The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-02 00:00:00

France and Russia." Two only of the Five Great
Powers—France and Prussia—form n exception to
ibis remark. M. de Bi.mark is seen cheerily plung"
ing his country further and further into that cons
flict of "fire and steel" by which alone. as he dc'
Glared three years ago, Prussia could work out her
exalted destiny. We see him here from first to last
the inventor and instigator of every new IneaBnre_
in aggravation of the strife, rejecting all
and compromises, and some way or other alws3l.
convincing Count Rechberg that he is right
France, again, plays a part that is very well
fined. The Emperor, as was to be expected, Will
take no active part in arrangements for prvervio.g.
the map of Europe. It cannot be said that heul:
absolutely indifferent to treaties, for they may
useful some day to show that other Powers by
breaking them have placed themselves in the wroeP.
The Emperor contents himself wi'la a decorous tn.;
activity, satisfied to see the Governments of All''`,rlb
and Prussia carrying into effect principles v/bL,es
will lay both those State open to him and such 5111.
as he may easily find. The character of the °II;
ante between Austria and Prussia makes it diffijn
for foreign Gove nments to accept with much e°11:
fidence the undertakings which those Powers ef:
ready to give. Austria appears in these letters 8:
the partner of credit who is put forward from tir°,
time to time to give assurances which Prussia
the convenient moment unhesitatingly annuls. 10
was so with the advance into Jutland. It was 13,
with the proposed armistice, which was to take
place on the retirement of the Thames to Albers.ift)
Austrian Government had led our Ministers to bra
Hove that it desired an armistice on those terms, u,°ll
when Earl Russell had written to various Forel
Courts, asking co-operation to bring about an sae
rangement of that kind, Prussia declined to aeoetuf.
to it. and Count Rechberg, its author, said that L'ig
de Bismarck's objections were unanswerable. °
that it is supposed that a Conference is about to
semble, we naturally look in this Corresponden°°o
for evidence of the intentions with which the Os
German Courts would enter upon the deliberation
of such an assembly. And here again we find Aug°
making what she considers the fairest prottlisen
declaring in a despatch of Count Rechburg's Ono
the integrity of the Danish monarchy is in her ert
not only " consecrated by the Treaty of London, bn
necessary to the balacce of power." On the othe,ri
hand, we have M. de Bismarck abstaining frau
engagements of that character; explaining to
Europe in despatches that although Prussia enter
Schleswig with the intention of respecting the in'
tegrity of Denmark, her recognition of that prin.;
ciple might be forfeited if the Danes presumed
•",„
defend their own territory against an invasion. ;
a ministerial circular issued six weeks ago to t%
Prussian official organs in the provinces, it was b,nlo.
that England after doing its utmost, even havt
recourse to threats, to prevent Austria and Prtl'e
from going forward, but in vain, had asked WI
Prussia a declaration to the effect that she held faA
to the London Protocol, and therefore maintainers
the principle of the indivisibility of the Din t
monarchy. "But," it was said, "it is self-evide'
that when one's antagonist has by his obstinscir
once driven one into war, treaties are no look es
binding, and consequently that nothing can 0
promised for the future, but that everything.the
depends upon the issue of the contest. This is tit
sense in which our Government has expressed 00
towards England." While this was the languid
of the official organ,M. de Bismarck himself recei° f
a deputation, and spoke favourably of the Duke °•0
Oldenburg's pretensions to Holstein. The pubil
will understand now why the Danes made the !et;
cognition of the negotiations of 1851-52 a conditl
of their acceptance of a Conference. These °et;
spatches sufficiently show that no preparstina
whatever has been made for the Conference. Anhe
if the Emperor of the French has only half "ie
sagacity for which he gets credit, he will be ob,e
easily to transform it into the Congress which V
proposed last November, with the additional Oil;
fication of seeing it convened by the very etateslo
who defeated it before.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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LIV ERPOOL—FRIDAY.
There was a limited attendance of the town and countrie,
trade to-day, and wheat met a limited consumptive dot
mend at a turtber reduction of Id to 2d per cental from t
week's prices. Flour was nlected, although offs. °,
easier terms. Egyptian beans steady, and in better r°o
quest. Oats and oatmeal in little demand, and price°„,.
before. There was little doing in Indian corn, and (po-
tions unaltered.

W AKE FIELD—FRIDAY. • ng'
Wheat was quiet, at barely last week's quotatl°o
Barley met a steady sale, and maintained former Vic
Beans and other articles unaltered.

Averages for the week :
Wheat 2 9ll qrs., at 419 50
-Rye —
8ar1ey......... 562
Beans
Peas
Oats

STAMFORD—FRIDAY. De,
White wheat, 40s to 42s ; red, 36s tos 408 per 36 st° r,
Barley, malting, 33s to 358 ; grinding, 29s to 328 pet
Oats, 18s to 22s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 40e to --"s
qr. ; new, ais to 365.

LINCOLN—FRIDAY. f 0°
•
White wheat new, 41s to 46s Barley, grinding.. 27s '°26i
Red do. 34s to 41s Oats, old, .. 245 to 9
Old white —s to s New do 199 to ';
49
_.
Red do. —a to s 1 Beans.. 408 go
Barley, malting 33s to 35s 1 Beans, new 30 to

CORK-THURSDAY.

- -
The following were the quotations this morning •••-'4'sl
wheat, 8s Od to 8s 10d; white, 8s Od to 96 8d , barlal to
6d to 8s Od ; oats, 4s 10d to 6a 2d ; black do, 46 45
56 31.

BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY.
There has been less business doing in the raw 011cefilifti
market this week, and sales were confined to a few Oro.
of Demerara, at 45s to 48s per cwt. Refined goods are 00
saleable just now except at lower rates, which manufactll
refuse to take. Rum is rather easier.

COAL MAItKET.
Mon of Coal per Ton at the close ot the rivulet•
e. d. '
Hastings Hartley l6 6
Wylam 17 0
Buddle'sWest Hartley 16 6
kiolywell ..17 0
Fantleld Moor Butes..l4 6
Cowpen Hartley 16 6
Davison's West Hart-
ley. .

Walls End. is 9.
East Hartlepool ...... is 9,
Hartlepool
South Hetton ...... ..•17 ;
Kelloe ...... 'l7
South Hartlepool.... • .18 „
Brs.ddyll's Hetton ....
Framwellgate ...... • 17 '„
Tunstail
Stewart's ........... .

Walls End.

'Haswell l9 61
Ships at alarke

a. 46 ; sold. 34.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUB. os,
.-iustralia and Mauritius, via Southampton......•Mr:i l',l
via Marseilles
•• ..il -
Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. ....... Art.ii,
Jape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helene, AP .13.,
klnina, Fe.uang, and Singapore, via Southatupton.APl I)
_ via Marseilles ...APr

Falkland Islands .........—
Gibraltar, via Southampton
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton...Mir:ls
via Marseilles Apr!, 15
tadia (Bombay), via Southampton ..
via Marseilles Apr,. b,
Portugal.... API° 5
it
Nialta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southamptoo APr a 5,
via Marseilles April 13
Alir
N owfoundland
' 7
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet... • --•—
by U.S. packet... • ro
by Canadian packet.Mro i
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritie Ap
ril 1
Bahamas, via New York . A' 0
....... 0
AP
Mexico `• 1
Ail parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, i April
California. and British Columbia.. '

Ireland, °