The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-27 00:00:00

SECON EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK.

ITALY.

TURIN, June 25.—Ire the Chamber of Deputies
this day the Minister of Y.:mince announced that
the propositio❑ relative to the convention of the
Credit For cier had been withdrawn, and that an-
other based on a di&rent principle would be pre-
sented.

THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

WEST INDIA, PACIFIC, AND MEXICAN

MAILS,

[REUTER'S TELEGRAM

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 27.
The Royal Mail steamship Shannon has arrived
here with the above mails, 300 passengers, and
£345,363 in specie. She left St. Thomas's on the
13th inst.

Jamaica was flooded in some parts by the rains,
causing damage and stopping the traffic with the
interior.

Things were quiet at Hayti. The President had
pardoned all the conspirators except three, who
were to be shot.

Beyond the bombardment of Monte Cristi, the
Spaniards were making no progress at Santo
Domingo.

The Emperor and Empress of Mexico arrived at
Vera Cruz on the 28th ult., and proceeded to
Soledad the next day, where they were met by
Generale Almonte, Soles, and Woll. Their
Majesties arrived at Cordova late on the 29th, and
reached Orizaba on the 30th.
DICETRILL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening,
The appearance of the lobbies leading to the House of Peers
presented a veryanirnated scene this evening, in consequence
of the importance attached to the statement to be made by
the Secretary for Foreign Affairs relative to the positiou
of matters with respect to the Dano-German war. Persons
who had been fortunate enough to secure members' orders
attended in large numbers, and on the opening of the
strangers' gallery the rush was terrific. The interior of the
house presented a very unusual appearance from the largo
number of elegantly dressed ladies who filled the galleries
extending the entire length of either side of the magnificent
chamber. The space in front of the throne was also crowded,
and altogether the scene of animation presented was one
not often seen within the walls of Parliament. The attend-
ance of peers was very large.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at
4 o'clock.

