NEWS OF THE WEEK.
PRINCE BISMARCK has resigned the Prussian Premiership. An Imperial rescript, dated 21st inst., informs him in the coldest manner that his application has been accepted, and that the Presidency of the Cabinet devolves upon the senior Minister of 'State, General von Roon. The Prince will still confer with the Emperor "on the affairs of the Empire and its foreign policy," and should he wish to absent himself from the Prussian Cabinet, may vote through Herr von Delbriich by proxy. The wording of the rescript indicates the Emperor's hesitation, but its meaning is that Prince Bismarck is relegated to Imperial affairs, and that the government of the Kingdom under the King will be conducted by General von Roon, a strong Conservative. We have given reasons elsewhere for thinking that this change is a check to Prince Bis- marck, a belief in which we are confirmed by the anxiety of his friends to whittle away its meaning. A threat of resignation has, in fact, failed.
