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London, England, 1867-07-20 00:00:00

tan, a memorial so invaluable. Ido not, however,
answer for all this—

to sail that evening for her destination. The Eliza-
beth Tatham, sailing freight ship, also left Wool-
wich laden with buiLling materials for the hospital
under construction at Bermuda.
A large number of the Belgian Volunteers have
visited the departments of Woolwich Arsenal and
Dockyard during the week, orders having been given
by the Admiralty and War officials for their recep-
tion any day during the working hours. On Thurs-
day an accident, which fortunately was not attended
with the consequences which might have befallen
him, happened to one of their number while they
were inspecting the dockyard saw-mills. He ap-
proached very incautiously the revolving circular
steam saw, and was caught by the driving band,
causing a lacerated wound across the hand and
fingers, which bled copiously. He was taken at once
to the local infirmary, where he stated to Dr. Play-
fair that he was a medical man. He assisted in ap-
plying the necessary remedies himself, although suf-
fering great pain from the wounds.
The B and E batteries of the B brigade Royal
Horse Artillery, in command of Lieut.-Col. Reilly,
C. 8., and Capt. Saunders, and the A and E bat-
teries of the Bth brigade Field Artillery, iu com-
mand of Capts. Whinyates and Sievwright, are
ordered to go down to Wimbledon this morning
'rom Woolwich to be present at the review.

Miscellaneous Foreign News.

(From Correspondents of the Anglo-American Times.)
PARIS, July 18.
I promised in my letter last week to give our
numerous friends now visiting Paris some hints
how to get along there. Singularly enough since
its publication I have been indirectly reminded of
that promise by a gentleman who called at the office
to purchase the journal, and who, in the course of
conversation, said, all at once, " By the way, I wish
you could recommend me a good hotel or restaurant,
where I could breakfast or dine reasonably ; I make
a very light breakfast, but I have never as yet paid
less than four francs, and the dinners are charged
in the same proportion." "My dear Sir," said I,
"in rambling through Paris for the purpose of
visiting its various places of public attraction, it
would be utterly absurd for you to think of losing
your time in coming back to breakfast or dine
at any special hotel, when you c b
an otain all
you want at almost every dozen yards distance
and as you speak a little French, you say
you cannot encounter the least difficulty. Set out
first with the knowledge that in Paris, as I believe
is the custom generally in France, the breakfast and
dinner form the two special, if not the two only,
meals of the day. At all events they are what one
may term the pieces de resistance, and each not much
unlike the other. The first is taken about eleven,
or very nearly ; the second from five to six, or a
little later. This is a piece of information worthy
to be remembered, inasmuch as the great bulk of
the restaurateurs naturally make their provision for
their guests at these hours, and at another time of
the day would be found proportionably unprovided.
The next thing to be remembered is, take what's
going, and don't ask for things difficult to procure
at once. At each meal you will have for a
certainty a choice of soups, meat boiled and
roasted, vegetables of several kinds, and frequently
fish and game. In like manner you are sure of
several sorts of cheese, various kinds of preserved
fruits, and coffee at the finish, with a miniature
decanter of eau de vie, of which you may take as
much as pleases you, either in your coffee or par se,
the decanter being marked with a graduated scale,
so that the smallest quantity taken is perceptible to
the experienced eye of the garcon in attendance.
In most restaurants you will find a carte to order
from, with the prices attached, but in all other
instances you must muster up French enough to
demand what they have, and to give your orders
consequent upon the information. And now for the
cost. If the reader be millionnaire or gourmand, or
both together, I should recommend him the Freres
ProveLcaux, where the bill of fare for the .dinner
would probably resemble the following :—Potage
an lait d'amandes, tranches de inelon, radis roses et
beurre de Bretagne, buisson tie eoquillages, bouchties
a 10.11eine,MatelotteLegiona3ire, E.ltrecotessur fonds
de totnates, Supreme de Poulets Vichy aux tnoriAles,
liouraids a l'Americaine, Dindomrcaux Barentin
nature, Feves Sautees au beurre, Girolles de Fon-
tainebleau a la paysanne, Reine Clau.le Peefies
d'Arcueil, Figares frappes au Champagne, Fromagp
Louis de Baviere, Porie Laurent, Chateau d'Aygnem,
51; Dupre ; Clos de la Maltroye, 65, de Beuve-
raine ; Chateau ICirwen, 56 ; Champagne de Venoge

from

frappe.
If, however, the reader should, on the other
hand, be only an ordinary mortal, satisfied with
supplying the wants of nature, and believing that
if he has any spare cash there are many better ways
of employing it than in gourmanderie and prodi-
gality. I will venture to draw his attention to
another carte, which he may regard as the ordinary
and average type of the restaurants of Paris.
MATSON RuSTIQUE ETABLISSEIIENT DE Bo UILLON,
PINARD, 49, RUE DES MOINES, PRES L'AVENUE
DE CLICIIY, PARIS, BATIGNOLLES, ON PORTE EN
VILLE.
IiE3IETTRE CETTE CARTE EN SORTANT T.
Engl money.

