When he said that, rather than yield one stone of a French fortress, Paris would bury itself beneath its ruins, they believed it.

I need hardly say that neither the Government nor the bourgeoisie have the remotest intention to sacrifice either their own lives or their houses merely in order to rival Saragossa.

They have got themselves into a ridiculous position by their reckless vaunts, and they have welcomed M.Thiers, as an angel from heaven, because they hope that he will be able to save them from cutting too absurd a figure.

He left yesterday at three o'clock, and I understand he has full powers to negotiate an armistice upon any terms which will save the _amour-propre_ of the Parisians.

I should not be surprised, however, if the Government continues to resist until the town is in real danger or has suffered real privations.