The investment of capital in land in France will rarely produce more than 3½ per cent and very frequently less; in the purchase of houses in Paris 5 or 5½, sometimes 6, is obtained; in the funds about 4½. Numbers of persons in France place their money on hypothèque, or mortgage, by which they make 5 per cent; the affair is arranged by means of a notaire, but often the most lucrative manner of placing money is what is called en commandite, that is, they invest a fixed sum in different descriptions of business, from which they receive a certain share, not appearing in the concern otherwise than having deposited a stated amount of money in it, for which alone, in case of bankruptcy, they are liable. A considerable portion of the French lend their money to different tradespeople, getting the best security they can, sometimes merely personal; 6 per cent is the regular interest that is given, and it is a very rare case that the capital is lost, as the lender takes great precautions in ascertaining the exact state of the borrower's affairs.

Although rents are so immensely high in the centre of Paris, one house, No. 104, Rue Richelieu, letting for 120,000 francs, (4,800l.) a year, yet as you diverge in any direction towards the walls of the city a house may be had for much less under the same circumstances than in London, and just outside a substantial dwelling of eight or ten rooms, with an acre of garden beautifully laid out, will only be 40l, a year. Some of the villages round Paris are very agreeably situated, but are dreadfully cut up by the fortifications, particularly the favourite spot of the Parisians, the Bois de Boulogne, where many families amongst the tradespeople go and pass their whole Sunday under the trees; and the innumerable rides and walks through the wood, and its very picturesque appearance tempt all ranks at all hours of the day; part of it remains unspoiled by the walls and forts constructing for the defence of Paris, but it was much to be regretted that any portion should have been destroyed for an object, the utility of which still seems an enigma.

As prices of provisions are so constantly varying that I determined to leave them entirely to the last, that I might be enabled to give the latest information respecting them; in most instances they are much dearer than they were a few years since, particularly meat, which now may be quoted on an average of 8d. a pound, and veal, if the choice parts be selected, 1d. or even 2d. more at some seasons, but joints where there is much proportion of bone may be had for 7d.; best wheaten bread is at present 1 ¾d., a pound; butter, best quality, 1s. 6d.; cheese 10d. Poultry is much higher than formerly; a fine fowl 3s. a duck, 2s.; a goose 4s.; a turkey 6s. and much dearer at some periods of the year; pigeons' eggs 8d. ½d. each; a hare 4s.; a rabbit 1s. 6d. Vegetables are generally pretty cheap, potatoes hardly ½d. a pound, cauliflowers, brocoli, and asparagus at a much less price than in London; the finer sorts of fruits, as peaches, nectarines, apricots, greengages, grapes, etc., are very reasonable, but on the whole Paris is very little cheaper than London; the principal difference is in the wine, which is to be had at all prices from 5d. to 5s. a bottle, but by arranging with the Maison Meunier, 22, Rue des Saints-Pères, the house I have recommended, by taking a certain quantity, very good Bordeaux may be had, which will only come to about 1s. 6d. a bottle. Fuel is the dearest article in Paris; coals, of which there is not much consumption, are considerably higher than in London, but yet much cheaper than burning wood. In the best part of Paris a well furnished sitting and bed room is 4l. a month; in other parts only half the price. Brandy and liqueurs are much cheaper than in England; beer from 2d. to 4d. a bottle, but taking a cask it comes cheaper. Best white sugar 10d. Tea from 4s. upwards, coffee 2s. to 3s. It must be remembered that the pound weight in France has two ounces more than in England.

There is one peculiarity the stranger should remark in Paris which will much assist him in finding a house he may be seeking; the even numbers are always on one side of a street and the odd on the other and in all the streets running south and north the numbers commence from the Seine, so that the farther you get from the river the higher the figure amounts; and, as you proceed from that source the even numbers will be found on the right side and the uneven on the left. Those streets which run east and west commence their numbers from the Hôtel-de-Ville, or Town-Hall, the even numbers also being on the right hand side and uneven on the opposite.

Aware that my countrymen are ever amateurs of engravings, lithographies, etc., I must repair the omission of having forgotten to mention Mr. Sinnett, the only English publisher of engravings living in Paris, and as he has an enthusiastic passion for the arts, accompanied by the most correct judgment, the selection of his subjects are such as cannot fail to gratify every person of taste; he also acts as an agent both for the Paris and London print-sellers, and by the arrangements into which he has entered, is enabled to furnish individuals with engravings of both countries on the most advantageous terms, foregoing those charges which it is customary to impose under similar circumstances. The English have it, therefore, in their power to procure from Mr. Sinnett any print, whether published in England or France, at a lower price than in any other house in Paris. His address is No. 15, grande rue Verte, faubourg Saint-Honoré.

