The Express.
London, England, 1848-12-26 00:00:00

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

Letters from Schleswig-Holstein state that the
Dane* have now 6,000 troops in the island of Almon,
hems 4.000 Milne than the number allowed by one of
the arttel sot the seven months' truce. The King of
Denote' has protected against the breach of the
articles of the treaty by the joint government of
dohl, &wig I lelecin, and against the nee of his name
ft; slat rdniinis•ration. It appears, in fact, by all
aeraient-, that the hardily between the Danish and
larrmen pestles is us bitter as ever.
The following proclamation was issued by the Xing
of ihittit.rk on the 16th inst :
Whet, we agreed th.. sipulatioa of the eenvention of
the trot en, to the 26,b of Atipast last, that without preju-
ding to th. art the Anal peso a Joint adwiuiwa
tion ahould luring the Stallr it* be instituted tor the Duchiee
t.f dill. ee g anti It latent, which, accurdiag to Art. 7, were
t., to d in our none. we supposed that the men
to wig m them. .anti, ns might be transferred would con-
tt tog,• .lure to reg..l.te their conduct in awry respect
alter the te..er 14 the arraigns), and we hoped that thus an
eedurtice atlr.te of thirties night be effected until the final
eettl inet,t ct the reletioev, part‘cularly for 'be crest majo-
rity tg th gepulAtion in Schleswig, which hod preserved
en n trait oath allegianes to their king, and than-
kn hod b, et. tiptoed to the oppression of the former mauls-
bowery gerevointet.t.
the, .et nnoition ens this bops have not twee realised.
Tb.• r.t edminirration entered on their functions by
abusing toe pewee granted in the seventh stole of the cos-
., ..t. -.y • newteg laws and ordinsne•a which openly M-
atteis cal ~.01 no reipaty ; and the protest made against
sus wooing'. not the n (Mobile last by both otopoiolo.
rms, h. the t ante w our government sad that. of the nevi-
. Usual Cents al PIJIWet ita Gernt.ny, hoa received es hreleveet
anew, r. ISe Ilalbirill4TlC ;WI has matins. d its activity is
the way heroes pointed out by the revs utionarygeweremeet,
sect while peramoine every individual who, in the Dusky
al Sehlumur ?retained loyal and faithial, it has sot hesitated
to invoke the authority ci our name, particularly is the pro-
f elemstion VI the inhaJitaots of flunk Schleswig, of the
29th of November. . . . .

reVeltue soutane t dit the joint administration refused
to isonspi) with Cie pruffst of the two commies:ivies satinet
its arbitrary end ul.esl cooduet, it has been oat of the
question en the mete of our government to treat with it as
with a *id Tnsi Danish onniraimary has been
needed and rap an °Metal note of the 26th of Novembee,
which has hero enstnuniested to the (timidly powers, sad
tne main cancan of wl,Leh have been published, the es.
voy of the pr .vastonal central tenet has been informed of
the po.ition is width oar government must be plead
towards ea a,..Mot•tration that cOotainaSS to infringe the
.mete ecteu:ial of the armholes. Bat now
the itint adrriiii•tr.dies having ventured so far in the
abuteinelithineel public &suer ut as to take refuge under
the shield of the JLOR'a t .!Le, although in open hostility to
oar government, sat so to plain obedience to illegal ordi
noun* to we u.lllO of the ,read sovrreign, we falai • daty
eciatily dot, to our royal diusity and to oar people, partial-
luny to cur htitloul minds so Behlesisig, by protesting
*genet the way in which those men, ebass to maintain
right sad justice, dare tt shun our royal name far the pur-
rs* elf puliating their lawless tondstr, toenails our subjects
in Schleswig.
We eau.,t a: the present rent, and chi. fly is the in.
Crest et the tlachite, din a upcs adopting me. sun • for dis
r.intine;ns the of poser and re-establishing the legal
eta cnl this es creep* b) imeassot nedotiotiocs. Until this is
Atained, sibkl, we treat soon will be the ease, it is with
deep regret as declare that there does not exist in oar
duebi. s of Sea. swig mid of Silesia any legal authority mg-
' log is the nuns of the Pr am, I/wording to the words
and the :piri •of the arsaiscee, sad which our subjects are
bound t, sitarist see obey. Bat In as tar es utgentnemmity
cosy fume Us..in to code tu 111141111th of toe rebus/ power,
we hereby dive all our tet.li,al subjects the assurance that