The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-28 00:00:00

jN what Happy Land" can I see you after the ig oera?" I only know of One HAPPY LAND ,_,'which a Gentleman may Sup—EVANS', COVENT `4-4RDEN, my dear fellow! IiINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, ThisBRANDY. celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest F RENCH BRANDY, It ii Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 38. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by 41 e Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. 4 1,1 1 ! ) serve the Red S ea l, Pink Label, a n d C or k b ran d e d Ainahan's LL Whisky." 1 1[ 1 11E CREDIT FONCIER (Limited). FO, Lombard-street, E.C. Capital, £1,000,030, in 20,0'0 Shares of £5O each. subscribed Capital, £500,000, in 10,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley. Deputy Chairman—James Leeick, Esq. The Iron. T. C. Haliburton, I Ad'Aphe Hakim, Esq. OLP. .e-dward Warner,eq Esq., enry Powualf, Esq., J.P. M.P.P. John Westmorland, Esq. ‘,Jaa r l ea E Alexander Dunbar, Esq. 1 Ch ar l es E . N ew b on, Esq. MANAGER. Albert Grant, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. Bank of London. This Company advances money on the deposit of Title itain, t'eeds ot approved Freehold or Leasehold Property in Great zr with or w;thout regular Mortgage. , Guarantees Titles or Secu r iti es , an d, as Agent, nego ti a t es LRtcan on Mortgage, forng or short periods ~,Iteceives Money on Dep lo osit for FIXED PERIODS ONLY, sPecial rates to be agreed upon. Communications to be addressed to the Manager. ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. Temporary Office, 80, Lombard-street, E.C. THE CREDIT MOBILIE R (Limited), 80, Lombard-street, E.C. Capital, £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. Subscribed Capital, £500,000, in 10,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. ,„ Chairman—The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley. -che Hon. T. C. Haliburton, John Westmorland, Esq. I Edward Warner, Esq., 11.. P. 7 l eander Dunbar, Esq. Chance Ellis, Esq. r ,'"" 4o 'phe Hakim, Esq Ja•re . s Levick, Es l, E q. vharles E. Newbon, Esq. Henry Pownalsq. MANAGER. Albert Grant, Esq. BANKERS. ~Tes ors. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co., London. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, London. _This Company is prepared t o negot i ate Government and Municipal Loans, and to aid in carrying out Concessions. To make advances on approved securities. To effect the purchase and sale of Shares, Stocks, &c, and to transact financial business generally. „Also to receive money on deposit, for BRIEF or EX wENDE D periods, on terms t o b e agree d upon. Communications to be made to the Manager. THOMAS SHORT, Secretary. Temporary Offices, 80, Lombard-street, London. E.C. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-streetiondon, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Chairman. CHARLES F. DEVAS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. ~,.4 1e nry Hulse Berens, Esq., aJ. Shaw Lefevre, Esq.,M.P. F rancis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. sMinto Farquhar, Bt., M.P. James Morris, Esq. ame toter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. a Goodson, F.sq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. William Steven, Esq. tredk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. Vvvis Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I "Cornelius P a i ne , jun., E s q. Noel Whiting, Esq. 7 bos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary A LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS or A/4 "CT OE PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In tlrera EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Vivisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of 4'Pofits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the .Mount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in ;:,ash value £860,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary mi nuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life ~Bsurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, rounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Liteanch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, i. _ r 44dependent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon ii.' v erY description of property at home and abroad at mode 'ate rates. No expense is incurred in effecting a new Insurance be -3M1.1 the payment of the Annual Premium and Duty, when h. Premium amounts to ss. Claims liberally and promptly settled. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE Policies which expire at Midsummer must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's— street, corner of Pall-Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. .il4,Ae SePplication for Prospectuses and Agencies to be made to cretary. THE GENERAL FINANCIAL Find ESTATE AGENCY CORPORATION (Limited). Capital £lOO,OOO, in 10,000 shares of £lO each, with power to increase. per share to be paid on allotment. incorporated under "The Companies' Act, 1862," whereby the liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount subscribed. CIIAIRMAN. Captain Raymond, R.N., The Mall, Chiswick, S.W. AUDITOR. Stanley R. Bennet, Esq. (Messrs. Bennet and Gaskell), 31, Nicholas-lane, E.C. BANKERS. London and Westminster, Lothbury, E.C. BROKERS. Messrs. Shorter and King, 26, Birchin-lan7, E.G. SOLICITORS. M essrs, Howard, Dollman, and Lowther, 141, Fenchurch street, E.C. SECRETARY. Francis R. Spry, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES-206, Gresham House, E.