It is addressed to the then Minister of the Interior.

It is lengthy, and very detailed.

It appears that occasionally the Emperor's own letters were opened.
I went to the Hotel de Ville this afternoon, to see whether anything was going on there.

Several battalions passed by, but they did not demonstrate _en passant_.

The place was full of groups of what in England would be called the "dangerous classes." They were patiently listening to various orators who were denouncing everything in general, and the Government in particular.