The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-01 00:00:00

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

Our oorrespoodeot writes u follows:
.. .. . HAMBURG, Jot ,r 29

The mail which arrived from Copenhagen yester-
day evenicg has brought Danish papers to the 27th
inst. They contain the first information received in
the Danish capital of the battle of Idstedt and its
results. The official communication made to the
Minister of War by the Danish general is as fol-
lows :—" After a two days' battle, the army has
gained • decisive but seinguinar7 victory, and has
approached the town of bcbleswig. We have taken
5 cannon and 1,000 prisoner.. Oar loss is
very great." After this notification had Abair' pub-
lished, a war steamer arrived at Copenffiegan from
Flensburg with 105 prisoners on board.
The official statement confirms, though without de-
tails, the original statement that the lose of the Dante
was very great ; persons who were in the field and
able to judge of saoh matter', compute the amount
of killed and wounded belonging to the Danes as be-
tween four and five thousand. The statement that
the Danes have made upwards of one thousand pri-
soners must include the wounded men left on the
field and in the chateau Gottorff, in Schleswig, for the
total loos of the Schleswig-Holstethers does not
amount to more than 1,800 men, missing, killed, and
wounded. Several hundred of the latter are in
Rendsburg, and about an equal number in hospital at
Alton.

A greater loss to the Danes than the number of
their killed and wounded is the death of Geaeral
Schleppegrell, who was shot early on the morning of
the 26th. General Schleppegrtll was the second
officer in command of the Danish army, and is said to
have possessed great military abilities. Another
able officer of the Danish army, who is said to be dead,
and is known to be severely wounded, is Col. Lassos,
a man whom General Krogh will find it difficult to
replace. Col. Lassos was the Danish general's right
hand, and one of the best officers in the army.
The Danes are fortifying the old Dannewerk to
the south of the town of Schleswig. In the town
knit they seem to be behaving with more moderation
than was anticipated, though further to the north
their acts are most vexations, fixed contributions
being levied from the German inhabitants, and
those whose opinions have rendered them more pro-
minent opponents of Danish misrule have been seised
and sent off to Cqmgan as primmer'. Martial
law has been proclaimed for the Duchy of Schleswig.
A fleet of 18 men-of-war lies before the harbour's
mouth at Kiel.

GERMANY.
PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, Iv Li O.
A. a reply to the offensive and unjustifiable
oirca-
lsr note addressed by Austria to the several German
governments, Prussia has withdrawn her plenipo-
tentiary from Frankfort. The order commanding
him to leave war sent yesterday, an event of which
I indicated the probability in my former communica-
tion.

A Russian circular note to the European governments
declares that the Emperor regards the difficulties oldie
present state of Europe as capable of ne solution ex-
cept from the treaties of 1815. In Belgium, where
those treaties had been broken, distance bad prevented
intervention; that the same difficulty did not exist in
the ems of the Duchies; and that in order to maintain
the integrity of treaties, he would lend his active sup-
port to the King of Denmark in his endeavours to in-
corporate the Huth, of Salami, into the Danish
imeemehy. The note boasts of the support which the
Wablest will find in it. determination to up.
treilmaties of 1815 in the government of France,
milli Is maid a faithful ally.
Wltbsee ink this note is calculated to excite a
high degree of attention throughout Europe. If
Fame is inclined t., restore the treaties of 1815, the
first step she has to take is to bring back the vagrant
Bourboot. If Russia will insist on regarding the
treatise as the public law of Europe, she must give
beet to Poland her iodependent oonstitution, and set
op again the republic of Cracow. She must farther
restore Oreeee to the Porte, secure to Hungary its
historical oonstitatioa, and undo the resting of her owo
policy fa the Danubian principalities.
The command is jest given to • number of our
higimeete to be ready to march ot a moment's moue;