may be perceived in the Rue Neuve du Luxembourg, and are now occupied as barracks.  It was completed in 1676.  It contains some interesting pictures.  A chapel is contiguous, dedicated to St. Hyacinthe, which was erected in 1822.  Continuing to follow the Rue St. Honore, we cross the Rue Royale, displaying the fountains of the Place de la Concorde to our left, and the Madeleine on our right, we enter the Rue Faubourg St. Honore, in which are many most superb hotels, amongst the rest, the British Ambassador’s, formerly the Hotel Borghese, occupied by the Princess Pauline, sister of Bonaparte; the next hotel is that of the Baroness Pontalba, and is one of the most splendid in Paris, which the visiter must not fail to remark.  We next come to the Palais de l’Elysee Bourbon, erected in 1718, and afterwards purchased and occupied by Madame de Pompadour, since when it has had many masters, amongst the rest, Murat, Napoleon, the Emperor of Russia, the Duke of Wellington, and the Duke de Berri, but it now belongs to the crown, and combines an appearance of splendid desolation, with a variety of associations, that cause us to muse on the fall of the great.  The library which is over the council chamber was fitted up by Madame Murat, in the most exquisite style, as a surprise for her husband after his return from one of his campaigns; it next became the bed-room of Maria Louisa, and the birthplace of the daughter of the Duke and Duchess de Berri.  Here also is shown the bed-room, and bed in which Napoleon last slept in Paris, after the battle of Waterloo.  The building itself is handsome, and though not large, has an elegant appearance, some of the apartments are very splendid, but now having a solitary aspect.  The garden, which is large, contains some noble trees, and is laid out in the Italian style.  To see this Palace, apply for admission to M. l’Intendant de la Liste civile.

Facing the Elysee Bourbon, is the Hotel Beauveau, in the Place Beauveau, occupied by the Neapolitan Ambassador.  Still proceeding westward we come to the church St. Philippe du Roule, which was completed in 1784.  It has but very little ornament, but is an exceedingly chaste production, the columns of the portico are doric, and those of the interior are ionic.  It contains several good pictures.  Nearly opposite is a handsome building with tuscan columns, and is used as stables for the King, and also a receptacle for his carriages.  A short distance farther on is the Hopital Beaujon, founded by the banker of that name in 1824, a handsome and well arranged building, having an air of health and cheerfulness; it contains 400 beds, and the situation is particularly salubrious, and so well ordered that the inspection of it will afford much gratification to the visiter.  The Chapelle Beaujon, opposite, is by the same founder as the hospital, and may be considered as belonging to it.