General Trochu issued on 14th November—before be had heard of
the recapture of Orleans—an address to the people of Paris which will impress Englishmen more favourably than Frenchmen. It is pervaded by a tone of melancholy common here, uncommon in France,—the tone of a man who has made up his mind without hope to a determined effort. After speaking of the astonishment of the world and the surprise of the enemy at the firmness of Paris, be says the armistice would have been granted but for the Red movement on Slat October, deprecates confidence in German news- papers, and recalls the history of the siege, how out of disorganized masses he had made an army, and completed the manufacture of field artillery,--how "we have done what we could in a series of extemporizations, the object of which was enormous,"—and how he had resisted offensive operations with imperfectly equipped masses. Now he thinks the time at hand to "close round the Republic and lift up our hearts," for it would be a shame if Paris, having made all preparatory sacrifices, should not go further, and suffer and fight to the end. Since this was issued General Trochu has beard of General de Paladine's advance, and refuses to make a sortie till the great attack begins.
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