VOLUME TII...NUMBER g.
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tons. You will readily imagine that it cafioE fail to excite dc. D veneneration every time the Russian F aold it.

 St Peters ~hurch, which has been many years m building, is very magnificent It is not as yet completed. Some of the pillars for the support of the arch way are aireadv erected; fifty-hyc of AhSse pillars are to he raised, and then the edfice will be finished their weigh is sixty tons each; the person who contriVed plan for the erection of then, received gift of about eighty-sevcn rubley

 AS yet know little of the manners of tl {, Russians. Their dress is, what would ina 5!ne' ot the English title; to say the least, the high in style and in rank, dress in a costly and superb manner. The slaves are habited very unlike any human beings I have ever before seen. Their condition is degraded and ptiable in the extreme

 commenced giving you description of the city. The public buildngs, think Itold you were all on the eastern side of the river. The whole city is laid out in exact souf1es: most of the buildings are lofty and command q fine prospect of the surrounding country. especially the houses, or rather the nalaces tt the nobility. Would that could describe 70 you the sensation produced on me upon en- tcfing one ot those saloons. Every thing was a blaze with beauty, but most of all was at

 

 Column rose above column in the lofty gallc- 'es, until the sight was dazzled by the halo Ct light with which they were surrounded 10 describe toyou the living figures would be needless, or what strange effect the chang ins lights gave to those still stranger groups that were but partly concealed by the dark crimson tapestry; but to proceed-the ceil- ings of the houses are very lofty and superb beyond description. The windows are for, med in the Gothic style, the lower floors usu- ally of marble. Take the houses generally, they present rather gloomy and comfortless appearance, In winter they must be uncom- fortable indeed, it is so intensely cold, and there are no fires except in the under parts of the buildings, and the heat is communicat- ed by tunnels concealed by the ceilings. The streets are paved with round stones, which the intensity of the cold in winter throw up, and which require replacing every spring. The side walks are paved with solid marble, and are twenty-five feet in width The uu- common width of the street, adds much to the beauty Of the city, which is, without excep- tion, the handsomest have seen, and know not that there is any one to be found surpass. ing it in neatness and elegance.