The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-11 00:00:00

DENMARK.

To-day, Oct. 2, the Parliament of the Danish
kingdom was opened, after attending divine ser-
vice in the palace chapel: The concourse of spec-
tators was very great, both inside and outside the
Parliament-house. The first man who entered
was the great Grundtvig, with his stately figure
not yet bowed by 70 winters, his silvery hair, and
splendid flowing snow-white beard. He came on,
a world in himself, the great representative of
Christian faith, of Danish nationality, and of free-
dom. Singularly enough, he was followed by the
whole State renegade Tscherning. Never was
there a greater contrast.
At a quarter past twelve the Ministry entered,
excepting Moltke and Criminil, the rulers of the
two duchies. The Premier, the eighty years old
Orated, then read the speech from 'the throne, as
follows :

" Danes—Receive the salutations of your Sovereign.
In convoking the Diet here assembled, we cannot con-
ceal the affliction which has been caused us by the sad
dispositions manifested, as well by the preceding Diet as
on different sides, with regard to the men whom we have
chosen constitutionally for our Privy Councillors, and
whom, after mature reflection on the means of consolidating
the prosperity of the country, we have thought it our
duty to retain. Although the circumstances under which
the Diet is about to commence its labours appear to pro-
,. raise so little, our confidence in the calm prudence of the
Danish people is too great for us to lose the hope of see-
ing the men who have been elected to discuss the ques-
tions which so warmly interest the public safety, show
themselves capable of serious reflections, which will cer-
tainly make them regard our system in a more just
point of view than has been done by many of our
subjects, who have been deceived by false and pas-
sionate deductions. We particularly hope that they
will admit that the unity under which it is our firm
will to place all the countries confided to our sceptre
is indispensable for consolidating the organisation of the
State, and for leading to the wholesome develop-
ment of the strength possessed by our people. We
also hope that the necessity of the step adopted
by our Government with our perfect approbation,
and in the midst of difficulties which impede its efforts,
will be completely admitted, in order that the chance
of getting out of the embarrassing situation in which
we are now placed may not be deferred to a pe-
riod whioh we cannot foresee, and which would be
very prejudicial to the development to which our
people will he led by the organisation we have in view.
We must therefore indulge the hope that this great work,
thanks to the loyal and intelligent co-operation of the
present Diet, will make a step in advance, thus strength-
ening our lively hope that this work may be accom- •
plished in perfect concord. During the war which has
broken out between some of the most powerful States
of Europelwe have happily been able to maintain a
neutrality, which is not less suitable to the pros-
perity of the countries which are confided to us than
to our friendly relations with all these States. Never-
theless, it has been necessary for us to assemble
our military forces in larger proportions than under
other circumstances ; but the expense which it has en-
tailed has not been considerable, and we have not had
in consequence to demand fresh taxes, nor are we com-
pelled to abstain from proposing some reforms, which
will require considerable sacrifices. With the exception
of the constitutional question, we shall not present to
the Diet in the present state of things many important
laws, and we are desirous that the present session should
not be prolonged beyond the time fixed by the funda-
mental law. May Heaven give you its blessings and
the strength necessary, that your work may consolidate
the prosperity of our dear country."
At its close there was a pause, when Privy
Councillor Bardenfleth exclaimed, " The King for
ever 1" But in a moment Drewsen added, " The
King and the Constitution for ever !" and this was
feebly cheered nine times, the cry being drowned by
the most vigorous hisses. Another member, the
Venerable and Reverend Dr. Lindberg, the great
Orientalist, then exclaimed, in a loud and clear
voice, " The Constitution of the kingdom of Den-
mark for ever I" and at this magic cry there arose
a storm of enthusiastic plaudits which shook the
chamber, the hurrahs being repeated fifteen times,
when they stopped, as the Cabinet then left the
apartment, carrying many a hiss with them.
The language made use of in this document by
the Ministry is highly insolent and haughty—the
parlance of a master to his naughty slaves ; and
it also asserts several direct falsehoods—a some-
what new ingredient in a speech from the throne.
England and France will apparently not inter-
ere with the interpretation given by a Russian
Ministry to the treaty of London. So the degra-
dation of the Ministry must go on.
That miserable illegality the Court-Junta
(Rigsraadet) closed its sittings to-day for the
present,
Kronborg Castle is to be filled with military,
with the exception of the church and the King's
own rooms. •

Intelligence has been received from Nyhorg that
the French fleet has been recalled to the Baltic.
Private news from the fleet is not pleasant.
The great F&lster address, which the King has

also refused to receive, has been published. It is
very decided, and demands the instant dismissal of
the Ministry.

