M. Thiers on Thursday evening made a most confident speech
to the Assembly. He had obtained an army ; he had placed Marshal Macmahon, a "chevalier without fear and without reproach," at its head ; and however painful it might be to give the necessary orders, he should not hesitate in his duty. He was sure of the ultimate result, but it would be too venturesome for him to name a time. There was no conspiracy whatever among Ministers against the existing reyme,--their only mission was to reorganize. If it depended on him alone, he would make any sacrifices for conciliation. This is fine speaking, but all the while M. Thiers' guns are bombarding the quarter of Paris where the Reds do not live, and the lower officers of the Army denounce the Parisians with frantic brutality, declaring, for example, according to the Times' correspondent, that they ought not, as mere brigands, to be allowed ambulances. Ferocity
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