Stuerbout, though long falsely attributed to Hem- | ling, should also be noticed; as well as the marble altars of the Chapels of the Sacrament and the Virgin Mary; the latter was designed by Rubens. The oak Pulpit was brought to this church in 1807 from the suppressed Abbey of Ninoven, near Brussels. It is the work of Bergere, in 1742, and may be considered as one of the finest specimens of carved wood in Belgium. The Communion Table of Alexander van Papenhoven (date 1709) is an exquisite production, with its groups of angels and cherubims playing among flowers, leaves, and fruit. The Tabernacle is an exquisitely wrought piece of workmanship, richly sculptured. The Conversion of St. al occupies the lower part, and round it are a number of figures of animals, intertwined with imitations of trunks and leaves of trees. The organs, which are among the best in Belgium, were long falsely attributed to John Goltfows, but were really made by John Crimon, of Mons, in 1556. In the choir is the mausoleum of Henry IV., Duke of Brabant, who died in 1235; and behind it, in a small chapel, that of Margaret of Louvain, assassinated in 1025, patroness of servant girls; in connection with which there is a marvellous story told, somewhat as follows:-Being servant at an inn, the night previous to the day on which she and her master and mistress had resolved to enter a convent, she went out to fetch some wine for some pilgrims who had arrived. During her absence these pilgrims murdered her master and mistress, and on her return they assailed her with the same inten tion. Overpowered, after a long struggle, she was thrown into the Dyle, and, contrary to natural laws, her body floated upwards against the stream, surrounded by a halo of glory, and emitting sweet and harmonious sounds. Henry, the first Duke of Louvain, saw this wonderful miracle; the report soon spread, her body was embalmed, and a shrine erected in her honour; and there, to the admiration of the faithful, may the wooden pitcher in which she fetched wine to this day be seen. The churches of St. Michael, St. Anthony, and St. Gertrude are also worthy of notice; as well as the new cellular Prison erected at the Dieste Gate. St. Gertrude has some good wood carvings and paintings of Crayer, Verhaegen, &c. The Tower of Jansenius, in which he is supposed to have written "Augustinus," his great work on Grace and Freewill, and the house of Lepsius, the artist, are also shewn to strangers. Louvain contains a tribunal de première instance, and another of commerce; it has also a subscription library and a theatre. The Walks formed in the ancient moat around the town, especially that called St. George's Garden, are extremely pleasant; and the quarter named the Rivage is handsomely built. The town has a circumference of 6 miles, in which space, however, are comprised many gardens and orchards; it communicates with Mechlin by a canal, formed in 1750, along the banks of which is a post road, of 2 posts or 15 miles in length, by which we join the high road leading from Brussels to Antwerp and to Amsterdam, at Mechlin. The principal promenades are the avenues of trees, 2 miles in length, ranging with the canal outside the Aerschot Gate; the new circle of boulevards, on the site of the old turreted walls; and the walks to the château of Count d'Aremberg, the Benedictine Abbey, and Sudwater, the seat of M. Plascheret. A fair of ten days, for all kinds of merchandise, at Louvain, is held annually, beginning the first Sunday in September. It seems to be a healthy place, as it appears on the authority of Dr. Granville (vol. 1, p. 72), that the mortality as to the number of births is in the proportion of six to eight. Louvain to Liége.-After leaving Louvain the old Abbey of Parcq is passed on the right. The church and part of the buildings are still retail ed by the monks. Corbeek-Loo (Station) and Vertryck (Station) are soon arrived at and followed by Tirlemont (Station), or Thienen, in Flemish. Hotels: Le Plat d'Etain; des Quatre Saisons de Flandre. There is a good Buffet at the Station.-The chief place of a canton of the district of Louvain, in the province of Brabant, is situated on the great Gette, which crosses it. From its size Tirlemont was probably once very populous; the present population is about 13,500. The ancient Church of St. Germain, built upon the summit of an eminence overlooking the town, has a Romanesque tower and is probably of the ninth century. The Town Hall deserves a visit, as also the magnificent hospital of Tirlemont, and the barracks. Here is a Josephite College for boys. Rail to Namur; and also to Neer Linter, Diest, Heppen, and Moli, 43 miles. Diest (Hotel du Sauvage), on the Demer, has a fort, an old church (St. Sulpice), and cemetery, and beer and spirit works; population, 8,000 Near this are the curious Church on Mont Aigu, and Avendboden convent of the fourteenth century, well worth a visit. At Neer Linter, a line of 15 miles goes to St. Trond and Tongres, or Tongeren. This last is the old seat of the Roman Tongri, and has a fine Cathedral (good cloisters) of the thirteenth century, with a spring called Pliny's Fountain. Hotel: De la Casque. Landen (Station), in the country of Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace to Clotaire II., and founder of the race of Charlemagne. He died here in 640. At Neerwinden, William III. and the Allies were defeated by Marshal Luxemburg, 1693; and Dumourier and Louis Philippe, by the Austrians in the first Revolutionary war. The Landen and Ciney Rail is open via Braives, Huy (page 54), Modave (page 55), Havelange and iney (page 60). Hesbaye and Condroz are names of two old districts here: the first round Tongeren; the second between the Meuse and Ourthe. TO HASSELT, MAESTRICHT, and AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, see Route 17. Shortly after leaving Landen the railroad leaves the province of Liége, and enters that of Limburg. It returns to that of Liége; and at Rosoux (Station), it leaves Liége again, and crossing the river Geer, it reaches Waremme (Station), a small place in the province of Liége; population, 1,400. The Church is said to have been founded by the Knight Templar, Guathier, in the twelfth century. The ramparts are now changed into public walks; there is also a fine square in the centre. On the banks of the Geer the Castle of Longchamps, remarkable for the great extent of its park, may be seen. Waremme is famous for its gingerbread. On leaving the station, one of the best preserved Roman roads is crossed by the railroad. On reaching Remicourt, a com mune of 350 inhabitants, the