The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-14 00:00:00

THE CONFERENCE,

The following, says the Morning Post, is the de•
clbration which was made by the Plenipo!entiariee
' of Denmark at the sitting of the Conference on the
2nd inst.:—
" When, at the period of the conclusion of the
Treaty of London, the present King of Denmark
accepted the choice made of him to succeed to the
then reigning King, his Majesty's resolution was
dictated principally and decisively by the firm hope
that Europe would know how to maintain that
which she had recognised and agreed to by this
solemn treaty. His Majesty did not wish by his
refusal to interpose an obstacle to the integrity of
the Ihnish monarchy receiving an ulterior guaran-
tee of stability, and he knew by the renunciations
and sacrifices made by those having the right that
in accepting the offer made to him he compromised
the rights of no one.
"Since then things have changed, and his Ma•
jesty has been obliged to submit to a most cruel
disappointment. In spite of his own efforts and
those of his devoted people—his sole support for the
realization of a work in which nearly the whole of
Europa had concurred—his Majesty was obliged to
take into consideration the possibility that his hopes
would not be realized.
"If it must be so, if the Powers of Europe really
wish to abandon the treaty of London, his Majesty
to avoid the resumption of hostilities would not op-
pose a territorial cestioo, provided always that he

should attain thereby not only peace, but also an
independent, perfect autonomous, existence for that
which would remain to him of his States, and on
condition that the future destiny of the ceded ter-
ritories should not be fixed without their consent.
"The Danish Government accepts, then, in prinm
ciple, the proposition made at the last sitting by
Earl Russel! for the re establishment of peace be-
tween Denmark and the two great German Powers.
" But in order that peace, which we ardently
wish for, may be real, it
must be under all condi-
tions which will be necessary to nature to Danmark
the independent* which comes to her by right, the
political inlepeudence which the Treaty of London
should guarantee to her, and for the preservation of
which the Danish people have not hesitated to en-
gage single-handed in a sanguinary struggle with

I forcea greatly superior to their own.
" The Danish Plenipotentiaries feel boand to ob-
serve from the present time that in the sacrifices
wished to be imposed on Denmark there are limits
which the Danish Government, cannot exceed.
"The uew frontier of Denmark is a vital question
for this coutitty. tt is necessary that 5h e should
possess a frontier having reference to
her military
and commercial interests, and this frontier ought
to be fixed by sufficient guarantees.
" There is Oe other point on which the Danish
Government reserves all its freedom. It is only on
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of Lauenburg. This rout:
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part of Pomerania, to serve as an egg...,
the kingdom of Norway, sacrificed for the re-es:. - 1
blishment of the peace of Europe, and it is essen.
tially foreign to the dispute which bas caused the

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maintained up
present War,
" Finally, the Danish Plenipotentiaries ought to
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of the Treaty of
London, as sood as it Sees that the Provisional
and conditional abandonment of this position Will
not lead to an equitable and
just arrangement fit-
ting to replace the dispositions of this Treaty,"

MILITIA REGIMENTS IN TITS UNITED KINGDOM.
—A parliamentary return was published yesterday
of all regiments of militia in the "United Kingdom, showing
the number of companies in each regiment, the strength of
each company, the number of privates with the regiment at
the last training, the number enlisted between the sth of
April, 1862, and the sth of April, 1863, and between 1863
and 1864, and the sums paid in each regiment for such en-
listments. From this return it appears that the number of
privates present at the training of 1863 was—For England
and Wales, 60,110; for Scotland, 8,542 ; for Ireland,
24,300 ; total number, 92,952. Privates enlisted between
the sth April, 13n, and April, 1333. for the United King.
d0m,22,293; privates enlisted between 1163 and 1864, 29,236.
And the sums paid for such enlistments were: For England,
£12,044 3s 3d ; for Scotland, £5,001 2s 3d ; for Ireland,
£17,273 13s 5d ; total amount, £4,31S 18s lid.
ELECTORS IN IRELAND.--A return of the number
of electors, according to the registers of 1562 and
1833, in every county, city, and borough in Ireland, exhibit
th-3 following results :—The total number of electors in the
32 counties in 1832 was 175,188; while in 1863 there was a
decrease, the number being 173,172. In 1862, in the cities
anl boroughs the registers contained 31,224 nsmes ; in 1863
the number was 30,673, There has thus been a falling off
in both categories.