The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-05 00:00:00

LO.k'DON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1868.

QUEEN ISABELLA. has sent a violent protest from
Pau, in which she inveighs against the overthrow
of the Government, and this will probably be the
last communication that she will make to the
Spanish authorities. The day has gone by when
any of her wishes-can prevail, or her opinion be
studied. One satisfaction is that the country ap-
pears quite tranquil, and therefore there is no need
to look for fresh disturbances just now. Of course
there is a great deal to do before things can be
called settled, but even already there is so much
evidence of unanimity that it encourages us
to hope, in the absence of anything like
ill-will among the men who are in the ascendant.
Marshal SERRANO has arrived at Madrid, which is

a fortunate circumstance, as some uneasiness pre-
vailed on account of the armed multitude. Efforts
are being made by the Junta to organise the armed
populace. All accounts agree that order prevails in
Madrid, and it may safely be affirmed that seldom
if ever has there been a revolution taking :place
which caused so little disquiet in the capital of the
country which it affected. A. most enthusiastic
reception was given to General SERRANO, and he
was received at the station by the members
of the Provisional Junta, and also by po-
pular deputations. He afterwards made a
speech, in which he declared that he had
communication with General ESPARTERO and
plao,ol himself at his disposal. In all proba-
bility the Provisional Ministry, which will be
composed to-day, will consist of Marshal SERRANO,
General Punt, and others. General ESPARTERO
has not alluded to his coming to Madril in the
answer he sent to Marshal SERRANO. In order to
show their indifference the Government will, it is
said, have the protest of Queen ISABELLA printed
and posted up all over the country. The Ministry
will rule the country until the meeting of the Con-
st:tuent Assernby. Some doubts appear to prevail as
to whether Gen. PRIM will join the new Government
or not, but it is most likely that he will. As yet
there has been no defection to complain of in the
plans that have been so rapidly formed.
Meanwhile people are busy in their surmises and
expectations as to whether any of the exiled
claimants to the throne will succeed.
These unfortunate victims of the ill
fate which sometimes overshadows high as
well as humble personages came to life in a
disturbance like the present, and flutter about the
scene of confusion in the desire of bettering their
prospects, and perhaps of exchanging the cold shade
of exile for the sunny splendours of a throne, un-
stable though it may be, and devoid of all real
satisfaction as its barren honours may be. One
thing is very certain in all this, which is, that there
is no ghost of a chance for Queen ISABELLA ever
being restored. Amid all the different sections not
one is in her favour, and nowhere is regret ex-
pressed for heeprecipitate downfall. No sovereign
ever left a land over which she had held sway for
more than a generation, after having given rise to so
little favour or friendly feelings, as Queen ISABELLA
has done. She seems to have kept power by suf-
ferance for a long time, and at last by the mere
patience of her worn-out subjects. It is easy to
find in France and Italy many who still adhere to
the fortunes and advocate the claim& of departed

rulers, but even in this early stage of her defea

ISABELLA appears to the world in the mortifying
character of a fallen ruler without friends to con-
dole with her, if they cannot fight for her. If she
has any private councillors they had better 1192 their
influence to persuade her into accepting her
position with the best grace she can, and not to
create new difficulties for herself, by making despotic
attempts to do what is impossible, but which may in
its very failure complicate her position still more,
and aggravate the evils from which she has to
suffer. Any European country almost may be
her refuge if she knows how to keep quiet, but if
she expends her resources in fomenting strife and
promoting the progress of sedition, the Powers of
Europe will agree that she is no very pleasant cr
profitable visitor to their territories, and that
the sooner she seeks other quarters the
better. Sad has been the fall of the last
rulers of the BOURBON line in Europe, but it will
not undo the past or remedy their future position
in history if they occupy themselves in vain endea-
vours, and exhibit zeal without discretion. So far as
we can see as yet no successor is likely to be put,
in IsanuLA's vacant place, and will not be for
some time to come very likely. The Spanish people
will be very cautious how they again entrust so
much to one ruler, and they can hardly be blamed
if they exhibit some distrust after the specimen
they have had for so long before them ; but when
once a change has been made, it is easier to keep
to the safe line of policy.

Notwithstanding the uproarious disposition of
the good folks at CrAiton, who are much more in-
clined to hear their own voices than those of the
rival candidates for their suffrages, the right hon.
the Secretary of State for India contrived on
Saturday to make a very sensible and straightfor-