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GHEST-CATHEDRAL-CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL

leum of Bishop Triest. by Jerome DuquesnoJ: it consists of a statue of the bishop contemplating the cross borne by our Saviour. On the opposito side is a figu e of the Virgin, and two small angels are stationed at the bottom of the mauso!cum. The visitor should not leave St. Eavon without

descending into the crap, a low subiera can

archi under the el.uir. It is divided into firo

chapels, adorned with paintings, and contam ng the tombs of John and Hubert Van Eyck, and iis sister, also a painter, who might to ricko: ed an enthusiast in the art, as she rejec.ed all others of marriage, in o.der to devote herself entirely to its study.

The Church of St. Nicholas is one of the most ancient in Ghent. It was burned in 1120. but re-built on the same plan. This euitico sufi red much in the religious wars. The church of St. Pierre is a building of the seventeen.h century. It is approached through a beautiful square, and contains a few good paintings of Crayer, Jans

Sens, &c.

his property to the poor. The fifteenth contains the Resurrection of Lazarus, by Otto Vennins, the master of Rubens, and also Judas Maccabeus scoking a place of Burial for his So diers. In the sixteenth is the Martyrdom of St. Lieven, the patron of Ghent, by Seghers. Tho seventeenth has a copy from Rubens's picture of the Martyrdom of St Catharine, the original of which is in the church of St. Catharine, at Lille. In front o this chapel is the mausoleum of Bishop G. Van Eersel, executed by Charles Van l'ouche and F. Janssens, after the designs of the former. The nineteenth chapel contains the Seven Works of Bicicy, by Coexic; in the twentieth is the font in which Charles V. was bapti al; the twenty-first his the Assumption of the Virgin, by Crayer; in the twenty-second is one of the finest produc ions of Crayer, representing St. Machaire praying for the cessation of the plague; before the altar is a bas-reliet in white maryle, by M. Por ois, representing the body of St. Machaire carried in pro cession. The altar-piece of twenty-third chapel represents St. Sambart carrying burning coals on an unconsumed surplice to St. Sandoait; this The Church of St. Michael, in the centre of the picture is by Van Huffel; the twenty-fourth and city, is remarkab e for the elegance and Ightness Last chapel contains a Descent from the Cross, by of us architec ure, of a mixed style, partly florid Kambants, which is esteemed the finest production Gothic, partly Renaissance, which is seen to adof that artist. The organ has a fine tone, but is vantage from the open space in which it is situated. placed in a situation which offends the eye, from The square tower which surmounts the church, Interfering with the harmony of the construction was begun in 14:0, and was to have been carried of the rest of the edince. The pulpit, which is to a height of 400 feet. but the design has never the workmanship of Lawrence Delvaux, of Gheut, Leen couple.ed. In the twel:th chapel of this is in the co..tre of the right nave, and is consid red edifice, is a magnificent picture of the crue.tixion, One of the most beautiful in the world. It is com- by Van Dyck, the only work of this master which posed of white marble and oak. The tree of life is to be found in any of the public buildings of supports the pulpit, and covers the sounding-board Ghent. Each of the chapels, which are twe ve in with its branches At the foot of the tree is seated number, contains one or more pictures of various ♣ figure of Time, represented as a venerable old me: it. It will be sufficient to direct the attenti n mai, whose eyes are covered with a thick veil, of the amateur to the Annunciation, by Lens, and which he is lifting up in order to contemplate the the Assumption, by François, both in the newly features of Truth, who presents herself before finished chapel, to the right of the cross of the him as a beautiful woman, holding an open book, church; the Apotheosis of St. Catharine in the in which are traced the words "Surge qui dormis third chapel, by Crayer, and the Finding of the Illuminabit te Christus," "Ariso thou that Cross, by the Empress Helena, whose figure, sleepest. Christ shall give thee light." At the represented in the picture, was furnished by the foot of cach stair-case are two angels. The four Empress Josephine, who sat for the model. There fouts of this exquisite piece of workmanship, are also in this church, numerous paintings. bý which cost 37,000 florins (£2.960), are crnamented | Belgian artists, and a St. Francis. of Paula, by with bas-reliefs in white marble. Ribera. The organ recently erected in this church The most perfect work of art in this cathedral, is remarkable for its sweetness. or indeed in the whole of Belgium, is the mauzo- | massive mahogany is handsome. The other prin The pulpit of

Fipal churches worth visiting are those of Saint | asemblage of sisters, so picturesquely dressed,

Pierre, St. Nicholas, and St. Jacques; this latter church is situated in a vast square. It was destroyed in 1720, and afterwards rebuilt.