THE DANO-GERMAN WAR,
THE MINISTERIAL STATEMENT.
Earl RUSSELL, having laid the papers upon the table,
then proceeded to address their lordships, but 'for
some time, owing to the buzz of excitement, the
voice of the noble earl was entirely inaudible in the reporters'
gallery. He said, before commenting upon the proceedings
of the Conference, he would speak of what had gone before.
[Here the Prince of Wales entered the house, and took his
accustomed seat on the cross benches. 1 The treaty of
1862, in reference to Denmark, and the engagements
then made in that and the former year with respect
to the arrangements between Germany and Denmark were
in their operations extremely unsatisfactory. The conse-
quence of the irritation which arose out of the differences
between Germany and Denmark in reference to the govern-
ment of the Duchies was a kind of increasing irritation, and
as Germany was immensely more powerful than Denmark,
it was but too probable that Denmark was destined to suffer
one day on account of the Duchies. The death of the King
of Denmark produced an entire change of the Existing state
of affairs. Upon the question of succession to the Duchies
was immediately raised, by the Governments of Prussia and
Austria, a somewhat singular and not very defensible course.
They declared their intention of making the King of Den-
mark responsible for the actions of the late Ring, and in
the beginning they declared to proceed to Federal execu-
tion, and the result was war. The struggle went
on for some time when, in the interests of peace,
it was thought a Conference with the Powers might put an
end to such a terrible state of affairs. Her Majesty's Go-
vernment accordingly proposed a Conference, the arrange-
ment was agreed to, and the plenipotentiaries attended in
due course. On the 12th of May, after the suspension of
arms, he asked the Austrian and Prussian Governments
what it was they asked in the interests of their subjects.
Be it observed, that although Prussia and Austria
had continually declared that they had certain ar-
rangements they insisted upon which had not
been forfeited, they had agreed to specify what
those engagements were. When Lord Wodr,.
house went to Berlin on his way to Copenhagen he en,"4 „.
voured, according to his instructions, to have an eyplana-
tion upon this point. The reply he received was 'that the
Danish Government refused to repeal the constitati on ofNov.,
and we shall afterwards say what arrangemer.r3 they proposed
acs and pronounce
We will then judge of those arrangeme
eCtlld justify the course
our opinion upon them.. Nothing
a 4 at the same time they
which they were pursuing, becaus
were ready to carry their war •
Afterwards, at a later sittin measures to an extremity.
7, of the Conference, the position
took this form, The DiE,E. it was affirmed by Austria and
Prussia, had declared 4.l'.at it would recognise the King of
Denmark as the legir',mate heir to the Duchies. The pleni.
potentiary of Goi'many, who, in fact had greater power
than either of the , plenipotentiaries of Austria or Prussia,
declared tb‘at Germany would never consent to the re-con-
nectil'a of the Duchies with Denmark. On the 17th May
tkere was a more positive declaration on the part of Austria
and Prussia in the Conference, which was that they could
legally recognise the King of Denmark as Sovereign of the
Duchies, but that they ought to be placed under the
septre of the Prince of Augustenberg, and that he
should be the possessor of these for the future. This
declaration they felt would be held throughout Ger-
many to be the wish of the German people.
The proposal made by her Majesty's Government was that
Germany should have the Duchies of Holstein and the
southern part of Schleswig, that the German powers
should not interfere in the internal affairs of Den-
mark, and that a general guarantee should be given
by the European powers to maintain Denmark as to the
rest of her possessions. The Danish Government made a
declaration of this, which he thought did them the
highest credit, which was that the King of Denmark
had accepted the crown, and stipulating that the treaty of
1852 would be carried out. This proposition led to further
deliberations, during which there appeared to be no desire
on the part of the Austrian, Prussian, and German powers
to prevent the great calamity of war.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Evening,
The SPEARER. took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed :—.
The Belfast Central Railway, and the Kilkenny Junction
Railway.
OPEN SPACES FOR PUBLIC RECREATION, rke.
Sir J. SHELLEY presented petitions from different
parts of the metropolis, praying that the space already
occupied for the enjoyment and recreation of the commu-
nily should not be infringed by the ground of the same
being let for building or other purposes. (Hear, hear.)
THE ACCIDENT AT EGHAM.
Sir R. BULKELEY asked the President of the Board
of Trade whether his attention had been drawn to the evi-
dence given at the inquest en the sufferers by the late rail-
way accident at Eghana, by iks
mr. Robert A. Scott, traffic
manager of the South Western Railway, in which he says
" Ordinarily, I think, there would not be the slightest
danger in starting them
(the trains) at an interval of five
minutes, allowing the first train to make a first stoppage at a
distance of eight miles. It is quite an ordinary working
of the trains. Some lines allow only three minutes :" also
to the evidence of Thomas Gibbard, office-porter at Egham,
whose duty was to note the arrival and departure of the
trains, and
who stated "That the Royal train (containing
their Royal highnesses the Prince anti Princess
of Wales)
passed through Egham in the morning
at 12.51) and that Lee passed through at 12.47:'' Whether the President of the Board of Trade would in-
form the house on what lines trains were started at intervals
of three minutes only : whether starting trains on the same
line at intervals of three minutes was done with the know-
ledge and sanction of the Board of Trade : and, whether he
considered the safety of their Royal Highnesses was suffi-
ciently protected in allowing a heavy passenger train to
precede them by four minutes only ?
Mr. M. GIBSON explained that the Board of Trade
had no power in the matter.

THE CONFERENCE,
APPLIRANCE OF THE HOUSE.

From an early hour both the floor of the house and the
galleries were ere ;vela(' to excess, and the proceedings
were invested with that animation which only anises
from great political excitement. The strangers' galley
was full to overflowing, and that portion of it reserved
for distinguished foreigners was occupied by the leading
diplomatic representatives of the principal European states.
Lord PALMERSTON rose a few minutes before five
o'clock, and said—lf ever there was a question that excited
the feeling of this country in an unanimous manner,
it was that of Denmark. (Hear, hear.) The greatest
sympathy was felt throughout the country in the affairs
of thtt kingdom, and the greatest desire was expressed
that some arrangement should be made to termi-
nate the hostilities that were going on. 1e would
limit his observations merely to an explanation of the docu-
ments that would be in the hands of hon. members to-morrow.
In order, however, to make the house fully acquainted pith
all the tacts it would be necessary to enter into some de-
tails. (Hear, hear.) With reference to the treaty of 1852,
upon wbi.ch so much of this question turned, it was