The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-18 00:00:00

►Z. AND GERMANY,

DENMAR

(From the Special Corresponcleht of the gi,aes.)
ELSINORE, July 13.
The announcement of the formation of a new
Cabinet, under the presidency of Count Carl Moltke,
which was made in the semi-official organ, the
Berlingske Tidende, on Sunday evening last, and
which I communicated in my Mondsy'a letter, turns
out to have been premature. On the evening of the
same Monday, after the departure of the mail, it
was understood that the new President would be
not M. Moltke, but M. Bluhme. The intelligence
has since been steadily confirmed. This mere per-
sonal modification, however, does not alter the
tendencies of the new Council, which remains, as it
was, the Peace Ministry. M. tke and M. Q uaade
continue to be attached to the Cabinet as "
teas without a portfolio," and will, it is said, with
or without that title, go forth as diplomatic agents
to the Courts of Berlin and Vienna, Paris, and
London. trlse whole of the Danish nation, from
the King to the last drummer in the army, seems
now fully aware that the war was a " mistake"
from the beginning; a mistake arising, in January
last, from an expectation of foreign support, which
turned out to be fallacious ; and grounded, in June,
upon the necessity of breaking through the tram-
mels of neutral diplomacy, and joining issues with
the enemy, so as to stand face to face with him
alone, Denmark could hardly hope to swim out of
the deep waters of her present difficulty so long as
her hands were helplessly clinging to the broken
reed of foreign mediation. Once more a free agent,
Denmark may hope to obtain from the Germans a
new truce bearing all the character of a real and per-
manrnt armistice ; an armistice either contracted
for a specified term, say of nine months, or at least
not to expire without one month's notice. It is ex-
pected that the terms of this new armistice will bc
on the part of the Austro-Prussians the evacua-
tion of Jutland and the release of the Danish
prisoners of war; on the part of the Danes, the
raising of the blockade, and the restitution of the
captured German vessels.
It would not be easy to say on what ground the
hopes of the Danes for so advantageous a respite
may rest. All that they seem positively to know
is that they neither can nor will fight any more,
and it is perhaps allowable to presume that war
cannot goon on one side only, and that even Germans
will be loth to strike where they meet with no re-
sistance : " Irmo in terra," as the old Italian saying
is, " eon fa pits yuerra."
There are other reasons, however, besides this
somewhat blind trust in the magnanimity of what
has been hitherto rather an ignoble foe, to induce
a belief among the Danes—a belief that their situa-
tion is by no means so desperate as it may seem, and
a hope that they may after all yet fall on their feet.
I saw yesterday a gentleman of very high rank
in this country, a gentleman brought through his
connections into close intimacy with the Courts and
Governments of Germany, and especially of Prussia.
He had seen M. von Bismark very lately, and had a
higher opinion of that statesman's rectitude and
moderation than the world at large is disposed to
entertain. M, von Biemark, this gentleman says, does
not conceal or disguise his desire that the Duchies of
Schleswig-Holstein should remain, as they now are.
in Prussian hands. Could any amount of political
skill or military strength enable that ultra-Conser.
vative statesman to annex those provinces to the
monarchy of Brandenburg, the material interests
of his own State would be paramount with him
over every other consideration but he sees enor-
mous difficulties in the attitude of foreign Powers,
by no means re-assuring, in spite of the hesitation
of long suffering England and of the ominous re-
ticence of designing France—difficulties in the dispo-
sition of mind 9f the SchleswigeHolsteiners, who
give unequivocal signs of their aspirations to inde-
pendent existence, and of their stanch devotion to
their proclaimed Duke. Sooner than allow either
Augustenburg or Oldenburg, or any other idol of
the people or minion of Russia to ascend the Decal
throne, 111. von Bismark, his friends and admirers
aver, would wish with all his heart, and would strive
with all his might, to bring back the Duchies under
the allegiance of Denmark, The Prussian Cabinet
have not so good a rc—on ue satisfied with toe
behaviour of the minor German Princes es to evince
any anxiety to add to their number, nor do they
feel a sympathy with the leaders of the Demo-
cratic party, the agitators moving Heaven and earth
in the name of nationality, and threatening the peace
of the country in the name of Vaterland, to wish to
give them a rallying point, a natural chief and
standard-bearer in Kiel, to accustom the German
people to look upon Schleswig-Holstein as their
own handiwork, to identify it with their great re-
volutionary schemes, a monument of what united
Germanism was able to achieve, and what it might
hereafter aspire to.
The Prince of Augustenburg always flattered
himself he could rely on the goodwill of King Wil-
liam of Prussia ; but the King's favour will avail
him but little without the good pleasure of the Prime
Minister, It was not without reluctance, because
with no hope of any immediate advantage for the
Prussian Monarchy, that M. von Bismark allowed
himself to be dragged by popular clamour int,
hostilities with Denmark. So long as the Eider
Danish Party lorded it over, and, as it were
" terrorised" Copenhagen, neutralising the peace
ful intentions and the German sympathies 'of the
Court, any good understanding betwen Denmark
and Prussia was too plainly out of the question. But
now all is changed ; the Prussian army, by its ex-
ploits at Miesunde, at Dybbol, and Ale, has not so
nr.;cii defeated the Danish troops, as it has routed
the revolution both in Denmark and Germany ; it
has secured in favour of the Prussian Prime Minis
ter the mastery of the situation. A Cabinet with
such men as M. Moltke or M. Bluhme at its head
comes into power with views professedly opposite to
those of his predecessor. Had either of those two
gentlemen held the supreme power in his hands
instead of M. Hall or Bishop Monrad, there would
either never have been a subject of collision
betwean Germany and Denmark, or the latter would
have so framed her policy as never to supply the
former with a pretext for hostilities against her.
What could not be done in 1862, or in September,
November, or January last, may, the Danish friends
of peace expect, be achieved at the present day. The
Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein may return under
Danish allegiance on conditions securing a perfect
political as wall as administrative autonomy in
their favour. Denmark will desist from any of those
denationalizing attempts which set her German
subjects so strongly against her Government. The
cause of nationality, as represented by the rabid
Eider. Danish party, will receive a blow in Denmark
which will by a contfrecoup be equally felt among
the hair-brained demagogues in Vaterland. If
Denmark chooses as leaders of her Government
men according to M. von Bisnaark's own heart, the
worst causes for the dissatisfaction of that mighty
statesman against her fall to the ground ; a
natural understanding, alliance and solidarity be-
tween the two antirevolutionary Cabinets are esta-
blished ipso facto, and the stronger party can hardly
do lees in support of the weaker one than to enable
it to hold its head above watei, by the recovery of
those Duchies, -without which all government in
pnmaico or
indeed the very existence of the coun-
try,or would become an impossibility—those Duchies
which Prussia does not well see how she can keep
for herself, and which she is equally unwilling to
make over to an enfant !Ate of rampant dermgogy
or to a mere tool of Russian ambition.