St. Jacques has two good paintings of Van Cleef, and some monumental sculpture of merit Tom the chisel of Van Poucke.

imparts to the scene an aspect of solemn grandeur
and mystic beauty. The chapel itself is interest
ing in the extreme, and on the stone work of one
of its pillars, was inscribed the following touching
inscription by Lamartiųe :-

"......Un peu de baume à la Souffrance
Au corps quelque sèmede, aux âmes l'esperanco
Un secours au inalade, aux parents un adieu

The Church of St. Martin has a magnificent
painting of the Resurrection, by Crayer (his masUn Sourire à chacun, a tous un mot de Diễn."

ter-piece).

The Dominican Oratory deserves to be inspected on account of its bold and lofty wooden vault. desired by the Dominican Francis Romain, in

1700.

The Béguinage. The community of Béguines was founded by St. Bagge, Duchess of Brabant, and sister of Philip of Landen. The community is peculiar to the Netherlands. Clement V. issued a bul against these sisters, but John XXII. revoked it, and accorded them many indulgences. It is one of the few nummeries not swept away by the fury of the French revolution, or suppressed by Joseph II Their existence received a legal ratification in 1826. The sisters are bound by no vow, and may return to the world at any time. Their chict duty is to attend to the sick and visit the hospitals, where they are constantly to be met with. In the order are persons of the highest families and wealth. The sisters in Ghent amount to about one hund ed, whilst their entire manber in Belgium is six thousand. The building is of

Haute Porte, and partly in La Marché-au-Peure. Hôtel de Ville is situated partly in the Ruo The portion standing in the former strect is built in the Gothic style of architecture, presents a magnificent appearance, and is adorned with exquisitely wrought ornaments. It has two taçades, built at intervals between 1482 and 1620, a ter several plans, by as many architects. The turret or tribune at the corner was built in 1527

1560 by Eustace Polleyt, and is in the richest between 1608 and 1620, has columns of three flamboyant Gothic style. The other façade, built different orders of architecture, one surmounting the other. In the Sulle du Trone, so celebrated in the annals of Ghent, was signe the treaty known as the "Pacification of Ghent," drawn up, assembled to adopt measures calculated to drive in 1576, by the congress of confederates, who the Spaniards from out of Belzium. Two modern paintings are to be seen in the interior of the building, which will not elicit very much admiration." e

Palace of Justice. A str king building by Klands, is situated in the Rue du Theatre. The ground floor is used as the Exchange, and the ́ upper chamber as Courts of Justice.

Palais de L'Université. Founded by William I., King of Holland, in 1826. It is a beautiful and modern edifice, having a splendid Corinthian portico, modelled from the Pantheon, at Rome, and is built on the site of the Jesuits' College. The princ pal hall, and the amphitheatre, in which the academie meetings are held, can accommódatė from sixteen to seventeen hundred people, and is richly ornamented and embellished.

considerable extent, with streets, squares, and gates, enclosed by a wall and moat. The house at Ghent, called the Grand Béguinage, is situated in the Rue des Bruges, and was founded by Jane, Countess of Constantinople, in 1234. There is also a Petit Béguinage, with 400 girls of a poorer class. The first chapel was built in 1242. The sisters live in separate houses, and each door has Inscribed on it the name of some saint, chosen as its protectress, Visitors to Ghent should visit this church at the hour of vespers, which are sung at half-past seven each evening. The scene is most Impressive. The sisters are all dressed in black robes with white veils; the novices are distin- The Museum of Natural History is not less reguished by a different dress, whilst those who markable for its extent than for the richness of have but lately taken the veil are distinguished by its collection. The university contains a library, a chaplet, which they wear around their heads.open to the public each day from nine to twelve The chapel, barely illuminated by a few lamps, and from two to five o'clock, unless on Sundays and the solemu sjuging, together with the Largo and feast-days. This library contains sixty thou

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gand volumes, and very many precious manuscripts. | and has a military band usually playing there on The Jardin Botanique, instituted in 1797, belongs summer evenings. to the university, and is spoken of as one of the finest in Belgium. It contains a collection of eight thousand plants, of a thousand different species.

