The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-09 00:00:00

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

Our accounts from Hamburg are to the evening of
the sth. General Wrangel had occupied the fortress
of Fredericia in Jutland on the 2nd. This fact is made
known in an official report sent by the general to the
provisional government at Rendsburg. The report
further states that the Danes had abandoned Kold-
ing, and that Fredericia had opened its gates to a
detachment of the Prussian vanguard commanded by
G. neral Bonin. All the Danish troops had been
shipped to Fuhnen, carrying with them their ammu-
nition, &c.
The German colours were floating on the afternoon
of the 3rd on the &dint, and so long as these colours
waved, no toll would be leried upon vessels passing
through the lesser• Belt. Despatches from General
Halkett up to the 2nd inst. state his position to be
Nribel, but he would move on the 3rd to Ulderup.
The Danish vessels of war were cruising between the
island and the mainland, and firing on the German
troops, but without doing them injury, says the
report.
On the 2nd a Swedish general had arrived at Co-
penhagen, with a mission from the Swedish govern-
ment, which seems, says the /I;rsenhalle, to be much
in favour of Denmark.
A thousand men were to leave Copenhagen, to
reinforce the Danes on the Island of Ffilinen. The
representatives of foreign powers bad been officially
informed that " the blockade of Stettin, Stralsund,
Rostock, and Wismar, would commence from the 2nd
of May; that of Pillau and Dantzic, from the 3rd
of May ; and that of the mouths of the E.be from
the 10th. The kloc•kade will not be enforced against
neutral packet-boats affected to the transport of the
mails. The :port of Kiel would be blockaded from
the ith of May.
The Landgrave William of Hesse, and Prince
Frederick have forwerded a letter to the nines Elec-
tor in which they state that they are about to leave
I I) limark and the Danish service. It will be remem-
bered that their presence in that kingdom during the
t hostilities with Germany gave considerable offence to
the confederation in general, notwithstanding the
r acknowledged claims of one of the above Princes to
the throne of Denmark.

HOLLAND.—CRINA TitADE.—The Stoat.: Cou-
rant of Amsterdam, publishes a statement of the trade under
the Dutch flag with China, which, it may be mounted, com-
prises the trade direct with Holland, which must be of little
importance, and the intercourse of greater activity betwixt
Java and other Dutch colonies in the Indian seas with
China. For 1847, the shipping engaged in the trade num.
beredtwenty vessels of the aggregate measurement of 3,497
tons. The value of the imp iris into China for alit year, are
stated at 1,270,409 hard dollars, and of exports from
740,171 dollars. A table of navigation, imports and experts,
is given for each year from 1825 to 1847 inclusive, save the
year 1842, of which no official returns exist It will be sub
ficient to note that in 1825, with seven vessels only, the im-
portson Dutch account itto China, amounted to 1,140,050
dollars, and the exports front China to 1,001,710. Until
IR44,there was a very great decrease, both of imports and
exports, but in th►t year imports ascended to 1,160,744
dollar., exports to 1,025,744. In 1845 and 1846, they both
fell off to some extent, but again recovered in 1847, as be•
fore mown.