The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-20 00:00:00

TEE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE,

GERMANY AND DENMARK.

The 'Dila: Zeitung of Berlin states that Prince
Frederick Charles and his staff leave Berlin this
day (Wednesday). The same journal speaks of the
complete mobilisation of the 3rd corps of the
Prussian army, and of the great preparations made
by the Guard and of the sth Corps of the Army
for a campaign.
The passage of the Austro-Prussuin troops
through Hanover was not obtained evidently with-
out much trouble, King George yielding only to
energetic representations on the part of his mi-
nisters.

We gave a day or two ago the terms of the motion
made by M. Schultze in the Prussian Chamber,
violently protesting against the joint policy of
Austria and Prussia in the duchies. The commis-
sion on the loan, to whom this motion was referred,
have unhesitatingly adopted it, and have made it
the basis of a report. It is not improbable, more-
over, that the supplementary credit of 10,000,0008.,
for the expedition of Sleewig, demanded by the
Austrian government, will be rejected by the
Austrian chamber.

The Norwegian Storthing is to be convoked
without delay, to authorise the King to dispose
of the national forces. In Sweden the King, in
virtue of the constitution, can himself make war
without the authority of the Swedish Diet. More-
over, the latter body, before the closing of the
session, had voted extraordinary credits for arma-
ments.

THE ASPECT OF SLESWIG.
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SLESWICI, JAW. 14.

The Fiord, or arm of the Baltic that penetrates
the country up to this city, and known as the
Schlei, presents at this moment a most animated
appearance, as in several places thousands of per-
sons are busily occupied in sawing through the ice
and heaping up the blocks lifted out of the water,
by which an open channel of some 30 feet wide is
obtained. The sawing is chiefly done by the soldiers,
and the ice taken out by civilians, the local Saber-
men, who receive for their day's labour 2 rfgsdalers
and 4 marks (about ss. 6d. sterling) each, which is not
only good pay, but fully indemnifies them for not
being able to pursue their usual avocation of fishing.
They therefore cheerfully lend their assistance to
complete the work, and there is not a particle of
truth in the reports circulated by certain German
newspapers of the fishermen having refused to
work.

Notwithstanding the severity of the winter, the
health of the army is much more satisfactory than
might have been expected, and the number on the
sick list has never exceeded four per cent. They
chiefly suffer from catarrhs and colds brought on
from the intensity of this inclement weather.
Great attention has been paid to their being
well supplied with warm clothing, and they
are daily accustomed to winter marching awl
other military mamenvres. Those detachments

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doubt subject to hard duty, as they have to keep a
watchful eye, and furnish the men detailed for
pickets, vedettes, and outposts. But they are re-
lieved at stated periods by other troops. in spite
of the frost, the Trene, the ()derby, the Rheider,
and other rivers, are scarcely passable for foot pas-
sengers, much less for bodies of troops, as the con-
stancy of the springs issuing from the warm
swampy bogs prevents effectively the ice from at-
taining any great degree of thickness.
The provisioning of the army has been duly cared
for, and the service organised and executed with
great regularity. There are four fixed divisional
magazines of food, two here and two at Flensburg,
besides which are nine moveable brigade magazines
that follow the motions of their respective brigades.
The most perfect arrangements are made for cook-
ing, and a large field butchery has been organised,
in which 60 oxen and 100 pigs are killed every day
for distribution to the troops. Waggons are also
in abundance, ready to carry the provisions to the
different corps, even in the most distant canton-
ments.