The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-28 00:00:00

MESSAGE OF KING CHRISTIAN TO
THE EIGSDAG.

The Danish Rigsdag was closed on the 22nd inst.
with the following Message of King Christian,
which was read by the Minister of the Interior :

We, Christian IX., ke., seed our royal greeting to the hip-
dag. The deliberations of the Ripdag close at a period preg.
cant with important events. Many of your number, when you
return to your homes, will find them occupied by the enemy.
Accept our thanks for having quietly and undauntedly re-
mained at your poste in the Legislative Assembly, affording
power{ al support to our government in the struggle for the
country. Carry our greeting with you to all quarters of
the lead. Tell your fellow.eitiseas that our heart
bleeds at the thought of the sufferings of our faithful sub-
jecta on both sides of the Kanpur ; but tell them at the
same time that our enemies little know the D&DO it they
fancy the burdens they impose upon him will arouse the
wish within his breast that we should sacrifice the holy
cause of the country. By threats of employing force our
predeesseers upon the throne were induced to assign to the
duchies of Holstein and Lanenburg a peculiar position in
the monarchy, and the situation thereby rendered seosssary
is now styled a breach of treaty obligations. An execution
has been carried out in Holstein upon pretext of these obli-
gations, and bleewig is occupied as a pledge. During the
execution in Holstein, and wider the protection of the
troops of the German Confederation, free mope is
given te the revolutionary movement directed against
us. The occupation of Sleewig is made use of to treat that
portiere of the country like a Prussian or Austrian province.
Clerical arid civil officials are dismissed in crowds, the clergy
and ponces in authority are carried off to prison upon
frivolous pretexts and treated won. than common criminals;
the monument to our leave fallen warriors is desecrated
and tom down ; oar own initials are obliterated from all
public buildings ; the use of the style " royal " is prohi-
bited ; the ancient flag of the country, the Dannebrog, ls
made to give place to the revolutionary banner of 1848 ; the
regulations of the special Sleswig constitution with regard
to language are violated by as arbitrary decree. The
enemy has not even bees content to stop bele.
He has crossed the Hoeing's and now overruns
North Jutland. Still we stand alone. We know
not how long Europe will remain an indifferent spectator of
the acts of violence committed against us and oar people.
We repeat our easurases to the Itigadag. We are ready to
do everything to obtain a peace which would be serviceable
to the country ; bunt our enemies must be aware that the
time is still distant when we or our people can be compelled
to submit to a peace humiliating to Denmark. The last
word of your King is you and to your coestitheinte
is—
Emdaraece ! God be with you!

PROPOSED PIERENTAITON OP THE FREEDOM or
THE CITY OF LONDON TO GAILIDALDL—The following mu.
tion will be moved in the Court of 0013302011 Council by
Mr. Jobs Richardson That the visit of G
Garibaldi to England affordicg an appropriate opportsZirr
the recognition by the Corporation of London of his long
devotion to the canes of political liberty, bin numerous add
of self•eacrilice in America and Europe, in the service of
freedom, and espesially of his labours in preparing the way
for the estellialunent of Italian liberty on the basis of law
and order, and oonstitutiosal rights, it is resolved to pre-
sent him with the freedom of the City in a casket of the
value of 100 guinees."—Cify Prue.
I:erasion:a° Arronaarns. —ln a collection of
autographs, comprising some very interesting letters of
eminent reek of all countries end dunes, the sale of which
has just been concluded by Messrs. l'uttick and Simpson, of
Leicesteroquare, were, among others : a letter of Lord
Byron to Bernard Barton, advising him as to following
authorship as a profession—
" You know what ilia the author's life assail,
Toll, envy, want, the patron and the jail."
This letter sold for 54 Au encyclical letter of John Cal-
vin the reformer, treating of the mediatory office of Jams
Christ is presenting the prayers of his people, 1160, sold fat
164 ; a short letter of Ling Charles L to Sir W. Killigrew,
2/. 2a. • a signature of Oliver Cromwell to a state letter, .
2/. 10a.; a letter of David HUM*. the historian, relating to
Pitt, written before he was a minister, and wishing be
would take a put in the administration, adding, " He could
bring the Amerman* to Make greater concessions than any
other man could do." sold for 34 7s. 6d. ; • letter of the
great Duke of Marlborough to Queen Anne, announcing the
surrender of the town of Duey, 2/. 121. ; two letters of
Lord Nelson, 21. U. and 21. 12s. ; a receipt signed by
Dean Swift, 21. 2s. ; a capital letter of General Wolfe to
his uncle, informing him that be had been appointed •
brigadier in America, 41. 10a. ; four letters of George Wash-
ington sold respectively for 21. 165., 3/. 6a., 3/. rta., and
8/. 12a. 6.1. The latter was a very important letter.
written in 1788, when he was endeavouring to sub-
stitute a general confederate noveromeot for the United
Stator, in place of the separate and independent action
claimed by each State ; a letter of Joseph Haydn, the com-
poser, 31. 3s. ; a letter of J. J. Rousseau, 3/. 3s ; • curious
saint/meting letter of Voltaire to Madame du Defend,
3/. is. 611. in this letter he asks, " a quoi servirait
l'atheients? morteinement it ue rendre us In bowlines
millirem." A letter of Schiller, relating to his own works,
31. 3e. • a very important and characteristc letter of
Frederic the Great to Voltaire, entirely in the Singe
haedwririag, 8/. lOa. Many other letters sold at equally
high prima.

itA. bill has pined the lower branch of the New
ersey Legislature, authorising married women to devise
their own property by will. Another bill is before the
Senate, which provides that in case a husband is Mow, iu
prison, or absent for a year. his wife may convey away her
1 mimed (right of dower, &c.) in his property.—Amercan
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E‘.fER MONDAY VOLUNTEER REVIEW.

