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wig, Holstein, and Lauenburg. We here dismiss
from consideration the small and comparatively
unimportant colonial dependencies. The entire
population might be set down at two millions and
a half, of which about three•quarters of a million
inhabited Zsaland and its adjacent islande. Such
were the possessions to which Christian IX. sue'
ceeded by virtue of the Treaty of 1352, and which!,
though small in comparison with the territories
other continental Sovereigns, constituted a menarche`
which held no unimportant place in the map of
Europe, No sooner, however, had he ascended
the throne than his rights to the Duchies were
called in question, and a war with Germany ensuelr
which has resulted up to the present time in de-
priving him of all his possessions on the mainland.
Without proceeding to consider in detail the
causes which led to that war, or the ostensible
motives advanced by the German Powers, we may
without danger of contradiction say that hostilities
wore dictated by a spirit of aggrandisement and by
a wish on the part of Germany to secure possession
of a seaboard which would enable her to become a
great naval Power. But Germany, regarded as all
aggregate, stood to Denmark in a relation very dif-
ferent from that in which France would stand to
England, or Italy to Austria, if either contemplated
the invasion of the other. Germany is a Confeders'
tion of independent States, and though she threat..
erred Denmark with invasion, her objects could be
ensured by the consent of the latter to enter into
the league of which she was composed. By such a
proceeding Denmark would not lose her indepen'
deuce, except in so far as she would become amen'
able to the jurisdiction of the Diet, a jurisdiction to
which Austria and Prussia nominally submit them"
selves. But it so happened the Duchies of Holstein
and Lanenburg actually formad part of the Confede"
ration, and itt respect to them that the Danish Sing
was amenable to the decrees of the Diet at Franke
fort, and consequently he had the best means of
judging of the effect of making all his dominion sub.
ject to the jurisdiction of the Confederation. It was
under these circumstances, then, that the Dana'
German war commenced. Now, without carrying
our readers back to the year 1815, it may be suffi•
cient to state that at that time the European Powers
recognised the necessity of entrusting the islands
and the peninsula commanding the entrance of the
Baltic to a third-rate maritime Power. When the
plenipotentiaries at Vienna occupied themselves in
remapping Europe, and taking slices from this
State and from that State, they took care to leave
the Danish islands and peninsula intact. The ex'
pediency of maintaining the integrity of Denmark
has from that time constantly been recognised;
and in order to guard against a contingency which
threatened to dismember that monarchy, the
Treaty of 1852, establishing the right of the present
Sovereign to succeed to all the possessions of his
predecessor, was formally concluded between Den'
mark and the neutral Powers. Such being the case'
the Danish Government found themselves placed in
a position of peculiar difficulty when, on the awn'
sion of the present Sovereign, the German Powers
threatened to strike a blow at the integrity of the
monarchy by demanding, as they virtually dins, the
cession to Germany of the Duchies. Denmark had
not only her own persot.al interests to regard, but
those of the neutral maritime Powers, and had to
regulate her policy according to the supposed wishes
and interests of other nations than herself. Al'
though the war with Denmark was waged by Pros"
sia and Austria in the name of United Germany the
Danish Government, as well as the Cabinets of the
neutral States, were well aware that the aggressive
Powers, and more especially Prussia, were actuated
by motives not merely distinct from, but in sortie
respects antagonistic to, those which prompted the
Confederation to assume a hostile attitude towards
Denmark. The Diet simply asked for the union 0'
the Duchies under a German prince, together with
their enrolment in the Bland, whereas the leading
Powers of the Confederation sought the subversion
of those liberal institutions which the Danish penPle:
enjoyed, and Prussia hoped that the Duchies, if not
the entire peninsula, might become part of her owl
dominions. Threatened from two quarters, but at
the same time trusting to the strong interest 05"
sessed by the great maritime Powers in the main'
tenance of their independence, the Danes accepted
a war the issue of which, if they stood alone, could
not be doubtful, and looked to England, France,:
and Russia for that assistance which they considered
motives of self-interest would induce them to gice'
But they looked in vain. The war proceeded--the
Duchies were occupied by the invaders—the
vines of Jutland shared the same fate, and eti;
their Allies made no sign. At length the islantte,
and the capital were threatened, and thee, and not till
then, was Denmark told that she must not loot;
abroad for material assistance. At this last moment,
with absolute extinction imminent, with a territory
reduced to a few islands sod a population of three
quarters of a million, Denmark naturally casts
about to discover some means by which she cA
satisfy her foes, short of the annihilation of her Da'
tion al existence. That overtures for peace have been
made by the Danish Sovereign to the Geroa°
Powers there can be no doubt, although with their,
precise nature we are as yet unacquainted. It would
of course be open to Denmark to propose to enter
bodily into the Germanic Confederation, but to such
,
a step France, if not England, would raise a decided
opposition ; otherwise, treating with Prussia clones
Denmark might code to her everything south of the
Schlei, and remodel her institutions in conformity
with the wishes of the Cabinet of Berlin, retaining,
her political independence. Or, again, either 0::
these schemes might of course be variously modified
We simply furnish these indications, as showieg
how far from final settlement the Dano-German die'
puts is, and how serious the complications to whiny'
it may yet give rise. But all this has been 1005
foreseen, and it must be confessed that the English
Cabinet endeavoured to form an alliance se
wcu'd have prevented these results. As for Dec,;
mark she is fully justified, when she finds herself
deserted, in taking any course which promises le
avert her destruction. It now remains to be seen til
what manner the -Western Powers will regard the
last phase on which the Dano-German question 130
entered.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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LYNN—TUESDAY.
A small show of wheat to-dt,y, which meta brisk sale at
fully is per qr upon all descriptions. Oats firm in price.
Beans and peas 6d to is advance.
White wheat 468 to 48s 1 Barley . ..36s to 39
Itcd .. 428 to 44s 1 Grinding " 268 to 296
Beans .37s to 38s 1 Oats
Small ..34s to 36s I Peas --8 to '
Averages Wheats, 42s 2d—barley, 29s Od—beall9l
37s 4d.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE—TUESDAY.
Farmers' wheat in moderate supply this morning, (4114
prices ruled at about the same as this day week. 191
Averages—Wheat, 4ls 6d—barley, 26s 4d.—oats,
10d—beans, 35a 6d.