MALT FOR FEEDISO CATTLE.—An experiment
was concluded in Cumberland last week which is
interesting, to tanners and others, as showing the feeding
properties of malt and barley. On the 9th of April last
eight Irish heifers, as near equal in quality, size, and weight
as it was possible to find them, were fastened up in the pre-
mises of Mr 'Wyndham, brewer, Cookormouth, to fatten.
Four of these were fed upon barley and four upon equal
measures of malt. The resutt at the end of 13 weeks was
in favour of barley by 30Ib upon the four, which sold for
L 6 10s. more money than those fed upon malt. The owner
lost be, per head by the experiment.
It is rumoured that Mr Pechter intends to pro.
duce the " Lady of Lyons," and that ho is looking for t
lady to play Pauline to his Claude Melnotte. He has n.t
at present accepted any country engagement.
=rile London Review ate.tes that Mr. and Ms.
Wigan are looking out for some building in London Wneh
Call wily be calmrted into a §, taAll and elqvnt theatre,

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HER MAJESTY,

OSBORNE, July 16,
Prince and Princess Lciningen dined with her
Majesty yesterday.
Major-General Sir Henry Storks arrived at Os-
borne from London, and returned to-day.
JULY 17.
Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their
Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Princess Bea-
trice, end Princess Louis of Hesse, went on board
the iron-eased ship Princc Consort, cff Osborne, yeß•
terday afternoon.
The Queen embarked in the royal yacht Fairy at
the Osborne pier, and was conveyed in the barge
from the Fairy to the Prince Consort, after inspect-
ing which her Majesty returned ashore in the same
manner.
The suite in attendance consisted of the Countess
of Caledon, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lieutenant-
General the Hon. C. Grey, and Major-General

Seymour.
Earl de Grey and Ripon arrived yesterday, and
had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal

Her Royal Highness Princess Helena is confined
to the house by an attack of scarlatina, but in a mild
form, and all the symptoms attending the complaint
are very satisfactory.

