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the war with Denmark without calling out the Landwebr , and that he , therefore , expects the Diet to support him in maintaining the existing arrangements . The navy of Prussia requires strengthening , " even at tbe cost of great sacrifices , " and a plan for the increase of the fleet will , therefore , be laid before the Diet . The Prussian and Austrian Courts are " bound in a close alliance , firmly and everlastingly based on the German

sentiments" of himself and of the Emperor of Austria . " The peace with Denmark , " he said , " restored to Germany its disputed northern boundaries , and to the inhabitants of those countries the ; possibility of sharing our national existence . The objects of my policy will be to secare this acquisition by measures which shall facilitate the

honourable duty of protecting those boundaries , allow the Duchies to develope their rich resources both by sea and land , and make them useful for the material interests of the common fatherland . For the maintenance of these well-founded claims , we shall seek in their fulfilment to combine the legitimate demands both of the country and the Princes . In order ,

therefore , to gain a secure basis for the solution of the legal questions , the law officers of the Crown have been summoned to give a legal opinion on the subject . My convictions on the legal side of the question , and my duties towards my country , will guide me in my endeavour to come to an understanding with my illustrious ally , who has shared with me both the

occupation and administration of the Duchies . " His most earnest wish is to restore a good understanding between the House of Deputies and the Government , and he is resolved to respect the rights of the people's representatives ; "but if Prussia is to retain her independence and her proper position as a European power , the Government must be firm and strong , and a good understanding with the representatives can only be secured on

the basis of the maintenance of the military organisation , which is a guarantee for the safety and the defensive power of the fatherland . " The Roman Catholic members of the Prussian Chamber of Deputies have prepared the draft of an address in reply to the lung's speech . It distinctly affirms that an understanding with the Chamber can only be obtained by the Government acknowledging the constitutional right of the

Chamber to vote the budget , and likewise taking steps to diminish as much as possible the military expenses of the country . The address also declares that the conviction of the people is against the necessity of much of the system of military reorganisation insisted upon by the Government . A Vienna journal states that the Austrian Cabinet's late notes

to the Prussian Government declare that Austria will not concur with Prussia in any forcible measures against the other German States , and " will not abandon the ground of Federal right ; " and moreover that the Emperor Francis Joseph will consent to an annexation of Schleswig-Holstein to the King of Prussia ' s dominions only upon condition that Austria be "

compensated by enlargement of her German territory . According to a telegram published by the Paris papers , the Governor of Aden has refused to " afford satisfaction for the insults " offered to some French officers in that place ; and "it will therefore be necessary to apply to the English Government direct upon the subject . " Official accounts published iu Paris

state that tho revolt of the Arab tribes in Algeria may be regarded as terminated , as "the last remnants of the insurgents had manifested their intention of submitting . " The Roumanian Chamber has unanimously voted au address in reply to Prince Couza ' s speech , sanctioning the coup d'etat of last year , and the political dispositions made by the Prince since then . It is asserted that Spain will demand of Peru an indemnity of 15 million francs for the expenses of the expedition ,

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a demand which , if made , must almost certainly preclude the possibility of a peaceable adjustment of the dispute between the two countries . AMEIUCA . —No very important news was brought by the Africa . General Butler ' s troops had reached Fort Monroe , and Admiral Porter ' s fleet was announced to have left Wilmington .

There was , however , a rumour that a fresh expedition would soon be despatched to AVilmington . The Federal corps sent towards the Altamaha river had returned to Savannah , apparently without having effected anything important ; and it was said that General Sherman himself was preparing to commence his march towards Charleston . A meeting of the citizens

of Savannah , under the presidency of the Mayor , had passed resolutions proffering submission to tho Federal authority , aud inviting the Governor of Georgia to take a popular vote in that state on the question whether the war shall be continued . The Federal expedition under General Grainger was reported to have arrived within 50 miles of Mobile on the 19 th ult . General

Hood's army had succeeded iu crossing the Tennessee river , and the victorious Federals under General Thomas were said to have abandoned the pursuit , and to be marching in the direction of Knoxville . There hadbeen no important movements in the neighbourhood of Richmond ; but an attempt to open the canal planned by General Butler at Dutch Gap , on the James river ,

had completely failed , the banks having fallen in and choked up the channel . It was stated that the Confederate Congress , in a secret session , had authorised General Lee to arm and drill 50 , 000 slaves for the reinforcement of his army . It was

rumoured that Secretary Seward and Secretary Fessenden were both likely to resign their offices . By the arrival of the Saxonia we have intelligence from tho United States to the 7 th inst . From the army of the Potomac there is absolutely nothing to report , mid oiving to the state of the roads it was not expected that any important movement would

take place for some time to come . The Richmond papers publish an apocryphal story of the capture by Hood of a Federal brigade after his retreat from Nashville . Everything was quiet at Savannah , and good order prevailed among the citizens . It is believed that Sherman ' s next point of attack will be Branchville , where the Charleston and Savannah

Railroad meets the Augusta-road . The Confederates are preparing to defend this important position . A proposal to abolish slavery in the United States by a constitutional amendment was being discussed in the House of Representatives , and it was rumoured that Secretary Seward would be superseded by Edward Everett . It appears that the Federals were intended

to be supported in their attack on AVilmington by a gunboat expedition up the Roanoke River . According to Southern advices , this expedition , met with a disaster . Six gunboats were blown up by torpedoes , and a thousand men were lost . A special despatch from Cairo to New York states that the raid on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad had resulted in the

destruction of twenty-five bridges , and the capture of many prisoners , much ammunition , arid a great number of carbines and army waggons .

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