company, amongst which are several Egyptian statues, the constrained positions of which--knees pressed together, arms hanging straight down by the side, stiff draperies, and angular ornaments--contrast strikingly with the elegant contour and graceful attitude of this masterpiece by an unknown hand. In this same _salle_ are two chairs in beautiful _rouge_ antique, both of them found in the Roman baths, and said to have been used in the middle ages at the inauguration of the Popes. Pius VI. restored them to the Museum of the Vatican as antiques, and thence they came here. I cannot admire the coloured walls of these _salles_: there is something in them that does not accord with the severity of statuary, and it struck me that one uniform tint, perhaps maroon, would considerably enhance the _éclat_ of these fine statues. Nor do I admire these imitations of nature being perched upon pedestals: were the Venus, for instance, placed on the floor, or on a low platform as the Apollo is, I think it would add considerably to her interest. Every visit to this splendid collection adds to my wonder and admiration, and I returned yesterday evening with my mind full of enthusiasm for the science which could so nobly conceive, and the art which could so skilfully execute, these exquisite productions of the chisel. CHAPTER XXIII. I believe in a former part of this journal I noticed a chateau belonging to an Admiral Rosily. It is situated quite at the extremity, or rather beyond the village, on the road to Garges, and therefore so far out of the way that, except to visit the stables (for we have a detachment in it), I never have paid any attention to it, and suffered the people to do as they please. On my return yesterday evening from Paris I found the following letter:-- “_Ce 11 Août 1815._ “MONSIEUR LE COMMANDANT,--J’apprends que vous faites mettre des chevaux chez moi. Le Duc de Wellington connoit les destructions qu’on a causé dans ma maison, il avoit bien voulu même me donner une sauve garde, qui n’a plus en lieu depuis que le regiment de Lord Portarlington est parti pour Amiens. “Je vous prie seulement, que les hommes qui ont soin des chevaux n’entrent point dans mon jardin, et respectent ma propriété.--J’ai l’honneur d’être, Monsieur le Commandant, votre serviteur, “L’AMIRAL COMTE DE ROSILY.”