PARIS. 
the Strand, and at "Spring Gardens; but did not excite the 
attention which it merited. It confifts of a reprefentation 
of landfcapes, cities, fea-ports, &c. the different parts of 
which are in relief, and admirably contrived to render 
the perfpeCtive complete, and the general appearance of 
the whole highly interefting. This feene is enlivened by 
numerous animated figures; carriages of every deferip- 
tion crofs the bridge ; boats fail up the river ; pedeftrians 
crowd its banks; the fun gradually rifes; the appearance 
of the Iky perpetually changes, and occafionally the grand 
accompaniments and effeCt of a ftorm are portrayed. The 
exhibitions are changed every month, and a pleafing pa¬ 
norama is given of all the principal cities in Europe, with 
the peculiar coflume of each. Firlt places, 3 francs; 
fecond, 2 francs; third, 1 franc. 
There are various other inferior exhibitions of Panora¬ 
mas, Cofmoratnas, Panltereomas, Phantafmagorias, Sec. 
which are not worth enumerating. Punch and his family, 
who are itinerary with us, are ftationary at Paris, under 
the elegant title of Thiatre dcs Marionettes, on the Boule¬ 
vard du Temple. 
M. Olivier exhibits his Height of hand, and feats of 
ftrength, at the Rue des Petits Champs.—M. Comte has 
alfo an exhibition of legerdemain, to which he adds the 
moll: wonderful fpecimens of ventriloquifm, in the Rue 
de Grenelle. 
Modelcs des II nines Antiques, Models of Ancient Ruins; 
Palais des Beaux Arts.—Here is a beautiful, interefting, 
and curious, model, on a large fcale, of the ruins of Pal¬ 
myra, or Tadmor in the Defert, built by Solomon ; a city 
famous for its founder and for its fall, as well as for its 
unrivalled magnificence. That city, which Gibbon calls 
“the feat of arts, of fciences, and of Zenobia;” exhibits 
even at this diftance of time, a foreft of majeftic columns, 
inch as are not to be feen in any other part of the world. 
See the article Palmyra, and the correfpondent Engra¬ 
ving, at p. 297-300. 
There are fome other curious models of ruins to be feen, 
by application at the Palais Royal. 
Speflacle LJlrnclif, Boulevard Montmartre. — This is 
an exhibition fimilar to that which Bologna attempted 
during the lent-feafon of 1820, in Catharine ft reef, Strand. 
The eleCtrical, galvanic, and optical, experiments, al¬ 
though not new, are the mo'll brilliant which thole 
branches of philofophy prefent. Some of the acouliic 
machines are curious. The Chinefe lliades are fuperior 
to thofe ufuallyfeen, and the Phan tafmagoria is fufliciently 
terrifying. It is open every night at half-pall fix. 
Comeats des Animaux, Combats of Animals ; near 
the Barrier St. Martin.—This fingular and difgraceful 
i’pe&acle is more .frequented than is honourable to the 
humanity of the Parifians. It confifts of an enclofure 
furrounded by a gallery, under which are the dens of va¬ 
rious wild and ferocious animals. At a Ihort diftance are 
kennels containing fighting dogs of every defeription. 
Any perfon who willies to try the courage of his dog., 
may,-for a certain gratuity, leleCt an antagenift from the 
kennels. But on Sunday, and ever}' feftival, a public ex¬ 
hibition takes place, when it is crowded by gentlemen 
of a certain defeription, and by thofe whofe education 
and rank in fociety Ihould have taught them better feel¬ 
ings. The entertainments commence about five o’clock 
by various dog-fights. To thefe fucceed bull-baiting, 
bear-baiting, wolf-baiting, and wild-afs-baiting; hyaenas, 
wild-boars, See. are added to the fport. The humanity 
of the fpeCtators, or the avarice of the proprietors, ufually 
interferes to preferve the lives of the various animals; but 
they are often fadly worried and mutilated. The amufe- 
ment ufually concludes, on grand feftivities, with a ludi¬ 
crous but cruel feene. A bear is compelled to climb a 
pole. He is then furrounded with fire-works, which not 
only terrify liim by their explolions, but evidently tor¬ 
ture him by their flames. He is afraid to efcape by one 
bold leap, and he is equally afraid to Aide down through 
.the fires which are blazing underneath him. The cl unify 
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and grotefque attitudes by which he exprefles his terror 
and his pain, excite fhouts of pleafure from the greater 
brutes with which the galleries are thronged. The baited 
animals are fattened with ropes to a ring in the centre of 
the amphitheatre, and the keepers manage them with 
wonderful dexterity. 
