The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-06 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION OF DUKE FREDERICK

AT HOLM.

E 1 NT Fla 5, livtsrmo.
Duke Frederick has been enthusiastically pro-
claimed at Holm and in the vicinity.
Nothing new is reported from the theatre of
war.

RUMOURED EVACUATION OF SLESWIG
AND CAPTURE OF MISSUNDE.
HAMBURG, Fu. 6, 12.20 P.Y.
It is stated here that the town of Sleewig has
been evacuated by the Danes, and that Missunde
has been taken.
The statement meets with some credit.

NEW AUSTRIAN LOAN.

VIENNA. FEL 6.

The Minister d Finance will open a subscription
to-day for a new lottery loan of 40 millions of
florins (4,000,0001.).
The loan will not bear interest, but will be re-
deemable within 55 years by periodical drawings
with prizes.

(arum's arum)
THE WAR IN SLESWIG.
HAMBURG, Pim 4.

Advices received here from Kiel this morning
by the Boreenhall state that the object of the
engagement at hfissnnde on Tuesday (the 2nd) was
a reconnaissance to discover the strength of the
Danes, and what likelihood there was of their re-
sistance.

The Prussians were prevented by the fog from
fleeing the lower Danish entrenchments. The
Danes on the other hand were quite able to observe
the masses of Prussian troops.
The Prussians thus came too near the heavy
artillery of the enemy. Two Danish sorties were
repulsed.
The loss of the Danes is not known, but they
left a few prisoners in the hands of the Germans.
The Prussians lost five officers killed, and 15 to
20 wounded, with 20 to 30 men killed. The total
loss in killed and wounded was from 120 to 130
men.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

MON OUR OWE

PARIS, FILIDAT EVIIMIG;

There was great excitement at the Bourse to-day
upon the news that Consols had risen and that
Lord Russell had assured the House of Lords that
England had not only made no " promise " to Den-
mark, but bad not even given her reason to "hope"
for any material assistance. A large speculative I
business was done at greatly advanced quotations.
The highest prices of the day were, however, not
maintained, owing to a telegram from London
mentioning a rumour in the " city " that 2,000
English soldiers were under orders for Copenhagen.
Upon the strength of this news very heavy sales
were made within the last few minutes of business.
Rents finally closed with a rise of 35c. for cash, and
20c. for account, at 661 r. 35c. and Mr. 40c. Mo-
biller, after having been quoted at 1,005 fr., left of
at 996 fr. 25c., with a rise of 17fr. 50c. The South-
ern Railway rose 10fr., Northern, Bfr. 75c. ; Lyons,
7fr. 50c. ; and Orleans, Mr. The money article of
the Temps says : "The knot of the situation is at
London ; and as politics now exclusively govern
the Bourse speculation is reduced servilely to fol-
low the indications of the London Stock Exchange."
Very sarcastic and disparaging observations are
made by the French press both upon the Queen's
speech ►nd the attitude of ministers, the journals
especially inspired by the French government
taking the lead.
The Paye says :

Tits Qum's spank throws no light upon uy maim
question ; it la no way whatever droribae the unseal
situation of Earops. What it says d the affair of the
LUAU is so ragas that nobody con oaks anything of it;
nobody OM tall front it what is to be hoped, what is to be
feared, what il desirable, or what is sot desirable,—in a
word, the speech is an admirable illustration of the axiom
that words wins given to man in order that he might ani-
ma his thoughts.
We read in the France:

The Foreign-office has interfered right and left in the
Deno-German conflict. It has encoureged Denmark; it
has written note after note to the German powers to pre-
vent them from attacking Sleswig ; it has protested, con-
jured, threatened. And now, after all, Lord Russell
declares himself freed from any engagement towards Dille
mark ; and Lord Palmerston lays hold of the declarations
lately made by Austria and Prussi► to show that these
powers are ia reality friends of Denmark, and have no
thought of brushing up the Danish monarchy. What can
be thought of a power which accepts with submisidoe and
almost with gratitude conduct spinet which It but the
other day protested with all its might ?

The Opinion Nationale attributes the dead lock of
English policy to the family alliances of the Queen,
and quotes from the international of London s
paragraph attributing to her Majesty the expres-
sion that she would rather abdicate than allow a
single ship to sail against Germany. It then says :
Denmark may be indigene; bat what tan she do? We
ask whether Franco will remain as quiescent u Haglund
We say it without the least feeling of miserable jealousy
or rumour towards oar neighbours on the other side of the
Channel, bat we amino( help saying that this peal British
I nation, which those even who do not like her have been in
the habit of respecting, is on the point of falling very low,
and to what is this lamentable decadence to be attrilsated
if net to that decrepit aritaccracy by which it has the
weasan to allow itself to be governed, and to that coterie
of supsrsnaaatsd elablemen which oMiksa smile consist
far able policy.
The false news spread in Paris yesterday that
Miesunde had been taken by the Pruseians and
Bustorf by the Austrians is fully contradicted.
According to the latest intelligence the Danes are