The accounts from Paris are evidently modified by a fear
that letters are opened ; but it would seem clear that the Empress is not equal to so grave a situation ; that the great officials are scarcely loyal to the Empire, omitting from all proclamations the usual " Vive l'Empereur !" that some, at all events, of the leading Bonapartists are taking precautions about their property ; that the desire for a change of Government is not limited to the Reds, but extends to the middle-class ; that Paris does not rush to the frontier, but desires to be armed in Paris ; and that all classes are waiting news in almost ferocious anxiety. There has, how- ever, been no serious movement yet, and the use of bodies of troops to protect the Tuileries, the Corps Legielatif, and M. 011ivier's house has been scarcely needed.
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