The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-05 00:00:00

The Royal Christening.

According to the invitations uisuedby the Lord
Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, thu
Cabinet Ministers and the great officers of State are
to assemble at Buckingham Palace at one o'clo'.k
onThursday next to be present at the baptism of the
infant son of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Her Majesty, the King of the Belgians, his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Ducless of
Cambridge and Princess Mary, and the Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg Stretlitz, will be present.
In consequence of the unsettled state of d omestic
affairs in Denmark, in all probability the Queen
of that country and her daughter will be n nable to
be present on the occasion.

Their Royal Flighnesees the Prince and -Princess
of Wales propose honouring the Theatre Royal 5. t. James's
with their presence this evening.

The Eid of Sefton will entertain a large circle of
friends at Croxteth-park during the approaching Liverpool
race meeting.

The name of the Earl of Zetland we s omitted
from the list of the company at the Levee on T'nursday.

The Countess Russel: had a select evening party
last night at the family mansion in Che sham-place. The
majority of the Foreign Ministers and some of the leading
nobility in town were present.
Louisa Countess of Seafield and. Master Lennox
Massey have left the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood, for
Bray, Ireland.

Colonel and Mrs. Plunkett Burton have arrived
at their residence in Grosvenor-square.

THE POSITION OF DENMARK.

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 29.

The Dagbladet of to-day publishes the following
article the question were only how to secure
the territorial integrity of the Danish monarchy,
without reference to the manner in which circura"
stances may shape themselves within its boundaries,
our prospects at this moment might be regarded as
especially favourable. Our bitterest enemies declare
that they will joyfully agree to a solution which
will preserve the monarchy, provided only " the
independence and unity of the Duchies, and their
intimate connection under all circumstances with
Germany are recognised and secured." They oro
willing immediately to sign peace, "if' German
right and German customs in the Duchies of
Schleswig-Holstein are permanently established.'
Our friends appear inclined to agree to such stt
arrangement; for they desire peace above every-
thing, and care far less whether the Danish people
preserves its rights and guards its national existence
than that a colleetion of countries, bearing the naree
of the Danish monarchy, should bo found upon Oa
map of Europe.
In such a kingdom King Christian IX. might
sway the sceptre from the Elbe to the Skager, na;.ght
appoint and dismiss officials, review his troops, (lie'
tribute distinctions, raise his civil list, place hi°
royal sign -manual to all important documents---i°
short, be in possession of all the external attribefteelt
of a Sovereign ; but his Ministers would sit e
Frankfort and in Berlin, and he would be unaWel°
exercise any real act of government without haefleg
first received the approbation of Denmark's dee di/
toes. A people called Danes would live under this
monarchy, but it would not possess a trace of in de'
pendent life. After having sacrificed its brethre:
in Schleswig to the Moloch of Germanism, it would
strive in vain to secure to the rest a national esill;
tence, and every effort of freedom of action would
be shipwrecked upon the contract by which 1s
stamped itself the slave of German interests 00"
German policy.
This is the future held in store for us by the
foreigner. The salvation of the Danish monarch/
and the ruin of the Danish people, this is the 0010;
tion for which friends and enemies at this moree°
join hands, and it is England who has placed her,
self at the head of this precious combination. Egg
land's present Ministers have conciliated Germs°,
with overbearing insults, and empty demonstration,
every stage of her quarrel with Denmark; 1)0;
0
whenever Germany went forward, England We
back ; and when the cup was finally full, Vibes
lteaGerman troops advanced into Jutland, the Eag
Government discovered that the time had Wile
to make a compact with the great German Povref ttl
e'
It is true that we possess as yet only an imper o
knowledge of what has taken place; but thuslllll,,
fill‘„e
is clear, that the Danish people is threatened leYl',,
pending peril, by peril greater perhaps than W:;
the Schleswig-Holstein party first hoisted the
of revolt, with all Germany at its back.
After minutely describing the present feeling
00,
the Governments of Europe in regard to the Patio
German question, the course circumstances b.hies
taken in Germany, and the possible eventuallito
which may cause the intervention of other Pine:
"before Danmark has received her death wound,
Daybladet continues: fld
These and similar possibilties may occur oust
bring us sudden help; but the Danish people fee
first, and above all, seek safety in its own exertsitls
by continuing the struggle against GermanY; fall
all the means at its command. If Denmark e
is unavoidable, it must at any rate cost the cliee je
dear, and sedum the nation an honorable place
to
history. Diplomacy must not be perfnittecidest,
erase with a few strokes of the pen one of the
and, until recently, one of the most honoured
dams from the map of Europe. bled
Now, as in 1848, the Danish nation 18 Seeevortls
round a common banner bearing the Gtr'
"Denmark to the Eider, end independence
4lue'
ace
•
many !" No Power, htwever great its 10^ el;
and strength, will dare haul down this flag s° for it
as we keep it flying. For it we will filot4,si°'
we will bring every sacrifice; but not for the ;jolt
tenance of a State bearing the name of Pe°,,everr
but in reality existing only as a German: 030/
deuce', and upon such conditions as Gerniell
think proper to prescribe.

At ePtl°
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE AT 0XF0133D.---7te6
tation from the National Temperance League vis„ilici 3cii;
ford on Thursday last, and held a conference in the t'" vero'
chamber, attended by 94 undergraduates and '3B Ti,
professors, under the presidency of ono of the procTbe tors.ipi
meeting resolved to form a society to be called "
verity c
of Oxford Temperance Association." '2k 13.0i0e'
meeting was subsequently held in the Corn L's,or
Which as densely crowded, about 2,500 persons /2°.
sent.