The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-08 00:00:00

The Duke of Augustenburg,

A letter from Berlin says :—" Since the chances
of the Duke of Augustenburg have increased in a
manner so surprising, Prussian diplomacy on the
one side, and that of Austria and the secondary
States of Germany on the other, have displayed a
singular activity in securing in advance the sym-
pathies of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Lauen.
burg. Upon this point there is neither truce nor
pardon, and, though less apparent in the eyes of
Europe than the war against Denmark, this
internal and diplomatic war is not less pas•
sionate."

The following remarks of the Botschafter of
Vienna seem to confirm, as far as Austria is con-
cerned at least, the assertions of the foregoing
letter. The Botschafter says :--" We understand
that the Duke of Augustenburg is expected at
Vienna. The duke knows that Austria has taken
the initiative in his favour, and the tact which he
has displayed in circumstances of difficulty shows
that he will pay as much regard for the conquerors
of Oberselk and of Oversee, and for the comba-
tants of Heligoland, as for the vanquishers of
Duppeli The duke's visit gives us much pleasure
for another reason. It is a certain proof that the
duke has not engaged in any military convention,
or anything of the kind, with Prussia; for he
knows that that would secure trim a very cold re-
ception. As it is, the duke may be certain of the
most distinguished welcome, and we congratulate
ourselves that things have taken such a turn that
official sympathies are now directed towards Vienna
—the living symbol of the German cause."

THE CHARMS OF STREET Music.—lf yon are
going to put down everything, and do away with
everything in this way, I want to know what a gentleman
of independent property like myself is to do ? How am Ito
be amused during the long hours of the day, when there
is nothing doing in the Haymarket ? As I said before, you
have left me nothing to beat ; you won't let me aid and
abet a fight ; you forbid me to match my dog or my game
cocks ; and now you are going to deprive me of my barrel-
organ—that sweet box of tunes, which comes, as I lie on
the sofa smoking my cigar, to soothe me with Il Balen, and
The Young Man from the Country, and the Dark Girl
dressed in Blue. Oh, how I love that dark
girl dressed in blue I have never seen her, but
music has painted all her charms, and I know that she
is a smart young girl, a tall young girl, a nice young girl,
and a dark young girl. All this in a flowing blue skirt.
What a picture It ravishes my soul I I send out a shil-
ling to poor Giovanni, and bid him play over again and
again. There are two lady patronesses of Giovanni's a few
doors down on the other side cf the way. Charming girls
they are, with pink cheeks and frizzy hair, and nearly always
sitting out in the balcony in low dresses. I fancy they ate
orphans, poor things, for I never see any one at the window
who looks like a parent. Tbey are passionately fond of
music, and keep the organ-men playing to them for hours,
and always pay them well; for I am happy to say that,
though orphans, they appear to be well off, and go out in a
brougham. There is another ardent lover of music at num-
ber one, an old gentleman who had a fortune left him on
condition that he drove out every day in a coach and four.
He has a organ to ploy to him at all his meals, and when
the painter fellow, at number two, runs out with a maul
stick in his hand to drive the musician away, the old gen-

tlemau has him into the garden, and makes him play there.
There is another cantankerous man near me, who is always
rushing out at the poor fellows and setting the police upon
them. I don't know who he is; but he sits at a window
all day long writing, and appears to work for his living.
A pretty thing l if independent persons like myself, and the
old gentleman, end the two pretty ladies, are to be deprived
of our pleasure to suit the whims and fancies of mere work-
people. The conceit of the fellows who'," study," as they
call it, is perfectly ridiculous,—Dickens's "All rie Year
Roung,"