The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-02 00:00:00

The Death of Colonel Brown,

Mr. Shaw, barrister, No.l, Harcourt-buildings, Temple,
came to the Marlborough-street court yesterday, and, ad-
dressing Mr. Tyrwhitt, begged to make a short statement
with reference to the death of Col, Browne, who died sud-
denly a few days ago under circumstances which had given
rise to misapprehension, and which his family wished to
see correctly explained. He (Mr, Shaw) was the nephew of
Col. Browne, and, therefore, could vouch for these particu-
lars. Col. Browne had been spending the day with his (ap-
plicant's) brother, and had drank nothing whatever, being
a remarkably abstemious man. hen he left in the even-
ing the remark was made that the Colonel never appeared
in better health. Col. Browne was seized with a sudden at-
tack of apoplexy while on the top of an omnibus in Picca-
dilly, and being taken charge of by the police, who were
under the impression that he was intoxicated, ho was re-
moved to the station, where, becoming worse, he was at-
tended by the divisional surgeon, and ultimately sent home
to his lodgings in Regent-stt net, where he shortly after-
wards expired. He wished particularly to state that the sup-
position that Col. Brown was intoxicated was entirely un-
founded. He did not wish to make any complaint against
the police, but he thought they ought to have allowed Col.
Brown to have a cab to his lodgings, as he requested, espe-
cially as a gentleman, now in court, Mr. Jeffi ies, son of the
publisher in Soho-square, came up at the time and told the
constables that he knew the gentleman. He hoped, as the
press had given publicity to the case, that this explanation
would also be given to the public.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was difficult to discriminate some-
times bet een cases of sudden illness and intoxication, and
thethe police acted
and giving
with proper discretion in taking parties to
w ereto themtl
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ffor
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putting
t e could hardl y
think the police
gentle-
man in a cab, although a stranger had come forward to
say he knew him, for it not unaequently happened that
pickpockets seeing well-dressed persons taken suddenly ill
came forward with their interested services. Ho had no
doubt the press would attend to the explanation now ten.
dared on behalf of the family of the deceased gentleman,

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Memorandum of Austria and Prussia to the

Federal Diet,

FRANKFORT, Feb. 26.

Aof the Federal Diet the
r" nAustriaittign and Prussia moved that
thelte yesterday'stcse''mmaatirvcs s
of
command of the Federal troops in Holstein
should be transferred to the Cornmander-inehief of
the Austro-Prussian forces, and that two civil com-
missioners from the great German Powers should be
appointed to share in the Government of the Duchy.
The motion is to ba put to the vote in a week. Its
presentation to the Diet was accompanied by the
following memorandum :

" Austria and Prussia—Upon the Ist October of
last year the high Federal Diet passed the follow-
ing resolution :—"co request the Governments of
Saxony and Hanover to furnish to the civil com-
missioners a division of troops of about 6,000 men,
in proportions to be arranged ; but at the same time
to request the Governments of Austria and Prussia,
in community with those of Saxony and Hanover,
to hold themselves ready to furnish a superior force
for the immediate support of the said division in
case of actual opposition to the carrying out of the
execution.'

"In consequence of this resolution, the four Go-
vernments charged with the execution have con-
certed together the requisite military measures which
have been approved by the high Federal Assembly
in its resolution of the 7th of December last, which
says :—"rhe above-named Governments shall be
made acquainted herewith, through their ambassa-
dors, and charged with making the necessary com-
munication to the Danish Government, as also with
the execution of the measures in accordance with
the military arrangements made by them.
_ _ _

" It had been determined in these arrangements
that Austria and Prussia should each place a first
reserve of 5,000 men upon the Holstein frontier,
and that, to admit of their more rapid concentration

they should be placed under the orders of the Saxon
commander-in-chief of the execution troops. In
case, however, of hostilities upon a great scale being
brought about by the Danish Government assuming
a hostile attitude, and threatening the Duchy of
Holstein, the two above named Governments shall
each put at least an army corps in the field, and in
that event the chief command over their united
forces shall be regulated by arrangement between
Austria and Prussia.l
"The immediate execution has been carried out

in Holstein without resistance, so that it has been
possible to withdraw from that Duchy the troops
which then formed the first reserves, and to allow
of their advance into the Duchy of Schleswig with
the other detachments of the Austrian and Prussian
force.

"The subsequent occurrences, which have as-
sumed the full character of war made by Denmark
through the seizure of German ships by Danish
cruisers, threaten the execution troops in Holstein
as well as the allied army in Schleswig; and the
former are now only protected against attacks from
the north by the occupation of the Duchy of
Schleswig by Austrian and Prussian troops. In so
much as this circumstance—as recognised by the
Saxon nation of the 15th of February last—shows
the necessity of a stronger occupation of Holstein,
Prussia and Austria, in accordance with the above-
quoted Federal resolution ,are first called upon for this
purpose to bring the original execution corps under
Lieutenant-General von Hake to its former strength,
that is to say, to furnish 5,000 men to the first
reserves in Holstein.

