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of 3,200 souls, was burnt by the English 1359; and has a famous prospect of the Vallée Dorée, on the hill over the Bresche, from the Chatellier promenade, close to the old castle, now a central House of Detention for women. Here Philippe le Bel was born. It once belonged to Robert, son of St. Louis. who, marrying a dame de Bourbon, then a small fief in the centre of France, first brought that illustrious name into the royal line. Another seigneur was the accommodating husband of La Belle Gabrielle, who was married to her by Henry IV., on condition of never seeing her after the ceremony. Notice the old church, near the town-house, both spire buildings; also a museum of agriculture and geology, with a library of 6,000 vols. Cherries and other fruit are abundant here. At St. Felix, in the neighbourhood, excellent fossil shells are found.

Hotel.-L'Epée (Sword).

Liancourt (51 miles), on the Bresche, in a pretty spot, has part of the Château (of the time of Louis XIII.) of the late Duc de la Rochefoucald-Liancourt, who, after the Revolution, established an English farm here, with a school of industry, &c., besides introducing vaccination. He is buried in the park, under a plain tomb.

Creil (44 miles), a buffet for refreshments, 42 miles from Paris. Here the branch lines to St. Quentin and Beauvais, &c., turn off (see Routes 5, 7). It stands among hills, on the Oise, and has an old bridge, a church with a good spire, manufactories of pottery and pipes; with traces of the old château (on an island), where Charles VI. was placed when lunatic, and of St. Evremond's Abbey. A direct line to Paris. to cut off the corner towards Pontoise, is now finished, and a branch to Senlis and Chantilly has been commenced. Pop., 3,181. Hotel du Chemin de Fer. Coach to Senlis.

[SENLIS (16 kil. north-east) is a sous-préfecture with 5,800 pop., in department Oise, on a hill side among the forests of Halatte, Chantilly, &c., where the Aunette and Nonette join. It was the capital of the Silvanectes, in Cæsar's time, and has traces of Roman-built walls, with several old gates, as the Porte de Meaux, Porte de Bellon, Porte de Compèigne, &c., besides St. Louis' ruined castle. Philippe Auguste was married here, 1180, to Elizabeth of Hainault; and it stood seven or eight fierce assaults of the Leaguers, 1588. The old cathedral Church,

rebuilt by Louis XII., on the site of Charle magne's, has a plain front, with a corner spire on a pinnacled tower, 225 feet high; also two good north and south porches, built by Francis I. There are, besides, a theatre in St. Aignan's old church; a hospice, now the Hôtel de Ville, a public library of 8,000 vols.

At 2 kil.from Senlis is the old abbey of St. Victoire, a favourite resort of Louis XI. The cross-bow men of this place were noted in the 16th cent. Trade in wool, cotton, lace, grain, wine, chicory, stone, &c.

Hotel.-Du Grand Cerf (Stag).

St. Leu-d'Esserent (4 miles), in department Oise, on a hill side, with a conspicuous church in the transition style. It has important lime quarries, and lace is made. Coaches to Senlis and Chantilly. [CHANTILLY (4 kil. east) which belonged to the

Counts of Senlis, has remains of a Château of the Montmorencys and the great Condé, who was visited by Louis XIV., when Vatel, his cook, killed himself because the fish had not come; and which, as enlarged by his family, was pulled down at the Revolution. What remains, including a hunting seat on the lake, a chapel, splendid stables, for 180 horses (built 1719-35), the English garden and grounds, was sold, 1852, by the Duke d' Aumale, along with the forest of 20,000 acres, and Hez forest of 43,000 acres, to Majoribanks and Antrobus, the bankers, for 11,000,000 fr. Twelve roads meet at the centre of this forest, called the Round Table, where the "Derby" and "St. Leger" are run for, at the annual Races of the French Jockey Club, in May and October. On lake Commelle, is a lodge, built, they say, by St. Louis's mother, Blanche of Castile, and lately restored. Blonde lace, articles in wood, &c. are made. Hotels.-Du Cerf; Du Cygne; Des Bains; Du Lion d'Or. Pop., 2,500.

