In Paris there has been a decided reaction on the
side of order.; an attempt at counteraction on behalf of the Ultra-Revolutionists being overawed by the imposing display of force on the part of the Government. It is not easy to get at the facts concerning the origin of the affair. The known circumstances are, that there has been some difference of "opinion" among the members of the Provisional Government ; that the journal °belonging to M. Le- dru-Rollin violently assails the National Guards, who turned out in support of the Government ; and that M. Blanqui, an Ultra- Republican, who had been much damaged by the disclosure of official papers that seemed to convict him of treacherously be- traying his Republican colleagues to King Louis Philippe's Go- vernment, has vowed vengeance against the present officials. Moreover, the Communists of Paris are discontented that a more decided adoption of their tenets has not been enforced by Govern- ment. Putting all these things together, we may surmise that M. Blanqui and the discontented acted on the chance of playing into the hands of M. Ledru-Rollin, but had miscalculated his in- fluence. The Garde Mobile, which is formed in great part of the working classes, sided against the anarchists, and rendered the display of force on the side of Government overpowering.
Meanwhile however, the shopkeeping National Guard has grown tired Of its dilettante soldiering, and troops are recalled to Paris for preserving the peace of the city. The military reaction therefore seems to have commenced ; and France, just as her constituent "National Assembly" is to be elected, is entering upon the second stage of revolution.
