The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-21 00:00:00

THE ENGLISH DANES.

The meeting of the Danish residents in London
last week ought not to be forgotten, or passed over
as an event of small importance. The present
struggle between the Government and the people
of Denmark cannot but come to some memorable
issue ; and every incident which conduced to that
issue ought then to have its place in history. Among
those incidents should be reckoned the gathering
together of Danish citizens in London, sympathised
with by their compatriots in Bristol, Liverpool,
Manchester, Birmingham, arid Cardiff, to strengthen
the hearts and hands of the defenders of the Con-
stitution at home.

It is observable that in all the meetings and pub-
lic declarations of the popular party in this contro-
versy all quarrel with the King is carefully
avoided. Like the chairman on the present occa-
sion, the great Copenhagen meeting and the Diet
have, with excellent prudence, spoken of their
Constitution as the grant of their Sovereign, which
they mean to defend to the death. They direct
their accusations and opposition to the Ministers,
and thus leave open the way to reconciliation, with-
out revolution,whenever the King becomes aware of
the necessities of his position. It is, in fact, impossible
for the most uncongenial observer of the case to
charge the popular party and their leaders, thus
far, with anything factious in temper, acts, or
words. The King has hitherto upheld his unwor-
thy Ministers ; he has been rude to deputations ;
he has cut down the trees on the ramparts at
Copenhagen, and cleared the ground for a siege,
in case of the people standing fast for their Consti-
tution. These are his own personal acts, so that,
without reckoning his authorisation of the control
of the press and other illicit ministerial acts, his
people have abundant cause of quarrel with him.
Yet they quietly and wisely leave open to him a
way of retreat from his false position ; and, while
suthciently indicating what they mean to do, offer
to their Prince an opportunity to lead them in the
doing of it. It is highly important to others than
the Danes that their King should not lose the op-
portunity.
We need not explain to our readers our view,
nor insist upon our sense, of the importance of this
Danish controversy. From the outset of it we
brought it prominently into notice, and we have left
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In the first place, the chairinan avowed the pre-
cise object of the assembly : To recognise the duty
of all true Danes to protest against the late in-
fringements of their Constitution, in the dissolu-
tion of the Diet, and the prosecutions of the press,
and to declare their intention of holding fast their
constitutional liberty, in whatever laud they might
be residing while the strife was going forward in
their own.

The second topic was the obligations of Danish
citizens to the press of England. We certainly
have upheld their cause, when, as they say, the
German news
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Denmark is not free. That of France is silent—
the national mind being shut down under hatches.
That of all the German and Italian States is un-
trustworthy, even when it speaks. There is only
the English
press, in all Europe (considering the
peculiar relations of Denmark to Norway and Swe-
den), that can act as the organ of the Danish peo-
ple ; and they, by their compatriots in London,
appear to be satisfied with what that press has
done.
The third topic was the war, and the action of
the Allies. Nothing could be more explicit and
the cause of the Western Alliance by these unquestionable than the declaration of adhesion to
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with in making the German States his tools, in
order to make them afterwards
his victims, there
ought never to be any doubt about his chances with
the Scandinavian stations.
The Danes in England
have declared their
view and feeling in a voice
which will roach St. Petersburg •andwhen
,
release of their own press at home shall enable
their countr 3' -1 nen to hear and speak, the response
will be one N
vhich the whole world will echo with.
—Daily News.

GENERAL SCREW STEAM-SHIPPING

COMPANY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THII SUM.

SIR,—My attention has been called to a report of this
meeting, as it appeared in your paper of the 13th inst.,
at which a Mr. Hutton attended, and interaliaed ; the
amendment, as put by Mr. Itaikes Currie, goes
on to state—" That Mr. Hutton is entirely igno-
rant of mercantile accounts, and that be has been
grossly imposed upon." I will thank you, in justice to
myself, as an accountant practising in the City, to state
that I know nothing of the company in question, and
that neither myself nor any,relative of mine have had
anything to do with the investigation of their accounts.
—I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JAS. BUTTON, Accountant.
1 46, Moorgatc•street, London, Nov. 20, 1854.