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LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9.

A frusraea of our contemporaries, English and
French, affect to be greatly shocked at the Emperor
of Ausrats's declaring publicly that he and his '
ministers govern of his absolute and imperial audio-
rity, and by virtue of no constitution. All through
IE4IB, 1849, 1830, and the better half of VOL these
writers were the abettors, the panegyrists, the poet
laureates of Austria; and not only einkustria, but of
the King of NAN.," of the Poet, and of the
French generals who set up the I'orr. No-
thiug seemed too harsh, too rough, too royal, too
cruel or too tyrannical for them, as long as there was
any thing left for tyranny and its bayonets
to crush. But now, when tyranny is com-
pletely established and strengthened, and past
disturbing, oh, then forsooth, these writers turn
liberal, and protest. There was a time when
the voice of an English or a French journal, of an
English or a French statesman, might have contri-
buted to prevent or retard the restoration of
l'apal infallibility, or Neapolitan despotism, and when
they might have weighed in the struggle be-
tween military Austria and constitutional Prussia.
But the cry of the Times and its whole herd of
jackals in London and in Paris was, Down with con-
stitutions and constitutionalists, Away with law: the
sceptre and the sabre can alone res.ore order. Now,
however, when the deed is done, the work accom-
plished, when there can accrue no good, no benefit,
and no risk, from withstandindespotism, these
ilifceiante gentlemen venture to be a little liberal.
And they come forward unblushingly to protest
against the tyranny which they themselves helped
to set up, and against the infamy of which they were
the apostles and part perpetrators.
ess The Bspr has been disclosing and recording
for these two years regularly those doings of the
Neapolitan police which Mr. GLausrose introduced
for the first time to tory notice. And, let us add,
that this conduct of the Neapolitan police, and this
regime of its prisons, is not au innovation of yes-
terday, but a system which has been in practice
there thirty or forty years. It is part and parcel
of absolutism, of irresponsible and military govern-
ment; and thew who have a' etted such government,
have aided in establishing its inevitable abuses.
We doubt much that Austrian prisons are any better,
or that tales might not be told of the entrapping"
and torturing' of Lombards and Venetians, quite
as bad as those told of Potato or ZAMBECCII
Talk of humanity, of clemency, of prison reform,
of the fair trial of criminals, of a police amenable to
law—these blessings are only to be secured by a free
and constitutional government, by a government in
which the people themselves take part. To scout
constitutionalism) then, as tort' and semi-tory. amongst
us have done and still do in Germany, s to per-
petuate these abuses; for tyranny and its conse-
quences cannot be separuted.
We must confess, however, that constitutionalism
and an empire like that of Austria are incompatible.
The idea of uniting in one central representative
assembly the Italian, the Magyar, the Teheque, and
the German was from the first an absurdity, and has
been rendered an utter impossibility by recent
events. All that an Austrian minister could attempt
would be the granting of local liberties. But the
subjugation and retention of its provinces by Austria ,
have been marked by so much rigour, and handled,
with so much cruelty, vindictiveness, and disgrace,
that the result has been au implacable feud between
governors and governed, which nothing but the blood
of either party can satisfy. Fur a long period of years
nothing is possible for an Austrian government hut
to rule by the bayonet. It has always more or less
done so. But in the olden time there was loyalty
and love for the Emperor, and a respect for the
Imperial !louse; so that when defeat befell the armies
of Austria, its monarchs were enabled to fall back upon
the people, and thus to recover their power and sway.
But now and henceforth the Austrian empire consists
of a mere military crust covering the surface ;
break it, and there is but disaffection and
anarchy beneath. Let one Austrian army, amidst
the chances of war, suffer defeat; the spell
which upholds the empire of the HAI'SBURGS is bro-
ken, and their empire vanishes like an empty and
unsound dream.