Serviette, napkin
Pain, bread lO
_ _

Bouillon, beef soup
__.

2d
2d
3d
5d

they do not expect it, considering the inexpen-
siveness of the consoinmations. Generally, a gratuity
to waiters would render them richer than their
masters. The Sultan has reason (to use a French
idiom) when he admired the cuisine Francaise ; he
would have been still more interested had he had
an opportunity of witnessing how greatly that cuisine,
when applied to the benefit of the working classes,
ameliorates their condition. Make a slight reduction as
to price in the carte I have just given; take away a
little of ornament and luxury, nothing of real
comfort or utility, and the ouvrier, or working
man of Paris, has all the appliances and
comforts of living I have enumerated, entirely
within his reach. Let any one who wishes
to see the condition of the working men in Paris
give a look in at an establishment recently set up
near the New Opera, under the name of the Bazaar
Vinicole, and he will see a hundred and fifty men
seated on three long rows of tables—the cuisine at
the lower end of the apartment—where they take
what they require, paying for it at the same time.
Waiters are constantly passing, though not clad in
black, to supply them with wine, or whatever else
they may have occasion for, and the ensemble
gives one the idea of a public dinner in England at
eighteenpence or two shillings per head. In point
of fact, the sum of sixpence (English money) pays
for cooked meat, vegetables, wine, and bread, so that
it is actually as cheap, if not cheaper, for a working
man to take his meals at such establishments
than to return to kis own dwelling for that purpose.
At an age like the present of international contours,
the smallest item which can tend to the amelioration
of a people, perhaps I should rather say of huma-
nity, is not to be disregarded, and though France
has her defects as well as her advantages, there are
yet many things in which she can well give a lesson
to other countries. But I have, I fear, transgressed
the limits I can afford in my present letter, and
therefore, with a promise to continue in my future
correspondence such hints as may perchance be
found of some slight assistance to the many friends
who visit Paris, or who purpose visiting Paris and
the Exposition, I pass on to other matter. Im-
provement of the breed of horses in France is
rapidly progressing, as witness the triumphs of
Count Lagrange's celebrated horse Gladiateur. There
are, however, several additional circumstances
which tend to give that improvement an
additional impetus, setting aside the Conevurs
Hippique, the Czar (by-the-by, a Russian corre-
spondent of one of the French journals has desired
that the word should be spelt Tzar), who, it will be
remembered,, gained the only prize given in group
No. 9—viz., for the improvement of the breed of
horses—presented to the Emperor previous to his
departure the two magnificient stallions, one a bay
the other a chesnut, which he had exhibited (the
Russians, by-the-by, aro celebrated for extraordi-
nary trotting horses), an example which has been
followed by his Highness the Sultan, in presenting
to his Royal host the magnificent grey Arab which
he rode on the occasion of the recent review--a
horse of the finest blood of Arabia, which,
its personal beauty, as well as from the magna
ficence of its housings, attracted general admira•
tion on that occasion. The Prefect of the Seine,
the members of the Municipal Council, and
the Prefect of Police paid a visit to the
Sultan and his Prime Minister, Iliad Pacha,
before the departure of his Highness for Eng-
land. The latter has given, in the name of the
Sultan, the sum of 60,000 fr. for the poor of Paris,
as also a further sum of 100,000 francs to the do-
mestics of the Palace inhabited by the Sultan during
his visit. At the moment of leaving Boulogne the
Sultan addressed to the Prefect of the Pas de Calais
his regret at quitting France, where he had been
received with a sympathy with which ho had been
profoundly touched, as well as the happiness he had
experienced in finding himself in the midst of his
brave Allies. A report circulates here that some
venerable Turks, previous to the Sultan's depar-
ture, had expressed a desire that ho should place
in his boots a little Turkish earth, in order,
if possible, not to violate the precepts of
the Koran. I have heard of peas in the boots
and shoes of au offending sinner, and of one
who took the liberty to boil them beforehand ; but
a glance at the well-made boots of the Sultan
would not admit the inference of the aforesaid boots
being the receptacles of any other earth than the
feet of his sublimity, the head of the True Believers.
The second ascension of the enormous balloon,
Le Geant, took place on Sunday last, in the espla-
nade of the Hotel des Invalides, in presence of a
numerous assembly, which would have been still
more numerous had it not been for the order which
compelled the closing of the gates at 4 o'clock. The
car contained the following gentlemen :—MM.
Simonin, De Fonvielle, Brieng, the captain of the
balloon, Camille d'Artois, and two assistants. The
ascent was scarcely ro favourable as on the last
occasion, as almost immediately on its rising
the large machine became entangled in the
trees of the boulevards. In a little while, how-
