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

THE ARMY.

The Adjutant-General Sir James Yorke Scarlett has pro-
mulgated the following order :—His Royal Highness the
Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief is pleased to express
his approbation of the intrepid and gallant conduct exhi-
bited on the occasion of the explosion of the magazine at
Birmingham by Lieut Philp, Cornet Sanderson, Sergeant
Masturson, Privates Regan, Jones, Neilson, and Pentland,
of the 2d Dragoons, to whom, as well as to all others who
rendered their assistance, the highest praise is due for the
cool and daring courage they displayed.
The Adjutant-General Sir James Yorke Scarlett has ad-
dressed a circular memorandum to officers commanding
depot battalions, containing a copy of a letter from the
War-office, and addressed to the Military Secretary at the
Horse Guards, stating the conditions under which officers
belonging to regiments in India will be allowed to volun-
teer for service in the Commissariat Department. The
letter states that their application can only be enter-
tained in case their stay at the depots in England will be
likely to afford time, without delay or inconvenience to the
ordinary regimental relief, for the examination and six
months' probation to take place, if there should be vacancies
in the Commissariat Department, The Secretary of State
for War requests that, in forwarding each application, it
may be stated for what period the officer may expect to re-
main at home.

The spring inspections of the infantry regiments sta-
tioned in Portsmouth garrison commenced yesterday with
the inspection by Major• Gen Lord W. Paulet, C,8., of the
2d battalion of the Ist Royals.
The disembarkation of the invalided soldiers, with the
women and children, who arrived at Spithead on Saturday
in the ships Alumbagh and Queen of the South, was effected
yesterday morning at Spithead by the aid of two Govern-
ment steam tugs, as early as 5 20 a.m., under the personal
superintendence of Col Shadwell, Assistant• Quaitermaster-
General of the south-west district. At 6 a.m. the tugs, with
the invalided men, were well on their way to the Royal
Victoria Military Hospital at Netley; and the Alumbagh
and Queen of the South were on their way to the Thames.
Such a quick despatch as is here shown is conveying sick
soldiers from the 'tween decks of a troopship to the more
roomy and comfortable quarters of a military hospital speaks
well for the good understanding which must exist between
the naval and military authorities at Portsmouth, and also
for the energy displayed by the Assist.-Quartermaster-Gen•

The headquarters of the Bth Hussars (the King's Royal
Irish) were disembarked at 1 p.m. yesterday from the In-
diaman Renown, and sent on by special train, the train
being brought inside the dockyard to receive the troops and
their luggage at 2 p.m. to Brighton. During the time the
troops were being disembarked Major- Gen Lord W. Paulet,
accompanied by his staff, rode into the dockyard and re-
mained some time witnessing the process of disembarkation
which was being effected under the superintendence of Col.
Shadwell.

THE WAR IN DENMARK,

(From the Times Special Correspondent at the Danish

head-quarters.)

COPEN H A G EN, April 29.

The faith of the Danes in the possible result of a Confe-
rence was at no time very great, and that explains the re-
luctance with which the proposal of such a meeting was at
first entertained at Copenhagen. Diplomatic mediation,
they think, rosy answer its purpose when war is going on
between two States of nearly balanced power, and when
peace is urged upon them by equally strong or even stronger
nations, interested in the preservation of public order and
security, and sure, by the slightest effort, to turn the scales
against that one of the belligerents who may show himself
less amenable to reason. But when the quarrel arises be-
tween an unarmed traveller lying prostrate on the ground
and two burly highwaymen pouring the contents of their
ruffianly blunderbuss-es intolhis writhing body, the case is
not one for the meek, Quaker-like remonstrance of the
peacemaker, but fer the active interference of the police-
man's bludgeon. Prussia and Austria had from the begin-
ning the little monarchy of Denmark at their mercy. Their
aggression on a defenceless neighbour might or might not
involve them in difficulties with the Western Powers. But
they took their chance of that; they knew they could al-
ways rely on the apathy and irresolution of England ; they
flattered themselves they had it always in their power to
propitiate the ambition of Prance—at all events, they
reckoned upon the traditional antipathies, on the mutual
jealousies and suspicions of those two countries. They were
aware, at any rate, of the proneness of all Europe to acqui-
esce in faits accomplis.
They were not far out in their calculations; they
brought against Denmark a force sufficient to crush her in
three days ; in three months they had her at their mercy.
Then began that diplomatic negotiation which secured the
consent of all parties concerned to a Conference before
April 1, which put off the meeting of that Conference till
the 25th, and which, so far as we know here, has not been
able to bring about an armistice on the 29th, And, in the
meanwhile, we have the byplay of the Emperor Napoleon
congratulating Prussia on her victory at Dybbol, and
throwing out his hints as to an appeal to universal suffrage.
'With thew; bitter reflections and gloomy forebodings do
the Danes look forward to the results of the London Confe-
rence.

