M. Thiers is not in Paris. He has made a
breach in the enceinte, and has been hoping to enter every dat this week, but he does not go in. It is believed that he expects a rising from -within, but it is more than probable that the Generals dread the con- sequences of a street fight, which, even if they won, would cost -them thousands of men. In an official defence published on 18th inst. the Government says it does all it can to protect the innocent and " circumscribe the effects of a struggle in which the guilty are not the only victims," but it " cannot work miracles." The article -is evidently an expression of annoyance with the respectables, who .think it hard that M. Thiers in trying to free them, as he says, from tyranny, should begin by battering down their houses. There is no sign as yet that a Versailles party exists in Paris, though M. Thiers evidently believes in its assistance.
