The French intelligence indicates the continuance of an uneasy state
of affairs in Paris. Arrests of' suspected persons are nume- rous ; that to which most importance is attached being BERNARD'S, a printer. The following account of his capture is from Le Droit- " The Police had been in very active search after him, and thought itself certain of the place in which he was concealed ; but the question was how to get at him, it being known that he was guarded by a company of the Sea- sons,' the members of which kept watch near the house to give the alarm in case of danger, and to cover his flight, the house having nine different issues. By using great precautions, the Police, however, got into the house, where they found Bernard asleep: he made no resistance. Besides a blouse, and a pocket-book with lint, they found a complete copy of the formulary of the Sociehl des Saisons, in the handwriting of Bernard, which concludes ;MI the oath taken on the dagger, never to reveal the statutes of the society, followed by these words—' May I perish by this dagger if I violate this oath.'" The Paris correspondent of the Times adds, that, appended to the formulary, was this query in BERNARD'S handwriting- " You [the candidate] swear to be true to your brethren, if, as is most likely we shall soon be, called upon again to take up arms. It may, like the heroes of the 12th and 13th of May, be our lot to be plunged into the dungeons of Philippe, or into the silence of the tomb. Will you dare this and stand by us ?"
A report was circulated in Paris on Saturday night, that the Opera-house was to be set on fire, and in the confusion thus pro- duced an attack made on the Hotel de Ville. Upon inquiry, how- ever, the rumour proved to be without foundation.
There is a general feeling in Paris that some new modification of the Government must take place ; SOULT'S incapacity for the per- formance of his Ministerial duties being too glaring for conceal- ment. The introduction of GUIZOT into the Cabinet is deemed probable.
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