Paris has remained quiet since the 26th ult., but, as
a wit has recently said, "Order reigns, but does not govern," and there is a a constant succession of depressing rumours. Now, the insurrec- tion is to be on All Souls' Day, and again on the day of the elec- tions for the vacant seats (22nd inst.), and then at the opening of the Chamber on the 29th, or perhaps on the anniversary of the 2nd December. A suggestion has been offered that the four seats vacant in Paris should be filled by men who will not take the oath, and they should then be escorted to the Legislative Chamber ; but it does not quite please the Parisians, and will probably be aban- doned. In the meantime, the Emperor meditates without doing anything, and the workmen do a great deal without meditating much. The bitterness between them does not apparently increase, a good deal of the popular fury exhales itself in the Press, which is temporarily free, and the adversaries will probably await the open- ing of the Chamber. There the Emperor will be at a disadvantage, for his representatives are not orators, and the Irreconcilables are.
