The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-18 00:00:00

DENMARK AND GERMANY,

(From (he Special Correspondent of the Vines.)
ELSINOItE, July 13.
The announcement of the formation of a rea
Cabinet, under the presidency of Count Carl Moltke,
which was made in the semi-official organ, the
Berlingske Tidende, on Sunday evening last, and
which I communicated in my Mondsy's letter, turns
out to have been premature. On the evening of the
same Monday, after the departure of the mail, it
was understood that the new President would be
not M. Moltke, but M. Bluhme. The intelligence
has since been steadily confirmed. This mere per.
sonal modification, however, does not alter the
tendencies of the new Council, which remains, as it
was, the Peace Ministry. M. Moltke and M. Q uaade
continue to be attached to the Cabinet as " Minis.
ters without a portfolio," and will, it is said, with
or without that title, go forth as diplomatic agents
to the Courts of Berlin and Vienna, Paris, and
London. 'Lie whole of the Danish nation, from
the King to the last drummer iu the army, seems
now fully aware that the war WAS a " mistake"
from the beginning; a mistake arising, in January
last, from an expectation of foreign support, which
turned out to be fallacious; and grounded, in June,
upon the necessity of breaking through the tram-
mels of neutral diplomacy, and joining issues with
the enemy, so as to stand face to face with him
alone. Denmark could hardly hope to swim out of
the deep waters of her present difficulty so long as
her hands were helplessly clinging to the broken
reed of foreign mediation. Once more a free agent,
Denmark may hope to obtain from the Germans a
new truce bearing all the character of a real and per-
manent armistice ; an armistice either contracted
for a specified term, say of nine months, or at least
not to expire without one month's notice. It is ex-
pected that the terms of this new armistice will be
on the part of the Austro-Prussians the evacua.
Lion of Jutland and the release of the Danish
prisoners of war; on the part of the Danes, the
raising of the blockade, and the restitution of the
captured German vessels.

It would not be easy to say on what ground the
hopes of the Danes for so advantageous a respite
may rest. All that they seem positively to know
is that they neither can nor will fight any more,
and it is perhaps allowable to presume that war
cannot go on on one side only, and that even Germans
will be loth to strike where they meet with no re-
sistance : " Uomo interra,"as the old Italian saying
is, " non fa piu guerra."
There are other reasons, however, besides this
somewhat blind trust in the magnanimity of what
has been hitherto rather an ignoble foe, to induce
a belief among the Danes—a belief that their situa-
tion is by no means so desperate as it may seem, and
a hope that they may after all yet fall on their feet.

I saw yesterday a gentleman of very high rank
in this country, a gentleman brought through his
connections into close intimacy with the Courts and
Governments of Germany, and especially of Prussia.
He bad seen M. von Biemark very lately, and had a
higher opinion of that statesman's rectitude and
moderation than the world at large is disposed to
entertain. M. von Bismark, this gentleman says, does
not conceal or disguise his desire that the Duchies of
Schleswig-Holstein should remain, as they now are,
in Prussian hands. Could any amount of political
skill or military strength enable that ultra-Conser.
vative statesman to annex those provinces to the
monarchy of Brandenburg, the material interests
of his own State would be paramount with him
over every other consideration but he sees enor-
mous difficulties in the attitude of foreign Powers,
by no means re-assuring, in spite of the hesitation
of long suffering England and of the ominous re-
ticence of designing France—difficulties in the dispo-
sition of mind of the SchleswigsHolsteiners, who
give unequivocal signs of their aspirations to inde-
pendent existence, and of their stanch devotion to
their proclaimed Duke. Sooner than allow either
Angustenburg or Oldenburg, or any other idol of
the people or minion of Russia to ascend the Ducal
throne, M. von Bismark, his friends and admirers
ever, would wish with all his heart, and would strive
with all his might, to bring back the Duchies under
tee atiegiance or Denmark. The Prussian Cabinet
have not so good a reason to be satisfied with the
behaviour of the minor German Princes as to evince
any anxiety to add to their number, nor do the;
feel a sympathy with the leaders of the
Demo-
cratic party, the agitators moving Heaven and earth
in the name of nationality, and threatening the peace
of the country in the name of Vaterland, to wish to
give them a rallying point, a natural chief and
standard-bearer in Kiel, to accustom tha German
people to look upon Schleswig-Holstein as their
own handiwork, to identify it with their great re-
volutionary schemes, a monument of what united
Germanism was able to achieve, and what it might
hereafter aspire to.

