The streets were filled with troopers staggering about half drunk, and groups of armed Mobiles wandering in ignorance of the whereabouts of their quarters and of their regiments.
The Government was divided into two parties--one supported by the Moderates, and anxious to make peace on reasonable terms; the other supported by the Ultras, and determined to continue the contest at all hazards.

The Ministers were almost in despair at finding the utter disorder in which everything had been left by their predecessors.

Little by little this condition of things has mended for the better.

Since the failure of the mission of M.Jules Favre, and the exorbitant demands which were then put forward by Count Bismarck, both Moderates and Ultras have supported the men who are in power.

It is felt by all that if Paris is to be defended with any prospect of success, there must be absolute union among its defenders.