To-morrow it is expected that Bishop Monrad
will move the appointment of a committee to in
quire whether the Ministry shall or shall not be
impeached. Whatever the result may be, it is
certain that the coup of the 26th of July will be
declared illegal, and, ipso facto, a dead letter. The
Parliament will thus tlke up the gauntlet thrown
down to them by the King's speech.

FRANCE.
(FRO.II OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, TUESDAY, 6 P.M.

There are grounds for believing that the false
news of the taking of Sebastopol can be traced to a
Bourse speculation. The Emperor has expressed
himself in very strong terms on the subject, and
declared his determination that the persons who
may be proved to be guilty of the fraud
shall be visited with the severest punishment the
law can inflict, without respect to condition or
party. Active inquiries have been set on foot. I
have not heard the result.

There is not much to notice in the leading columns of
the Paris journals. Waiting for further accounts from
the East, little could be said on the subject of the war
in addition to the remarks which bad been made by our
Paris contemporaries, and they have abstained from
comments on other subjects, probably because they con-
sider that public interest is now almost exclusively con-
centrated on the events of the Crimea.

The Moniteur contains the following despatch
from Vice-Admiral Hamelin, describing the opera-
tions of the fleet near the Crimea :

" Ville de Paris, before the Katcha, Sept. 27, 1851.
"M. le Ministre' —By my letter dated the 23d of Sep-
tember I informed your Excellency that we had accom-
panied the army along the shore comprised between the
Alma and the Katcha, where our troops had bivouacked in
the evening, and where the fleets had also cast anchor the
same day. It was therefore on the 23d of September that
I was enabled to inform the Marshal of the desperate de-
termination to which the Russians had come, of sinking
at the entrance of their port of Sebastopol five ships of
the line and two frigates, only retaining in the interior of
that port nine ships, two of them three-deckers, which,
according to the account given by Polish sailors who had
deserted, they meant to deal with in the same way when
once assured of the capture of Sebastopol.
" This news, which the Marshal could not avoid charac-
terising as deplorable in more than one point of view,
tended to modify his plans of attack. In fact, it was to a
certain extent admitted that when once Fort Constantine
was taken, and the batteries raised at the northern part of
the port were carried, the fleet then bearing upon the port
and destroying the barricades would not only finish the
work of the army by attacking the batteries of the south,
but would be able to give some assistance to that army,
whatever might be the weather and the season in the port
of Sebastopol itself. The blocking up of the port, there-
fore, entirely changed the aspect of things, and as, besides,
external works had recently been raised round Fort Con-
' stantine to render the approaches as difficult as they were
fatal, the Generals-in-Chief decided upon turning Sebasto-
pol by the east, and throwing themselves upon the south of
the town to attack it upon that side, which was scarcely
defended, or entirely undefended, after they had placed
themselves in communication with the fleets at Balaklava,
and obtained provisions and munitions. This strategic
movement, which was rather a bold one for troops entirely
unprovided with rolling materials, was effected during the
days of the 24th, 25th, aid 26th. The two armies, after
having passed the Belbek, a few miles above its month,
then marched upon the valley of Inkerman, the French
army serving as a pivot at the extreme right, and after-
wards keeping in observation the surrounding plateau to
the south and south-east of Sebastopol at a short distance
during this turning movement, while the English army at
the extreme left had attained the heights of Balaklava,
where it appeared on the morning of the 26th. The
French army rallied there 24 hours afterwards.
" At the moment when our troops arrived before that
little port, round which three frigates and steam cor-
vettes were cruising to watch their movements, the ships
Napoleon and Charlemagne, towing five vessels laden
with provisions, came in sight from the sea. But this
narrow creek of Balaklava, as your excellency may con-
vince yourself by looking at the plan, appears to me ill-
calculated for the movements necessary for victualling the
armies. lam therefore expecting at this moment a reply
from the General in-Chief, which will make known to me
whether I ought also to commence there the operations for
unloading the siege materiel. In the affirmative case a
few vessels will anchor near the points where the unloading
will take place. As to the frigates which were not sent to
Varna, I employ them in watching the entrance of the port
of Sebastopol and the waters of Odessa.
" I have, in fact, heard that the steamers, large and
small, of the Russian marine hoped to be able to pass in
the night the labyrinth of vessels anchored at the entrance
of the port, and ultimately to take refuge in some of the
Russian possessions of the Black Sea. Whatever may be
the facilities steam may offer to enterprises of this kind
during long dark nights Admiral Dundas and I have taken
our measures to oppose them. I terminate this letter by
informing your excellency that Marshal St. Arnaud, whose
state of health was lamentable even before embarking was
unable to resist the fatigues of this commencement of the
war, and sails to-day in the Berthollet for the Bosphorus,
having first placed his command in the hands of General
Canrobert.

