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

looked forward to heavy losses, and prepared to
resign herself, She would not submit without pro-
test, but she well knew that the weak must go to
the wail. Without allies or protectors she might
well have been suffered to perish. But what hum-
bles and prostrates her—what she c tn neither com-
prehend nor digest—the unkindest cut of all—is,
that those who have at all times admitted the jus.
tice and sanctity of her cause—those who were, in
a certain measure, bound and pledged to uphold it
should, by a voluntary accord with the spoiler
make, as it were, common cause with him, and
become sharers of his guilt.
These are the comments I hear on all sides with
respect to the projected cession of Holstein. Lauen-
berg, and a part of Schleswig, to the German
Powers. Deeper sorrow than I see depicted cn the
countenances of all honourable men here—a more
universal sense of humiliation and despondency—l
never at any time witnessed in any country. The
only consolation and hope of the Danes is that the
Conference will turn out to be as impotent as it is
in their opinion undignified and unscrupulous ; that
the drawing of a frontier line across any part
of Schleswig will be found impracticable; that the
Germans will strike for the possession of the whole
of both duchies; while the Danes, for their
own part, would rather cut off their right hand
than sign their name to any treaty which
shon.d assign to them less than the Schlei, the
Dennewerke, the Treene, and the Eider, including
the town of Schleswig, Hollingstedt, Frederick-
stadt, and Tanning--a 'line that has at least the
advantage of being a natural boundary and a strong
military frontier—a line, too, which would leave
the Germans all they waged war for, the harbour of
Biel, with both sides of the bay, and the coveted
stronghold of Rendsburg. Had no foreign Power
" meddled and muddled," the Danes think they
could hardly have obtained less honourable terms
even from such enemies as Austria and Prussia.
Although such is the nature ofcommon talk about
me, I doubt not, however, bat that the Danish Go.
vernment will assume a far difierent and more con-
ciliatory tone before the Conference and its meeting
to-morrow. I have applied for information at the
Foreign-office here to know what is their conclusion
as to the proposal that was lately referred to them
as well as to the Austrian and Prussian Cabinets.
The answer was that, although their mind is to be
made known within 24 hceirs, yet they are anxious
that it never should be said that any particulars
connected with the transactions of the Conference
oozed out through any fault of theirs, and had,
therefore, nothing that they felt authorised to come
municate.

I am, therefore, at a loss for official intelligence.
The general impression here, however, is that the
Government does not reject the scheme of arrange-
ment proposed by the Great Powers, and it will
accede to the cession of Holstein and Lauenberg,
and the partition of Schleswig, on general principle,
reserving its further decision as to the line within
which the 1! ontier of Danmark is to be withdrawn.

BERLIN, June 3,
The following farewell address has been issued
by Field-Marshal Count Wrangel to the allied
Prusso-Austrian Army :
Head-quarters, Horsens, May 20.
His Majesty the King, my most gracious master, has
deigned to relieve me from the chief command of the allied
army by a Cabinet order of the lSth inst., and at the same

time to confer upon me the rank of Count. Until further
notice the chief command is intrusted to his Royal High-
ness Prince Fredericki Charles of Prussia, as the senior
General present at the scene of war, while General von
Herwarth, of the iafantry, undertakes the post of Com-
manding-General of the combined army corps.

His Majesty has given me his Royal thank 3 for the glo-
rious campaign, which has just arrived at a pause, and
summons me to be near his gracious person at Berlin, that
I may not bo exposed, at my advanced age, and after
an arduous winter campaign, to the possibility of new
atigues.

I therefore ,take leave of you, dear comrades of the allied
army, who have victoriously overcome the enemy in a cam.
paign of several months, and endured the hardships of an
unusually severe winter.

The allied army under my leadership has so brilliantly
fulfilled its appointed task, the occupation of the Duchy of
Schleswig, that hundreds of guns and thousands of prisoners
remain in our hands, and that the enemy is expelled from
the continental portion of his kingdom.
The allied troops, as the worthy representatives of two
great armies, have fought side by side in faithful comrade-
ship with most praiseworthy zeal, and have thus attained an
object, which being gained I am enabled to retire with
satisfaction, highly honoured by the favour of our illus•
tricas monarch,

For all this I return the Generals, officers, functionaries,
and soldiers of the allied army my warmest and roost heart-
felt thanks. At your head I have passed the proudest and
happiest days which the favour of Providence ligs appointed
to my lot.

