11 APRIL 1868, Page 2

There has been an almost total absence of news from

the Con- tinent this week. The only interesting though most sad fact is the sudden failure of M. Eugene Forcade's intellect, owing to overwork and excitement ; and the only rumour, that Prussia has decided to give Denmark only one corner of Schleswig, that the Danes have sent a special Envoy to Paris, and that the Emperor is considering. Of all that, the only things certain are that the Danish Minister at War is in Paris, that France is nearly ready, and that if Napoleon wishes to fight, the Treaty of Prague would do to fight about as well as anything else. It would be easy to prove that any breach of the clause favouring Denmark was, an insult to the " legitimate susceptibilities " of France.