The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-28 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 2,4, 1856,

THE DANISH SUCCESSION.

A Parliamentary return has been issued, in com-
pliance with an address of the House of Commons,
which contains a copy of the protocol of Warsaw,
relative to the Danish Succession, and of the renewal
of that document by Russia in 1852. In the protocol
the two CoUrts of Copenhagen and St. Petersburg
agree " That his Majesty the King of Denmark
shall designate the Prince and Princess of
Glucksbourg conjointly as heirs presumptive of
his crown in case the male liue of the dynasty ac-
tually reigning should become extinct." The re-
newal of the treaty in 1852 is contained in the fol-
lowing :

TRANSLATION OF A NOTE ADDRESSED BY BARON BRU-
NOW TO THE MINISTER FOR DENMARK.

London, April 26 and May 8, 1852.
The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of his M.,jesty the Emperor of all the Rue-
sias, to her Britannic Majesty, having been authorised to
sigh the treaty concluded this day conjointly with his Ex-
cellency the Chamberlain de Bille, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of
Denmark, has been ordered to transmit to him at the same
time the present note, for the purpose of recalling and re-
newing the reserves contained in the Protocol of Warsaw
of May 24 and June 5; 1851; which, after having received
the sanction of his Majesty the Emperor of all the hus-
sies, and of his Majesty the King of Danmark, was con-
veyed to the knOwledge of the Cabinets who have signed
the present treaty.

The third paragraph of the protocol above-mentioned is
worded in these terms

" Wishing on his part to complete the' titles resulting
from the renunciations, and thus to effoct an arraagement
which would be of such high importance for the mainte-
nance of the Danish monarchy in its integrity, his Majesty
the Emperor Of all the Russias, as chief of the elder branch
of Holstein Gottorp, would be ready to renounce the
eventual rights which belong td him iu favour of Prince
Christian of Glucksbourg, and of his male lineage.
" Nevertheless, it is understood that the eventual rights
of the two younger branches of Holstein Gottorp should be
expres-ly reserved.
" That those which the august chief of the elder branch
should abandon for himself, and for his male iineage, in fa-
vour of Prince Christian of Glucksbourg, and of his male
lineage, should be revived in the Imperial House of Russia
whenever (which God forbid) the male lineage of that
Prince should become extinct.

" That inasmuch as the renunciation of his Majesty the
Emperor would principally have for its object to facilitate
an arrangement called for by the chief interests of the mo-
narchy, the offer of such a renunciation would cease to ba
obligatory, if the arrangement itself should fail."
In renewing, by order of his Government, the reserves
above mentioned,

The Undersigned, Sce.

THE FIRST MEETING OF THE PLENI-
-I'OTENTIARIES.

Our Path correspondent thus describes the circum
stances under which the Conference assembled on Mon-
day :

" The Parisian public exhibited no great curiosity to
see the plenipotentiaries, for the 'number of spectators as-
sembled in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at one
o'clock was not greater than that which a respectable
Punch and Judy show will attract any day in the week.
Of the few assembled the greater part were nursery-maids,
washerwoman, and 'long shore men, whose ideas of the
functions of plenipotentiaries must ba of the vaguest. The
sergens do ville on duty seemed quite disappointed at see-
ing so few people, for they rated those few for the mere
sake, apparently, of showing their authority, and dislodged
them repeatedly, in a most unnecessary manner. from the
position they had taken up to see the great men arrive.
It was supposed that the plenipotentiaries would arrive in
great state, dressed in court suits, and escorted by guards
of honour. But this was not so. At precisely three
minutes past one a modest looking brougham, scarcely
remarked till it was within 4-few yards of tae Ministry,
drove into the front gate, and halted at the foot of the
grand staircase. The carriage contained the Sardinian
plenipotentiaries, Count Cavour and the Marquis Villama-
rina. A single chasseur was their only attendant. They,
like all the plenipotentiaries who followed, were dressed
in plain morning costume. As they ascended the stair-
case, a squadron of M. Walewski's footmen, who were on
the look out, threw wide open the glass doors, and the
Piedmonteso representatives entered the hotel the first. A
few minutes afterwards came Turkey—Aali Pacha, the
Grand Vizier, and Mehemet Bey were dressed just like
Europeans, except that they wore of course the inevitable
rLd fez. The Grand Vizier wore a Lama, that might have
been bought in Regent-street. England and Austria fol-
lowed very shortly afterwards, in remarkably unpretending
carrisges. There was then a pause of several minut s.
People began to ask whether Russia would not find some
excuse not to come. But at a quarter past one a handsome
carriage, with two chasseurs behind it, drove up at a rapid
p see, containing the Russian plenipotentiaries. Count
Orloff stepped out first, and, although he is 70 years of
ap, ran up the steps like- a boy. I had an opportunity of
sieing him well, for when he arrived on the top landinc, he
took off his hat as if to return the salute of the servant; in
waiting, and then turned round to see what bad become of
his colleague. Baron de Brunow got out of the carriage
very slowly. His face was enveloped in au ample com-
forter;. he walked up the stairs with a somewhat faltering
step, and his spare and bent form presented a striking con-
trast to that of his coadjutor. Count Orloff is a wonder-
ful-looking man for his age. Ho is of large siz,3, very
erect, and his countenance denotes robust health and great
resolution. He has a very large head, covered with iron
grey hair, cropped close. The expression of his features is
quite Calmuck, but as he smiled at Baron Brunow slowly
mounting the stairs after him, ha had a good-natured look."
—Daily News.