The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-10 00:00:00

CORK.

Mr. WHITESIDE asked the Secretary to the Admiralty
'bather it was the legates' of the Admiralty to exteed the
naval astatdiehmeot of Cork, so as le readei it capable of
retzos and reattiss her klajeety's ships.
C. PAGET said it was not. He also took the copper.
tunity of mentioning that it was not true, as stated the other
night, that • telegram bad been seat to stop the Lively.

SLE3WIG-HOLSTEIN.

Mr. DISRAELI—I wish to aa► the noble lord a unmake
respecting an answer which be gave us yesterday, and which
bee coissioned me considerable perplexity. It was with re•
spent to the conduct of the court of Berlin, is having whiled
to our government that, in ocesequenos of the state of war
between Priusie and Diaisark, it no longer felt itself bound
by the treaty of 1852. The noble lord seemed to intimate
that no such communication had been received by oar court
from the oourt of Berlin ; but he at the emirs time
gays his opinion, and the opinion of the (overawe:it,
upon such a mune of conduct, had it been pursued by the
Prussian governmeot. The noble lard stated that be
should look upon snob a proposition as most unjont and

As Hoz. DlErsix—Preporteroes.

Mr. DlSRAELl—Preposterous—a word of nearly the
same tigniameos. (" Hear," and laughter.) Now, the
question yesterday was, not as to the morality of the
conduct of Prow* but as to its legality; and I wish to
know i701:11 the noble lord, after having heard his opiates
epos such • possible course, whether we are to coselade that
her Majesty's goiternamet think that in cosesquenes of the
war between Prussia and Denmark, Preemie could be ria-
Hewed from the undertaking which by the treaty of 1852
she has entered into with this country, cad with the other
signitaries of that treaty ; er whether, is feet, the en-
gagements of Prussia are not totally independent of airy
relations which may subsist between her and Denmark!
(Hear.) The noble lord also seemed io his answer to intimate
that the German powers had announced, when this in-
vasion of the Danish duchies took place, that they would be
prepared to evacuate them as soon as the avowed objects
of the invasion had been effected. What I wish, there.
fore, to know is, whether before the invasion of the duchies
—an event of which due notice was given to the world—
her Majesty's government had obtained from the govern-
ments of Austria and Prussia an undertaking that when the
duchies had been invaded and occupied, and when the
avowed objects of the invasion had been attained, they
would restore those duchies to the Ries of Denmark
(Hear, bear.)

Lord PALMERSTON—I think whet I stated, or mesa
to state, yesterday, we., that Detests had been broached ii
Germany, and ale in some quarters in Berle, to the effect
that if a state of war could be established between Prussia
and Austria and Denmark, it would release the two former
powers from the implements of the treaty of 1852. I stated
my opinion none that poiot, but I meant to say simply that
that doctrine was not the doctrine upon which Austria and
Prussia at present took their steed, inasmuch as they bad
declared by the paper which was read here and in the other
bons* of parliament, that they acknowledged the biadieg
miters of the treaty of 1852, and that they adhered to their
intention to maintain the integrity of the Deal&
mourchy. (Hear, hear.) It in, therefore, quite slew
they do not conteed that their hostilities wit►
Denmark have released them from their engagements
under the treaty. 1 entirely agree with the view which I
We the right hoe. gentleman takes, namely, that eves V a
condition of thrap existed between Danmark sad the two
powers which could rationally becalled war, tad which, if
the segagenteat had been contracted simply with those two
powers sad Nemeth, might sad would put an end to the
treaty, Mill the treaty of 1862 was sot one esecluded amply
heiress Austria sad Preemie on the one bead, aid Denmark
on the other. (Hear.) It was an engagement which they
entered into in comma, with the other great powers who
signed, ad the powers and stair which acceded to
that treaty; sod therefore they could not be relieved
from that comma enpgernent by uplift that took pleas
between them sepustely and Denmark. I do Dot fund
that opinion simply ors the reamer of the thing; for there is
a case precisely is point. The ire powers entered isle the
treaty with Turkey of 1856, by which they ell agreed
to respect the neutrality of the Bosphorus and the Duda-I
males ; and stipulated that so skips oiler belay* Solely
of them should ester thou straits without special pawl-
am, sad only under meals restrictions as to ember ad
fovea. The ratifications of that treaty, were only exchanged
with Turkey, and mot among the powers who gigged it ;
just ea was the cam with the treaty of 1862, the ratifier
tions of which were exchanged in Loodoo between eac► of
the powers sad Demeark, and not amuse the poses

St WEDNrSDAY

theroselven When the British imipmesil tip Nakano,
at the beginning of the Ruda ions Almeida preiseasi
against the sat as a violation of the anpgemest
which had been entered into on the subject. The eaewer which
we pee wain oar own opinion sufficient ;bat the transaction
moves that in the opinion of Austria itself, a general en-
gagement taken by many powers towards one was binding
on all, and not simply between each and the party specially
concerned. (Cheers.)