DENMARK.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 34, 18 August 1864, Page 5

DENMARK.

■ Copenhagen, June 26th. The 7Rigsraad was opened to-day at noon by the -President of Council, who read'a7 speech from the throne which 1 contained the : following passages :-—** The threatening crisis 'of: the ; Fatherland, and th c expenditure necessary for the continuation of war have caused this convocation of the , Rigsraad. We have recently learned fdr how little the clearest rightisreckohedinEur6pe,andhowisolated we are. We therefore acceded to the painful sacrifice of the country south of Sehletz. The enemy demands -.-. more, but we reply negatively, being convinced that the people agree with us. ' May God grant that, at least in a certain place, the sympathy for ns may grow into active support." A telegram from Vienna states that ■-:' Austria and Prussia are willing to accept an armistice for not less than two months, but Denmark will not hear of concession or compromise. The German papers speak confidently of the possibility of war with England. At the last sitting of the Conference, Earl Russell expressed a hope, in which the neutral powers concurred, that whatever might be the issue of the conflict, the independence of the Danish Monarchy would be preserved.