New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-29
THE STATE OF EUROPE.
v,s. Our Own oer~sropaent

Hp,. Our Own Correspondent
LOSDoN, Friday, Dec 10, 1e5o.
The following facts will show rlsipy enough how
tlpes are maIsged in Prussia under the present he-
ssrcy. Mr. Wedecke, Priey Councillor (6ede'mer
Ra in Prussia before lsis wa. always on ierms OF
intimacy with Prince Charles, the younger brother
Of the King ,nd of the Prince Regent He ar
ransed as private sgeDt OF tue Prince, al bis land
speeuatoas, and stock obbing and love adventures,
and accordingly acquired great power over the
Prince In le4e, he turned Democrat together
With hs friend Steber and tried to get the Clli-
derc. Of that party; but his personal character
% Rad that the German Democrats, who had l0,
vet learned from American Democracy with " lss
Sfy tools the world may be governed, rejected
Dis propositions and kept aiOof from him. When
the resciionary movement set in, Wedecke found
Prussia too hot, aud emigrated 10 Sw,tzer-
had where he obtained citizenship in Basle.
Having. az it seems, lived beyond his means, he
threatened Prince Charles with the publication of
Ais papers and his tricks unless the dragreeabe
seerets should be bought of by S24 0O0 The
Prince thinking he might get rid Of him in cheap.
er way, communicated the affair to the GOyern-
nent by which Mr. Stieber, Wedecke's old friend
who, frcm the Democrat Of l-4S, had become one
Of the Chiefs of the Police, was sent ts the Grand
Duchy of Baden, whittier he succeeded in alluring
The eX-Priyy Councillor under the pretense Of nego-
tiatiOns. Wedecke was entrapped ested and sent
off 10 Prussia. Ii, however, turned out that
he bad left the compromising papers behind him at
Bash; his hOusekeeper was therefore induced by a
figured message from him To bring them likewise
to FTeiburg, where Mr.. Stieber seized them,
thus reeyIf Prince CHARLES from any further ex-
tortoD or possibility Of expense. The press of
Switzerland contains, Of course, very strong re-
marks upon these proceedings, and the Prussian
official Journals now deny that Prince Charles could
have been in any way connected with the affair.
According to them, il was for official malversatous
previous to l-4S that the ex-Privy Councillor was
enticed to Baden, and arrested there by the Prus-
sian police, and that his papers were seized subse.
quently, having been given up voluntarily by the
hOusekeeper. The further steps VI the Prussian
Government will show whether the " old traditions
Of the Monarchy" will be- main ntained in which
Wedecke will be consigned to lunatic asylum.
IL, On the other hand We should see that he Is
publicly tried, shall begin to believe that there
10 in the Prussian Government a desire to act
in legal way.
In Italy and France, the rumOrs about an immi-
DeDt crisis in the Italian peninsula the in
crease, but they are treated with incredibly at
Vienna, since there now exists not a shadow OF
dispute between Austria and either Sardin mia or
France, and not even the money market of Vienna
is affected by these rUmors. The official Vienna
Journal notices them, and reminds the French En-
perOr that Austria may in the worst case lose II
province, but that Napoleon would stake his throne
on the doubtful success of war in Italy.
Prince Napoleon has surrounded himself with
able men, Liberals and Free Traders, for the ex-
perimental administration of Algeria. Emile de
Girardin and Michel Cheyalier are the most promi-
Bent members of this new Council General for the
African province. 1t is, however, difficult to see
how they can get on in the way of administration
without coming into serious conflict with the Im-
peral Government i'll France.