Precy (2 miles) is the next station. [MORTEFONTAINE (18 kil. south-east), has a château, built 1770, which belonged to Joseph Bonaparte when the French treaty with America was signed here, 1800. The preliminaries of the Peace of Amiens were a ljusted in the Vallière pavilion, in the park (on the site of a castle of the 11th cent.), where they used to show the boat in which Sir Sidney Smith was captured at Havre, 1796. This picturesque mixture of woods, hills, rocks, lakes, canals, falls, &c., is thought to be more English than any other place in France. Traces of a Roman camp are seen at Butto-Mahet.]

Boran (2) miles), and its suspension bridge. Beaumont-sur-Oise (4 miles), on a rock at the bridge over the river, has a tower of its old feudal castle, which commanded the pass here. The promenade overlooks a rich prospect. Coaches to Viarmes (near Royaumont old abbey, in Chantilly forest); Noailles (near Pierre-aux-Fées druid stones); Jouey, Presle, &c.

[At 12 kil. east is LUZARCHES, on a hill side, with remains of a Château on the site of a palace which Charlemagne gave to St. Denis' Abbey. The Collegiate Church, of the 13th cent., was built over the relics of St. Côme, the patron of surgeons..] Ile-Adam (4 miles), so called from an island in the river, on which stood a château built, 1200, by the seigneurs, one of whom was the famous Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, Philippe de Adam, who held out so long at the siege of Rhodes, 1522, against 200,000 Turks. The neighbourhood is striking. Its château afterwards came to the family of Condé.

became the seat of Queen Hortense (Duchess of St.
Leu), mother of Louis Napoleon, who, out of love to
her memory, began, in 1851, a handsome new chur
Here his
on the site of the old Gothic building.
father, Louis, King of Holland; his grandfather,
Carlo Bonaparte; and other members of the family
now rest.

Ermont (1 mile), from which coaches go to Sannois, Montlignon, Domont; to Andilly, a fine spot in Montmorency forest; St. Prix; and Eaubonne, in a pretty valley of the forest, near an oak planted by Franklin, who lived here, as did St. Lambert, Rousseau, &c.

Enghien-les-Bains (2 miles), on lake St. Gratien, is noted for its sulphur springs, used between June and September, and has a large bathing-house, ball-room, &c. It is a favourite excursion for the l'Ile-Parisians, as it combines the amusements of boating, donkey-racing, rambling in the forest, and eating the delicious cherries off the tree in the season. Trains come up almost hourly. The springs were discovered in 1766, and are about 60° temp.; the neighbourhood

Auvers (4 miles), on the Oise, has an old con- is very pleasant. Hotel de Quatre Pavillons. Coaches spicuous church.

Pontoise (21 miles) a sous préfecture of 4,300 persons, in department Seine-et-Oise, on a rock, over the Oise, where 'the Viosne joins), here crossed by a bridge or pont, which gave it its present and its ancient name (Briva-Isara.) It was held by the Normans, and by Talbot, 1419-41, who took it by a ruse de guerre, viz., dressing his men in white when snow was on the ground. St. Maclou's church is ancient, and has an alarm bell, with an inscription on it. There are also a large hospital and a library of 3,000 vols., besides remains of its old walls and a castle. General Leclerc was a native; as was Flamel, an alchemist, and illuminator of the 14th cent.

Hotels.-Grand Cerf; Des Messageries. Coaches to Magny and Gisors (see Route 8) and to Marines, Moyneville, and Chaumont. [CHAUMONT-OISE, (30 kil. north-west), on a hill, topped by the Gothic church, whence there is a wide prospect. The houses are of good brick. Blonde lace, leather, &c., are made; and there are large fairs for cattle and horses.]

At Pontoise the line turns round to the southeast to

Herblay (5 miles), which lies to the west, by the

Seine.

Franconville (1 mile) in a very attractive part of the valley of Montmorency.

Coach to St. Leu-Taverney, (3 kil. north), where Mad. de Genlis had a seat in which the last Duke of Bourbon hung himself, 1830. After Mad. de Genlis, it

to Soisy, Groslay, and Montmorency.
[MONTMORENCY (3 kil. north), a pretty place on a
hill, founded 1008, by Burchard the Bearded, a
robber chieftain of this part. It gave name to a
noble house, the premier Christian Barons, as
they used to be called; and came to the family
of Condé with the title of Duke, to which
Louis XIV. added that of Enghein, after the
above place. The large Gothic church of the
14th cent. has some good stained glass.
One walk through the chesnut Forest leads to
Ecouen, past Mont Louis, and the Hermitage,
where the pernicious sentimentalist, Rousseau
wrote his Emile, &c. It has his bust and furni
ture. Gretry, the composer, died in it.]
Epinay (2 miles), a station on the Seine, has many
country houses, with that of Brêche, which Gabrielle
d'Estrées, Henry IV.'s mistress, lived in. Fourcroy,
Lacepéde, Marquis Somariva, &c., resided here;
and Mad. Houdetot, at Ormesson.

