Neue Oder-Zeitung.  
No. 465, 5 October 1855.  
Mittagblatt  
X. London, 2 October. (Diplomatic Impropriety.)

Here the speech delivered by the English minister accredited to the German Federal Diet, Sir Alexander Malet, on the occasion of a dinner given at Homburg to celebrate the capture of Sevastopol, caused no little surprise, since it launched into violent attacks against the King of Prussia and his minister. In this speech, the English minister declared bluntly that the English nation had been entitled to expect a different policy from Prussia, particularly since the majority of the Prussian people had never concealed their sympathies for the Western powers. Sir Alexander is of the opinion that, had Prussia declared for the Western powers, Austria would have acted energetically and Russia’s resistance to the Prussian coalition would have become an impossibility. Prussia is, to a certain extent, made directly responsible for the war. Since the King of Prussia is a member of the German Confederation, at which Sir Alexander functions as England’s minister, it is believed that this outburst will in any case be followed by very serious representations. If he is defended by his government, this would contain an indication of England’s future policy; in the opposite case, however, one may certainly prepare for the minister’s recall.