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Corporation has been formed fur the purpose of .niting the ordinary business a Finance Company with ol an Estate Agency A n a want not yet supplied by any of t he existing, Companies. bra - the busine9s ot the Corporation will consist of two distinct nches —viz., Financial Transactions and Estate Agency ,±?usiness, and competent representatives will be app ointei in "le principal towns. „ The Financial Department will consist of adv ancin g money real and personal estate, whether intended for sale or 4t herwise, and on such other securities as the Directors may k DArove. The Corporation will act also as agents between , tt !ortgagors and mortg,agees, and will negotiate subscriptions 1 loans for British and foreign undertakings, the bona fides which w , ll be strictly investigated before they are sub- Ilitted to the public. The Estate Agency Department will embrace valuations ; F urchase and sale of estates, lands, and houses ; the gnagement of estates, and the carrying out of drainage and _gier essential improvements ; also the sales of agricultural Jroduce, farming stock, and every description of properties, Artvaie contract and public auction ; and it is intended to sold periodical sales of freehold and leasehold properties. S,•veral lucrative transaetionb have already been secured 1 Y the Corporation ; and although the Directors consider the ) resent nominal capital ample for all immediate purposes, )o Wer has been taken to increase the same should it be t itimately deemed desirable. BY the Articles of Association (which lie for inspection at ,ue 'Temporary Offices of the Company), each Director is e cillired to hold 2JO annres ,• and more than 2,t0l shares lave already been subscribed for by the Directors and their Mends. 1--ro b. stectuses and forms of application for shares may b e ; tamed from the Bankers and Brokers, or at the Temporary - dric.s of the Company. NOTICE. —The GENERAL FINANCIAL and ESTATE AGENCY CORPORATION (Limited). The SHARE LIST of this Corporation will be CLOSED the 30th for Town Application, and on the 2d July for ' o lllltry App ication. By order of the Board, F. S PRY, Secretary. tIFIE GENERAL FINANCIAL and ESTATE AGENCY CORPORATION (Limited). The Directors are now prepared to receive APPLICA IONS from Established Estate Agents in the country to act 1 Representatives for the Corporation. By order of the Board, F. SPRY, Secretary. 11STHMA, OPPRESSION, SUFFOCATION , &e., radically CURED by the celebrated PAPER of aCOU, patented chemist. 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Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrooms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and are publishing an entirely New Edition of th e i r un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo adm•-able engravings of every description of Furniture and I;easteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised tale A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 2 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ A Twelve-roomed ditto to the belligerents and procured for commerce this interval of security and repose. After having obtained this first result, the Plenipoten tiaries of Great Britain proposed to proceed in the next sit ting to the discussion of the prelitniharies of pea4e. With this object Lord Russell, on the :2th of May, after having referred to the adhesion of the Court of Vienna and Berlin to the proposal to assemble in Conference in London, in order to devise means for the restoration of peace, recog nised that it belonged to the Plenipotentiaries of Austria and Prussia to explain the motives which induced their Governments to occupy a large portion of the Danish terri tory, and to make known the intentions of their Courts with a view to the re-establishment of a solid pace. In reply to this appeal, the first Plenipotentiary of Prussia thought it his duty to declare that the German Powers, before entering into a discussion on, the condition for the re-establishment of peace with Denmark, think it right to observe that they consider " the ground of discussion as entirely free from any restriction resulting from engage ments which may have existed before the war between their Governments and Denmark. While thus claiming for themselves full libertyof discussion, and the power of mak• ing such proposals as they may consider to be of a nature to insure a solid and hating pacification, the German Go vernments do not meat to exclude any combination which may tend to attain thatobject, without prejudicing acquired rights." The explanations which were given by the Plenipoten tiaries of the German Courts On this subject in the sittings of May 12 and 17 clearly brought to light a complete diver gence of opinion existing between all the members of the Conference with regard to the validity of the engagements resulting from the Treaty of London of 1852. The Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain - inaintained the re spect due to the reciprocal obligations contracted by all the Powers who were parties to that treaty. They observed that though, strictly speaking, war may put an end to a treaty between two Powers who have become belligerents, yet it cannot release those Powers from their obligations to the other Powers who joined in the signature of the same treaty. They showed that before destroying this act that decision ought to be justified by sat i s f actory reasons. In short, be fore abandoning an a greement, i t ought to be understood what was intended to t a k e it s p l ace. The Plenipotentiary of Russia expressed himself exactly to the same purpose. "He maintained that before abandon ing a treaty which has been ratified by the Powers who signed it in the general interests of Europe, it would be necessary to bring forward reasons which should be gene rally agreed upon as satisfactory. These reasons must be very grave ones. The Treaty of 1852 was concluded with the objects of consolidating the peace of the North, and pre serving the balance of power in Europe. It was concluded not only between the Powers actually at war, but also be tween all the Powers who were parties to it. Their represen tatives, now met in Conference, are assuredly at liberty to exchange their ideas as to new combinations to be adopted, provided that they are of a nature to offer guarantees for the peace of Europe equivalent to those on which the system of the balance of power now rests." The Minister of Sweden, while adhering to the line of argument of the Plenipotentiary of Russia, observed that, as the Plenipotentiary of one of the Powers who signed the Treaty of 1852, he must maintain that basis of negotiation until it should been provad that it was insufficient to enable them to attain the object of the present Conference; that, before abandoning it, it was at least necessary to be ac quainted with the exact nature of the arrangements which it was proposed to substitute for it. The Ambassador of France, animated by the same conci liatory disposition, asked the German Plenipotentiaries if in case the arrangements of 1851 and 1852 should not admit of being maintained, it would not be possible, in their opinion, to substitute for them fresh combinations without departing from the circle traced out by the stipulations of the treaty. M. de Quaade maintained that his Government considered the