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The Palais de Justice is a vast pile, which includes the Sainte
Chapelle, numerous courts of law, and the Prison of the Conciergerie.
Anciently the site of palaces inhabited by the Kings down to Francis I.,
afterwards the meeting place of the Parliaments of Paris, it has been
repaired and rebuilt since 1831 at a cost of nearly 1,000,000_l_. The
courts of law open from the vast but inelegant Salle des Pas Perdus,
which answers to our Westminster-hall. One of these courts was the
Chamber of the Tribunal Revolutionnaire, and communicated by a small
door with the Conciergerie Prison. In the precincts of the Palais
stands, or stood, the Sainte Chapelle, an exquisite specimen on a small
scale of the best style of Gothic architecture. The Chapelle was
finished in 1248, having been built by Pierre de Montereau to enshrine
the thorns of our Lord's crown and the wood of the Cross, relics bought
for an immense sum from the Emperor Baldwin by St. Louis, and carried
through the streets of Paris by the King barefoot. In 1791 the Sainte
Chapelle became a club, then a corn store, then a record office; Louis
Philippe commenced its restoration, and up to the fall of the Empire
about 2,000,000f. had been spent upon it. It is in two stories,
corresponding with the floors of the ancient palace; the lower chapel,
or crypt, was intended for the servants, the upper, on a level with the
Royal apartments, for the Royal family. The glass is exquisite, and the
statues of the twelve Apostles date from the 13th century, and are
admirable specimens of the art of their age. A small square hole to the
south of the nave communicates with a room in which Louis XI was wont to
sit and hear mass without fear of assassination.

GRAND-HOTEL

_12, Boulevard des Capucines, 12._

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REOPENING

=After entire restoration.=

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The new direction of the Grand-Hotel has greatly reduced the prices.

The price for service will be no more charged to travellers.

=700 rooms and drawing-rooms=

very comfortably furnished, from
5 francs a day, service included.

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=TABLE D'HOTE=

BREAKFASTS--at 4 francs, wine included,
every day from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m.

DINNERS--at 6 francs, wine included,
every day at 6 p.m. precisely.

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MEALS BY THE CARD.

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SPECIAL SERVICE AT MED PRICE.

Including the lodging, fuel, light, service and food, with choice to
take the meals in the apartments, in the restaurant, or at the table
d'hote:

1st class--30 frs. 24 sh. 6 d.
2d d deg. --25 " 20 " 5 "
3d d deg. --20 " 16 " 4 "

OPPOSITE THE NEW OPERA GRANDE BRASSERIE.--GRAND BREWERY

ENGLISH ALES,--DUTCH BEER

COFFEE-HOUSE.--EATING-HOUSE

_Breakfasts at 2 Fr. 50 (2 shil.).--Dinners at 4 Fr. 50 and a la carte
(bill of fare)_

31, BOULEVARD HAUSSMAN =The most comfortable in Paris=

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CABOURG-DIVES

GRAND HOTEL DE LA PLAGE

Establishment for bathing situated in the most luxuriant and salubrious
country in Normandy

SPLENDID CASINO.--ROOMS FOR THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES

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=DIEPPE=

HOTEL ROYAL ON THE PLAGE

THE MOST COMFORTABLE

Kept by Mme LAFOSSE

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=CAEN=

HOTEL DE LA VICTOIRE

NEAR THE CATHEDRAL

_Kept by Mr BEUZELIN_

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WINE AND SPIRITS

J. CHAIGNEAU AND CO

_31 and 33, rue Doidy_

=BORDEAUX=

Appointed to supply H.M. the king of sweden and norway

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CAEN. TYP. F. LE BLAC-HARDEL.

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