety of its details are truly admirable ; the 
ornaments are judicioufly diftributed, and the ftatues 
taftefully difplayed. The jets d’eau and their bafins, en¬ 
circled with groups of ftatues, and orange-trees, are de¬ 
lightful. There is a large terrace, afcended by three fteps, 
in the front of the palace; and terraces planted with low 
trees extend on both tides of the garden, and terminate 
in the form of a liorfelhoe at Pont Tournant, from whence 
there is a charming profpeft of the navigation of the 
Seine, the road from Verfailles, and the perfpedtive of the 
fine hotels about the Quai d’Orfay and the Champs Ely- 
fees. The Feuillans, no longer disfigured by a dreary 
wall, has a fine grating furmounted by gilded points : 
here is a fine view of the fuperb ftreet de Rivoli and the 
uniform porticos of its houfes. At a diftance is feen the 
Place Vendome, its triumphal column, and the Boule¬ 
vards ; each of thefe terminates towards the Place Louis 
XV. in delightful groves, and a double row of feats for 
the accommodation of perfons who enjoy the fetes fre¬ 
quently given here. In traverfing the grove, it.appears 
to be an avenue upon the fame line with the Elyfian fields 
and extending as far as the barriere de Neuilly, where 
the view is clofed by the rifting ground and the new tri¬ 
umphal arch. 
The triumphal column, in the Place Vendome, which 
we have juft mentioned as being vifible from this place, 
was erefted by Napoleon, in the room of a bronze equef- 
trian ftatue of Louis XIV. which flood in the middle of 
that fine fquare. This ftatue, which was melted, toge¬ 
ther with many other monuments of the art of calling in 
metal, by the irrefiftible heat of the revolution, was exe¬ 
cuted by John Balthazar Keller in December 1692. The 
height of it was 20 French feet; the weight 7o,ooolbs. of 
metal; and it is reported that twenty men might eafily 
have fat at table in the belly of the horfe. The pedeftal 
was of white marble, 30 French feet in height, and 24 in 
length. It was the fineft ftatue that had ever been cart in 
honour of the grand monarque. The fuperb monument, 
to the honour of the French armies, which now (lands 
on thefpot, is formed on the model of Trajan’s pillar at 
Rome. Its elevation is 123 feet, including the pedeftal. 
The height of the pedeftal is about 22 feet, and from 17 
to 20 in breadth, correfponding with the cornice; the 
bale of the (haft is about twelve feet in diameter. It is 
•entirely covered with brafs, furniftied by the artillery 
taken from the Auftrians by Bonaparte. The pedeftal is 
filled with bas-reliefs, compofed of trophies of arms of 
every kind, and at each angle is an eagle grafping a crown 
of laurel. At the foot of the column commences another 
let of bas-reliefs, which trace in chronological order the 
principal events of the campaign of 1805, from the break¬ 
ing-up of the camp of Boulogne to the cor.clufion of 
peace after the battle of Aufterlitz. Thefe bas-reliefs, 
which afcend in a fpiral direction, are compofed of 276 
plates, about three feet wide and four in height, which are 
joined together in an irregular manner, according to the 
difpolition of the figures. A fpiral line feparates each 
row', and bears the name of the action which each divifion. 
reprefents. On the fummit of the column, as on that of 
Trajan, is a gallery, the afcent of which is by a fpiral 
ftaircafe in the centre of the pillar. Strangers are not 
now permitted to afcend to the gallery, in confequence 
of an accident which occurred there fome time ago. It 
commands a fine view of Paris. Above the gallery is a 
frnall dome, on which were placed the ftatue of Napoleon. 
This, however, has difappeared, and the white flag floats 
in its Head. 
This column w'as conftrufled under the diredlion of 
M. Denon ; Lepere was the architect. It was begun in 
Auguft 1807, and completed in Auguft 1810. 
The parterre in the front of the palace extends 120 
toifes, and is ornamented with three bafons and foun¬ 
tains ; all the walks appear not only ufeful but neceflary, 
and all lead to the groves or to water. Four lawns cut 
into triangular fhapes appear before each of the wings of 
this palace, planted with trees and flowers, and enclofed 
within iron railing. The circuit of the large bafon and 
the front of the grove are ornamented with marble groups, 
vafes, ftatues, and orange-trees. Beyond the wood in a 
circular fpace is the great oftar.gular bafon. The mag¬ 
nificent figures of two winged horfes embellilh the en¬ 
trance through the handfome iron gate of this garden; 
and numerous chefs d’oeuvres of fculpture, bronzes, and 
calls, are every where met with throughout the walks. 
The gardens of the Tuileries are always open to the 
public, and are the principal promenade of this part of 
the town. Here the beaux and belles aflemble, in a fum- 
mer’s evening, to walk or to fit down, and form conver- 
faziones. It is a privilege granted to one particular perfon 
to have chairs to let for this purpofe, for which the hirer 
pays two fous, or a penny Englilh, for the evening. 
Hither alfo politicians refort in the morning to ftudy the 
newfpapers, which are furnilhed by the proprietor of the 
chairs, the hire of them being charged the fame as the 
hire of the chairs, two fous each. A grove of liorfe-chef- 
nut trees furnifties a fine lhade, under which thefe lludies 
can be purfued without any inconvenience from the 
fcorching rays of the noonday fun. 
To thofe who are fond of military mufic, a morning 
ramble in thefe gardens is truly delightful, as the band 
belonging to the corps that mounts guard at the Tuileries 
always plays from eleven till twelve o’clock. In the 
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