The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-24 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS,
The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company, May 24 :

MALTA, MAY 23.
The Ripon leaves at 4 p.m. for Southampton,
where she may be expected about June 1.

The Syria will leave at 10 p.m. for Marseilles.

OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL.

The Baroda, from Southampton on May 12,
arrived at Malta on the 20th at 9 a.m., and sailed
at 4 p.m. for Alexandria.
The Massilia, from Marseilles on May 20, reached
a.m., and left at 8 a.m. for
:MaltaAlexandria. on the 23d a t 1

PRUSSIA.

➢3ERLIN, MAY 24.

The Spenersche Zeitung of to-day publishes a
telegram from Vienna asserting that the represen-
tatives of England and France have made. decla-
rations to Count Rechberg, abandoning the treaty
of 2 to the union of South
h l
with Holstein as a separate State, Sc leBsswig and agreeing
in-
dependent of Denmark, and absolutely rejecting a
personal union with that State.

BERLIN, May 23.
A deputation of seventeen members presented to
the King to-day the address proposed by Count
Arnim■Boystzenburg, and bearing 30,000 signa-
tures, requesting that Sehleswig-Holstein might be
made an independent State. The address was read
by Count Arnim.
The King replied as follows :

"I receive this address with pleasure. In con•
juction with my illustrious ally I shall take
measures for preventing the return of Danish
oppression, and any farther disturbances of peace
on the northern frontier of Germany.
" The allies have fought for this object, and are
striving for it at the Conference, reberving the
entire freedom of action to which they are entitled
by the conduct of the Danes, and by events.
" Daring the pending negotiations I can give no
further explanations relative to the nature of the
solution of the question ; but I may express my
confidence that the sacrifice made for the German
cause will also conduce to the interests of our more
immediate fatherland."

The Crown Prince of Prussia has left for Stettin
to sesame the command of the 2d Army Corps.

His Royal Highness is expected to return this

evening.

A banquet is to be given at the new palace in
Potsdam to-morrow in celebration of the birthday
of her Majesty Queen Victoria.
The Augsburg Gazette confirms an account
already given by s)me of the German journals of
the declarations made in the name of the King of
Prussia, both to the German and the other foreign
Courts, for the purpose of putting an end to all
comments on the projects of annexing the Duchies
to Prussia, which, that journal declares, are formally
rejected by the Prussian Government. The Kreutz
Zeitung of Berlin also opposes, in a long lead■
ing article, the projects of annexation. The
feudal journal argues that Austria and Prussia
ought to employ the force and the prestige which
they have acquired by their recent victories
in combating and overthrowing democracy in
Prussia and the rest of Germany :—" Desires of
increase of territory," says that journal, " would
turn Prussia far aside from that object. Any vio-
lation of public law or any act of injustice weakens
Prussia for the struggle imposed on her at home and
in Germany. Desires of annexation are an ana-
chronism and a reminiscence of a less advanced pe-
riod. We have now to solve much more serious

questions. The position of Aubtria and Prussia
since December, 1863, has been exalted, for a little
increase of telritory and population to enter tho ba-

[ance as the result of their action. All Conservatives

have constantly expressed the greatest indignation
against the annexation of Victor Emmanuel. Will
this anger end by conducting us in the same course?
We shall not vanquish the revolution in Prussia if
we follow the revolutionary path."
The Kreutz Zeitung ranks the Prince of Angus-
tenburg among the democrats, and is, therefore, as
little favourable to that pretender as to an annexa-
tion of the duchies to Prussia, and its sympathies
appear to be in favour of maintaining the duchies
in the Danish monarchy on condition that Schles-
wig-Holstein should be protected against Danish
democracy.