The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-08 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1864.

DENMARK AND GERMANY.-THE PRE-
LIKINAREEB OF PEACE.

BERLDI, Ammer 6.
The preliminaries of peace and the text of the
armistice have 'aeon published to-day.
They stipulate, in addition to what is already known,
that all the debt contracted on account of Denmark Preper
shall be borne by Denmark only, while that incurred for
the benefit of the Duchies shall be defrayed by them. The
debt common to Denmark Proper and the Duchies to be
divided in proportion to their respective populations, '
except, however, the loan contracted by the Danish govern-
meat in December, 1863,whith will be placedle the account
et Denmark only. After the signature of the preliminaries,
the Powers, parties to the treaty of peace, will inset tor its
definitive conclusive.

The eccopatioa of Jutland will matinee on the principle
of uti possidetis. The corps of occupation is not to be
larger than is absolutely seceseary on military groneds. The
proeisiceing, billeting, and transport of the troops to be at
the cost of Jutland. The surplus of the extraordinary
revalues of Jutland, after payment of the a hove capers
tip to the time of its evacuation, to be returned to Den-
mark. The pay of the troops sad the field allowances are
Mot included in the expenses to be borne by Jutland.
The political and war prisoners to be set at liberty &
soon as possible, the latter on condition of their binding
themselves sot to re-enter the service during the continuance
of the war.

VIENNA, AoccerU.

The Abendpast (the evening edition of the official gazette)
publishes the preliminaries of poses between Denmark and
Germany, of which the following are the most important
point.:
The Bing of Denmark relinquishes hie rights over
Elleswig, Holstein, and Lanenburg is favour of the Emperor
of Austria and the Bing of rrussisi, and agrees to recognise
all arrangements made by the two latter sovereigns with
respect to the Duchies. The surrender of Sleswig in-
cludes all the nasals belonging to that Duchy. Denmark
also cedes the Jutland possessions to the south of the
southern frontier line of the district of Ribe.

On the other band the German sovereign, cooeent to an
equivalent portion of Sleawig being incorporated with
Deemark.

The debts contracted on account of Denmark proper or
the Duchies will be borne respectively by either of them.
The debts contracted on account of the monarchy will be
proportionatelv divided between Denmark proper and the
Duchies, with the exception of the loan contracted in
England in 1863 which will be paid by Danmark, and the
war expenses; of the great German powers, which will be
borne t 7 the duchies. Both parties agree to an armistice on
the basis of the uti possidetis, from the 2nd August to the
15th September, six weeks' notice to be given on either side
of the resumption of hostilities. Contributions will no
longer be raised in Jutland.

The occupation by the allied troops will be continued
solely for military purposes. It is stipulated that the ax.
pease of provisioning the troops will be borne by Jutland.
The prisoners of war are to be set at liberty on condition of
giving their parole not to serve in the Danish army before
the conclusion of peace.
After the signature of the preliminaries, the definitive
treaty of peace will be negotiated at Vienna.