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TlMES.—There could be but min fate for the
motion of Mr, Osborne on the affairs of Denmark
last night. His theories were equally unplatable
to the Government which has befriended Danmark
peacefully, end the Opposition which has half in-
timated its desire for sterner measures. His cen-
sures were directed against a Treaty signed by the
Foreign Secretary of Lord Derby, and now sup-
ported by the Government of Lord Derby's oppo-
nents. If Mr. Osborne is right, then Lord Pal-
merston is in the wrong. No wonder, then, it was
unanimously agreed that his motion should not be
put; so that the Conference will commence its sit-

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tinge to-day without any opinion having been ex-
pressed by the House of Commons against the
weaker party in the present war. Last night the
House of Commons heard a recapitulation of the ar-
guments which have been familiar for some years
to the few students of foreign politics, and which
have been more generally made known by the die.
cussions of the last five months. Mr. Osborne re-
peats with perfect accuracy all that the Germans
have advanced on the subject, and the most learned
patriots in the Frankfort Diet could not expect an
Englishman to be more completely acquainted with
their own side of the question. When we say
further that Mr, Osborne spoke, as usual, admi-
rably, and that his information was laid before the
house with all the advantages of oratory, it may
be taken for granted that the German case has not
suffered for want of an 'Advocate in England. But,
as far as any practical result is concerned, this
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the speaker told the house is known ; much of it is
admitted to be true by those who have upheld the
rights of Denmark. The wisdom or imprudence of
the London Treaty, the right of the late King of
Denmark to agree to the succession of the Glueks-
burgs without the assent of the Estates of the
Duchies, the precise nature of those Estates and their
legal competence to decide a question of succession,
the conduct of the late King in respect to the se ipu-
lations of 1851-2, the character of the Danish rule
in the Duchies, the alleged grievances of the people,
the language question, the schoolmaster question,
the free press question, are all matters on which the
best friends of Denmark are willing to admit that
there is a great deal to be said on both sides.
What they have asserted, and what the public feel-
ing of Europe has confirmed, is that a mere ques-
tion of succession and mere difficulties of adminis-
tration incidental to all frontier and bilingual dis-
tricts are not such as will justify the German Powers
in using their strength to dismember an ancient
Monarchy which they have solemnly pledged them-
selves to support. Mr. Osbcrae's invectives are
first directed against the Treaty of 1852. Now,
this Treaty we do not care to defend as to its main
principles. We do not think that the possession by
Denmark of a province more or less can affect the
peace of Europe or the balance of power. We be-
lieve it would have been a better arrangement if
Schleswig had been given to Denmark completely,
and Holstein completely severel from it, according
to the views of the " Eider Danes." Though Ger-
many would not assent to any such scheme now,
after the wrangling of the last 12 years and the recent
victories, it might not have been difficult to make
such a settlement at the time of the Treaty of Lon-
don; and the Schleswigers, no longer exposed to
the solicitations of the Southern Duchy, would have
ceased to be offended by the presence in the pulpit of
a Danish preacher whom they understood just as
well as if he addressed them in German. Another
possible plan would have been to abolish the Danish
Monarchy altogether. The union of the three Scan-
dinavian kingdoms would have been undoubtedly a
benefit to Europe, and, if it had been accomplished,
Schleswig-Holstein might have been left to what-
ever political happiness it might find as a fifth-rate
State of the German Confederations. This, how-
ever, would have been a more difficult arrangement,
as not only Royal interests, but national pride and
some remains of national rivalry would have made
Denmark unwilling to merge its individual exist-
ence in the Scandinavian unity. But to discuss these
by bygone possibilities is, we feel, the most useless
kind of criticism after the event. The politicians of
1852 acted according to the state of Europe at thet

imes and the opinions prevalent at the most power-

ful Courts, The Duchies had a short time More
been agitated by an unhappy war, which had ended
in the overthrJw of the revolutionary army, and the
restoration of the King's authority by force. The
memory of these events, and the uncertainty of the
future owing to the want of a direct heir to the
throne, retarded a return to political quiet, and when
Frederick a ercond time proposed his scheme for a
change in the succeseion it was received with favour
nut only by neutral Powers, but even by Prussia
Ind Austria and the larger number of the minor
German States. On the whole, we think there
is no reason to querre: with the resolution at which
they, and in fact all the European Powers, arrived.
There might have been a batter settlement, but the
Treaty of 1852 was not a bad one. The theory of
race might have been satisfied by one possible
arrangement; a better frontier might !neve been the
result of another; but thil very fact that nothing
else was proposed, and that both friends and ene-
mies accepted the principle of the Treaty, is suffi-
cient proof that it was founded on good sense and
answered the needs of the time.

