The National Register.
London, England, 1814-10-23 00:00:00

LONDON AND PARIS.

There is a pigment comparison between these two cities in OD*
of the French Journal*.

Setting out front a village. in Britany. after the signature of
the peace. I crossed the Channel and proceeded to London, I ails
now 11:tinned and in Paris. I will tell )isu the impression that the
two places made upon
" London is twice a biz as Paris. The streets are wider, and
cleaner ; the footpaths infinitely mom commode for walkers. At
Paris they have only theeght ot those who retie in carriage*.
" There are not-in Paris any other th,,n middling fortune.), cow-
pared with those in London ; but in London e :cry article of the
first necessity is dearer.—There is more money—hut yon are Obli•
ged to spend Illoilc—So this firings things to the solo(.
" The 'mintier of girls of lhe town who ruin after and accost gen-
ilemen is rental kably greater in London would
have you know this proves nothing in favour of the manhersl
" The atmosplw.c of Pails is fitter than that of London. Lou'
dun is vast but dismal Paris k dirty,/ but gay.
" In London there ate no,Coffee houses like those of Paris,- CT
at least thete are very few. A stranger (loci not know what to do
with himself in the evening if he does not g!) to the T!teatre—uo-
fec. he can bear to pass the hours in a tap-rooiu filled with amoke,
where besides, no one speaks to anuthvr. and there is no convict-
sat ion. •
.4 In London the shops are superb—the equiplges nognifiecol--•
hut at night all brilliancy disappear.—the shops ate shut. The
streets and their inhabitants ate silent. The glimmering of halt'
!i kited contract lamps make its darkness visible. The streets TC•
soobie at this time, the Corridures in a deaf and dumb academy, or
tile cloisters of a couvent.
" The so erts of Paris are to the hour of midnight as light as
day, thanks to the Magazines des .llodes to the Quinquels of the
toy-shops, and the Nutt ills of the fanatics.
" There are not at Loudon us ill I'avis those vast collections of
picture,, statues, and other object• of the fine art- ; (awl he mieht
have added—the few thi•re are, are nut accessible bat with infinite
laboar and difficulty.)
4. The Seine, campared with the Thames, is somewhat Bourgroit
awl tile ve.s•els that cootie up from Grave•eod hit ye another twit of
look than the galliots that de.rend from St. Cfool.
" rie private hott4es of London have a neater appearance than
those of Paris : hat in the inside they are not sg, well arranger!.
" There are not in London shell monuments of atchitectrre as
in- Paris. The Admiralty is not equal to the Hotel di'' loyal des
P.nti'. cannot compare with the Chord, of St.
n
erwric..4
Jame.'s Palace is but a Dieuque beside the Timilleiles or the

Louvre,
One thing, at Landow, very droll is the * xtreme freedom of
Aiwoorse. Every one delivers his opinioo withont flit. least re-erve.
and althoft caring whom he offends It i• w)t uncommon to • !gee
tHn Entriklinien arDiincf.r 1110 11111111: CH it cr %%filch they
are dismeoleally opposite, and ttot without the west Feat. with-
out raising the voice, a' n itJll llt convieseiiii: one another, Every
one keeps is notion, and Iltcy sei orate emr,lially shaking earl, other
by the hand, after wordy that woohl have ten time% over determined
c,liipte aa r Frenchmen to cot one anotio.rx throats.
" The En:o6h women nee eenerally t:01, well nvole, and beantifal„
lint I be! their pardNn they waoi tournenre and I le.yatire. 11' in,
point of feattit CA alld lici:ht they are uttperini to the l'arisian befit*
how flinch ale they inferior to them in raise and le.hitni.
a 4 The Enzli•h wootett ale riTy teniler—roost tattier,
" French women are eltarini4.°