It is, therefore, somewhat suspicious that this new paper should be the only one whose editor has been imprisoned for circulating "falsehoods." In the first place, almost every French newspaper of any circulation trades upon lies; in the second place, it appears that in this particular case the _Verite_ only put in the sensational form of questions a letter from the _Times_' correspondent at Tours.

This letter it publishes to-day, and appeals to the public to judge between M.Portales and M.Picard.The fact is that this population can neither tell nor hear the truth.

The English papers are one and all in bad odour because they declined to believe in the Emperor's victories, and if a _Daily News_ comes in here with an account of some new French reverse, I shall probably be imprisoned.

Government and people have laid down this axiom, "bad news false news." General Trochu again appears in print in a long circular letter to the commandants of the corps d'armee and the forts.

He desires them each to send him in a list of forty men who have distinguished themselves, and their names and no others will appear in the order of the day.