Treaty of 1852 as being still in force. Baron de Beust observed that its validity had never been recognized by the Confederation. In the presence of such divergent doctrines there was little expectation of being able to arrive at a result at all in conformity with the thoughts of conciliation and peace with which her Britannic Majesty's Government had in vited the Cabinets to cause themselves to be represented in a Conference in London. Nevertheless, however ancertain the hope of arriving at a satisfactory conclusion appeared from the beginning, the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, in entire accord with the Plenipotentiaries of the neutral Powers, did not the less persevere in their efforts to bring about an agreement be tween the two belligerent parties. Animated by this desire Earl Russell opened the sitting of May 17, by recalling the engagement entered into by Count Bernstorff to annotnce the bases of pacification which the Courts of Austria End Prussia proposed to submit to the Conference. Protocol No. 5 sets fort h the means which the German Plenipotentiaries consider ed as the best adapted to bring about a solid and d ura bl e pacification. To use the words of Count Bernstorff, "it is s pecification which assures to the Duchies absolute guarant ees against the return of any foreign oppression, and wh ich, by thus excluding for the future any subject of di s Rote, of revolution, and of war, guarantees to Germany filet security in the North which she requires in order not l a fall periodically into the state of affairs which brought on the p res ent *Br. These guarantees can only be folkid in th e comp l e t e political in dependence of th e D uc hi es and their close connexion by means of common institutio ns. ., The Plenipotentiaries of lie ne u t ral Powers did no t con eider this program me as Positive, clear, and satisfactory. They deemed it necessary t o invite the German Plenipoten tiaries to bring forward ther plan in a more precise form. Count Apponyi replied "that the proposal comprises the complete autonomy of thac `ni h; es s with common institu tions and entire independeto is their political and admi nistrative relations, in ord te t o avoid the complications Pace. which have hitherto taken As to the question of the succession it remains open, ta e Diet having only suspended its solution without pronourbin on the rights of the King - e of Denmark. The Earl of Clarendon cotld not refrain from observing that the proposal of the Getman Plenipotentiaries was so its bearing. vague that no member of th e Conference could understand Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable infbrmationto all requiring househ)ld furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. 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OO D I N ' S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, and BACHELOR'S BOX, THE CREDIT MOBILIER COMPANY of LONDON (Limited) invite TENDERS for the PUR CHASE of MORTGAGE BONDS of £6O each, to the extent of £20,000, charged upon Leasehold Property of large value, and bearing interest at Ten per Cent. per Annum, payable Half-yearly on presentation of Coupons (which are attached to the Bonds), at the Union Bank of London. Temple-bar Branch, The principal of the Bonds redeemable in three years. Forms of Application may be obtained at the Com pany's Offices, 54, Threadneedle-street, London. (Entrance, Hercules-passage). QOHO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having Business and Houses to be disposed of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho, W. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected. MERCHANTS, MAN UFA CTURERS, ThADERS, AND EXECUTORS. ACCOUNTS arranged and adjusted, and Balance Sheets prepared.—Financial operations organised and Banking fa cilities arranged.—Cash Advances made on Trade Stock, Dock Warrants, and other Securities, and Sales effected.— The Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertaken. Address, Messrs. BANKES and Co., Accountants, 20, Devereux-court, Strand, London, W.C. " A question remains which would not form the object of the Treaty of Peace, but which interests Germany, and cannot be passed by in silence. In the opinion of the plenipotentiaries of Great Bri tain, it should be understood that the future destiny of the Duchy of Holstein, of the Duchy of Lauen berg, and of the southern part of the Duchy of Schleswig which will be annexed to the Duchy of Holstein, shall not be settled without their consent. " If the King of Denmark consents to the sacri fices of territory which are required of him in the name of peace, it would be just that the indepen dence of his kingdom should be guaranteed by the great European Powers." an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Cearing-cross, EVERY EVENING , at eight (except Saturday); Baturday Mornings at three.— Stalls, and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, is. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from e seven to five. Next Morning Performance, Saturday, May 7, at three. This plan, which had been previously communi. cated to the representatives of the neutral Powers, reoeived their most cordial support in the Confer. ence. The adhesion of the:Plenipotentiary of France Was expressed in the following terms " The ideas which the Principal Secretary of State has just expressed with regard to the prin ciples according to which the Dano•German affair should be settled are in full accordance with the views which I was myself instructed to maintain in the Conference. After having studied the causes The language of the Con federationPleni was more expli c it-,. " He thought it right to remark that he had not joined lotentiary of the German in the proposal made by the Ile nipotentiaries of Austria and Prussia ; and that, although lot directed to do so by his in structions, he cannot help naming officiously that the Diet will not consent to an arrangement which, even under an eventual or conditional form, would restore the union be tween the Duchies and Demkark." What was to be concluded from the SUM of these explana tions ? It resulted from then; that the idea of the Courts of Vienna and Berlin was to mike the Duchies:entirely inde pendent in political and administrative matters, to allow a 411 the Duchies and the Dani s h which the Frankfort Diet might give as to the validity of dy Monarchy,n st lc t but t o t osubsist make b e that twe tie dependent on the decision the titles of King Christian IX, in