The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-30 00:00:00

(Hear.) He thought it was essentially necessary than• canal-
didates for their profession should receive something more than
a merely legal education ; and he therefore felt that it devolved
upon them to exert themselves to endeavour to bring the
Legislature into the same way of thinking. He hoped that
before long, with the assistance of the Incorporated Law So-
ciety, they might have formed a code of rules which would
secure those advantages. He begged to second the resolution,
which was carried after some remarks by
The CHAIRMAN, who stated that the attention of the Incor-
porated Law Society had been anxiously devoted to the sub-
ject.

Mr. Field having taken the chair,
Mr. BARR, of Leeds, moved, in a very complimentary man-
ner, and Mr. BURN, Sunderland, seconded;—" That the cordial
thanks of this meeting be given to the chairman for his excel-
lent services in the chair this day, and for his constant devo-
tion and zeal to the interests and honour of the profession
generally."
After the meeting, above 40 members dined together at five
o'clock, at the White Horse Hotel ; J. H. Shaw, Esq., in the
chair. A good deal of interesting conversation took place
upon the proposed educational test, and on the suggestion
which had been made by Mr. Ryland, that at these meetings
previously-prepared papers should be read and discussed.
This suggestion met with general approval, and a warm invita-
tion was given by Mr. Unett, of Birmingham, to make that
town the place of meeting next year.
The party broke up soon after ten o'clock.

OPENING OF THE ROYAL DANISH
RAILWAY BY THE KING OF DENMARK.