ever. the slight obstruction gave way, leaving the
ground strewed with branches and foliage ; the
sky being perfectly unclouded in the direction in
which the Giant had ascended, the spectators were
enabled to follow its progress. In at least half an
hour after a short voyage the balloon, which had
probably received some injury against the trees,
descended in the evening near Dammartin, Seine
et Marne.
A funeral service took place on Sunday even-
ing last at the German Church, Rue Lafayette, for
the repose of the soul of the Emperor Maximilian.
A mausoleum will be erected in this church in
memory of the unfortunate monarch. The mau-
soleum, of which the model was exposed at the
left of the catalque raised in the middle of the
naive, will have this simple inscription only—
Maximum EMPEREUR,
Lis a inert le 19 Juin, 1867.
Macaroni
Pia have arrived in Paris, and are lodged at the
Salad
Dessert
Eau de Seltz
Coffee
15 30
Petit Vern., ...... lid Grand Hotel de Lyon, from whence he transfers
YIN, ET LIQUEURS.
'Ern Carafon
„ Litre
Demi Litre
An analysis of this carte will at once convince the to travaux fords a perpetuW, or hard labour for life,
reader that one can live well and inexpensively at a sentence which, if what is said of the French
Paris even during the period of the Exhibition, and bagnes be true, yields little in bitterness to capital
unless he be a connoisseur in wines he will find the punishment itself.
vin ordinaire at 81. the litre, or French quart, It is said that the I
consideration arrange-
especially as the vin ordinaire mixes bettAernd here with ment
companied by experiments of a series of
to take plac practical lectures or coe,nf either in
in
water than the wines of a higher quality. ac..
ore
one word of especial caution to my English and the palace or park, as occasion might require. Of
thepp object;a t
ie
nsought e
thad be
tgaagienseda ffiosrdaedm.
American readers : Never say at mealtimes
me a bottle of wine," for not only is esdiff"eßrerninceg cseoriursoues
officially announced that in the month
difference of of August his Majesty the Emperor will visit the
of price considerable between bottled and draught It has been offi
wines, but, as one is well aware, the
in week in September, will leave in company with her
price in bottled wines is an item still more consider- camp at Chalons, and afterwards, during the first
able, and a stranger especially NVill soon find that
giving his
orders in that manner he will Majesty the Empress for Biarritz. Notice has been
have increased his account by some two or given, in order to enable all foreign Princes who
three francs. if he can consume a whole propose to visit their Majesties, to make their ar-
bottle let him demand un litre. If a pint rangements accordingly.
be still more modest in pronounced sho peen. If he The hotel de Ville still remains adorned with its
trophies •, the saloons also still preserve their decora-
tier,
, pronounced shortly Inistee, will produce for him tions, a ball being in preparation at the end of the
a good half pint English measure. As regards the month, the period when the Sultan will again visit
arrangements of such
neatness and order, photograph, restaurants, takino• as an ex- Paris en route for' Constantinople. One of the
ample the one whose carte I have uoted' m par luard, French journals, speaking
everything bespeaks the utmost of the very exquisite
which have been executed of the Sultan,
the wnite
rs are attentive and well dressedtable observes , the that for a Turk to have his portrait taken
napkins white as snow ; and, as an instance illus- in any manner is to disobey the precepts of the
trating the remarks I have just male, I will urged to painters
tion the nature and cost of a breakfast whm'hen-
a beino•—" When those traits become animated at the
friend and I took there the other mornine•
Koran the objection generally
e resurrection of the dead, how are you going to pro-
were supplied each with a mutton cutlet bedded in vide for them a soul." The predecessor of Abdul
potatoes fried in slices, and exquisitely cooked, a
Asalad, bread. My friend had a large cup of excel- taken secretl on Ivor b a French painter, named
lent coffee, with its usual accompaniment. I p z ziz Abdul o
rth
e,wowMazeedi jaindd,
ei it
tiis an
es
lyi d, 1 i
1 torno cdeu hadeed
y yyl his portraitromtit
n eto
preferred a tumbler of light wine. We paid one time into the Palace. Porthe, however, from an offence
franc seventy-five centimes total for the two; that against Turkish ceremon'
lake was obliged to quit
is to say, somewhat less than eighteenpence, Turkey in haste, carrying with him the unfinished
English money. As we left my friend remarked, " I portrait and 4,000 francs, the gift of Abdul Medjid.
dined
yesterday at such an hotel," naming the After his arrival in France the medallion was ex-
hotel in question, " for which I paid eight francs." quisitely finished, but never forwarded
to Turkey,
may be permitted to doubt the fact of the cuisine and the journal in question adds that a friend of
at that hotel presenting a greater variety than the the painter, now in possession of
the portrait, leaves
unassuming Maison Rustique. At these restaurants for London, in order to present to Murad Effendi,
you may fee the waiters if you feel sa disposed, but the son of the late, and nephew of the present Sul