[ARNOUVILLE to the north-east, on the Crould, has
an old unfinished château, of the last century,
built by garde-des-sceaux (lord keeper) Machault.
A little further on is Gonesse, the birth-place of
Philippe Auguste, 1166, and for a long time
famous for its bread. At 9 kil. north is Ecouc
château, on a hill, built in the Renaissance style,
with high roof, pilasters, &c. Latterly it belonged
to the prince of Condé.]

St. Denis (1 miles) a sous préfecture of department Seine, with a pop. of 9,600, on two little branches

of the Seine, and on the canal joining the river to Canal de l'Ourcq, is the old burial-place of the French

ROUTE 2.

and Paris.

Distance, 168 miles, or 272 kil.; four trains daily, two express, in 6 to 8 hours.

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER,

77 miles from Amiens; 29 sea miles from Folkestone. HOTELS.-Des Bains et de Belle Vue.-First-class hotel for families and gentlemen. Mr. E. MuntonHoussé, proprietor.

Du Pavillon Imperial des Bains de Mer.-A large and extensive first-rate hotel, admirably situated, facing the sea. M. Bourgois, proprietor.

kings, who were interred in the Church of the Bene- Boulogne to St. Valery, Abbeville, Amiens, dictine Abbey, founded 613, by Dagobert. Length, 390 feet. breadth, 100; and 80 feet high to the vault. It was rebuilt, 1144-1281, the oldest part being Abbé Segur's Romanesque front and towers, one of which was, till lately, 360 feet high, and has been restored by Napoleon and his successors with great splendour. The new windows are stained with historical subjects, and the chapels, &c., are full of paintings and frescoes. Among the monuments, &c., are those of Dagobert (not older than St. Louis's time), Louis XII. and Queen, Henry II. and Queen, Francis I. and Queen, Duguesclin the soldier, Henry III. and IV., Francis II. (Mary Stuart's husband), and the twelve Apostles, in the Choeur d'Hivre. The oriflamme, or banner of France, which used to be kept here, was carried in front of the army to the old cry of "Montjoie St. Denis," down to the battle of Agincourt; there is a fine organ. In the crypt below are statues and cenotaphs of all the sovereigns, some as old as the

11th cent.

The abbey house, as rebuilt by Cotte, is used as an Asylum for orphans of the Legion of Honour, founded in 1809. Omnibuses run to Paris. Many corn-mills, breweries, and tanneries; a large sheep fair in June. A bridge across Ile St. Denis, in the Seine, leads to Gennevilliers.

Hotel.-Du Lapin que Fume.

Our line now passes St. Ouen, a place on the Seine, with a château, inhabited at various times by several distinguished personages, and specially noted for the promise of the Charter, here given by Louis XVIII., when re-entering Paris in 1814. The caves about it are used as granaries and icehouses.

Clignancourt on one side, and Aubervilliers on the other, are next passed. Then Montmartre, a hill 300 feet above the Seine, with a church, citadel, and reservoir at the top, whence there is a fine view over Paris. It is also marked by its quarries of plaster of Paris, its windmills, and guinguettes, for pleasureseekers.

Chapelle St. Denis is just outside the Barrière St. Denis, which divides the city from the old province of Ile de France, now called the department de Seine; and at length the Embarcadère, or

Paris Terminus, is reached, at Clos St. Lazaire, Place Roubaix, near the Barrière. It was opened in 1846. A new terminus is to be built opposite Rue de Denain. Omnibuses, &c., wait on every train. See Bradshaw's Paris Guide and the Continental Guide; and Routes 10 and 34, for Versailles, and other places round Paris.

and very good.
Grand Hotel Christol. -A large hotel, well situated,

D'Angleterre.-A well situated hotel.

of the best situated, opposite the Bath Establish Brighton and Marine Hotel.-Very good, and one ment; kept by Mr. Edouard Lecerf.

