The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-29 00:00:00

THE SLESWIO INVASION.

The government of Copenhagen seems to be
preparing to act vigorously with its navy. It is
sending all its ships to Rea, sailing vessels as well as
steamers. The frigate Jylland has left port to cruise
in the Baltic, where she is soon to be joined by the
iron-clad frigate Niels-Duel, which has been con-
stantly in the Channel since the beginning of the
war, and taken a certain nuntber of German vessels.
She has just gone to Copenhagen to be revictual led,
and will afterwards guard the Sound.
At Duppel the Danes nightly repair the trifling
injuries done to their defences by the enemy's guns
during the day. They are also constructing new
entrenchments under cover of the old ones. The
Prussian army now finds itself in presence of six
fortified lines, defended by palisades, separated by
wide ditches, and armed with guns of large calibre ;
whilst ambuscades, block-houses, chevaux de frise,
and sharpened stakes, occupy the intervals. Priva-
tions and [sickness have caused serious losses to the
Prussians.
The Prussian soldiers, after burying the Danes
killed in the last encounter, placed a wooden cross
over the spot with this inscription : " Here lie
twenty-five brave Danes, who fell heroically on the
lith March, in tle combat of DuppeL"
Hamburg letters declare that the commanders of
the Prussian army have been too hasty in commenc-
ing the bombardment. The batteries were not in a
state to 'sustain &continued fire. This idea has also
been expressed by several liberal journals of
Berlin, which opposed the project of commencing,
at any price, the attack on the two fortresses on
the King's birthday. A communication from the
Prussian capital says, iu support of this observa-
tion, that the same point of view prevailed in
official circles, and that the King ordered that the
attacks should only be opened when required by
strategical motives, and never in honour of any
anniversary whatever. The Prussian chiefs, there-
fore, appear to have committed a serious military
fault from an excess of obsequiousness.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(nom cm% owi CORIZSPOND=7.)
MoyDAT EVENING.

There have been disturbances in Montpellier
arising out of the Armand trial. The population
of Montpellier, unlike that of Aix, take part with
Roux against Armand. The porters wife who
swore that she never saw her master go down in the
cellar is suspected by the mob of having been
bribed, and as she went to market on Saturday she
was set upon, insulted, and beaten. Several
witnesses for the defence have been hooted and
threatened. A medical professor was so mobbed
that he was forced to take refuge in his house. On
the other hand some of the witnesses for the
prosecution have been treated to ovations.
The women especially belong to the Roux
faction. A great crowd assembled at the
railway station watching for Roux's arrival, with
the intention of giving him an enthusiastic recep- '
tion ; but they were disappointed, for Roux went
direct from Aix to his native place, Bourg-Saint-
AndeoL In the course of the evening several hostile
demonstrations were made in front of houses in
which witnesses for the defence reside. The Pre-
fect of the Herault issued the following procla-
mation :

Inhabitants of Montpellier,—The town of Montpellier
was troubled yesterday by tumolt•os manifestations.
I immediately took all necessary measures to main-
Wu order, and assure the safety of citizens. As
the representative of a government which protects the
rights sod interests of all, it is my duty to enlighten you
as to the character of these demonstratio•s. They consti-
tute as outrage to justice and an attack upon the public
peace. Orden bare been given to repress them, and groups
will be dispersed as soon as formed. The population of
Montpellier has already given me sassy proofs of good con-
duct and excellent spirit. Let it now Baton to the voice of
• magistrate who is honoured by its couddence, and it will
avoid everything which may so much as create emotion, and
thereby disturb the peace of families. It will thus spare
me the painful necessity of handing over to the severity of
justice all promoters of fresh disorder.
The Prefect of the Heraalt, J. M. MT=

*mapsllier, March 27, 1864.
It is inferred from the circumstance that the car-
dioal p►triarch of Venice has received a mission
from the Pope to give his apostolical benediction to
the Archduke Maximilian and the archduchess
previous to their departure foe Mexico, that their

rumoured journey to Rome will not take place. We
have no explanation in Paris as to the reasons
which led to the postponement of the reception of
the deputation at Miramar, which had been spe-
cially fixed for Easter Sunday, and that, as was
said, with a view to give a symbolic religious
sanction to the resurrection of the empire
of Montezuma. The archduke has made a present
to his sister-in-law, the Empress of Austria, of the
island of Lacroma in the Adriatic. Richard Coeur
de Lion was a prisoner in this island after his return
from Palestine. The Empress will pass some time
there this spring for change of air.
The Bourse was weak, notwithstanding that the
'belief in the meeting of the conference is stronger
than it was. Rents fell 15c. for cash, and 10c. for
account, closing at 65fr. 95c. and 66fr. foc. Mobi-
lier fell 51r.

" The following act of intolerance," says the
Siicle, " has been communicated to us :—A young
man named Arthur Renault entered iu 1860 the
college of the Marist Brothers, at Montlugon
(Allier.) He had there gone through nearly the
half of his education, when, in 1863, his father
entered as groom the service of King Victor
Emmanuel. It appears that the Brothers shud-
dered at the idea of any longer retaining in their
community the sou of a servant to an excommuni-
cated sovereign. They immediately sent the
young man back to his father, doubtless not
avowing all their sympathies for the patrons of
Ninco-Nanco and of Cipriano la Gala."