The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-04 00:00:00

TUE WAR IN DENMARK,

(From the Correspondent of the 71me3.)
FLENSBURG, June 30.
The capture of Alsen by the Prussians seems to
have been accomplished with no great difficulty and
with small loss to the assailants. The Danes ap-
pear to have been again taken by surprise. At least,
this is what some of their friends and partisans in
this town assert. As in the case of the projected
crossing at Ballegaard on the 3d of April, boats
were collected beforehand with great secrecy ;
though hardly so much so, it may be thought, that
the Dines could not have been informed of it b 3
their spies and by their many friends in Sandewitt.
It is said here that the troops were not in sufficient
force near the shore, and that the Prussians
obtained a decided advantage before they could
be brought up. Three crossings were mede,or tegned;
one of them, from Gammelsunde, was evidently a
feint; the principal passage of troops seems to have
been at Sand bjerg. A large number of vessels were
assembled at Horup Hay, but, nevertheless, the
Prussians succeeded in cutting off the retreat of a
considerable fraction of the Danish force in the
island. This is said to have amounted to 7,000 or
8,000 men ; some say 10,000, but the estimate is
probably a very rough one, and you will hear more
on that head from other quarters. With respect to
prisoners, I saw about 7UU leave Flensburg for the
south this afternoon by railway. They were chiefly
ouog men ; I noticed none who appeared more
than 30 years of age; many were beardless boys.
Among them were some of the smartest-looking al.
nish soldiers I have seen since the war began. They
were lighter and more active than most of those
tale, nat liuppel. There was an English volunteer
among them, a merry, daring looking fellow, distin-
guishable by the fanciful cap he wore of the Ban'.
neborg colours, red and white, with a tassel hanging
on one side. There are a good many more prisoners
now here (about as many, I am informed, as those '
who to-day left), and more are expected to.night ;
altogether, as far as can be calculated, about 2,300
men. Or the Prussian loss I can at present speak
only from report. One of the early accounts mide
it vary treav3, but from what I here learn that was
a great exaggeration. From 300 to 400 wounded,
nine officers killed and wounded, is the lowest
estimate I have heard. Some wounded Danes
have also been taken. The telegram spoke of
a severe street fight in Sooderborg, but persons
who were there before the Danes were all out of the
island assure me that they saw no signs of it. They
add that only three houses in the town were burned
yesterday. Of them) details I shall be able to speak
more accurately when I have been over the ground.
A good many Schleswigers were among the pri-
soners, and most of them, seemingly well pleased to
be captured, have removed the Danish cockade
from their caps, have been released, and may now
be seen walking about the ,own.
The passage of the Prussian forces in Schleswig
frow the repose of the armistice to active opera,
has been more epe,iy even thin wee generally
expected, and their first aggressive move has
peen crowned by comp:ete and easy success. You
will have received by telegraph nearly as much
positive information respecting yesterday's action
es we are in possession of in Fieneuurg, it being
difficult to sift fact from ficoon in the tales the;
pees from mouth to month, and which for the most
part are the results of very imperfect oppart unities
of observation. CLving partly to its not having
been expected to fallow so immediately on the re-
sumption of hostiities, and partly owing to the
secrecy observed concerning it, and the very early
hour of the morning at which it commenced, the at-
tack on Asen had teivspectators,l o:least on this aide,

bsyond those act ualty engaged in it. Its result wi; t
hardly have surprised any who had had previous
opportunity of es.imating the resources and capa-
bilities of the contending parties. In recent
letters I ventured to express on opinion that
the Prussians might take A sen whenever they
pleased, and that view has been fully justified by
the event. The Prussian artillery has maintained

its superiority to that of the Danes; as at Eekern-
sund and Duppel the Rolf Krake has shown her•
self fur less formidable than the Danes and their
partisans had foretold ; the Danish infantry, brave
though it be, and favoured :n its detence by an inti-
mate knowledge of the ground, and by the shelter of

