The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-11 00:00:00

TO TEE ZDTTOR OP THE EXPRESS.

• SlR,—Prince Frederick of Sehleswig-liolstein-
Noer presents his compliments to the Editor of the
E.:press, and requests ho will have the goodness
to give insertion to the accompanying correspondence
if convenient.
8, Wilton-crescent, June 10,1833.

8, Wilton-crescent, June 6, 1853.
MT LOILD,—i feel called upon to address your lordship on
a Subject of deep interest to myself, and one with respect to
which you appear to have done me, I am sure unintention-
ally, a serious wrong. In the Time, newspaper, from the
report in which other journals do not seem essentially to
differ, I find your lordship represented to have used in the
discussion on British affairs, which took place in the House
of Lords on Friday evening last, the following remarks :
" With respect to the younger branch, they bad forfeited
their estate in that country by an act of high treason, and
be (Lord Malmesbury) thought it singular that persons
who had placed themselves in such a position should come
to this country, and find fault with the English govern•
meat, when the real fact was, that that government had
used its good offices to save them from punishment, which,
whether they deserved it or not, they would very likely
have received."
I cannot but feel, my lord, that words like these, coming
from a person who has held so high a station in the govern-
ment of this country, and more particularly in connexion
with the affairs in question, as yourself, tends seriously to
prejudice my position and interests, and to throw in no
small degree the authority of the British government into
the scale against me and my family in matters which are
not correctly within its province.
Such language can hardly fail of being elsewhere under-
stood to convey a distinct opinion on your lordship's part
that I had incurred the penalty of high treason, and on
that account d ed little consideration from the powers
concerned in the arrangement of the Danish succession.
Now, my lord, the fact is, that so far from my d "ng to
be placed in such a position, my great object during the
eventslwhich occurred in the year 1848 was to preserve in-
violate the constitutional rights of my country, end I fear
not to say, however it cosy be the interest of my enemies
to extract from appearances a different conclusion, that an
impartial view of my conduct during the whole period will
show that I never fur a moment abandoned or disclaimed
my loyalty to my sovereign.
Your lordship would appear also, by the newspaper
report, to have made it matter of reproach that I had found
fault with the British government for indifference to my
interests. On this point your lordship n:ust have been
greatly misinformed, as I am not conscious of ever having
alleged any complaint against the government of a
country of which I have the honour of being a recognised
subject.
Under each circumstances, I hope your lordship will have
no objection to inform me whether it was your intention
that your words on the occasion to which I have re-
ferr..d should bear the interpretation to which it appears to
me they are necessarily open.
If your lordship And been likely to attend soon in your
place in parliament, I should have Fought this explanation
through some friend of mine in the House of Leeds ; but as
I understand you will be absent for some days. I take this
means of addressing you in the confidence that you will be
equally willing to do that justice which I feel I have a
right to claim at your hands.
I have the honour to be, &c ,
Fittneureg, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Nose.
To the Right Ron. the Earl of Malmesbury.

Oxford, June 8, 1853.
Sir,—l have tke honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your Serene Highness's letter of the 6th instant.
I regret extremely that the report which you quote of the
speech which I made on the 3rd instant in the House of
Lords, should in any of its details have annoyed your serene
highness.
That report is unusually imperfect, both as to composi-
tion and verbal expressions, although on the whole it repre-
sents fairly the substance of my statement.
I should be inclined to understand from your serene
highness's letter, that Lord Ileaument's motion and his
speech, to which I replied, were not supported by your
serene hignness's previous concurrence; but, however that
may be, your serene highness will surely grant that his
lordship made a direct attack on the late government for
their conduct and policy during the negotiations which
took place respecting the Danish succession.
It was therefore impossible for me, who held the seals of
the Foreign-office in that government, and who signed the
treaty of the Bth of May, not to defend our policy, the
morose that I still consider it the best that we could have
followed. It was equally impossible to do this without
speaking of the position which your serene highness's im-
portant family had assumed during the events of the time.
IThat position could only be judged officially by the late go-
vernment according to the relations in which the family of
Augustenberg stood with her Majesty's ally, the King of
Denmark, your sovereign. I spoke of it only in that sense,
and as an official man speaking publicly on an official
question.
I stated that your serene highness's family had been at-
tainted of high treason for bearing arms against the King,
upon this simple fact which came before the late govern-
ment as undeniable. Upon the justice of that attainder,
and upon the motives that actuated either party in your
serene highness's country, I gave no private opinion
whatever, and I must respectfully decline doing
so now. Far from affirming that your serene
highness had applied to the English government
fir a mediation between you and the King, I
stated positively that you had made no communication
whatever to me when I was Foreign Secretary, and I drew
the distinction on this point between your serene highness
and the Duke of Aagustenberg, who did apply to me to
use my good offices for arranging the :purchase of his
estates. but it is nevertheless a Get that the English go-
vernment did use their good offices in favour of your
serene highness's family ; and, as 1 have reason to know,
with a favourable effect.

To this reply to the letter of your serene highness, I can
only add that I had not the slightest intention to prejudice
in any degree your serene highness before public opinion ;
and that no one regretted more than myself the motion of
Lord Beaumont, which I considered to be as indiimiet act
on his part, or that of his advisers, and one inevitably
tending to re-open the most painful questions.
I haws the honour to remain, your serene highness's obe-
dient and humble servant, MALISESBUZY.
H.B.H. the Prince of Schleswig-Holstein.
P.B. I clearly understand that your serene highness
wishes this correspondence to be public.

8, Wilton•cresoent, June 10, 1853.
My Lord,— I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your com-
munication of the Bth instant, in reply to mine of the 6th,
and to thank your lordship for the explanation you have so
readily afforded in reference to the observations which fell
from your lordsbip relative to myself in the discussion
which took place in the House of Lords on Friday last, the
Erd of June.

I have the honour to be, my lord, your obedient servant,
FAZDIERICK, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Neer.
The Bight lion, the Earl of liabanbury, itc.