his quality of Duke of Holstein. majority To complete the description of the merits of this plan, put forward in the name of Austria and Prussia, it must be stated that the Plenipotentiary of the Germanic Confedera tion which, even under a joining in it. Finally, that of the Diet would crtMieoofninundsidisetitidieotrns d arrangement reestablish n a anion between the Duchies and Denmark. These explanations did not enable the Danish Plenipoten tiaries to give their assent to such a pl an. They had no hesitation in declaring it entirely inadmissible. This refusal put an end to the first combination proposed by the German Plenipotentiaries, with a view to the re establishment of a solid and durable peace. The sitting of the 28th of May opened with a second pro posal brought forward by the Plenipotentiaries of Austria and Prussia. This plan, still more unexpected than the first, had for its object to demand a compl ete separation of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein f rom the Kingdom of Denmark, and their union in a singl e S tate under the Sovereignty of the Hereditary Prince of Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenbtu:g. of the present conflict my Government have re mained convinced that they were attributable to the /improper division of the different groups of popula tion of which the [Danish Monarchy is composed, as well as to their incessant rivalries, and that it was from that moment necessary to seek for the basis of of an agreement in new arrangements more in harmony with the national sentiment of the two races. The arrangement of which the Principal Secretary of State has pointed out to us the bases, consisting in dividing, as far as possible, the two nationalities in Schleswig, incorporating the Danes with Denmark, and uniting the Germans more intimately with Holstein and Lauenburg, could not fail therefore to receive the adhesion of the Govern ment of the Emperor. Moreover, it does not seem that the application of this principle can give rise to any difficulty as regards the two extreme parts of Schleswig, where the nationality is clearly deter. mined, As to the mixed districts of the centre, in whatever manner their fate may be determined, there will always be Danes subject to a German country, or Germans subject to Denmark in them. Considering the absolute impossibility of taking nationality as a rule on this point we think that it would be just to decide the difference in favour of the weaker party, especially when she is under going the sacrifices which this rule imposes on her in all the points where it is manifestly against her. My Government equally consider it as essential that the frontier should be traced in conformity with the necessities of the defence of Denmark, for these necessities must be taken into consideration by the Conference, whose mission is, while satisfy■ ing the legitimate claims of Germany, to take care that the new arrangements should sufficiently guaraLtee the independence of Denmark and the interests of the balance of power in the north of Europe." The assent of the Plenipotentiary of Russia was expressed in the following manner : " In the opinion of the Cabinet of Russia, it is for his Majesty King Christian IX. to pronounce him self the first as to what is expedient for the interests of his country. If that august Sovereign approved the bases of the pacification to be concluded, the Imperial Cabinet would not refuse its assent to a transaction which the Court of Copenhagen had freely accepted. " But, so long as the stipulations of the Treaty of London preserve their binding force for Denmark, as well as for the neutral Powers, the Plenipoten tiary of Russia must decline a deliberation, which in his opinion is premature, as to the future fate of the territories which his Majesty the King of Den mark has not surrendered. Protocol No. 6 gives the reasons which determined the Ambassador of Russia to express his dissent with regard to the proposition of the Plenipotentiaries of the German Courts to detach from the Danish Monarchy the whole of Holstein and Sohleswig, and to place that State under a new dynasty. In the first place, he said, by what right were those coun tries to be disposed of ? They are occupied in fact by the allies. By right they do not belong to them. In regard to the dynastic combination mentioned in the proposal of the German Courts, the Ambassador of Russia question which could not a was not yet open for those e observed decided alone, it d Powers who considered the Treaty of London as binding. Further, in his opinion, the Prince of Augustenburg was would an prejudge w e not the only one who had claims to assert. When the question of the succession of Holstein came to be opened, other rights would be entitled to serious examination. Especially the Grand Duke of Oldenburg would have just claims to assert. The Plenipotentiary of Russia considered it his duty to reserve them. The refusal with which the Plenipotentiaries of Denmark met the plan proposed by the German Plenipotentiaries was expressed in the following terms : " If the Danish Government considered the proposal of the preceding sitting inadmissible, so much the more it is im possible for them to discuss this one." Two combinations brought forward on the 17th and 28th of May had thus been, one after the other, rejected, without the negotiation having advanced a single step, while the sus " If, subsequently, his Majesty King Christian IX. were to surrender the Duchy of Holstein, the question of the succession would be open. In the opinion of the Plenipotentiary of Russia, it could only receive a legal solution by paying due respect to the justice of the cause of the parties interested, who would have to assert their titles, in conformity with the principles of international law." The assent of the Plenipotentiary cf Sweden was contained in the following declaration : "Count Wachtmeister declared that, like Great Britain, his Government recognise that if the Treaties of 1852 must bs abandoned, no solution could be found except on the principle of separation of the two nationalities —Danish and German. Starting from this point of view his Government would have considered it more natural that the new frontier of Denmark should have been established on the Eider, as this river has always separated Denmark and Germany. " He is, however, authorised to adhere to the pro posal put forward by Lord Russell, on condition that the frontier of Denmark shall not be drawn more to the north than the Schlei and the Danne- • • - it• , ••• +ll,' 1& • - 6V9•••,,Li • • , • -•• • tlt , • 7 V :2,45. N. , - ..4•••• ' E t 1 744 4 - -It 4 1E , , -Et ,4 • . 