The Deputies of Paris are not thought, perhaps, to be endowed with any very great administrative ability, but Mr.Lincoln's proverb respecting the difficulty of a person changing his horse whilst he is crossing a stream is acted on, and so long as they neither commit any signal act of folly, nor attempt to treat with Prussia either for peace or a capitulation, I think that no effort will be made to oust them.

They are, I believe, doing their best to organise the defence of this city, and if they waste a little time in altering the names of the streets, and publishing manifestoes couched in grand and bombastic phrases, it must be remembered that they have to govern Frenchmen who are fond of this species of nonsense.

With respect to the military situation, the soldiers of all sorts are kept well together, and appear to be under the command of their officers.

The National Guard, although it still grumbles a little, does its duty on the ramparts.

The soldiers of the line are kept outside the town.