The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-13 00:00:00

Paris sets the fashion, and, consequently, insurrec.
tions have become quite the vogue since the revo:ution
of February. The populace both of the Peninsula
and the Continent evince quite as much skill ins ress-
ing up a political contention ala Francois, . the
immortal ALEXIS SovErt might do in coultingth.te
daintiest poisson en pupilotte. Rome. .has. evincedu di
s
aptitude in this peculiar kind of imitation. Under
the h dily guidance of CICEROACCHIO, and. t etnte et,
tual guidance of MANIIANI, the inhabitants of the
Eternal City have latterly carried the banners of
revolt even to the very pinnacle of the Quirinal.
Posen, again, has become the arena for an armed
struggle between the scythebearers of Poland and
the soldiers of Prussia. AliEaosnAwsixi has con-
ducted the insurgents to the gates ot Gnesen, the
ancient cipital of the Grand Duchy, and the
ranks of their Germanic conquerors are being
thinned to the tune of the patriotic chorus, Noclz ist
Pule" Nicht verloren. Madrid has likewise become a
scene of carnage—the carnage of rebellion and of
executions. A new civil war has broken out in the
capital of Spain under circumstances precisely similar
to those which hurled Lovis PHILIPPE from the
throne of the Barricades. A frightful impoverish
ment of the exchequer, the adoption of a policy extra-
vagantly despotic, the concentration of an absolute
andeorr;_euptvearthuythoing
authority in the hands of an obnoxious
minist
betrays an ominious similitude
between the official posture of France in January,
and Spain in Mat?. In the clamours which are
becoming audible in the streets of Madrid there
is a resemblance to the memorable cry "A bas
lee Ministeres, and in the conduct of Conuovl and
NARVAEZ a vivid similarity to that which marked
the intermural campaigning of BUGEAUD and JAC-
QuEmmar. How the Madrid disturbances will ter-
minate, whether in the modification of the present.
Government, or in the destruction of ISABELLa. s
sovereignty, it is scarcely at this moment possible to
conjecture, but that the peninsular
i emeides are assum-
ing a rather formidable character s certain, not only
from the fears of CitaisTlNA as to the possible instal-
lation of a Provisional Republic, but also from the
disposition of her Must Catholic MAJESTY to summ_ n
ESPARTERO to her assistance. The popularity of
that illustrious and patriotic soldier would prove
more effectual, we are sati-fied, in the tranquillization
of the Spanish capital than either the probity of
MOLE, the de.oision of 'Dimas, or the restrained
audacity of ODILON BARROT in quelling the fury
of the Parisians. That some modification at least
must follow up'in the recent occurrences in Madrid,
is as inevitable as that Gallicia and Lithuania
will be affected by the convulsion of Posen, or that
Tuscany and the Abruzzi will experience a certain
degree of sympathy in the movements of the Roman
multitude, or that Mecklenburg an] Northern Jut-
land will be influenced by the warlike events in
Schleswig-Holstein, or that Switzerland and the Tyrol
will echo a•nong their Alpine crags the battle songs
of Piedmont and the death cries of Lombardy. Cer-
tain as these things are, it is equally uncertain whether
Posen will be permanently quieted by the establish-
ment of the Polish kingdom under the Duke of LEUCII-
TENBURG, the nominee and son-in-law of NICHOLAS ;
whether Madrid will regain its quietude by the
expulsion of ISABELLA. or the recal of EsearrrEao;
whether Rome will declare itself for a Republic or
for a renewal of its obedience to the Sovereign
PONTIFF ; whether Schleswig will continue an ap-
penage of the Danish diadem or be forcibly annexed
GO tne uertnamc (...UOICUCIaLI4.
hardy will reconquer its solitary independence or as-
sociate its fortunes with those of the Venetians. As
yet all these results are concealed in the inscrutable
book of Futurity ; the leaves have yet to be turned
which shall recount the consummation of these
several movements. Still, whatever may be the se-
quence of late occurrences, it is certain that the Paris
fashion has been scrupulously followed in Denmark
in Spain, in Poland, in Lombardy, and in the Papa]
States— the fashion of coiffeurs and constitutions, of
stomachers and revolts.
Meanwhile Paris herself has lately witnessed a
marvellous series of vicissitudes. After all the
heroism of the days of February, after all the glory of
the Provisional Government, the national represen-
tatives are evincing a triple tendency, a tendency
to apathy, reaction, and ingratitude. Louts BLAasc
has lost his popularity. That fact, however,
we are not disposed to quarrel with, since ti.
Commission of the Luxembourg has proved to be
only a splend d humbug, the most idle and seductive
of the many idle and seductive illusions of Counmu-
nistn, the vision of labour amid-t luxury, of artisans
couched upon velv,l, of tinkers, and tailors, and car-
limiters, and cobblers, suddenly translated :rom the
workshop to the palace. Like CHRI,TOPHER SLY,
in the induction to SUAHSPERE'S comedy, the Toilers of
France have gazsd on the magnificence which has been
revealed to them by an acci ien:, until they have
roused themselves from their bewilderment with a
hotnaly ejaculation, "For GOD'S sake, a cup of small
beer !" Louis BLANC has, we repeat it, lost his
popularity. ALBERT, in like manner, has reverted to
his former obscurity. Neither have any longer the
sina lest share in the Administration. DUPONT
(de l'Eure) is henceforth nothing more than a
simple representative ; and MARRAST—the moderate
and intelligent ARMAND MARRAST —is exclusively
restricted to his junctions as Mayor of Paris. Alto-
gether the Provisional Government has been defi-
nitively replaced by the newly• elected Government of
Five Commissioners. As everybady knows already,
that Commission consists of ARAGO, GARNIER PAGES,
LAMARTINE, and LEDRU ROLLIN. LAMARTINE
being fourth n the list! Fourth! After MARIE. a man,
who, not., ithstanding his undoubted probity and in-
disputable ability, is still nothing better, compara-
tively speaking, than a political cypher. After
might
come without any thing like disgrace—but after
AaaGo, or even after GARNIER PAGES, a 111811
MARIE
whoi Ae
nd it is LA l
world,
orl(i,wah
0A RisT ItNhEu,stsol-i) of a
g,
htedl I men in the
bythe
Na-
tional Assembly—it is LAMARTINE who is selected
after MARIE, and only ininzedlutely before LEDRU
ROLLIN. The secret of this is obvious—ithafsrompartthlye
arisen from the hatred of the Ultras against the
AgTiNE s
policy,he partly
have failed to ompopdoes
taitoi
no no
fo f
thoseLA t
Moderates
re-
cognise the profound wisdom of LAMARTINE'S
adhesion to the personal interests of LEDRU ROLLIN,
and partly, and indeed principally, from the jealousy
of the obscure many to the one glorious unit of the
National Assembly. This is the secret. If LAMAR-
TINE were less illustrious, he would have been more

successful.
Of tl a new Ministry, appointed by the Govern-
ment Commission, here is the catalogue :
M. J. Bdstide
M. J. Favre Under •Secretary ditto.
M. Recurt
M. Carteret Under-Secretary ditto.
M. Duclerc
Colonel Charms
Admiral Cazy Marine.
M. frelat Put,lic Works.

M. Creinieux
M. Betionont Public Wership.
M. Carnot
Jean Reyaud Under-Secretary ditto.
M. Flocon
1 Mar rest
M. Cau-sidierre
M. Pugnerre
Government.
But fat the superintendence of the Pin Commis-