Maison des Bateliers, on the Quai aux Herbes, is an old and picturesque edifice, built in 1513.

The Marché ou Vendredi (Vrijdays market). vast square, so called from the day on which the fair is held. It is remarkable as having been the pot where the trades' unions of the middle ages planted their standards and rallied to arms. On it the ceremonial of inaugurating the Counts of Flanders was celebrated with a gorgeous and luxurious grandeur, unequalled at the present day. This spot is also identified with one of the most painful and tragic reminiscences connected with the history of Ghent. It is celebrated as being the scene of an internecine slaughter, in which fifteen hundred citizens were slain by fellowcitizens. The weavers and fullers constituted the two factions, and the former were led on and headed by Jacques Van Artavelde, called the brewer of Ghent, in the corporation of which body he enrolled himself, though descended from one of the first families in Flanders. The day, to mark the sanguinary and disgraceful work, was called Evil Monday, in the annals of the town. On that spot, and on that day forty years after, Philip, the son of that Jacques, was saluted Protector of Ghent, and received the oath of fidelity from his townsmen on the occasion of his being called upon to lead them against Louis de Mâle. In the Marché au Vendredi also were lighted the fires of the Inquisition, under the Duke of Alva. The great cannon, situated in a street called the “Man. nekens Aert," close to the Marché, is called Du dulle Grute, alias Mad Margery, is the most enormous ever cast, measuring ten feet in length and ten and a-half feet in circumference. It is made of hammered iron, and was used in 1382 at the siege of Oudenarde, by the citizens of Chent

The La Halle aux Draps will also repay notice. Maison de Detention, a house of correction, situated on the north side of the city, on the Coupurea canal, which is bordered by a double row of large trees. It was constructed in 1773, in the reign of Maria Theresa, and forms a perfect octagon, in the centre of which is a spacious court, communicating with the different quadrangles of the establishment. Each quadrangle or ward has a yard, and in the centre of that belonging to the female ward is a large basin of water, in which the female prisoners wash the linen of the whole establishment. Each prisoner sleeps alone in a small but well-aired room, and is employed during the day in working at whatever trade or business he or she is most competent to; and of the produce of this labour, five-tenths are retained by government when the prisoners are merely detained correctionally; six-tenths when they have been sentenced to hard labour. The remainder is divided into two portions; half is given to the prisoners weekly for pocket money, and the other given to them at the expiration of the term of their imprisonment, to assist in their re-establishment in the world. Religious service and instruction are provided and attended to in an admirable manner; and if prisoners are found ignorant of the first elements of knowledge, as reading, writing, and arithmetic, they receive instruction in the various branches. Insubordination or refractory conduct | An interesting monument of antiquity stands in is punished by solitary confinement. The shop for refreshments sold to the prisoners is kept under strict regulations by the cfficers of the establishment, and the profits are employed as rewards for the most industrious and well-behaved prisoners.porated with a cotton factory now, and deserves a The new part of the building, which has been recently completed, has cost upwards of £40,000, and the whole edifice will, when finished, contain two thousand six hundred prisoners. There is still, however, much to be done.

Le Kauter, or Place d'Armes, is a large square planted with trees. It is a beautiful promenade,

the Place St. Pharailde, near the Marché aux Poissons. It consists of an old turreted gateway, called the Oudeburg, or the count's stone or castle, built in SGS, by Baldwin Bras de fer. It is incor

visit, as one of the oldest buildings in Belgium. In the year 1338, Edward III. and his family resided here. During his residence his queen gavo birth to a son, called John of Gaunt. Au intimate and friendly alliance existed for years between the English and people of Ghent. It may not be uninteresting to mention the fate of Jacques Van

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