4 " °llllll - .7. • •A• , • . $ • '•• '' t '•••!"•""' r AW N 4. pension of arms was approaching its termination. In this state of things, the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain thought that the moment had arrived when there should be no further delay in opening to the belligerents the path which might lead them to an honourable arrangement. They recognized that unless the foundations of a solid and durable peace were laid it was not for the neutral Powers to renounce the Treaty of London. Neither could they agree to a new arrangement insufficient for Germany or un satisfactory to Denmark. Finally, the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain showed that they were deeply imbued with the conviction that on the one hand respect must be paid to the national sentiment with which the Danes know how to maintain the independence and honour of their ancient monarchy; and, on the other, fair satisfaction should, as far as possible, be given to the sympathies which from time immemorial have united the populations of German origin who inhabit the two banks of the Eider. Lord Russell sought in these elements of conciliation and concord the means of effecting between the belligerents the desired reconciliation. With this object he read the follow ing declaration— " The Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain have seen with deep regret that the last sitting of the Conference has not resulted in the establishment of the bases of an agreement between Germany and Denmark. " In our opinion the elements of a solid and durable peace can neither be found in the engagements of 1851, which during 12 years have borne no other fruit than dissensions and troubles, nor in the analysis of an obscure and compli cated law. "But unless it is possible to lay down the bases of a solid and durable peace, it is not competent for the neutral Powers to renounce the solemn treaty by which they recognised the integrity of the Danish Monarchy, neither could they concur in a new arrangement which would be insufficient for Germany or humiliating for Denmark. " The elements of a solid and durable peace must therefore be sought elsewhere. " For many years a lively sympathy for their brethren who are subject to the King of Denmark has animated the Germans of the Germanic Con federation. The Danes, on their side, are inspired by the love of independence, and the desire of main. taining their ancient monarchy. These sentiments on either side deserve the respect of Europe. "In order to prevent a future contest and to satisfy Germany, it would be necessary, in our opinion, entirely to separate Holstein, Laaenburg, and the southern part of Schleswig from the Danish Monarchy. " To justify so vast a sacrifice on the part of Den. mark, and to maintain the independence of the Danish Monarchy, it is desirable, in our opinion, that the line of the frontier should not be drawn more to the north than the mouth of the Sale/ and the line of the Dannewerke. • "It is also necessary for the security of Denmark I that the Germani c C on f e d era ti on s h ou ld no t erect I or maintain fortresses, nor establish fortified ports in the territory ceded by Denmark. "An equitable arrangement of the public debt, and the renunciation by Austria, Prussia, and the Germanic Confederation of all right of interference in the internal affairs of Denmark, would serve to complete the friendly relations between Germany and Denmark. 'ailed. // e PRICE STAMPED ....sd. werke—that the part of Schleswig situated to the north of this line shall be completely incorporated with Denmark—that Germany shall in future have no right of interference in the internal affairs of that monarchy—and that the new frontier to be esta blished shill be placed under a European guarantee. " As to the provinces which in the aforesaid even tuality would be ceded by the King of Denmark, his Government expect that their future destiny will not be decided without their consent, and that the freedom of the choice of the population will be protected by sufficient guarantees." the German Plenipotentiaries accepted the prin.. ciple of Lord Russell's plan, reserving to their Courts the right of making counter-propositions on the various questions of detail of which the projected arrangement was composed. The Plenipotentiaries of Denmark undertook to bring this project to the knowledge of their Court, having no doubt of the serious attention with whi c h it would be received. This expectation was justified. The Protocol of the 2d of June, No. 7, contains the declaration made by M. Quaade by order of his Court. This document evinces such noble and exalted intentions, that we think it right to pre serve its text in full in this record of the delibera tions of the Conference of London : " When, at the time of the conclusion of the Treaty of London, the present King of Denmark accepted the choice which had been made of his per son to succeed eventually to the King then reigning, the principal and decisive motive for his Majesty's resolution was the firm hope that Europe would know how to maintain what she had recognised and resolved by that solemn treaty. His Majesty would not by his refusal prevent the Danish monarchy from receiving a further pledge of stability, and he knew, thanks to the renunciations and sacrifices made by the rightful claimants, that he infringed the rights of no one by accepting the offer which had been made to him. " Since then things have changed, and his Ma jesty has been subjected to a most cruel disappoint. ment. Notwithstanding his own efforts and those of his devoted people, his sole support in carrying out a work in which almost all Europe had con curred, his Majesty has been compelled to consider the possibility of his hopes being realised. " If such is to be the case, if really the Powers of Europe wish to abandon the Treaty of London, his Majesty, to prevent the resumption of hostili ties, will not oppose a territorial cession, provided always that he obtains thereby, not only peace, but b !9 an independent and perfectly autonomous existenc,: as regards the rem a i n d er o f h i s States, and on conditi.2 u that the f u t ure d est i ny of the territories ceded be not decided without their consent. " The Danish Government wept, therefore, in principle the proposal made in the last sitting by Earl Russell