They appear to be without hope, without a policy, and without any very definite idea how France is to get out of the singularly false position in which the loss of her army, and the difficulty of her people to accept the inevitable consequences, have placed her.

My own impression is, that the provinces will in the end insist upon peace at any cost, as a preliminary step towards some regular form of government, and the withdrawal of the German troops, whose prolonged occupation of department after department must exhaust the entire recuperative resources of the country.
_October 27th._ At an early hour yesterday morning, about 100 English congregated at the gate of Charenton _en route_ for London.

There were with them about 60 Americans, and 20 Russians, who also were going to leave us.

Imagine the indignation of these "Cives Romani," when they were informed that, while the Russians and the Americans would be allowed to pass the Prussian outposts, owing to the list of the English wishing to go not having reached Count Bismarck in time, they would have to put off their journey to another day.

The guard had literally to be turned out to prevent them from endeavouring to force their way through the whole German army.