The Prince and Princess of Wales,
The Prince and Princess of Wales left Marl'
borough House on Saturday, for the White Lodge,
Richmond-park.
Messrs. E. Emanuel, of Portsmouth, had the
honour of submitting, for the inspection of the
Prince of Wales, the gold vase manufactured b 7
them for the Goodwood race meeting of the present

year.
The Prince and Princess of Ilralee have honoured
Mr. Desanges with an inspection of the picture 110
is now painting of the royal wedding, and with
sittings for their portraits.

Aceoushement of the Princess Co'tilde,
(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
PARIS, July 17 (Morning)•
The Princess Clotilae gave birth to a son last
❑ight at eleven o'clock..

Marriage of the Marquis of Hastings aria
Lady Florence Paget.
Lady Florence Cecilia Paget, only daughter of the
Marquis of Anglesey by his second marriage with
Henrietta, fourth daughter of the late Right 1-I°l3'
Sir Charles Begot, was married on Saturday last at
St George's Church, Hanover-square, to the Mar.,
quis of Hastings. The marriage was a hurried and
unexpected one—more particularly, it would appeal
to the connections of her ladyship, none of wilcul
were witnesses to the ceremony. The marriage
took place by licence, the Rev. John Knipe, )I.A"
curate of Wellesboine, Warwickshire, officiating'
The bride was given away, in the absence of bar
noble father, by Capt. Frederick Granville, a mutual
friend. Lady Edith Abney Hastings and Led/
Bertha Clifton, sisters of the noble bridegroo'
were present, together with Viscount Marsham,
and Mrs Frederick Granville, Miss Congreve) 14r
Wilkinson, Mr F. S. Blake, &e.
Mr Blake was the marquis's best friend on the
occasion.
The attesting witnesses to the marriage registet
were Lady Edith Maud Abney Hastings, Mr Fre.
derick Granville, and Viscount Marsham.
After the ceremony the noble marquis and bride
left town by special train for his ancestral Oa!'
Dounington Park, near Ashby de La Zouch, Lela
cestershire.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
d'Aumale gave a grand dinner on Saturday °cell,
ing, at Orleans House, Twickenham, to meet their ReYs'
Highness the Bake and Duchess de Chartres, Thero
uresent to join the circle his Excellency the Marque
d'Azeglio, the night Hon. W. E. and Mrs Gladstone'
Lady Moleswerth, the Right Hon. the Speaker and La'll
Charlotte Denison and Hon, Miss Ellis, Lord Houghton,
Mr Panizzi, Mr and Mrs Holford, the Right Hon sir
Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Mr and Mrs Morier, an',,
Madlle. Duparqui, in waiting on the Duke and Duchess de
Chartres.
Prince Paul Esterbazy left town on Saturday
morning fer Vienna. r'
a
The Duke of Devonshire, accompanied by
Edward and Lady Louisa Cavendish, left Devonshire 11°11$
on Friday for Chatsworth, Derbyshire.
The Marquis de Salamanca, Monsieur Delahaute;
and Monsieur Daugny have left the Clarendon Hotel f°
Paris.
The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury etite,,;
tamed the Duke of Rutland, Lord and La"rd
Carington, Lord and Lady Raglan, Lord and Lady .A.bit3gei.:
Lord and Lady R. Cecil, Right Hon. Benjamin Disrae:
M.P., and Mrs Disraeli, Major-General the Right
'„";
George Forester, M.P., Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, 131
Seymour Fitzgerald, M.P. Mr and Hon. Mrs Williegt
Rose, and Miss S. Dashwood, at dinner on Saturday
() at the mansion in Stratford-place.

