A curious question is disturbing and entertaining the readers of
Ger- man newspapers. It is said that copies of the private correspondence of the Prince Regent of Prussia with the Prince Consort of England have been stolen, and that the Emperor Napoleon has come into possession of them. In one or more of these letters, so runs the story, the Emperor is spoken of in a manner not quite so respectful as that publicly employed. Further, it is said, that the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, on the part of his master, has demanded explanations from the Prussian Minister; that Baron de Schleinitz has replied that he can speak for the Government as a constitutional minister, but that he knows nothing of the private cor- respondence of high personages. He declined to institute any inquiry. The French Ambassador is represented to have said that " as there was such" discrepancy between the private statements of the Prince Regent „and the public statements of the Government, no other way remained to - convince the Emperor of the genuineness of the sentiments of the Prus- sian Cabinet than a personal interview between the Emperor Napoleon III. and the Prince Regent."
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