NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE idea so prevalent in Paris as well as England that Prince Jerome talked democracy under a secret understanding with his cousin, has been somewhat roughly dispelled. The Emperor has pub- lished in Le Moniteur a letter which is in form and substance a sting- ing reprimand. The speech, he tells his " very dear cousin," made a most painful impression upon him. The political programme it contains could only serve the enemies of his Government. The " great historical figure of Napoleon" is too vast for pigmies such as we are. We see but the part which is turned to us. Yet it is clear to all that tin order to prevent the anarchy of minds' the Emperor " established, first in his family, and then in his Government, a severe discipline, which admitted of but one will and one action." His successor henceforth will not depart from that course. The Emperor has rarely acknowledged his own despotism in terms so clear, and his cousin, profoundly wounded, not so much by the letter as by its publication, instantly for- warded to La Prase a note addressed to the Emperor, inform- ing him in curt and haughty terms that he resigned his posts as Vice-President of the Council of State and President of the Exhi- bition, and republished the speech in pamphlet form. We have commented on the quarrel elsewhere, and need only add that the majority of the Corps Legislatif profess themselves delighted with the terrible snub administered to the Prince.