Farewell, and do not forget your veteran leader, who
will recollect you and your exploits with thankfulness and
pride until the last hour of his life.
VON WItANGEL, Field-Marshal.

Naval and Military Intelligence,

THE NAVY.

A letter from Malta, dated May 31, says Her
Majesty's screw steam transport Tamar, and her
Majesty's screw steam transport Himalaya, left on
the 24th, both for Corfu, to remove the troops thence
on the cession of the lonian Islands to Greece.
Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Galatea, which
arrived from Portland and Gibraltar on the 25th,
and her Majesty's steam sloop Trident, which ar-
rived from Scrbi on the same day, left both for
Corfu on the 26th. Mr. Richard Reado, promoted
from the Vice-Consulate of Bengazi to be Consul at
Scutari in Albania, went passenger by the Tamar,
and Lieut. Wynne, ME., by the Trident. The
Himalaya will return to Malta about the 4th of
June with the 4th to relieve the 25th Regiment,
which will be conveyed to Canada by the same ves-
sel. Her Majesty's screw steam gunboat Foxhound
arrived from Tunis on the 25th, bringing intelli-
gence that three other large French ships of war
had arrived from Toulon, whence four more were
looked for in addition to the five which have been
some weeks in Tunis Bay, where there were also
six Italian ships of war, three Ottoman, and one
Portuguese, the Royal Oak ironclad steam frigate,
and the Pelican steam corvette, English. The Fox-
hound put to sea on the 31st of May, without mak-
ing known her destination. She is supposed to have
proceeded to Corfu, with despatches for Admiral
Smart, to hand from England, via Marseilles, on the
evening preceding. At a court-martial held on
board her Majesty's ship Hibernia in Malta har-
bour on the 19th of May, Lieut. Hanson, additional
of the troop ship Tamar, was tried for having,
during his watch at sea, on board of said yes•
ael, when carrying troops in the West Indies,
been found intoxicated and asleep. The accused
denied the charge, and
attributed the state in
which he was found to debility and illness brought
on by fatigue in a scorching sun, and a constitution
severely shaken by wet when serving in the Bormah
war, the Court declared the
charger, but,
proved, nevertheless,
and
pronounced his sentence of dis-
missal
from the service. The movements at Malta of
foreign ships of war consist of the Preach steamer
Monette, which arrived on the 24th from Tunis,
and left the 25th of May for the Piraeus of Athens ;
the sultan's steam yacht Feizi Djebat, having onboard
Vice-Admiral &swum Pascia, which after having
her bottom cleaned, left for the Golden Horn, Con-
stantinople, on the 26th of May; the Italian screw
steam Principe Remberto, which left for Cagliari on ,
the 26th, and the United States sailing corvette
Constellation, which arrived from Tunis on the 28th
of May. An Ottoman line-of-battle ship, under
the command of Captain Arif Bey, accompanied by
two large frigates, passed Malta of the 24th of May,
beating up against a strong westerly wind. We
understand they are from Constantinople, bound to
England to be fitted with steam machinery."
The screw steamship Norman, Capt. Johns, be-
long to Mr George Langley, of Southampton, char-
tered by the Government to bring military invalids
from Gibraltar direct to Netley Hospital, arrived at
Southampton on Saturday morning. Sho left Gib-
raltar at 4.30 p.m. on the 28th ult., and had fine
P
on the passage, with fresh to light winds,
principally from the northeast. The troops on
board comprised Capt. Siree, of the 3d Buffs; En-
sign T. R. Watson, 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers ;
Dr Murray, Surgeon;AssistaStaff- 85 invalids, 33
rank and file, 18 woracn, and 34 children, Before
leaving the ship the three officers above named
handed to Capt. Johns a certificate expressive of I