The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-02 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 2.

lz the present state of the world, when to-
morrow may surprise us by news of a French and
Russian Alliance based on a revision of the Treaty
of Paris, as the day before yesterday did with
a French intervention in Naples, no good can
come of violent and aimless attacks on Prussia in
the English press. The provocation to animad-
version came undoubtedly from Prussia, and we
can conceive no intimacy of relations, no political
exigency, which could or ought to prevent or
restrain the expression of the strong feelings of
indignation which an outrage like that of Bonn
must always excite. But those feelings ought not
to be pushed to excess, so as to override considera-
tions of moderation or fairness on our part ; we
ought not to allow them to raise a local affair
into a national quarrel, or make us overlook the
substantial evidence given by Prussia of her earnest
wish to lead a new life among the Powers of
Europe.
Our ways are not the ways of Prumia ; but
let us not abuse her because she has characteris-
tics and peculiarities of her own. Her career is
too often vacillating and uncertain, but at present
her hesitation is all in the right direction ; let it be
ours to encourage her to ativanee and co-operate.
She spoke to the Court of Turin in perplexed and
troubled language ; but her acts at Warsaw are so
much better than her despatch from Coblents as
almost to condone that indiscretion. The Court
and Cabinet of Berlin are, in short, turning their
faces toward. England. It cannot be wise to lose
a great opportunity by indiscriminate assaults on
the popular feeling of Prussia.
It will occur to everybody, on reflection, that a
wide distinction ought to be made in the English
mind between the present Government of Pillions
and the bureaucratic system of administration
which it inherited from its now incapaci-
tated monarch, and which, under the MANTIC/Ili
rule, had been developed to a pitch almost equal-
ling in mischief the police of Naples. That net-
work of functionaryism covers the face of the land; '
but the whole service is more or lees in antagonism
with the existing government, thwarts its plans
and wishes, and, fearing that its end approaches,
is desperate in it, resistance. To this state of things
may, no doubt, be mainly traced the insolence
which offended against the comity of nations in
regard to the royal yacht, and the still more de-
plorable outrage of Bonn. But it would be unfor-
tunate if the English public, not appreciating this
distinction, should hold the whole Prussian people
responsible for these two offences of Prussian
bureaucracy. We, on our part, had very just
grounds of complaint against certain Prussian
functionaries for their abominable treatment of
English subjects, and their foul attacks on the
English character ; in those complaints sound and
enlightened public opinion in Prussia entirely sym-
pathised, and discovered in them additional argu-
ments for that administrative reform which is
becoming a prime feature in the domestic policy
of the Prumian nation ; but when the popular
party in Prussia found the whole nation impli-
cated in and censured loudly and vehemently
for occurrences which had disgusted them

as much as they had us, they in their turn
grew angry, retaliated in bitter language, and a
very provoking affair of local police in a small
Rhine town now threatens to alienate the two
nations and two peoples at • critical time in Suro-
pe•n history, when the interests of freedom re-
quire their union, and the enemies of liberty dmire
their separation. We know from our own ex-
perience of a bad system of government, that it is
not to be got rid of in a day—hardly in a reign—
even when the nation has condemned it and the
Government is resolved on substituting something
better. In Prussia it ramifies itself into every
hole and corner, every nook and cranny of the
kingdom, it has possession of all its strongholds
and all its week points, it has • spirit, an organi-
zation, and a will of its own ; it resists extinction,
and will die hard. But if Prmsian public opinion
is really tired of centralization and over-organiza.

tion, and desires to see the fabric of libertyyreared
on the old local institutions and spirit of Germany,
its days Sr. numbered, and the unity of Germany
will then be within reasonable prospect and grasp.
And in that event, this Bonn affair will not have
occurred in vain.

Common sense teaches that two Protestant
countries, like England and Prussia, ought to be
friends, in the spirit of freedom and independence,
not dreading or receiving offence from hearty,
earnest, honest criticism—oot inferring hostility or
flinching because one State does not go quite so fait
or so far as the other. We freely admit the Go-
vernment of the Pitmen Ranx.vr is a great advance
on the Government of the KING, even although it
does hamper and restrict itself far too much by
delicate considerations of what the royal policy
would be had it survived. We are glad to learn
that the explanations given at Coblants were
virtually and substantially favourable to the
independence and unity of Italy, even if on
the subject of Venetia they may have
been influenced by too much formal respect for
Austria. We give Prussia full credit for resisting
the pregame put on her by Russia and Austria.
We know with pleasure and satisfaction that at
Warsaw the Perry. a Raosom refused to involve
Prussia in any declaration is favour of Legitimacy,
and refused all entreaties to recall ber Minister
from Turin. It was in great part owing to the

firmness of tho same

jeot of a Congress .
We can, under such

overlook the pedantry
We heartily with

efforts to reform

.Germany, and to place its military organize-
Akin on a footing capable of at once offer-
.* effective resistance, in case of need,
IrainN Frew*, Above all, we have ao intention
of confounding together the misconduct of the offi-
cials of Bonn, with the general policy of the
country. On the contrary, we are persuaded that it
is the first wish of all German Liberals to out-root
the Meirrnornis system of interference by police
with everything and everybody in Prussia, and we
acknowledge the difficulties which exist in that
narrow division of parties which impedes progress
in Prussia.

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command' of beneral Turr has been declared to be
a pure invention.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLF, Oct. 27.
There is no political news.
Great financial fluctuation has taken plaee during
the week.

It is expected that government will negotiate in
Paris a 5 per cent. loan of 16 millions sterling,
at 53g.
A national forced loan is ►lso spoken of.
The Levant Herald has received a warning fee in
article on this subject, and on the oorrighimt el
Riza Pacha.
The Austrian Internuncio has met with a seven
accident ; his leg is broken, and he is esigislited to
be in a dangerous state.
The provinces are all quiet.
No news has been received from Syria.

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