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monical remarks upon the countenance of 
Bonaparte *. I know not whether I fhould 
have difcovered in it thofe characters of 
genius, which a contemplation of his hif- 
tory had prepared me to expect; but I can 
fay with confidence, that, inftead of the 
ftern and fullen brow of a warrior, I could 
difcover nothing but good humour mixed 
with almoft infantine fimplicity. Every . 
habit of his life is, I am well. affured, in 
unifon with this appearance; and I could 
eafily fill my letter with anecdotes, with 
authentic anecdotes, that at once prove 
the fimplicity of his manners, and the ele- 
vation of his mund. 
Sed cui non di€us Hylas puer, et Lato- 
nia virzoP 
_ Public Buildings—Lucien Bonaparte, 
minifter of the interior, has expended, and 
continues to expend, immenfe fums on 
the decoration of the capital. The Lou- 
-vre is literally full of ftatues and paint- 
ings. A gallery, from 230 to 240 toiles 
(460 to 480 yards) in length, is covered 
with the choiceft fpecimens of the Fle- 
mifh, French, and Dutch fchools. Be- 
fides which there are two other {pacious 
rooms, the one filled with French, the 
other with Italian paintings. To give an 
idea of their excellence, I need only men- 
tion the St. Jerome of Domenichino, and 

* The writer of this article has been 
favoured with the following defcrip- 
tion of this extraordinary man, by a 
friend whofe. opportunities of feeing 
him were greater than his own. ‘* His 
hair is of a dark brown colour, cut 
fhort, arid without powder; forehead 
high, narrow, conformably to the fhape 
of his head, which is much compreffed 
at the fides; eye-brows thin, arched a 
little, and low; eyes large, of a dark 
grey colour, well formed, but dull and 
Janguid, which, together with the yel- 
low hue of his brown fkin, give an ap- 
pearance of a perfon labouring under 
an hepatic affection; nofe large, regu- 
lar, approaching to the Grecian ; upper 
lip very fhort, turned up a little at 1s 
extremity; mouth large; lips “thin, 
pallid ; diftance very long from the up- 
per lip to the apex of the chin, which 
projects a little, and is flightly dim+ 
pled ; his countenance is rather expref- 
five of mildnefs and languer than of 
heroifm and animation; his ftature can- 
not much exceed five feet fix inches; 
he is thin but mufcular, and well pro- 
portioned; however, his neck is fhort, 
and his cheft is very narrow ; he dreffes 
ufually in the Englifh fafhion, con- 
monly wearing all day pantaloons and 
boots.” W.W., 
Obfervatiens on the prefent State of France. 
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the Madonna della Sedia of Rafaele. The 
Italian pictures were taken down in Sep- 
tember, to make way for the annual ex- 
hibition of the works of living artifts, I 
do not pretend to much knowledge in the 
art,.but#I think I may fafely fay, that, 
with a few exceptions, they are defigned 
and executed in a ftyle of mediocrity far 
below the exhibitions at Somerfet Houfe. 
The Hall of Apollo, and fome other 
apartments adjoining it, on the ground- 
floor, in the Louvre, are fitted up with 
decorations that difplay the moft elegant 
and correct tafte, for the reception of the 
Apolio Belvedere, Laocoon, and others, 
which I faw; and the Venus de Medici, 
which I have fince heard is placed there 
along with the reft. In fome fmall courts 
adjoining the Louvre, I had the curiofity 
to obferve the different workmen employ- 
ed in polifhing the various maflive co- 
lumns of granite and porphyry. I copied 
fome, and read many Greek and Latin 
infcriptions upon the fcattered fragments 
of ftone and marble, which are now only 
like a disorderly heap of rubbifh—a rudis 
indiveflaque moles—relerved for the frat of 
the minifter of the interior. 
Fouy, Verfailles, and Trianon—\ em- 
ployed one day in vifiting the manufactory 
of Jouy, the palace of Verfailles, and the 
Petit Trianon. At Jouy I was furprifed 
to find an immenfe building, the moit 
complete in all its parts I ever saw, in 
which from 1500 to 1600 people are em- 
ployed every day in printing cottons. 
Their trade, by the help of a long credit, 
is at prefent brifk and flourifhing: but I 
was told by an Englihman who accom- 
panied me, and who himfelf has an exten- 
five manufactory in England, that they do 
not work fo methodically, nor fo expertly 
and well, as with us. Before I come to the 
chateau of Verfailles, I fhonld fay a few 
words upon the manufactory of arms 
which is eftablifhed in a large building 
formerly filled with the officers attached 
to the court. This eftablifhment owes its 
birth to Benezech, who was minifter of 
the interior four or five years ago. 
They have already brought the manu- 
facture to fuch perfection, that I have 
been told fome guns have been fold for 
1000 louis; and they have had a confi- 
derable fale for their piftols to foreigners, 
efpecially Americans, although the loweft 
price is 30 louisa pair. Iwas fhewn a 
late invention for rifling the barrels of 
their guns, which is extremely ingenious 5 
I believe in that point their guns cannot 
be excebled. 
The chateau of Verfailles is, as to its 
exterior appearance, juft as it always was. 
Within, it is miferable and naked, having 
been ftripped of mott part of its saan 
an 