for the re-establishment of peace be tween Denmark and the two great German Powers. "But in order that this peace, so earnestly de sired by us, may bring with it a true reconciliation, it is necessary that it should be in every respect adapted to secure to Denmark the independence which belongs to her of right, the political inde• pendence which the Treaty of London was meant to guarantee to her, and for the preservation of which the Danish people have not hesitated to en gage singlehanded in a sanguinary conflict with forces far superior to their own. "The Danish Plenipotentiaries must, therefore, at once observe that there are limits to the sacrifices which it is desired to impose upon Denmark which the Danish Government cannot exceed. " Thus the new frontier of Danmark is a vital question for that country. She requires a frontier which shall provide for both her military and her commercial interests, and that frontier must be pro tected by sufficient guarantee. " There is another point on which the Danish Government reserve to themselves full liberty. "It is only on special conditions that his Ma jesty the King of Denmark will consent to the cession of the Dachy of Lauenburg. That coun try was acquired at the time by the King of Den mark in exchange for a part of Pomerania, to serve as an equivalent for the Kingdom of Norway, which was sacrificed for the re - establishment of the peace of Europe, and it is essentially unconcerned in the dispute which has caused the present war. " Finally, the Danish plenipotentiaries must claim for their Government full liberty to resume the po sition which they have invariably maintained until now on the ground of the Treaty of London as soon as they may find that the provisional and condi tional abandonment of that position will not conduce to a just and equitable arrangement adapted to re place the provisions of that treaty." The Ambassador of Russia, in the name of the other Plenipotentiaries of the neutral Powers, has. tened to render on this occasion just homage to the intentions of his Majesty the King of Denmark. To replace the facts exactly as they stood, Baron de Brannow called attention to the fact that the com plaints made on the part of Holstein and of Lauen. berg, Sze., do not date from the present reign, but from a previous period. Scarcely had King Chris. tian mounted the throne when he found himself surrounded by difficulties becoming more threaten ing from day to day. Time was not left to him to repair the faults of the past, or to calm the antipa thies dating from a very distant period. It would, then, be unjust to throw upon his reign the respon sibility of misfortune which are in no degree its work. The Protocol of June 2 contains also the declara tion by which the Ambassador of Russia announced to the Conference that the Emperor, desiring to facilitate as far as depends on him the arrangements to be concluded between Denmark and Germany with a view to the re-establishment of peace, ha s ceded to Monseignor the Grand Dake of Oldenburg the eventual rights which section 3 of the Protocol of Warsaw of May 24 (June 5), 1851, reserved to his Majesty as chief of the elder branch of Holstein Gottorp. The said protocol was deposited in ,he Conference. the archives of All the Plenipotentiaries assembled in Conference hastened to render homage to the spirit of concilia tion which dictated the declaration of the Court of Russia. Baron de Beust, while joining in the expression of these sentiments, th ought it h i s d u t y t o ma k e, i n the name of the Confederation, the reservations which the Diet might consider necessary relative to the effect of the Protocol of Warsaw, and to the pretensions Which might be founded on that document. The Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, while render ing entire justice to the intentions which dictated the declaration of the Court of Russia, seized the opportunity to maintain formally the views of his Government, according to which no new state of things could be established in a detached territory of the Danish monarchy without the concurrence and consent of the populations, loyally consulted. M. de Quade observed that, as the Government regard the Treaty of London as being still in force, the combination settled by that treaty has not yet The Ambassador of Russia recapitulated the con siderations under the influence of which the Empe ror of Russia has resolved to transfer the eventual rights of the elder branch of Holstein Gottorp, o f which he is the chief, to the younger branch, repre sented by Monseigneur the Grand Duke of Olden, burg. His Majesty has reserved to this Sovereign to establish their joint titles, whenever he may con sider that the moment far it should have arrived. As a member of the Germanic Confederation, that Prince would be called on to assert his claims him self in the legal course, before the Federal authority on which he depends. The Emperor of Russia will remain unconcerned in this suit. He is henceforward free from any direct intervention in a question of contested succession in Holstein—a question Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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In order to come to a thorough understanding of the re • lative situation of the belligerents at this period it is suffi cient to cast a glance at the mail, and to recall in a few NVords the events which had preceded the opening of the Conference. The Duchy of Holstein had been in military occupation of the Federal troops, in virtue of a measure decreed by the Diet of Frankfort. This occupation, it must be stated, was effected without a blow being struck, King Christian IX. having resolved not to oppose by force of arms a measure taken by the Germanic Confederation, whose authority he was bound to recognise in the quality of Duke of Holstein. In the month of February an Austro-Prussian army crossed the Eider to take possession of the Duchy of Schleswig as a material guarantee for the execution of the engagements contracted by the Danish Government in 1851 and 1852. After a courageous but unequal struggle the Danish troops fell back as far as the north of Jutland. A combat, long undecided, was still going on before the fortified position of Duppel. It was carried by the Prussian troops on the eve of the day fixed for the opening of the Conferences. At the same moment the Danish garrison, abandoning voluntarily the fortress of Fredericia, delivered the key of the position of Jutland to the allies. With