LOWESTOFT, Sunday Evening.—Last night, the Cyg-
nus, commanded by Captain Andrews, manager of the
North of Europe Steam Navigation Company, returned
to this port, whence she eailed the previous Saturday,
with a party of English gentlemen interested in the
Royal Danish Railway just opened with great ceremo-
nial by the King of Denmark, his Majesty being subse-
quently entertained on ship board by Mr. Pete, M.P.,
contractor of the line.
Among others who accompanied Mr. Peto, were Mr.
G. P. Bidder, engineer of the Norwegian Grand Trunk
Railway Mr. J. Anderson, deputy-chairman of the
Royal Danish Company ; Mr. F. H. Geach, secretary,
and Mr. J. V. Gooch, superintendent of the Eastern
Counties Railway. The Cygnus arrived at Twining at
one o'clock on Sunday morning, but the unfavourable
state of the weather detained the company on board
until mid-day on Monday, when they proceeded to
Flensburg, a distance of about 40 miles. By the new
line Tonning, situated in the extreme west of Denmark,
on the Eider, is brought in connexion with Flensburg,
via Husum, containing about 5,000 inhabitants, princi-
pally occupied in cattle feeding. From Husum a branch
extends to Rendsburg, formerly a border fortress between
Holstein and Sleswig. and forms a junction with the Kiel
and Altona line, thus becoming the direct routeto Ham-
burg. Rendsburg is favourably situated for commerce,
being the point at which the junction of the Sleswig
Holstein Canal with the Eider is effected, and hence one
main element in the importance of the route now open ;
for the most cursory glance at the map will show that,
at least on geographical grounds, Tonning and Lowe-
stoft are the natural termini of any chain of con-
nexion between the Danish and British metro-
polis, and on commercial grounds the advantages
are not lees manifest. Until lately Denmark
and Northern Europe could only be reached from
London by the long and tedious rail and sea route via
Hamburg, or the still mere wearying one via Hull to
Copenhagen, a distance of 735 miles, the voyage alone
oceupying 31 days at least ; while to reach Hamburg,
the traveller being then distant from Copenhagen nearly
300 English miles, usually takes about 55 hours. On
the other hand, from Louder) to Tonning can be accom-
plished within 30 hours ; from thence to Hamburg in six
hours ; while to Copenhagen is not more than 10 miles,
thus shortening the route from London to Hamburg
nearly 19 hours, and to Copenhagen several hundred
miles. But rapid passenger transmission forms only a
very slight item in the facilities afforded by this line in
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tibreeding in the plains of Jutland, and the fattening of
those cattle on the pastures of Norfolk, and their trans-
port thence in an undeteriorated state, invest the new
enterprise with many features of importance on which it
is superfluous to dwell. Tonning, which is 30 miles
from Sleswig, and 11 from the mouth of the Eider,
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tages of Flensburg as an entrepot on the shores of the
Baltic cannot be over-rated. The traveller from Tonning
to Husurn is struck with the fertility of the plains on
either side the line, and the immense number of cattle
grazing on them. The town of Husum (the principal
intermediate station) is of considerable importance, and
contains a population of about 5,000, who gain a toler-
able subsistence as cattle .feeders. The line between
Husum mild Flensburg is little worthy of note, the coun-
try being remarkably flat and uncultivated, dreary,
marshy, and wet, from being undrained, and with but
occasional plots of tillage. Denmark, though essenti-
ally an agricultural corn producing country has large
tracts of excellent laud that now lie bare and waste,
which require but little capital and labour to reclaim ;
and of the value of this truism the intercourse with other
districts will soon apprise the agriculturists dwelling on
either side the Royal Danish Railway.
On arriving at Flensburg, one of the most interesting
and beautifully-situated towns the territory of Denmark
zdfords, the traveller is amaly repaid for any lack of
scenic effect experienced on his route from Tonning. It
stands on the bight of a deep gulf; running twenty miles
island, and is completely landlocked, so that ships of
the greatest draught may lie in safety, there being no
rise and fall of tide, and therefore no locks required for
loading or unloading, thus rendering Flensburg alto-
gether unsurpassed for commercial purposes.
It becoming known some days previous that, notwith-
standing the political embroilment la Danish councils
jest now, the King would accept the proffered hospitality
irf Mr. Peto, and inaugurate the opening of the line, the
Flensburgers made timely and earnest preparations for
commemorative the double event in a manner worthy of
its novelty and importance. Processions in the streets
and exaltations on the housetops, evergreens and flowers,
flags and music, everywhere greeted the ear and caught
the eye ; while outside the town the inhabitants clustered
in knotted groups, and, with their long Dutch pipes
hanging from their mouths, manifested their approval of
their more systematically busy neighbours in low gut-
tural sounds and commendatory shrugs and nods.
His Majesty was expected about 3 o'clock on Tuesday
the 24th, but for hours previously the quay was
crowded with holiday people, anxiously gazing towards
Corset; a distance of about 70' miles, whence the king
would arrive per steamer, and shortly after the ap-
poisted time, the fine vessel, the-Sleswig, bearing his
Majesty and suite, hove in sight—the recognition of the
royal standard at the mast head being announced by the
firing of guns and the enthusiastic cheering of the
populace. At the landing-place the king was re-
ceived' by Herr Von Rosen, President of Flensburg ;
his Excellency Herr Von Below, Governor-General of
Sleswig ; his Royal Highness the Duke of Glucksburg,
Prince William of Glucksburg, and a host of military
and municipal functionaries in full uniform. The King,
who wore his military uniform, with the star of the
order Of St. Vladimir, was accompanied by his consort,
the Cduntess Danner, and chief Ministers of his Court.
The royal cortege and suite were driven to their hotel,
and at night a general illumination of the town took
pla,ce. -
Early on Wednesday morning Mr. Peto, Mr. Bidder,
and the other gentlemen connected with the railway,
were formally presented to his Majesty, surrounded by
his staff. The King took the opportunity of stating,
what he repeated more publicly afterwards, his appre-
ciation of the services Mr. Peto had conferred upon the
kingthine, not.only by the construction of a work of
such national importance as the Royal Danish, but by
completing it with such extraordinary rapidity, and
thereby rendering it available so much earlier than he
was hound to do, or could have been expected. The
ceremony of introduction having been performed. the
gentle Men repaired to the station. Here Mr. J. S.
Louth, the general manager of the line, had converted
the whole structure and its approaches into a triumphal
avenue of unique and imposing aspect, Mr. Louth being
' assisted by Messrs. Peyton, Keogh, and Trery, an ac-
cornpliehed artist. About ten o'clock his Majesty and
suite proceeded from the hotel in opencarriages, escorted
by several regiments of soldiers through the town amid
continuous acclamations, to the platform of the station,
where' Mr. Pete, dressed in the uniform of a deputy-
lieutenant, conducted them to the royal carriage, a most
elegant specimen of locomotive ingenuity, designed by
Mr. J. V. Gooch, superintendent of the Eastern Coun-
ties, with which his Majesty expressed his particular
pleasure, as indeed he did with all the arrangements that
had been executed for the ceremony. The royal car-
riage was occupied by Mr. King and the Countess Dan-
ner, Mr. Peto, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Bidder, and nume-
rous °Moen of the household. Upon the party being
seated; the train moved slowly from the station, the
hearty' cheering of the vast concourse combining with
the-clangor of the military music, and the roar of artil-
lery, to invest the whole scene with the utmost anima-
tion and buoyancy, the brilliancy of the weather en-
hancing its universal enjoyment. On the train arriving
at Husum, his Majesty was received by the President of
the district, who delivered an address on the platform.
At Tonning, to which the party afterwards proceeded,
extensive preparations had been made, the decorations
of the ships in the harbour forming a most brilliant back
ground to the variegated panorama. His Majesty, the
Countess Danner, the lady of Her Von Rosen, and two
other ladies in waiting on the countess, together with
the members of the royal suite, Mr. Pete and his friends,
including Messrs. Lawrence and Rich, who had accom-
panied him from England, in all thirty-six persons, went
on board the Cygnus, and were most sumptuously enter-
tained, the viands, fruits, and wines having been brought
front Lowestoft by Mr. Howett, who personally super-
intended their serving. Upwards of 60 of the other
officers of the King, the railway offibials, and civic func-
tionaries, were also regaled at the Victoria Hotel, while
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the banquet to his Majesty was proceeding. Just pre-
vious to this latter event, however, the King,
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monious
had just been made, descended into the saloon of the
Cygnus, and having summoned Mr. Pete, invested that
gentleman with the insignia of Knight Commodore of
the Dannebrog, the highest distinction in the power of
Danish royalty to bestow ; one also of the 17 orders
of foreign knighthood worn by the Duke of Welling-
ton ; and,
like our own order of the Bath, is appli-
cable to either military or civil services. The investi-
ture was a premeditated act on the part of the King, who
brought with him the Chancellor of the Order for the
express purpose ; and in handing over the decoration his
Majesty requested Mr. Peto's acceptance of it, not
merely as a memorial of approval from the sovereign in
whose reign a great Danish work was executed by a
great British capitalist and contractor, but as a souvenir