The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-11-22 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS
r.3TER. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 22. 1864.

NOTEt3 OF THE WEEK.

The Emperor of Austria has opened his
heichsrath witn a speech front the throne. Thee
• Ito hat titeo on the ttletoe of expectation th.t
14, MA my • .uld in tke isleutuic,. to the moth.
in which the Deoish spoil is to be divided be-
totem him awl the Kin/ of Prussta. have been
Jaime,' to disappoiutinent. All that the
Austruut Emperor ventures to say is that "a
subject of dispute for many years in the north
of Germany has just been settled in the most
honourable manner." On which side does his
Majesty suppose 'tic • honour" lies I Is it on
Ina rile and on the aide of his equally mag-
nanimous ally, who between them robbed the
Kim; of Denmark, ri et annis, of a considerable
portion of his dominions? Or is it on the side
of the brave Danes, who fought and resisted as
long as they could 1 Or, is it on both sides
lt, is all very well to lay claim to a great virtue
thus complacently, but his Austrian Majesty
may rest assured that the claim will not be
allowed by honest men in any part of the world.
" The representatives of my empire," he pro-
coeds to say, "will participate with truly patriotic
feeling in my satisfaction • close, which contains
the fulfilment of the highest expectations, haa
been put to the war between the German
Powers and Denmark' The universal opinion
amongst the honest men we have spoken of is
that there never ought to have been • "war"
bet.. een the German Powers and Denmark, or
at all events between those who are pleased to
call themselves the "great" German Powers
and Denmark. When Prussian and Austrian
troops first entered the Danish territory, it was
under the pretext and pretence of stepping in as
neutrals, to prevent violence being does by the
smaller States of the confederacy, and not as
belligerents at aIL It is now, however, per-
fectly clear, from the preparations that had been
made, that when they collusively set foot on
Danish soil it was with a settled purpose to make
war upon Denmark, if they could not obtain
peacable possession of her territory; and then,
afterwards, the more she resisted the greater
became their decuaads and their confiscation&
in fact, there is no doubt that if they had not
known that the English people—we purposely
exclude the English Government and Perlis-
ment--would not tolerate so extreme a step,
they would have taken and appropriated the
whole kingdom of Denmark, just as they have
possessed themselves of the Duchies and a part
of Jutland. And yet this Kaiser thinks himself
perfectly justified in invoking the "patriotic
feeling" of his subjects, and asks confidently for
their sympathy and applause. And then, after
this son palaver, comes the farcical part of
the speech. "The counties of allied troops sad the
navies of Austria and Prumia has conquered !hal
sp/eridid prise, and the wise nail just reheated of
the neutral Powers has facilitated the final un-
derstanding." The navies of Austria and
prumu, ; Why, the only naval engagement
that took place between the fleets of the
belligerents ended in the flight of the navies
of Austria and Prussia before &II inferior
force of Danish ships; and if it had not
been for the shelter of • neutral station of our',
heaven only knows what would have become of
the battered and beaten two or three ships of
the "allied" navy. If the naval power of the
allies had been the only means of conquering
"that splendid prima" we have a shrewd
suspicion that Denmark would have remained
whole to this day, ibotwiShatancland "th. Trim