The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-28 00:00:00

DENMARK.

OPENING OF THE NEW DANISH PAR-
PEACHMENT OF THE

ER-MINISTERS.
COrENHAGEN, Dec. 22.—The opening of the new
Parliament, which took place this time under such
significant circumstances, and promises to form an
important era in the history of our constitutional
development, was attended by all the newly-
elected members, the new Ministers, and a nu-
merous public, who filled the galleries sot apart
for them. The only member of the Cabinet not
present was the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Count
Wulf Scheel-Plessen), who had not yet arrived from
Stockholm, hitherto the seat of his diplomatic
labours.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather,
the Fackelzug, or serenade by torchlight, on the
great square in front of the royal palace of Chris-
tiansborg, was most numerously attended, and
presented a very striking spectacle. When the
King appeared on the balcony an I thanked the as-
sembled crowds for this demonstration of their
loyalty and patriotic feelings the enthusiasm of
the multitude knew no bounds. It is satisfactory
to be able to add that no disorders took place, and
that the crowd separated without the occurrence
of any accident.
The communication of the programme of minis-
terial principles was laid before both houses at the
same time ; in the Landsthing it was read by the
Prime Minister Bang; in the Volksthina by the
Minister for Religion and Education, Hall. The
other ministers were present, and all were dressed
in their gala uniforms in honour of the importance
of the occasion. Tne programme itself is as fol-
lows :
"The new cabinet appointed for the administration of
the affairs of the country by the royal decree of the 12th
inst. considers it a paramount duty to lay before the
assembled Diet the principles they intend to follow
with the full concurrence of the King, and the co-ope-
ration of the Legislative Assembly in carrying out the
principal question so long under discussion- • the defini-
tive settlement of the constitution of the Danish
monarchy.
" Ministers conceive it to be a matter of the most
pressing urgency to bring this question to an end with
the least possible loss of time, to calm the public mind,
and remove any doubts that may exist of their pa-
triotism or the honesty of their intentions. Under these
circumstances, they express their opinion that it is not
advisable to make any change in the accepted project of
a restriction of the fundamental law of the sth June,
1849, and further that there can be no danger in ac.
cepting such project, particularly as the alterations
which may appear needful, especially with reference to
the affairs belonging exclusively to the general fun-
damental law of the monarchy, may easily be effected
by legislative enactment at a later period. If,
therefore,_ _the above-mentioned project should be ac-
cepted by the Assembly without any amendment or al-
teration, Ministers will lay unaltered before the King,
to obtain the royal sanction, so as to fulfil the conditions
contained in sec. 100 of the fundamental law, of impos-
ing on the King the obligatory approbation of a mea-
sure passed in succession by the three newly-elected
Parliaments.
"Before the Cabinet proposes a vote of the Assembly
for the definitive restriction of the fundamental law of
the sth June, 1549, in accordance with sec. 5 of the
new fundamental law, they will consider it neces-
sary to the full vindication of their principles to carry
out a modification of the Danish monarchy, as con-
tained in the Royal ordinance of the 26th July, of
the present year, in such a manner as to give it a really
conAitutiona), character, and especially with refer-
ence to the necessity of investing the representative
body with the full and unquestionable right of votirg
and exercising a veto in all financial questions and
other legislative enactments, whilst at the same time the
Volksthicig, as the direct representative of the people,
be invested with greater attributes and elements of more
legMative power than they now possess. En doing so
they will be simply fulfilling strictly to the letter the
inAructions contained in the royal decree of the 28th of
January, 1852, for the legal development and improve-
ment of the constitutional element for the whole extent
of the Danish monarchy, and carrying out the objects
therein mentioned and sst forth, viz., the perfect union
of the different parts of the kingdom into one well.