The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-01 00:00:00

Metropolitan

Mr. Bazalgette's report on all the metropolitan
railway schemes going before Parliament thie year
has just been presented to the Board of works.
As engineer to the Board, Mr. Bazalgette has to
state fully wherever these proposed works, whether
above or underground, interfere with streets, divert
their routes, alter their levels, or trench upon the
special works of the Board in sewers or subways.
Tho report says truly that the schemes proposed
for the metropolis this Session are more numerous,
bolder, and more complicated than on any previous
occasion. They involve the construction of 258
new lines of railway and branches of 417-1 miles in
length ; with 11 bridges over the Thames, and two,
lines passing through the Thames Tunnel ; and the
total capital proposed to be raised is about
£70,000,000. Hyde Park, the Green Park, St.
James's Park, Kensington Gardens, Newington
Park, Hackney-downs, Leyton-grange Park,
Trinity-square, Finsbury-circus, Camden-square,
Oakley-square, Ampthill-square, Euston-square,
and Sloane square, would all be cut through,and
some of them in two or three places, and the same
would be the fate of the following open commons :
Stoke Newington, Clapham, Tooting (invaded by
seven different lines), Acton Back, Acton, Wimble-
don, Fulham, Deptford, and Turnham-green.
Bisk opsgate-street would be crossed by railways
nine times; Whitechapel-road, 13 times ; King
William-street, city, four times ; Strand, four
times; Belgrave-road, four times; Uxbridge-
road, Notting-hill, five times ; Kensington-road,
three times; Edgware-road, Kilburn, four
times ; Euston-road and Marylebone-road,
thirteen times; Deptford Lower-road, three
times; Acre-lane, Brixton, fivo times. St.
Stephen's-churchyard, and St. Pancras burial-
ground would also be invaded, the latter by no less
than three different lines of railway. There are no
less than six competitors for constructing railways
along the lino of the Thames Embankment, and
underneath a portion of the new street to the Man-
sion-house; and in executing all these "improve-
ments" it is proposed to divert the present course of
no less than 37 streets, to lower the level of 18, to
raise the level of 31, and to stop up 69; altogether
52 sewers are returned as partially destroyed by
these works, and no less than 526 as entirely de-
stroyed. The report is the most complete in its
analysis of the mischief and destruction of property
which would be caused by same of these lines that
has yet been laid before the public.

Danish Account of the Battle at Oversee.

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 24.

The official Berlingske Tidende contains the fol-
lowing short but interesting report of the engage-
ment at Oversee on the 6th inst.

" We have been requested to publish the follow-
ing details of the rearguard defence—not outpost
fight—at Oversee, on the 6th, to obviate incorrect
representations. It is necessary to observe that it
is the duty of every vanguard to arrest the progress
of the enemy, even should the last man be sacrificed,
until the retreat of the main body is perfectly
secured.

" The rearguard of our troops consisted of the 7th
infantry brigade, with two guns. The losses at
Overselk, had reduced the strength of the brigade to
about 2,750 men commanded by Col. Muller. The
force of the enemy under General ♦on Gablenz was
composed of the Nostez brigade, consisting of two
regiments of infantry, the Jager battalion, and the
regiment of Lichtenstein Hussars—in all 4,000 men
—with two howitzer batteries. Our loss in killed,
wounded, and missing was 800 men and 15 officers.
That of the enemy is authentically reported at 710
men and 28 officers.

"Tt will be evident from the losses upon either
side tnaL thin Pqgagement was one of the most stub-
born and sanguinary in thu history of modern war-
fare. At Waterloo every fifth man was put hors de
combat, at Eylau every fourth man ; and while the
contest continued in these battles the greater part
of the day, the :lotion at Oversee lasted only three
hours. During this time the enemy succeeded in
pressing the vanguard back about 2,000 paces, for
at the end of the action our forces were still stationed
north of the Bilksknow Krug, and upwards
to L—
•larters of a mile to the south of Flens-
of three-9.
burg."

AT FEHMERN,
DANISH GIIN-BOAZ

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FEB. 29.
HAMBUIT:'3,
Danish troops have been brought by a Danish
steamer from Seeland to Fehmern.
A Danish gun-boat is stationed in Fehmeri:
Sound, which enables the Danes to take up a
similar flank position towards Holstein as they
occupy upon Alsen towards Schleswig.

Further accounts from Alsen confirm the an-
nouncement already made that in all probability
the siege will yet occupy some time. The trenches
are scarcely opened, and they must be carried on
under the fire of the Danish guns from batteries
constructed on not inconsiderable heights. The
Duppel fortifications offer peculiar difficulties,
which will account for the absence of intelligence
of moment. Prince Charles has proceeded to the
front, which is thought to indicate that there is no
intention to check the progress of the siege works.
The operations in Sundewitt will probably require
weeks for their completion. The weather during
the end of the last week was very wet, and fogs
prevailed, so that great hindrance was caused to the
progress of the siege works. Frequently it was
not possible to see from one end of the pontoon
bridge at Eckensund to the other, and, of course,
there was corresponding difficulty in observing the
movements on each side. It has been stated that
the Danes consider Alson and Friedericia as the
same military position, and that the last recon-
naissances were partly occasioned by intelligence
having been repeatedly received by the Prussians
that men and guns were continually being
sent to Friedericia from Sonderburg and
Duppel. Some persons thought that this measure
indicated that the Danes would quietly evacuate
Duppel and Alsen; but the events of the 22d ult.
clearly proved that the Danes had no such inten-
tion. Even the Germans are forced to admit that
their gallant opponents yielded not ono inch of
ground without a stubborn resistance.
On the next day, the 23d, the position of the
troops was as follows :—The Westphalian Wintzin-
gerode Division were on the north side, with their
headquarters at Warnitz, and extending from
Sandberg to the Alsen Sound (which is at this place
1,000 paces broad), and as far as the northern part
of the Duppel Heights. Somewhat towards the
Keith some portion of this division occupied the
Ravenskoppel, and on the south-west of this place
stand the Dines in Itackebull, whilst the Stenderup
Wood, south-west of Itackebull, near Buffelkoppel,
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nggbbuutindd.
marks the extreme position of the Brandenburg
Manstein Division, and by these dispositions
Duppel is partly encircled as far as V
On the Breaker Peninsula, between
and Nubel-Noer, stand six battalions of troops, to-
gether with a powerful park of artillery, who pos-
sess the power of retiring across the pontoon bridge
at Eckensund, and by whom the main attack on the
knotty point of the Duppel position , the Windmill.
hill is to be made. At the aff Lir on the 231 inst.,
when a Danish corvette 'Mocked a battery of six•
pounders of the Artillery of the Guard, at Sten
&rep, many Prussian soldiers were wounded, whilst
the Danish vessel suffered no injury. The Stenderup
wood, at the east end of which this battery was
erected, is opposite the Island of Fano,

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