None of us can forget the time when another small State
—Piedmont—worsted in her Lombard campaign
against
Austria, at Custozza, placed herself in the hands of those
same Western Powers, and expected from French and Eng-
lish mediation a solution of the Italian question, which
might enable her at least to fall on her feet and find some
remedy for the evils of an oppressed nationality- Well, the
endeavours of the well meaning mediators seemed all tend-
ing to afford Austria what she wanted—time. Time gave
Austria the means of reorganising her shattered strength;
it wore out the resources, the patience, the faith of dis-
tracted Sardinia, Ten months' Anglo-French diplomacy
only ripened the disaster of Novara. So far as the Western
Powers were concerned, not only were Piedmont and Italy
sacrificed, but, thanks to them, the death, which was at all
events inevitable, was aggravated by 10 mouths' agony.
We have here a parencl case, give or six months ago
Germady picked a quarrel with Denmark. Had the latter
been really conscious of her isolated position she would
have at once ascertained the extent of her aggressors' de.
mends, and compounded with them as she best could, taking
her counsel for necessity. Bat Sweden and Norway gave
positive promise of aid; and, in the case of a neigh-
bear whose house is only separated from a burning ,
building by a Firtition wall,
co-operation was to
be reasonably expected. England was loud in her
I expression of sympathy. Denmark fought and suc-
cumbed, and she is as alone in the council as she has been
all along in the field. That being the case, why should
Denmark prolong negotiation any more than persevere in
the contest? The traveller is on the ground ; the muzzles
of the highwaymen's blunderbusses press on either side on
his temples. Would it not be a thousand times the wisest
course to hold out his purse and let the spoilers help them-
selves ? That is the conclusion most people about me have
come to. " What do these Germans wish ?" they say,
" W?rat is the extent of their demands ? Do they want
Holstein and half Schleswig? Or will nothing but the
whole of Ow Duchies, and Jutland into the bargain,
satisfy them ? Let them keep what they have ; lit them
take what we have no power to withhold from them !" Ail
the unarmed intercession of the Western Powers, the Danes
are convinced, will not at this moment be of any avail
towards preserving the integrity of their monarchy. Were
it even possible to retain the Duchies on any arrangement
of personal union, the very existence of Denmark as a State
and a nation would, they think, be more irreparably com-
promised than by any amount of territorial loss. So long
as one German subject remains, placed on exceptional con-
ditions, Germanism, they fancy, will eat into the very vitals
of Danish nationality. Holstein and German Schleswig
must be held at discretion, or are better parted with. If
the line of the Schlei and the Dannewerke can satisfy Ger-
man cupidity, the Danes will be rather gainers than losers
by the riddance. Unfortunately, the line of demarcation
between the two nationalities cannot be fixed at the Danne-
werke and the Schlei ; it is not to be drawn on any natural
or artificial boundary. Should the test of race, language,
and choice be referred to, it would be necessary to consult
the vote of every town, village, and hamlet ; it would have
to be done upon the removal of all armed force, Danish or
German; it should take place under the supervision of a
fair-dealing French and English authority, and the result
would be sun a jagged frontier, such a dovetailing of one

