The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-24 00:00:00

ENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

The following is from Hamburg, of the 18th :
" A letter from Hudersleben, of the 17th, states that
Lieutenant Von Neumann had arrived there, bringing,
it was said, an order to General Wrangel only to con-
clude the armistice under such conditions as may
render it possible to wait for the ratification of it
by the Vicar of the Empire. It is, of course, in pur-
suance of this notification that General Wrangel has
only con, luded the armistice uutil the 18th."
General Wrangel has published an order dismiesing
the free corps, us an armistice of some duration, he
says, is expected. The free corps protest against this
summary dismissal.
A north German paper thus describes the reception
at St. Petersburg of the Danish General Oxholm :
The Emperor received him coldly and told him thst the
lust advice he could give him would to accept England's
proposals as won es possible. Oxholm tried to persuade the
Emperor that Denmark could not accept the terms offered,
but that potentate repliel that a demagogue ministry spring-
ing from the people could not lay claim to the sinpay of
Russia. Oxholus had ahother audience in state which he
bad no better success.
Since the above we have received the following by
the Electric Telegmph Company's express.
By the Gazelle steatner, which lett Hamburg on
the 19th, we have :mired the following extracts
from the hamburg Borsenhalle:
COPENHAGEN, Juiy 17.—A number of troops have just
left, partly by sea and partly by land, to join the army, and
10,000 men, whose service had expired, and who are to be
called out. It is not known what decision Gen. Wrangel has
come to on the subject of the armistice, but it is reported to be
off. The Lubeck paper odds a further communies-
ti,ll nein Copeuhexer. of th *awe elate The settlement o:
the armistice is broken off. Mr. Reediz returned from head-
quarters yesterday with this intelligence. The Prussian
envoy, Count Fortunes, urged Gen. Wrangel to adopt, unoon-
ulitionally, the terra* of the armistice agreed to at Malmo,
and in vain reminded the geucral of his duties to Prussia.
But Wrangel was firm: ilecliierinx that he owed his obedi•
once to the Regent of Germany, and that he would only give
his consent on the following conditions : —That the armistice
be agreed to by the central government; that the actual
position of the two armies be maintained during its observe
once; and that the authority of the provisional go-
vernment of the duchies be recognised until peace might
be concluded. The struggle will, therefore, be recommenced.
3,000 men proceeded yesterday to join the army which igen
trenched at Kolding, and has formed s fete tie pouf at Soo-
ghoy to cover the passage to Fuhnen. Our foreign minister,
Count Knuth, has Awl a conference with the King of Sweden
at Malmo, on the subject of further measures, and much
wit. depend on this ii.terview, as Ru-sia leas placed its fleet
at Moen at the disposal of King Oscar, and additional da-
mage will therefore fall on the German sea ports. It now
remains •.o be s. en how England will act on the rejection by
the Germans of the treaty proposed by her cad consented to
by Prussia.
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Qr.outt.
The Queen and Prince Albert, acoompan'ed 11 the
Prince of Wales, the Princeas Royal, and the Princess
Alice, lett Buckingham Palace in a carriage and four at 25
minutes before three o'clock on Saturday afternoon for her
Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. The
august party was escorted from the palace to the Nine Rims
station by a party of Prince Albert's Own Hussars, Soil`
for Gosport by a special train on the London and Western Railway. The royal party reached Osborne soon
after air o'clock on Saturday afternoon.

A GOOD SIN EC DRIL—The door-keeper of the Court
of Chancery, whose duties are returned as' none," receives
a salary from " fees " to the extent of 3,2181. per annum, his
rigrt to which is returned m the parliamentary papers as
' name " only.

IRELAND.
SEARCH FOR ARMS.
DUBLIN, Juni' 22.
The intelligence of the Habeas Corpus suspension
reached town to-day by the electric telegraph.
There was no excitement, but much despondency
for the future prospects of the country.
Smith O'Brien left town early this morning for the
south. He must have done so without a knowledge

