A remarkable correspondence has oozed out this week between the
King of Prussia and his son, in which English- men may fairly assume to trace the hand of their own Princess Royal. The Prince of Prussia, it appears, promised his father, on the dismissal of. the Liberal Ministry, to take no part in thwarting the new Government, which clearly implies that his influence has long been exerted on the Liberal side. But when the -arbitrary decree, in effect abolishing the liberty of the press, came under discussion, he felt he could not properly keep silence. He offered to resign his command and his • place in the Council of State, and asked for an honourable exile. This appears to have alarmed both Ministers and King, who hastened to compromise matters, putting in the same plea as the Prince, that the "monitions of the inner • voice' had forced them to act as they had dme. Von Bis- mark might, at least, have spared us his conscience, more espe- cially as he resolves it himself into a sense of servile obe- dience to the King—perhaps we should rather say servile . anticipation of the King's wishes.
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