THE END.

INDEX.

Abattoir[215]
Academic royale[207]
Actors et actresses[396] to [404]
Agriculture[37]
Arago[186], [391]
Archives[237]
Arches, triumphal[42], [270]
Armour[216]
Army[353]
Arsenal[225]
Artificial flowers[326]
Artists[334]
Athenæum[359]
Auber[369]
Authors[360]
Balls[405]
Bank[257]
Bankers[411]
Barriers[45]
Barrot. Odilon[390]
Bears[177]
Béranger[361]
Berryer[391]
Bièvre[182]
Boarding house[279]
Boarding-schools[348]
Bonnets[332]
Boots[289]
Bouffé[107]
Boulevart[100]
Boulogne[26]
Bourse[259]
Breakfasts[137]
Bronze[341]
Cabriolets[379]
Café Hardy[405]
Calais[24]
Canes[319]
Caps[332]
Carnival[405]
Carriages[379]
Catacombs[186]
Cavalry[352]
Cercles[136]
Chamber of Deputies[220]
Chamber of Peers[201]
Champs-Élysées[42], [278]
Champ de Mars[216]
Chapelle Beaujon[275]
--Episcopal[276]
--Expiatoire[276]
--Marbœuf[278]
--Sainte[171]
Chateaubriand[366]
China[301]
Churches, Abbaye-aux-Bois[214]
--L'Assomption[96], [369]
--La Madeleine[400]
--Notre-Dame[69], [172]
-- des Blancs-Manteaux[236]
-- des Victoires or des Petits-Pères[257]
-- de Loretto[259]
-- Saint-Ambroise[232]
-- Saint-Denis[235]
-- Sainte-Elisabeth[246]
-- Saint-Etienne-du Mont[190]
-- Saint-Eustache[254]
-- Saint-François-d'Assises[237]
-- Saint-François-Xavier[217]
-- St.-Germ.-l'Auxerrois[61], [237]
-- St-Germain-des-Prés[61], [205]
-- Saint-Gervais[239]
-- St-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas[189]
-- Saint-Laurent[248]
-- Saint-Leo-et-Saint-Gilles[251]
-- Saint-Louis en I'lle[174]
-- Ste. Marguerite[228]
-- St. Medard[184]
-- St. Merry[88], [242]
-- St. Nicholas-des-Champs[242]
-- St. Nicholas-du-Chardonnet[193]
-- St. Paul et St. Louis[238]
-- St. Philippe-du-Roule[275]
-- St. Pierre-de-Chaillot[279]
-- St. Pierre-du-Gros-Caillou[218]
-- St. Roch[97], [273]
-- St. Severin[195]
-- St. Sulpice,[203]
-- St. Thomas-d'Aquin,[210]
-- St. Vincent-de-Paul,[258]
-- Luthérien,[239]
-- Oratoire,[266]
-- Sorbonne,[196]
-- Val-de-Grâce,[184]
-- Visitation,[226]
Clothes,[287]
Coiffeur,[317]
Coffee-houses,[137]
Collections of pictures,[407]
Colleges, Bourbon,[2],
-- Charlemagne,[233]
-- Henry IV,[191]
-- De France,[192]
-- Louis-le-Grand,[191]
-- St. Louis,[198]
-- Irish,[190]
-- Scotch,[190]
-- Sorbonne,[196]
Colours,[300]
Columns,[43], [103], [226]
Conservatory of Arts et Trades,[243]
-- of music,[258]
Convents of Benedictines,[245]
-- Carmelites,[202]
-- English Augustines,[190]
-- Dames de St. Thomas,[214]
-- Lazarists,[214]
-- Noviciat religieuses Hospitalières,[214]
-- Sâcré-Cœur,[212]
Copying machine,[386]
Crockery,[293]
Custom-House,[380]
Cutlery,[201]
Diligences,[378]
Dinners,[105]
Dress,[123]
Dressing-cases,[302]
Dyeing et cleansing,[304]
Earthen-ware,[293]
École militaire,[215]
Economy,[286]
Education,[124]
Elysée-Bourbon,[274]
Engravings,[417]
Fancy Stationary,[294]
Fashions,[324]
Fiacres,[379]
Flowers,[102]
Principal Fountains.
Fountain, Boulevart-St. Martin,[109]
-- des Champs-Elysées,[42], [278]
-- du Châtelet,[252]
-- Cuvier,[182]
-- de Grenelle,[211]
-- du marché des Innocents,[253]
-- de la place de la Concorde,[43]
-- de la Place Richelieu,[260]
Funerals,[384]
Garde-Meuble,[43], [258]
Gardens, des Plantes,[175]
