The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-10 00:00:00

southern Germany and Switzerland I don't pretend
to anticipate.
" In Calro's crowded *tents
The merchant mourns the aliening canteen,
,tad Mecca nickens at the long delay."
The citizens of Mayence ha/ complained that the
Frankfort Railway absorbed all the trade of their
town into the vortex of that market, and did not even
ave them the benefit of temporary transit; the mob
improved on the grumbling of the tradespeople, and
reduced their theory to practical performances.
There is much ignorance of political economy in all
this ; but the truth is, men have not been allowed to
set or think for themselves during so many centuries
that when they get a little loose from their leading-
strings they run riot at once. There is no controlling
power in southern Germany just now, and the words
of Napoleon are coming true all over the continent—
" Forty years after my ueath Europe will be all Cue-
tack or all republican."
SAXONY.—A letter from Dresden, of the .sth, in
the Deutsche Alhcculeine Zeituhg (Leipsig) of the 7th,
says that an amnesty for all political offences had
been granted.
FEANKFORT.—The committee of fifty met
on the 3rd instant, immediately after its election,
and nominated its presidents and vice-presidents,
who put themselves immediately in communication
with Count Collorcdo Wellsee. That nobleman in-
formed them that the resolution relative to the elec-
tions and the retreat of members of the German
Diet who had not the confidence of the people, had
been notified by the ministers to their several
governments.
On the 4th the committee decided that their sitting
should be public. Mr. Venedey proposed the nomi-
nation of a commission to regulate and publish the
resolutions of the preparatory aseembly. This was
adopted, as also a resolution to the effect that the
D:et do immediately declare, by a resolution, the in-
corporation to the German confederacy of the duchies
of Schleswig and Holstein.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

The Provisional Government of Sleswig-holstein
has prohibited all Sleswig-Holstein vessels from entering
Danish harbours.
The foil ,wiiig has been received by the Electric Telegraph
Company's exprass
The Russ Roy, Captain Knocker, from Hamburg, arrived
on Sunday morning at Hull, with papers and correspondence
of considerable interest. The Rob Roy left Hamburg on Friday
morning. Extracts were made by our agent at 'Hull from
memoranda kindly handed him by Lieut. William Knocker,
R.N., in command of the Rob Roy —The Danish minister
at Hamburg haft been dismissed inconsequence, as is alleged,
ef having iefused his protection and assistance to the Danish
officers sud subjects who had taken refuge in this city, when
driven by recent events from the duchy of Holstein. It
appears that the King of Dcnmsrk left Copenhagen on April
5 to put himself at the head of his army, which already
amounts to 18.00 men. lie was earn etid to have landed on
the sth at Frederizia, the mast southern port in Jutland,
and the n.arest to Culding, where the Danish army is con-
centrated.
The Danish fleet is being prepared with all possible des-
patch, and the government has announced its intention to
make reprisals upon German and Prussian vessels, and to
blockade Stettin, Datitsie, Memel, and the Northern River.
They have seven ships already equipped; and Copenhagen
dockyard is as bus• as when Nelson took leave to help him-
self to their then effluent nosy. The klanoverians are at
Stale, en the southern bank of the Elbe, and will immedi-
ately cross that river to Gluekstailt, marching thence upon
Itzkoe, Cu mule to Rendeburg. The Russian fleet at Revel,
speedily liberated from its ice-lamed haven, will be very
shortly in the Sound or Belt to co-operate with the Danes.
On 11 edoesday last the royal mail steamer was suddenly des-
patched for London with official communications for Lord
Palmerston requiring British protection against Danish re-
phials. A discount bank has been commenced here.
Letters from Konigsberg of the Sod confirm the intelli-
gence that Danish vessels are lying in front of Pillau, and
that eleven Danish ships of war are cruising between
Dantsic and Pinola: Shirs are afraid to venture out to
ass. A Polish committee has also been formed in Ko-

nipherg.
The 1) nigh minister, Orla Lehmann, has left this capital
for Honest r, In order to hold a conference there respecting
the Sleswig.llolstein question. Hanover has already for-
warded troops to the frontiers, under the command of Gene-
ral Halkett. From Hanover, Herr Lehmann proceeds to
England. It IA now somewhat generally expected that the
question will be amicably settled.