With respect to the former I will only say, that if the Prussians do carry the forts and the enceinte, they will not have taken Paris; with regard to the latter, I can state that we shall not be starved out for some time.

Besides the cattle which have been accumulated, we have 90,000 horses; and although a cab horse may not taste as good as Southdown mutton, I have no doubt that Parisian cooking will make it a very palatable dish for hungry men; there are, too, a great many dogs, and the rats have not yet left the sinking ship.

As for coffee and sugar we have enough to last for six months; and, unless the statistics of the Government are utterly worthless, come what may we shall not lack bread for many a day.
The Rump of the Corps Diplomatique has held a second meeting, and a messenger has been sent to Bismarck to know--1st, whether he means to bombard the city; 2nd, whether, if he does, he intends to give the usual twenty-four hours' notice.

Diplomates are little better than old women when they have to act on an emergency.

Were it not for Mr.Washburne, who was brought up in the rough-and-ready life of the Far West, instead of serving an apprenticeship in Courts and Government offices, those who are still here would be perfectly helpless.