The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-16 00:00:00

to the Czar, opposed to despotic Governments, or
in favour' of representative institutions, and of
England ? Literally nothing. What has he ever
said ? The answer is the same,—nothing, literally
nothing. His sympathies, on the contrary, are
with Absolutism and the Czar. Were it otherwise,
can any one for a moment imagine that he would
be able to remain on friendly terms with his
Champagne-drinking brother—the present King
of Prussia ? The latter is too much the -slave
of the Czar to be suffered to remain on habits
-of friendship with the Prince of Prussia, even
if so disposed, were that Prince not known to
be in his heart in the interest of Russia.
We are well aware that the Prince of Prussia
did, at one time, make some vague professions of
being friendly to free institutions, and in favour of
England ; het that, it must be remembered, was
-before the breaking out of the present war. Besides,
even were he to make. such professions now, we
should not attach the slightest credit to them.
They would be utterly Worthless. They would be
made only to be falsified as soon as circumstances
occurred to render, in his view, their falsification
expedient.
We have ceased to place any faith in the word of
Crowned heads, or of those who are the expectants
of seats on European thrones. Nor are we peculiar
in our want of faith in Royal pledges. Our dis-
trust is shared by
all the nations of Europe. Ex-
perience has forced on them the conviction that
princes are not to be trusted, nor their word be-
lieved. What Sovereign is there on a Continental
' throne, at this moment, who has not falsified his
promise, deliberately and publicly given f Nay,
more, who can name a Continental Sovereign who
has not violated his solemn oath ? We only need,
as one illustration, to begin with the one nearest
to us ? And who does not remember that Louis
.Philippe broke his solemn oath, taken six or seven
times over ! Look next at the Emperor of Austria.
What case of perjury could be more heinous than
his ? The Pone of Rome, too, who is a temporal
as well as spiritual prince, stands before the world
convicted of flagrant perfidy. And then there is
the miserable man who at once disgraces humanity
and the, throne of Naples—King Bomba. He is
likewise steeped to the ears in perjury. Nor is the
present King of Prussia free from the guilt of per-
fidy ;he also has deceived his people. He has
mode promises and given pledges which have been
openly violated.

But why run over the catalogue of perjured or
perfidious Continental monarchs ? The public is al-
ready sufficiently acquainted with their names.
And there is no reason to suppose that the Prince
of Prussia, or his son, to whom the eldest daughter
of our Queen is affianced, would prove any excep-
tion to the rule, were either to be raised to the
throne of Prussia. There is doe much ground to
fear that they would prove the inveterate foes of
liberty, and consequently of this country, whose
institutions are
_liberal, and whose people are free.
A marriage, therefore, with Prince Frederick Wil-
liam would be, in every respect, unfortunate for the
Princess Royal, and most dangerous to the liberties
of England.