PLACE DES VICTOIRES is circular, and has a bronze statue of Louis XIV., by Bosio. Close by is the Church of Nôtre Dame des Victoires, with a beautifully decorated and much frequented shrine in the Lady Chapel.

Places of Worship-(Protestant).-Church service at the Embassy Chapel, in Rue d'Aguesseau, Faubourg St. Honoré, at 11 and 4; Episcopal Chapel, Avenue Marbœuf, on the Champs Elysées, at 11 and 3; Bishop Spencer and Rev. Dr. Anderson. Church Service at 18, Rue de l'Arcade, near the Madeleine; Chaplain supplied by the Colonial Church Society. Independent Chapel, 18, Rue Faubourg St. Honoré; Rev. J. Shellock. Wesleyan Chapel, No. 11, Rue Royal St. Honoré, in French and English, at 12 and 7. British and American Church, Rue Chauchat, Boulevard des Italiens, at 4. Friends' Meeting Room and Library, at R. Develay's Boarding House, 19, Rue Neuve des Mathurins, near the Madeleine. Jews' Synagogue, 14, Rue Neuve St. Laurent, in Rue du Temple, at 11 and 3.

French Protestant Churches (called Temples) of the Reformed Communion. Temple de l'Oratoire, 157, Rue St. Honoré, at 113. Temple de St. Marie, 216, Rue St. Antoine, at 11. Temple de Pentamont, 108, Rue de Grenelle St. Germain, at 11. Temple de BatignollesMonceaux, 38, between the Barrières de Clichy and Monceaux, at 123. The pastors are Rev. MM. Juillerat, Coquerel (Unitarian), Martin-Paschoud, Vermeil, Monod, &c. Of the Augsbourg Confession: Church, 16, Rue des Billettes, at 12 in French, at 2 in German; Eglise de la Redemption, Rue Chauchat, at 11, in French; Rev. MM. Cuvier, Verny, Meyer, Vallette. Sunday Schools (held at 9 a.m.) are attached to nearly all.

POLICE OFFICE. See Palais de Justice.

Ponts.-PONT D'ARCOLE, a suspension bridge, near the Hôtel de Ville, not named after Napoleon's feat at Arcole, as might be supposed, but suggested by a similar act of daring by a young man who led the Parisians against the troops, 1830, and whose name, curiously enough, was Arcole.

PONT DES ARTS, between the Louvre and Palais des Beaux Arts (the oldest iron bridge in Paris), was first built, 1804, and is 546 feet long.

PONT D'AUSTERLITZ (424 feet long), on five iron arches, was built 1801-6, by Beaupré. PONT AU CHANGE, where the money changers lived, at the end of Rue St. Denis, 369 feet long.

PONT DE LA CONCORDE, opposite that Place, was built 1787-90, by Peyronnet, on five oval arches, 461 feet long, 61 broad. Some of the stones used were taken from the Bastille. The twelve statues which adorned it are now at Versailles.

PONT DES INVALIDES, opposite the Hotel des Invalides, a stone bridge, 350 feet long.

PONT DE JÉNA, opposite the Champ de Mars, a simple but elegant five-arch bridge on a level, 460 feet long, and so called after the great battle of 1806. Blucher would have blown it up, 1814, but for the interference of the Duke of Wellington.

PONT LOUIS PHILIPPE, a double suspension bridge from Ile de la Cité, across the end of Ile St. Louis.

Pont Neuf (New Bridge), joining Rues Dauphiné and de la Monnaie, across Ile de la Cité, was begun, 1578, by Henry III., and finished, 1604, by Henry IV. It is the "London bridge" of Paris, is on twelve arches, and is 1,020 feet long, by 78 broad. A little on one side of the middle, at the end of the Island, is Limot's bronze equestrian statue of Henri

Quatre, the favourite hero of France. It was set up, 1818, by Louis XVIII., in place of one erected by Henri's widow; and is 14 feet high, weighing 30,000lbs. In one of the bas-reliefs on the marble pedestal, the generous king (qui fut de ses sujets le vainquer et le père) feeds the poor people of his rebellious capital which he was then besieging; and in the other he sends a message of peace to them. The shops, once on this bridge, are removed, and the bridge itself has been restored.

PONT NOTRE DAME, near the Hôtel de Ville, is the oldest bridge in Paris, rebuilt 1499-1507, and is 362 feet long.

PETIT PONT, near Hôtel Dieu, is 104 feet long.

PONT ROYAL leads from the Tuileries to the Quai d'Orsay, and to the Palais d'Orsay, in Rue de Lille, a vast building, begun by Napoleon, in the Renaissance style, occupied by the Conseil d'Etat.

POPINCOURT (Rue) contains St. Ambroise church and the Abbatoir of Ménilmontant.

Porte St. Denis, Rue du Faubourg St. Denis, is a triumphal Arch to Louis XIV., built 1672, by Blondell, 72 feet high, the mid arch being 43 high and 25 wide. The carvings and inscriptions refer to the passage of the Rhine, taking of Maestrecht (Trajectum ad Mosam), &c. Much fighting took place here, 1830.

