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injured.

To immediately deliberate with this object on the means
by which, in case of need, the Germanic Confederation can
defend and put in force the rights in question.

The Grand-Ducal and Ducal Houses of Saxony
make this motion :

May it please the High Federal Assembly to decree as
follows :
That measures be taken into consideration which, under
present circumstances, shall appear opportune to it to gua-
rantee, in consequence of the change of Sovereign which
has taken place in the kingdom of Denmark, both the
rights of the countries which have hitherto formed with
that kingdom one monarchy, and the rights of the Ger-
manic Confederation in their totality.
These Governments adduce besides the following
proposition :
" That in no case will the High Federal Assembly, before
a resolution has been taken by it on this subject, tolerate
any act whatever by which the present King of Denmark
would constitute himself, in presence of the Germanic
Diet, Duke of Holstein and Lauenburg, consequently that
the High Assembly does not recognise, and does not under
any circumstances admit, an envoy to the Diet appointed
by the reigning King of Denmark for Holstein and Lauen-

burg.
The Governments of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenache, of
Saxe-INTeiningen, and of Saxe-Altenburg protest
solemnly against every act of this kind.
The aforesaid Governments believe themselves the more
bound to formulate this protest as, for the present, and
without prejudice to the eventual right of third parties,
they acknowledge the hereditary Prince Frederic of
Schleskig-Holstein•Sonderburg-Augustenburg as legiti-
mate Duke, by right of succession, of the Duchess of Hol-

stein and Schleswig.
The envoy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is charged
solemnly to protect the rights of the very august
House of Ernestine of Saxony to the succession in
the Duchy of Lauenburg, and to make the following
motion

Whereas his Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg
Gotha has recognised the hereditary Prince Frederic of
Schleswig-Holstein, of the line of the Augustenburg,, as
Duke of Schleswig...Holstein ; and whereas, notwithstand-
ing this, the former envoy of the august deceased, Frede-
ric VII. of Denmark, Duke of Holstein and Lauenburg,
has appeared in the Diet, the ducal envoy is compelled to
solicit the dismissal of the Danish envoy, and to protest
against his participation in the debates of the Diet; and also
in case another prince than the aforesaid Prince Frederick
of Schleswig-Holstein should raise claims to the succession
in the Duchies, to propose to the Germanic Diet that the
Confederation, by virtue of the obligations furnished in
the fundamental laws, protest, and, if need be, put in
force, by the necessary meaus, the right of Prince Frederic
as Duke of Schleswig,-Holstein.
The German papers received yesterday are busily
occupied in discussing the affairs of Schleswig-
Holstein, and contain opinions and narratives of
occurrences drawn from all sources with a view of
showing that the Duke of Augustenburg is the
rightful heir to the Duchies. A few extracts are
selected.
The Frankfort Gazette of the 18th inst. says :
At the commencement of the sitting of the Legislative
Assembly to-day Dr. Stern moved the following resolution
—" That the Legislative Assembly should urgently request
the Senate to pronounce the recognition of the hitherto
hereditary Prince as the actual Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
and Lauenburg, and that this recognition should be most
urgently brought forward and supported in the organ of
the German Federation by the representative of the Free

City of Frankfort at the Diet." Dr. Stern declared that
the moment was now come when Germany should protect
the recognised and undoubted right of the Duchies, or it

must be given up for ever. Germany must fulfil its duty
and protect these German provinces frola usurpation. The
Bund had never recognised the London protocol of 1852,
and had no right to receive a representative of the protocol
prince. It was the duty and the right of the Diet not only
to disown but also to protect and guard itself against each
opponent whom it did not recognise, and who might make

an attack of any kind against it. If the Free City of Frank-
fort should make no motion, the Legislative Assembly must
exert itself for a cause which each German recognised as a
righteous one. Dr. Kugler supported the proposition, as it
was the duty of each German to maintain the cause. This
question would show whether German patriotism yet dwelt
in the hearts of German princes, The resolution was una-
nimously adopted.

