INTRODUCTION. SECTION I DIRECTIONS TO THE TRAVELLER PREVIOUS TO PASSPORT.-Before the traveller sets out, it is indispensable for him to procure a passport, which is to be obtained (gratis) by applying at the house of the French ambassador, No. 51, Portlandplace, between the hours of 12 and four. It is advisable a day or two before departure to leave the name, and mention the road intended to be taken. If he calls at the office on the following day between one and three, he will obtain the passport signed by the Ambassador. It is perfectly unnecessary to apply at the Foreign Office, as was formerly the case; the passport of the French Ambassador being quite sufficient. Should the traveller wish to go through Belgium or Holland before he proceeds to Paris, he may procure a passport by addressing a letter to the Ambassador of the Netherlands, No. 1, Bryanston-square, signed by two respectable housekeepers to whom he may be known; the passport will then be granted on the following day, free of expense. The office is open from 11 to three. CASH ARRANGEMENTS.-Before he leaves England, the traveller should provide himself with sufficient French money to defray his expenses from Calais to the metropolis of France. He may get Bank of England notes, or guineas, changed into French money, on landing France; though this may be sometimes attended with trouble and loss. French gold and silver coin may be purchased of all the money-changers in London. English money may be safely exchanged in Paris, at the shops of the money-changers. If the tourist should have more English money than he requires when he reaches Dover, he will meet with persons at the inns who will accommodate him with French coin at a reduction of three pence in the pound. The best plan, however, is to get a letter of credit from a banker in London on one in Paris. This may be sent previous to departure, to the Paris * See PARIS DIRECTORY. a NEW PARIS GUIDE: CONTAINING A detailed and accurate Description of all the Public Edifices, Gardens, etc.; an Account of the Political, Scientific, Commercial, Religious, and Moral Institutions of the Capital; an Abstract of the Laws interesting to Foreigners; with an Historical Sketch of Paris, and all necessary and useful Directions to the Traveller previous to his setting out, upon his landing in France, and upon his arrival and during his residence at Paris; and an Account of the different Roads from the Coast to the Capital: to which is added an Historical and Picturesque DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONS, INCLUDING A VERY AMPLE ACCOUNT OF THE PALACE, ALSO CONTAINING A PLAN FOR VIEWING PARIS IN A WEEK; A COMPARATIVE SCALE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, VALUE SEVENTEENTH EDITION, WITH MAPS, TWELVE ENGRAVINGS, ETC. PARIS: PUBLISHED BY A. AND W. GALIGNANI, AT THE ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN, GERMAN AND SPANISH TABLE OF CONTENTS. THE Abstract Laws state & Free- ers, given in the fees the mai nd Establishments.. aces and Gardens.. XI. Places, Triumphal Arches, Courts and Passages. 275 |