5 MARCH 1831, Page 14
The tranquillity of the French capital has not been in
the slightest degree disturbed since our last. The only token of apprehended commotion has been a placard of the Prefect of the Seine, forbidding tumultuous assemblies. There are rumours of disturbances in the South, but they depend on more than doubt- ful evidence. The law of election has passed ; and it is now asserted that it will increase the number of voters to 300,000. SOULT continues to busy himself with unrelaxed activity in the_ arrangement of the army.