We are told that "France is rising, and that in a few weeks three armies will throw themselves on the Prussians, who are already utterly disorganised." In vain I ask, "But what if these three armies do not make their appearance ?" I am regarded as an idiot for venturing to discredit a notorious fact.

If I dared, I would venture to suggest to some of my warlike friends that a town which simply defends itself by shutting its gates, firing into space, and waiting for apocryphal armies, is not acting a very heroic part.
M.F.Pyat announces in the _Combat_ that the musket of honour which is to be given to the man who shoots the King of Prussia is to have inscribed upon it the word "Peacemaker." We have taken it into our heads that the German army, Count Bismarck, the Crown Prince, and all the Generals of the Corps d'Armee are in favour of peace, and the only obstacle to its being at once concluded lies in the obstinacy of the Monarch, whom we usually term "that mystic drunkard." The _Rappel_ contains the report of a meeting which was held last night of all the Republican Committees.

Resolutions were adopted blaming the Government for putting off the municipal elections.

The adjournment, however, of these elections is, I am convinced, regarded as a salutary measure by a majority even of the ultras.
I dropped into the English Embassy this morning to see what was doing there.

Mr.Wodehouse, I understand, intends to leave before the bombardment commences.