The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-06 00:00:00

All the Paris journals have commented on the
failure of the Conference, but none with more tell-
ing Effect than the following remarks of the Siecle
—"ln the Conference the attitude of the English
Cabinet has certainly nut been what it ought to
have been, for nothing could he more vacillating or
more obscure. What a fall off was there from the
discussions in the Congress of Paris; and people,
on reading the protocols, ask themselves whether
the English Plenipotentiaries have lost the habit of
speaking. First, they allowed Denmark to be
beaten on the quration pf the blockade. As the
allies were occupying Jutland, the Danes ought
to have had at least, some compensation. On
the contrary, the blockade, the only arm which
they possessed, was taken from them, and
hostilities were only suspended on the con-
dition that it should he raised. The Earl
of Clarendon confined himself to mildly protest-
ing, but by his language everyone could see that he
felt that, on the blockade being raised by Denmark,
German commerce breathed egedn, and Germany
could no longer be moved by means of the lever of
tear. Ater having allowed, in the second and third
sitting of the Conference, Denmark to be beaten on
the question of the blockade, England in the fourth
sitting abandoned with an unexampled fecility the
Treaty of London made in 1851-52. Instead of
taking that treaty as the starting-point for the dis-
cussion, she accepted the accord on the basis of fresh
engagements, as if what was certain should ever be
abandoned for the uncertain. The English Plenipo-
tentiaries, before thus sweeping away the Treaty of
London, should have at least required to know what
the allies intended to put into its place, and the
Danish Plenipotentiary, M. Quaade, who con-
tended for the country with a rare merit, reproached
them with it more than once. What is asked of
es?' he said; we cannot propose condition!; we
are guaranteed by the Treaty of 1852. You tear it
up; tell us what you want; we have nothing to
propose. It is for you, who put something in the
place of the Treaty to say what that something is.'
After having abandoned the Danes on the subjects
of the blockade and the treaty, the English Pleni-
potentiaries very soon abandoned them also on the
question of Schleswig ;—' We may, indeed, give up
Holstein, but there has never been a question of a
Federal execution in Schleswig. That country is
Danish. Take Holstein and leave us.' But even
on that point Denmark was not supported, and in
the sitting of the 28th May, Earl Russell declared,
with what we consider to be an unqualified impru-
dence, that, in order to prevent any future dispute,
and satisfy Germany, Holstein must be entirely se-
pirated from the Danish monarchy with Lauenburg
and the souther❑ pert of Schleswig: This was
sacrificing, the protege, instead of saving it. Such a
declaration was a formal recognition of the preten-
sions of Germany. It was placing the brutal tact in
the pace of right. In advancing it, Earl Russell
should have been sure that the allies would accept it.
But, being henceforth certain of their triumph,
they had no longer need to observe any restreinf ;
they accordingly rejected successively everything
that was proposed—the line of the Schlei, the aban-
donment of the right of fortification in the Duchies,
and they also demanded Tondern in addition." But
it is above all to Ein Russell that the article attri-
butes the failure of the negotiations :--" The Presi-
dent, Earl Russell," it says, "did not know how
to direct a Conference, and every one spoke on
his own account. There was no common centre of
resistance. Every one felt that a head was wanting
in that assembly of diplomatists, and that England,
who was to have provided it, did not know what
she wanted. She got up the Conference, she pre-
sided over it without any fixed idea, and even with-
out the determination to arrive by some means at
peace ; in a word, she was below, instead of above,
her mission. She must be considered as doubly
guilty. Tne fear of America and France which she
new manifests is not sufficient to absolve her. Count
de Bismarck, in renewing the Holy Alliance, proves
to her that she has gone astray. She is now isolated

and alone, and he.s compromised all the future of
the liberty of Europe."

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(From the Registrar-Generate Report.)

