The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-23 00:00:00

MADAGASCAR.

Accounts have been received by the French
papers from &Maim' to the 14th ult., and from
Madagascar to the 16th December :
Gnat agitation reigned at Tananarive, and a feeling
@bailer to that which bad taken women= of the minds of
the lower dames soar weeks before the MA revolution
nein prevailed. Parties mutually &novae, oat other.
Queen Rosoisaeries is quite a victim to her new husband,
the Minister Reinivennehitrioeny, who continues to indulge
is his love of drink, and compels the Queen to follow him
ezample, in violation of the new constitution which pro-
hibits the Queen from drinking spirituous liquors. The
English Omani at Madagascar having been accused by Mr.
Ellis of anti.missionary feelings, has left Tamatent, sod re-
turned to the Mauritius. Great uncertainty still peeve& u
to the fate of Rama, and many penes' believe that he is
yet alive.

(worm% tscsoams.)
THE WAR IN SLESWIG.
ENGAGEMENT BEFORE DUFFEL.
COPENHAGEN, Fss. 2; 9 P.M.
This morning, at daybreak, a Prussian recon-
noitring party in force attacked our whole line.

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A regiment of our advanced guard was driven in,
and the Prussians took the village of Dubboel.
Another of our regiments, supported by our
forces behind the entrenchments, continued the
engagement.

the action terminated at noon, when our forces
had re-occupied their former position.

The correspondent of the Times sends the follow-
ing account of the above arid, :
" BONDEB.BURG, Fn. 22, 4.41 r.x.

"The Prussians this morning, at o'clock, drove
in the Danish outposts and occupied the village of
Diippsl.
"They were dislodged by a cannonade from the
bastions.
" The action lasted four hours.
" Two Danish regiments were engaged-
" Two hundred men are dead and wounded, with
many officers.
"The Prussians lef t many dead and wounded on
the field.
"The Danish army is in high spirits."

(azirra's nuazax.)
NEW CAPTAIN GENERAL FOR SAN
DOMINGO.

MADRID, Fn. 22, Emma.

General Gondar haa been appointed Captain-
General of San Domingo and commander-in-chief
of the army there, in place of General Vargas.

The King of Holland boa just completed his
47th year, biz Majesty having bees born os the 19th of
February, 1817.

The Academy of Moral and Political Science, in
in satin of Saturday, sleeted ]fr. Grote, of Loudon,
forogsasseriste, la the pleas of the late Lord Masealay.
The Liberal Correspondence of Berlin states that
the Denny X. Heitzte, author of the " History of the
Wen of Liberty," a well. knowe work, is &boot to be pro-
aerated for lies-Xa}sty. He appears to have made 011111
ruse soarieg Leg'sys in the shop of • partryeeak at
Baselin, sod the persons who were present betrayed kiss to
the authorities.

A letter from Constantinople states that the
Salton, while on a bunting excursion at Esk-ifedi, wee
placed in a very dangerous situatioo. When at some dir
tame from his suite, he suddenly found himself close to
several wild boars. The Sultan fired at Hama, when the
animals rushed furiously on hint and threw him to the
ground. Fortunately for the Sultan two sportsmen mine
to his metstaoce and put the bows to flight. He received
no wounds. but has since been Indisposed for a few days,

A letter from M. d'Arnoult, the oorrespondent
of the Patrie, written from Biel on the suns day, says :
" I left the prison of Flensburg yesterday, after having
yielded to violence, and signed a declaration in which I
sewage not to re-eater Maori( so long u the Derby shall
be occupied by the allied &liaise. I was taken beck eider
moon to Readsbarg, where I was at length set at liberty,
without however having the whole of ny papers mewed te
anw I therefore, been looked up for Gee week as a
mistime! for the letters which I wrote bons."

Her Majesty's steamer Himalaya arrived at
Sydsoy. New South Wales, ea We 4ih at Dessailior Irt
from Now &alma.

OPINING OF WI MDT RAILWAY IN Nsw
ZIALLFD.-7110 New Zealand aspen Jed ease to band
record the opooki of the int railway in that missy bp.
twain Okinawa sad Boathook, in the settinant of
Clainerhary.
GOLD ID Boom AIDITRALIA.—Mr. Hargraves
has onausweed his exploration of Boa Anibal* awl en
the tad of Doneasber last he fonod slgaa of gall at Ddb.
DdM
Strinuanra Camila—The numerous sebum's,
taking* tablas now at work In Enrol* are in the
upwards of 5.100 milk keg. nose cables nape he=
mike So 1,500 silk each is length, sod they are oak
in water earplug from 90 to 9,400 foes ia &kik.