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ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
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EMIN EN f TALENT AND COMEDY.
Those celebrated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews, are re-
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ifiLri EVENING, and during the week, UNDER TIIE
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To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy
Farce of WOOD LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles
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On Saturday. 29th October, will be produced a new and
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STEP BY STEP.

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Simpson, &c.

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Holstein question, or to say when the world will
hear the last of the plots and counter-plots, the
rumours, propositions, and arrangements which
seem all but interm;nable. Perhaps the conspire-
tore believe that by complicating the affair they
may mystify people, and Really throw a doubt over
their minds as to who is right and wrong in the
matter. When a question comes before German
Diets it is generally to be predicted that its solu-
tion will not be very simple or very rapid. There
are so many forms and ceremonies to be gone
through, so many prejudices to be humoured or
conciliated, that a satisfactory adjustment is tedious
and prolonged. It does not seem that the present
will afford any exception to the rule, and the meet-
ing at Weimar of the delegates and the committee
of the assembly of members of German Diets does
not appear to have made much progress, or to have
advanced very far towards the destined goal. There
is a recapitulation of the old story, and great stress
is laid upon the moral force which urged on the
great German Powers to fulfil the wishes of the
people of the Duchies, and of other States, to secure
the succession of the legitimate heir to the throne.
It is wearisome to go over the well-trodden ground,
bat it is impossible to understand the tactics cf the
Germans without doing so. To what end they per-
sist in reiterating the same thing the uninitiated
might be puzzled to know ; but this is the wily
purpose of all aggressors, to persist in their self-
laudations until they have won over all waverers
to their standard. It is late in the day for the com-
mittee to declare that they estimate rightly the im-
portance of the success gained by the liberation of
the Duchies, and the gain that has thence accrued
to Germany, The reason for this satisfaction is
still more strange that it is due to the national
will, and in conformity with the national desires.
Much the Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna troubled
themselves as to whether the people cared for the
undertaking or not : the thirst for self-aggrandise-
ment, the greed for more possessions, urged them
on, and no idea of bowing to the dictates of the
national will or the expression of the popular feel-
ing. All is not secure we learn, however, as we
proceed, for the separation of Schleswig-Holstein
from Danmark was only half of the national pro-
gramme, and " even this was only attained by a
course di:metrically opposed in more than one
direction to that desired by the nation, and marked
out by right." So much for the great sentiment of
magnanimity which should unite the German minds
in unison. It is now put forth to the world that
their justice is won by injustice, and that their
apparent attempts at unity of action and combina-
tion of design are in reality but very lame and im-
potent conclusions. It is well known that there is
no one like a candid friend for telling one of one's
faults, end dilating upon unpleasant consequences.

It would seem so indeed in the case of this inspects
ing committee, who have continued to speak their
minds pretty plainly as to what has been done
amiss or left undone by the German Powers. It
is said that the real aim is not yet accomplished,
namely, to constitute an independent State of
Schleswig-Holstein. Against this various obstacles
interpose themselves, and it is further stated that
the proceedings of the two great Powers " con-
stantly challenge anew the distrust of the nation."
This is to the point at any rate, and all must agree
as to its veracity. "As they declined to allow the
people of Schleswig-liolstein to participate in the
as they subsequentlyconflict, refused it a voice to
in debating the terms of peace, so they still with-
hold from it the evecetion of its right to participate
in the decision of the internal future of the
country." This is ono of the best strieures
yet furnished against the insincerity of the
80i.
disant friends of the Duchies; and coming from
such a quarter the sting of its satire is rendered

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