The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-02-09 00:00:00

THE WAR BETWEEN GERMANY AND

DENMARK.

TOMIDAT.—The Danish dragoons and • small division
1 infantry, forming the (*repent, engaged the Federal,
.t Fliumbure, on Monday. They loot three woundo9
and took five prisoners. All the materials erre saved,
nod ell the brtdgee east off.
WelieriMar. Tim Prusfian •fteck upon tbe
Danish position yesterd•y. et 10 o'clock in the owning.
ond continued till 4 o'rluck in the afternoon, at the
.nd of which time the German troops were drawn og
for the day. having been repuleed four Limn acoordiag
to nine account, and teke according to another. Th.
Dance •ppear to have kept up. heavy cannonading
open the storming parties of the nicety, who an mid
to have behaved with "great valour," sad to have had
1511 killed and wounded, including "several superior
..fffeers." The asseilanta, after this engagement. apprer
to have retreated to their position it Bakernfortie.
According to a Ki. I telegram, they have ouneyed
" heavy artillery to the front," from which it is to be
inferred that klioundie will be besieged in regale,
form. A dispatch from the Prussian headd-querten
steles that in the first day's &nook seventy-four miss
were employed ; and the valour of the Danes has inspired-
Prince Charles of Prussia with the belief thatthey " will
oppose serious resistance to the Austrian and Prussian
advance." Niteundie is reported to be in dames; but this
requires eoefinnation. A telegram from Copenhagen
supplies some interesting particulars of the battle.
From this it appean that the Friesian force consisted
of 9000 men and two batteries of ',finery ; while the
Danish position was manned by only 2000 men Not-
. withstanding the di-parity in the numbers of the two
! toner, the Danes ecknowledge • heavier loss than their
I foot The Germans estimate their own looms at 100
killed and wounded. whil t only one telegram asserts it
!to amount to as much as 150. The I aces admit hi.*
, loss to be from 150 to WO, including three Alters
I killed and four wounded. The Prussian killed and
Iwounded were at first left upon the field, but a Flea.-
burg telegraph stotes that 100 wounded men were son.
vey.cl to that town, (r tin which it is evident that the
I Prussians have ',offered more severely than they like to
! acknowledge It is gratifying to see that all over the
country the ice has given way. The value to the Danes
of this auspicious c in the weather 6 almost in-
s lendable. The thaw appears to be very general in Ike
re
effects An embargo haa besn planed upon all German
shipping in Ditniih porta. and on* vessel is reported ea
having been seised at Elsinore • very important sem
I nation Is made in the telegram published yesterday
respecting the proclamation of Marshal Wrangel. It
appears that he did not mention "Holstein" in ecenteie
tion with the Invasion of Schleswig.
THURSDAY —1.4 following dispatch basher's received
in Berlin fptm Field Marshal "Eon Wrangel :—Ttie
Anatrian vanguard led by General Von 011•Idetts is
Person, with the vanguard of the Prussian divithoit elf
the guard.. advaesed stains' Schleswig on the Sid Mei.;
At the third charge with the bayonet, the Goad,.
brigade repulsed the Deese posted between LoTj
and Ciettorf, and stormed Konigsberg and Obersolli.
The attacking force captured a ride gem, mid pene-
trated until beneath the Ire of the cannon of the
Dane...arks. The lures were .of eteaseelereble. The
Yarning Herald corrsepondent, speaking of the beetle
on Tuesday, lays :—The Prussians attacked Use redeelfte
at Haddely and Busted, at three in the afternoon. n.
NMI'S held their position well; the enemy retreated
at dark. A few Danes were wounded. At klientede
the Danes lost three °Seers and eighty men. The
Germans had 10,000, the Dents 3,000 troops under fire.
One Prussian regiment was totally deertreyed. The
D.ni.h dragoons routed the Premien humors. AN
attack is expected at Fredericionedt." The coestamt
wan renewed on the following day (Wedneeday), nad
levied till slur mit night. The Germans who lost
ettormoudy were repulsed. Shot *Lien,' Schleswig
city. The Weigh lan was not very great. but con-
sisted mostly of officers. The loge of the Pruseita
incloding killed and wounded, was between
and 300, among whom oleo are malty °Seem
The Tines, in a leader, says :—" It is now known that
the British Government, • few days sine., made to the
two German Powers • proposition which deprived tiers
or every poesible ground for hostilities England
offered to guarantee the fulfilment of the required me-
rittione, and to embody the German principles as to the
government of Sel-leserig in • Protneel to be armed b 1
the signetaries of the treaty of 1852. When, therefore,
the troops of the two Powers peened the Hider, the
Government. knew that all they demanded had bees
conceded, and not only conceded, but guaranteed by a
first-rate Power, which had been the chief selviaer of
Denmark. and poceesees the power of enforcing its own
opinions." The Paris Correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph says :—" Ilearn from a source on whieb I
can rely, that • secret treaty between Austria sail
Preens enure. to Preemie the annexation of Holstein
and other pans detached from Denmark." If this be
of, we have the whole 'egret of the cause of the present
war.