Hughes' Royal Hotel.-A well-conducted excellent house.

Hotel de Londres, kept by Mr. Charles Fournier, the oldest establishment in the town. Good attend ance. Table d'hôte at 6 o'clock.

London and Folkestone steamers.
Bedford Hotel, facing the landing-place of the

De l'Europe, close to the steam-packet stations, highly recommended.

Packham's Hotel du Louvre, facing the terminus of the Paris Railway. Comfortable, and moderate charges. Situated near the station.

Chaussée, near the landing place, kept by Mrs. Le
Select Boarding Establishment, 87, Rue Neure
Camus.

Du Nord; De la Paix; Univers; De la Gare;
Croix de Bourgogne.

The Boarding Establishment of Mr. Howe is excellent.

There is a Buffet and every accommodation at the station.

ENGLISH LIBRARIES AND READING ROOMS.

Mr. Merridew, 60, Rue Napoleon, and Mr. Seal's, 34 and 39, Grande Rue, next door to the Museum, both of which establishments are depôts for the sale of Bradshaw's Guides and Hand-books.

Post Office, No. 8, Rue des Vieillards; open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The English Consul, W. Hamilton, Esq., resides at the top of Rue des Vieillards, near the sous-préfec ture; office open from 10 to 2, and 7 to 8, for certifi cates to obtain permits to embark. The permit office is at the Douane, on the packet boat quay. The distance between London and Paris by this route is of sea), the company's boats being as regular as those 70 miles shorter than by way of Calais (with 29 miles of the government, and the conveniences for landing, &c., equally good. A low water landing-stage is nearly completed. Luggage, fr. each large package; the porters are civil and quick. Omnibuses to the railway station. Passengers by through trains (in 10 London or Paris terminus. Those going on to Marhours) are now not examined till their arrival at the seilles should declare to that effect, to save delay at Paris., Paris time, 9 minutes before London. (See Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide.)

w. G. Hawtayne; Lower Town, Rev. W. K. Groves; English Episcopal Chapels.-Upper Town, Rev. Rue Royale, Rev. J. Bewsher; Rue de la Lampe

Rev. J. C. Furlong. Wesleyan Chapel-Rev. W. | newest houses are at Tirtelleries, on the north, Toase. Scotch Chapel-Rev. Mr. Stewart. There where most of the English residents live. Of the -is a French Protestant chapel.

Population, 29,860.

OBJECTS OF NOTICE.-. Citadel-Hotel de Ville-Museum - Napoleon Column-Fishermen's Chapel.

Boulogne is a sous-préfecture, (department Pasde-Calais), port, military post of the 2nd class, and packet station, on the Channel, 112 miles from London. In spite of 6,000 of his countrymen who live here, an Englishman feels himself at once in a foreign country on landing, and his first walk up Rue de l'Ecu, is like a scene in a play. The entrance to the harbour lies between two wooden piers or jetties, at the mouth of the Liane, 2,200 feet and 1,640 feet long, which lead up to the Port and Bassin; the former being in the channel of the river. The latter was made by Napoleon, to hold his flat-bottomed transports for conveying his troops to England. Above it are three bridges, beyond which the Liane expands into something like a lake. Boulogne was called Gesoriacum Bononia by the Romans, after Bononia (now Bologna) in Italy. They used it as a military port, and built a light-honse here (the Tour d'Ordre), which was carried away by the sea, 1644, except some traces near the baths. Attila attacked it, as did the Northmen, in the 9th century; and Henry VIII. took it, 1544-one of his knights (buried at Hardres, in Kent,) carrying off its gates, with a famous image of the Virgin from Notre Dame, which was afterwards returned, but destroyed with the cathedral at the Revolution. Hence the old signs of Bull and Gate (Boulogne Gate) and Bull and Mouth, in London. Edward VI. gave it up to the French six years later. Napoleon intended to invade England from here, and collected 300,000 men under Soult, for that purpose, but never ventured out of port. In connexion with this, it is curious to note that the British army, when they took Paris, 1814, encamped in the Bois de Boulogne, near that city-a wood, it may be remarked, first named after a branch religious house of this Boulogne by the seaside.