La Veille'e, the Evening’s Rendezvous ; Place da 
Palais.—This cftablilhment, lituated in the centre of Pa¬ 
ris, prefents a moll interefting difplay of blooming verdure 
even in the winter-months, when the frolt and fnow feem 
to defy the power of vegetation. By a happy contrivance, 
the feenery changes at every Hep; and nothing .has been 
omitted to render La Veillee a complete fairy-land. New 
and fuperb decorations, colhtmes the moll brilliant, ple.i- 
fing and variegated feenery, amufements without num¬ 
ber, every thing here unites to rivet the attention, and 
give an additional 7,eft to gaiety. 
Two orcheftras are placed in the building for the ac¬ 
commodation of the youthful dancers. Children are cap¬ 
tivated with amufements adapted to their time of life; 
while in two apartments, artfully conftruCted, are to be 
found thofe refources from reading and converfation 
which are calculated tointereft the mind of age. Within 
this fafeinating edifice are alfo two theatres, in which are 
reprefented light and playful pieces. In a ruftic cot a 
dairymaid fells cream. In various grottos every cooling 
liquid is to be procured. A reftaurateur offers every 
kind of refrelhment. Shops, playfully con trailed, exhi¬ 
bit arms and millinery, books and toys. Notwithftanding, 
however, all this difplay of diverfified allurements, the 
eftablifhment was not capable of fupporting itfelf. It is 
now feldom open, except at periods of public rejoicings, 
and during the feafon of the winter-balls. 
Tivoli, Rue St. Lazare.—This delightful garden is 
open only during the fummer. It has been termed the 
Vauxhall of Paris. It is infinitely fuperior to that cele¬ 
brated place in the day, but certainly yields to it in the 
decorations which it prefents at night. It has none of 
the formality of the Englifli Vauxhall. The walks, bor¬ 
dered with rofes, honeyfuckles, and orange-trees, plea- 
fingly wind in various directions, difeovering an inte¬ 
refting fuccellion of objeCts at every turning. The lawns 
exhibit rope-dancers, mountebanks, grimaciers, groups 
riding at the ring, or playing at fiiuttlecock, and innume¬ 
rable parties in the little bowers around, gazing on the 
amufements, and lipping their lemonade or orgeat. In 
the centre is a llage for dancing. The waltz is ftill the 
favourite dance ; nearly two hundred couples may fome- 
times be feen following each other through the giddy and 
voluptuous whirls of this fafeinating but dangerous 
amufement. The vifiter muff bring his partner with hint, 
or he will not eafily meet with a fair one willing to admit 
a ftranger to the freedoms which this dance allows. Se¬ 
veral little canals interfeCl the garden. Several diminu¬ 
tive boats are on the bank, with which the vifiter may 
amufe himfelf, while the fhallownefs of the water fecures 
him from every danger beyond that of a complete duck¬ 
ing. 
In the evening thefe gardens are fplendidly illumina¬ 
ted ; a tolerable concert is given..; additional bands of 
muficians await the command of the dancers 5 and an ex¬ 
hibition of fire-works takes place at ten. On gala and 
feftival days, additional decorations and amufements are 
prefented. The price of admifilon in the day is one franc, 
three francs at night, and five francs on feftivals. 
Guinguet.tes et Bastrjngues. —The Guinguettas 
are the gardens in the fuburbs or environs of Paris, to 
which the lower clafles are accuftomed to re fort on Sun¬ 
days and feftival days, and regale themfelves at a trifling 
expenfe. Provifions of every kind may be procured here, 
ready drefled. When a guinguetteadds an orcheftra and 
a room for dancing to its other attractions, it is called a 
Baftringue. 
The mod celebrated are—the Grand Saloon, Faubourg 
Montmartre ; the Hermitage, at the foot of Montmartre ; 
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