23 OCTOBER 1869, Page 1

The North German Correspondent, which is, we believe, the organ

of the Government of Berlin, endorses a statement originally published in the Cologne Gazette as to the great weight Lord Clarendon has exercised in French affairs. The Emperor listens to him willingly, and his advice "had much to do with the changes lately made in the constitution of France." He recom- mended a "moderate reform which would deprive the Opposition of its sharpest weapons," non-intervention in German affairs, and abstinence from anything which might hurt the pride of Berlin. An old Whig of the pur sang and a Bonaparte versus the French Revolution,—hm ! That is a new combination, and does not impress us with the conviction that the Revolution must lose.