The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-12 00:00:00

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
RETIREMENT OF THE SCHESWIG-HOLSTEIN
TROOPS FROM BEFORE ERIE DERICHSTADT.
On the 7th the whole of the Schleswig-Holstein
troops withdrew from before Friederichstadt to the
positions which they had occupied on the 29th Sep-
tember, and the artillery was brought back to Rends-
burgh.
The ferry-house at Wollersum,
_ immediately oppo-
site Friederichstadt, on the Holstein side of the
Eyder, being occupied by some Holstein artillery,
was cannonaded by the Danes on the morning of the
6th and burned down. Six Danish gunboats, two
steamers (the Geyser and Hebe), and some trans-
ports, were lying off the mouth of the Eyder.
The Danish Chamber was opened on the sth by
Royal Commission ; the President of the Ministry
read the following address :
" After the lapse of only a few months we greet you
again, and welcome you to the resumption of your exer-
tions for the welfare of the country. The short interval
has been marked by events important both for us and
our people.
" Immediately after the termination of the former
Diet we succeeded in concluding, by the mediation of
Great Britain, a peace with Prussia in the name of
the Germanic Confederation. The conduct which our
Government was by the terms of the peace bound
to observe towards Germany has been conscientiously
maintained, and as in oar policy we have always
pursued the course recommended by the Powers in
friendly relations with us, and especially the mediating
State, in the same manner those Powers have exhibited
their interest in the welfare of Germany, as they have,
with us, signed the protocol accepted in London on the
2d of August, and which afterwards received also the
assent of Austria.
" So much the more have we reason to complain that
the present condition of Germany has not only deferred
the ratification of the treaty of peace far beyond the
term assigned, but still places obstacles in the way of
that ratification being completed.
" In consequence of this lamentable condition of affairs
the conclusion of the peace has been without influence on
events in Holstein, as conditions of the treaty referring
to the intervention of the Band, in order to restore le-
gality and order in this Duchy, at the same time pre-
vented U 3 from obtaining the same object by the employ-
ment of the power at our own command.
"The circumstances of Germany have also contributed
to render of no effect the royal message we addressed to
our misguided subjects, containing our Royal promise
to agree to summon a body of men elected from the dif-
ferent parts of the monarchy for the temporary settle-
ment of the points in dispute.
" After this attempt, answered by a hostile challenge
nothing remained but to meet revolt by arms. God was
with us. Oar army, received joyfully by the faithful
population of Schleswig, has, with heroic courage,
opened a bloody path, as far as it was permitted to ad-
vance, and stands again victorious on the wall of Den-
mark.'

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" With the restoration of the legal authority in
Schleswig, the necessity of regulating the disturbed
commercial relations between the Duchies and the Mo-
narchy became very evident. In reference to them, and
the necessity of knitting together, as firmly as pos-
sible, the band of connexion between both these por-
tions of the state, that had been loosened by the con-
tinuance of the war, we have, by a provisional law, ac
cording to paragraph 30 of the Constitution, equalized
the Customs dues, and abolished the Customs frontier
between Denmark and Schleswig, and in connexion with
this measure shall, if necessary, abolish the octroi in all
the towns of the State, with the exception of Copen-
hagen. We feel so much the more confidence that this
measure will have the consent of the Diet, as it has been
for a long time generally desired, and the subject et pre-
paratory negotiations.
" The financial resources of the State, notwithstanding
the continuance of the war, are not exhausted, and it is
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hoped the r; venue of the running half of the financial
year will be sufficient to cover the expenditure, without
resorting to the power conferred by the law, authorising
the levy of a war tax, passed on May 15 last, to issue
credit notes to the amount of 2,000,000 rix dollars; so
that the ordinary and extraordinary revenue of the next
financial year can be applied exclusively to cover the
necessary expenditure.
" We know, and we rejoice to be able to declare it
among you, that the storms which have visited our
country, how lamentable otherwise their effects may
have been, have served to strengthen the bond between
King and people, who have had so much to bear and
endure together.
" The strong and sound spirit of the people will ani-
mate also the men who are called to decide with the
Government on the welfare of the State. In that hope
wo wish the blessing of God on you and your labours."
The Senate of Hamburgh has been officially in-
formed by the Danish Government, that it will not
recognise the notes issued, or to be issued, by the
Staathalterschaft of the Duchies, ner the small money
that it proposes to coin ; it therefore warns the Senate
against receiving either.