The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-09 00:00:00

The Text of the Peace Preliminaries.

BERLIN, Aug. 7.
The official Slaate Anzeiger of to-day publishes
the following text of the preliminaries of peace and
the protocol of an armistice concluded in Vienna on
the Ist August between the Plenipotentiaries of
Prussia, Austria, and Denmark
PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE.

Present—On behalf of Austria, Count Rechberg,
Baron Brenner ; on behalf of Denmark, M. de
Quaade, Colonel Haufmann ; on behalf of Prussia,
M. de Bismark, Baron Werther.
MM. the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, Denmark,
and Prussia having met in conference to-day at the
hotel of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and their

respective powers having been found good and in
due form, have agreed upon the following prelimi-
naries of peace :-
1. His Majesty the King of Denmark renounces
all his rights to the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein,
and Lauenburg in favour of their Majesties the King
of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria, engaging
to recognise the arrangements their said Majesties
shall make in respect of those Duchies.
2. The cession of the Duchy of Schleswig com-
prehends all the islands belonging to that duchy, as
well as the territory situated upon the mainland.
To simplify the boundary question and put an
end to the inconveniences resulting from the posi•
tion of Jutland territory situated within Schleswig,
his Majesty the King of Denmark cedes to their
Majesties the King of Prussia and the Emperor of
Austria the Jutland possessions situated in the south
of the southern frontier line of the district of Ribe
laid down upon the maps, such as the Jutland ter-
ritory of blogelt ondern, the Island of Amazon, the
Jutland portions of the islands of Fohr, Sylt, and
Roma, &c.

On the other hand their Majesties the King o:

Prussia and the Emperor of Austria consent that
an equivalent portion of Schleswig, comprising, in
addition to the Island of Arroe, the territories con•
necting the above-mentioned district of Ribe with
the remainder of Jutland, and rectifying the frontier
line between Jutland and Schleswig from the side
of Folding, shall be detatched from the duchy of
Schleswig and incorporated in the kingdom of Den-
mark. The island of Arroe will not make part of
the compensation by reason of its geographical
extent.

The details of the demarcation of the frontiers
shall be settled by the definite treaty of peace.
3. Tha debts contracted upon a special account,
whether of the kingdom of Denmark, or of one of
the duchies of Schleswig Holstein, and Lauen burg,
will remain respectively at the charge of each of

those countries:.
Debts contracted for account of the Danish mo-
narchy shall be divided between the Kingdom of
Denmark upon one hand and the ceded duchies
upon the other in proportion to the population of

tne two parts.
From this re-distribution are excepted :-1. The
Loan contracted in England by the Danish Govern•

ment in the month of December, 1863, whioh is to
remain at the charge of the kingdom of Denmark.
2. The war expenses incurred by the allied Powers,
the repayment of which will be undertaken by
the Duchies.
4. The high contracting parties engage to esta-

blish an armistice upon the basis of the military ut

possidetis, dating from the 2d August, the condi•
tions of which will be found specified in the nex

protocol.

5. Immediately after the signature of these pre

liminaries of peace the high contracting parties wil,
meet at Vienna to negotiate a definite treaty of peace,
Done at Vienna this Ist August, 1864.
(Signed) VON BISMARCK KAUFFMANN:
NVERTHER. COUNT RECIIBEEG,
QUAADE. BRENNER.

PROTOCOL RESPECTING THE CONDITIONS OF THE

ARMISTICE.

In execution of Article 4 of the preliminaries of
peace, signed this day between his Majesty the
King of Denmark upon the one part, and their
Majesties the King of Prussia and the Emperor
of Austria upon the other, the undersigned pleni-
potentiaries assembled in conference have agreed
to the following conditions :-
1. Dating from the 2d of August next, there
shall be a complete suspension of hostilities by land
and by sea, which shall last until the conclusion of
peace. In case, contrary to all expectation, the
negotiation of a peace should not be effected before
the 15th September next, the high contracting par.
ties will be at liberty after that date to terminate
the armistice s_n six weeks' time.

2. His Majesty the King of Denmark engages
definitively to raise the blockade after the 2d of
August.

3. Their Majesties the King of Prussia and the
Emperor of Austria, while maintaining the occupa-
tion of Jutland nnder the existing conditions of the
vet possidetis, declare themselves ready to keep in
that country no larger number of troops than their
Majesties may judge necessary according to puiely
military considerations.
4. The levy of contributions, in so far as it has
yet been carried into effect, is suspended. Goods or
other objects seized as such war contributions, and
not sold prior to August 3, will be returned. Fresh
levies of contributions will not be ordered.

5. The provisionment of the allied troops will be
furnished at the expense of Jutland, conformably
with the Prussian and Austrian provisioning regu-
lations in operation for each of the allied armies
upon the war footing. The lodging of the troops
and officials connected with the army, as well as the
means of transport for the use of the army, shall
equally be furnished at the expense of Jutland.
6. The surplus of the ordinary revenue of Jut.
land in the public treasuries of that country, after
the costs of the different supplies and requisites
above mentioned have been repaid by such treasuries
to the communes charged with furnishing then', and
after the necessary expenses of administration save
been cquelly defrayed from their fundß, shall be
handed over to the Danish Government, either in
money or by vpy of set off, at the time of the Eva-
cuation of Jutland.
7. The pay of the allied troops, including the ex-
traordinary war pay, is excluded from the expenses
chargeable upon Jutland.
8. Prisoners of war and political prisoners will bo
set at liberty upon promise that the prisoners of war
will not serve iu the Danish array befcre the con-
chi,jou of peace. The liberation of the prisouera
will mkt, piece at the earliest possible period at the
ports of SwinEmuude and Lubeck.
9. Danish soldiers allowed to visit Jutland during