railroad is equal in elevation to the summit of the steeple at Antwerp. Crossing the brook Yerne, Fexhe Station is arrived at, in a commune of the district of Waremme. It is called "Fexhe with the high Steeple," though the steeple of the church by no means justifies the appellation. Population, 900. The road gradually rises to Ans (Station), the one next to Liége. Save the remains of an ancient castle, there is nothing of interest at Ans. It has 3,800 inhabitants. On approaching Liége the traveller should observe attentively the fine scenery presented on his descent of the inclined plane leading to the station. The whole city of Liége, with its domes, its innumerable manufactories, and its palace, extended over the valley, or plain-at the junction of the Meuse and Ourthe-is a grand sight. LIEGE (Station)-Flemish, Luik German, Lüttich. Hotels: Hotel de Suède, exceedingly good in every respect. Mr. Dalimier, proprietor. Hotel d'Angleterre. Grand Hotel Charlemagne. Hotel de Dinant, second-class hotel. There is a good Buffet at the Station, which is distant from the city three-quarters of a mile. Omnibuses convey passengers to and from the station for half a franc, and a trifle for luggage. Post Office-Place St. Denis. POPULATION (1882), 126,235. Liége, the capital of the ancient principality of that name, which formerly appertained to the Westphalian circle of the German empire, is a large and fine city, lying in a fertile valley at the junction of the Meuse with the Ourthe, the Vendre and the Meuse-Ambrorix. The new Bridge was erected 1860. A prince of the ancient Gauls is said to have been the founder of Liégé, which derives its name from the Latin word legio, on account of a Roman legion having been defeated by the Eburi, or ancient inhabitants of Liége, during the stay of Julius Cæsar in Belgium. The prince-bishops of Liége were, at an early period, prelates of great power, though constantly obliged to resist the turbulent insubordination of the citizens. In 1468, the Bishop of Liége was murdered in his palace by Willam de la Marck, the Boar of Ardennes, and the insurgent citizens; on which Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, his relative and ally, instantly marched to avenge his death, and insisted on Louis XI., of France, who was then his guest, or rather prisoner, at Peronne, joining him to prove the truth of his denial of any participation in, or encouragement of the rebellion. He did not hesitate to comply, and the united armies, having carried the place by assault, set it on fire three times, and at last burned it almost to the ground. Previous to this horrible catastrophe, Liége contained 120,000 inhabitants. An account of this siege, and of the narrow escape of the Duke and the King of France from a plot, laid by six hundred citizens, to surprise them in the house they inhabited, will be found in Phillip de Comines; and there are, of course, few readers who are not familiar with the animated and interesting description of the murder of the bishop, and bloody retribution exacted by Charles, in Sir Walter Scott's celebrated romance of "Quentin Durward," some of the most interesting scenes of which are laid in Liége. We may for a moment digress, to remark that "Quentin Durward" is generally prized in France above most of the other productions of this illustrious author, in consequence of the admirable fidelity with which it depicts the characters of the leading personages, and the truth and vigour of the picture he has given of the manners of the time. During the succeeding centuries, Liége was constantly the victim both of intestine commotions and foreign invasions; but it continued under the dominion of the bishops until its junction with the French territory, in 1794. In 1814 it became part of the kingdom of the Netherlands. Under the government of the bishops, Liége enjoyed most extensive privileges, and was under the authority of a charter, securing, in the amplest manner, the rights and privileges of the citizens. The town paid no taxes or contribution towards defraying the expenses of the state; the bishop had his episcopal revenue, and the functionaries their fees. About 700 men formed the army of the prince, but the inhabitants, intoxicated with military glory, frequently engaged in foreign service, and displayed their courage in Austria, Spain, Holland, Prussia, and France, especially in the foreign regiments employed by the last named power. In 1788, Louis XVI. raised a fine regiment of infantry in the bishop's territory, known by the name of the royal regiment of Liége; and, before its junction with France, several of the adjoining states constantly kept up recruiting parties within the town: the regiment of Walloon Guards, in the pay of Spain, having a complete establishment for the purpose of sending their numerous recruits, by detachments, into the Peninsula. The traffic in men was long very considerable, owing, in some measure, to the immunities and privileges accorded to deserters and strangers from all countries, who sought refuge in Liége. In traversing the town, the river is divided into a variety of branches, forming numerous islands, bordered by handsome quays, and communicating with each other by means of bridges very dissimilar in construction, the most considerable of which is called the Bridge of Arches, on account of the great height of those in the centre; it was built in 1037, by Bishop Reginauld, and commands a fine view. The houses are generally lofty. On Quai Cockerill is Jehotte's statue of Charlemagne on horseback. The Palace, partly destroyed by fire in 1503, and reconstructed five years afterwards by Bishop Erard de la Marck, is a fine structure of the Gothic order, comprising two square courts, surrounded by galleries, under which are ranges of shops. The second court contained the Female Prison. It is now the Palais de Justice, and has an addition to it, built 1852, for the Hôtel du Government. The Hôtel de Ville, or Town Hall, situated in the principal market, is a heavy building, erected during the last century. In this place are three ancient Fountains, and several others are in different parts of the town; but, except Delcour's statue of the Virgin (which adorns the fountain of that name), in the Great Square, there is no beauty to be perceived in them. The Place de la Comédie affords a striking coup d'œil. In front is the handsome façade of the new Theatre. On the right are the Church of St. Martin and the Abbey of St. Lawrence, and a handsome row of houses on an eminence; and on the left the spire of St. Paul and the ancient Church of St. Croix: |