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had been again commuted into imprisonment in his
own house.".

A letter from Naples of the 17th says :—" Naples
is perfectly tranquil, and travellers need have no
apprehension of disturbances here, nothwithstand-
ing the departure of the French and British mis-
sions. It is the interest of innkeepers in other
parts of Italy to state that we are on the eve of a
revolution, and unfortunately the Times news-
paper by its ' Own Correspondent' gives some
colour to such reports ; but such is not the fact.
I do not mean to uphold this Government in many,
of its acts—some of them are lamentable, and to.
be regretted ; but the state of the country is not,
so bad. as is represented, and it is absurd to sa:v*
that the tranquillity of other parts of Italy is cow -
promised by what has occurred here. Naples as .a
kingdom never has been well governed, and, w 4)
much fear, never will be in our time. Under tiro
rule of the Spanish viceroys it was ten times

worse."

PRUSSIA.
A letter from Berlin of the 17th says :—" The'
Prussian note sent to Copenhagen on the 23d ult.
replies to a note, accompanied by a memorandum,
delivered here on the sth of September by the
envoy extraordinary of Denmark, M. de Bulow.
In this memorandum Denmark adduced arguments
to vindicate her proceedings with regard' to the .
duchies upon legal grounds. She further offered
to yield to the representations of Holstein, in so
far as regards the domains, by proposing a law to
the Supreme Council, enacting that no lands be-
longing to the domains should in future be sold
without the authorisation of the Superior Council
by two-thirds of the votes. The following is an
analysis of the reply of Prussia :
" The note sets forth that, when the general constitu-
tion was proclaimed, the rights of the duchies were not
sufficiently taken into account ; and that this neglec
can hardly be repaired by a law granting to a council iv
which the Danes possess a majority of nearly two to one,
the right of deciding, by two-thirds of the votes, on a
matter which admits of no decision. When Den-
mark introduced the general constitution, the Danish
government, contrary to the terms of the declaration
of the 28th of January, acted without consulting the
German Provincial States, although the strict observance
of the rights secured to the state under the guarantee
of the great German Powers was perfectly reconcilable
with a unitarian government in Denmark. ' Now these
rights especially establish the competency of the States
in all matters relating to personal rights, to property,
and to public charges. Hence, Denmark ought first to
have come to an understanding with the States on the
limits to be drawn in those matters relating to the pro-
vinces, as well as in those relating to the whole monarchy.i
It is evident that such limits could be fixed in various
ways, since they have been so in a very prejudicial sense
as regarded the States. Next, there ought to have been
, an understanding come to with the States on the ques-
tion of, what rights would be left to the latter, when a
portion of the rights of the representatives of each pro-
vince had been transferred to the representative organ
of the while monarchy. It would Lave been necessary
at the came time to consider the position of the diffe-
rent portions of the monarchy as members of a unity,
in which, according to treaties, no one is to ,be
subordinate to the others. The right was not respected
in the general constitution. It is not only the States of
the Duchies, but likewise the Germanic Confederation
which may exact from the Danish crown the respect for
those rights and the accomplishment of the solemn pro-
inhes that had been made. The Danish government
must hasten to come to an understanding with the
States, which it has hitherto neglected to do, if it wishes
to spare the Germanic Confederation the disagreeable
task of taking the matter in hand and of providing a
remedy. The note concludes by insisting on the neces-
sity of a prompt and definitive reply on the part of
Denmark."

A letter from Vienna, of the 17th, says
" Baron de Budberg, ambassador of Russia, had
a conference two days back with Count Buol, in
which he protested against the projected interven-
tion of the Diet in the affairs of Holstein-Lauen-
bourg. Russia considers that course as an undue
interference of foreign Powers in the internal
affairs of Denmark."

The Second Chamber of Hesse Cassel has fol-
lowed the example of the First, and demanded
that the discussion on the new constitution shall
be public ; the Government Commissioner has op-
posed that course of proceeding.
The Presse, of Brussels, contains the following :
.--.." At the moment of going to press, we receive
from Paris a despatch giving us the precise bearing
of the last circular of Prince Gortschakoff. Ac-
cording to this despatch, which proceeds from an
undoubted source, the circular of the Russian
Minister of Foreign Affairs is couched in moderate
and conciliatory language ; but Russia abandons
neither her opinions nor her claims on Bolgrad, and
she calls for the meeting of a conference, to the deci-
kon of which she will defer unhesitatinglY:' The
news given here in so positive a manner co
us
the intelligence which had already reached us on
the subject from Berlin and Vienna.