The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-07 00:00:00

father renounced his right of succession, and also
because succession by primogeniture cannot be said
to exist in the House of Augustenburg. It is worthy
of notice that the Danes urged the same plea when
the dispute first threatened a serious termination,
and then the Berlin legal authorities were not of
the same opinion as they now profess to be. It is
really outraging the forbearance of foreign nations,
and insulting the common sense of all lookers-on
for Prussia to pursue the course she is now taking.
The Crown Prince was a great friend of the duke's,
but apparently his Royal Highness finds it as con-
venient to cast off his acquaintances as those of a
lower rank are prone to do, when circumstances
become awkward, and reminiscences as unpleasant.
The manner in which the Duke of AUGUSTENBERG
has been treated by the Prussians is perfectly scan-
dalous, and of itself furnishes an episode in the
Schleswig-Holstein affair that will disgrace their

memory.
The second conclusion at which the Crown law
yens arrive is, that the claims of the Grand Duke
of OLDENBURG are only valid with reference to the
GOTTOP portion of the Duchies, in virtue of even-
tual reversionary rights. It is amazing to witness
the ingenuity with which people can contrive to
extricate themselves from dilemmas and difficulties
that threaten to subvert their plans and destroy
their projects. There is always some way out of
the wood, and thus we find that all successive ob-
stacles are put aside, and all conflicting claims got
rid of by the skill and sharpness of these astute
agents who serve the legal interests of the Prussian
Crown. The third conclusion is, that the rights of
King CHRISTIAN the Ninth, recognised by the law
of succession of July 31, 1853, having been pub-
lished and duly introduced in the Duchies, " his
Majesty's rights of succession must be considered
as legally established, and these have been trans-
ferred by the Treaty of Vienna to Prussia and Aus-
tria." Nothing can possibly better show the crafty
style of Prussian tactics than this paragraph : be-
cause the King of DENMARK cannot be any', longer a
formidable opponent, it is considered expedient to
allow his claims to be valid ; and when this
is done they are forthwith annulled by men-
tioning the fatal Treaty. Why did we hear
nothing of the authenticity of King CHRISTIAN'S
claims before the period when that occurrence took
place. On the contrary, it was distinctly stated in
many influential quarters that the Danish Sovereign
had no right whatever in the Duchies, and certainly
this principle was acted on by those in authority,
both in Vienna and Berlin. No doubt the Govern-
ment of King WILLIAM will be only too glad to
avail themselves of the golden opportunity which
is presented to them by the declaration of these
opinions by the Crown lawyers. It will furnish a
useful pretext for compassing their ends and at last
coming forward with something like consistency,
and showing themselves in their true colours. At
any rate, it is something in the way of progress that
we should hear the opinion of the Crown Lawyers,
and the next step to be looked for is the assumption
by Prussia of the Sovereignty of the Duchies. The
desire expressed by Austria that the Duke of
OLDENBURG should be put in possession of those
coveted places will evidently be totally disregarded,
now that the legal authorities have put their veto
against it, and thus furthered the cause that their
riends have so much at heart.

Our Indian fellow-subjects have just now two or

three causes of annoyance or anxiety, despite the

generally satisfactory prospects of the country. The

tirst is the excessive neat which has in several piAcex
brought the cholera in its train, and has affected the
health of some of our Anglo-Indian officials. The

heat this year seems to have been unusually great in
every part of the world ; and at Calcutta, we are
told, it has been intense, greater than it has been

There have been some cases of