The Prince of Augustenburg always flattered
himself he could rely on the goodwill of King Wil-
liam of Prussia ; but the King's favour will avail
him but little without the good pleasure of the Prime
Minister. It was not without reluctance, because
with no hope of any immediate advantage for the
Prussian Monarchy, that M. von Bismark allowed
himself to be dragged by popular clamour into
hostilities with Denmark. So long as the Eider-
Danish Party lorded it over, and, as it were,
" terrorised " Copenhagen, neutralising the peace-
ful intentions and the German sympathies of the
Court, any good understanding betwen Denmark
and Prussia was too plainly out of the question. But
now all is changed ; the Prussian army, by its ex-
ploits at Missunde, at Dybbol, and Ala, has not so
much defeated the Danish troops, R 8 it has routed
the revolution both in Denmark and Germany ; it
has secured in favour of the Prussian Prime Minis=
ter the mastery of the situation. A Cabinet with
such men as M. Moltke or M. Bluhme at its head
comes into power with views professedly opposite to
those of his predecessor. Had either of those two
gentlemen held the supreme power in his hands
instead of M. Hall or Bishop Monrad, there would
either never have been a subject of collision
between Germany and Denmark, or the latter would
have so framed her policy as never to supply the
former with a pretext for hostilities against her.
What could not be done in 1862, or in September,
November, or January last, may, the Danish friends
of peace expect, be achieved at the present day. The
Duchies of Schleswig•Holstein may return under
Danish allegiance on conditions securing a perfect
political as well as administrative autonomy in
their favour. Danmark will desist from any of those
denationalizing attempts which set her German
subjects so strongly against her Government. The
cause of nationality, as represented by the rabid
EidereDanish party, will receive tcblow in Denmark
which will by a corals/recoup be equally felt among
the hair-brained demagogues in Vaterland. It
Denmark chooses as leaders of her Government
men according to M. von Bismark's own heart, the
worst causes for the dissatisfaction of that mighty
statesman against her fail to the ground ; a
natural understanding, alliance and solidarity be-
tween the two anti-revolutionary Cabinets are esta-
blished ipso facto, and the stronger party can hardly
do less in support of the weaker one than to enable
it to hold its head above water, by the recovery of
those Duchies, without which all government in
Denmark, or indeed the very existence of the coun.
try, would become an impossibility—those Duchies
which Prussia does not well see how she Can keep
for herself, and which the is equally unwilling to
make over to an enfant gale of rampant demagogy
or to a mere tool of Russian ambition.

MALT FOR FEEDING CATTLE.—An experiment
was concluded in Cumberland lest week which it
interesting to farmers and others, as showing the feeding
properties of malt and barley. On the 9th of April last
eight Irish heifers, as near equal iu quality, size, and weight
as it was possible to find them, wore fastened up in the pre-
mises of Mr Wyndham, brewer, Cockermouth, to fatten.
Four of thesQ were fed upon barley and four upon equal
measures of malt. The result at the end of 13 weeks was
in favour of barley by 301 b upon the four, which sold for
£6 10s. more money than those fed upon malt. The owner
lost bo, per head by the experiment.
It is rumoured that Mr Fechter intends to pro-
duce the "Lady of Lyons," and that he is looking for a
lady to play Pauline to his Claude Melnotte. Ile has not
at present accepted any country engagement.
;The London Review states that Mr. and Mrs.
Wigan are looking out for some building in London which
cal 3 ea§ilY IJe, oatverted into a oinoli and eielpat theatre,

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HER MAJESTY,

OSBORNE, July 26J
Prince and Princess Leiningen dined with her
Majesty yesterday.

