The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-01 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

GERMANY.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
The Kolner Zeitung states, in its letters from
Berlin, that the removal of the Danish " Casino
Cabinet" must be considered as an essential condition
to the arrangement of the Holstein question, accord-
ing to the spirit of the Tederal Resolution of 1846,
and it adds that the question of the existence of this
Cabinet is now being decided at Copenhagen. The
majority in the Lower Hmse of the Diet is indeed
for the Casino party, which insists on the incorpora-
tion of Schleswig into Denmark, and on its separation
from Holstein.
The Borsenhalle states from Rendsburg that the
exchange of the Danish and Holstein prisoners was to
take place at Kropp on the 30th and 31st ult.
It is asserted that Mtjor-General WISSEL, late
will act
act as Secretary-at-War
thetCohi ef ofne twh epArtillery,
rovi eo oal
Government.
The Austrian troops willleave a garrison at Ham-
burgh and Altona ; the bulk of their forces will pro-
ceed to occupy the fortress (f Rendsburg.
A collision between the Danish steamer Geyser
and sundry Prussian vessels has taken place in the
harbour of Kiel. An inquiry has been instituted by
the Prussian Government.

CABINET COUNCIL.—(Tun DAy.)—The Ministers'
summonses having been issue-I last evening from the
Council-office, they again assembled this afternoon at
two o'clock at the Foreign-ofice. There were pre-
sent the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of
Clanricarde, the Earl of Mint), Lord John Russell,
Viscount Palmerston, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, Earl Grey, Sir Georg) Grey, Sir Francis
Baring, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Sir John
Hobhouse, and the Right Ho%. Fox Maule. The
Ministers were sitting when we went to press.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTBRN RAILWAY..—III
reference to a letter, purporting to be written by Mr.
Knox, secretary of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Company, to Mr. Stewart, secretary of the London
and North-Western Company, ind dated 30th ult.,
which has appeared in some of the morning papers,
we are authorised to state that no much letter had been
received by Mr. Stewart at the time of our going
to press.

THE BRIGHTON MARRIAGE MARKETS.-Business
in theSe markets, which opened so bristly at the beginning
of the season, almost as suddenly grey dull, and has re-
mained so in spite of every effort to rev:ve it, up to the pre-
sent time. It is hoped that the holding of them in future in
the royal grounds, in lieu of the old locality of Ship- street,
may give an impetus to trade, especially as a much more
equal rate of admission per head is to to charged, instead of
the old and very unpopular tariff, or sliding scale, of from
2s. 84 1-13 d. to Bs. and ifs. 6d.; the latter being charged
only on foreign stock, which gave local produce an advan-
tage of several shillings per head over the imported. The
stock of all sorts has been but middling, and can hardly be
said to have equalled that of former years; the bulk having
been on hand many seasons, and deteriorating with age.
The males have for the m)st part been short of stature, more
under five feet four than a)ove that mark; and the principal
features of the females have been long noses, which have
much predominated; these, however, would not have en-
tirely prevented purchasers coming to the point, had they
been accompanied by fewer short purses; though I should
nevertheless say that, ttking a resume of the Brighton
marriage-markets for 185051, the two greatest drawbacks to
operating in them have been the long noses and short purses.
Small brides have moved off fastest, but fat stock has no►
been at all brisk.

INNER TEMPLE, JAI,. 31.—The following mem-
bers of this society have been called to the bar, and were
sworn in yesterday in the hall :—Eben Russell, Esq. ; Henry
James Holthouse, Esq. ; John Hibberd Brewer, Esq. ; Wil-
liam Christopher Daniel IJeighton, Fellow of Queen's Col-
lege, Cambridge, M.A.; William Trevor Parkins, of Merton
College, Oxford, S.C.L.; Fhilip Anstie Smith, of University
College, London, B.A. ; Granville Robert Henry Somerset,
of All Souls College, Oxford, B.A. ; John Sidney Smith,
Esq. ; John M`Gregor, of Trinity College, Cambridge, ALA.
Robert William Harding, cf Balliol College, Oxford, B A.
Parry William Corbett Jonts, of Worcester College, Oxford,
8.A.; and William Marshiter, Esq.
DIED.—At Middleton Hall, Warwickshire, sud-
denly, on the 30th ultimo, Sr Francis Lawley, Bart., in his
69th year.

THE GREAT NATIONAL EXHIBITION.—It is un-
derstood that 1,000 of the Irish constabulary are to come to
London to assist the metropolitan force during the Great
Exhibition.

HE-OPENING OF OXFORb-STREET.—The portion of
this important thoroughfare situated between the Hanover-
gates and the Regent-circus, which was closed for repairs,
has been re-opened for public traffic, the authorities having
found it advisable, on the repairs of half the roadway being
completed, to open the line of road, in order to prevent the
inconvenience experienced by the immense traffic of this part
of the town.

The Lord Chancellor entertained Lord Campbell
and a select party at dinner, last evening, in Eaton-square;
and Lady Truro held a soiree, which wa3 also attended by a
select circle.

Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the
22d ult.

Intelligence had been received that the Jupiter bad
put into Corunna with her machinery damaged.
The late monetary crisis has led to a Ministerial
scheme for the increase of the export duty from 100
reis to 1,000 reis per mare on silver ore and bars.
The price of sovereigns will remain at 4,500 reis.
Other foreign gold coins will ba changed into Por-
tuguese gold.

This raw has been submitted to the approval of the
Cortes.

The Upper Chamber of Prussia was engaged on
the 29th ult. in discussing the law regulating the state
of siege.

Accounts from Vienna state that an Austrian army
will enter Switaetland in the Spring. This an-
nouncement accounts for the rumours of sham plots
concocted in Switzerland by MAZZINI, and supported
by the money of the English clergy, with which the
public has been so plied of late by those who are
the agents of the Austrian Chancery. They con-
cocted and spread these rumours in order to afford
an excuse for the perpetration of the violation of the
law of nations, which Austria contemplated.