the exception of the northern extremity of this pro vince, to the north of the Lime Fiord, all the continental portion of the Danish monarchy was thus in the power of the allies at the time when the Plenipotentiaries were about to enter into deliberation in order to arrive at the re-estab lishment of peace. Conquered on land, Denmark maintained her superiority on the sea. Her navy blockaded the ports and captured the merchant vessels of the German Powers. In reprisal for the losses sustained by their commerce the allies levied on the inhabitants of Jutland a contribution of war estimated at 650,000 crowns, £90,000 sterling. Such was the state of things on the 25th of April. The first care of the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain was to invite the belligerents to consent to a suspension of hostilities—a preliminary measure equally called for by the interests of humanity and of the negotiations confided to the care of the Conference. This proposal, made by Earl Russell in the meeting of the 25th of April, was unanimously supported by the Plenipo tiaries of France, Russia, and Sweden. A prolonged discussion took place as to the simultaneous suspension of hostilities by land and sea. The Danieh Go vernment at first insisted on the maintenance of the blockade, which they considered as an equivalent for the occupation of the Duchies by the allied troops. The insufficiency of the powers with which the Plenipo tentiaries of the belligerent Powers were furnished made itself felt for the first time during this debate. The neces sity of having recourse for fresh instructions to Copenhagen, to Berlin, and to Vienna has occasioned delays which have interrupted the labours of the Conference in a manner much to be regretted as regards the success of its deliberations. Even the rapidity of telegraphic communication was found insufficient to overcome this difficulty. This will be ad mitted when it is known that the route for direct corres pondence being closed to the Danish Plenipotentiaries by the state of war, they were obliged to correspond with their Government by the route to StVeteasburg, Lapland, and Stockholm. These circumstances explain how it was that the question of the suspension of hostilities, brought forward on the 25th April, was not settled till the third sitting, on the 9th May, after a fortnight's loss of time. We will shorten the account of this long debate. In the opinion of the representatives of the neutral Powers it would have been preferable to conclude a regular armistice of a certain duration, in order to leave all necessary latitude for negotiation. The Courts of Prussia and Austria declared themselves ready to consent to this proposal. The Danish Cabinet would not adhere to it, for reprisals by sea being the only measures within the power of Denmark, it is easy to understand that the Danish Plenipotentiaries did not wish to deprive their Government of this arm during too prolonged a period, above all in the Baltic, where the navi. gaton is of short duration. We point out this consideration in a spirit of strict equity, however injurious the restrictions imposed by Denmark on the suspension of hostilities might be to the negotiation itself. The Danish Government limited it to four weeks—viz., from the 12th May to the 12th June. Protocol No. 3 determines the conditions of this truce. They may be resumed in these terms : "Hostilities shall be suspended by sea and land, from the 2th May, for the space of a month. " On the same day Denmark shall raise the blockades. " Prussia and Austria engage during the suspension of hostilities not to impede, in the parts of Jutland occupied by their armies, either the commerce or the communications or the regular course of the administration ; not to raise contributions of war, but on the contrary to pay for all that may be furnished to the German troops, who shall simply continue to occupy their present strategical positions. " The belligerent parties agree to preserve their respec tive military positions by ■ea and land, and engage not to reinforce them during the continuance of the suspension of hostilities. " Official notification shall be made to the commanders of the belligerent forces by sea and land by their respective Governments." This notification did not arrive in time to prevent the naval combat which took place at a short distance from the island of Heligoland ; but the cannon shots exchanged be tween the respective forces were the last from that to the present time. The Conference has no cause to regret its having offered - e rz-P which he is anxious not to complicate. Fur wishing to aggravate the difficulties which may ef tard the re-establishment of peace, his Majesty seek to diminish them. The Plenipotentiary of Russia, after having ex plained these iviews, by order of the Emperor, added— " I congratulate myself on having been called upon to express, as I have just done, the sentiments of his Majesty, in depositing the Protocol of War saw of the year 1851 among the archives of the Conference. That document has given rise, more than once, to false interpretations. They will be contradicted by the publicity which the declaration I have just made in the name of the Emperor will not fail to acquire. The spirit of conciliation which presides over his Majesty's pol:cy will then be gantraily known, as it has been unanimously appre ciated to-day by all the members of the Conference." Already the task confided to its care ran the risk of being rudely interrupted by the sudden resump tion of hostilities. We bad arrived at the 6'h of June. There remained only sir; da3 s up to the term fired for the duration of the truce. It Ives with hesitation that the Danish Cabinet decided to prolong it. At the reiterated request of the Pleni potentiaries of the neutral Powers, they ended by consenting to it. But they limited this prolonga tion to a fortnight. Austria and Prussia, on their side, felt extreme repugnance to accepting a truce of such short dura tion, when they had proposed the conclusion of an armistice of several months. After discussions, the record of which we abridge, it was agreed to suspend hostilities till the 26th of June. Clearly, this period was insufficient to leave to the Conference the necessary means of accom. plishing its task successfully. The Protocols of the 6th and 9th of Jane attest the perseverance of the efforts employed to obtain the consent of the Danish Government to a ceases tion of arms of a longer duration. In order to explain