, 1865-10-10
From tie st. Thomas Times C-orvespondeut.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. Is

pie of Schleswig have visited Copenha-
gen for a few days, and been right hearth
~ welcomed with professions, banquets,
and every other manifestation of hospi-
tally and friendship. A letter from Co.
penhagcn of the 9th instant, says -
THE festivities in honour of the
Schleswlg guests came to a close yester-
day with a banquet at Klampenborg, and
the visitors are now on their way TO Kor-
s0r by rail. Hence they will re-embark
for Schleswig in the six steamers in
which they arrived. The proceedings
yesterday at Klampenborg were opened
by Il song set 10 a popular Danish melo-
dy, after which Professor Claussen add
dressed the Assembly. He said that, al
though Schleswigers and Danes were no
longer subjects of one and the same So
vereign, they yet possessed important
features in common-viz in manners and
in speech. intellectual and national fra
ternity were gifts they could not he de-
prived of, and Heaven would bestow its
blessing upon them. A guest followed
with a toast to "the Common Danish
Fathcrland.' In the course of the after
noon the aged Bishop Grundtvig made Il
speech. lie said it was difficult 10 Sepa-
rate'those who wished to remain together.
The deep meaning Of these words had
been understood at an earlier period by
the Danish people, and he Ghe SpcakeD
was convinced that no one would, in The
long run, succeed in keeping men of Da-
niSh opinion forcibly asundcr, even if the
whole Of Germany came with her thun-
der. Although prospects in SchIeswig
were gloomy, the ties which bound their
hearts together were answered, and if
there no longer exists in North SchIeswig
such valiant and indcfatigable champi0np,
as Peder HORT Lorentzin, Hans Nissen,
and Laurids Skau, at least The protection
Of the Danish institutions still partially
subsisting in Schleswig might be expect
ed from the younger generation. His
last wish and hope was the reunion of
Schleswig with Denmark. Burgomaster
Larsen proposed the health ofthe Schles-
wigers. He trusted that, as the r~eigninC
King continued 10 bear the title of the
Duke of Schleswig and HoIstein, The
time for the restoration Of Schleswig to
Denmark would some day arrive. The
speeches terminated with an address
from Orla Lehman, former Amlmand of
JutIand, who laid down the axiom that
the bonds. of fraternity which unite
Schleswig with Denmark can neither be
torn by war nor peace 1T was not po-
Iitical union that first made the Italians a
nation, and the SchleswigerS, who were
and wished 10 continue Danish, would
not cease 10 be Danes in consequence of
the separation of their country from Den
mark. Let them, therefore, renew their
promise to hold together as Danes, both
North and South of the Konigsau. Long
live Denmark -
Numbers of kilograms We're received in
the course of the day from various parts
ofSchleswig by the Klampenborg Recep-
ton Committee. The message from
Flensburg was as follows =
"Our whole minds, all our thoughts
are at this moment with you, beloved
brothers and sisters. We are filled with
longing to see your dear faces and hear
your faithful voices, which is not at pre-
sent permitted us but all cordially unite
with you from our inmost hearts in the
wish that what is now severed NAV