This account of the means by which they became masters of these exquisite pieces of art is worthy of its writers. They consider themselves worthy of credit for their perfidy and their predatory adventures. But I have already sufficiently animadverted on the philosophical exploits of the National Institute, and will therefore now describe to the best of my abilities this Gallery, to which I paid particular attention. It may appear strange, but I never felt equal disgust or distress at the sight of these statues to that excited in my mind by the magnificent gallery of paintings. The herd of men flock to the gallery of paintings to indulge their eyes with the brilliant luxury of beauty, but in the hall of statuary very few admirers greet the trophies of French conquest. Yet it contains more monuments of the capacity of men than all the pictures in the Louvre put together. Indeed, the Laocoon and the Belvidere Apollo alone, both of which incomparable statues are here, may be justly said to equal if not exceed in value all the pictorial tributes wrung from ravaged Italy. In the court through which you pass to enter the Gallery are four colossal statues of slaves and the celebrated statue of Jupiter Hermes, all removed from Versailles to enrich Paris. For the Revolution was made in Paris. The Republic was founded in Paris--the rest of France _was made_ for Paris--therefore it must be fleeced for the sake of Paris. In this way the patriotic members of the Institute continually reason. Every article in the Gallery merits attention, but I will only enumerate a few while giving a general description of the various halls in their order. “The Hall of the Seasons,” which is so named on account of the painted ceiling by Romanelli, representing the Seasons. This hall contains twenty-six figures, of which the most celebrated and beautiful are:-- A faun, reposing, and holding a flute (supposed to be a copy of the famous satyr of Praxiteles), stolen from the Museum of the Capitol at Rome. A naked youth extracting a thorn from his foot, and a young faun of Parian marble, stolen as above. Venus issuing from a bath of Pentelicon marble, stolen from the Museum of the Vatican. Ariadne, stolen from the Belvidere of the Vatican. Septimus Severus, from Ecouen. A colossal bust of Antoninus Pius and one of Lucius Verus, from the same place. Augustus, stolen from the Cabinet of the Bevilacqua, at Verona. We then enter the “Hall of Illustrious Men,” decorated by eight antique pillars of granatillo, plundered from the nave of the church of Aix la Chapelle. [Sidenote: SPOILS FROM THE VATICAN] Here are statues of Zeus, the Philosopher from the Capitol, Demosthenes, Trajan and a statue of Sextus, the uncle of Plutarch--all removed from the Vatican. From the Papal Museum are also statues of Menander, the Greek poet, and a fine Minerva of Pentelicon marble. The next chamber is the “Roman Hall.”