There is one influential class in Austria most fully
aware of this truth. And it is the only class fur
which its despotic government has the least fear or
respect. We allude to the monied class, the
great capitalists. Prussia, unfortunately, is inde-
pendent of this class. The smaller tyrannies of Rome
and Naples have but one magnate of wealth to deal
with. But Austria has a heavy debt; it has nothing
but paper money; it is continually obliged to bor-
row. the exchanges of Vienna and Frankfort are
therefore looked to by the Austrian government with
en anxious eve.
The aceouilt we have heard of the late edict is,
that the great powers at Frankfort had determined
on a solemn series of decrees, abolishing the prrool-
rvrhh•, and every single law and declaration of either
the Frankfort parlianient, or of any parliament. The
very rumour of this, with the publication of the
most insignificant of the series, brought Austrian
paper, which hail been recovering, down 15 per
cent. The great bankers hastened to l'rinee
64:11WMIZENBERG, and represented to him that
any further reaction would totally destroy
credit, and render a future loan impossible. The
minister harkened, the despotic decrees were sus-
pended. And the ExtrEitou for his own private
satisfaction merely promulgated that little docu-
ment about ministerial responsibility which has
made so much noise. No one can deny that declara-
tion the merit of frankness. Indeed it is ten times
preferable for a monarch to come forward and de-
dare himself absolute de jure and de farts, than on
the contrary promulgate a constitution one day in
order to break it the next, and so entrap his subjects
and brother Germans into acts of treason, for which
hundreds of innocent, brave, and patriotic men have
been executed. Far preferable is the bold insolence
of Austria to the cowardly hypocrisy of Prussia.
Whether frankly or hypocritically, however, the
gauntlet has been thrown down by the German
primes to the German people. It remains but a
question of time and opportunity, when the latter
shall take up the challenge. That they are bound
to do so as men, and will do so u Germans, we en-
tertain not the slightest doubt.

LET as endeavour to do that on behalf of the agri-
cultural interest. which farmers do, or ought to do, fur
themselves individually at this season of the year,
namely, take stock. 'this is the close of the bus-
bandtaan's year. Ills corn is gathered into his barns
and stack yards; his provision of provender for his
live stock daring the coming winter, whether con-
sisting of hay or other fodder, or roots, has now been
ascertained with considerable accuracy; the weight
of his wool and the other saleable produce of his
flock—the draft ewes, the fat lambs or wethers, or
their store sheep—have by this time in all probabi-
lity submitted to the test of fair or market, and the
price has gone into his pocket, though as farmers too
well know, not long to stay there; and the number
of grazing, store or breofing cattle he will have to
di.p se of is now certainly known, even if they have
nut been already sold. farm servants are now paid
their harvest wages, cattle for winter feedingin stall,
box, or boarded shed are being bought in, and rent-
day looms large at no great distance. So far as re-
gards the southern portion of the kingdom, the
harvest may be said to have been completed, and
northward's° much progress has been made, that
nothing beyond a little longer continuance of fine
weather is needed for its completion. Now, then, a
pretty good catimato can be made of the produce of
the agricultural year; the cost of production can be
summed up, and calculations and preparation' may,
nay, must be catered upon for another season. All
accounts from our various rural districts con-
cur in representing the returns for the la-
bour and outlay of tho year, as upon the
whole favourable. The wheat crops are generally
good, on well farmed land very good, heavy in the

