[3]. ‘Le Pere Lacordaire,’ par le Comte de Montalembert. Paris, 1862.
[4]. ‘Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries, and Correspondence.’ London: W. H. Allen & Co.
[5]. The accession to the Swedish throne is restricted by law to the male line, and a recent proposal to abrogate this law in favour of the King’s only child, a daughter, has not met with success. Nevertheless, her husband, especially if King of Denmark, would almost to a certainty be made King also of Norway and Sweden.
[6]. ‘Speculations on the Future,’ June 1856, pp. 736–7.
[7]. See M. Hall’s reply to the Prussian Government, dated Nov. 6, 1862.
[8]. The Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs rightly calls this “an important sacrifice extorted by the force of circumstances.” For it is to be remembered that the Diet of Frankfort has no right to interfere with the sovereign powers of any member of the Confederation. The final Act of Vienna describes the Confederation as composed of “sovereign and independent” States, the union of which had precisely for object “to guarantee the sovereign rights of each.” Accordingly, M. Hall is right when he says (in his despatch of January 5): “The King of Denmark is bound to fulfil faithfully his federal obligations; but he has not surrendered to any one his right to regulate the internal affairs of Holstein, as little as the other members of the Confederation have done so for their States.”
[9]. In February 1861 Earl Russell wrote as follows to Lord Cowley:—“Another plan, which was put forward in Holstein, would give the Diets of Holstein, Schleswig, and Lauenburg equal power with Denmark to sanction or refuse the taxes and estimates for the year. But this plan is so cumbrous and uncertain that, if ever put into operation, it would only serve to paralyse the Danish monarchy. The Duchy of Schleswig is a Danish duchy, and although both the honour and interest of Denmark require that Schleswig should be equitably treated, the King of Denmark could not without danger treat with Germany respecting the terms to be given to that duchy.”
[10]. In his circular to foreign courts on the affair of Aspromonte, General Durando said—“The present position is no longer tenable. The whole nation claims the capital. If Garibaldi has been resisted, it is solely because the Government is convinced that it will attain its end, and that France will recognise the danger of maintaining the antagonism between the Papacy and Italy.”
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