The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-27 00:00:00

DENMARK.

A Copenhagen letter of the 22d, in the Moniteur,
has the following :—" The First Chamber of the
Rigsraad yesterday terminated the discussion on the
second reading of the new Constitution, after intro-
ducing only one amendment of any importance.
This amendment bore on the concluding paragraph
of Art. 47, which prescribes that the King is em-
powered to refute his sanction to the augmentations
made by the Rigsdag in the law on the finances
without the Budget being invalidated by such re-
fusal. In other words, the Rigsdag may diminish
the credits demanded by the Government, but
cannot increase them, the Sovereign having
the prerogative to accept or annul them. To
avoid the embarrassing situation between the
Crown and the national representation to which
this provision might give rise, M. Krieger moved an
amendment, which the Landsthing adopted, to the
effect that augmentations of credits could not be put
to the vote when the Government opposed them.
This wording, which changes the form rather than
the substance, is a victory for the Cabinet, and at
the same time obviates the chances of conflict. The
Landsthing, moreover, rejected, by 40 votes to 15,
an amendment proposed by M. Lehman for prevent-
ing the King, in future, from conferring titles of
nobility, or of attaching any rank to such titles. If
the draught of the Constitution passes the third
reading in the Landsthing in the state it has just
gone through in the second, it will then be sub-
mitted to the Folksthing."

FRANCE.
The Moniteur publishes a letter from Marlette-
Bey, a savant in the service of the Viceroy of Egypt,
which contains the following statement :—" At
Abydes I have discovered a magnificent counterpart
of the tablet of Sakharah. Seti 1., accompanied by
his son, subsequently Rhamses 11. (Sesostris), pre-
sents an offering to 76 kings drawn up in line before
him ; Menes (the first king of the first dynasty on
Manetho's list) is at their head. From Menes to
Seti 1., this formidable list passes through nearly
all the dynasties. The six first are represented
therein ; we are next introduced to sovereigns still
unknown to us, belonging to the obscure period
which extends from the end of the sixth dynasty to
the beginning of the eleventh. From the 11th to
the 18th, the new table follows the beaten track,
which it does not quit again during the reigns of

Thoutmes, Amenophis, and the first Rhamses. If in
this new list everything is not absolutely new, we at
least find in it a valuable confirmation of Manetho's
list, and in the present state of science we can hardly
expect more. Whatever confirms Manetho, gives
us confidence in our own efforts, even as whatever
contradicts it weakens the results we obtain. The
new tablet of Abydos is, moreover, the completest
and best preserved monument we possess in this
respect. Its style is splendid, and there is not a
single cartouche or escutcheon wanting. It has been
found engraved on one of the walls of a small cham-

ber in the large temple of Abydos, which we are
still engaged in extricating from the rubbish which
covers it. Opposite the same Seti is perceived on
another tablet, making an offering to 130 other per-
sonages who, this time, personify the nomes and
districts, or geographical divisions and subdivisions
of Egypt. Thus on one side of the valuable cham-
ber we have just discovered we see the representa-
tion of the history, on that of the other the geo-
graphy of Egypt."
The decision arrived at by the Italian Chambtr
of Deputies to terminate as rapidly as possible the
discussion on the disturbances at Turin is highly
applauded by several of the Paris journals, such a
course being considered by them as prudent, conci-
liatory, and patriotic. The conduct of Baron Rica-
soli, in coming forward with his amendment to
promote that most desirable result, likewise receives
very general encomium. The observations of our
contemporaries are, however, necessarily marked,
from the nature of the subject, by a certain mono-
tony, and to give an extract from one article is very
nearly the same as to select passages from another.
We consequently content ourselves with laying be-
fore our readers a portion of the observations made
by the Sacle, running thus :
" The excitement caused at Turin by the an-
nouncement of the Convention of the 15th Septem-
ber is well known. All the friends of the Italian
cause were saddened by the deplorable disorders and
sanguinary conflicts which took place—a misunder-
standing and erroneous interpretations had irritated
that Turinese population which has given many
proofs of patriotism and disinterestedness. The
authors of those turbulent manifestations were
sought out, and an inquiry ordered. But what re-
sult could be obtained by that investigation, in
which the city of Turin and the former Cabinet
were equally interested ? Was it not much better
to throw a veil over those lamentable events ?
The Italian Parliament has not hesitated for a
moment in the matter. It has understood that the
first necessity of Italy was concord, and through
M. Ricasoli it has openly proclaimed the necessity
of forgetting the past. If there were really guilty
parties, instigators and promoters of disturbances,
it is not for a tribunal, but for the public conscience
to judge them, and brand them with infamy. The
noble city which has given so many pledges to the
cause of independence cannot be held responsible
for the violence committed in its streets. M.
Ricasoli developed those generous ideas and
patriotic feelings, and the Assembly was deeply
moved when he read the order of the day which
we announced yesterday the adoption. The Go-
vernment and the Parliament have merited the
gratitude of Italy. Is that nation, born but yester-
day, in want of disorders and irritating discussions ?
No ! Before all, it must complete its internal
organisation, and carefully exclude from its de-
bates everything which might trouble that pacific
work. The Italian Parliament has understood that,
and has adopted the order of the day, to the great
vexation of the men who wish to render those in-
testine divisions eternal, in order to place a barrier