I never remember to have witnessed a day of such general gloom since the commencement of the siege.

The feeling of despair is, I hear, still stronger in the army.

Were the real condition of things outside known, I am certain that the Government would be forced to conclude an armistice, on no matter what terms.

I happened to come across to-day a file of English newspapers up to the 22nd ult., and I fully realised how all intelligence from without has been distorted by the Government to serve its own purposes.

Now a few days ago, these very papers had been lent to Trochu.