NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE only new fact of the week is, that the British Government has twice proposed a conference on Danish affairs, to be attended by the Powers who signed the Treaty of 1852, and the Diet. It appears from a reply given by Lord Palmerston on Thursday night that the first proposal, which included an armistice, was rejected, and it was then made again without this condition. The second offer was accepted by Austria and Prussia, but Denmark has not replied, and the Diet never acts in a hurry except when it is going to oppress. Consequently the meeting is still doubtful, but whether it meets or not the Government would appear to be in a most un- enviable position. If the Conference is unsuccessful, the Cabinet will only have succeeded in rendering negotiation more hopeless than before; if successful, it will have helped to legalize what Lord Palmerston called a "violent aggression."
