6 FEBRUARY 1864, Page 2

There is an impression prevalent in London, apparently, that the

British Cabinet cannot, if it tries, dissociate the cause of Schleswig from that of Holstein. We would commend to those who think thus the words of the Danish despatch, accepted by Austria as the basis of the " agreement" of 1851-52 :—" The King cannot consent to any act which would constitute the fusion of Holstein with Schleswig, or lead to such a connection ; nor can he, in gen&al, give his assent to a union between these Duchies different from that which binds them separately to the kingdom of Denmark."