The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-27 00:00:00

ANOTHER PRETENDER.

The Co/ogrie Ga:.4—tie mentions the rumour of a
project which is at the present moment gaining
consistency in Germany, but which would meet
with many difficulties in its realisation. Count de
Biamark, it says, appears to be ite accord with
Austria to exclude the Prince of Augustenburg
from the sovereignty of Sleswig Holstein, and
those states would be given to the Grand Duke of
Oldenburg, who iu return would cede the Grand
Duchy of Oldenburg to Prussia.

THE AFFAIR AT DUFFEL.
PRUSSIAN ACCOUNT.

The Prussian official G ft. of Thursday pub-
lishes the following particulars of the affair of the
22nd inst: :

Reports have been received from the beed•quarten of
the royal combined army corps at Graveostein concerning
the reconnaissance of the 21ad before Duppel ; they relate
that at daybreak a great reconnaiss►nce of the Duppel
entrenchment. took place.
At 7 in the morning the Canatein brigade, consisting (after
furnishing the outpost. and detaching a Gpouuder battery),
of four battalioes, one 12-poundrir battery, and one Ciliounder
battery, and one squadron of huhuis, moved from Smol in
the direction of Wielhoi.

At the same hour the Roeder Brigade-4 battalions, 1
12-pounder battery, 1 **adroit balsas—marched to Stew-
damp with 3 battalion; and with 1 battalion moved alma
the road.

Major-General von Roeder was ill, and Colonel von
Kamienski led this brigade. The Goebert Brigade made a
simultaneous movement, with 4 battalions, 1 12-pounder
battery, 2G-pounder guns, and a detachment of dragooos,
by way of Satrap, upon ItakehilL
The Schmidt Brigade was stationed u a reserve at
Ulderup, the advanced guard at Fisehbeck. It was in-
tended to take the Baffalkoppe: by a comprehensive move-
ment, to force back thikenemy into his entrenchments, to
reconnoitre them closely, and ►t the same time to do the
enemy all the harm possible. The first part of the plan
was carried out ; the hostile troops (four battalions of the
kith and 220 d regiments) were everywhere driven in after a
short resistance, losing, besides many killed and wounded,
253 prisoners, including two officers. Somejatunnetir flags
(small flags used to mark distances) were taken, as well as a
great quantity of arms and war material.. The troops
behaved capitally under fire ; they at last, especially the
column of the left wing (Goeben) had to support a violent
fire of shell and grape from the walls, opened upon them so
soon as the hostile infantry had got back to their intrench-
meats.
A dose reconnaissance of the works could not be effected
by rue= of the great fall of snow. The retreat of the
troops was, therefore, immediately ordered, and carried
oat.

Our loss :-4 wounded officers (411 of the 3rd company of
t►e 6th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 53, only
slightly wounded), 6 dead, and about 21 wounded men.
Major• General von Goeben's horse was wounded under him.
that of General4Wiuttingerode's orderly officer likewise, and
Captain Dcruberg, on the general staff of the 13th Division,
had his horse killed under him. A fifth officer of the 53th
Regiment, reported wounded, is not hart.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Field liar.
steal von Wrangel were present daring the whole of the
reemensisaaece, and under the fire of the hoary guns in the
intremehments.

(arum's rtuaiuma.)
DENMARK.

COPENHAGEN, FEB. W. 7.40 P.M.
The Minister of War has proposed to the King
to diamisi General de Meza from the army.
The enemy was yesterday at Kolding, and his
outposts in a more northerly direction.

It has been noticed here that the Pleesberger
Zeitung publishes its Copenhagen news under the
head of foreign intelligence.

ADDRESS OF THE RIGSDAG TO THE RING.
COPENHAGEN, FEB. 26, 10.20 r.m.
...

An addres% to the King has just been adopted
almost unanimously by both Houses of the Rigsdag.
It concludes as follows :

"Our consolation in this moat serious time is
that the King will uphold our liberty and inde-
pendence, and not allow Denmark to be weakened
by dissolving our union with Bleswig. The people
reckon on the declaration of the government that
the war shall be energetically prosecuted, and they
trust that the King will convince the nations of
Europe that the Danes are willing to make any
sacrifice to preserve their nationality and their
right to govern themselves."

(vvm'B F.IPI/J28.)
SPAIN.