The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-23 00:00:00

I'HE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1865.

of dissatisfaction at the impertinent manner in
which she has been treated throughout this trans-
action. It cannot be but that all these unfa-
vourable signs and tokens will one day or other
show themselves more explicitly, and spoil the
grace and glory of this satisfactory solution of
Herr BISMARCK. Again, we find, upon examina-
tion of the text of the treaty, that Prussia will not
only discharge alone the " military occupation and
civil administration of Schleswig," which will give
her immense power, but that Rendsburg is to become
a federal fortress, with a Prusssian garrison. The
significance of this arrangement needs no comment,
and it seems difficult to comprehend how the rest
of Germany can have submitted to this extortion
and monopoly. This is not yet enough, however,
and, accordingly, it is settled that the Duchy of
Lauenberg is " definitely ceded to Prussia, Austria
receiving a pecuniary indemnity for the cession of
her rights in the possession of that duchy." It may
well be asked why Prussia did not take everything
while she was about it, and of what avail it was to
stick at trifles, and stop for shadows, when there
was anything more left to ask or to take, as the case
might be. It has been a very ingenious dodge on
the part of these Germanic Powers to put off in this
indefinite manner the fulfilment of their plans. Of
nurse people could not go on for ever making the
affair of the wrongs of Denmark and the rights of
the Duchies the paramount subject of thought and
the chief topic of conversation; hence it was fondly
hoped that the scandalous termination of the matter
might pass comparatively unnoticed, and proportion-
ately disregarded as newer claims and fresh intelli-
gence supervened. It will not be likely, however, that
total indifference will prevail on this point, and it
is evident that our present Government has been
mistaken, and was led from the commencement of
this Schleswig-Holstein question until the last affair
of the new convention between the allied Powers.
Denmark has been sacrificed through the unwilling-
ness of our Ministers to offend Prussia, but they
have thus assisted in a great violation of the rights
of nations, and, made themselves tacit accomplices
of ruthless depredators. The vaunted foreign po-
licy of the PALMERSTON Ministry •has indeed been
an illustration of the saying vox et preterea nihil,
for we have merged upon a great change in Euro-
pean affairs, the dismemberment of nations and the
spoliation of monarchs; and yet all that this country
can do is to utter protests that are treated with
scorn, and to make proposals that are rejected with
contumely, and then to stand tamely by as lookers-
on while the work of destruction progresses and the
course of injustice is consummated. The Schleswig-
Holstein question has long been the difficulty of
European statesmen, but it has been reserved for
these latter days to see it transformed into their
disgrace; and so long as history records its eventful
episodes and striking characteristics, so long will
the impartial student regard its chronicles as a dark
epoch in the career of all actively engaged in the
affair, and a shame to those more remotely con-
cerned in it.

Death of Major de Vere.

CHATHAM, Tuesday Night.

Major de Vere became rapidly worse this evening,
and died at Brompton Barracks at ten o'clock to-
night.

The Cholera•

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VALETTA, Aug. 18.

The cholera does not yet show any disposition to
decline, nor, indeed, to extend itself to any great
degree ; but business is almost paralysed, and much
distress prevails in consequence. The poor continue
to be almost the sole victims. A system of relief
has been organised by charitably disposed persons,
who visit and assist the sick and the bereaved, and
point out to the police such localities as call for in-
tervention on behalf of cleanliness. The following
are the returns for the week :

Attacks. Deaths.
Friday 4O , 26
Saturday 43
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday 6l
Thursday 46
There have been also 57 cases and 32 deaths in Gozo
during the week.
Among the military it has almost entirely ceased
within the last few days.

A Government notice issued on the 16th inst.
intimates that, cases of cholera having occurred at
Marseilles, arrivals from that port with foul bills of
health would be subjected here to ten days' quaran-
tine, and in case of sickness on board to 12 clays'.

THE BROUGHAM DINING HALLS.--The extensive
premises Nos. 154 and 155, Fleet-street, until
lately known as the Portugal Hotel, having been taken by
the "Dining Halls Company (Limited)," a private inspec-
tion of the establishment was yesterday afternoon afforded
by the directors to a number of gentlemen who take an in-
terest in the improvement of the condition of the working
classes. The company have hied two establishments in full
work for some time in different parts of the metropolis, and
from the success tliat has attended them, the directors ap-
pear to have proved to their own satisfaction that it is pos-
sible to retail food at the wholesale price with profit to the
shareholders and advantage to the working class. The
" Brougham" has been fitted up for the use of three classes,
with special regard to the requirements of each, thus the
working man will be enabled to enjoy a good and substan-
tial dinner for sixpence, while the more aristocratic portion
of the public will find that in the more elegantly furnished
apartments they can dine at an equally cheap tariff. The
three establishments of the company are capable
of dining 1,400 persons at a time, or 7,000 to
8,000 daily. The average number of customers
,(who
are all respectable working men), at the New-cut Dining
Hall, is about 1,500 and in the Market-street, Edgware-
road, about 2,000. The Brougham Dining Halls are cal-
culated to accommodate 450 persons at once, or upwards of
4,000 daily. Situated in the midst of the great printing
establishments of the metropolis, where men and boys are
at work often throughout the night, The Brougham will be
a welcome addition to their comfort. The halls will be open
for the supply of hot soups, tea, and coffee all night, so that
the compositor, the mechanic, and the engineer will find,
at all hours, a substantial and wholesome meal at the very
lowest market price. At the invitation of the directors the
company sat down to a very excellent dinner, which was
served in capital city style—Mr. Bauwens, the managing
director, presiding. The customary loyal toasts were
warmly responded to, and all present immediately joined in
the toast, "Success to the Brougham Dining Halls," with
the greatest enthusiasm. The establishment will be thrown
open to the public on Monday next.
RESCUED AT SEA.—In the steamship Bellona,
Captain Dixon, just arrived at this port, were two
steerage passengers, concerning whom a most remarkable
incident is related. Franz Meyer, aged 23, and his wife,
Anna, aged 19, from Canton Soleure, Switzerland, were
passengers in the ill-fated ship William Nelson, recently
destroyed by fire at sea. In the confusion incident to the
efforts to save life, the husband and wife wire separated.
The husband was picked up by ono of the ship's boats,
which was soon fallen in with by the brig Mercury.
The wife, young and enciente, was not discouraged
at the uncertainty of her husband's fate, but prepared
for her own safety. Self-preservation could not sup-
press her womanly instincts so far as to ignore the feeble-
cries for help from an infant only 14 days old, left to perish
by its distracted parents, but, regardless of her own state,
she plunged, with her self-imposed charge, into the sea.
For two whole days did this brave young girl support her-
self and the infant on the remnant of a ship's spar without
food or water, sustaining the infant's life by the moisture
from her own mouth. Late on the second day the same
vessel in which her husband was saved, having ceased
cruising, without hope of rescuing more life, fell in with
this heroine, and saved her and her little charge. This
brave woman, who has arrived with her infant child, born
on board the Bellona, is worthy of some aid from the ladies
of New York in her search of a Western home. Dr.Blewitt,
the surgeon of the Bellona, has ascertained the truth of the
statement above given.—New York Times.

THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS.—In the new
edition of Mr. Hardwicke's " Shilling House of
Commons," just published, besides the usual biographical
notice of the parentage, birth, marriage, and appointments
of each member of the new Parliament, we notice, as a
novel feature, the number of votes polled by the respective
candidates at the late general election, which adds greatly
to the value of this already very useful publication,