The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-24 00:00:00

THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG.

England has invited the German Federation and
he Powers which signed the 1852 Treaty to a Con-

Terence in London.

No suspension of arms.
General Manteuffel is gone to Vienna about
Jutland affairs.

VIENNA, FEB. 23

The Conferences proposed by England for the
settlement of the question relative to the German
Duchies have been accepted by Austria and

Prussia.

Orders will be issued not to advance further into

Jutland.

COPENHAGEN, Fn. 23, 5.50 P.M.
The Government has published the following

official communication :

Twelve Austrian war vessels have been ordered
to the Mediterranean and the English Channel to
cruise in search of Danish ships.
The Secretaries of the Danish Legations at Berlin
and Vienna have been recalled.
The Secretary of the Austrian Legation at Copan.
hagen has already left.
The authorities of Hamburg have seized the
money in the Danish post-office in that city:

Reported Concentration of Prussian Troops
on the Polish Frontier.
BRESLAU, FEB. 23 (Evening.)
A rumour that 60,000 Prussian troops will be
concentrated on the frontier of the kingdom 'of
Poland.

SPAIN.
MADRID, FEB. 23.
A Bill for a new electoral law has been brough
'onward in the Cortes.

FRANCE.

PARIS, FEB. 22 (Morning'

The Constitutionnel of to-day, in an article
signed by M. Limayrac, expresses regret that the
Dano-German conflict has been aggravated by an
invasion of Jutland.
The writer continues—" England has requested
explanations from the Cabinets of Vienna and
Berlin. The replies may be ingenious, but they
cannot be entirely satisfactory. Nothing proves,
however, that England will not be contented with

them."
BOURSE, Feb. 23.—The market has not been very
animated, but the business done shows an improve-
ment on yesterday's quotations. Threes, for the
Account, are now at 66f. 55c. Mobilier have ad-
vanced to 1,060 f. Railway Market quiet, but firm,
The market closed as follows :-
4t per Cents 95 70
Do. end month —
3 por Cents
Do. end month 66 55
Credit Mobilier 1065
Do. end month 1070
Bank Shares .. 3290
Credit Fonder ....1265
Roman

Italian Loan 6B
Do. end month —
Nes' ditto
Do. end month —
Russian
Austrian ..
Spanish Threes 6l
Rome Debt
Deferred

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans lOO3 75 .. 1005
Northern . ...
New ditto ..... 7
Lyons and Mediterranean 942 50 .. 937 50
New ditto BB7 50 ..
Southern 661 25 .. 665
Western
Eastern .... 4BO ..
Saril inian ......
Austrian
I-ori.l)ircl
North of Spain
Saragossa ........
Ditto to Barcelona ..„ 300 4. 300 .-.

LI

RE.

For Better for Worse : A Romance of the Affec-
tions. Edited by Edmund Yates. John Max-
well and Co., Fleet-street.
The story commences with h.a consultation between
Margaret, and Ralph Atherton, the eldest son and
daughter of the lately deceased Dean of Wylminster,
relative to their own future prospects, and also as
to the means by which they are to secure the sup-
port of a stepmother and the children of the second
marriage. Their father has left but trifling means
at their disposal, and his wife being rather a silly
and frivolous person, he particularly recommends
the care of his family to his eldest daughter
Margaret, when dying. She proposes to de-
vote her entire energies to fulfil his intentions
and becomes a parish schoolmistress, to enable her
to famish his annual allowance to the youngest
half- brother, a midshipman, without which he can-
rut continue in the navy. Her talents are so great,
and the arrangement of the school so perfect, that
she acquires the friendship of the clrrgy man of the
parish, and attracts the attention of the neighbour-
ing gentry, who are not only anxious to adopt her
system, but desirous of securing her services for
themselves. Meantime the youngest sister of the
family, Ethelind, is invited on a visit to Lady
Repworth's and there meets Sir Philip Leigh,
a man of large fortune and ancient lineage, who
falls desperately in love with her, and subsequently
marries her in opposiF.on to the advice of his mother,
and the sneers of his sisters, two rather fast young
ladies, who co-esider Ethelind as far beneath his
and their Buie' position. Piqued by their contempt
for his wife's family, Sir Philip Leigh determines
that sue shall hold no communication with them after
her marriage. And here commences poor Ethe-
lind's troubles. RalphAtherton has become a clergy-
man, and accepts a curacy in the parish of Reden-
ham, of which Sir Philip Leigh is the sole proprie-
tor. The title and estates have come to him by the
death of his cousin, who was killed by accident,
and the family place has been uninhabited for many
years; but it is now fitted up for the reception of
the bride and bridegroom. Until then Ralph Ather.
ton was ignorant of Ethelind's marriage with his
parishioner, and learning that Sir Philip has treated
the other members of his family with great discour-
tesy, ho absents himself from the public reception.
While Sir Philip, learning who he is, supposes be
has got himself appointed to the parish for the pur-
pose of forcing his acquaintance on him, he be-
comes furious, and acting under his imperative
injunctions Ethelind is obliged publicly to
" out" her brother and family in the church on
Sunday. After such an insult, although very poor,
having resigned a fellowship to marry a girl with-
out fortune, Ralph throws up his curacy, and goes
elsewhere. Ultimately he inherits a large fortune
from a relative, After many bickerings, arising
chiefly from the interference of his mother and
sisters, Sir Philip, now become Lord Redenham,
separates from his wife. But they are again recon-
ciled by the good offices of Lord Redcar, aparticular
friend, who marries Grace Atherton, and of Mar-
garet, now estimated at her just worth by Lord
Redenham. At his house she meets Captain
Vivyan, a former lover, who had jilted her, but he
now renews his suit, and they are married, se all
ends happily for all parties. " For Better for
Worse" is a truly moral book, which may with
safety and even advantage be placed in youthful
hands, for it instructs as well as amuses, thus ful-
filling what ought to be the object even of a
romance. The incidents are all quite natural,
although the interest never flags, and there is not
one expression, from beginning to end, whioh could
give umbrage to the most delicate mind.