The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-19 00:00:00

The London Conference,

(From the Times Vienna Correspondent )
VIENNA, April 16.
In the sitting held by the German Diet on the 13th
inst., the following matters were satisfactorily dis
posed of:-1. The members of the Ehgerer Rath
(Smaller Council) unanimously resolved to send a
delegate to the London Conference. 2. Baron von
Beust, the Saxon Minister President, was elected,
by 14 " voices" out of 16, to represent the Ger-
manic Confederation. The minority of two was
formed by Bavaria and Brunswick. 3. The mo-
tion of the Bavarian Minister von der Pfordten
—the originator of the complicated and unedifyir g
Schleswig-Holstien question—that Baron Beust
should be specially charged to uphold the claims
of the Duke of Augustenburg, was rejected by a
majority of 14, which deems it advisable to give
none but general irstruct ions to the representative
of the Bund. M. von Beust goes pro forma to
Frankfort, and on his arrival there he will be told
by his constituents to uphold the rights of flo
Duchies, and to claim for them admie:istrati„
independence. Not long since I he".:i an interview
with a German statesman of
repute, and he
expressed to me his cr,eviction that ultimately
"Earl Russell's
will be adopted by all the
mediating Pokers. On my inquiring
what he
meant, my
interlocutor produced a map of Den-
mark, and traced with his forefinger an imaginary
F.ne from Kiel to dusurn. After a slight pause he
drew another lite from Eckenforde to Schleswig
and Husum, and then one from Flensburg to Ton
dern. "If the Prussians," said he, " get pos-
session of the fortifications at Dybbol, we shall lay
claim to the lint from Eeleernforde to Husum,
and if they take the Island of Alsen, it is not
unlikely that we shall want to include Flensburg
in the Federal te;ritory." To my remark, that
the Germans were in a minority in almost all the
places and districts to the north of Schleswig,
no reply was given. The French Government is
said to have relinquished the idea of proposing to
the Powers to introduce the pl,biscite into the
Duchies; and if Bach should prove to be the case a
great weight will be taken off the mind of M. von
Schmerling. If the Galician Poles were asked
whether they should better like to be the subjects
of an independent King of Poland than to remain
under the sceptre of the Emperor Francis Joseph
of Austria, they would hardly fail to reply
that they should prefer being ruled over by a
monarch of their own choosing. For obvious
reasons such matters are rarely touched on by
writers for the Austrian press, but (me of them to-
day observes that none of the German Sovereigns
can possibly feel admiration " for an institution
which is of ultra-democratic origin." Baron von
Biegeleben, the Record representative of Austria in
the Conference, wen': to Berlin last night; and it is
understood that be and M. von Balan, the second
representative of Prussia, will leave together for
London in the evening of Monday, the 18th inst.
It was at first proposed that the German Diet should
send two delegates to the Conference, but ultimately
it was resolved to let Baron &est, who thoroughly
understands the merits of the question at issue, go
to London alone.

At 1 o'clock on Thursday last the Emperor of
Mexico received two deputations at Miramar, and
an hour later he and the Empress Charl;•,,te went
on board the Navara, When theirmajesties had
ascended the side of the vessel NO
was to convey
them to their new empire :u6guns of the Bellona
fired a salute, and in)
Inediately afterwards the sig-
nal for depart,:,,ewee
given. As his Majesty stood
on deck '.,e looked wistfully at his Castle of Mira.
and the eyes of his talented and amiable, but
very ambitious, consort were long turned in the
same direction. A few minutes before the Emperor
Maximilian quitted his native country he, by means
of the electric telegraph, bade farewell to the inha-
bitants of this city. The Novara was accompanied
by the Imperial yacat Fantasie, by the French
frigate Tnemis, and by six large steamers belonging
to the Austrian L oyd Company. The Viennese
knew very little of the Archduke Ferdinand Maxi-
milian, as he generally lived in the southern part of
the empire, but they are a kindhearted people, and
doubtless have mentally wished him and his consort
" God speed." The Austro-Mexican Body-guards
are to be attired in buckskins and jack-boots,
scarlet coats with silver cords and epaulets, and
silver helmets. The Imperial adjutants will wear
green coats with silver cords and epaulets, and a
plumed hat. Before he left Trieste,
the new Em-
peror gave the Mexican order of Guadaloupe to
several persons who had displayed a kindly feeling
towards him and been active in his service.

The Austrians are very wroth +h it such great
attention is paid to Garibaldi in London, but the
writers in the official papers put a good face on the
matter, and express a hope that a damp climate and
strong wines will produce no bad effect on the
health of the hero of Aspromonte.
It is here firmly believed that the French Govern-
ment will try to persuade the members of the Lon-
don Conference to express their opinions in respect
to Poland.

The weather is unusually cold, and the trees are
still leafless. This morning the mercury in Reau-
mur's thermometer was but
one degree above the
freezing point.

SIX PERSONS DROWNED.—The Inverness Courier
reports a painful occurrence which happened a taw days ago,
near one of the Coiglach Summer Isles. Two fishing boats,
each containing six persons, left Scoraig, Little Lochbroom,
to fetch Beware, for manuring purposes, from the adjoining
islands. The water was found to be high, with little
ware within reach, and one of the boats returned home.
The other remained till the tide would recede, but it is
believed that it foundered, and that the craw was drowned.
A day or two afterwards portions of the missing boat were
found on one of the smallest islands of the group.

LIFEBOAT SEB.VICES.—SuUTIINVOLD, SUFFOLK,
Monday Night.—At about 10 a.m. on Saturday two of the
fishing boats were observed to be making for the shore,
upon which a heavy surf was beating. The wind was
blowing very strong from S.S.E., and there was a heavy
sea running on the shoal. Finding it impossible that the
boats could land, the Southwold lifeboat of the National
Institution was at once launched, and was fortunately Su,.
cessful in bringing the two fishing boats and their crews
safely asbore at about 12 a.m. The lifeboat behaved ex-
tremely well on thin occasion.
JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.—Lord Redesdale has
laid before the House of Lords a bill to enable joint•
stock companies carrying on business on board to have an
official seal to be used in a foreign country by an agent ap-
pointed for the purpose. Mr D. Griffith's Bill before the
House of Commons proposes to provide that when a poll is
demanded at a joint-stock company's meeting a voting paper
shall be sent to every shareholder, and time allowed (at
least six days) for him to depute some other shareholder to
deliver the voting paper at the poll.
DESPATCH OF THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC
MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, April 18,—The Royal
Mail 'Company's steamship Atrato, Capt. Woolley, sailed
hence to-day, at 3 p.m., with the mails for the British and
foreign West Indies, the Pacific, California, Central Ame-
rica, &o. Amongst the passengers are Chief Justice Sharpe,
Capt. Wise, Lieutenant Cooper, Surgeon M‘Damott, for
Barbadoce,