THE NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.---ah:
Seamen's Association at Drontheim, Christiansut,"l
and Nalesund, in Norway and'Sweden, have, througil
W. Tottie, the Swedish Consul General, forwarded t'i
handsome contribution of £59 13s to the National Lifeb°:-
Institution, in admiration of the great and important ee':,
vices which its lifeboats have occasionally rendered to the'
ccuntrymen shipwrecked on the coasts of the United 103,;
dom. Last winter the Southport lifeboat of the instituo°-
saved, during a very heavy gale of wind, 17 persons o°l3l
the barque Tamworth, of Skion, Norway.
LORD PALMERSTON, AS USUAL, OVERSBT
VICTORY !—The congratulations of friends and
f°
which he received in state at his party on Saturday aigkh",
have mounted into his brain, says a shrewd observer iu
Spectator, and brought out again traces of that cavalier /3,0
contemptuous manner which contributed so much to hie '
to
Fin 1858. On Tuesday night, in answer to a question 1°3,0
the bad faith of the Brazilian Government towards
emancipados, Lord Palmerston enumerated the twenty ete4
of the Brazilian circumlocution office, by which alone
slave, after working out his 14 years' apprenticeshiPl to.
gain his freedom, and stigmatised the bad faith of thetl);o.
ceeding much as it deserved ; but when Mr Seymour
gerald, who, with Mr Bright, appears to regard all at sag
censure of foreign Powers, however much they may 11:01s
deserved it, as menaces, remonstrated, Lord Palcuer-6-03a
put him down savagelyand blunderingly by regretting' fts,
was so ignorant"—Mr S. Fitzgerald having called 1%0
this illogical snub by saying that he did not dis Pasts
Lord Palmerston's statement, Lord John Manners
wi
took up the fight and wondered that Lord Paleiersctor
should have quoted from an unofficial Brazilian paper .d pa
what the Ministry—we believe Mr Gladstone—had et g;
the late debate about " the ribald trash of the foreign PrehitO
Lord Palmerston then shied the blue book kin which',.. to
newspaper extract had been embodied across the tabLv.tos
Lord John Manners in a huff, and altogether left an
;011
pression on the house that he had lost his head sad
temper with his fears. .001'
THE CONVICT MUTINY AT PORTLAND P11.10"01.
The feeling of insubordination among the 000'w
at the convict establishment here, in consequence of tile pe'
troduction of the new dietary system, still continues tcfl 14°
exhibited, although no outbreak has taken place efface oritt
day. -
Every day large numbers of the men refuse to Woof
alleging as an excuse that not sufficient food under the
Oa
dietary system is given them to keep their strength u1'•,,,j0
Tuesday a large body of men refused to leave their 0%4-
after dinner and resume work, and it was not until 03(30,y.
of the military was obtained that they would resuine firs
Alms:: every hour men are marched back handcuffed t:ojea
prison, and from inquiries we have made we are
that about 230 have turned refractory and are novico/1,, ore
in their cells. The ringleaders of the riot on Tuesd% 01°
recovering from the injuries which they received tire
hands of the civil guards. It was expected that on Ttuft'
day, Friday, and Saturday the men would again turn 700
nous, as a number of them were severely whipped °ll, Rttfi'
days, but such was not the case. This is no daub'A-ro, to
butable to the fact that the guards have received ort)eiacer
fire upon the convicts should another outbreak relte,,l:beet;
and also to the excellent arrangements which lov'',„
nd
made by Captain Clay, the governor of the Pris°Te;
Captain DuCane, director of convict prisonr, the Bing 01°'
whoca is now engaged in instituting inquiries reel3cethl'ieero;
outbreak, and in awarding punishment to the e!"-soul"
Every precaution has been taken to suppress a revolt 'wool
one unfortunately take place, two detachments of tilcoott
Regiment being stationed in the vicinity of convict lagoon
•
one overlooking the batteries on the east side of thel)realS
and the other near the West Quarry, where the °ll,,,tpre i°
on Tuesday commenced, In addition to this force Tole
a strong picket of the civil guard in the tower 00111 00'
assistance be needed. The insubordinate convicts Lue Da6
water i
ned to their cells and dieted on bread and
while thus treated some (.4 filexu are Wry 'slat/A'