The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-12 00:00:00

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inf.', the population as enthusia itvo*irrioi,7 4,4,
Since I begso this letter the of ''-'-.ch lid
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been given. lles?.onarters are on the move, arid
in another hoar will have left for Wonsild—that is
to say, Marshal Wrangel and his staff—the Aus-
trian General goita, as I hear, to some other village
in the direction of Bolding. Of the object of the
move nobody knows anything, unless it be the
Marshal himself; but most people teem glad to get
away from this piece. Of course, this move north-
wards induces people to think the army is going to
Penetrate into Jutland, perhaps to besiege Fredcri-
cia ; but this is mere conjecture, and oa such
matters you are likely to be informed at least Ls
soon as we are. I fear there will be great difficulty
for quarters at Koldiog and in that oeighb3urhood,
for already on Saturday there was no roam.
Englishman certainly manage to make their way
about foreign countries in 'the teeth of diflleulti,s
which one would suppose insurmountable. Brack-
fasting the other morning in the coffee-room at
Apenrade, I suddenly heard a voice say to the land-
lord, who was in the bar-room with the
lcdoor or cu
between us, " Can you speak English . " The
words were spoken in English, and, few though
they were, a something in the accent brought to
my memory pleasant days passed amid 'the green
lanes of Devonshire. It so happened the landlord
could speak English, as is the case with many of
his class in this country, and he replied to some
inquiries addressed to him by the stranger,
who presently came into the room where I sat, and
looked well pleased to find a countryman there. lie
had just come from Denmark, ho said. I ventured
to suppose that by Denmark he meant North Sallee-
wig or perhaps Koldink Not a bit of it ; he came
from the Island of Funen, whither he had been sent
from England on business connected with a wreck
that had there taken place. He had been at Funen
the day before, had come across to Jutland, and
then southwards through the Prussian lines. He of
course had been speedily laid hold of by the out-
posts and conducted to an officer. But ho could
speak neither German nor Danish, and had no pass-
port. What could be done with such an inexplicable
wanderer ? Had he spoken a little German it might
have been his ruin, for he then would have been
examined and probably detained for further investi-
gation and for the decision of the higher authorities.
Ignorance in his case was decidedly bliss, as far as
bliss can be considered compatible with night travel-
ling at this season in this part of the world. He
had no papers,he could give no account of himself,
but he was manifestly an Englishman, for besides
that his external man testified pretty strongly to
that fact, only Englishmen run themselves into
such predicaments. He had had business in Fu-
nen, and wanted to get to England by way of
Hamburg, and the shortest and quickest road was
through Schleswig. It was no business of his if
Greeks and Trojans, Danes and Germans, stood in
arms against each other across the line of his pro-
gress ; their quarrels were nothing to him, and he
had learnt at school that a straight line is the
shortest way from one point to another. So he
walked into the embraces of a Prussian picket, and
seemed to think it rather good fun than otherwise
that he had been marched for 20 miles between a
couple of Dragoons, with drawn pistols, prepared to
scatter the contents of his brainpan oa the first sus-
picious sign. He did not consider that travelling in
foreign countries with whose language he was to-
tally unacquainted was particularly inconvenient;
and in this respect, considering his recent experts
ence, I was really inclined to admit that he was not
far wrong.

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ME rROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

The ordinary weekly meeting of the members of the Metro-
politan Board of Works was held yesterday at their offices,
Spring-gardens, Mr. J. Thwaites, the chairman, presiding.
The cash statement showed that the cash balances in the
hands of the treasurer wore—On current accounts,
£106,815 18s. ; on deposit accounts, £32,800 ; and on Go-
vernment securities, £96,732 Bs. 7d.