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London, England, 1864-03-31 00:00:00

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LREIITER'S TELEGRAMS.]

THE HOLSTEIN ESTATES.
ALTONA, MARCEE 31.
The deputies of the Holstein Estates will meet
at Kiel on Tuesday next.
They have been convened by Professor Behn,
Count Rantzan, Herr Reineke, Pastors Veremann
end Schrader.

THE ENGLISH NOTES TO THE
GERMANIC DIET,
FRANKFORT-ON-MAINE, MARCH 30.
The following is the exact text of the English
Note communicated to Thiron Kubeck, the Presi-
dent of the Federal Diet, by Sir Alexander Malet,
the English Minister, an analyses of which was
forwarded yesterday :

" MARcu 23.

" The undersigned, he: Britannic Majesty's En-
voy extraordinary, 8:3., has the honour to lay the
following communication, in the name of his Go-
vernment, before his Excellency Baron von Kubeck,
&e., the President of the high Federal Diet, with
the request that he will submit it to the Assembly
over which he presides.

"Her Majesty has seen the outbreak of hostilities
in the North of Europe with great regret.
" While taking a deep interest in the welfare of
the inhabitants of the Duchies of Holstein, Lauen-
burg, and Schleswig, her Majesty deplores the con-
tinuation of a contest calculated to threaten the in-
dependence of a State forming a component part of
the general European system, and contributing to
the balance of power.
" Her Majesty would equally regret, upon the
score of humanity, the sacrifice of human life which
the prolongation of the war would entail.
"Her Majesty has, therefore, requested the Courts
of Austria, Prussia, and Denmark to empower re-
presentatives, who should meet at a Conference, to
b 3 held in London, the object of which is the deli-
beration upon the means to be adopted for the re.
establishment of the blessings of peace.
" The Governments of Austria and Prussia have
signified their readiness to send representatives to
such a Conference.

" The Government of Denmark has also signified
its assent to a Conference, provided such meeting
should be authorised to deliberate upon the basis of
the treaties of 1851-52.

"These treaties having been concluded under the
auspices of Austria and Prussia, and the arrange-
ments effected with Denmark having received the
approval of the Germanic Diet, her Majesty's Go 4
vernment would have been quite disposed to accept
these treaties and arrangements as the point of
departure for the deliberations of the Conference of
1864.

" As, however, it is desirable to avoid all mis-
understanding, and the delay which might be ap-
prehended therefrom, her Majesty proposes to lay
down simply the following as the basis of the Con-
ference:—To find a means for restoring to the
North of Europa the blessings of peace.—The
undersigned takes this oppnrkunity, &e.,

(Signed)

"A. MALET."

The second Note, containing the formal invitation
to the Diet to take part in the Conference, was for-
warded on the 26th inst. The text is as follows :
" MARcu 26.

"In reference to his Note of the 23d inst., the
undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of her Britannic Majesty, has the
honour to iuturm hitt Excellency the President of
the Federal Diet that it is the wish of her Majesty's
Government the proposed Conferences should be
opened in London upon the 12th April nest. While
conveying to the high FederelDiet the invitation of
her Majesty's Government to participate in this
effort to restore the biessings of peace to the North
of Europe by instructing a representative to take
part in the Conference, the undersigned is desired
to inquire whether the period appointed by her
Majesty's Government would be convenient to the
high assembly presided over by his Excellency.

" The undersigned, &e.,
(Signed) ,4 A. MALET,"

SPAIN.
MADRID, Mancrt, 30.
The Epoca of to-day advocates the recognition of
the Kingdom of Italy by Spain.
Banquets continue to be given in honour of the
chiefs of the Progressist party, Senor Olczaga and
General Prim. The latest have taken place at
Sarragossa, Valencia, and Alicante.
The subjoined is from a Madrid letter :—" Some
English journals have attributed the last Ministerial
crisis to the influence of M. de S latnanca, and of a
sum of money which that wealthy banker is said
to have given at the palace. This is not precisely
true. My information on that subject is authentic,
and will, I believe, be read with interest. A short
time back the funds of the royal patrimony were
exhausted, and the Court was in urgent need of a
sum of 12,000,000 reale. The General Adminis-
trator, M. Goicoerrotea, at the desire of the Queen,
endeavoured to negotiate a loan, and, for that put._
pose, applied to a Spanish banker, a grandee of
Spain. The latter, however, required
an interest of
appeared 14 per cent. That rate, however, so exor-
bitant that the negotiations were broken off. M.
Goicoerrotea then applied to Al. de Salamanca, who
at once placed the sum at the disposal of her Ma-
jesty. When the question of interest was men-
tioned the banker declared that Lis entire fortune
was at the disposal of the Queen without any in_
terest whatever, and it was only on the refusal of
her Majesty to accept the loan on such terms that
he consented to receive the rats paid on sums depo-
sited in the Caisse des Depots. Such is the truth
respecting the loan of money
at the palace made by
M. de Salamanca." The writer then proceeds to
assign the real reasons for the change. The letter
says:—" The Queen-mother
has a great desire to
return to Spain ; she has already made re-
peated attempts to obtain the consent
Isabella, her daughter. The King-consort
ener-
getically opposed to the return Queen
but will not appear in the eyesof Queen Christina,
is
of
of Spain and of
Europe to form an obstacle to it. I formerly men-
tioned that on a similar request being made by the
Queen-mother, Marshal O'Donnell, who was then
President of the Council of Ministers, being con-
sultedueen Isabella, replied, lam not opposed
to the return of the Queen-mother to Spain, only I
must declare to your Majesty that on the day on
which that return shall take
place, I withdraw from
among the councillors of the Crown.' The King
had thus found a responsible representative, and
from that day became the most powerful supporter
at the palace of the Vicalvarists. 'Tho dissolution
of the Chambers, consented to by the Queen, was of
a nature to maintain the moderate party in power,
indefinitely, and few months would have elapsed
without Queen Christina being authorised to re-
turn to Spain. It was necessary to prevent that
return,
at any price, and from that fact arose the
sudden change in the dispositions of Queen Isabella
toward the Arrazala-Lersundi ministry. The
Liberal Union is now a:one opposed to the return
of the Queen-mother, for Moderatists and Pao-
gressists are in accord nn-,v, in edmitting that it no
longer presents any dangers."