Sonderborg's houses, has shown itself wholly un-
ale to stand against the Prussian onset. Fighting
stoutly, it is said, but ever driven back by the pre-
cision of the Prussian artillery fire anti the rapid
extcution of the needle gun, the Dines have been

forced to evacuate what little remained to them
of Schleswig soil. It was but a short morning's
work to expel them from Alsen, and, if it
be the intention of the Allies to follow up their
advantages, it may take little longer to drive them
out of Funen. As to the existence of any positive
.
intention of this kind, I, as yet, know nothing It
is rumoured in Flensburg that the Austrians were
to have attacked Funen at the same time the
Prussians attacked A!SCD, but, if so, something
must have occurred to baulk the attempt. It is
certain that the Austrians have thrown up batteries
nearly opposite to Middlefart, where tee Sound
is narrowest, and it wend not surprise me to hear
any dey of the passage being forced by a dash.
l'he taking of Aden is a continuation of the
Allies' easy successes, and so far as we know the
particulars, it seems to have been in some of its
features similar to the preceding one. I say easy, be
cause, although it suited the Prussians to remain
long time before Duppel, their loss during the siege
and in the assault was trifling, considering the
forces engaged and the result obtained, and would
stave been considerably less ii the troops engaged on
March 28 had confined themselves to their allotted
task, and had not, by uselessly advancing too far,
brought themselves undsr a heavy short-range fire
both from the forts and from the Roll Tirane—
which vessel has hitherto rendered no service except
upon the morning in question. It seems singular,
is it Certainly is unfortunate—so tat as we ctu
judge from the occurrences of the last three or four
days—that the Danes were not to be coOviuced•by
the portion of the campaign which preceded the ar-
mistice that they are no match for their opponents.
One honours the spirit that mskes the feeble con-
(font one of more powerful frame, and in cantests
of individuals it may often give the advantage to
the weaker champion, but in modern warfare no
Amount of pluck and obsCnacy can counterbalance
the effsct of better arms wieded by greatly supe-
rior numbers. When the Bros batadlons have
also the advantage of rifled guns cud fast firing
muskets, no heroism can avail to avert disaster.
Setting aside those advantages, we have no reason
TO consider the Prussians otherwise than fully
qual to the Danes as fighting men. That they
are quicker in their movements or better di-
rected seems proved by the many prisoners they
invariably make. By this time the Danes must
surely be thoroughly convinced of the superiority
of the opponents they at first so greatly despised
and depreciated. It becomes rather difficult to un-
derstand why they continue the struggle. They
noped, it was said, during the Conference, to see
some great Power (England presumably) come to
their aid at last. This hope must now surely be
dispelled. Some hint was lately thrown out that
England would protect the Danish islands if tha
Germans pushed their aggressions E 0 far. But
Flint's may any day be taken before a foreign fleet
shall have time to go to its assistance.

THE CODRINGTON BARONETCY.—We ere desired
to state that there is no foundation whatever for the
report that this baronetcy is or has been in dispute. Upon
the death of the third baronet in France, in 1816, without
lawful issue, the title devolved upon his cousin, Sir Bethel!
Codrington, who was the lather of the Sir William Cod-
rington, just deceased. An illegitimate son of the third
baronet by a Frenchwoman has assumed the title and
caused himself to bo entered at the Heralds College as
fourth baronet, and this seems to have given rise to the
falce report we have mentioned. Sir Gerald Codrington,
of Dodington, is now tile sixth baronet.

THE STAFF.—The following Staff appointments
&ill shortly be vacant:—The command at Devonport, vice
klajor• Gen Hut,,hinson, in October—the command in Ca•
usda, vice Lieur.Gen Williams, whose period of service has
just expired—D^puty AdjtVant-General in Jamaica, vice
:ol J. W Reynolds, whose time is up in Oetabei—ll,puty
A-ssistant A ljurant-General al Dublin, vice Major evens,
a Scp'erub,-r—and Major of Brigade at Devonport, vice
Capt Kirk, 96th Regiment, who vacates the appointment
Ant the close of the yenr.--.drm and Nat'l GaMte.

LITERATURE,

Maize ; a Stray. By the author of " Owen,"
A Waif," &e, 3 Vols. Hurst and BlaeltEtt.

