MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.—­The facade has been seriously injured.  It was fired upon from the terrace of the Tuileries, and from a gunboat lying under cover of the Pont-Royal.  The Doric and Ionic columns are partly broken, as well as the fifteen medallions in white marble, which bore the arms of the principal powers.  The apartments in front have been greatly damaged, and especially the salon of the ambassadors, where the Congress of Paris was held in 1856.

THE PALACE OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR.—­This is a specimen of French architecture, unique of its kind.  Happily, drawings and plans have been preserved, and the members of the Legion of Honour have offered a subscription for its re-instatement.

THE GOBELINS.—­The public gallery, the school of tapestry, and the painters’ studios have been destroyed.  The incendiaries would have burned all, works, frames and materials, if the people of the quarter, with the Gobelins weavers, had not defended them at the peril of their lives.  An irreparable loss is that of a valuable collection of tapestry dating from the time of Louis XIV.

The military hospital of the VAL DE GRACE, the ASYLUM FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB, the MINT, the facade of the annex of the ECOLE-DES-BEAUX-ARTS, have been riddled with balls.  At the LUXEMBOURG the magnificent camellia-house and conservatories exist no longer, and the graceful Medici fountain has been injured.

THE BANK had most fortunately been placed in charge of the delegate Beslay, who, during the whole time he was there, made every effort to prevent the pillage of the valuables.  He was ably seconded by all the officials and employes, who had before been armed and incorporated into a battalion.

[Illustration:  PALACE OF THE LEGION D’HONNEUR.]

POST OFFICE.—­The Communal delegate, Theiz, prevented the incendiaries from setting fire to this important establishment.  THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH OF THE PORTE-ST-DENIS.—­The bas-relief containing an emblematical figure of the Rhine resting on a rudder has been mutilated, a shell having carried the arm and its support entirely away.  The other bas-relief of Holland vanquished and in tears, has been struck by balls, as have also the figures of Fame in the tympans of the arcades.

THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH OF THE PORTE-ST-MARTIN.—­The sculptures, which represent the taking of Limbourg and the defeat of the Germans, have suffered considerably.  They are the works of Le Hongre and the elder Legros.

A tragic incident marked the burning of the THEATRE OF THE PORTE ST. MARTIN (see sketch).  After laving massacred the proprietor and people of the restaurant Ronceray, the Federals set fire to the house and the theatre which is adjoining.  At eight o’clock in the evening, on beholding the first flames arise, the inhabitants of the quarter united in endeavouring to extinguish the fire, notwithstanding that the projectiles fell thickly in the Boulevard Saint-Martin and in the Rue de Bondy.  The Federals from behind their barricades at the corner of the Rue Bouchardon, fired upon everyone who attempted to enter the theatre.