Edwardsville Spectator

The King of Prussia surrounded by a mob.--The German journals speak of a tumultuous scene which lately took place at Berlin.

We understand (says the Strasburgh Courier) by letters from Berlin, that an event lately happened in that city, that exhibits such a state of the public mind, as to have created a considerable share of alarm. On the 2d or 3d of April, while his majesty was enjoying his daily promenade, and about to enter the Park through the Brandenburgh gate, his progress was suddenly impeded by a crowd, consisting of about 1500 burghers, who approached his coach, bearing several petitions.

The king received these papers; and hastily perused some of them. The whole were uniform in their prayer or demand; that a constitution should be granted to Prussia agreeably to the solemn promises which had been so often repeated.

The king, displeased at the importunity of the crowd, ordered his coachman to drive on; but the people completely obstructed the passage, and prevented the horses advancing, at the same time observing, that the father of his country could not refuse to accede to the wishes of those who had sacrificed their property and their blood in the public service, and that they demanded nothing but what was in union with law and order.

From the season in which the demands were made, and the time and place chosen, it is presumed that they must have had an evil origin. The king at length gave orders for the guard of a neighboring post to advance and disperse the multitude. This guard, entirely composed of landwehr (militia,) was negligent in the execution of the order. The people finally opposed no obstacle to the progress of the king, and dispersed, observing aloud, that if their numbers were despised, they could immediately assemble 30,000 persons, who were animated with the same sentiments.