;ItileteiiniKiCHWteliiience.
The proclamation which, in compliance with the
exante, precedes the search for arms in places
under the operation of the Crime and Outrage
Act, was issued yesterday afternoon, and has been

extensively posted. The metropolitan police are
being prepared for the operation of search, and
arc provided with cutlas.ses. The day named be-
fore which arms are to be deposited at the
depots in the city and county of Dublin is 'rues-
day. Already a considerable number of pikes, some
guns, and other weapons, have be placed
ek in the
hands of the police by les who en
en arutely to
p a
obtain licenses for holding them, and who do not
choose to incur risk. In no instance do the magis-
tpecify " ikes" in the license ; so that this
queenof weapons" is negatively repudiated by law ;
of
A which the mere possession of it willbe e a breach.
ter Tuesday the police will f°rnished with
search-warrants to effect a compulsory disarmament.
The applications to carry arms are very numerous to-
day. They are made, in the first instance, to the
divisional inspector, who refers the application to the
licensers, accompanied with his own memoranda as
to the fitness of the applicant. I understand that none
of the clubs will apply for permission. Will they

then, surrender -
The darling rifle and the giggaly pike'
Several persona have been held to bad for carrying
arms through the city without license.
It Ku been stated, though without authority, that
arms and ammunition have for some weeks been
privily conveyed into Dublin. The custom-house
officers were directed to keep a vigilant eye on all
suspected craft, but I could never Imre that they suc-
ceeded in a capture of any such contraband. Yester-
day the orders were renewed, and a still more vigilant
search will be instituted. The revenue officers all
around the coast have also received instructions to
watch all vessels coming into port, and hold a more
constant intercourse with the rural police. The Mail
says that Hyland of Liffey-street, the "Castle pike-
maker"—for so he loved to style himself—has already
blown out his forges, in dread of the law. His pike-
heads, certainly, were removed to-day from the public
gaze
Mr. Porter, one of the magistrates in the head
police office, stated yesterday, in the presence of a
number of ear-owners, that the magistrates would
annul the license of any proprietor of a public
vehicle who should knowingly or wilfully aid the dis-
affected, or be convicted of any offence against the
Crime Repression Act.
Inexplicably enough the Nato sand Film arc being
sold to-day in the face of the authorities. Why, then,
the police investigations and informations of the put
week ? Both are more frantic than ever—mote par-
ticularly the Nation, which invites to war and insurrec-
tion. Mr. Duffy proclaims aloud the "sacred right,"

thus:
Rise, then, men of Ireland, since Providence so wills it.
Rise in your cities and your fields, on sour hill, inriv yenour val-
and
leys, by your dark mountain prunes, by your
lakes. and ocean-washed shores ! Rise as a nation ! England
has dissevered the bond of allegiance. Rise—not now to
demand justice from a foreign kingdom, hut to make
Ireland an independent kingdom for ever. It is no light
t
task God has appointed you. It is • work et
and temptation. Oh! be steadfast in the trial—
he firm to resist the ternptatitm. You have to combat
injustice, therefore you must yourselves be just. Yon have
to overthrow a despot power ; but you must es,blish order,
not smiler anarchy. Remember it is not against individuals
or parties or sects you wage war, but against a system.
Overthrow—have no mercy on that system. Down with it—
down with it, even to the ground; hut show mercy to the indi-
viduals who are hut the instruments of that system. Yon look
round upon the land—your own Isnrl—trodden down and
trampled and insulted, and on a persecuted, despairing peoz
ple. It is Tour right arm must raise up that trampled land
I—must make her again beautiful and stately, and rich in
blessings. Elevate that despairing people, and make them
tree and happy, but teach them to ne majestic in their force,
generous in their clemency, noble in their t. iumph. It is •
holy mission. 11017 must be your motives and your acts if
you would fulfil it. Act as if your soul's salvation hung on
each deed—and it will, for we stand already within the sha-
dows of eternity. For us is the canahnt; but not for us. per-
hap., the triumph. Many a noble heart will lie cold, many
a throbbing pulse be stil;ed, ere the c 7 of 's Victory " will
arise. It is a solemn thought, that now is the hour of destiny
when the fetters of seven centuries may at last he broken—
and by you, men of this generation—by you, men of Ireland!
You are God', inst n etnte ; many of y, u mist be freedom',
martyrs. Oh !be worthy of the name ; and as you act as
men, as patriots, and as Christians, so will the blessing rest
upon your head when you lay it down a sacrifice for Ireland
upon the red battle-field.
The inhabitants of Drogheda complain that they
should be vi-ited with a proclamation, when only a
week before the judges proclaimed a "maiden assize"
—none being tried "but a few vagrant girls." Mr.
Redington, on the other hand, wrote to the chief
magistrate that " information having reached the Lord
Lieutenant that Drogheda is in a state of insurrection,"
he felt obliged to ; reclaim the town. There are other
reasons of a more secret nature untouched by the
ander-secretary. The ancient principality of Meath,
on the frontier of the north, would not be an inactive
spectator of events. A deputation from the Protestant
Repeal Ass viation, on their way to Dungannon, will
hold a meeting on Monday, at the Sholael, in Drog-
heda.
Dr. Maginn and 90 clergymen of his diocese hove
conformed to the principles and policy of the " Irish
League." The Freeman of this morning announces
the fact, accompanied by a long series of resolutions,
and an address to her Majesty, in which the pen of
the prelate is clearly manifested. Dr. Maginn had
been in our city since Monday last, and after he had
fully satisfied himself that the League and its leaders
would fall hack nn the old and orderly ways of agita-
tion—for that was the woinise and the hoed of alli-
ance—he returned to Derry to consult with his clergy.
The remit has been the adhesion.
It is said that the Lord Chancellor has decided upon
removing from the commission of the peace the fol-
lowing persons, who took part in the league meeting
had lost night: Thomas Hart, J.P., Mayor of Kil-
kenny ; Mr. Cane, J.P.; Mr. nmithwiek, ; Mr.
del Smithwick, J.P.: and Mr. Potter.