head with a 4.
as it Ku been
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there will be four bushels to the acre
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. The worst crape of wheat we have soon have
the cold clays which have not been
dre,bsarannd well farmed, and suffered from too much
wet in the spring, followed by a period of drought.
To the successful farming of such land permanent
improvement by means of the proprietor's outlay
has become indispensable. That, however, is a spe-
cial case, which, though important, does not mate-
rially detract from the generally favourable result of
the wheat harvest, for on these cold unimproved soils
it is not much above one season in five that a really
ramp is obtained. Barley and oats vary in
kellt districts, and in different places in the same
ibieksto more than wheat, but on the whole the
seems to be that both will be average crops.
Saps On somewhat backward. Peas have
very productive, but beans less so, particii-
Le:lva ywinter beans, which usually grow a large bulk
of coarse grain. The second growth of clover has
been luxuriant, as has also the grass on the perma-
nent pastures, so that not only is stock at this time
in remarkably good condition, but there is a
full supply of autumn food, with the pros-
pect of a good provision for winter keep.
In the grass-grazing districts of the midland counties
the graziers say that their feeding cattle and sheep
have fattened rapidly, in which respect the present
season offers a marked contrast to that of last year.
In all the turnip districts the turnips are now mak-
ing great progreus, though for a time want of mois-
ture, with the never-failing accompaniments of that
state of things, blights, grubs, and caterpillars, sadly
retarded the growth of all the root crops. To the
labourers the year has been a good one ; there has been
much employment at wages fully equal to those ob-
tained when food and necessaries were much dearer.
As regards the farmer this is, however, a pre-
sent disadvantage, and has increased his
mot of production. The benefits he will receive
hes it will be prospective, and will result
bom improved arrangements with his workmen,
lond the better performance of their work. Weil-
-1 paid labour is, as our most intelligent farmers admit,
alter all, the cheapest labour, and everything tends to
prove that the labourers in husbandry are likely hence
forth to be better paid than they have been for some
years past. A Nottingliimshire agricultural reporter
says, " a labouring man told him, a few days ago, he
had worked in his time three weeks for one bushel
of wheat, at that time worth 21e. Now he gets
nearly three bushels for one week's work." Assu-
redly the agricultural labourer is now wed off; and,
" he knows the reason why."
This brings us to the point on which all the anxie-
ties of the farmer now hinge—the prices ho will ob-
tain for his produce. Ills outgoings have been larr
during the pert year, wages have been high, and
it he
has found indispensable to push hiscxpenditure in
cultivation to the utmost extent his means afforded
or his notions of prudence justified. Ills lean stock
bought has also been high-priced in comparison with
the fat stock he has sold, and the meat markets still
II continue low. Though the price of wheat has now
advanced beyond the lowest rates of the year, it is
again rather tending downwards ; the imperial ave-
rage of six weeks on the 30th of August last was
41s. 3d. per quarter. Both barley and oats are rela-
tively higher than wheat, but still such grains are not
very high. Abroad—that is, in Europe—the crops arc
described as less abundant than our own, and the
falling off in the imports of grain serve to show that
the cornmerchantssee no room for profit on imported

corn at our present prices. In America the harvest
is reported to have been good and the crops very
large, and it is probable we shall receive during the
next season considerable supplies of flour from that
quarter. What then must be the range of prices to
which our farmers must look? That it cannot l
high is certain ; our own growth, with the certainty
that a rise of ss. per quarter would bring in large
foreign supplies of wheat, will prevent that. We
throw out of consideration all question of a return to
protection, in any shape or under any dis-
guise, for that is an impossibility. In taking stock,
then, fur the concluded year, and making his calcula-
tions for the commencing, the farmer must assume
that he will receive only moderate prices. The main
element of profit, past or future, must be taken to
be large produce; if, therefore, ho finds his capital
too small, or his rent too high, or his farm held on
terms too restrictive or burdensome to enable him to
grow large crops, let him boldly face the difficulty,
and quit his present unpromising occupation for one
on which he can adapt himself more satisfactorily to
the timed.

The am ieultundists of this country have now
before them a fair field ; but, to reader it pro-
ductive, they must be prepared to work it with
skill and energy; they must abandon all that
half feudal reliance on others which is im-
plied by consentiug to take or remain in
the occupation of a farm as yearly tenants. That is
a position in which no prudent man can so farm as to
make the most of his capital. There is no longer
any fear of great fluctuations in prices, which for-
merly induced farmers to assent easily to, if not to
prefer, yearly holdings, but all that has now gone
by. Farming is an emancipated business ;it is no
longer under the enervating influence of protection ;
it must take its place alongside other businesses ;
and in husbandry, as in commerce and manufactures,
the race will be run by the swift, and the battle by
the strong; activity, business talent, and plain, cer-
tain, and rational bargains for farms, must be the
means of success; and wanting any of them, the far-
mer will prudently withdraw from the contest.
There is no fear, however, of any withdrawal from
the contest, for the present difficulties, such as they
arc, of the agriculturists are only sufficient to impel
them to the exertion necessary to overcome them,
and to make a degree of progress not yet attempted
Everything proves that they are doing this. The
improvements going on throughout the country, the
magnificent show of implements and machinery at
the Great Exhibition, the unrivalled display of live
stock at the Windsor Cattle Show, all prove the energy,
the capital, and the success with which English
husbandry is being prosecuted. And the latest and
most businesslike manifestation of the same thing
which has come under our notice confirms these
views. The great cattle fair held at Barnet last
week is stated by the breeders and dealers to have
been the best fair which has occurred there for five
or six years, and an immense quantity of stock has
been sold by them at remunerating prices. This
shows that the farmers, notwithstanding the low
price of fat meat, are increasing their grazing stock,
with the direct and immediate purpose unquestion-
ably of increasing the fertility of their land.