At the sitting of the Diet on Saturday last many
propositions were made and documents handed in,
which, if they did not afford subjects for imme-
diate discussion, certainly increased the labours of
the committee nominated upon the subject.
From the banks of the Elbe we learn that the
greatest interest is felt as to the further progress of
events, and that an announcement of the intentions
of Prussia respecting the recognition or non-recog-
nition of Duke Frederic is anxiously awaited.
An Altona correspondent says :

Private letters from Copenhagen state that the English
and French Ministers Plenipotentiary urgently advised the

King to sign the constitution for Denmark and Schleswig ;
but that the King was mainly induced to do so by the re-
presentatives of the chief of the police of Copenhagen, who
declared that he could not answer for the peace of the city
if the signature were further delayed.
A letter from Kiel, of the 20th inst., says :

Public feeling is much excited here, but no disturbance
of the peace has hitherto taken place. On Wednesday
many patriotic men from all parts of the country were pre-
sent here, and among them were many deputies and repre-
sentatives of the Diet. In the evening about 200 of these
persons assembled, and made known that they were unani-
mously of opinion that the Estates should promote the here-
ditary right of Duke Frederic of Augustenburg, and
should take steps in the right place to support the cause
of the duke. The deputies drew up their proposition
yesterday, and in the afternoon those not resident at
Kiel left by the railway, saluted by loud cheers from their
fellow members. During the day frequent conferences
were held amongst small bodies of the representatives and
deputies.
From Hamburg we learn that the following ap-
peal was being circulated in the Duchies :
Countrymen and Schleswig-Holsteiners,—lt has pleased
God to remove our King Duke from this earth. The King
of Denmark, Frederic VII., is dead. Our legitimate duke
is now the hereditary Prince Frederic of Augustcnburg.
The moment has now arrived in which the Duchies of
Schleswig-Holstein are legally separated from the throne of
Denmark. Hold firmly to your rights.
From Hamburg we also receive the following
intelligence, dated the 20th inst :
A meeting, comprising more than 1,000 Schleswig-Hol-
steiners, partly residing here and partly in the Duchies, as-
sembled here yesterday evening, near the Holstein gate,
in order to discuss the questions affecting the Duchies,
and to pass resolutions thereupon. Prevented from hold-
ing their meeting at the place intended, they repaired to
another locality which was also near Altona, but here again
opposition was offered to their assembling. They only gained
their end by meeting in a third place, the Walhalla on the
thlenhorst (before the Ferdinand-gate, near the Alster).
The meeting lasted from 9 o'clock at night till 12, and de-
cided on the recognition of the hereditary Prince of Augus-
tenburg as Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and afterwards
telegraphed the resolution agreed upon to the hereditary
Prince-Duke at Gotha, through the medium of the Coburg-
Gotha Minister, M. Samwer.
The Berlin Allgenzeine Zeitung contains the fol-
lowing letter from Stuttgardt, dated the 19th

illBt.
The news from the north has created an extraordinary
excitement here. The name Schleswig-Holstein still enjoys
a popularity entirely its own, and public sympathy for the
country is maintained, and even from Suabia similar evi-
dences are apparent. The recent events, which at least
present the possibility of a favourable solution of the diffi-
cuLies, have powerfully contributed to kindle this feeling,
and now a ray of hope begins to shine again. When the
manifesto of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein was made
known yesterday evening by a supplement to the 'Swabian
Mercury, a feeling of joy spread through the city. A
meeting was immediately held, a committee was formed,
and it was resolved that the People's Assembly should be
convened for to-morrow, for the purpose of drawing up an
address to the Government, requesting it to recognise the
duke, and to take steps for supporting him at the Federal
Assembly. In the meantime private circles are busy devis-
ing means to provide practical means for supporting the
right of the Duchies. The Chamber, which meets on Wed-
nesday, will immediately proceed with the subject. It is
stated that a meting of the Privy Council took place yes-