Modern Diplomacy is nothing； mind well your own affairs， leave those of your neighbors well alone. The Pragmatic Sanction， breaking Fritz's， Friedrich Wilhelm's， Sophie's， Wilhelmina's， English Amelia's and I know not how many private hearts， and distracting with vain terrors and hopes the general soul of Europe for five-and-twenty years， fell at once into dust and vapor， and went wholly towards limbo on the storm-winds， doing nothing for or against any mortal. Friedrich Wilhelm's 80，000 well-drilled troops remained very actual with their firelocks and iron ramrods， and did a thing or two， there being a Captain over them.
Friedrich Wilhelm's Directorium， well-drilled Prussian Downing Street， every man steady at his duty， and no wind to be wasted where silence was better， did likewise very authentically remain， --and still remains. Nothing of genuine and human that Friedrich Wilhelm did but remained and remains an inheritance， not the smallest item of IT lost or losable；--and the rude foolish Boor-King (singular enough！) is found to be the only one that has gained by the game."--Chapter IV.
EXCELLENCY HOTHAM QUITS BERLIN IN HASTE.
While the Camp at Radewitz is dissolving itself in this manner， in the last days of June， Captain Guy Dickens， the oracles at Windsor having given him their response as to Prince Friedrich's wild project， is getting under way for Berlin again，--whither also Hotham has returned， to wait for Dickens's arrival， and directly thereupon come home. Dickens is henceforth to do the British Diplomacy here， any Diplomacy there can well be； Dickens once installed， Hotham will， right gladly， wash his hands of this Negotiation， which he considers to be as good as dead for a longish while past. First， however， he has one unexpected adventure to go through in Berlin； of most unexpected celebrity in the world： this once succinctly set forth， History will dismiss him to the shades of private life.
Guy Dickens， arriving we can guess about the 8th or 9th of July， brings two important Documents with him to Berlin， FIRST， the English Response (in the shape of "Instructions" to himself， which may be ostensible in the proper quarter) in regard to the Crown-Prince's project of flight into England. Response which is no other than might have been expected in the circumstances：
"Britannic Majesty sorry extremely for the Crown-Prince's situation； ready to do anything in reason to alleviate it.
Better wait， however： Prussian Majesty will surely perhaps relent a little： then also the affairs of Europe are in a ticklish state.
Better wait. As to that of taking temporary refuge in France， Britannic Majesty thinks that will require a mature deliberation (MURE DELIBERATION). Not even time now for inquiry of the French Court how they would take it； which his Britannic Majesty thinks an indispensable preliminary，"--and so terminates. The meaning， we perceive， is in sum： "Hm， you won't， surely？ Don't； at least Don't yet！" But Dryasdust， and any readers who have patience， can here take the Original Paper； which is written in French (or French of Stratford at the Bow)， probably that the Crown-Prince， if needful， might himself read it， one of these days：--"Monsieur Guy Dickens pourrait donner au Prince les assurances les plus fortes de la compassion que le Roi a du triste etat ou il se trouve， et du desir sincere de Sa Majeste de concourir par tout ce qui dependra d'elle a l'en tirer. M. Guy Dickens pourrait lui communiquer en meme terns les Instructions donnees a Monsieur Hotham [<italic> our Answer to the Outrageous propositions， which amounts to nothing， and may be spared the reader <end italic>]， et lui marquer qu'on avait lieu d抏sperer que Sa Majeste Prussienne ne refuserait pas au moins de s'expliquer un peu plus en detail qu'elle n'a fait jusqu'ici. Qu'en attendant les suites que cette negociation pourrait avoir， Sa Majeste etait d'avis que le Prince ferait bien de differer un peu l'execution de son dessein connu：
Que la situation ou les affaires de l'Europe se trouvaient dans ce moment critique ne paraissait pas propre a l'execution d'un dessein de cette nature： Que pour ce qui est de l'intention ou le Prince a temoigne etre， de se retirer en France， Sa Majeste croit qu'elle demande une mure deliberation， et que le peu de tems qui reste ne promet pas meme qu'on puisse s'informer de ce que la Cour de France pourrait penser la-dessus； dont Sa Majeste trouvait cependant absolument necessaire de l'assurer， avant de pouvoir conseiller a un Prince qui lui est si cher de se retirer en ce pays la." [Prussian Despatches， vol. xii.： No date or signature；bound up along with Harrington's Despatch， "Windsor， 20th June [1st July] 1730，"--on the morrow of which day we may fancy Captain Dickens took the road for Berlin again，--where we auspiciously see him on Monday， 10th July， probably a night or two after his arrival.] This is Document FIRST； of no concernment to Hotham at this stage； but only to us and our Crown-Prince. Document SECONDwould at one time have much interested Hotham： it is no other than a Grumkow Original seized at St. Mary Axe， such as Hotham once solicited， "strong enough to break Grumkow's back." Hotham now scarcely hopes it will be "strong enough." No matter； he presents it as bidden. On introducing Dickens as successor， Monday， 10th July， he puts the Document into his Prussian Majesty's hand： and--the result was most unexpected！ Here is Hotham's Despatch to Lord Harrington； which it will be our briefest method to give， with some minimum of needful explanation intercalated here and there：--"TO THE LORD HARRINGTON (from Sir Charles Hotham).
"BERLIN， 30th June (11th July)， 1730.