THE LONGEST SHIP IN TUE WORLD.—Meeirs.
C. Mare and Co., the ship-builders, of Orchard-yard, Black-
well, and Mean. Penn, of Greenwich, engineers, have
taken a contract to construct for the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company, an iron steam-ship, of
the following dimensions and power—tin., length between
the perpendiculars, 325 feet; breadth of beam, 13 feet;
depth, 32 feet. She will measure about 3,000 teas, and
will be propelled by four engines of the collective working
power of 1,200 hones ; will have feathering paddle wheels,
and a guaranteed average speed of 14 knots, equal to sixteen
statute mks per hour. Some idea may be formed of the
size of this gigantic vessel, when it is compared with that of
some of the existing steam-ships most celebrated for
their large size. She will be fifty-one feet longer
than the " Great Britain," silty feet longer than
the largest of the Cunard or North American
mail steamers, the Asia and Africa, 49 feet longer than the
large steamers, such as the Parana, Oronoco, fie., now con-
structing for the Royal Mail Company, and 100 feet longer
end 500 tons larger than the Caledonia, first-rate, of 120
guns. She is the first of an improved class of steam ships
about to be constructed by the Peninsular and Oriental
Company for the Rea India mail and passenger service, and
It is confidently estimated that she will effect the passage
between Southampton and Alexandria, a distance of 3,100
miles, in nine days. The passenger accommodation in
those vessels is to he on the moat spacious scale, and replete
with every comfort and convenience.

TLIE ADMIRALTY have at length disposed of one of
the old superammatad squadron of steamers. She is the
Dottrel, or.s of the old Portpatriek packets. She has been
disposed of for abost 1,600/.—Unifal Sink/ Gostte.

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY

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••"'. PAM; Mblrcav Ernannti.
eighty-fiflr .ePl•sul that hirre
the coup* of Seine sits at another period
the wpfNioste of di bet that of the Gard,
revision question, ate now known. The
ang is a elsantiestion of the votes of eighty-
:Asps:tacit' in various points otview
ceeaegs have simply expressed a wish that the constitu-
tion should be revisa, conformably to Art 111, nansoly
Axdiehe, Aube, Aside, Aveyo, Soothes-du-RhOne
Catudas, Castel, Otae ronns•lnliriessee, Cones*, Caen:
du-Nord, Denison, Dare, Moisten, Haute-Oaronne,
Oen, Gironde, Hermit, Ile-et-Vilaine, Jura, Loir-et-
Cher, Loire, Haute-Loire, Loiret, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne,
Losere, et-Loin, lanche:Maute-Marne, Mayenne,
Meurthe, Merbihan, Moselle, Nievre, Nord, Oise, Orne,
Pas-de-Calais, Puy-do-Dome, Sarthe, Seine-Inferseuni
Somme, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Var, Venda', sad
Haute-Vienne.
8 have demanded that the revision shall take piece as
promptly as possible, namely, the Aisne, Doubs, Minn%
Hu-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, and non..
17 have voted for the pure and simple revision, renewing
the wish expressed last year ; they are : Allier, Buses-
Alpes, Hautes-Alpes, Ardennes, Charente, Cote d'Or,
Indro, mire-et-Loire, Landes, Marne, Basses-Pyrennno,
Haute-Scone, Seine-et-Oise, Deux-Sevres, Vienne,
Vosges, and Yonne.
2 have rejected the prepositions for revision submitted to
them, namely, the Cher and Saone-et-Loire.
3 have refused or abstained from expressing any political
opinions: the Eure-et-Loire, Drome, and Isere.
8 have demanded the abrogation of Art. 45, viz., Aries%
Cone, Crease, Ilautes-Pyrenis, Pyrenits-Orientaler, Sid
Seine-et-Marne.
I the Vaueluae, demanded that the constitution should
be partially revised, in order to strengthen republican
institutions. On the other hand, the council-general of
the Moselle, after expressing a wish for the total and
legal revision. refused, by a large majority, to. vote for
the strengthening of three institutions.
1, the Loire Infeneure, demanded that the constitution
should be revised in its totality, in order that France
might return to traditional and hereditary monarchy.