" I am, with deep respect, M. le Ministre,
the Vice-Admiral Commanding in Chief the Squadron
of the Mediterranean,
" HAMELIN."
The Debats, in giving the despatch of General Can-
robert to the Minister of War, says :
" A remarkable circumstance of this despatch is
that the army was going to occupy the heights si-
tuated in front of Sebastopol on the southern side,
and would take advantage there of the bays of Cape
Chersonese to land the siege-artillery. These bays are
four in number. The first, that of the Quarantine, is
under the cannon of the forts, but the others are alto-
gether outside the defences of the place. That of Stre-
ietcka, which is the third, having a depth of from 6 to
10 fathoms, offers, if necessary, an anchorage for the
largest ships. The heights which command these bays
had been provided with strong batteries, probably
evacuated before our troops, arriving by the heights,
can have seized on them. To carry the large pieces
of cannon from the bay selected to the heights, it
will perhaps be necessary to make from one to two
kilometres of road, a work which will be rapidly
executed by the sappers and miners, seconded if
required by workmen of the infantry. The army
arrives provided with all the means required, tools,
gabions, earth-bags, fascines, embarked in great num-
bers in the prevision of a great siege. The first works
must have commenced on the 30th of September, and
the next despatches will announce to us without doubt
important progress. The combined army will soon
possess, as it would seem, two landing-places, one
at Balaklava, and the other at one of the bays men-
tioned above. In the port of Balaklava, perfectly
sheltered and easy to be defended, the convoys
of vessels with provisions will come and anchor,
and in the bay will be landed the special siege-material
quite close to the lines of investment. Prince Men-
schikoff, deceived by the rapidity of the disembarkation,
intimidated by his defeat on the Alma, and put out
of his calculations by the movement of the combined
army towards Balaklava, has at length perceived that
the attack would not take place on the north, and has
gone with 20,000 men to Batsch-Serai, ten leagues east
of Sebastopol. He seems to wish to collect there rein-
forcements, which he is calling to him from all the points
of the peninsula, in order to menace the right flank of
the allied army. That manoeuvre is well conceived,
inasmuch as he can re-enter Sebastopol when he pleases,
the access to which is free from the north, which has
hitherto been neither attacked nor blockaded up to this
day." •
By the the treaty of commerce between France
and Turkey, it is enacted that the tariffs on im-
ports and exports shall expire on the Ist of March,
1855, provided that in the six months preceding
the Government of either country shall demand
the revision of them ; but in case no such demand
shall be made, they are to remain in force for
seven years longer. The Chamber of Commerce of
Paris calls on merchants and traders to make
known any objections they may entertain to the
tariffs, in order that, if necessary, they may be
submitted to the Government.

The Three per Cents, closed yesterday at 76f.
25c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-
Half per Cents. at 98f. 70c. ; Orleans Railway
Shares, 1,217 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 990 f.; Havre, 572 f.
50c. ; Great Northern, 872 f. 50c. ; Strasburg,
843 f. 75c. ; New Shares, 6581. 75c. ; Paris and
Lyons, 1,035 f. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean,
850 f. ; Western of France, 663 f. 7C3. ; Bordeaux
and Cette, 622 f. 50c. ; Great Central of France,
520 f. • Lyons and Geneva, 540 f. ; Bank of Credit
Mobilier, 762 f. 500.