" I do not know how the truth may be,
I tell the tale as 'twas told to me."
I had not intended in the limits of my present
letter to return to the subject of hints to strangers
in Paris. I had already written some eighteen pages
of Paris gossip and other absurdities, and I consi-
dered myself fully warranted in laying down for the
evening my pen, and assuming, not my sword, but
my pipe. Yes, I admit the soft impeachment, .and
I trust that no elderly maiden ladies will withdraw
their subscriptions from the Franco-American if
their correspondent confesses himself a smoker ; he
sees in his oil friend an antidote to and remedy
against both mental and physical over-taxation, his
pipe forms for him a link in the past, and in the blue
wreaths of smoke that curl fantastically around him
he sees in freshened tints the photographs long since
faded beneath the mouldering breath of destiny.
But I come back to my muttons. I have a habit on
these occasions to combine the utile duke by taking
up the Franco-American, and finding in the various
powerful articles that adorn its pages, an interest-
ing and instructive lesson for myself. This
evening my eye has fallen upon a brief para-
graph from our illustrious chief, in which
he not only graciously expresses his approval
of my attempt to be useful in a small way, but re-
quests of me its continuance. Of course,.l need
not tell my excellent reader that such a request is
equivalent to a command, and though I am almost
inclined to hope that his approval will be followed
by that of my reader, yet, if such be net the case, I
beg that all remonstrances thereon may be sent to
the right quarter, and if not then attended to, I
know of no more infallible method than to atop the
paper for awhile.
Throw it behind the fire, and never more
Lot that vile paper como within my door.
However, I trust that fearful ultimatum may be
avoided. As regards the company of which I spoke
in my last letter, M. Jules Conder has forwarded a
tangible proof of its existence in the shape of au
advertisement, to which I beg to refer the reader.
I am happy to add that these apartments are
and neatly furnished. With regard to
e spoken it is, of course, evident that
comfortablyto
the
es
ol alnagrugae ga
number in the French capital by far
the greatest proportion must belong to French
owners, though it is possible to obtain where Eng-
lish is spoken.
A grand treat will be given to-morrow to the
lovers of music, in the competition which takes
place between the military bands of nine different
countries—viz. :
Austria.--Regiment of the Duke of Wurtemburg:
(76 excutants)—Ouverture sur " Guillaume Tell."
Grand Duchy of Baden.—Grenadiers of the
Guard: Leader, M. Burg (54 excutants)—" Finale
de Lovely."
Bavaria.—lst Regiment Royal Infantry : Leader,
M. Siebenkaes (51 excutants)—" Introduction et
Cheeur Nuptials de Lohengrin."
Belgium.—Belgian Grenadiers: Leader, M. C.
Bender. Belgian Guides : Leader : M. V. Bender
(59 excutants)‘‘
Fantasie sur Guillaume hell."
Spain.—lst Rlgitnent du Genie : Leader, M.
'
Maime (64 excutants)—,i Fantasie en le Airs Na-
onaux."

Spa

France.—Guides de la Garde Imperiale : Leader,
M. Creponnais (61 executants)—" Fantasie sur la
Venise" (62 executants). Garde de Paris : Leader,
M. Taulus (56 executants) —" Chceur et Marche
Fiancailles de Johengrin." Pays de Bas.—Grena-
diers et Chasseurs : Leader, Demkler (56 execu-
tants)—" Fantasie sur Faust."
Prussia.—Regiment of the Royal Guard and
Grenadiers of the Guard, Regiment of the Empe-
ror Francois ramie: Leader, M. Wieprecht (90
executants)—" Fantasie sur le Prophete."
Russia.—The Chevaliers of the Guard : Leader,
Daerfeld (71 executants)—" Overture de la Vie
pour le Czar."
As the author of " John Gilpin" remarked, in
reference to the probability of his hero making
another excursion, " I hope to be there, to see and
to hear also."

