The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-19 00:00:00

PESTH.

Mr. GRIFFITH asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs whether, as the British Government had no consul
or consular agent at Pesth, they were not, since the with-
drawal of Mr. Dunlop, deprived of any source of official
information from that city ; and whether, from the improve-
ment of our commercial relations, as well as to obtain trust-
worthy information from that country, it was the intention
of her Majesty's Government to appoint such consul,
Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that our com-
mercial relations with Pesth were not sufficient to justify
the appointment of a consul.

BLONDIN.
Sir G. LEWIS communicated to the house a letter which
the Home-office had received from the directors of the
Crystal Palace, in answer to the request which the Govern-
ment had made to them on the subject of M. Blondin's
exhibition with a child. The directors, in obedience to the
wish thus conveyed to them, had interdicted this part of
M. Blondin's performance. (Cheers.)
DENMARK AND SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN.
Lord R. MONTAGU moved that an humble address be
presented to her Majesty, praying that she would be graci-
ously pleased to take such measures as might be necessary
to prevent any foreign interference with the ancient here-
ditary rights of succession in the kingdom of
Denmark and the duchies of Schleswig-Holstein. The
noble lord complained of the persecution which was going
on in the duchies. Baron Schleinitz had stated that the
right resistance was the remedy for all political grievances,
and Mr. Ward, writing from Loipzic, said that the present
state of the question threatened the peace of Europe. All
this had arisen from one illegal act, that of interfering with
the rights of states and doing away with their fundamental
laws. All public meetings were forbidden, the press was
gagged, and the right of petition itself was denied. The very
name of Schleswig-Holstein was forbidden ; and all the so-
cieties which bore it, including Bible societies, insurance
societies, and scientific and literary societies wore suppressed.
The order of Schleswig. Holstein knighthood—an order
similar to that of the knights of Malta—had been abolished.
Danish officials were forced upon courts of law, churches,
and schools ; and two families who had clubbed together to
employ a German tutor had been obliged to send him away.
Even in the schools the books supplied were written in bad
German, and contained immoral sentiments and incorrect
representations of events. Again, in the lunatic asylum
the German doctors had been replaced by Danish doctors,
and the German chaplain by a Danish chaplain. All these
measures were taken to preserve what was called the integ li
-
rity of the monarchy. The country was perfectly well aware
of the intentions of the Government, and in 1838 the Diet
of Schleswig drew up an address to the King, in which they
stated that the object was to incorporate Schleswig with
Denmark, but they would never consent to it. He should
attempt to prove that the union of Schleswig and Holstein
had existed from the most ancient times; and, secondly,
that along with the union there was one continued struggle
to incorporate the duchies with the kingdom of Denmark.
Five hundred years ago the Duchies of Schleswig and Hol-
stein were connected, and in the time of our Edward Vl.
Christian I. was elected King of Denmark, and afterwards
ho became hereditary reigning duke of Schleswig and Hol-
stein ; but he had to swear that he would maintain the
union and the separate natural existence of Schleswig and
Holstein. The oath was promulgated in 1826, and had
been sworn by every succeeding ruler to the present day.
The kingdom of Denmark was an elective monarchy till
Frederic 111. came to the throne in 1603. He put an end
to the elective character of the monarchy, but did not in-
terfere with the duchies. The Salic law, however, always
prevailed in the duchies, but not in Denmark. England
and Hanover furnished a parallel case. The Salic law pre-
vailed in Hanover, but not in England, and when the pre-
sent Queen succeeded to the throne of England a male branch
of the family succeeded to the throne of Hanover. The
King of Denmark, however, had broken that law for the
sake of preserving the integrity of the monarchy. In 1843
Prince Frederic of Hesse married a daughter of the Em-
peror Nicholas, who immediately set to work to obtain for
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power the rights of his country, and promising him the sup-
port of Prussia. Shortly afterwards the reaction set in at
Berlin, and the Manteuffel Ministry came in, which was
looked upon in Prussia as devoted to Russia. A treaty was
entered into. There was a secret article in that treaty which
was not in the documents presented to this house. He had.,
got the original document in his hands, The secret article'