New-York tribune., 1870-08-23
THE COLLAPSE OF THE IMPERIAL ADKINS
TRATION,


TRATION.
ANXIOUS CROWDS IN THE STREETS OF PARIS
FOREIGNERS WITH ANY ACCENT CONSIDERED
AS PRUssIAN sPIEs-DOUBTS As TO THE NEW
MINIsTRY-PUERILE WAR REPORTS.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
PARIS, Aug. 11.-"Paris is tranquil" That's to
say, no disturbances Of the smallest consequence have
yet occurred though turbulent groups have not been
wanting. The Legislative Assembly ia the center OF
anxious attention; the approaches to the edihce in
which this august body is IN deberaon are carefully
guarded by something like 1900 regulars, including
squadron of cuirassers; by detachment OF
marines called the iyltaHteyfe de Ia marae there
fore leading TO the conclusion that there
are also horsemarnes somewhere and two companies Of
the Paris Guards and Of the National Guard No one Is
permitted to pass the armed Gordon without an auhor
cation Of sort Even members OF the Chambers eX-
perience difficulty In getting through and several have
even been prevented from advancing. People
whose business takes them into the neighbor-
hood of the seat OF collective wisdom, are com
PEELED to 80 long, long way around to get
TO their destination. 1t is difficult TO understand
why these extraordinary precautions are tkcn Proba
Iy they are intended 10 prevent popular Invasion OF
the Chamber, in the days OF the Convention But theu
IL is farce to announce that the sttings are public
Every day, however, in spite Of the Knowledge thiJ
nobody will get through the military GORDON the people
flock TO the spot Sometimes there IS sudden heaying
charge made by the police the military TO push the
mob back Yesterday a false alarm OF nobody coud
tell what drove the people into the gardens OF the Iue
ries whence they presently driven out again ana
the gates closed. Accidents Ol trihirg consequence
occur, Of course but there j. no angry IethS mani
tested either the part OF those who drive LOr any re-
sentiment exhibited on the pilt Of those who are driven
Tie people show by their presence that they are
anxious to learn what is going on in the Cham
bcr They may pick mp word or two, and thus
antcpate the news in the evening papers, Du the nope
is fOroru one. sun they attend. As to aseertalLhS
what is being done, BY means Of any Press privilege II IS
wholly out OF the question. few Press-tlckets alone
are given, and the members OF tie Fourth Estate VINO
differ very violently in their respective papers, accOhl
another very courteousy IN the matter OF re-
ports.
The physiognomy OF Paris at this moment is snSuary
striking It is not wholesome 10 express opinions ever
so mildly Prussian. saw two men hustled OF this morn
ing without ceremony by the nts OF the police one
Of these gentlemen yentured In the course Of converse
ton with some standing by at kiosk where No'
tr OtcieI posted pro bono, 70 denounce the Mayor
Nancy lis proclamation advising the citizens not
t. resist the Prussims they came. his neigbor fired
up, maintaining that as Nancy WAS an open
city, the Mayors proclamation exhibited great Sooh
SENSE desi.cd was, TO the city from desruc-
ton DON'T know what the rcionler was but heard
this rs the ccrJ0ry to the argument: Then suppose
We a.1 % give MP all towns without HghtneF
Gwen. hut II there is defense" and so the words
went on until the dahatcrs the center NJ noisy
crowd. now bent upon uhictng summary vengeance on
the man who maintained that il would be wiser 20 SUP
render without ghtIg than TO gAt against oyerpower-
ing Odds and Xpose cy and it, inhabitants to plunder
and massacre The affair terminated by Dis being huS-
tied away hy couple of police officers The other Incl
dent had FOR ifs subject young man. elegantly attred
WHO passed some very innocent remark about the alb
sencc Of news His accent decidedly foreign, smote M
pleasantly upou the ear OF a bvstandcr who immedi
ateIy cried out, Here's another of those Pruesaus.
q. am not q Prrssiau," De replied u am 20 Dane, and
would willingly fight by the side Of you Others against
Prussia :" But the reiOindcr did moi help him. The
yorJ word " i.uss.an," Ike the term Suspect"
during h, Il gu Of IgrOr is sufficient, applied TO any
body, to raise hornets nest about him. 30 Al was IN
this case. lie TuIcy as52led, and was saved from
condi-n punishment only by tie interference OF tine
police. So far t,e suspicion of Prussan-n goes, We
have q new reign OF Terror, neither more nor less.
Public opinion is becoming more and more irrtated
against the Imperial administration, which has collapsed
most shamefully in presence OF the difficulties Of the
present situation. Tie Ministries are in state Of utter
confusion The Cabinet, which has been constituted un
dlrtakes an awful .pOnsJy. No one believes it can
stand. There is not department but is out OF JOINT
The deliberations emiug the formation OF the Minis
Try lasted the whole OF Tuesday night until quite late
into tie morning Of Wednesday yesterday and
the final appointments were not made until late
I'm the forenoon. ! l. % dyna-tc ministry IAc bdicA
took ire oahs as night at the Tuleries and this morn
INC held their ir council under the presidency Of the
lurass We are assured the programme is 20 DE one Of
. ion and that will be communicated TO the Chambers
tonight Assured'y there has been inaction enough.
Dssenson here will immensely help the Pr1ssians now
coming toward Paris but II the new ministry exhibit
or aud energy, and yield 10 the just demands OF the
nation that competent heads be given TO the army, that
the administration OF the various departments of the
state be at once remodeled and rendered efficient, IL
may obtain popularity for time What Is most 10 be de-
plored aud eXasperacs most Is the utter absence Of Off
tal information the losses the army has sustained
INTEL ence reaches here from Belgian and other
that they amount to loco killed and wounded McMa-
hons entire baggage taken and he 1cdo this re-
port says-ln hot haste What Gen. FrOussard's losses
were we do yet know. But while these facts come
from foreign sources, Government sends out the most
trivial dispatches To wit the last from Metz tells az,
that "last night it rained I'm torrents" THIS may 90
side by side with the that told the French sol
diers went down INTO Siarbruck 10 buy tobacco such
puerillties excite iudi guaton, and wen they may.