control you.' We walked home with Mr. Parkes: he seems a most sincere and candid person. _Thursday, July 10._--M. Galais took us over the Séminaire de S. Sulpice. There is nothing remarkable in the building. The pupils are rather more than 200: their appearance is very devout; they seem of low rank in life generally, and this is no doubt the case, but with exceptions; for instance, we heard today of the son of M. Ségur, who is there. Each pupil has a small room to himself, which opens on the corridor; it has a bed, table, little stove, and hardly anything more, with a crucifix and little statue of the Blessed Virgin, belonging to the house. They make their own beds: they are not allowed to enter each other's rooms at all, but, if they wish to speak to one another, the stranger stands in the passage, and the occupant at his door. The whole is under the inspection of the archbishop, who has a chamber here, but does not often come. There are twelve masters. The state of instruction as regards the Church is as follows in France generally. In each diocese there is one or more petits séminaires, which are for children, not only such as are to be ecclesiastics, but laymen also. These are the only schools in which morals and religion are made a primary consideration; and, therefore, though they have nothing to do with the university, and are excluded from all privileges, they are sought after by the sounder part of the community. To these succeeds, for ecclesiastics alone, the grand séminaire for each diocese; this of S. Sulpice is the most eminent in France. The studies are for five years; two in philosophy, three in theology. They are thus arranged, as we took them down from the lips of M. Galais. PHILOSOPHY (FIRST YEAR). Logic, Psychology,--morning. Arithmetic, Geometry, beginning of Algebra,--evening. SECOND YEAR. Théodicée } morning. Morale } Geology } Physics } evening. Astronomy } Chemistry } Sometimes, perhaps in half the dioceses of France, these two years of philosophy are contracted to one. The three years of theology are thus arranged:-- FIRST YEAR. Morale. Le traité de actibus humanis. " de legibus. " de peccatis. " de decalogo. Dogme. " de vera religione. " de vera ecclesia. " de locis theologicis. SECOND YEAR. Morale. De jure et justitia. De contractibus. Dogme. De Trinitate. De Incarnatione. De gratia. THIRD YEAR. Morale. De sacramento pœnitentiæ. (Under this head would fall the whole direction for the guidance of souls.) De matrimonio. De censuris et irregularitatibus. Dogme. De sacramentis in genere. De baptismo. De confirmatione. De Eucharistia. De ordine. (There is also a special course on this.) De extrema unctione. A course of Holy Scripture twice a-week, exclusive of private study of it.