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full; and the piazzas of the Palais Royal, through which 

 we passed in our way to Rue Vivicnne, were particularly 

 crowded. The rain had prevented the accustomed excur- 

 sions of one class of the inhabitants to the public gardens of 

 Beaujon, Marboeuf, Tivoli or Frescati, and of another 

 class to the numerous guinguettes in the environs of the ca- 

 pital ; and the Parisians thus made amends for their disap- 

 pointment. The boue of Paris was this day very offensive, 

 and foot-passengers were in continual hazard of being be- 

 spattered by reason of carriages incessantly passing from one 

 side to the other of the overflowing central gutter. — All the 

 minor theatres, we are told, will be crowded to-night. What 

 a contrast with Edinburgh ! It is almost impossible for a 

 Scotsman to recognize the Day of Rest at Paris. 



Monumens Francois. 



Sept. 29. — According to a previous arrangement, we this 

 morning proceeded to view the French monuments collect- 

 ed together in the great monastery of the Augustins and 

 its chapel, situate in Rue des Petits Augustins, Fauxbourg 

 St Germain. The monuments have been derived from 

 chinches and religious houses in every part of France, 

 which had been suppressed in the levelling and revolu- 

 tionary period before the rise of Buonaparte. They are 

 in general classed according to their age, and very ncat- 

 lv displayed ; their erection here having occupied, for seve- 

 ral years, the whole attention of M. Le Noir, a person 

 of distinguished taste. The first objects arc ancient altars 

 of the Gauls, leading back the mind to the age which pre- 

 ceded the introduction of Christianity into France. Then 

 appeared the tombs of Clovis and of Charlemagne. Amidst 

 the sculpture of the early ages is introduced, by way of 

 contrast', the statue of Corneille, and some other excellent 

 |h cimeiu of modern art. Separate halls for the 13th and 



