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London, England, 1871-01-13 00:00:00

then they only smoulder, and emit no heat. The
thermometer in my grand room, with its silken
curtains, is usually at freezing point. Then
my clothes—l am seedy, very seedy. When I
call upon a friend, the porter eyes me distrust-
fully. In the streets the beggars never ask me
for alms. The other day.l had some newspapers in my
hand, an old gentleman took one from me and paid me
it. I had read it, so I pocketed the halfpence, I had
been absent from Paris before the siege, and I returned
with a small bag. It is difficult to find a tailor who will
work, and if he did I could not send him any one
suit to mend, for what should I wear in the
meantime? Decency forbids it. My pea jacket
is torn and threadbare, my trousers are frayad
at the bottom, and of many colours —like Joseph's
coat. As for my linen, I will only say that the washer-
women have struck work, as they have no fuel. I invested
a few weeks ago in a pair of oheap boots. They are my
torment. They have split in various places, and I wear a
pair of gaiters—purple, like those of a respectable eccle-
siastic, to cover the rents. I bought them on the Boule-
vard, and at the same stall I bought a bright blue hand-
kerchief which was going cheap ; this I wear round my
neck. My upper man resembles that of a dog-stealer, wy
lower man that of a bishop. My greatest troubles are
my buttons. When I had more than one change of
raiment these appendages remained in their places, now
' they drop off as though I were a moulting fowl. I have
to pin myself together elaborately, and whenever I want
to get anything out of my pocket I am afraid of falling
to pieces."

THE " DEBATS " ON THE SITUATION.

M. Louis Hatisbon, in a recent article in the Journal
des Debats, expresses the anxiety felt in Paris. He says ;
"After three months and a half of an investment so close
that not even the thickness of a letter can penetrate the
blockade, the siege enters a new phase, and we are be-
ginning a bombardment. Under the rain of the enemy's
projectiles our troops have been forced to evacuate the
plateau of Avron. Shells have fallen in the midst of our
eastern forts, and some even beyond. To-morrow, per-
haps, Moltke will unmask new batteries at Clamart,
Meudon, or elsewhere, and spread fire and
death in Paris. The situation becomes tragi-
cal, but Paris remains calm, and preserves
her dignified attitude. We trust earnestly that she will
preserve it to the end, and we do not doubt that she will,
but on one condition. She must not deceive herself as to
the situation ; she must fully realise it, and not see it
through the mirages of certain journals. Every hope is
permissible. This appearance of the Krupp guns on the
scene may be the result of military proceed-
ings in the background of which we know
nothing ; it may be the triumph of Chanzy
over Frederick Charles, but beside this hope there is the
reality of a check in the North, and it is possible all our
hopes may be deceived and the good news prove to be
false. Is Paris prepared for this? In any case it is the
duty of whoever wields an lionest pen so to prepare
her. We should be deterred by scruples from declaring
the Prussians were driven to bombard the forts by
their necessities, even if we thought so, because the re-
sult would be the same. There are some men who consider
themselves real patriots, who write and say such things,
and the public believes them to wake up and cry
out that the Government has betrayed them. Then the
demagogues and the ambitious leaders of low quarters
have their opportunity. Then the resistance, which was
noble and heroic, gives place to civil war, and the fruit
of so much labour is lost. Then if one dies it is not in the
discharge of a noble duty, but in the dust of a civil war.
May this bitter cup be spared us, may the Government
hold itself erect, and may the population stand firmly
round, allowing no pretext for the admission of those im-
pure elements which will tarnish the glory of the siege,
and destroy our best hopes."

The railways leading fram Berlin to the seat of war
are now almost monopolised by military traffic. Eighteen
civilian trains daily have just been suspended at Hanover.
The Manchester Guardian says :—The maritime autho-
rities 'at Ostend have seized six cases from England,
marked " A.C.K." containing arms designed for France.
Count Daumas, Grand Almoner of the French army,
visiting the French prisoners in Germany, has expressed
himself, says a Berlin telegram, highly satisfied with the
treatment accorded them.
Among the men of ill-omen who flock to Bordeatt%
is M. Magne, the most " artful dodger " of all the Em'
perors finance ministers. M. Magne has been closeted
with M. Thiers.
According to the Paris Journal, the citoyennes of the
Fauhourg du Temple are making preparations to receive
the Prussians. They have carried not only broken bottles
and abandoned flower-pots, but paving-stones, into their
apartments, some of which are regular arsenals.
A letter found, or supposed to be found, in the pocket
of a dead German from his Gretchen is published ill
Paris paper. "If you should happen to pillage a jeweller's
shop," says this practical lady, " don't forget me, but get
me a pretty pair of earrings."
A letter from Hanover mentions the departure from
Geestemunde of the torpedo detachment which had been
stationed there. It has been directed to lay down torpe"
does in the Seine, and thus prevent French gunboats from
reaching Paris.
The German colony in Paris numbers now about 700
persons, men, women, and children. Before the invest-
ment of the city and the decree of expulsion which was
issued there were 188,000 Germans in Paris. The 700
persons now in the city consist principally of invalids,
old men, and children.
The Magdeburg Gazette states, on semi-official authir
rity, that Count Bismarck has never been mistaken as t°
the powers of resistance of Paris. Months ago he re'
garded the capture of the city as difficult, and he w!
decidedly opposed to investing it before Metz had 01:4
tulated.
The abandonment of Rouen to the Germans without
battle has been the subject of much remark. The 111.°•
blem, however, is soon solved. To meet 27,000 Prussiel
troops, with 45 pieces of artillery, General Briand
under his command less than 3,000 regular troops, ahell;
25,000 Mobile and National Guards, ill-clothed,
and imperfectly drilled. with not more than three piece
of artillery ready for service.
General Falkenstein, in an order respecting the Frenc
prisoners, says :—" Lieutenant Marchesan, of the 9,1,,
'
Line Infantry Regiment, interned at Hamburg, why
violating his parole, attempted a flight to Marseilleeti[lo
woman's dress, will accordingly be sent to Boyen, for j.
purpose of being, henceforward treated as a crialiej
Major Bonaparte and Captain De Moudion, interned *-0
Brunswick on parole, will be visited with the sei°,:a
punishment, they having in writing withdrawn their We'o
of honour, and stated that they deemed themselves
longer bound by it."
fre°
A correspondent of the Allgemeine Zeitung, writing for
Cassel on the 4th inst., reports the discovery of a plot
the assassination, of the Emperor Napoleon. It a.PPiefag
that a Russian gentleman, whilst travelling from Hall` ho
railway, entered into conversation with a Frenchman, 111
in the course of it mentioned that he was commission tie
a secret association to travel about the country where op
French prisoners were interned and to stir theol
against the Emperor. He further stated that a Pl-311
of
been laid to assassinate the Emperor, which would be re,
into execution as soon as Paris, the last bulwark of l?r
had fallen.

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