The opening chapters of " Mattie" are inimitable.
Few among oar very best novelists could more
vividly realise the scene in which we first make
acquaintance with the hapless little Stray. The
little stationer's shop, with its friendly hiding-place
in the doorway, possesses an irresistible fascination
for poor Mattie, even when, with considerable diffi
c thy, the policeman has disloaged her, no sooner
has he moved o❑ than she is back again. A little
f: stivity is taking place at the s.ationer's. "P. is a
buff-day"—says poor M ttie, and how she wishes it
was her" buff-day," instead of being that, of Harrier,
the stationer's daughter. a girl about the age of the
poor motherless S ray, who is begging in the
street and cowering at the door. Hero she
elicits the pity of young Hinchford, the future
hero of the tale—a bright beaming school-
boy who hurries upstairs to congratulate his
little friend ou her birthday. His j,),yous greeting,
while his hands seek his pocket for a birthday pre-
sent, a little brooch that has taken all his savings,
and then his horror stricken exciamation, "Stolen,
by jingo !" all is most naturally told, and susp cion
at once desienates the Stray. Very frank and very
barefaced is Mattie's confession incidentally elicited
some time later. She protests she is not a "regiar"
(a regular thief), but only occasionally gives way
when very " hard up." Mother 'Watts, the mis-
tress of the cheap lodging-house, who makes a
bargain of the stolen brooch, and "does not wish to
know how it is come by," has no doubt her proto-
types among that class. Very dismal, and also very
truthful, is the sad glimpse here given of the
trials and temptations of the poor children
of London. While we follow with interest the
upward career of Mattie, we are fain to think
with pity of the hundreds of little Strays, who,
unlike her, meet with no helping hand to raise
them. The story which follows this introduction
is simple and interesting and very naturally told.
The character of the old stationer, Mr. Wesden,
is most skilfully and faithfully portrayed. We have
not advanced very far in the tale before we are quite
at home in Suffolk street, and intimately acquainted
wills John Wesden and Mr. Hinchford. The little
Stray, so well beloved by many friends, in the
course of her story will become a favourite with
many readers now her history is in their hands, arm
if the narrative of her adventures induces a passing
thought of kindness, and perhaps of help to be
bestowed upon the little " Streys" of the London
thoroughfares, the author of " Mattie will have
perfumed a good action as well as written a very
attractive tale.

Madeline Graham. By the author of " White.
friars," Three vols. Mix well and Co.

The author of " Whitefriars" v.7ssesses a eery
vigorous pen, which, on the first public,tion of that,
we believe her earliest, woik, at once attracted the
attention of the pubic. Unfortunately, however,
white the hand of this writer is powerful in descrip-
tion, her tact and taste are nor happy in discrimina-
tion. Tne manner of her works is clever, but we
cannot say that the matter they contaij is very
excellent. This authoress, and the fault is more to
be regretted in a female writer, always Inelltlefi to
neroes and heroines vetgieg oil tae borders of
Impropriety, whiie for some among them slice
a description is indeed very inadequate. He,
new story of Madeline Graham—we had nearly
said Madetiue Smith—is of this class. Madeline
is a most revolting character, a treacherous and
abandoned woman. Her attempt to puil,on her
French lover is evidently suggested by the history
of tnat other Madeline above alluded to. As We
should not tolerate such acquaintances in real life,
we cannot say that the perusal of their very ques-
tionable adventures, and the close con:emplation
their very despicable qualities in a work of fietiou
affords no any particular satisfaction.

Ring-ion Priory. A Tale. By Rile! Hone, author
of " Prison NArrativeN" &c. Turee vols. Sgun-
den, Ot:ey, and Co.

This is one of the quiet domestic novels that
are becoming scarce in the present day. It is writ.
tea in an easy, pleasant manner, and will be wel-
come to the readers of the circulating libraries,
without obtaining acy very high rank among the
literature of the day. The same misfortune befalls
Lucy Stanforth, the heroine of the tale, as belell
the charming Lily DAle of " The Small House of
Allington," and we do not know w hich is the more
despicable character, Seymour Browne or Adolpbus
Croabie. The various tamiiies who Compose the
society and the non-society of Itington are very
felicitously compared and contrasted. Tne Under-
woods and the Millers, the Ciabornes and the Stan-
forths, with the charming Lady Diana, at the
Park, and the disagreeable Graingers, at the Priory,
compose a very miscellaneous circle, and give
ample room for the exercise of the author's de-
cided talent in describing domestic details and
country gos,ip. Some of the secondary characters
are more at tractive than the actual hero and heroine,
and the story of Ring ton Priory makes, on the whole,
a very readable and interesting book.

Hamlet in the Foreign-office on the Danish
Question.