.F.PARTCRE FROM LONDON THIS MORNING.
the evident satisfaction of our citizen soldiers
• .• morning dawned fine, cold, and clear, giving every pro-
of a day exactly Baited to the intended operations ;
,r .“ the morning advanced, the sky became overcast,
toward, uoon;those who remained in London were pa-
apprehensive of rain. As early as half-past
:dock a considerable crowd had assambled on London.
Ise, and on the incline leading to the South Eastern
.ficly station, to witness the arrival of the different corps.
[trot volunteer trains having been announced to leave
I oat 10 minutes before 6 the first oorpemadeita appear-
... r on the bridge ; this was, as moral, the Inns of Court.
Ti:. crack corps presented a fine appearance, and
i. loudly cheered ; but it did not turn out any-
t,L,hr stronglenumber as usual, owing to many of its
„,,,.I.ers being engaged on circuit. About 200
s the number present. Immediately following came the
.ra Middlesex Artillery 267 strong, followed by the
L 'silos, 136 ; !the 3rd London, or Working Men's
.de, WO; and the Hon. Artillery Company, 370, ac-
, ohipanied by its mounted company, 30, and two &pounders,
neld battery, 43, and four 6-pounders. These corps
,v mg been paraded in front of the station, where
iirey presented a very fine appearance, they marched
int, the station in the :above order, preceded by their
binds, and having taken (their places in the trains without
tic s::;litest confusion, were started on their jourcey pone,
tc,:lr to time. While the above corps were being started,
the 2od Middlesex Artillery, 92; let London ditto, 138 ;
London Engineers, 140 ; 26th Middlesex, 114 ;
ditto, 256 and 39th ditto, 335, all arrived.
were drawn up in parade order on the in.
,Ime, in their turn marched into the station, and with
. same order and celerity despatched at 6.33. Nearly
th. whole of the'corps that were to depart from the South
sstern station had nowlarrived, the last on the ground
lein,r the lst City.of London, 600 strong. Coming up in
parade order, they:completely filled the incline, and ex.
tended for some distance up the Borough and New South-
wark-street, and with the variety of uniforms, and
:roc the martial k strains of the bands and gleams
of sunshine, presented a most pleasing spectacle.
These corps, amongst, whom were the Ist Administrative
Battalion Tower Hamlets, 737; the Essex Rifles, 4.50;
the London Irish, 450; the Havelock*, or Temperance
Arps ; the 4th l.oodon,'or Foresters' Corps, ke., were goyi-
m:). marched intol the station and despatched without
the sb„;htest confusion, notwithstanding the comparatively
.rained area of Itho;, platform. The third train left at
the fourth at 7.15, the fifth at 7.35, sad
the I:th and last at 7.55, after which hour
tie trains for the general public commenced running,
carr:ing an immense number of visitors to the scene of
military operations, and not a few volunteers who, not
Seeping military time, had arrived too late to proceed with
;La corps. The order to come provided with great costs
barresacks appeared to have been very generally obeyed ;
the latter were, moreover, evidently well filled.
Tie crowd at the Waterloo Station was nothing like so
~r4e ,ts that at London-brigs, owing to the fact that each
corA as it arrived, was at once marched into the extensive
area of ;rotted within the gates of the station, from which
the public, except passenger, on the line, were rigidly
,-dusted. Here also the first train was despatched at
carrying thejl9th Middlesex, 460; 9th ditto, 220 ;
Ilth ditto 4:eorge's) ands nod, 450 ; the second train,
taking the 29th Pliddlesex, 352; 46th ditto, 330;
and lit Engineer'. 300. Trains followed at 6.55, 7.15, and
and amongst the principal corps taken by these trains
were the South Middlesex, 437 ; the Queen's Westmioster,
; the London ;Soottish, 300; the Civil Service, 300;
the V ,ctorras, 113 ; lit Surrey, 32fi, ke. Nearly the whole
of the surrey and Wert-end corps proceeded by this route, the
to: d cumber being about 6,000. Great coats and well-filled
harresciss were here also the order of the day, and there
certmly appeared to be enough provision.' carried down to
sustain a siege of several days. As at the London-bridge
-titian, the trains:were despatched with regularity and
without confusion.

The artillery and segineer =rpm mustered more strongly
fnn on ally previousWarter Monday ; and it would appear
Litt this important arm of the volunteer service is becoming
r_ re popular than before with recruits.