Other political questions were discussed in some of
the councils, with the following results:
The question of the elections was brought forward
in IS councils : six expressed a wish that they should
take place as soon as possible; one, on the contrary,
that they should be delayed as long as possible;
three demanded that a long interval shall be allowed
to elapse between the two elections; three indi-
cated a fixed period for the elections of the As-
sembly; and four left the fixing of tho day to the
Assembly itself.
Four councils-general, that of tho Aveyron, the
Maine-et-Loire, the Marne, and the Haute-Marne,
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tho maintainanco of tho law of

May 31.
Propositions in favour of the repeal of that law
were rejected by the following: Aisne, Basses-Alpes,
Ardennes, Charente• Inferieure, Cher, Landes, Loir-
et-Cher, Loiret, Lot, Haute-Marne, Nord, Deux-
&vres, and Somme.
Eight formally expressed a wish that the law
should be modified: Boucher-du-Itane, elites-du-

Nord, Finistere, Loire-ltiferieure, Moselle, Var, Ven-
dee, and Tarn.
A wish for an amnesty in favour of political pri-
Boners was rejected by the council general of the I
Loiret. That of the Cites-du-Nord favourably re-
ceived the proposition of M. Croton for the repeal of
the laws against the exiled families. The council of
the Maine•et-Loir refused to entertain the question
of reducing the indemnity paid to the representa-
tives.

