Princess Lieven has considerably increased her establishment in Paris ;
and private letters repeat the report of the probability of the
eldest daughter of the Emperor Nicholas paying a visit early in the spring to the French capital ; and it is added, that her Highness will take up her temporary abode at the hotel of the Princess Lieven, in the Rue de Rivoli.
A scene of scandal lately occurred at the French Court. The hand- some Dutchess of Valencay (Mademoiselle de Montmorency) made her appearance at the Tuileries dressed in the deepest mourning. The astonishment was general, and every one considered it an epigram of Prince de Talleyrand, who must certainly have been consulted on the subject by the Dutchess, his niece. —La Siefcle.
Every Sunday, the apartments of the Palais Royal continue to be opened to the public, and are visited by a number of provincials and foreigners. Several paintings which figured at the last exhibition, and which have been purchased by the King, have just been placed in the saloons of the Palais Royal. The apartments occupied by Madame Adelaide in the right wing of the palace—the green, yellow, and white
saloons, which arc tilled with portraits, historical paintings, and family busts—have been for some time opened to the public.— Courrier Fran- cais. [When will the works of art in the possession of the King of England lie freely opened to the inspection of the people of this coml. try ? No wonder that pictures and statues are sometimes defaced, the only means of learning their value being denied to the ignorant and poor.] It is said that Prince Christian, the presumptive heir to the Crown of Denmark, is expected in Paris in the course of January ; and that after passing the end of the winter in the capital he will proceed thence to England. The Prince, whose taste for the arts and sciences is well known, is about to undertake this journey in order to inspect the public monuments of Paris, and to examine the state of the vast commercial establishments of Great Britain.
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