the refusal repeatedly pro nounced by order of this Court, M. de Quaade de clared more than once that it could not consent to a prolongation of the suspension of hostilities unless there should appear to be a fair probability of agree ment upon a point so vital as that of the frontier. This particular question has, formed from that time the main subject of discussion. It has been discussed not only in Conference, but in meetings held confidentially by the Plenipotentiaries of the neutral Powers, both with the representatives of Denmark and with those of the Germanic Powers. These frequent deliberations, prolonged and directed by a feeling of sincere friendliness, have had for their object to bring about a desirable re conciliation between the two parties. We will indicate briefly the results of this attempt at conciliation. The first line of demarcation adopted by the Danish Government had been traced from Eckern forde to Frederickstadt, a little to the south of the line proposed on the 28th May by the Plenipotene tiaries of Great Britain. It was only at a later period that the representatives of Denmark were authorised to adhere to the line of the Schlei and the Dannewerke. They stopped there, their in structions not permitting them to entertain any other arrangement whatever. The first line of demarcation put forward by the Plenipotentiaries of Prussia and Austria was traced from Apenrade to Tondern. Nevertheless, Count Bernstorff, wishing to give a proof of his desire for conciliation, declared his readiness to recoms mend to his Government a second line which should be drawn from a point to the north of Flens.. burg, and would terminate to the north of Tondern at Hoyer. This second line would have had the advantage of leaving the Danish Government in possession of the Island of Alsen. Count Apponyi did not at first consider himself authorised to adopt this second line. Subsequently, however, he obtained permission to do so. The Protocol No. 9, however, states that this second line which Count Bernstorff had recommended to his Government was not definitively adopted, " because hitherto no steps had been taken on the other side to meet the German proposals." This consideration decided the Plenipotentiaries of Austria and Prussia to recur finally to tLeir first line traced from Apearade to Tondern, and this , proposition forms the extreme limit at which they have finally taken their stand. In this state of things there remained between the two lines—the ono Danish and the other (hr man—an intermediate territory in dispute, and it was not in the power of the Plenipotentiaries of the neutral Powers to induce either one or the other of the two parties to advance a single step towards an equitable arrangement. Such was the situation on the 18th of Jane. One half of the period granted by the Danish Govern• meat for the suspension of arms had elspsed. There remained but a space of eight day's to accomplish. the work of peace confided to the Conference. Wishing to persevere in this task without permitting themselves to be discouraged by the obstacles which they encountered at every step, the Government of her Britannic Majesty resolved upon a last attempt at conciliation. in: suggesting this arrangement, Lord Russell conformed to a desire earnestly expressed at the Congress of Paris in the interest of the maintenance of a general peace. This desire, enunciated on the 14th of April, 1856, had for its object to recommend to the Cabinets, in the event of a serious misunder& standing, to have recourse to the good offices of a friendly State before appealing to force. In making himself the organ of this proposition, Lord Russell expressed himself in the following terms, which we quote verbally : "Now that the principal question in dispute has been reduced to the tracin g a frontier some m il es more or less to the north , when the two belligerent P arties have brilli ant l y sustained t h e h onour o f their arms, and when the renewal of hostilities would produce a new series of calamities, disastrous to humanity, and unworthy of the civilisation of our age, the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain think it their bounden duty to propose to the belligerent Powers—namely, to Austria, to Prussia, and to Denmark, that a friendly Power should be appealed to, in order that a line of frontier may be traced, which should neither pass to the south of the line indicated by Denmark, nor to the north of that designated by the German Plenipotentiaries." The Plenipotentiaries of the belligerent Powers, being without special instructions, took this pro. position ad referendum. The Earl of Clarendon thought proper to explain its meaning, so as to prevent any misunderstand ing. With this object, he said, that he did not admit the interpretation of M. de Krieger that the declaration of the Congress of Paris is not applicable unless an appeal is made to the mediating Power with :regard to all the questions in dispute. The disputed territory and the frontier are alone in question. The intention of the English Plenipo. tentiaries is to propose that the question of the ter ritory between the two lines pointed out should be submitted to the arbitration of a friendly Power, the belligerent Powers engaging to accept its de cision as final, In the same sitting the plenipotentiaries of Prussia demanded that the inhabitants of Schleswig should be consulted upon the arrangements to be adopted with regard to them, and that the fate of a part or the whole of those populations should be decided without their wishes being first properly declared. This project gave iiie to a discussion which the Plenipotentiuly of Russia summed up in rube erms " In this meeting we sometimes choose divergent paths in order to arrive at an object which is COLIIIIIOII to us all ; I mean the restoration of peace. Tho proposal which the Plenipotentiaries of Prussia have just made with this object has not :net with an unanimous assent in the Conference. The Plenipotentiaries of the Court of Austria have stated how far their views differ from those of Prussia. The Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain have pronounced their dissent in a manner still more formal. I have been compelled to express myself in the same spirit. The Ambassador of France has limited the question to the mixed districts, without extending it beyond them. The ➢linister of Sweden and Norway has been unwilling to prejudge in this respect the intentions of the Plenipotentiaries of / f~~~ I f