The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-04 00:00:00

Newton's London Journal.

The principal paper in this number is on the
origin and formation of coal. It is the second
article, and is not yet completed. The recent
patents and scientific notices are given at length,
and the lists of provisional protections, &c., granted
are also added.

Hardwicke's Science Gossip.
This serial is as light and pleasant reading as the
dilettante student can wish for, and withal full of
practical and untechnical information.

France and the Schleswig-Holstein Flag.

PARIS, April 2.

The following is the text of the identical reply
forwarded by the French Government to the Austrian
and Prussian Ambassadors in the matter of the re-
cognition by France of the Schleswig-Holstein
flag :
" His Excellency the Ambassador of Austria
(Prussia) has forwarded to the Minister for Foreign
Affairs of the Emperor a note, dated the 2nd inst.,
stating that the Commissioners of Austria and
Prussia, invested with the government of Schleswig
and Holstein, have proposed to adopt a provisional
flag for the marine of the Duchies, and that the two
Courts have come .to an understanding to ask its
official recognition. In the same communication the
Court of Vienna (Berlin) expresses the desire that
his Majesty's Government would be good enough to
admit, in so far as concerns maritime and commer-
cial relations with the Duchies, the maintenance of
the treaties of navigation and commerce concluded
by Denmark until the time when the future Sove-
reign of Holstein and Schleswig shall be in a posi-
tion to treat directly with France.
"An identical note has been forwarded to the
Emperor's Minister for Foreign Affairs by the Am-
bassador of Austria (Prussia).
" The creation of a provisional flag for the Duchies
may be considered as a natural consequence of their
present situation, and his Majesty's Government has
no objection to recognise it under reserve of the
rights of the Duchies themselves and of those of the
Germanic Confederation. In accordance with the
desire' displayed by the Courts of Austria and
Prussia, their Excellencies the Ministers of Marine
and Commerce shall be made acquainted with this
resolution, in order that the necessary instructions
may be sent to the competent authorities at the
ports of the empire.
stipulations settling the maritime and commercial
4' Touching the maintenance of the benefit of the
relations of France with Denmark, his Majesty's
Government could not defer to the wishes of the
Courts of Vienna and Berlin without exposing itself
to difficulties it is compelled to foresee. In effect,
the treaty concluded between France and Denmark
in 1742, and confirmed by the Convention of Feb.
9, 1742, stipulates exceptionally to the profit of the
Danish marine the exemption from the differential
rights of tonnage in indirect intercourse. In order
that this exemption, which constitutes a departure
from our maritime system should not be extended to
countries with which we have entered into treaties,
we have made it the object of an express reserve,
to the relations of France with
Spain.applyi
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Emperor'sa Government would not be
able now to confirm this exception in favour of any
State whatever without giving rise to reclamations
upon the part of all the Powers with whom we have
agreed upon the treatment of the most favoured na-
tion. The Emperor's Minister for Foreign Affairs
can only, therefore, convey to the Ambassador of
Austria (Prussia) the expression of his regret, and
is persuaded that 'his Excellency will appreciate the
considerations which render it impossible for him to
satisfy the demands of the Courts of Vienna and
Berlin in this last respect.

(signed) DROTJYTi DE LIIITYS.
Paris, March 15, 1865."