The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-12 00:00:00

[romped, ld. Additioasi.]

THE

LB INTERVENTION IN
HOLS

(Mx On OW

HAXBUILO, .749. 9,

The intelligence that Austria intends to with-
draw from farther participation in the Federal
execution in Holstein appears to find its confirma-
tion in the fad that the special trains ordered to
be held in readiness for the conveyance of large
reinforcements—rumour speaks of 25,000 =in—
here been countermanded.

General von Hake, the commander-in-chief of
the Federal troops in Holstein, has returned to
Altona, after inspecting the ruins of the bridge-
head on the southern side of the Ryder at Fried.
richstadt that was blown up by the Nees on New
Year's-eve, during which five Danish artillerymen
were seriously injured. An Austrian major has been
attached to the general's staff.
At Alton& • military hospital for sick Hano-
verian' has been 'fitted up, with beds for 250 men.
The Mint, long since abandoned by the Danes, has
been handed over to the Saxons for a military
hospital, with 300 beds, between 30 and 40 of which
are already occupied.
The King of Denmark, accompanied by the
Grown Prince, has paid a visit to the fortress of
Friedrichatadt, and been -moot entliudastiasilly re-
coived by the garrison and the citizens, although
the Holstein newspapers endeavour to pennade
their readers that he met but • cool reception.
A gentleman who has just returned from Schles-
wig has given me the following description of the
great Danish defensive works called the Danoe-
virke. " I had no difficulty," be says, "in going
over the whole of the works, being challenged by no
sentinel, nor asked any questions as to the motive
of my visit. As far as I could judge without exhi-
biting any suspicious curiosity, the works consist of
about fifteen separate batteries, two of which,
armed with 84-pounders, command the road and
the railway. Besides the above I counted five closed
earthworks armed with 12-pounders ; in the other
and smaller works six and eight pounder field guns
are placed in position. I could see but very few
rifled cannons. Those parts of the works that have
lately been completed are partially defended by
palisades. The sudden frost has evidently inter-
fered with the progress of the works, and should it
continue as at precept it will prevent their being
completed. The moats of the inclosed works are
only furnished as yet with palisades turned towards
the glacis, but they are fixed so very horizontally
that they can offer no serious opposition to a deter-
mined assault. Whilst I was strolling over the place
the troops had by degrees collected for a review,
and it was evident bow much stronger a force would
be required to defend the position ; the ten thou-
sand men drawn up were absolute7y lost in the
immense extent of the position. I know not if the
Danes still expect the support and co-operation of
the British, the French, and the Swedes, but it is
clear that they did count on some such help, or
they would never have laid out these works on such
a gigantic scale. About noon I observed the
cavalry arrive, and take up a position on the dank,
between the 13th and 15th batteries. I counted five
regiments, but the distance was too great to allow
mete judge of their strength with any degree of cor-
rectness. A numerous staff of officers rode
down the front of each regiment in succession, and
then took up a position close to the battery No.
13, whither I also proceeded, and in a few minutes
the whole body rushed past, headed by the King in
person. He sits well and firmly in his saddle, was
dressed in a close-fitting dark blue uniform with
light blue trousers, and his head was covered by a
military foraoing cap. On his left rode the oom-
mander-in.chief, General de Mem, a short thickset
4ure, with intelligent eyes. On the right of the
King rode the youthful Crown Prince, dressed
in the showy uniform of the Guards. The
staff consisted of about 16 officers and orderlies.
On their arrival at battery No. 12 the King dis-
mounted and went in, where he was received with
hearty cheers from the infantry drawn up inside."
General von Stutterheim, who it will be remem-
bered was employed by the British government
towards the close of the Crimean war to raise a
foreign legion at Heligoland--which, however, was
disbanded without going into action, or rather was
sent to the Cape of Good Hope, where the men
were formed into military settlers "—has turned
up again, and arrived in this city yesterday.
Report torments his reappearance on the stage with
the formation of a Schleswig-Holstein army, which
may possibly be the case ; though it is certain that
till an actual declaration of war with Denmark on
the part of the German confederation takes place,
the senate of Hamburg will continue to act loyally
in suppressing any open or covered attempts to
establish • recruiting office in this city. In defer-
ence to pubic opinion the senate has permitted the
"Turner's Hall" to he used for military drill, though
restricted solely to the gymnasts themselves, and the
police keeps watehf nleye on the punctual execution of
this relaxation. Letters from Belgium state that
large orders for fire-urns have been given to the
gun manufacturers atLiege for the use of the Schles-
wig-Holstein army, but from the laudable vigilance
of the police there is no reason to fear that a revo-
lutionary depot will be established here, either
openly or secretly.
A highly respected and well known loyal
porter of King Christian, Count Reventlow, of
Bordesholm in Holstein, the holder of a number of
honorary appointments, seeing what a revolutionary
turn affairs were taking, sent in his resignation to
the Federal commissioners in the last days of
December, who have now notified to him that they
accept his • 'on. The count was curator and
government • tarry of the University of
Kiel, chief magistrate for the rural districts of
Kiel, Cronshagen, and Bordesholm, and royal
commissioner for the Protestant nunnery of noble
ladies at Freer', as well ea head of the patrimonial
courts of justice foe the surrounding landed estates.
The frost is still very severe. The first sledge
with horses came across the RMe this morning In
the north it is more severe, the Ryder and Trams
being frozen over. A singular accident occurred on
the latter river the day before yesterday. A co.
luta& of ammunition waggons from Fleasberg to
Friedrichatadt were crowing the Tress' on the
ice, and six of them had got over in safety,
when the seventh and last broke through and were
lost, the horses being drowned. Fortunately the
drivers escaped with a wet jacket.
The Holstein newspapers ere very indignant that
the Danes should have required large 000tributioos
is %shwa from the landed proprietors of the samisen
district of fichkewig knows by the name of the
"Danish W0h1.1," a well cultivated and fruitful
province between the Ryder and the Bay of &kern-
fords. The contribution is 13,0001 be. of straw for
each plough of land, and a waggon, with two horses
and • driver, for each plough and a half of land.
' As the Danish* Wohld contains 343 ploughs of land,
' the requisition is equal to 2,500,00011 n of straw and
230 two-horsed waggons.
The directors of the Altona and Kiel Railway
company give public notice that the possession of
the branch line from Rendeburg to Neuniituster
(oosaleurited by Sir Morton Peto and bought of
kiln) was transferred to the company on New
Year's Day, and that the traffic on that branch is
now carried on for their account. At the same
; time they give notice that the Holstein cash notes
cannot be received in payment at any of the
stations, as by virtue of the royal decree of 113 M
March, 1864, they ought to have been paid off by
annual instahmests and redeemed altogether by the
end et 1813.
A Holstein telegraph off es was opened he.. this
morning. It is situated in the same government
building in which all the other* are located, and
they have greatly reduced the hitherto existing
tariff. Far instance, • telegram of twenty words
between any two stations a Holstein sow soots 35
Danish shillings, or about 10d, steeling, whilst it

