On the Place de la Concorde from morning to evening there is a mob discussing things in general, and watching the regiments as they defile with their crowns before the statue of Strasburg.

In the morning the guns of the forts can be heard heavily booming; but the sound has now lost its novelty, and no one pays more attention to it than the miller to the wheel of his mill.

In the Champs Elysees there are no private carriages, and few persons sitting on the chairs.

The Palais de l'Industrie is the central ambulance; the Cirque de l'Imperatrice a barrack.

All the cafes chantants are closed.