.Boulogne is divided into Haute and Basse Ville (Upper and Lower town); the former, on the hills, being the oldest. Here are Vauban's Citadel, including some older towers, and the old walls, now turned into a pleasant promenade, from which you may catch a glimpse of Dover. Louis Napoleon was, at first, confined in the citadel after his unsuccessful attempt of 1840, when, with a tame eagle on his fist, he landed here almost alone, from one of the General Steam Navigation Company's boats. The best and

gates only three are left, the principal one being Porte des Dunes-after the dunes or sand hills which line the shore towards Calais. Water is supplied by 17 fountains and a reservoir; the lamps are now lit with gas, supplied by a usine à gaz.

Among the chief buildings are, Nôtre Dame church, a Grecian pile, with a cupola built 1827, on the site of the cathedral; the bishop's palace, now a school; the old hotel of the Dukes d'Aumont; and the house which Napoleon stopped at, now rather grandly styled the Palace Impériale; all in the Upper town. In this part also is the Hotel de Ville, with ar old Beffroi or belfry tower, near it, 140 feet high. This stands on the site of a castle of the ancient Counts of Boulogne.

The Museum, in Grand Rue, has a collection of arms, coins, Roman, and other antiquities, natural objects, &c., and is open three days a-week. Among the coins, notice a medal (now exceedingly rare) struck by Napoleon, bearing the vain-glorious inscrip. tion, ("hooknosed Caesar's thrasonical boast") Frappée à Londres, 1804,' but really struck at Paris. The public library (bibliothèque) attached to this, contains 22,000 vols. and 300 MSS., some being illuminated.

There are also a palais de justice, hospitals, barracks, many French and English schools, three convents, a house in Rue de Château, replacing one which Le Sage (the author of Gil Blas) died in, and a theatre in Rue Monsigny, on the site of the Cordeliers' convent. Campbell the poet, died in Rue St. Jean. The handsome new Baths have dancing, music, billiard, and reading rooms attached. Subscriptions 20 fr. a month; a bath, 1 fr. The bathkeeper, M. Hennin, is a fine looking man, covered with medals, received at various times for saving the lives of more than seventy persons from drowning. The races in August attract many visitors to Boulogne.

The Napoleon Column, one mile out of the town, was begun 1804, by the Grande Armée, and finished by Louis XVIII.; a statue of Napoleon was put up, 1841. It is in the composite style, 180 feet high, 13 feet diameter, with a staircase within, and commands & fine prospect. Beyond this is a Chapel containing ex voto offerings of the fishermen, who form a distinct class here, as elsewhere. It deserves a visit.

In the neighbourhood are Mont Lambert, Mont Outreau, Mont St. Etienne, and other points of view, and remains of a Roman road to Vissant, the ancient Portus Itius; the gardens at Denaire, and the châteaux of Cregni, Colombert, and de la Co

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miles from Calais 21 miles from Paris, at a 5,9 (4000, where the line to Boulogne parts off, either at Uniens, or sometimes at Longuzau, close by it. Poengers by the night train may stop here, to avoid getting into Paris too early. The 10 30 staffords sime to breakfast and see the Cato das da i then reach Paris by 2

MOPKER De France et d'Angleterre, highly Fecommended. Omnibuses at the station convey mussed to the hotel, where there are private carriages for the use of travellers.

Pa Rhin, Place St. Denis, near to the railway, and highly recommended for cleanliness and moderate hug

Do Univers; Des Trois Pigeons; De la Somme. $U'OBJECTS OF NOTICE.-Cathedral Hotel də Ville--Bibliothèque- the Hautoye.

Pop. 33,000. A large, fortified, and very old town, the capital of department Somme (formerly of Picardy), seat of a cour impériale (assize court), tribunal, college, and bishopric, on the river Somme, which divides itself in its course here into eleven or twelve canals, and contributes to the manufacturing prosperity of the town. It was the Roman Ambiani. The Spaniards took it by stratagem, 1597, but it was almost immediately recovered. In 1802, the peace of Amiens was signed here, as being a sort of half way place between London and Paris-a petite paix, at which the English rejoiced so much that it made Notson ay he was "ashamed of his country," and which tasted about a twelvemonth. The streets and howle place or square) la market), walks só

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