The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-27 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY, FEB. 26.

Their lordihiee met at flee 'Week. The Primo el Waled
we present, sod eat apes the treat ace, beach.

THE INVASION OF JUTLAND.

Bari ILIISSELL, to answer to the Earl of Malmssburs,
raid,-1 can state generally the sort of explaaatnim
which is put forward by the government of Prussia
with respect to the entry of its troops into J ut.
teed. What is stated is that the commander.in.chief
ef the Prussian forces had so orders to send troops
into Jutland. and that it was not at Ent his intention
111 do so ; but flat afterwards, when the Danish troops
Isere on the frontier, they took up a position so menacing
te the Prussian corps that was in fileserig, that the Prussians
thought themselves obliged and Minified in crossing the
frontier and in occupying a town on the border. With
that statement came the information that although the
einatuander•in-chief had no orders to enter Jutlaod, and
although the coodaet of the officer wbo did enter it was
sea approval, yet the Prussian government thorcht it 50055.
eery to hold the town for the security of their own troops.
With regard to the latter part of the paragraph
emoted by the noble earl, what he ;:oderstood the
Prussian minister to say, though not officially,
was this. He stated that the 'Amish government,
boo ordiniag the capture of Germ's ships. and of Prussian
air in particular, had mule the war general ; that it had
base the intention of the governments of Austria and Prussia
to make war local, and only for the purpose of what is called
aka material guarantee; but that if German ships were
seised the P 1116311111 govarament might be obliged to occupy
Jefilaad ; and though not raking Denmark for indemnifica-
tion on acoouut of the general ex of the war, it might,
if any German ships were mei and condemuek have to
require compensation for those ships and their cargoes,
and to cavapy Jutiand till it was paid. 1 am
not surpriasd at this statement, because I remember stating
myself long ago that although the words, " material gua-
rantee" ought sound something different from war," the
Danish government would by no means be obliged to look
upon the invasion of their territory as anytLiog else but
war ; that they would therefore be justiSed, if they
thought is eapedient to do so, in attacking German and
Prussian ships, said so making war upon them on the high
seas ; that if they did so them would then arise the quie-
tism of compensation ; and that thus a war which was
epolen of as one of very small proportions would become
sae it a much more extended magnitude. I stated all this
some months ago in order to induce Austria and Prussia not
to enter upon this war, and I therefor* see reason both to
lament and condemn the conduct of Austria and Prussia.

The Ea 1 of ELL EN BOROUGH—I do not undantand the
sable earl to say that he ham bad any communication with
♦eatria upon this subject, but I suppose all that he has
stated relates eutuely to a communication he bas had with
the Prussian minister.

Earl RUSSELL-1-es. It comes entirely from the Prus-
mien government, but not in the shape of an otEeial de-
spatch. What I hear from Austria is that they will endea-
vour as much as possible to moderate the action of their
general.
THE DEBATE ON THE AMERICAN DESPATCHES.
Earl GRAN VIL LE was understood to say that slate the
eeewersation last night it Lad occurred to him to sob the
Solicitor-General why he had stated to Sir H. Cairns that
every one knew the papers would not be refused, and his
hon. and learned friend Lad told him that he did so for the
simple reason tbit be had bees inforbied before he began his
speech that there was no objection to produce them.