people into the other, as would render the limitation of the
two States fur all practical purposes a mere impossibility.
But even when Denmark is brought to this pass—when
necessity wrings from her so ruinous a concession—will
she have peace granted to her ? Will Germany be satisfied
with her prey—with the fine harbours of Kiel and Eckern-
torde—with the extension of her trade and maritime power
in the Baltic ? The landmarks of old Europe are removed,
and the victorious Prussians are sweeping on far and wide
over Jutland. Three hours can give them possession of
Alsen—three days of Fredericia. Their irresistible artil-
lery can force a way over the Little Belt into Funen. A
trifling reverse can do away with such superiority as Ben-
mark may still boast at sea. Why should not the Teuton
push on his conquests upon Zealand ? Why should he not
have the Sound in his keeping ? The Danish branch of his
old Scandinavian enemy lies at his discretion, and Europe
is in no mood to set any limit to successful aggression.
Robbed of the southern districts of the Cimbrian Peninsula,
it little matters whether Denmark preserves the name of an
independent State—virtually she becomes a mere vassal of
Germany ; in her reduced fortunes she must be fain to obey
the behests of the very Powers with which she engaged in
the too unequal contest.
Let Germany have Kiel and Eekernforde, possibly also
Flensburg and Apenrade and Horup Hay, and you will see
what bearing that will have, not only on the destinies of
Denmark and Sweden, but also on the maritime and mili-
tary relations of all Europe. Remove all restraint from the
ambition of the stronger States ; let it be understood that
the weaker can be despoiled with impunity; allow Prussia
to take the lead in Germany ; force Austria to seek her in.
demnity on the Po or the Danube, reveal to the world
your fears of a little war; you will see what prospects of a
universal war open before you!" Such is the cry of wail
and warning that rises at the present day in the streets of
Copenhagen. Denmark looks upon herself as lost. It is
for Europe to consider how much of the general peace and
security may be involved in her ruin.

Arrival of the Confederate Cruiser Georgia
in the Mersey,

LIVERPOOL, Monday.

Much excitement was caused in the shipping quarters of
the town this day, when it became known that the Confe-
derate war steamer Georgia had quietly steamed up the
river and taken up her anchorage-ground between the
Woodside and Seacombe ships. As this is the first time
that any Confederate ship of war has ever entered the
Mersey, crowds of people gathered on the landing-stages
and pier-heads to have a look at the cruiser. So far as out-
ward appearances are concerned, the Georgia is nothing
when compared with any of the screw steamers which lie
close to her—indeed, she is rather an ugly lump of a
vessel. The hull is short, and painted black, as is her fun-
nel. She has two masts brig-rigged, and on the whole looks
as if she was cut out for anything but the work she is in
tended for. The Confederate flag floated very prominently,
and its close resemblance to our own Union Jack with the
exception of the white ground, led many people to con-
found the Georgia with the new African mail steamer Ca-
labar, which lay astern of the Confederate, and which
actually does look more of the clipper than her belligerent
companion. Tho Georgia's last port of departure was Bor-
deaux, but her date of sailing has not been given, though
from current reports we learn that the run round from Bor-
deaux has been rather tedious. The vessel is in charge of
Capt. Evans, the sailing master, and her real object is of
course for the present kept a secret, some saying that her
screw is deranged, others that she is going to take on board
a quantity of patent fuel, while souse gobentouches go so far
as to assert that she is to await the decision of the Lairds'
ram case, and then sail with them " off to Charleston."
That the arrival of the Georgia was not unexpected is
shown by the fact that on Saturday it was ;currently re-
ported that she was in the river, and crowds of the curious
were " sold" in consequence of the formidable Confederate
man of war turning out to be a poor worn. out blockade
runner, named Eugenie, which had arrived from Bermuda,
and the captain of which, with more zeal than discretion,
on entering the river hoisted the Confederate ensign at the
gaff, and foolishly flew a pennant from his main. The
Georgia mounts six guns, and is manned by a crew of 60
men. The real commander of the cruiser is Lieut. Maury, a
son of the well-known Lieut. Maury, late of the United
States navy, and now a prominent officer in the Confede-
I rate service,

Since writing the above we learn that the Georgia will go
into the Birkenhead Docks this ,evening. It is new cur-
rently reported that the Georgia will be offered for sale in
Liverpool. Gentlemen interested in the ship have been
very much pressed relative to the object of the vessel visit-
ing Liverpool, and they state positively that the only reason
is to effect a sale of the ship as she is not altogether suited
fur the service in which she has lately been engaged. It is
hinted that the crew of the Georgia may be kept in readi-
ness for the Alexandra.