Major-General Sir Henry Storks arrived at Os-
borne from London, and returned to-day.
JULY 17.
Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their
Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Princess Bea'
trice, and Princess Louis of Hesse, went on board
t he iron-cased ship Prince Consort, cif Osborne, yes"
terday afternoon.
The Queen embarked in the royal yacht Fairy et
the Osborne pier, and was conveyed in the barge .
from the Fairy to the Prince Consort, after inspect-
ing which her Majesty returned ashore in the same
manner,

The suite in attendance consisted of the Countess
of Caledon, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lieutenant-
General the Hon. C. Grey, and Major-General
Seymour.
Earl de Grey and Ripon arrived yesterday, and
had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal
family.
Her Royal Highness Princess Helena is confined
to the house by an attack of scarlatina, but in a mild
form, and all the symptoms attending the complaint
are very satisfactory.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Prince and Princess of Wales left Marl-
borough House on Saturday, for the White Lodge,
Richmond-park.
Messrs. E. Emanuel,, of Portsmouth, had the
honour of submitting, for the inspection of the
Prince of Wales, the gold vase manufactured b 7
them for the Goodwood race meeting of the present
year.

The Prince and Princess of Wake have honoured
Mr. Desanges with an inspection of the picture he
is now painting of the royal wedding, and with
sittings for their portraits.

Accouchement of the Princess Coltilde,
(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
PARIS, July 17 (Morning).
The Princess Clotilde gave birth to a son last
night at eleven o'clock.

Marriage of the Marquis of Hastings au.4

Lady Florence Paget.

Lady Florence Cecilia Paget, only daughter of the
Marquis of Anglesey by his second marriage with
Henrietta, fourth daughter of the late Right Hon.
Sir Charles Begot, was married on Saturday last at
St George's Church, Hanover-square, to the Mar-
quis of Hastings. The marriage was a hurried and
unexpected one—more particularly, it would appears
to the connections of her ladyship, none of wheel
were witnesses to the ceremony. The marriage
took place by licence, the Rev. John Knipe, M,A,I
curate of Wellesborne, Warwickshire, officiating.
The bride was given away, in the absence of her
noble father, by Capt. Frederick Granville, a mutual
friend. Lady Edith Abney Hastings and Lad,'
Bertha Clifton, sisters of the noble bridegrooms
were present, together with Viscount Marsham, Mr
and Mrs Frederick Granville, Miss Congreve, Mr
Wilkinson, Mr F. J. Blake, &c.
Mr Blake was the marquis's best friend on the
occasion.

The attesting witnesses to the marriage register
were Lady Edith Maud Abney Hastings, Mr Fre°
derick Granville, and Viscount Alarsham.

After the ceremony the noble marquis and bride
left town by special train for his ancestral seat,
Dounington Park, near Ashby de La Zouch, Leis
cestershire.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
d'Aumale gave a grand dinner on Saturday even..
ing, at Orleans House, Twickenham, to meet their Royal
tvgnuez. the Duk© and Duchess de Chartres, There were
present to join the circle his Excellency the Marquis
d'Azeglio, the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs Gladstone,
Lady Molesworth, the Right Hon. the Speaker and LadY
Charlotte Denison and Hon. Miss Ellis, Lord Houghton,
Mr Panizzi, Mr and Mrs Holford, the Right Hon Sir
Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Mr and Mrs Morier, and
Madlle. Duper-qui, in waiting on the Duke and Duchess de
Chartres.

Prince Paul Esterbazy left town on Saturday
morning for Vienna.

The Duke of Devonshire, accompanied by Lord
Edward and Lady Louisa Cavendish, left Devonshire Houle
on Friday for Chatsworth, Derbyshire.

The Marquis de Salamanca, Monsieur Delahaute,
and Monsieur Daugny have left the Clarendort Hotel for
Paris.

The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury enter-
tained the Duke of Rutland, Lord and Lull
Carington, Lord and Lady Raglan, Lord and Lady Abinger,
Lord and Lady R. Cecil, Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli,
M.P., and Mrs Disraeli, Major-General the Right Hon•
George Forester, M.P., Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, Mr
Seymour Fitzgerald, M.P., Mr and Hon. Mrs 'William
Rose, and Miss S. Dashwood, at dinner on Saturday last,
at the mansion in Stratford-place.

