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the frequent recurrence of ftorms 
would prevent the ufe of it. When 
the weather is very bad,. the fhutters 
are faftened, and candles are frequently 
lighted at noon. ‘Fhe dwelling-houfes 
are generally furrounded by fttables, 
which fhelter them fromthe cold; and 
it is impofiible for a man, of an ordi- 
nary’ ttature, to enter them without 
being forced to bend his head, on pur- 
pofe to avoid the quarters of falt beef 
conftantly ‘ufpenc;¢4 from the cieling. 
Red is tue favourite colour of the 
males: the ftockings, the garters, the 
breeches, the wailtcoat, and the coat, 
are generally all of this colour, among 
thoie who would be confidered as fafhi- 
onable. Notwithftanding this, they 
imagine, that when the devil is al- 
Jowed to make his appearance on earth, 
he is always dreffed in fcarlet, :with a 
fword by his fide, &c. -A deep blue, 
onthe other hand, is preferred by the 
females, who think that it contributes 
greatly to improve their appearance. 
‘© Thefe men of the mountains,” 
fays Monteil, ** are in jfull poffeffion 
of al] their phyfical and moral qualifi- 
cations : their minds have loft no por- 
tion of their original energy, by the 
vicinage of power, and thofe prejudi- 
ces which not unfrequently fpoil the 
the beft educations. And the women, 
who excel as much by.the purity of 
their manners, as the influence of cli- 
mate, have no occafion to dread, left 
Hymen, mingling poifons with their 
pleatures, fhouid deftroy their health,- 
orfpoil their beauty........ Here, 
it is true, the paffions have ftill. pre- 
ferved their natural phyfiognomy—we 
find anger, vengeance, love: we alio 
difcover impetuofity, bravery, and an- 
cient hofpitality. nae 
Thefe people are the defcendants of 
the Gauls, mentioned by Cefar, and 
are better calculated to affert the truth 
and originality of his Commentaries, 
than the uncertain ruins of Autun 
and Gergovie.” 
« De. PUnité en Politique et en 
Légiflation ; ou, Développemens dun 
Principe Naturel applicable a la Légil- 
lation de tous les Temps et de tous les 
Peuples, dont la Connoiiffance eft utile 
a ceux qui font la Loi, et a ceux qui 
Vexécutent. . 5 
Denique fit fimplex quodvis duntaxat et 
unum, Horar. de Arc, Poet. 
Suivi d'un Effai fur le Droit de Pro- 
priété, confidéré comme Fondement de 
tout Gouvernement et de toute Légifé 
lation, .Paris.”"—Of Unity in Politics, 
Legiflation, &c. 
Citizen SEDILLEZ, a native of Ne- 
mours, anda Member of the Tribu- 
nate, is the author of this work: and 
it is his opinion, that a national code 
of laws is the only thing now wanting 
to fecure the glory and the happinefs of 
France.. The moft favourable period 
for reforming the legiflation of a great 
nation, according to him, is that which 
fucceeds a grand commotion that hath 
fhaken ideas generally received, and 
difpofed the minds of all men towards 
the adoption of ufeful inftitutions. 
‘Sedillez confiders the right of pro- 
perty as the foundation of all govern-~ 
ment and legiflation: and he has occu- 
pied no lefs than four chapters about 
unity in general—unity in politics— 
unity in legiflation—and unity in every 
branch of the laws. ‘ 
‘*Te Chateau des Tuileries: ou; 
Récit de ce qui s’eft paffé dans l’Inté- 
rieur de ce Palais, depuis fa Conftruc- 
tion jufqu’au 18 Brumaire an 8; avec 
des Particularités fur la Vifite que 
Lord Bedfort y a faite apres le 10 Aott 
1792, dans laquelle ona recueilli des 
Anecdotes Curieufes fur les Secrets de 
VEtat, fur la Famille Royale,-les Per- 
fonnes de la Cour, les Miniftres, les 
Parlemens, et fur V’Enlevement des 
Effets de la Couronne, la Dilapidation 
du Mobilier, la Police Secréte de la 
Cour; enfin fur la Situation de Paris, 
pendant Ja Revolution; parP.J.A.R. 
D.E. Paris, 2 vols. 8vo. avec deux 
Gravures. Prix 9 fr. et 11 fr. franc de 
port.”—The Caftle of the Thuilleries ; 
or, the Recital of what hath occurred 
within that Palace, from the Period of 
its Conftruction, until November, 1798, 
é&c. : 
The editor afferts, that he obtained 
many of the memoirs made ufe of upon 
this occafion, through the influence 
and exertions of the ex-capuchin Cha- 
bot: thofe, however, who are ac- 
quainted with the writings of Pafquin, 
Jaillot, and Saint-Foi, will find no- 
thing new in the firft two chapters. 
In the third, we learn feveral curious 
circumftances relative to the entrance 
of Louis XVI. into the Thuilleries 
during the month of October, ,1739 ; 
the editor alfo prefents us with a de- 
{cription of the manners and habits of 
that monarch, and afferts that he was 
often better acquainted with public 
events than his minifters. 
The 