By the activity of our corn spontlents we have re-
ceived, rill Bristol, by the fast-sailing packets of the
Bristol Steam Navigation Company the Juverna and
Victory, accounts from Cork and Waterford to Friday

noon.
At Cork there were some disturbances on Wednes-
day tight between the police and some of the die-
sfficted, but not of a very serious nature.
The proclamation of the Lord Lieutenant was
posted, and the search for arms was to com-
mence, on Saturday last, when it was thought
probable that some collision with the authorities
might ensue. 'the mili,ary had been under arms for
two nights, and are in consequence much harassed.
Some arre4s had taken place.
At Waterford matte rs were quiet on Friday
although there were a good many country people in
the town and a number of :tilers in the streets. The
Lord-Lieutenant's proclamation had been posted, and
had been answered by the following from Mr.
Meagher:
Fellow Citisans,—The English government day issued a
proclamation declaring you disqualified tu bear arms ; declaring,
therefore, that you lave forfeited the first privilege of free citizens.
This to another act of despotism—threatening the liberties of the
country—testing the patience and the heroism of the people. It is
done to surprise—to alarm--to intimidate. It shall not do 60. It Ims
come too late. Volt know your duties well, and you will have the vir-
tue to fulfil them. In Limerick, in Carrick, in Tipperary, the Arms
Act bar been in force fur many months, and in three districts it
has neither dismayed the spirit nor checked the organism
tlon of the people. Imitate the example of these gallant men. Be
firm—he study. Organise calmly, rpesdifs, fearlessly. The men in
whom you now oonfide, and to whose ability and courage v ou look for
guidance and success, will not fail to give you that advice w
our hit hie
hic
and
h the
perils of the day demarut —I am, fellow-citizens, yl
devoted I riend, THOMAS lavici. Mrs.:omit —God save the people !
The police removed this address from the walls as
soon as copies of it were pasted. In rev, nge, the
disaffected &faced the government placards so gene-
rally, that it was difficult to procure a sight of one.
The seizure of arms was to have been made
r this day (Saturday), and was expected to lead to a
collision. There ts, however a considerable force in
the neighbourhood. Upwards of 100 of the metro-
politan police force bad arrived from Dublin in the
Rhadamanthus frigate ; and the Duchess of Kent
bad, when our despatch left, just been reported in the
•I
river with a body of the 3rd Regt. from Belfast.

ADDRVIS FROM MR. J. O'Coarxxxx.—This gentleman
has published an address to the repealer of Cove, in which
he reiterates his adherence to moral force agitation, a
condemns all other as not alone opposed to prudence, butnd to
religion. The doctrine that " political advantage is a con-
sideration paramount to loss of human life " is, he amens,
not alone revolting to moral feeling, but madness in the
case of Ireland. Re intimates that if the worst ex-
tremity shall come through the doctrines now preached, and
that the advocacy of repeal shall result in the final
maintenance of the union, then he will retire to America.
Meantime, the power of the hon. gentleman wanes within
Conciliation Hall, and a series of resolutions forwarded by
him, and proposed yesterday in committee, in consonance
with the foregoing opinions, have been suppreesed. Mr.
O'Connell is now at Cove, and does not give up the contem-
plation of again reviving the agitation in Conciliation Hall.
Ma. MITCRIII.-A letter appears in the Limerick
Reporter from the Rev. Mr. M'Lsod, Roman catholic
chaplain of the convict establishment in Bermuda, relative
to Mr. Mitchel. The letter matte that he is not employed
on the ordinary convict labour—enjoys good heelth, though
afflicted with asthma—and has been much de Fred in
spirits since his arrival on the island. All the Irish convict,
have been removed front the balk in which Mr. Mitchel is
placed.