The arsenal is one of the noblest buildings of the kind in Europe. Each of its fronts is 280 feet long. t• Above the great gate is a bronze bust of Frederic I. Level with the ground, is a statue of the same mo narch by Schluter, which is much admired ; and above the windows in.the interior court, are 21 faces by Schluter, representing the various expressions of persons in the agonies of death.
The royal stables are magnificent buildings, with two courts, and between them a covered menage. In the rooms above the stables, are all the. accoutre ments, adorned with brilliants, of the horse on which Frederic I. made his public entry into Berlin ; and in the armoury chamber are many ancient pic tures and curiosities, among which is a drum covered with the skin of Ziska, chief of the Hussites.
The churches of Berlin are adorned with statues of the heathen gods • and Frederic III. before his death, began to fill ;hem with the pictures of his -warriors and statesmen. In the church of the gar rison are four pictures by Rode, which represent the death of the four great Prussian warriors, Schwerin, Kleist, Keith, and Winterfield ; and likewise many standards and other trophies of Prussian valour. The church of St Nicholas is a building of great antiquity, and is remarkable for several fine pictures and se pulchres, particularly the monument of Puffendorf. Out of the 33 churches in Berlin, the Lutherans have 12. There are eight churches common to the Lu therans and the reformed church. The French re formed church has six churches. The Roman ca tholics have two churches. The Moravian brethren have one place of worship, and some other sectaries have another place for divine service. The Jews have also a synagogue here, and there are two churches be longing to the hotel of the invalids. In 1786, the Lutherans amounted to about 12,500, the catholics to 8000, and in 1798 there were 3421 Jews.
Besides these buildings, we may notice the opera house ; the palace and gardens of Montbijou ' • the house and garden of Belvidere ; the hall of the Aca demy of Sciences, which contains the anatomical the atre and the observatory ; the magnificent hospital 'of invalids, which maintains about a thousand officers and soldiers ; the palaces of Prince Henry and the Prince Royal ; and the new Calvinist church of Old Coln, which contains the burying place of the royal fa mily.
There are several large squares in Berlin, the prin cipal of which is William's square, which is adorned with marble statues of the four great officers who dis tinguished themselves in the seven years war, viz.
Schwerin, Seidlitz, Keith, and Winterfield. Schwerin is holding out the colours which he seized from one of his officers at the battle of Prague, when his troops were giving way, exclaiming, " Let all, but cowards, follow me !" On the bridge over the Spree, there is a colossal and equestrian bronze statue of the Grand Elector Frederic 'William, which is the cliff d'errivre of Schluter. The man and horse were cast in one piece, and the whole weighs 3000 quin tals. .
There are several excellent public walks and gar dens in Berlin and its environs. Before the houses of Berlin, on each side, is a causeway, and between these causeways is a fine gravel .walk, planted with lime trees, which is always a fashionable place of resort. The park on the south side of the Spree is above three miles round, and is frequented by great crowds on Sunday, when they arc provided with every kind of refreshment and amusement. The park at Char lottenberg, where the court resides in summer, is also an agreeable place of resort. At Bellevue is to be seen the bust of Prince Henry of Prussia, a cho d'oeuvre of Houdon, and also the monument of Baron Bielefield. The environs of Berlin are remarkably pleasant, and are adorned with beautiful villas, canals, and vineyards. The palace of Schoenhausen ; the mineral waters at Fredericksbrunnen ; the beautiful villages of Buchholz and Pankow ; the view of the famous fortress of Spandau, from the top of the hill at Pickelswcrder, are among the objects which adorn the environs of Berlin.
. In Berlin there are numerous establishments for the advancement of literature and science, and for the pro motion of useful and benevolent purposes. Besides the Academy of Sciences, which we have already fully described in the article ACADEMY, there are ; the royal college of medicine and surgery • the clinical institution ; the royal veterinary school; the royal academy of arts and the mechanical sciences ; the .royal academy of architecture ; the royal riding aca demy.; the royal military academy ; the society of physicians ; the pharmaceutical society ; the pedago gical society ; the academy of singing ; the philoma thic society ; the humane society ; besides 5 colleges, an institution for the deaf and dumb, numerous schools with pensions, and 41 hospices for charity and health.