DENMARK. 



DEWEY, CHARLES A. 



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liM.020. Tlie incrcnse of population 

 in I Vimiiirk l'n>|icr. 1'roin 1855 to 1800, \viis 

 ('..71 pi-r i nt. An equal increase froralSOOto 

 1865 would havo swelled the population to 

 ],Tnl, l J(iu inhiil.itmits. All tho inhabitant-, of 

 I'eiimark belonged, in 1800, to the Lutheran 

 State Church, with tho exception of 12,907, of 

 whom 4,214 were Jews, 1,240 Roman Catho- 



1,701 Reformed, 2,057 Mormons, 2,270 

 HapiM-. 1 1 1 Kpiscopalians, 202 Adherents of 

 the Apostolic, and 142 of tho Evangelical Free 

 Lutheran Congregation. The budget for 1866- 

 ninates the receipts at 26,443,996 rix- 

 dollars, nud the expenditures at 26,482,113. 

 Tho public debt, on March 81, 1865, amounted 



',110,820 rix-dollars. The army consisted, 

 in 1855, of 22,000 infantry, of 3,300 cavalry, of 

 4,200 artillery, 500 engineers. The fleet, in 

 March, 1866, was composed of three frigates 

 and one floating battery, iron-cased, carrying a 

 total of 44 guns ; one steamship of the line, 64 

 guns; four steam-frigates, with an aggregate 

 armament of 162 guns; three steam-corvettes, 

 with 44 guns; four corvettes, mounting 12 

 guns; six paddle-wheel vessels, carrying to- 

 gether 38 guns; and seven iron gunboats, with 

 an- aggregate of 13 guns. Of sailing vessel?, 

 Denmark possesses two ships of the line, of 84 

 guns each ; one frigate, of 48 ; one corvette, of 

 20; and one brig, of 16, besides a receiving ship, 

 transports, and a flotilla of row-boats. Jn ad- 

 dition to the iron-plated vessels enumeratrd 

 above, one is in progress of construction, with 

 double screws, 860-horse power, and to carry 

 two guns of 300 Ibs. The marine force amount- 

 ed to 1,808 men. The merchant navy consisted, 

 in March, 1865, of 3,079 vessels, having together 

 74.140 lasts. 



The draft of a revision of the State Constitu- 

 tion of 1846 having been deliberated upon in 

 three successive sessions of both the Rigtrad 

 (representation for Denmark and Schleswig), 

 and the Rigsdag (representation for Denmark 

 Proper), held in 1865 and 18G6, the king, in 

 closing the third session of the Rigsdag, on 

 July 29th, announced that on that day he had 

 signed the revised constitution, and that it had 

 thus become a law of the land. Schleswig 

 having been separated from Denmark, the new 

 constitution abolishes the Rigsrail. The elec- 

 tion for a new Rigsdag, which took place in 

 June, resulted in strengthening the " peasants' 

 party." Tu tho "Folkething," or Lower Cham- 

 ber, of 100 members elected 60 belong to it. 

 The new Rigsdag was opened on November 

 12th. Tho following are the most important 

 points referred to in the speech from t lie- 

 throne : A bill for tho dowry of the Princess 

 Dagmar (who, on October 25th, had been be- 

 1 rot hed to the heir-apparent of the Ru^ian 

 throne) will be laid before tho chambers. By 

 the treaty of peace concluded between Austria 

 and Prussia at Prague, the latter power has 

 undertaken to restore Schleswig to Denmark in 

 BO far as the population may by free voting 

 pronounce themselves in favor of such a step. 



Although it has not yet taken place, till the 

 text of tho treaty and the national direction in 

 which European relations are now being de- 

 veloped are a guaranty that Denmark also shall 

 obtain tho natural frontiers necessary for her. 

 Thi< is the object toward which, since the treaty 

 of Vienna, the hopes of the Government have 

 been directed. The justice of these hopes has 

 been recognized by friendly powers, and espe- 

 cially by the Government of tho Emperor Na- 

 poleon, who has testified a warm interest in 

 Denmark. Tho Government sees in the pro- 

 posed settlement of the question a proof of the 

 friendship of Prussia. The king further stated 

 that preparations were being made for the de- 

 fence of the kingdom, notably with regard to 

 fire-arms, which were being placed upon an im- 

 proved footing. The questions connected with 

 the finances of the Duchies were mainly settled, 

 and the general financial position of tho entire 

 monarchy gave rise to no apprehensions for the 

 future. A report that the United States had 

 demanded permission to construct a naval sta- 

 tion at the island of St. Thomas was officially 

 denied by the Danish Government. 



DEWEY, Hon. CHAHLES A., Judge of the 

 Supreme Court of Massachusetts, born in 

 "Williamstown, Mass., in 1793; died at North- 

 ampton, Mass., August 22, 1866. He was a 

 son of the late Hon. Daniel Dewey, M. 0. from 

 Berkshire in 1813, was educated at Williams 

 College, where he graduated in 1811, and 

 studied law with the distinguished jurist, 

 Theodore Sedgwick, of Stockbridge. After 

 practising his profession in Williamstown from 

 1815 to 1824, he removed to Northampton and 

 formed a copartnership with a distinguished 

 lawyer of that town. Provision was made by 

 the Legislature, in. 1837, for enlarging the num- 

 ber of the judges of the Supreme Court from 

 four to five; and Governor Edward Everett 

 appointed Judge Dewey to the position. For 

 many years there had been a sharp discussion, 

 running through a portion of the press, relating 

 to the constitution of the Supreme Court ; the 

 opinion being held by one side that the court 

 was top much inclined in its decisions to favor 

 the Unitarians. Governor Everett fortunately 

 quieted' that feeling by the judicious and 

 acceptable appointment of Judge Dowey, who 

 was well known to hold opposite religious 

 opinions. Judge Dewey held his seat through 

 the long period of twenty-nine years. He 

 was ever a working member of the court 

 always performing, intelligently and well, his 

 full share of its labors, and never avoiding any 

 of its greater responsibilities. Judge Dewey 

 was not what is called a brilliant or showy 

 man ; but was distinguished for practical com- 

 mon sense in the consideration of all questions 

 that engaged his attention. With the whole 

 body of statute laws ho had great familiarity, 

 as also with mercantile law and the law of 

 charitable trusts, which to some extent en- 

 gaged tho public thought at the time of his 

 appointment. As a judge he was always affable 