[TWOPENCE

was previously 60 "killjoy, or nearly double. The
system of paying for additional words at so much
per word is abolished, and the tariff rises at the rate
of 18 shilling" for each additional ten words. I may
here state that the telegraph was erected by the
Danish government, and the officials are exclusively
Danes ; but in the present excited state of public
feeling they have consented by an amicable arrange-
ment to transfer one of their five wires between this
city and Altona to the Holstein government, but
with the understanding that it is onl for Holstein
local traffic, all telegrams to Denmark, Sweden, and
Norway passing through the Danish telegraph
office.

SPIRIT RAPPERS AT
_ROME.7-TMREATENED

EXPULSION OP NIL HOME.

A letter from Rome, of the 6th, states that Mr.
Home, of spiritualism notoriety, had been ordered to leave
110(120 in three days. The following is • report of the
prouedinp io his own words :
" Jan.:. Received • letter requesting my premiss be-
fore the police on the ard inst, between the hems of 10
sad 1. Jan. 3. Went, and was shown to the room el the
Advocate Pasqnsloui. 1 was accompanied by my friend
N. Gauthier, Cann( of Greece in Rome. The goes-
time were as follows :—' The names of my father and
mother! Have you published • book? Yee. Your
perfassion ? A. art etudes. Your resident's? ilk Via
del Tritons. When aid you arrive? Six weeks age. How
many times have yogi been in Rome? Twice. How long
did you eta emit Ma? Two maths the lint and three
wises the het. Hew beg do you intend to remain tit
time! Till April. Have you • fixed residence in France!
No. How many books have you written! One.
How many copies ham bees mold? As I am not
my own peibbsber it would be impossible to my.
After you became • catholic did you exercise vow
power as a medium! Neither before nor after did I
exereiem my power as • medium, inasmuch as it is not •
power dependent on my will ; I could not use it. How do
yoe make these thaw ? I think the reply I have just given
is snakiest for this. Do you ososider your power a gift of
nature? No ; I consider it • gift of God. Whet mufti-
tutu a trance? A study of physiology will explain this
better than I can. Do you see the spirits asleep and awake
Both. Why do the spirits come to you? As a consolation,
and to convince those who do not believe is the after
mistimes of the soul. What religion do they teach ! That
depeods. What do you do to make them emu r I was
about to reply that !did nothing, when on the table when
he was writing there came dew and distinct ram. He the.
said, • Bat the table also moms !' Just as be was saying it
the table did move. • What is the aged your child? For
and a half. Where is be? At Malvern. With whom!
Dr. Gully. Is Dr. Gully a catholic! No. When did you
lest we your child? Two enoeths ago. When do you *u-
pset to see him again? In April.' He then mid. without
assigning any reason, that I must loam Esse in three days.
Do you consent? No, most decidedly not, inasmuch as
I have done nothing to Strive the laws of this or soy
other country. I will consult with the English camel and
be guided by him.'"
" finch." writes a correspondeet, "is the report of a pro.
endure whichis eminently characteristic of pontifical go-
vernment. On Monday morning the Brash mogul saw
Monsignor Mattagami, the governor of R 011314 and cum-
plaleed that soy British subject shouldbe interfered with
in consequence of his opinions. He stated that Mr. Home
bad conducted himself during his residence in Rome in •
strictly legal and gelation:Awl, manner, and demanded that
the obnoxious older Stook be rescinded. Monsignor spoke
of dangerous powers of fascination, of the prohibition by
the government of all the practices of the black art, and
finally smelted to Mr. Home's remaining, on cooditios of
his entering into an et. through Mr. SMIII, that
he would desist from all communicatioos with the spiritual
world during his stay in Rome. An agreement to that
effect was drawn op and Speed by Mr. Home, who will
henceforward abstain from all oommunisatioe with the
upper or lower world, as the case may, daring his residence
is Rome."