New-York daily tribune., 1843-11-20
VOL. HIN. no. E92.


Its construction was commenced by Napoleon
early IN the present century, as an indemnity Tor
Church which he converted into Temple OF
Glory. The Churches here are open all the days
in the week Daily masses are performed, and
on Sundays and Festivals, masses are SAID by the
Priests at intervals during the day. You never
enter these Churches without finding more or less
persons at their devotions. Candles are always
burning upon their altars. You see persons IN the
confessionals, which are ranged along the sides OF
the Churches. have seen no less than SIX
Priests engaged with as many penltents, while
half a dozen or more were awaiting their turns at
each confessional. At several of the Churches
we visited, the marriage ceremony was beng per-
formed This ceremony, in addition to the par
ties and their friends, collects crowd of specta
tors The rite is performed with much solemnity.
There are no pews in these Churches. Those
who sit occupy chairs, for the use of which they
pay two sous Between the masses a servitor,
preceded by man in military costume, with
long staff, goes through the aisles with plate,
receiving the contributions Of the worshippers.
Within all these churches and at their DOORS
you find scores Of Mendicant Beggars, (women
and children whose touching appeals cannot well
be resisted 1t is as impossible TO give to all as 1t is
to deny those preferrng claims first Travellers who
return from Italy say that the sturdy Beggars
there freeze up all the charitable emotions OF our
nature but / am quite sure that an American
heart, unaccustomed 1t is al nome 10 the
suoplicatons of these destitute ana lanlshhlg
creatures, never denies them sous Wltnout -eHpe-
riencing that feeling OF remorse by Whlch oTERNE
was pained. after repulsng "The Monk" with
nnlndness. Indeed the philosophy Of STERNE,
in relation to Beggars, is the philosophy of Ma
ture and of Religion:
'When all ready, and every article is disputed aud
paid the Inn unless You little soured by the ad-
venture there is always compound at the door,
before you get into yOur chase and that is with the sons
and daughters Of poverty who surround YOU Let no man
say let them go the devi-'tis cruel Journey to
send few mserables and they have had suerings emo"
without always think better 10 take few sous ont
nv hand and would counsel every gentle traveller TO 40
so likewise; he need be setting down his
motives for giving them--they will be registered else
where''
The Hotels, public and private, as well as the
Mansion Houses of Paris, stand back from the
streets You pass to them through formidable
gateway and court. There is an apartment IN
the basement of every considerable house for the
Z" Conciego," who directs strangers to the differ
cnt lodgings, observes all who pass and repass,
and takes care that nothing is stolen from the
premises. The Hotels are visited daily by the
Police, to examine the passports OF strangers.
Those who have not visited Paris or made
themselves familiar with its envlrons, will be
surprised to learn that within mile and half
of the city there is dense forest, covering many
thousand acres. This is the WooD Of BoU-
loUGNE, than which more delightful retreat IN
a warm day, cannot be imagined. We rode
through this forest, (more than two miles without
an opening) on a pleasant Sunday afternoon,
when thousands of persons were enjoying It's
grateful shade. Families come here with their
children, bringing their repast with them, to be
eaten upon the grass under the trees. The tor
ost is interspersed with roads and walks, Ill
which people lose themselves, and wander for
hours without making their way out Of the woods
This is the /" Bladensburgh'' Of Paris" All
Duels, for hundreds Of years; have been fought
in the 50 Bois dc Boulougne." And here, too the
miserable and the misanthropic, who are weary of
life, {" rid themselves of it." The Duke of Wei
lington, after the capitulation Of Paris to the AL
lies, in 1914, quartered his army in the forest OF
Bou!ougnc.
From this forest we passed to Ranelagh,
fashionable and much frequented place of amuse.
ment, where Balls are given every Sunday and
Thursday during the Summer In returning we
came through PAssEy, the village where DIR.
FRANKLIN resided while serving hls Country as
Statesman and Patriot, and the World, as PHI
losophcr and Philanthropist. The street in which
he lived is still called the " Rue FRANKLIN
TNSTRUCTION.-A Gentleman, whose classl-
aud literary attan1npnt well fit him for the occupation