The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-19 00:00:00

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

duSE I(i.--The riots which took place
hero on the evening of the Oth inst. have caused se-
veral arrests; but the ringleaders do not seem to
Dare been discovered yet. The investigation is going
on. . . . . . . . .

Nleanwhile a dispute has arisen between the principal
officers of the civic force. M. Kepler, the make com-
manding the rifle hattalioo, published yesterday a
pamphlet, ct,eusing M. Stocktiolt, the colonel and
commander-iu-chief, of nut having done hi,, duty
that evening. Upon this, the latter tendered his re
signation, which was accepted conditionally,viz., he is
swipe' ded while the trial lasts, and the command to
devolve ad interim on Major Burmeister, of the ar-
finery. The verdict of the court-martial will decide
whether M. Stockfleth is to be dismissed the service
or not. The city remains quiet, though there were
rumours the mob intended to set the barracks on tire,
and that one of the political clubs is going to burn
publicly a copy of the law against the libellous press
which is to be proposed by the reform deputation to
the Senate and citizens in convent assembled.

A few days ago it was ruuwared that Lord Pal-
merston had sent alt energetic note to Stockholm, in
consequence of which Sweden would withdraw from
the contest. This news, however, is not confirmed by
accounts we had from Malmor yesterday ; but it ap-
pears that the Danes are evacuating the island of
Alsen, sending the troops from thence to the north
of Schleswig, perhaps to proceed to Jutland, while
the Swedes take possession of Alsen.
The Danish cruisers have captured a Itrernen galliot,
the London Packet, Captain Werckmeister, and taken
her to Copenhagen.
The turn which things aro taking at Berlin will not
enah6 the Prussian government to spare more troops
for the war in our neighbourhood ; therefore, unless
there is a powerful mediation put forth, it may last
for a long while yet, neither Germany nor Denmark
se..ming inclined to give in.
A letter from the city of Schleswig, in to-night's I
Met eury, dated the 14th, says that, large numbers of
German troops, passing through this city .to the
north, gives reason to suppose that a rencontre with
the enemy is to be expected shortly. The writer
presumes that Sunday next may possibly be in-
tended on our part for the attack. In the first in-
/glace (he says), all the meetings in this campaign
were either on Sundays or holydays; then, next
Sunday being the 18th of June, is a great remini-
scence for Germany—the annivertary of the battle of
Waterloo.
A good many sick soldiers are arriving daily at the
hospital of Schleswig; mo..t of them, however, but
slightly.woonded, in the skirmishes which take place
between the outposts.
From the Russian frontiers the accounts are very
warlike. There can he no doubt that three large
Russian armies are assembling at different points
between Tilsit and Cracow ; and these, in conjunc-
tion with the appearance of a Russian fleet in the
Baltic, show that tho Czar is inclined, in certrin
cases, to act with decided hostility against Germany.
The head-quarters of General Wrangel are at Flens-
burg, and althou.lh we have heard talk of an armistice
for the last two or three days, there is nothing to de-
note one to be near at hand, whilst the continual march
of fresh troops into tl.e duchy lends to the expectation
of a vigorous prosecution of the war on both aides.
The Danes continue to act ou the plan they have
hitherto followed, of attacking their enemy from their
islands, at their own time, and as opportunities may
occur.