From the isolated opinions of the councils upon
the latter questions, upon which some of them
thought fit to profit to pronounce, no important in-
ference can be drawn. But upon the great question
of revision the table shows that the enormous majo-
rity of 79 out of 84 have voted in the affirmative.
This near approach to unanimity on the part of
bodies of men of wealth and intelligence, elected in
every part of Fiance by the most unlimited universal
suffrage, goes far to countenance the belief enter-
taints' by many, and industriously professed by more,
that the decisive movement in the councils-general
represents such an overwhelming amount of public
opinion as must enforce obedience to its mandato
through all legal difficulties, although the mode in
which the inevitable result will be obtained cannot
yet be predicated. But in order to arrive at a just
appreciation of the political weight of the demon-
stration that has just been made many circumstances
must be considered beyond the mere com-
parison of the numbers of 79 and 5. The
first and least important is, that although
the majorities acre generally large, there was in
nearly every instance a considerable, and, in sonic
eases, a numerous minority. who protested, and ex-
pressed cogent reasons against tho opinions of their
coadjutors. Of much more consequence is the fact
that in many instances the result of the vote would
have been different if numerous members of the
councils, either from conscientious or political me.
tives, had not declined to attend the meetings upon
the ground that their mandate from their consti-
tuents had expired, and that the National Assembly
in postponing the legal period of a fresh election,
had passed an unconstitutional law for the purpose
of prolonging the functions of men who no longer
represented the opinions of their constituents.
Another striking objection to the pretensions of the
councils-.general to represent the nation in political
matters is that of M. Lamartine that they are chosen
dicers° inguitu. Their special, and indeed their only,
legitimate functions—for their interference in political
affairs is a confessed usurpation—are toprovide for and
watch over the local interests:of their districts. The
Inca whose stake in the district is the hugest, or whose
legitimate influence is the greatest, the squire, the
magistrate, the popular lawyer, the favourite doctor,
and the largest manufacture—rare the men of whom
the councils-general are composed. The influences
which obtain the votes of the populace for such men
have been proved by experience to be impervious to
great political changes, for the same men now sit in
the councils-general who have sat on the same
benches through numerous transformations of the
political scene. The very same Inca who elected the
Assembly that voted the constitution now complained
of, unanimously, with the exception of five votes, also
elected the councils-general, who, by 79 against 5,
demand the revision of that constitution. But the
grand objection, that attenuates the practical value
of the whole demonstration, is to bo found in
the conventional vagueness of the term " re-
vision," and the certainty that that term
has been used by the councils-general in various,
conflicting, and undefined senses. No one supposes
that the council of the Loirc-Inffiricure, who so boldly
avowed their aspirations towards traditional and here-
ditary monarchy, stand alone in their hope and ex-
pectation that revision would lead to that result.
On the contrary, it is unquestionable that many—
according to the legitimist version all—of the coun-
cils that have voted for total revision, hope and de-
sire that revision would lead to the restoration of
Henry V. The six councils that have alone expressly
called for the abrogation of the 45th article of the
constitution, iu order that Louis Napoleon may be
legally re-eligible, cannot surely be the only ones of
the So that have the same desire, because all the go-
vernment journals assert that revision is merely a
synonym for the prorogation of Louis Napoleon's
powers, and that the country takes no interest in
the movement in any other sense. It would
indeed be extraordinary, and would contradict a
L vast number of professions, if it could be proved that
r of all the councils that have voted for revision that of
the Vaticinec should be the only one that desired re-
vision in order to strengthen and ameliorate repub-
lican institutions. It follows, therefore, that the
, simple word revision, or the simple expression of re-
' vision according to the 111th article of the consfitu-
' Lion, are susceptible of a variety of meanings, and
,` that a legislative body, however desirous to give a
r practical meaning to the requests that have been
, addressed to them, must, after all, be driven to juke
for itself of the merits of any specific proposition that
may be submitted to its consideration. That the
votes of seventy-nine councils-general are the
premien of a widely-spread dissatisfaction with 'he
existing fundamental political system to which
France is subjected, it is impossible to deny ; tut
l that these votes have in any material respect coa-
tributed to the solution of existing difficulties, or
furnished any argument that will press upon the
minority of the Assembly in November next, it were
idle to assert.

The somewhat fainter tone in which the Davis
and the Ordre have lately spoken of the candidatare
of the Prince de Joinville has been interpreted in
11 some quarters as an indication of a retreat. I believe
that this is far from being corrected. Having sit-
ciently inoculated the public mind with the idea,
they wish to leave it to germinate, wisely knowing
that it is better not to fatigue those whose support
they hope for by premature importunity.

Era enetioniere commences in ;the Pays -to-
long-prtinieed sketches of contemporaneous
polities' personifies. He begins withionia Napoleon,
of whom lis draws, an original, and in messy respects
* highly favolrable portrait. Some of the dis-
closures with regard 'to the concoction of Louis Na,
isoleonii address to the constituency, when he was •
candidate in 1848, and to his conferences on the tab-
,jegt_ with M. Thiers and M. de Oirardin, are novel
and interesting.
The dismissal of General Crony from active service
fee_having gone to England without special permis-
noifon the occasion of the religions celebration of
King Louis Philippe's death, has occasioned consi-
derable excitement and much surprise. It is true
that the dismissal is perfectly justifiable according to
the written rules of the service, but the rule in Linea-
tion is as fOremi, and as eadom acted upon, as the
strict rule of police, by which a passport is requisite
to go to Versailles or St. Cloud. The harshness of
the measure is the more remarked, because
General Crony is notoriously &legitimist, and merely
went to England out of respect to the royal family.
At the last election for a representative of tho de-
partment of the Haute-Vienne the legitimists ab-
stained from voting, in order to make way for the
election of the El sear candidate. Twenty influen-
tial members of the legitimist party have now pub-
lished an address to the electors of that department,
to inform them that abstention can no longer be tho
policy of the legitimist party, and that the time has
come when they must actively support their opinions.
The only candidates that have hitherto presented
themselves for the vacant department of tho Morbi-
hen aro legitimists. The first is M. do Gingen,
formerly an officer of the royal guard, and the next
M. do Kersanson Puneedreff, captain of a frigate.
M. Carte, the Judge of the Court of Appeal, has
written several more letters, explanatory of
the circumstances under which he was present
when M. Anthoine was arrested in the office of the
Voiz do Present. The government journals per-
sist in affirming the truth of the narrative that first
appeared in the Assembke.
At the Bourse the Five per Cents. rose 40c., clos-
ing at 91.75 cx div. Tho Three per Conte. rose 35c.,
and closed at 56.20.