The number of deaths in Landon in the week that ended

!est Saturday was 1,297. In each of the four weeks of June

the deaths were not much less than 1,300,but those of young
persons increased during the month from 638 to 702, while
those of persons aged 60 years and upwards declined from
232 in each of the weeks ending 4th, 11th, and 18th June
to 206 last week

The average number of deaths in the 26th week of 10
years, 1854 63, is, with a correction for increase of popula-
tion, 1,242. The present return exhibits an excess of 55.
biarrbcea shows a steady but not rapid progress with the
advance of the warm period of the year. The fatal cases
of it were in tip last four weeks 19, 26, 62, and 71. Measles
carried off 81 children, about half of whom died in the East
districts, where this complaint chiefly prevails.
Seven deaths from measles were registered in the week in

the sub-district of St. Mary, St. George-in-the-East. The
Registrar states that the disease continues to be very preva-
lent, and though it was mild at the commencement, it is
now of a malignant type, which character it assumed a few
weeks ago.
There were 12 deaths from measles in the district of
Bethnal-green, and 6 in the North sub-district of White-
chapel.

Out of the 71 deaths from diarrhoea 24 were returned in
he North districts. There were 10 in Pancras.

In King's College Hospital, on the 18th ult., a woman
died under chloroform administered for removal of a tumour.

A temalo servant died in the London Hospital from
elephantiasis, erysipelas.

Two girls, twins, aged 5 years, were poisoned by sucking
luciier matches.

Last weak the births of 1,051 boys and 949 girls, in all

1,999 children, were registered in London. In the 10 cor-
responding weeks of the years 18.54-63 the average number
(correctd) was 1,939.

THE PRESENTATION ulo HUDDERSFIELD.—A
requisition has been addressed to Lieut.-Colonel
Crossland by the electors of Huddersfield. It was signed
by 95J electors, the number who voted for Mr Leathern hav-
ing been only 800. At a meeting held last night Lieut.-
Colonel Crossland said he would go to the poll as a Re-
former. He was in favour of a£6 borough and £lO county
franchise, and opposed to the ballot. He would advocate a
just settlement of the church-rate qaestion. He approved
the course of Government towards America. He was of
opinion that it would be suicidal in us to interfere in the
Daniell war, the time for our interference being past. He
believed, however, that we had wronged Denmark by rais-
ing her expectations.
'LANCASHIRE EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA.—The
Ashton Reporter publishes the following letter from
an emigrant to the United States :—" Webster, June 10,
1864. Dear Sister,--Keep your spirits up; I have to keep
mine up. You wish you had come with us. If you had
yen would have been like me, you would have cried many
an hour, and wished yourself back. I have done it many
a time. Lots of. our people have gone away; some will
never come back. He (the master) wanted us to work for
very low wages. We shall be straight with the master in
about nine months; we have to pay £0 each for our passage
money. You say you like money. We can get it here,
and we know how to spend it. Butter is 2s. per lb, sugar
10d. ; and everything else in proportion. The stuff you
give 6d, a yard for we give 2s. ld.; so you see if we get
good money we can spend it. The reason why the peo-
ple ran away was, ho wanted ue to work for very
low wages, and sign a paper saying we would work
the hours he wanted us, and to pay £t2 each for our pas-
sage. When we would not sign the papers he stopped the
stores, and would not let us have anything to eat ; so we
slid if we must not have anything to eat we would not
work; and we called a meeting, and three men went to
seek wet k for us all, but he overtook them and locked them
up. It was Saturday, and the men had all to keep out of
eight, or he would have locked them all up. But the three
made their escape on the Sunday, and went to different
counties to find out what wages were being paid. Some he
bas got back, and he is giving them what they could get
elsewhere. In a very little time he would have" had us like
slaves if we would have allowed him, but we told him. we
were in a tree country. We wrote to the British Consul for
protection, and ho pretended all for us, but the master sent
for him to breakfast, and then he pleaded for the master.
He cannot lock the women up ; they can go away any day.
Some went away with three chemiees and a bundle under
their hoops, because he would not let them take their boxes.
Talk about' Uncle Tom's Cabin," but I have seen it since

I came here. The master went to Canada four years
since, and brought a lot of French Canadians, and a lot of
them went away. Thane who bayed ho did not give any
wages to for 12 months. Two years since he went to Ire-
land and brought a lot of Irish, and a lot of them went
sway, and now he has been to England for a lot of English.
lie thought we were greenhorns, but we are jacksharps.

He is very kind to us now. We don't get our wages, but
wo have a book, and he lets us have the money we ask
tor—the rest he keeps for our passage 14otrey. This is th.
ruth and nothing but the truth, , Tre master says he
report us in the Ashton Reporter. Ii be dws, you report
phis. So no more at present tram your affectionate mother
and sister,