-- Luxembourg,[200]
-- Tuileries,[272]
George-Mademoiselle,[404]
Glass,[301]
Gloves,[330]
Gobelin tapestry,[132]
Guizot,[364], [387]
Guns,[312]
Haberdashery,[322]
Hats,[288]
Homœopathie,[280]
Horsemanship,[138]
Principal Hospitals.
D'Accouchement,[185]
Blind,[227]
----Children,[194]
Deaf and Dumb,[188]
Hôtel-Dieu,[174]
Incurables (men),[248]
----------(women),[214]
Invalids,[216]
Orphan,[188]
De la Pitié,[181]
Salpêtrière,[181]
St. Louis,[247]
Sick children,[214]
Val-de-Grâce,[184]
Hotels de Cluny,[197]
-- de Carnavalet,[234]
-- des Invalides,[210]
-- de la Monnaie,[206]
-- de Soubise,[238]
-- de Sully,[233]
-- de Valois,[411]
-- de Ville,[240]
Institut,[207]
Infantry,[352]
Lamartine,[361]
Lace,[329]
Principal public Libraries.
Arsenal,[225]
Hôtel-de-Ville,[240]
Mazarine,[207]
Royal,[260]
Sainte-Geneviève,[191]
Linen drapery,[325]
Liqueurs,[283]
Literature,[360]
Lithographies,[310]
Lodgings,[416]
Louis-Philippe,[32], [101], [358]
Louvre,[89], [267], [406]
Luxembourg,[98], [200]
Mails,[378]
Maps et plans in relief,[311]
Marriage,[128], [383]
Principal Markets.
-- Corn, or Halle an Blé,[255]
-- Flowers,[171]
-- Innocents,[353]
-- St. Germain,[204]
-- St. Honoré,[273]
-- St. Laurent,[248]
-- St. Martin,[245]
Meat,[286]
Medicines,[292]
Middle classes,[123], [135]
Ministers,[302]
Mint,[200]
Mirrors (manufacture of),[228]
Money-changers,[410]
Modes,[324]
Mont-de-Piété,[236]
Morgue,[172]
Music,[368]
Musical snuff-boxes,[302]
National guards,[354]
Navy,[355]
Needles,[321]
Newspapers,[414]
Observatory,[185]
Palais-royal,[263]
-- de-Justice,[170]
-- de la Legion-d'Honneur,[221]
-- du Quai d'Orsay,[222]
-- des Beaux-Arts,[208]
Pantheon,[189]
Passports,[381]
Pens,[290]
Pencil-cases,[305]
Père La Chaise,[229]
Perfumery,[320]
Phosphorus matches et boxes,[297]
Piano-fortes,[314]
Plate-glass manufacture,[250]
Polytechnic,[192]
Post-office,[380]
Press, English,[354]
Press, French,[355], [385]
Printing establishment, royal,[237]
Prints,[417]
Principal Prisons.
-- Abbaye,[205]
-- Conciergerie,[171]
-- Debtors,[277]
-- La Force,[234]
-- Jeunes Détenus,[231]
-- De la Roquette,[231]
-- Saint-Lazare,[249]
-- Sainte-Pélagie,[181]
Purses,[376]
Rachel,[394]
Reading-rooms,[413]
Religion,[309]
Restaurateurs,[105]
Rents,[119]
Riding-school,[140]
Rouen,[22]
Seal engraver,[306]
Principal Seminaries.
-- Foreign Missionaries,[211]
-- St. Nicolas Chardonnet,[194]
-- St. Sulpice,[204]
Shirts,[316]
Silk mercery and fancy goods,[343]
Sisters of Charity,[188], [243]
School of Medicine,[199]
-- Drawing,[199]
-- Mines,[200]
-- Pharmacy,[134]
-- Ponts et Chaussées,[212]
Shoes, ladies,[328]
-----gentlemen,[289]
Societies, scientific,[359]
Soult,[392]
Stays,[157]
Steam, boats,[412]
Surgical instruments,[307]
Tailors,[287], [319]
Temple,[245]
Principal Theatres.
-- Italian Opera,[397]
-- French Opera,[398]
-- Comique Opera,[399]
-- Theatre Français,[400]
-- Gymnase,[401]
-- Variétés,[401]
-- Vaudeville,[402]
-- Palais Royal,[143]
-- Porte St. Martin,[405]
-- Ambigu Comique,[405]
-- La Gaîté,[404]
-- Cirque Olympique,[110]
-- Fulies Dramatiques,[404]
-- Odéon,[404]
Thiers,[388]
Timepieces,[315]
Tuileries,[270]
Umbrellas et parasols,[319]
Whips,[319]
Wine,[283]