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London, England, 1864-07-25 00:00:00

fat as little as 9to 2, but afterwards at Tattersai is be re-
ceded half a point. He sill stay every TV 1 of
the course, and will make the favourite gallop,
Bally Edmond and Stanton may both secure plat at t, but
neither of them are good enough to win: Blow lta has
received occasional support and may secure a sit u3tion.
Canzonette will likely run merely to serve Thales triti, as
Mr Ten Broeck, it is said, stands the latter in prefer ?rici 3 to
his own horse. The Tartar and Fisherman's Daub ;late r I
have no fancy for. THALESTRIS was made the fa-% 'our its
whenever the weights appeared. She is the dangvater of
Virago, and ought to stay the course, The judgc, lan ti
cipate, will ,
THALESTRIS ........... ....... 1
CLAXTON
STANTON 3
The Drawing Room Stakes will be carried oft by Knig. at
of Snowdon. Ely or Young Rapid will win the GoodwG xl
Derby, the former for chcice. The Cup I shall refer to i m
Wednesday, but my opinion at the present is that LITTUZ
STAG will pass the juOge first. Blair-Athol I Fill
secure the Zetland Stakes—Bel Demonic), the Sweepstal :es
of 50 Sovs—Lord Clifden, the Sweepstakes of 100 Sm.—
and Zambesi, the Molecombt. The Three-year-C ild
Bentinck Memorial will be a match between Ely and Yr
Bowes' representative, either .Claremont or Baragab, ane
whichever Mr Bowes runs will win.

SECONDiji3ioN.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocii.

GERMANY.

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FRANKFORT, July 22.—The Austro-Prnssian
proposition, requiring. the Prince of Auguatenburg
to give proof of his claims, had 11 votes in the
Diet in its favour to five against it. These latter
were Bavaria, Wurtemburg, Saxony, Darmstadt
and the thirteenth body of Sates.

DEN AR K.

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(From the Special Corrap9na'ent cf the
When the e ELSINOItE, July 21.
nehsnt philosopher wished to soothe
the sorrows of a Monarch fallen from his high estate,
he assured him that at the close of ~its mortaleereer
"ho would look back with the les.st regret cn the
days on which he had not reigned," Perhaps the
same consolation may be administered to dethroned
nations as to discrovvned Kings. In that case, it
may bo hoped that Denmark will resign herself
without repining to the loss of that power and
greatness that are for ever departing from her. If
we look back to the past, what page of
European
history can be read with greater interest than
' that relating to the fortunes of these Danish isles ?
A mere branch of the Scandinavian family, the
Danes either knew Low to associate the sister races
to their own destinies, or fought them to such good
purpose that the dweller on the minor bank of the
Sound, up to the very latest days, secured in his
hands the sovereignty ever its waters and the key to
the Baltic. Coming into close contact with the Ger.
man empire at its outset, and in the very zenith of its
greatness, Denmark was not nnfrequently a match for
Hens, during its endless political and religious con.
all its forces, and by taking the lead of one of its fac-
tests, she exercised over it an influence altogether out
of measure with her material strength. The time was
when the Baltic was nothing but a Danish lake ;
when the coasts of North Germany, of Russia, no
less than those of France and England, together
with vast inland provinces, acknowledged the
supremacy of the Dane. Even after the forma.
tion of the great European monarchies, and
the tracing of the limits of modern nations,
Denmark !coked upon the Manse cities as
her tributaries, and she trespassed on the
rights of Teutonic nationality from the Elbe to the
Eider. Pride, however, will have a fall: and the
Dannebrog must no w be struck to that very German
on whose neck the Northman had trod so often, and
in a quarrel for which that very Holstein territory
supplied the first pretext. The race of the gallant
Dane is run, the sceptre of the seas has long been
wrested from the hands of his kings, and the ima
penance of Denmark, even as a second or third rate
power, is something that belongs to another era.
Politically speaking, there is for Denmark, " be.
neath the lowest depth a deeper still." The peace
that she is now patching up with her German
destroyers will strip her of the Duchies; it will
leave her, if any fleet at all, an &rmaznent unfit
henceforth to cope even with the naval establish-
ment of such a mere land-lubber as the Prussian.
Such strength an she still possessed cn her na-
tive element, after the disasters of 1800 end
1807, will go to swell the importance of a people
who were hitherto little more than the Arcadians
of Europe. Whatever command the Cimbrian or
Scanian peninsula exercised in the Northern Seas
will be usurped by the colossal Powers on the ad-
joining mainland. Scandinavia will be ground to
dust between the upper Muscovitic and the nether
Teutonic millstones; and time alone will decide,
after centuries of contests, whether the Baltic,
ceasing to be a Danish, is to become a Russian or a
German lake.
The future may have days of peace and content.,
ment in store for Denmark, nevertheless. The hap.
piness of a country does not necessarily depend on
the extent of its naval sway, nor on the prestige of
its armament, nor yet on the influence of its re.
doubted diplomacy. Blessed is the nation whose
annals are a blank! Withdrawal from competition
may screen a State from all molestation. There is
no reason why Denmark may not aspire to the
humble yet respected position of a maritime
Switzerland; why she may not attain her security
by a compact of acknowledged neutrality. Death,
be it remembered, is not for the Dane the result of
organic disease or dissolving decrepitude. He is
struck down in the pride of unbroken manhood.
He writhes on the ground bleeding from mortal
wounds, bat those wounds are all in the breast.
There is no symptom of unmanly weakness in his
last gasp. Indeed, it is the State alone that falls;
the nation bears up indomitable.
Travel wherever you list about these Danish pro-
vinces, and you will nowhere perceive the signs of
national decline. You will see nowhere those social
disorders which usher in the elements of diesclutioa
and prepare the ground for the enslavement o:
a
people. No people in the world is less worn out or
effete than the Dane. This is, without contradic-
tion, the wealthiest country on either hemi-
sphere; I say it advisedly, because wealth here
gives rise to the most general well-being, it exer■
cises the least corrupting influence, and suffers
least from contrast with that abject misery which,
in other countries, is like the shade to its light.
You find comfort and competence almost in the
humblest dwelling; hardly any intolerable luxury
in the proudest mansion. Talk of the frugality of
the inhabitants of barren districts, or of the sobriety
characteristic of the dwellers in southern climates !
I tell you there is no ccuntry in which God's gifts
have been more amply bestowed or more equitably
distributed, where they are more wisely used or
more rarely abused, than in Denmark. Stripped of
her glory as a naval Power, Denmark will still be
one of the most thriving agricultural communities
in the world. One can hardly wish to see more
luxuriant crops than are new ripening throughout
these territories. These islands, even with the
somewhat backward husbendry they have yet at-
tained, with the not very dense population that live
by it, may well dispense with any advantage accru-
ing to them from extensive commercial or industrial
enterprise. Were they to set earnestly about the
task of draining their :swamps and reclaiming their
heaths, they might nearly double the amount of

