The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-29 00:00:00

THE GERMAN INTERVENTION IN

HOLST'ZIN.

(non Mt MA

HAMBURG, JAN. AE.

Great consternation was produced at Kiel
yesterday morning by the unexpected arrival of
the first column of Prussian troops, consisting of
the 60th Regiment of Infantry, who immAistely
took possession of the bead guard-house, and dis-
missal the Their
and students, who bad hitherto
held it. Their next act was to take down the
Sleswig-Holstein standard and replace it by the
Prussian flag ; and their third was to remove and
send home the two volunteer sentries posted before
the residence of the Duke of Augustenburg. They
at first objected to be thus summarily dismissed,
sod demanded orders from the Prince, which were
immediately, but reluctantly, given.
As mentioned in my letter of yesterday, the octo-
genarian Field Marshal von Wrangel—"Father
Wrangel," as be is called by his troops—has arrived
in this city, and taken up his quarters at the Hotel
de l'Eorope, ou the Jungfernstieg. This morning
at an early hour an insulting demonstration was
performed under his windows. On the flagstaff of
the landing stage for the Alster steamboat., oppo-
site the hotel, was hoisted the Sleswig-Holstein
flag, and underneath it a placard with the words in
large letters, easily legible from the windows oppo-
site, "The traitor to Sleswig-Holstein." It was
still exposed at 9 o'clock, when I passed the spot,
but was removed shortly afterwards. The Field
Marshal immediately despatched one of his aides-
de-camp to the Prussian ambassador, who loot no
time in lodging a complaint with the Secretary for
the Foreign,Departmenktepreeent tethe Senate, and
demanding that the obnoxious flag and the insult-
ing placard be publicly burned on the square
before the hoteL After so recently having bad
to eat humble pie in the affair of not giving notice
of the arrival of their troops, and asking permis-
sion for their passage through Hamburg. Prussia,
of course, will readily take this opportunity of
placing the same dish before the Senate, and de-
manding an ample apology.
The Prussian Consulate in this city advertises in
to-day's papers for engineer, aasistants, and stokers
for service on board the steamers of the Prussian
navy, with offers of very favourable conditions.
The men so engaged are to rendezvous at the naval
depots of SkaUund, Danzig, or Stettin.
A few days ago I reported the humiliation the
Prussian troops had to put up with in the formal
protest of the inhabitants of Wandsbeck, and their
flat refusal to give them a night's quarters. To
punish them for this refractory conduct, s large
body of Prussians (6,000 men) marched into that
town yesterday, where they are to remain for •
Ifortnight or so, at the charge of the community, so I
I that they will have to smart severely for it ; as the
battalion that required a single night's quarters,
and would have paid for the accommodation, was
only 600 strong, or one man for each house,
whereas es a retribution for their wilful con-
duct, each householder is now saddled with the
board and lodgings of ten men for an indefinite
period.
The Federal commissioners in Holstein find them-
selves
in such an unenviable position, and are so
totally unable to carry on the administration of the
country according to the instructions they received
from the German Diet, that they either have ten-
dered their resignation, or are about to do so im-
mediately. Iu addition to the opposition offered
to their measures ou all aides, they cannot agree
together on many questions of importance, and on
more than one occasion some stormy scenes have
taken lace between themselves ; and they were
obl' in consequence to apply to head-quarters
forfurther instructions. It is at length beginning
to be generally felt that the whole affair of the
" Federal execution" is a decided failure.