Three thousand two hundred pounds 2 year seems a large sum to pay for the pri-Filege of having grounds to one's house, yet such is the amount for which the pro-rioter of the celebrated chateau of La luetic will be liable if the new scheme of taxing private parks and gardens in Paris is put into effect. The result will inevitably be the sale of the land for building pur-and the consequent spoiling of one of the prettiest spots in Paris. The property was bought by Erard, the piano manufacturer, in 1830, and now belongs to M. de Franqueville, whose wife is Erard's granddaughter. "Another impending change, of interest to all who know and love their Paris, is the disappearance of the Rue Basso clu Rempart. This so-called street is not a street at all, but is in reality the northern side of the Boulevard de lz Madeleine. The alteration will consist simply of removing a long strip of island pavement and renumbering the houses, but it will make a great difference to the look of the Madeleine end of the boulevards. The decision to carry out the change was arrived at several mouths ago but nething has yet been done. In England, a little job of of this kind would have been finished long ago, but in Paris they are content to wait until the trees on the condemned strip of pavement can be safely taken up, petted and coddled for a time in the municipal nursery and then replanted elsewhere.
19th October.
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