The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-15 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, APRIL 12.—At the sitting of the second
Chamber yesterday, the Minister of Finance pre
sented a project of law, for a supplementary loan of
200,000 francs, for the fabrication of copper money.
and for the suspension of several ordinances of the law
relative to differential duties. -

His MAJESTY has placed the sum of 10,000 francs
in the hands of the Burgomaster of Brussels as a sub-
scriptkn to the sum now being raised in aid of the
hospitals.

The price of wheat and rye, says the Courrier
Beige, has reached so low a point, that we shall be
compelled to consi ler any further decline as highly
prejudicial to the agriculturalist. 'Wheat was
noted the whole of last week at 17f. 16e. per hecto.
litre, and Rye at 10f. 44c. During this week it has
continued to fall. Wheat was noted at 15f. BYc. per
hectolitre.

The Bourse of Brussels was in a very favourable
state again to day. The funds continue to rise
rapidly. The Five per Cents., which yesterday were
541, are to day 58i. Four-and-a-Half per Cents,
have risen from 501 to 55 ; Two-and-a-Half from 29
to 30. We have received satisfactory intelligence
both from England and France.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
The greatest enthusiasm prevails among the Danes,
who are determined to make every sacrifice to main
tain the rights of their KING over the Duchies of
Schleswig and Holstein.
The number of horses sent for the army by private
individuals is already so great that the Minister of
War has announced that he at present cannot receive
any more ; great sums of money have been subscribed
in all parts of the country.
The Danish party in the Duchies is much more
powerful than from German accounts we had been
led to expect.

The rich island of 2Ero has in a great meeting
protested against the incorporation with Germany,
and dechred themselves ready to defend their union
with Denmark as an independent province, and their
allegiance to their Sovereign ; on the island of Alsen,
cowaining 27,000 inhabitants, the residence of the
Duke of AUGUSTENBURG, 2,000 men have joined the
Danish army as volunteers.

One of the first deeds of the insurgents has been
to extinguish the light on Femern, in the hope of
preventing Danish vessels from entering the im•
portant harbours on the coast.

The KING has issued the following proclamation :
PROCLAMATI N OF THE KING TO THE SCHLF.SWIGERS

'• Men of Schleswig,—My last wordto;;;;;;tri;
I would soon see you face to face, This my royal word
do I now fulfil; as God is my witn, ss that I intend to
fulfil every pronase which, prompted by love to my sub-
jects, I have given you.
\ten of Schleswig,—Confiding in my just cause, I
stand in the midst of you. I stand here to force lies and
falsehood to throw off their masks. I stand here to
render it impossible for the traitors to tear you from me
by falsehood. I stand here to shom you, as well as the
whole world, that it is my free and determined will to
fight for my right to the last.
" Faithful men of Schleswig I—Gather round your
King, who will lead you to freedom and will grant all
the rights that can secure your happiness; and if
amongst you there are some who are misled, give me
an opportunity to appear amon,:st you as a mild and
fin-giving lord, by yourselves prevailing upon these mis-
led men to depart while it is still time, from the insur-
gents, whose audacious conduct will bring down upon
their guilty heads a just punishment.
" Alen of Schleswig,—Before concluding, let me in-
form you that I will summon the authorities of the land
before a commission I have appointed to admininter the
affairs of the country, in order that they may give me
information of the state of the country, and have an
opportunity to render an account of their acts and their
conduct.

" Given in the town of Sonderborg (in the Isle of
Alen), the 6th of April, 1848.

" FREDERICK R."

Thera is no later intelligence from the seat of war,
but it is said that the flower of the youth of the !nest
influential families of Schleswig and Holstein fell in
the battle which was fought on Sunday.