Every Wednesday morning, from nine to eleven, La Fayette gives audience to anybody who wishes to speak with him; but about ten thousand people attend on these occasions, and fill, not only the house, but all the courtyard and half the street.

La Fayette is Commander in Chief of the National Guard of France.

The number of these troops in Paris alone is upwards of forty thousand.

The Government find a musket and bayonet; but the uniform, which costs about ten napoleons, the soldiers provide themselves.

All the shopkeepers are enrolled, and I cannot sufficiently admire their patriotism.