... of their inveterate enemies, and with what alacrity the mayor and other officials filled requisitions for wine, cheese, suits of livery, riding-whips, and even squab pigeons. During our stay at Meaux the British Minister, Lord Lyons, endeavored to bring about a cessation of hostilities, to this end his sending his secretary out from Paris with a letter to Count Bismarck, offering to serve as medi...