PORT ST. MARTIN. in Boulevard St. Martin, built 1674, by Blondell's pupil, Bullet, is another arch, raised in honour of Louis XIV., after the taking of Besançon (Vesontio) and Limbourg. It is 54 feet by 54, the centre arch being 15 wide and 30 high. Louis appears as Hercules, with a wig, and with his emblem, the grand Soleil or Sun. Near it is Girard's handsome Château d'Eau, or reservoir, built 1811.

Post Office.-General Office (Hôtel des Postes) in Rues Jean-Jacques-Rousseau and Coq. Héron. There are 17 branch offices called Bureaux d'Arrondissement, and 268 smaller, called Boites aux Lettres. For Paris, a 1-oz. prepaid letter is charged 10 cents (1d.) by postage stamps; for the rest of France, a uniform charge of 20 cents. (2d.) Letters from and to England, 4d. Letters for the departments and foreign countries are in time at the boites till half past three; at the bureaux till four; at the General Office till five, or till three on Sundays and holidays, when the Exchange is shut. Letters may be directed to a traveller, "Poste Restante," i.e. to be called for, at Paris or any other town, and will be delivered upon showing the passport, between eight and seven (or eight and five on Sunday.-Daily Express Office, for despatch of small parcels, samples, law-papers, &c., in Rue Montmartre, No. 121. Railway Termini (Embarcadères).

1.-To Boulogne, Calais, Brussels, &c., Place Roubaix.

2.-To Rouen, Havre, Dieppe, Cherbourg, Rue d'Amsterdam, No. 15.

3.-To Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Boulevard de Strasbourg.

4.-To Lyons, Marseilles, &c., Boulevard Mazas.

5.-To Orleans, Moulins, Tours, Nantes, Bordeaux, Corbeil, &c., Boulevard de l' Hôpital, No. 5.

6.-To Rennes and Versailles (rive gauche, or left bank of Seine), Boulevard du Mont Par

nasse.

7.-To St. Germain and Versailles (rive droite), Rue St. Lazare, No. 124. Opened 1837, (the oldest made).

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8.-To Sceaux, Boulevard d'Enfer.

About 661bs. of baggage is allowed on the main lines. A Ceinture Railway to girdle Paris, is already completed between the Strasbourg, Northern, and Rouen lines. 24 miles long, for large omnibuses, carrying goods for the most part, was opened November, A horse railway, 1853, from Place de la Concorde to St. Cloud.

RICHELIEU (Rue) has, at No. 58, the Bibliothèque Impériale and a public fountain, called Fountaine de Molière, opposite, near Molière's house, No. 34.

RIVOLI (Rue de) contains the Tuileries, Place du Carousel, Louvre, Hôtel des Finances, Tour de St. Jacques. This fine street now extends nearly two miles, passing the Hôtel de Ville, and is lined with stone Houses and shops, 6 and 7 stories high. From the Hôtel de Ville, a similar street is projected to the Strasbourg station.

ROYALE (Rue) has the Madeleine in it.

SAINTE CHAPELLE. See Palais de Justice.

SEVRES (Rue de) contains the Institution Impériale des Jeunes Aveugles, and the Hospice des Femmes Incurables.

SEVERIN (Rue St.) has, at No. 3, St. Severin's church.

Temple, now a convent, in Rue du Temple, belonged to the Knights Templars whom Philippe de Bel suppressed, 1312 (when Molay, the grand-master, and the grand prior, Guy, were burnt before Nôtre Dame), and was a refuge for debtors, &c. What remains of it is the Prior's House, built 1566, by Jacques de Souvre, grand prior of the Knights of St. John, but since much altered. The tower where Louis XVI. was imprisoned before his execution, (21st January, 1793), and in which Sir S. Smith, Captain Wright, Pichegru, and Toussaint l'Ouverture were confined, was taken down, 1805; but a model is kept. The rooms also in which the king was first confined, after 10th August, 1792, remain in their old state, covered │with gilt leather and carvings. A market for old clothes, furniture, &c., is held here.

TEMPLE (Rue du) has the Temple, and St. Elizabeth's church (opposite No. 94). Theatres. etc.-French Opera House, Rue Lepelletier, near the Boulevard des Italiens, has a front 64 feet high, with a double arcade, and an interior 66 feet wide; a stage, 42 feet by 82; a fine saloon, 186 feet long. boxes, baignoires are boxes near the pit, parterre is the pit (used only by men.) Places for 2,000. In French Theatres, loges are the them open at six.

Most of

ITALIAN OPERA, Rue Marsollier, is 154 feet by 110, with a double arcaded front. OPERA COMIQUE, Place des Italiens, has a six column portico. Theatre Francais, Rue Richelieu, corner of Palais Royal, was built, 1787, by Philippe Egalité, and has a Doric front 110 feet high. Places for 1,500 Houdon's statue of Voltaire, busts, and memorials of Molière, &c. Mesdemoiselles Mars and In the hall and saloon are Rachel appeared here. Prices 1 to 8 fr.-At the north-west corner of Place Palais Royal is the small Théâtre du Palais Royal, built 1831

THEATRE DU GYMNASE DRAMATIQUE, Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, has a six-column front. Scribe's plays were brought out here.

THEATRE IMPERIAL DE L'ODEON, PLACE DE L'ODEON rebuilt 1820, after a fire, has a portico of eight pillars, and stands 161 feet by 112, and 64 high, with places for 1,600.

THEATRE LYRIQUE, Boulevard du Temple was built by Alexandre Dumas (1847), and is