The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-05 00:00:00

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PROCLAMATION OF DUKE FREDERICK.
BERLIN, JAN. 2.
The following proclamation has been issued in
Kiel by Duke Frederick of Augustenburg :
" Schleswig-llolsteiners,

" When I announced to you that I assumed the
government of the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein,
in virtue of the ancient order of succession of our
country, and of the House of Oldenburg, the coun-
try was occupied by foreign troops. Retreating
before the forces of the German Confederation,
whom you greeted with acclamations as liberators,
these have now evacuated the Duchy of Holstein.
"I have been unwilling to withdraw from your
call. I fulfil an indispensable duty if Ino longer
hesitate to share with you the cares of this serious
time.

" Complications which arose before my accession
to the Government, have occasioned the German
Confederation to intervene for the preservation of
the rights of the country against the power hitherto
actually subsisting in Holstein. Commissioners of
the Confederation have assumed the administration
of the country.
" Tae Federal execution, not directed against my
Government from the commencement, has now be-
come objectless. I have never given occasion to
doubt that I recognise the rights of the country in
their full development and will give them validity.
I feel, therefore, convinced that the Germanic Con-
federation also will acknowledge that the causes
which led to the order of administration by com-
missioners are now removed.

" I entertain the firm conviction that the present
intermediate state will only be of short duration,
and cherish the belief that my faithful subjects will
respect the temporary administration ordered by the
Confederation and will avoid conflicts.
" Schleswig-Holsteiners,—

"I need not say how much I thank you for the
love and fidelity you offer. You adhere to my
cause with an unanimity and resolution, which will
prove to the world that my right as a Sovereign
finds secure support in your free conviction, your
patriotism, and your unbending will.

" Join with me in thanks to Almighty God, who
has led us to this point, and will Conduct us further.
6' FREDERICK,
Duke of tchleswig-Holstein•
" Kiel, Dee, 31, 1863."

THE NEW DANISH MINISTRY.
COPENHAGEN, DEC. 31.

The Berlingske Fidende of to-day says :--,, We
have reason to believe that the Ministry, although
not yet definitively settled, has been constituted to-
day as follows :

" Bishop Monrod, President of the Council and
Finance Minister; Colonel Lundbye, Minister of
War; Captain Liitken, Minister of Marine; Bishop
Engelstoft, Minister for Public Worship and Edu-
cation ; Dr. CdBBo, Minister of Justice ; State
Councillor Nutzhorn, Minister of the Interior.
Until the definitive organisation of the Cabinet,
President of the Council and Finance Minister
Bishop Mon rad will undertake the portfolio of
Foreign Affairs and for matters relating to Hol-
stein, while Austmann Simony will assume the
Ministry for Schleswig. It is reported that the
late Finance Minister Fenger will resume
the direction of the entire Finance Depart-
ment. Chamberlain Quaade, the Danish Am-
bassador in Berlin, is said to have been tele-
graphed for. As soon as the Ministry is constituted
the King intends visiting
the army."
The general opinion in Copenhagen is that the
new Ministry contains already the elements of dis-
solution, and will not hold long together. The soul
of the whole combination is the now Premier,
hitherto Minister of Public Worship. Mourad
first became conspicuous in 1848, and was at that
time a comrade of Orla Lehmann, Clausen, &c.,
only a more decided Democrat. After that
time he became Minister of Education.
Latterly he has appeared to hold aloof from the
Eider Dane party, and to incline towards those who
advocate an undivided State ( Gesanunt Staats
parteo. The remainder of the new Cabinet, with
the exception of Lundbye and Casse, who belonged
to the former Ministry, are nearly all quite un-
known to political fame. Simony constitutes an
exception. He has been several times in the Cabinet,
and enjoyed the especial confidence of the late King.
It is not yet known whether the new Cabinet will
advise the withdrawal of the Constitution of the

loth November, incorporating Schleswig with

Denmark.

PRUSSIA.
THE DEBATE UPON THE LOAN.
BERLIN, JAN. 5.

At the meeting of the committee upon the loan
in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, Herr von
Bismark repeatedly advocated free action for the
policy of the Government. He hoped, in conclusion,
that the House would rather grant the means re-
quested than compel theGovernmen to obtain them
by its own authority.
The debate was adjourned.