The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-21 00:00:00

PRUSSIA AND AUSTRIA.

[REUTER's EXPRESS.]
VIENNA, Feb. 11;xst
The Prussian reply to Count Rechberg's leas
despatch upon the Schleswig-Holstein questloll-R is
changed nothing in the main situation• es
altogether evasive in character, and fa of etc
e..
that Prussia is not yet in a position to state
iPsrof
cisely the extent of her demands. The Minis only
War, Commerce, and Finance, it declares, have; in
just finished their labours. Their report is n°:in
the hands of the Minister-President. After n°:
uld
harmonised into a comprehensive whole it de.
laid before the King for approval, and then
iios.
livered to the King here. It is, therefore, irario
sible to go further at present into the Anstroses
claims. The general tenour of the reply opposes
itto
very weak and superficial arguments to 1 the lit
complaints, in no degree touching the main P° of
at issue. Patience is still, therefore, the order
Anstr.

the day. the
Such great value is attached by Austria
Prussian alliance that she will not easily
e,ntake
offence. For that reason the remarks made reeenno
by the King of Hanover to Count von Ingellice
upon the value of the Austro-Prussian alliance /157.0
given great satisfaction here, the rather becallb,
they are recognised as the expression of the
sincere opinion, and not as merely judicious speecr
called forth by Hanover's delicate position—a Pesii
tion the difficulty of which is not under-estirnatet
by Austria, although the Hanoverian Governinej,-T
so cleverly avoids its results. Count Karolyi
t
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furnished with verbal instructions with reg „,'
the Prussian reply, in order if possible to ocl3'n'ss
the matter by word of mouth, and thus li,
Prussia to omit demands which could only rent;
an understanding more difficult. In the main. 1
but
probable these demands are already known, , lco
week may possibly elapse before their presental
in due form. definitively
The customs negotiations are not
yet
having
broken off, but are already looked atso resign
wholly failed, and people are beginning
themselves to the prospect of a mere Oa— liter-
cartel. Yet not the faintest intention is enter-
cartel. Abie
tamed of making Herr von Bismarck respen'cier,
for this ill-success ; on the contra**, his en Von
yoursp to induce Count Itzenplitz and gert;rtion
nth
of their demands are highly praised,
ommeresche and von D elbrune to yield sower'
Tr- imercial
togeth 00
his extreme suavity towards Herr von 11°ekc'n.,011/
chief blame of the failure is cast upon aPTropt
whose representatives observe a particularly t O,IICI
bearing, while Bavaria keeps tolerably Vie" hold
above-named Prussian delegates merely' Odor.
the interests of their country and cannot act eeiced
wise without injury to them. If all this is per°
~ore.
now, the wonder is that it was not discovered belga,
Hopes have been held out and demands put 014 ivy
er
whore fulfilment is all at once discovered to b:000
possible, while six months ago, in the
day, a few pretty speeches from Herr von Dis-a oat
caused all possibility of their not being earriepiciert
to be thought ungrateful. The Prussian
indeed, is handled here with tenderness Pe%-ollf
touching, and it will not be astonishing if tot
the Prussian claims in the Duchies are acce`'coar
and the customs cartel is given up, th,e) be
donment of which it is now declared woll'isral re
act of hostility. Whether Herr von flock OOO
turn from Berlin or go to Paris, does not I°looo
to have been determined; at any rate the
question must first be completely settled-
gitioo
The existence of a French note in 01313°- ou
asher:
Prussian lust of annexation is denied here ash sifP
getically as that of a Bavarian note, wine 013
analysed in some detail by the VA 1
regard to the former, it is most probable oil
newspaPers' rice
will abstain from any expression of opiniejled to.A
facts or plainly stated demands can be referlrioolt74
The matter of the Mexican Church lands": rin't"
upon here in a much more tolerant ligli'stibice-
is a quarrel of old date in Mexico, and thekii,
-
has already been fully discussed between 1-churc"
and the Emperor Maximilian. Part of the trog:
lands has already passed through so Insill„sa
hands, and so many tricks have been Plal iter 113
them, that the settlement of the whole n'ti to
simple act of justice. The Emperor's lettc.nro a .o
Ministry is further susceptible of explanatiosTini,el,t
pretext or a clever move to bring the Perot ton
to speak out. Nobody believes for a ro°ln
he is really obliged to refer to Rome, hilt elieus'o
the contrary, he will produce veil eOlnljrtiPe
instructions whenever he thinks the proper
arrived. Ear
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EARL RUSSELL ON CAPITAL PUNISITA • a ll{
Russell, in his introduction to the new ecliteis I''an 11e
work on the "English Constitution," 0%13re55,,,,s- 'eat
favourable to the abolition of capital Pulls- eol°enot
says :—" For my own part, I do not doubt fora ofslita",,,,
either the right of a community to inflict the f.) ,e';ht
of death, or the expediency of exercising that rtrot
taro states of society. But I turn from that Os, socoll,o
tate c"
to opatich
and that abstract expediency to our owns
when I consider how difficult it is forany ilidge that 1!1,,,Ti,
the case which requires inflexible justice froo Dow 'the
admits the force of mitigating ciremustaticernogas
dious the task of the Secretary of State ill W 15%,. De hot
mercy of the Crown—the object of general hris,'
and L,l
the theme of sympathy and pity—how parr°and
limited the examples given by this oottaignoc-ati°l%s'
punishment—how brutal the scene of tha e,t to iti3O
come to the conclusion that nothing- would en't°loo,
the`
tice, nothing lost in the preservation of ial2°.c,_eed, fol'
punishment of death were altogether abolisuateraetit,for,
case a sentence of a long term of separate on a #
lowed by another long term of hard labour an_, oterdliticl
would cease to be considered as an extensio. Two in
the sentence of the judge were to that effaGt..oooolll;a,
scarcely ever be a petition for remission of Pi" ,uiltit,ttot
cases of murder, sent to the nome-offlo• gibe
b-ree/IL
pitied, would have time and opportunity
to the Throne of Mercy."

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