The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-20 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1864.

The two Emperors will only exchange their
views and ideas upon the questions which at pre-
sent occupy the cabinets.

Count Hechberg recommends the diplomatic
agents energetically to deny every rumour of the
existence of any reservation in reference to a Holy
Alliance, or of the slightest hostile feeling towards
any power whatever.

With regard to the visit of the Emperor Francis
Joseph to the King of Prussia at Carlsbad, the
circular observes that,although under other circum-
stances it would be explained as a simple act of
politeness, yet now, while the arms of Austria and
Prussia are united in the interests of Germany,
nothing is more natural than the wish of the Em-
peror to discuss with his august ally what measures
might accelerate a pacific solution of the Dano-
Germanic conflict.

Pacha and jealous wife bid high for the Circassian,
who is finally knocked down to that abandoned
officiaL Consequent despair of Harlequin. Exit
Columbine with her new possessor ; and Clown,
being seized by order of the slave merchant, whose
jurisdiction seems rather questionable, is severely
bastinadoed, apropos to boots. We then have
the interior of a Turkish abode, furnished,
be it observed, with chairs, tables, and an
eight4lay clock. After wonderful kicks and tumbles,
and an amount of forbearance on the part of the
pacha—he is always being run against or tripped
up—truly astonishing, the lovers make their escape.
They are ineffectually pursued by Pantaloon in a
sedan chair; his bearers, the myrmidons of that
authoritative slave dealer. Clown insists upon also
riding. He climbs to the top of the machine, and
falls through. Thus their expedition oomes to
grid. We now have the sea-shore, with a boat'.
containing the piratical merchant and his two
subordinate►. They must have headed the fugitives,
by peat exertions, for Harlequin and Columbine
presently bound on to the stage. The rover's
proposition is implored. With striking want of
principle he assists in defrauding his wretched
customer, and the whole party pushes off from
land. At this moment our pacha appears, at
headlong speed, closely followed by Clown. He goes
straight after his lost Circassian to the water's edge,
pauses for the twinkling of an eye, has a push from
his reckless companion, and vanishes with a
desperate " header" in the wake of the boat, which
disappears thereafter in a blaze of rose-coloured
light. Clown intimates by signs, that be is sorry
for what has happened, but that it could not be
helped ; and the curtain fella. I thought, whilst
strolling away from the Alhambra, with an orderly
throng of homeward•bound sightseers, how advan-
tageous it would be, if in many a third•rate theatre
the company limited themselves to pantomimic
representation, avoiding the difficulties that
speech must entail upon its less•gifted enunciators.
A petition to the King has been influentially
signed, praying his Majesty not to adopt " personal
union" with the Duchies as the solution which is to
bring Denmark peace. Some of your readers may
puzzle over the apparent inconsistency of fighting
so obstinately for Sleswig, and yet refusing to have
not only that province, but Holstein into the bargain.
Danes know perfectly well that the very object of
their costly war against two great monarchies—
national independence—would be lost, if Sleswig,
by being united to Holstein, no matter on what
pretence, were brought directly under German
influence. King Christian might any day be
federally executionned out of both duchies, as he
was in December last out of Holstein ; whilst
Europe would have been blinded by a gross political
sham as to the conquest which had really been
effected. Englishmen must remember that Den-
mark had military possession of every Danish
territory, whether German or Scandinavian, under
I former arrangements. The integrity of the king-
dom was strictly preserved ; one army held Copen-
hagen and Fyen, Flensborg and Altana. Political
influence might penetrate from Germany, but the
military forces were under Danish control. Such
times are for ever gone by. Few Dance wish to
return south of the Eider, and none expect that
they will be able to do so. The relinquishment of
Sleswig, especially its northern and central
portions, is quite another affair. Now, as " per-
sonal union" is understood by ()Genus, it means
that King Christian should retain a nominal sove-
reignty, with power more or less limited, in the
Duchies, but that Danish troops should come no
further than the frontier of Jutland. " So," say
the Danes, we are to leave our kindred of Ale and
Flensborg—of better than half the Duchy—to be
crushed by a Holsteinish South Sleswig majority.
Far rather let us have a division at theDennewirke,
make Germany acknowledge her flagrant violation
of treaty rights by openly annexing our southern
territories, and keep for Denmark every acre where
Danish folk are dwelling." In short, patriotic Danes
see in a so-called " personal union" the loss, very
slightly disguised, of what they are still resolved to
fight for—North and Central Sleswig. They pre-
fer, though with sorrow and displeasure, to own
that, deserted by their allies, they have been beaten
out of all chance of recovering Holstein, and that
even the Eider frontier, which is as much a
boundary of Denmark as the Pyrenees are of Spain,
must give way to barefaced German aggression. ,
England has played a poor part both in and out of
Conference, so think the people here, but she has
named the Daunewirke as a reasonable boundary.
If that is secured, pesos may be honourably made
by Denmark. To get quit of all German connection
and influence is a prime consideration with Danes,
and this feeling makes them additionally anxious
that no nominal union should rob them of a rich
province, in the first place, and perhaps, in the
second, drag their whole nationality into the
whirlpool of Federal or Prussian ambition. I
need scarcely say how unlikely it is that the allies
will give up Holstein to King Christian, upon any
conceivable terms ; and how vsion►ry are the fears
of personal union which the petitioners to his
Majesty entertain. I know not whether England
will abide by her own proposal of the Dannewirke
line, and if she does, it is improbable that the Ger-
man powers should agree to it. A fortnight more
will bring the armistice to an end. Denmark can
neither abandon Danish folk, nor prolong a useless
truce. She must get reasonable terms, or, as moat
pe►sons expect, be driven into resuming her
blockade.

JsrAx.—The Temps publishes a letter from
Japan, giving an soootuit of the wafer/boo held by the
Malinke at Miako, whoa the policy of the Taikooo, in favour
of trailing with Europeans, is said to have prevailed._

THE DueHuss.—The Patric publishes advice@
from Germany moot:ming that greet endeavours are that.
being made to supersede the Duke of Angustenburg as a
candidate for the Duchies by the Prince Peter of Oldie.
burg, who is allied to the family of the Czar.
MOROCCO.—PARIS, JUNE 19, Ev
Despatches reosived here from Tangiers announce that a
decree hes been promulgated vssting *stile free trade to
Europeans is Morocco. This measure has bees taken is
consequence of the reiterated remonstrances of Frame sad
other European Power.
ARRIVAL or THE "'AREAWAY MOH AUSTRALIA.
—Messrs. SNOW' ship Herkswey, Jobbery, from
Sydney March 12, for London, psseed up Chanted, off Ply-
mouth, on Friday, Wadies at that port dist oreary, her
letters and two pormagen by a Coves pilot boot. She
Met April 10, in 66 8. 64 W the ship Chrysolite, from
for Vancouver's Island; April 23, is 28 8. W.,
Messrs. Houlder's ship Glendower, from Melbourso for
Londos ; May 8, in It 8. 31 W., the ship Fyerin. from
Liverpool for Bas Freedom ; sad May 12, is 28, 31 W.,
Meows. Grove's ship Moskva], for Lenard.
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