Gazette Of The United States

ENGLISH PARAGRAPH.

THERE is a late account from Paris, which mentions Col. Glover's going to take possession of Saint Aize, the late princely residence of the Dutchess of Kingston, and which formerly belonged to the Duke of Orleans. A great many respectable gentlemen attended him to that very magnificent palace, which is about 25 miles from Paris, situated upon a terrace equal to Windsor at the bottom of which runs the river Seine. The views from the house and terrace are embellished with the finest villages, gentlemen's seats, woods and vineyards, and an extent of prospect impossible to describe. Every room in the house is richly and completely furnished. It contains 140 beds fit for any nobleman to sleep in; and to every bed room a dressing room, and chamber for a servant. The whole number of beds is 250. A large billiard room, a large hall, richly ornamented with statues, and fountains of water, which play and form cascades during dinner. The glass throughout the house is of great value. There is a fine play-house, and an elegant chapel. This magnificent building would be fit for a Prince of 20 or 30,000l. a year, although the whole of the revenues of the estate are not above 2500l. per annum. It is finely wooded, with various cuts through the woods and the end of each terminating in a rich beautiful prospect. The people paid Col. Glover great honors upon his arrival, as did all the neighboring gentlemen, together with the Stewards, Masters of the chase, &c.

About 40 young men attended him the next day in a shooting party, where there was the greatest plenty of pheasants, partridges, tags, deer, and fawns. They presented the Col. with the gun which the old Duke of Orleans used; and all allowed it had never been used to better purpose in so short a time, as the Colonel missed only one shot out of twenty times.