The Press.
London, England, 1858-08-07 00:00:00

SPAIN.
The Queen of Spain has been well received in the
.Asturias. " Though on pleasure bent," she has,
like John Gilpin, " a frugal mind," and made a visit
to !Ceres in the mountains, the centre of operations
of the Asturias Mining Company. The artillery
officer, placed over the works, had prepared a
collation, and her Majesty took pride in the develop•
silent of these unbounded mine:al resources, which
the Rianzares tram or railroad to Gijon has now
rendered available for shipment at that port.

HOLLAND.
King William 111. of Holland is seriously bent
on abdication in favour of his son, the Prince of
Orange, who will hen eighteen next September.
Various causes are assigned for this step, but those
who have studied his character ascribe the resolve
to a stubborn quality of mind inherited from his
maternal grandfather Paul I. of Russia, and an im-
patience of such control as the constitutional system
in the Nethetlands is able to exercise over royal
authority. He is now at Weisbaden, and emulates
the peculiarity of his paternal ancestor William " the
taciturn."
DENMARK.
The commission appointed to corsider the Danish
proposals respecting the Duchies presented its report
to the Diet in the sitting of the 211th ult.
The commission came to tho following conclu-
sions • —The Diet should—
I. Declare to the Danish Government that its communi-
cation of the 15th July of this year could not be considered
ti sufficient compliance with the Federil resolution of the
20th of May last, and with the Feleral obligations upon
which that resolution was based, as well as that of the 11th
of February last.
11. Consequently, request the Danish Government, in
virtue of Article 5 of the Executive Regulations of. the 3rd
of August, 1820, to make within the term of three weeks-
1. A more precise declaration as to whether, with the
general Constitution of the 2nd of October, 1855, are also
suspended the Royal Ordinances of the 16th of October,
1855, establishing a Ministry of the Interior for the whole
Monarchy, those of the 23rd of June, 1856, relative to the
snore precise settlement of the private affairs of Holstein,
and Articles 1 to 6 of the Ordinance of the 11th of June,
concerning the Constitution of the Duchy of Holstein.
2. To make to the Diet, through the organ of the united
committees, at the private sittings, at which the Danish
representative is requested to be present for that purpose,
communications responding to the tat article of the reso•
lotion of the 20th of May, to insure the execution of the
resolutions of the 11th and 25th of February last.
[ll. To authorize the united committees to receive and
examine at once the communications of the Danish repre-
sentative.
IV. To invite that representative to bring the present
resolution to the cognizance of his Government.

The German press urges action against Denmark,
and the last alvices received at Copenhagen from
Frankfort seemed to indicate that the Federal Diet
was disposed to lend itself to the views of the Berlin
Cabinet, which the Danes charge with harbouring
interested designs against the integrity of their
country. People were speculating on what would
occur if Denmark persisted in not yielding, and
allowed the Duchy of Holstein to be occupied. The
party which is for the exclusion of Holstein•Lauen-
burg would gladly, says a letter, see this measure
adopted, and would then support the Government.
There are persons who imagine that the German
Diet can deprive the Danish Civil List and Exchequer
of the contribution paid by the Duchies to the
general expenses of the monarchy. This, however,
►t is urged, would he infringing the sovereignty of
the King of Denmark and violating the integrity of
his dominions, guaranteed by Europe. The Euro-
,►ean powers would then have to occupy themselves
with the question. This is a tedious and extremely
complicated one, but it is not impossible that it may
come to a point that will command the attention of
the public, which as yet has heeded it but little.