t kept, that the Minister of War knew nothing about it until
it appeared in the _Journal Officiel_ yesterday. After the scene of last
Monday General Vinoy reproached Trochu for having tamely submitted to
arrest and insult by a mob for several hours, and strongly hinted that a
French general owed it to his cloth not to allow his decorations to be
torn from his breast. It is said by General Vinoy's friends that those
observations are mainly the cause why he has been deprived of his
independent command, and placed under the orders of General Ducrot, with
respect to whose evasion from Sedan many French officers shake their
heads.

I cannot help thinking that the result of the vote of the army on
Thursday last is only relatively correct. Line, Mobile, and Marines do
not amount to 250,000 men, unless I am very much mistaken. The Second
Army, under Ducrot, will number about 110,000 men.

The English at last are about to leave. They are very indignant at
having been, as they say, humbugged so long, and loud in their
complaints against their Embassy. I do not think, however, that the
delay has been the fault either of Colonel Claremont or of Mr.
Wodehouse. These gentlemen have done their best, but they were unable to
get the Prussian and French authorities to agree upon a day for the
exodus. On the one hand, to send to Versailles to receive an answer took
forty-eight hours; on the other, from the fact that England had not
recognized the Republic, General Trochu could not be approached
officially. Colonel Claremont happens to be a personal friend of his,
and it is, thanks to his exertions, coupled with those of Mr. Washburne,
that the matter has at length been satisfactorily arranged. I need
hardly observe that the Foreign-office has done its best to render the
question more complicated. It has sent orders to Mr. Wodehouse to
provide for the transport of British subjects, without sending funds,
and having told Lord Lyons to take the archives with him, it perpetually
refers to instructions contained in despatches which it well knows are
at Tours.

Mr. Washburne remains. He has done his utmost to induce the Government
to agree to an armistice, and has clearly told them that they ought not
to sacrifice Paris without a prospect of a successful issue. He is in
despair at their decision, and anticipates the worst. In the interests
of humanity it is greatly to be regretted that Lord Lyons should have
received orders to quit Paris. Th