• When the first idea of entertaining the Belgian
Vo'unteers in London took possession of the Eng-
lish nation a si,ecia' commission had to be formed,
and the first care of very competent members was

to enter into matters concerning the expediency of
Lunching forth a general invitation with what was
considered inadequate funds for the purpose. When

it was proved, however, that resources were forth-
coming, it became evident that the Belgians could
come. The question next debated was, whether or not
a banquet could be offered them, and a few details
were entered into which, if your readers, or simply
I, had been the intended guests, would have im-
pressed us with a feeling of discomfort. The
knowledge that we were to be a fearful expense to
our hosts would have taken off some of our antici-
pated pleasure ; but it is to bo hoped the family
matters of the English Corporation, though pub-
lished abroad, did not affect the Continent very
keenly. Now that the Belgians have been the
nation's guests, it must be confessed that sense and
feeling presided over the debates when a banquet was
proposed; more feeling for Belgian digestion, indeed,
than sense in finally voting for the banquet. The
Belgians alone can know whether " enough is as
good as a treat," or whether it would not have been
a treat to have just enough ; but, at all events, the
banquet of goodwill, though insufficient
is probably paid for, and the guests
for alimen-
t° be troubled with bills for the
taarrye
npoutrploikseesl,y
breakages, which some, in tempting moments of
ravenous hunger, were guilty of.
A very different course, at the close of a banquet,
has been enforced this week at the Tribunal Civil
de la Seine, before which the Comte de Renuepont
appeared against M. Boileau, the proprietor of the
famous pia-nic institution called the Chalet des
Fles, situated on the Bois do Boulogne. A few de-
tails respe-zting the fete de nuit there given, the costs
of which amount to five thousand francs and a law
suit, will convey some idea of social pastimes in
Paris. The affair was conducted by the honorary
members of an aristocratic club called " Le Circle

des Moutards," a most demonstrative appellation for
the noblesse of France. Invitations to the Chalet
were sent out to the queens of the demi-monde, who
all accepted, and were attired as prescribed, the
order at the bottom of each card, "en grisette."
On arriving at the lake near the Chalet they were
welcomed each in turn by the vigorous " hallali"
of six French horns, and the ladies who enjoyed
this reception most were the following celebrities :
—Barucci, Manvoy,
de Lueena Planteaux. When
the hundred and eighty guests were assembled
dancing began, and at one o'clock, supper was an-
nounced. Nothingy,
had been spared to make this
night banquet memorable, not only on the follow-
ing dawn, alas, but on ensuing legal papers. There
was salmon 4 la Benoiton, lobster 4 la Benoiton,
ham a la Benoiton, beef a la Benoiton, and when all
the Benoitonnements (vide modern slang) were
exhausted,
Russian salads, Italian ices, Sicilian
. creams, Pompeian preserves, and all the exquisite
etceteras of Roman refinement, were savoured with
the assistance of ample libations of Medoc, Saint
Julien, Poniard, Chambertin, Champagne, punch,
serops, coffee, &c. But not sufficient unto that
night was the
evil thereof ; all the Benoitons had
to be paid fur, and the Comte de Rennepont's hor-
ror was extreme when he ascertained that having,
as:president of the Moutardp," signed the invita-
tion cards, he would, as representative of his noble
club, have to pay
for all costs. Now among the
latter figure divers plates and dishes, for, when
enjoyment was wildest during supper, some of
"
the ladies testified their satisfaction by throwing
plates full of " priuseurs" at each other's heads, by
dashing champagne in cavalier's faces, which face-
tious play is prejudicial to crystal and porcelain. It
is true that the Comte de Rochefort and other noble-
men, hay* anticipated a little boisterous fun, had
requested of the police the favour of the attendance
of four municipals,
but municipals, in three cocked
hats, are human after all, and partook of the cheer
in the company of boatmen, firemen, coachmen, and
thirsty horn-players. Thus their quota has some-
what increased damages also, and though the Comte
de Rennepont considers himself a very ill-used man,
he being the head of an august body, has not only to
pay for everything, but all law expenses into the
bargain. Ile has every one's sympathy besides, and