The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-25 00:00:00

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office, but he was unable to give an .y information as-7±‘..1;
to what had occurred, and Count. Rechberg, was (
therefore obliged to address himsel f to the Prussian
Government. During the aftern»on of yesterday
the electric telegraph between this ; city and Berlin
was continually at work, but the, only information
that could be obtained from M: ro a Bismark was,
that he was as much surprised as Count Rechberg
at what had occurred. The B. trlin Government
will try to make the world believ a that the German
cava;ry followed the Danes into J utlgnd in the hea t
of battle, but it is not likely that the excuse will be
accepted, it being a well-known fact that Prussia has
recently been endeavouring to persuade Austria to
allow her troops to enter Jutland. At 2 o'clock yes-
terday afternoon a Cabinet Council, at which the
Emperor presided, was held, and I to-day learn
that it lasted full 3 hours and. a half. Notwithstand-
ing repeated applications to Berlin this Government
ia as been unable to learn whet tier any part of thelai-
/aerial cavalry was engaged at Gael.sce, and instre.c-
dons have therefore been sent to Lieul.enaat-Gene-
ral von &thieve to remain passive) until he receives
instructions from his superiors in this city. It re-
mains to be seen whether Count REchherg has been
deceived by M.:von Bismark, or whether the Prus-
sian military authorities have wilfully disre-
garded the orders received from the Royal Cabinet.
As a matter of course, Austria will endefavour to
prove to England and France that she has not broken
the promises made to them in respect to Denmark,
but it is doubtful whether they will give her credit
for sincerity if she should continue to co-operate
with such a slippery Power as Prussia. It is not
unlikely that Marshal Wrangel will receive orders
to quit Jutland immediately, but if his Sovereign
should refuse to recall his troops frcnn that province,
neither France, England, nor Russia can possibly
allow a German Power to establish itself in a coun-
try which completely commands the North Sea on
the one side and the Baltic on the other. Though
there has been no collusion between Austria and
Prussia, it cannot justly be said that the policy of
the latter is free from ambiguity.
The Imperial Government would fain stand well
with all parties, and, as a matter of course, it stands
well with none. It continues to assure the British
and French Governmentis that its "military action"
is confined to the occupation of Schles wig, and at
the same time it endeavou.rs to win favour with the
Bund by ordering 13 heavily-armed vessels of war
to cruise in the Adriatic and Mediterranean for the
protection of the Austrian and German flags. Five
vessels will remain in the waters of the Adriatic,
six in the Mediterranean, and two—the Emperor,
a ship of the line carrying 91 guns, and the Frede-
rick, a schooner with 22 guns—will go to the North
Sea. A few days ago an embargo was laid on a
Danish vessel at Trieste, but it was raised as soon
as it was found that her owners were Holsteiners.

" During the last four and twenty hours," says a
well-informed diplomatist, " two highly important
resolutions have been taken here—the one is, that
the integrity ofDenmark shall be strictly maintained;
the other, that if the Bond should resolve to admit
a representative of Duke Frederick of Augmsten-
burg—as Duke of Holstein—to its sittings, Baron
Kubeck will enter a protest against such an illegal
proceeding, and then retire from the room." In the
last number of the Frankfort Journal is a pa*sege,
which I quote, as it will serve to show that the
Germans have no high opinion of the patriotism of
the two great Powers :
"At last the mask is fallen. Prussia is to have
Holstein, Schleswig is at a fitting moment to be
restored to Denmark, and Austria is to be rewarded
for her complaisance by Prussia's guaranteeing to
her the possession of Ven..tia."
The trophies of war from Schleswig arrived here
yesterday, and were at once taken to the Imperial
Mews, where they will be exhibited to the public.
The trophies, which consisted of one 4-pounder,
three 24-pounders, two mortars for throwing 841 b.
shells, and 12 Danish flags or pennons, were ac-
companied by twelve men who had received gold
and silver medals as a reward for their gallant con-
duct at Gross Selk and Oversee. A vast crowd ac-
companied the procession from the Northern Rail-
way terminus to the Mews, and every now end then
it gave vent to its patriotic feelings in loud and
hearty cheers.

HALF.PAST FIVE.
I have just received the following brief but im-
portant notice :--
" The temporary occupation of Bolding was the
consequence of an encounter of some Danish and
Austro Prussian troops on the frontier of Jutland.
In as far as Austria is concerned, the stfflir will
lead to no alteration in the character of the niilita:y
occupation of Sables wig The ends to he attained
by that occupation are the same as they were a
week ago."

The Seizure of an English Ship in Malaga.

The Correspondencia of Madrid gives the fallow-
ing details of the seizure in the port of Malaga
of the English stemmr having cannon and war-

like stores- on board, as has been already briefly
mentioned:—

Captain Sinclair declares that the vessel had no
other object in entering Malaga than to get a supply
of coals and provisions. The crew is composed of

16 men. The Carbineers who had been put on board
state that es the authorities discovered that the ves-
sel had artillery and other warlike stores in her
hold, the Civil Governor went on board. It has been
proved that although the vessel is said to have come
from Newcastle, she was from London and bound to
Ancona. She was freighted by a person named
Manuel, whom the captain does not know, and is
consigned to the same person, with orders to touch
at Vigo, Mllaga, and Barcelona. The captain says
that he had touched at Vigo, and also at Ferrol,
where he was obliged to repair his engine. The
vessel has on board five cannon (two of them rifled),
150 Minie rifles, 150 revolvers, 400 sabres, 44 barrels
of gunpowder, 100 pairs of thick shoes, 200 pairs of
trousers, 200 cloaks, 40 boxes of loaded shells, &c.
The cannon were concealed under the ballast.

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