The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-22 00:00:00

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Geneva

DENMARK.
A Copenhagen letter of the 16th says.:—" rue
acc,iwnts received yesterday from Frankfort have
no doubt as to the reception which will be given to
the Danish propositions of the 25th February. A
very largo majority, if not the whole of the mem-
bers of the Diet, have shown themselves decided
against opening any negotiation with Denmark, on
the proposed bases, namely, the recognition and
maintenance of the general and common constitu-
tion in the two duchies of Holstein and Lauen-
bourg. Every one here asks, what will take place
after the official notification of the rejection of these
propositions. All parties we agreed in ad-
mitting that the path of concessions on which
Danmark has already entered cannot be en-
larged without offending the feeling of national
honour ; and the government, supported by
public opinion, appears to be firmly decided on
not making any fresh overtures to the German
Diet. It is well known that the president of the
Danish cabinet submitted the last propositions sent
to Frankfort to the examination of the Supreme
Council of the monarchy, and they were discussed
and approved of by that body. It is therel,re
solely on the basis of those propositions that the
Government is authorised to treat with Germany.
The Danish government, in the meantime, is mak-
ing preparations to meet the storm. Denmark has
nothing to fear on the side of the Baltic and the
Nort'a Seas, for the superiority of her naval force
is undoubted. If any of the Federal troops should
invade Holstein and Laueubourg, the Danish bat-
tarons quartered in those duchies will fall back be-
yond the Eider, or in case of need beyond the
Belt, into the islands, which cannot be approached
without a squadron. This is all the inconvenience
which Denmark has to fear from a military demon-
stration ou the part of Germany, so long as the
former retains her naval superiority."

THE CASE OF THE CAGLIARI.

SALERNO, APRIL 16.

The Grand Criminal Court of Salerno sat again
on Wednesday, the 14th inst. Since the renewal
of the trial the usual custom has been omitted of
reading the aim, aof those who were prevented by
sickness from attending. The typhus fever has
broken out in the prison, and on the previous day
two had died, four cases having been verified.
One room, called the surgery, had been disembar-
rassed of its occupants, who have been distributed
among the already over-crowded rooms, and con-
verted into a fever hospital. Should the malady
continue, the trial will be suspended, in order to
prevent the malady from spreading. During the
morning three other prisoners were taken out of
the court and put in the hospital, the groans of (tee
having attracted attention for sometime. In fact,
the sights and sounds one witnesses here make one
doubt the fact of our being within five days of the
high civilisation of England. The first witn ss
called was a lieutenant of the Tancredi, the vessel
which captured the Cagliari. This man had drawn
up the informal act of affront° (identification) of
Sitzia by a man called Lombardi. He said, that
he had presented Sitzia to Lombardi amid several
others ; thA the latter identified h m as having
acted as captain from Ponza to Sapri, and men-
ti coned a variety of circumstances which took place en
route; that he was sufficiently well to do so. Sitzia,
rising, said, "Signor President,—l beg you to
ask the Lieutenant if I did not at the time say that
I did not know Lombardi, and that I p:otested
against his l'es. Also, if he (the Lieutenant) did
not gay 'Never mind what such people say ; and,
squeezing my hand, bid me adieu." The question
being put, the Lieutenant uttered a long rgmaro,e
of words, as if anxious to avoid the question ; and
Sitzia, rising, observed, " I hear falsehoods pro-
ceeding from an officer's mouth." La Francesca
begged the President to keep the Lieutenant to
the point. The witness then said that, wishing
to treat the officers of the Cagliari as gentlemen,.
it was quite true that he had said to the Cait yin
" Never mini what a relegate says," and it. is
true also that he had invited him and the
.others
to his table. On being aAced why Lombardi, who
.vas very ill, was selected to mak 3 the act of recog-
nition, there having been several others of the reie.