Review of the State of Europe after the Fall of Louis Philippe-National Defences-Revolution in Milan-War in Northern Italy-Revolutions in Naples, Vienna, and BerlinMovement for Unification of Germany.
THE policy of Louis Philippe had, as we have seen, for some time inspired the Prince and his Coburg friend with doubts of the stability of his power. The latter had written on the 1st of August, 1847: Louis Philippe's ambiguous reputation as a master of the arts of statesmanship has been most unequivocally ruined by the Spanish intrigue. If he live long enough, he can hardly fail to suffer some portion of the punishment, which, according to the laws of nature, he has incurred.'
It was the creed of both Stockmar and his pupil, that as surely as sorrow is ever found, in the words of our old poet, 'dogging sin,' so surely will retribution overtake the Sovereign, who thinks more of the immediate interests of his family or dynasty than of the well-being and advancement of his people. From what side this might come in the case of Louis Philippe it was impossible to foresee. But it was an ominous symptom, that for some time the policy of France at home and abroad had become personally identified with the King; while at the same time, the Government, blind to the fact that the Opposition, although in a numerical minor