MARKET HARBOROUGH—TIJESDAY. r.
Not much wheat at market to-day, and prices 2s higher,
—White wheat, 43s to 48.5; red, 41s to 44s per 36 etll
0
Malting barley at 32s to 35s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 030
per 30 et, Oats, old, 24s to 28s; new, 20s to 23s per
et. ; beans, 31s to 42s per qr.

HULL--TUESDAY.
At our market to-day there was a small supply of Ell:
lish wheat, which met a ready sale at is to 2s per qr B,t
Vance. In foreign there was also a good sale at fully lii"r
week's prices. Grinding barley very scarce, and 6d per%
dearer. Oats were rather easier. Peas and beans we'
sold freely in retail at 6d to is more money.
Wheat.... Old white per qr. 44s Od to 48s Oa
Old red
Nev white .. ~
New red ..., ,
Barley.... English malting 27s Od to 34$ oj
Grinding 2ss Od to 278 Od
Saal and Oderbruck
Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 31°
Grinding 2Bs Od to 3-, 05 od
Oats English, old 22s Od to 24s_„

Births.
HEWETT.—On the 12th inst., at Chatham, Kent the Wife
of Julius A. C, Hewett, C.E., of a daughter.
HALL.—On the 12th inst., at 21, Oxford-terrace, 1:19d ije:
park, W., the wife of Marshall Hall, Esq., of a dsug
ter.
SPOTTISWOODE.—On the 12th inst., the wife of 110
Spottiswoode, Ekq , of 60, Grosvenor-place, of a son. 10
SEACOI.IE.—On the 12th inst,, at Dunmow, Essex, the W 1
of T. H. Seacome, Esq., of a son.

Marriages.
ke
BEA.VER—ROBIIINS.—On the 12th inst. at South Pt?i
,
Hugh Rowland Beaver, Esq., to Mary Jane. the 610,
daughter of George Robbins, Esq., of Midford C 513
Sounersetshire.
DonsoN—Btih • nows —Oa the 12th inst at v, °G-to
Church. hear-Admiral George Dobson, to Frances •
fourth daughter of the Rev. William Francis Burro"
Vicar of Christchurch. llants.

Deaths.
Fox.—On the 9th inst., at Pan, in the south of F
r
„nor
Richard Fox, Esq., aged 66. 94
Fox.—On the Bth inst., at East Stoke, Wareham, the"
Charles Fox, aged 79. FoS
Fox.—On the 13th inst., at Addison road, Lady 111 a"
(born Fitzclarence), aged 65, „roe,
JAY.—On the 11th inst., at his residence, 36, West-01
Lambeth, Captain Charles H. Jay, R.N,, aged 71' kits
KEmrE.—Kemp
e, the 12th inst., Mrs. Kern e relict a tile—
A. J. Tempe, Esq., F.S:A , aged 74. filler
ROSE.—On the 12th inst., very suddenly, Arthur
Rose, of South Lambeth, age 67.
:Ad seP
WESTBROO,— On the 12th inst. at Heston,
Edward Westbrook, Esq., aged 66.

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