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Show ' 'The Forts Around Pari. - According to the special Paris correspondent cor-respondent of La Situation the forts around Paris contain the following number of guns: Vincennos, which, it, is said, has beun abandoned, UK gunSj Jlont Valerien, 79: Aubervil-liers, Aubervil-liers, Oil; St. Denis, 9S; Bicetre, 00; Issy, 04; lvry, 70: Nogcut, jo; lio-maiiivil;e,"4l.e lio-maiiivil;e,"4l.e Bosny, 56; Valines, 4j; Noisy le Sec, '57; Mbntrouge, 43. Tu this estimate neither the guns of the e.'iuints nor of the redoubts of Join-viile Join-viile and LagavHIe are included. Heavy guns having a range of five miles have beeu placed in position on tlio heights of .Moutmartre. General T'rochu lias made good use of the short time he has been in power, in the way of improving im-proving the fortifications of Piris. livery commanding spot in the environs envir-ons has beon crowned by a redoubt, all the ground near being cleared so at to give full play to tho artillery of the defenders, A redoubt has been erected erect-ed ou tho hill of Courbevoie, on the west of Paris. The strength of the enceinte en-ceinte has been much increased. As far as wo oan make out from the rather ra-ther vague and amateur description ot a Paris correspondent of the.XW jVics, large earthen demilunes have been erected, ouukla eauh gate, and the covered way has been rendered, a lormidnole impediment by means ul pallisades. t tho foot ol tho glacis is a road made of planks studded with nails three inches high. Beyond these again are three rows of wires two feet from the ground and three f-ct apart. Xhefe successive obstacles, vvhiJi cannot can-not be easily destroyed, from a distance, will ivudcr b impossible to utteuipt an assault until at least the foot of the glaois has been reached by regular approaches. ap-proaches. A second line of tortifrsi-tions tortifrsi-tions following the course of tho circular circu-lar railway is in course of construction. As to the garrison, we learn that the Garde Natiouale have a steady reliable appearance and that the Mobile ai daily improving in drill. Te ilrcton : ,r,l i. I :i ,.. 1 .i i .. I might be allowed to dii.i eight instead of ib j regulation four hour- a day. It is need.c-4 to say that the iifjuest was i granted, and it is said to have been, fu.iy taken advantage of. Ihe strength d tno garrison is scmi-ouaO'aily scmi-ouaO'aily stated to be as und'-r: K 'g ilar tro ,ps 8'y i 0 Sailors nd niano' 2",i'0 ; D'lii-iiiicTx and gen larmcs JO.Uu'j I Garri- Nj;;.,;,.,,;. j ,. ,' Gardo !(.::, Iso 0 I '. I I lr:ai 4o-.'ivf |