9, 1881.

ran.d 2,725,2068. for the Boards of Controul. The re-
eetpts are estimated at 208,172,5808. so that the
deficit will be 68,856,9478.
DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

The Correspondent: Blatt, of Kid, publishes the
allowing plan of the Holstein Notables for the or-
ganisation of the Danish monarchy
On the supposition that a common throne succession, in
accordance with the rights and claims of the rightful agnates
will be established. The undersigned propose the follow-
ing plan for the organisation of the Danish monarchy :
1. The Danish monarchy forms one whole, inasmuch as
all parts the same princes, the same royal succession, and
the same diplomatic and consular representatives. The
flag is, with distinctions for certain districts, eeiamon • also
the army and the &Myer, under certain sup-
positious and limitations.
2. The monarchy consists of the kingdom of Denmark
and of the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg.
3. The Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg remain mem-
ben of the German Burnt. The Duchy of Schleswig main-
tains its present independence. The relative positions of the
three duchies to be settled by a Diet. With respect to the
internal organisation of each of the duchies, this subject to
be hereafter decided upon, according to common principles.
4. The Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein retain their
present common administration and privileges. Both
duchies have a common tribunal for the administration of
justice; only natives of these duchies can take pan in their
administration and their privileges. With respect to the
islands of Alien, Arroe, and lorninglehns, they remain in
their present relations touching educational and ecclesias-
tical matters.

6. The two nationalities of the Duchy of Schleswig have
equal rights, and, with respect to church and school lan-
guage, the status quo before ISIS must be laid down as a
principle.
6. Lech duchy contributes a settled quota towards the
common expenses of the whole monarchy. Once for all, a
minimum each branch of expenditure should be fixed,
which is yearly to be contributed by the duchies. For the
payment of any greater sum the consent of the diet of each
duchy must be obtained. In what manner this extra con-
tribution is to be raised to be decided upon also by the diet
of each duchy.
7. The tariff, post, and coinage laws, the commercial and
shipping regulations for the whole monarchy, to be deter-
mined on by a general assembly from all parts of the mo-
narchy. For the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein the
status quo of Jan. 1848 should be taken on these questions
as a fundamental principle.
8. The army of the monarchy to be under one com-
mender-in-chief, who, with reference to certain different
divisions of the army, is to be responsible to the Danish
Diet and to the Diets of the Duchies. Holstein and
Lauenburg troops are to form the contingent of the
bund, in which contingent only Germans can be ad-
mitted, for whose military education there are the necessary
establishments in Holstein. The Schleswig troops, too, to
form a corps apart, by which the two nationalities in the
common service of the monarchy may be preserved. The
cost of each division to be defrayed by the country to which
it belongs. The connexion of Holstein with the Danish
fleet depends upon the resolutions which the Frankfort
Diet may come to on the subject.
9. As to how the national debt and national resources
should be apportioned: This is a subject for future delibe-
ration.

10. Tlus organisatian plan should be submitted for ap-
proval to the I)iets of the different parts of the monarchy.
Baudissen, A. Moltke, Itautzaw•, Th. ltcincke,
Scharraer, Wiese.

The Vienna correspondent of the Frankfort Ober-
postamte Zeituny says that Iler Von I'rokcsch-Osten,
a few days before his departure from Kid, declared
to the Vanish cabinet, in the name of his government,
that the Austrian troops cannnot be withdrawn from
Holstein until the affairs of the country are regulated
and the succession question shall have received a
definitive solution.

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