their agricultural produce. For the limited wants
and rational enjoyments cf the present generation
their means c:e mere than euffieient.
Let them
only dig for c, treasure in their father's orchard, and
they will find that the wealth buried in the bosom
of the earth will provide for twice as vast a mass oc
their children yet unborn.

WRECK OF A LARGE EMIGRANT Saip.

lhe ti Te lifeboat ai tG ofliT;h e
morning to a
aE7II Eaton'n°svrt it. ut IRELAND,iroenP wr went out this
in tow of a
National
enal Rev.Lifeltbilo.
Guard, t T
returnedrbi,4.l):lnthsepevcetsinse:
board, I have sent
large vessel on the banks, and Tii
steamer, having 250 passengers
remains on the banks, with the mil
out the lifeboat again, Captain Balhfobuo°nr.:
particulars)/ '
NCoornamvaonrkde.r o:
wtihneseCnodast
The ship proved to be the hiving gone off in her.
'
eat post.
Constitution, from Piverpool to
further
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Foreign Mail racket List.

MAILS DUE.
A.nstralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Aug. 18
via Marseilles Aug. 12.
3razil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Aug. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena J uly 29.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Aug. 2.
via Marseilles July 28.

Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton July 26.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. 2.
via Marseilles July 28.
India (Bombay), via Southampton July 26,
via Marseilles July 'l.
P0rtuga1........ Aug. 4.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July 26.
• via Marseilles .• . July 21.
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo ..
U. S. and British N. America, ty :Brit. pa 'A, jui.,-, 28.
3t
by U.S. pncl.„. '
by Can ::liars Dsoket,July 22.
AU parts of West Indies, including Cnill, l'e.-o,_
California. and Britia. Columbia 1 July 29,

ARRIVAL OF DR. LIVINGSTGNE.—This distin-
guished traveller arrived en 2,5.,!7.1n:7,3y la Lc,r,c-.77n, ja.
ezeelleut Lealth.