HERALD.—There is another sick man in Europe,
and his flame is Garibaldi. That is, he is officially
sick, diplomatically indisposed. But physically
and literally he refuses to be unwell. He insists
upon it that he neither wants physic nor advice.
His own physician aids and abets him in this pecu-
liar obstinacy. Dr. Basile asserts that the general's
health is "perfectly satisfactory." and that his
?mind " no longer requires surgical care." Yet the
general is announced to leave England on Friday
next, flying from our shores as if from the pesti-
lence, speeding to Caprera to save his very life)
If Dr. Basile is right in his opinion, why is Gari.
baldi's visit thus abruptly terminated ? An expla-
nation is offered by the assertion that the British
Government has compromised itself by sharing in
the Garibaldian demonstrations, and has thus found
it necessary to throw the general overboard, like
another Jonah, in order to avoid further complica-
tions with foreign Powers. It is broadly stated
that Garibaldi leaves our shores at the instigation
of the Palmerstanian Cabinet. Of course such a
request would not be made officially. It might
take the form of a friendly suggestion; but it has
been stated, on the authority of the general him-
self, that it is in some such way as this that he is
induced to curtail his welcome visit. On the con-

trary, Lord Palmerston and the Earl of Clarendon
deny the entire assertion. The latter assures the
country that the Emperor of the French has ex-
pressed no annoyance at Garibaldi's reception, and
Lord Palmerston disavows any act on the part of
the Government to induce Garibaldi to quit the
kingdom. Thus we are left without any solution
to what is really a very vexatious kind of mys-
tery. If we believe Dr. Basile, if we believe
what Garibaldi is declared to have said of him-
self only yesterday morning, the state of his
health is not the reason why he leaves England
in less than three weeks after his arrival. Then
what is the real occasion of so strange an
incident ? Garibaldi is neither whimsical nor
passionate. He acts with reason and judgment,
though with ardour and enthusiasm. Has he any
deep design of his own ? Is he about to swoop down
on Venetia, or to scale the walls of Rome? If so,
why does ho not restrain his physician from bruit-
log abroad the fact that ill-health hes nothing to do
with his sudden flight? If Garibaldi's coming was
a mystery, his going is tenfold more so. Has he
been imposed upon? Has some audacious underling
appeared before him as an agent of the Government,
and uttered unauthorised requests in the name of
the British Cabinet ? There is obviously something
to be explained. There is deception, or delusion, or
misapprehension somewhere. That the health of
Garibaldi is affected by the fatigue and excitement
of his English reception there can be little doubt.
We say this with all due respect to his worthy phy-
sician, 1)r. Basile. Still more clearly do we appre-
hend the risk which besets the wounded soldier in
undertaking his triumphal progress through the pro-
vinces. No great harm may yet have been inflicted,
but still there may be rei-,s.in for interposing some
respite in the round of interviews and demonstra-
lions
to which the distinguished Italian is subjected,
So far we agree with Dr. Fergusson. But it is not
so clear that the general must necessarily leave
England and return forthwith to Ctp7era. The sud-
denness of this departure is something astounding.
It is as though "some well-graced actor," in the
midst of a scene which riveted every eye and en-
tranced every heart, should drop through a trap-
door in the stage and suddenly disappear with an
unfinished harangue yet quivezing upon his lips,
We are told in this instance that the trap-door is
opened by a doctor; butone who has caaght a glimpse
behind the scenes tells us that it is a statesman, and
not a doctor who lets down the trap. If this be so,
who is he ? What " minion from the Exchequer"
have we here ? As surely as there is no effect without
a cause, Garabaldi does not move without a mo-
tive. Some power is at work, some undercurrent,
which the public sentiment will demand to have laid
bare. There is a remarkable unanimity on the part

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