INTERRRTING MOVIIIMIT IN CORK. —A project if
now on foot in Cork in connection with the Danish
w•r, which mamma the most romantic surroondinga
It is contemplated to organ-se nothing lees than •
brigade of Irish gentlemen, to take service under the
Ring of Denmark in the present war; and the parti-
culars of the design recall the ancient days of knight
errantry, from their romantic and chiralrous character.
The projector of the design is . gentleman well knows
in lading Cork circles (roue his professional abilities,
his social eminence, and his grew moms in the hunting-
field—in fact, none other than the gentleman to whom
we lately referred as being the leading actor in •
romantic occurrence In the country through which the
local theatre wan crammed on a partomlar night, and
• song composed and sung on the occasion in eel *Men
of the beauty ofalady, the heroine of the some in-
cident This gentleman has deist the prism&
enterprise, and has taken not a
steps to carry it to completioe,ll6ob.uCsihtige "Yen&
pine* written to the Ring of Demmeilt, searing
him the services of 100 Irath gentlemeni in the war,
the corps to be called the Alexandre (lent Hardee, is
honour of the future Queen of England, the King of
Denmark'. daughter. Theme 100 erentleinen are all to
be men of station and rsapectabilite in the South or
Ireland, and are to equip and mount themselves during
wh.tever campaign they may be tall.-d on to mare in.
Their uniform will consist of the national coloara, and
on their casques they will exhibit the sppropriate
motto, "Right egsinst Might." The designer of this
romantic scheme has not 'topped here. He leas further-
more written to the Prime of Wales baking his
sanction of the movement, end his permission to
adopt the name ruentinned for the corps; sad
haa, besides, forwarded the details of the design
to the Times, in which, probably to-morrow se
next day, hi. letter on the subject will mow. The
only rehire for this offer to the King of Denmark
...ought for, is that his Majesty should send a
frigate to this harbour to transport the corps
to the meat of war. We have it on ezosllent
authority that 64 gentlemen from the South of Ireland,
all of independent means, have already agreed to take
part in the enterprise, and we have been furnished
with • long list of the plena* names, which, however,
we refrain at present from publishing The romance
of the story does not stop at the details we have given.
lii. proposed_ to give • ball in the Atheneum the night
before the brigade leaves; and it is arranged that at
'ix o'clock in the morning the hones of the "Cent.
Garde," will be in waiting for there—that they will
then mount and ride to Queenstown, where they will
embark in the Danish frigate which it is believed his
Majesty will send for them, and mil away for the
theatre of lIRY. The project is so far carried out that
s-veral gentlemen have already purchased horses forth.
campaien, and the uniform of the "Hardee has been
determined on. We shall probably have more to tell
our readers on the subject at a future elsy.--Cork
Examiner.

RPPELL OP TOP MALT-TAX.—IMPOIT•IfT MINTING
or DILOGATIO —A mewling of delegate. connected with
the emir.' aelociation farmed for the purpose of pre-
emir., the rep. al of the Kelt Tax, was held on Monday,
Lb. 25th ult., et the Bridge-bore Hotel. Loudon, to eon-
eider whet stem should be adopted in the coming MOW°
for the accomplishment of their object. Mr P. L. Punnet&
occupied the chair, and among the gentlemen present
were Messrs. It. Damen end G. J. Wood Irma
Doreetahire. Mr. Letts, parliamentary alert
end al:weary to the armistice, observed that
sa originally proposed the arpe and object of
the comolitt H
ee appointed by the ouse of Commons
were wide enough, but when the motion was
brought forward it was acceded to by the Government
on the umieretanding that the inquiry should be con-
fined to how far the excise regulations could be altered
so as to enable the fanner In use malted barley in feed-
ing nettle—Mr. Baldwin (King's Norton) said that tfue
advantage which the fanner would receive from the
einiple permission to use malted barley for feeding pur-
pose. would be no little that it would sot he worth
working for. He thought that if this asenelation premed
to views vigorously upon members of Parliament, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer would be obliged tit
consent to the total repeal—Mr. Wood said that
almost evert one in the County of Dorset, white
lie represented at this meeting, olift in favor of
the total repeal of the tax. though be did not au
to say that if the Chaoeellor of the Exchequer
offered a partial reduction they would not be glad te
accept it as en instalment, still keeping in view their
ultimate object—At the request of Mr. Baldwin,
roonded by Mr. Wood, the queetioe ;baba the
association should go for Um total repeal of the tax or
nor was put, and carried unanimously in the afillneative.
A resolution wes also adopted requesting the
to write to Sir F. Kelly 'eking him to withr.:l2
nominatioa of the committee appointed on the Wel
eiloSAy stated, and it was arranged thatienseedire steps
.houl be taken to hold county meetings with • view of
petitioutog Pediment when the subject is again
brought forward .—Sehatury Journal.
Tbe " Art Ammar of November, in Its deacriptich
of Benson's Great Clock, says: "It has attracted
universal attention, its oratruotioa hart we Wired,
obtained general and strong .pproval. it is or of the
largest chiming dodo as yet inenufaetured is this
country." Benson's new show rooms contain doles
designed by the fird artiste of the day, and
include clocks for the drawing-room, dining-
room, haid-rweat. librarl, hall, stahaase. brace
ket. carriage. church, turret, railwaya_ warehouse.
countinemouse, with musical, astronantimil, mad
every 'ptioet of clock, from the plainest to the
highest quality of which dr art is at present capable.
Church and turret clocks specially estimated for. Ben-
son's Illustrated Pamphlet melees and Watches Wale
by post for two stamps) contains • abort his=
dock and watch makinx, with dreriptior and
It arta as a guide in the purchase of a cloak or wen*
and ambles throe who live in Scotland, Ire/and, Wake.
the Colonies, India, or any part of the world to select •
clock Also • shod pamphlet on Cathedral and pal&
e free for cue stamp.
TsW. Beam realm& eintae medal and Immeardi•
wakes In dimes _MI sad 15 MI and 34, Ladgehrlda,
Leaden. Breach Betahlikmeate, 46, 47, and Cene-
MIL Vatehketied 17411.
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