The State Committee of the Bavarian Parliament has passed, by
eight to seven, an address to the King, in which they state that they represent the majority of the Bavarian people, and that this people is losing its attachment to the Crown, seeing that one prerogative after another is resigned to the Empire, which does not represent on all points the interests of all Germans. The tone of the address is one of indignation with the Ministry and the King, and if it is passed, the Cabinet must resign, or govern in defiance of Parlia- mentary precedent. The Chamber, however, though it contains a small majority of Ultramontanes, has not accepted the address yet, and before the vote is taken the whole influence of the King and the Government, which is very great, will be exerted against acceptance. A secession of a few members is the more probable, because the laws which irritate the majority were passed by the Im- perial Parliament, and cannot be repealed by the Bavarian one. The majority, moreover, are indisposed to drive matters to a point at which an open collision between the little kingdom and the Empire would be even probable. They cannot, while opposed to the King, rely upon the Army.
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