THE NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.—The
Seamen's Association at Drontheim, Christiansundt
and Nalesund, in Norway and Sweden, have, through Atr
W. Tottie, the Swedish Consul General, forwarded the
handsome contribution of £59 13s to the National Lifeboat
Institution, in admiration of the great and important ser-
vices which its lifeboats have occasionally rendered to their
countrymen shipwrecked on the coasts of the United King'
dom. Last winter the Southport lifeboat of the institution
saved, during a very heavy gale of wind, 17 persons from
the barque Tamworth, of Skien, Norway.
LORD PALMERSTON, AS USUAL, OVERSET BY.
VICTOR/ !—The congratulations of friends and foes
which he received in state at his party on Saturday night
have mounted into his brain, says a shrewd observer in the
Spectator, and brought out again traces of that cavalier and
contemptuous manner which contributed so much to his fall
in 18:58. On Tuesday night, in answer to a question as to
the bad faith of the Brazilian Government towards the
emancipados, Lord Palmerston enumerated the twenty steps
of the Brazilian circumlocution office, by which alone, the
slave, after working out his 14 years' apprenticeship, can
gain his freedom, and stigmatised the bad faith of thltt pro-
ceeding much as it deserved; but when Mr Seymour Fitz-
gerald, who, with Mr Bright, appears to regard all strong
censure of foreign Powers, however much they may have
deserved it, as menaces, remonstrated, Lord Palmerston
put him down savagelyand blunderingly by regretting "be
was so ignorant"—Mr S. Fitzgerald having caned forth
this illogical snub by saying that he did not dispute
Lord Palmerston's statement, Lord John Manners then
took up the fight and wondered that Lord Palmerston
should have quoted from an unofficial Brazilian paper after
what the Ministry—we believe Mr Gladstone—had said in
the late debate about " the ribald trash of the foreign press."
Lord Palmerston then shied the blue book ,in which this
newspaper extract had been embodied across the table to
Lord John Manners in a huff, and altogether left an lin-
preision on the house that he had lost his head and his
temper with his fears.
THE CONVICT MUTINY AT PORTLAND PRISON.-'
The feeling of insubordination among the convicts
at the convict establishment here, in consequence of the in-
troduction of the new dietary system, still continues to be
exhibited, although no outbreak has taken place since Fri.
day. Every day large numbers of the men refuse to work,
alleging as an excuse that not sufficient food under the neW
dietary system is given them to keep their strength up. 011
Tuesday a largo body of men refused to leave their sheds
after dinner and resume work, and it was not until the aid
of the military was obtained that they would resume work.
Almost every hour men aro marched back handcuffed to the
prison, and from inquiries we have made we aro informed
that about 230 have turned refractory and are now confined
in their cells. The ringleaders of the riot on Tuesday are
recovering from the iejuries which they received at the
hands of the civil guards. It was expected that on Thurs-
day, Friday, and Saturday the men would again turn muti-
nous, as a number of them were severely whipped on thoso
days, but such was not the case. This ;is no doubt attri-
butable to the fact that the guards have t eceivcd orders to
fire upon the convicts should another outbreak take place,
and also to the excellent arrangements which have been
made by Captain Clay, the governor of the prison, old
Captain DuCane, director of convict prisons, the latter of
whom is now engaged in instituting inquiries respecting the
outbreak, and in awarding punishment to the evildoers.
Every precaution has been taken to suppress a revolt should
one unfortunately take place, two detachments of the 64th
Regiment being stationed in the vicinity of convict labour,
one overlooking the batteries on the east side of the island
and the other near the West Quarry, where the outbreak
on Tuesday commenced. In addition to this force there is
a strong picket of the civil guard in the tower should their
assistance be neelcd. The insubordinate convicts are COn..
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fined to their cells and dieted on bread and water;
while thus treated ecaa of thon are very violent.