The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-04 00:00:00

BENTLEY.

We have in this number of Bentley three narratives
of the events of the French Revolution of February.
The beat is written -by an American lady, the next
best by our old friend the Flaneur, and is illustrated
with a life-like portrait of M. Guizot ; and the other
is a very lady's-maik like account by Mrs. Romer,
who seems never to have recovered from an agony of
horror since her ears were startled by the ter-
rible vox popzili, "dive la'Republique," and her
nerves were shocked by the dreadful sight of " nine
fierce-looking individuals in blouses, who visited her
domicile in search of arms." She says, however,
" To do them justice they behaved with much civility,
and on fin.ding that their search was fruitless, and that
neither pistol, gun, nor sabre formed any part of female
belongings, they quietly departed, with many apologies
for the trouble they had given."

The following anecdote of the flight of the King is
new. We cordially re-echo the answer of the stub-
born Republican :
" The- royal pair deicended to the garden of the
Tuileries, which they traversed in the direction of the
pont tournant, .preceded Eby the Duke of Montpensier,
who endeavoured to prevent the crowd from pressing
too rudely upon his father. A few National Guards,
and one or two Deputies, accompanied them, one of
whom, indignant at seeing the crowd keep their hats on
in the King's presence, exclaimed, ' Messieurs, decouvrez
vous in presence du noir-411 n'y a plus de Roil' was
the answer. 'Alons, si vous ne respectez plus le Roi,
respectez au moins le malheur,' was indignantly urged
by the speaker. Et le crime done?' was all that could
be extracted from the stubborn Republican.'

With all her love for Louis Philippe, over whose
fall she tells us she shed tears, Mrs. Romer is compelled
to admit that there was something ignoble in the
"Precipitate flight of the Royal Family, who de-
parted with such haste and in such disorder that the
sauve qui peut' instinct appears to have scared away
from them every other sentiment for the moment, and
the young: princesses were left to make the best of their
way out of the tumult, unaided by their husbands. The
Parisian population have already instituted a comparison
between the flight of the last Bourbon sovereign in 1830,
and that of Le Roi des Frangais in 1848, which fully
expresses the estimation in which they hold the latter:
they say, Nous avons renvo3 Charles Dix a Coup de
cannon; et nous avons chaste Louis Philippe
_ . a coup de
piedsl"
tier narrative closes with the following well deserved
tribute to M. Lamartine, whose portrait illustrates
this paper :
" Undoubtedly the mass of public opinion goes with,

, and supports the Government; and above all, pays tribute
to the devotedness, intelligence, and loyalty of its bright-
est ornament, Monsieur de _Lamartine. His courage in
resisting the recent demand of the combatants of the bar-
ricades to change the national colours, and substitute the
red flag of revolt adopted by them on the late occasion
for the tricolor, consecrated by so many glorious memo-
ries, was absolutely sublime; and big attitude, words,
and demeanour,- when the bayonets of tile ruffianly de-
peputation were pointed at his breast and crossed over
his head, Were characterised by a noble calei worthy of
the greatest heroes of antiquity."

" Are there Those who Read the Future," is a tale from
' the pen of the Gaol Chaplain, which will be devoured
by all lovers of the marvellous, while the lovers of
adventure, and the admirers of true courage, will
read with feelings of intense interest the " Narrative
of the 'Wreck of the Archduke Charles." " Captain
Spike" is brought to a conclusion. The old pirate
Spike dies of his wounds, and Mulford and his pretty
wife Rose take Jack Tier with them to New York,
where they are all living happily. Professor Creasy
gives us the fourth of " The Six Decisive Battles of
the World, viz., Arminius's Victory over the Roman
Legions under Varus." The other articles are all of
the average merit. _