" Herewith, however, the further contingency
foreseen has occurred, namely, that the superior
force' held in readiness by Austria and Prussia, and
actively employed in covering to the northward the
position of the execution corps, is now called upon
to lend the execution troops that assistance which,
according to arrangement, presupposes the common
and united disposal of the command•in•chief upon
which Austria and Prussia are agreed.
no representatives of Austria and Prussia are

instructed to call espe6ial notice to the pressing
necessity, even from a purely military point of view,
of this unity of the mititary chief command of the
troops stationed in the Duchies of Holstein and
Schleswig. Protection against hostile attack, the
combination of strategic operations, and the sec-
, cess of offensive and defensive war against the
common adversary, cm only be secured under a
common head.

"The Governments of Austria and Prussia be•

lieve that this measure is based upon the arrange-
ments approved by the ligh Diet, the presupposi-
tions of which have already been realised. But they
are the more desirous to obtai❑ further approbation

of these arrangements by the high Federal Diet, as
all errors and misunderstandings, such as have
arisen at Altona, will thus be avoided, and all rela-
tions will be definitively regulated.
"They consider it at the same time as self-evident
—as has been already expressed in the report of
the committee of the 19th September last—that
henceforth the Governments of Austria and Prussia
shall each nominate a civil commissioner to conduct
the administration of the Duchy of Holstein in con-
cert with the Saxon and Hanoverian commissioners,
a ad to enter into mutual relations with the admini-
strative authorities in Schleswig.
" Upon the basis of the proceeding, therefore, and
hoping to obtain the assent of their Federal allies,
the Governments of Austria and Prussia move—
" 1. That the high Federal Diet may declare itself
in reference to the arrangements between the four
Governments cited and approved in the Federal
resolution of Dec. 7 last, Article 2, agreed that the
chief command of the execution troops in Holstein
should pass to the Commander•in-Chief of the
Austro Prussian forces.
" 2. That the high Federal Diet will bring this
resolution to the knowledge of the Governments of
Saxony and Hanover through their representatives,
and request them to give the necessary orders to
their military commanders.
" 3. That the high Federal Diet will approve the
nomination of two new civil commissioners for Hol-
stein by Austria and Prussia, and Will receive
notice of the said nomination."

Circular Despatch of Prussia upon the Sue
cession Question,

BERLIN, Feb. 27.
The circular despatch forwarded by the Minister
for Foreign Affairs to the Prussian diplomatic agents
at the various German Courts, on the 14th inst., has
just been published. It relates to the report of the
committee of the Federal Ditt upon the succession
question, and is as follows :

" Your excellency must be aware that at the sitting
of the Federal Diet on the 11th inst., the majority
of the committee upon lirlstein affairs presented a
report upon the succession question, dwelling exclu-
sive!y upon the London Treaty of the Bth May,
1852, demanding that the Germanic Diet should
acknowledge this treaty to be not binding upon the
Confederation, declaring it impossible of execution
and rejecting the pretensions of King Christian IX.
of Denmark based upon this title.
" The Ministers of Prussia and Austria, upon
their parts, put forth a vote of the minority, of
which a copy is appended. You will see, therefore,
that we have not thought it conformable to the
position and dignity of the Confederation that it
should be occupied with a question which it has in
no way at present treated ; that the first part of the
report denies the validity of the Treaty of London,
which has been affirmed by no one; that the second
part expresses an opinion of the impossibility of
carrying out the treaty—au opinion which clearly
exceeds the limits of its competence ; and that the
third part, lastly, rejects pretensions in the name of
a title upon which they are not founded.
" Your Excellency will be good enough to ex-
plain clearly to the Government of these points
of view, developed at greater length in the vote,
and do what lies in your power that the represen-
tative of that Government at the Germanic Diet
shell be furnished, for the vote which is to take
place in a fortnight, with instructions agreeing
with the said points of view."

NOVEL MATCIL—A very curious match has just
been made, which will cause an immense deal of
interest in sporting circles and lead to a great deal of specu-
lation. A gallant colonel has laid a noble lord and friends
500 even that they do not cause a letter to be delivered by
hand on horseback a distance of 30 miles within the hour.
No restriction has been placed on the number of horses or
riders to be employed on the occasion, and the match wil
Lake place at Newmarket either on the Saturday kt the
lieughteuOtiag or on the Monday