The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-15 00:00:00

the inevitable hour; must strike sooner or later, and
the city of the aged has a corresponding death rate.
And here let us sugmest that a column of average.
age would throw light on the death rates, and
serve to distinguish from unhealthy places, Pluce',
sought for health and prolonging life. The Isle of
Wight has the lowest death rate in compensation
for all its other rates of the very highest. If ael
live too fast there it is in the way of Dryden 's good
parson, but the abstinence is not indeed almost a sin,
but very much of a necessity, and to this, perhaps,
the standard of health is referrible. No one sits
s too long at table, and the tough meats and stringy
fowls make a case of repletion an utter impossie
bility. We can imagine nothing more advisable_
for the high liver than a course of the Isle of
Wight. It will fine him down better than any
training, and lighten in person not less than in
pocket, which is saying much indeed.
THE "LONDON REVIEW" ON THE CLOSE OF TO
DANISH WAR.—We have now before us the
official text of the preliminaries of peace COn'
eluded between Austria and Prussia on the one
band and Denmark on the other. This adds little to
the information we had previously received through
the medium of the telegraph. But undoubtedly the,
details do not in any degree soften the harshness of
the substantial terms which have been exacted from
the weaker and defeated Power. The arrangement
by which Denmark surrenders portions of Jutland'
in exchange for a so-called equivalent served out
of Schleswig, is more disadvantageous to the
Northern Power than we had hoped might prove
to be the case. Nor can there be any give one
opinion as to the determination which Austria and
Prussia have shown to exact the full pound of flesh
from their victim,
by stipulating that whatever
troops they may choose to retain in Jutland, untile
the signature of the final treaty of peace, Shall be
fed and lodged at the expense of that unhappy Prn•
i
vince. It would only have been a little decent l
after taking so meh territory, they had shown a
slight amount of generosity in the matter of poueds
shillings, and pence. But magnanimity seen!!
be a virtue unknown at Berlin and Vienna• liavi;
ing robbed their enemy of his estate, the Germ%
Powers are not satisfied until they have picked hl.B
pocket also. But it is no use to dwell upon t.hdi.
matter. All is over so far as Denmark is coneere`;,,
The interesting question remains as to the mode, clear
which the spoils are to he appropriated. It is uLe"'s
enough from the miserably abortive meeting held
few days since at Kiel, that Prussia is already try
ing to set on foot in Schleswig-Holstein a 133°L ;
ment for the annexation of the Duchies to her e,"he
dominions. But it is not surprising to find that d
people of these provinces are by no means
by an ardent desire for such an arrangen3eht'
however, M. von Bismarck cannot obtain poP3 -fle
support he is just the man to do without it. On one
point it is understood that both he and the Austrian
,
statesmen have made up their minds.—that the Diet
shall have no voice in determining the destinati..o.
of conquests which were made in its name. oro2:
nary lite we should give a very hard name to the
conduct of an agent who obtained possession of pro-
perty en behalf of his principal and then coolly
appropriated it to his own use. But it Would bei
absurd to cast in the teeth of Austria and Prussia
reproaches founded on a breach of that COeorues
punetratem
honesty which they discarded at a very early stage
of the recent transactions. We may take it if
granted that they will do what seems best for then_
own interests, without regard to any considerations
which are not supported by an army in the field.eee
That Bavaria, Hanover, Saxony, and the other
small States, which are now fretting the
Diet, fuming' Pre
testing, and threatening all kinds of motions in
Diet, will appeal to force in defence of their right,
to a voice in disposing of the plunder of Denmark'
we do not for an instant believe. In spite willt
talk and elaborate despatchesetheir troo f
from
fore long be civilly or uncivilly ejected even rhat
Holstein, and then we may possibly be toke wmay
Austria and Prussia have decided upon. Or te.
l
suit those Powers to conceal their private arratTtle
ments for a time; and in that case we have 1 its
e,
doubt that Europ which has already cat ried
forbearance so far, will carry it a little farther, and
abstain from making any unpleasant inquiries on
the subject. Nothing seems let for us but the exeird
cise of a rather ignominious patience. Our "1
consolation must be that England has already is
this unhappy business lost as much in character an a
influence as she well can do.