(From the Examiner.)
To do, or not to do; that is the question :
Whether 'tis wiser in a State, to suffer
The chaff and s wagger of outrageous Bismark ;
Or to take arms against a lot of Germans,
And, by opposing, smash them P—make war—to fight;
No more ; and, by a fight to say we end
This nausea, and these thousand awlul shocks
To our propriety ; a consummation
Devoutty to be wished. Mike war,—to fight ;
To fight I perchance to pay ;—aye, there's the rub;
For is that fighting time what tills way come.
When we have sheililA off this modest budget,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes humiliation of long peace:
For who would bear the quips and seems of Bend,
Tee Austrian's wrong, he Prussian's contumely,
The pangs of outraged Poles, the Frank's delay,
The insolence of Russia, and the spurns
The patient Europe of her tyrants takes,
When he himselt might their quietus make
With a bare Whitworth? Who would Cobjens bear,
To groan or blush under a doubtful peace ;
But that the dread of something atter war,—
Th' unestimated outlay, from whose depth
No hattpenny returns,—puzzles the will ;
And makes us rather bear those Brights we have,
Than fly to Eilenb'roughs we know toe well?
Thus taxes do make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue'of Palmerston
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of aadstone ;
And ironclads of greatest armament,
With this regard, their stately heads turn home,
And scuttle out of action.—Soft you, now
Fair Alexandra :—Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my slips remembeed.
Danish Lady. Good, my lot d.
How dues your lordship since this conference ?
H. I humbly thank you ; tolerably well.
D. L. My lord, I have certain promises of yours
That I have loug'd two months to re-deliver;
I pray you now receive them.
.lir. No, not I;
I never gave you aught.
D. L. My honour'd lord, you know right well you did ;
And, with them, words of so sweet brea h compos'd,
As made the things more rich: their perfume lost,
Take three again; for to the noble mind
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
There, my lord.
H. Ha I am I honest ?
D. L. My lord ?
Am I fair ?

[Exit Coubtfal.] J. w.

Ere'nrsions on the river are quite the fashion
this year at the Imperial residence of Fontainebleau. Tht
Empress has a small steamer, in which she takes trips cm
the Seine with the different guests at the Palace.
CLOCK WOILIi. IN E GLAND.—" As a sample of English
clock work on a large scale, the works of this are probably the
Anest fins bed that have ever been seen in this country—no
chronometer could be fitted with more perfect and carefully
adjusted mechanism. '—limes, June li, 1862. J. W Benson
having ertatti steam power and improved machinery for
clock making at the manufactory, Ludgat•-hill, gill be glad
to turLish to clergymen, architects, and corn ittees estimates
and specific tions of c..vc.ry description of norJlogical machine,
especially cathedral art.i public clocks, chiming tunes on any
bells. A do-criptive
number of p 'mph et on church clot s
post in e for one stamp. Watch and c cck make. by warrant
of a, pointment t H.1t.11. tie Prim., of Wale-, and maAer o
the great clock for the Exhibition, 1e.62. Manufactory, Lua-
-1,94td0n. Establitihett 1719,—(Ativtl

4t.
otioi
*•.--3 1;41 nritinbr

HER MAJESTY,

WINDSOR CASTLE, July 2,
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
Princess Heienu, took a cArri,e drivti yesterday
afternoon, attended by Major-Gegneral S,ttmour.
3.
The Queen, accompanied by Prince JULY s
went to London yesterday HMI visited the Prince
and Princess-of Wales at Marlborough-Noose, where
her Majesty remained to luncheon. The 111-Atchio.
ness of Ely, 111,jor.General Seymour, and Colonel
the Hon. A. 1-I,rdinge were in attendance.
Her 1013jesty drove from Mariborough..house to
Carlton-house-terrace, and honoured the Duke of
Newcastle with a visit, at d Oterwards honoured
Mr. Foley and Mr. Durham by inspecting the
m, morials of the Prince Consort now in execution
by them at their studiod.
The Queen then went to Buckingham Palace,
where the Duchess of Inverness had the honour of
being received by her Majesty.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess
Louts of Hesse joined her Majesty at Buckingham
Palace.

At six o'clock her Majesty, accompanied by their
Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Louis of
'chase and Princess Beatrice, left the Palace in an
optn carriage and tour, and drove up Constitution-
bill, through Hyde Park, to the Great Western
Station, Where a apt cial train was in readiness to
convey her Majesty to Windsor.
Major-General Seymour and Colonel the Hon. A.
Hardinge attended on horseback.
The Marehioneas of Ely attended the Qaeen to
Windsor.

Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse returned to
Buckingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and
Priccess Louise, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce
and Colonel the Hon. A. Llddell, went to Canter-
bury yesterday and inspec,ed tae Cathedral. The
Dean of Westminster, Lady A. Stanley, and Arch-
deacon Harrison, Canon of Canterbury, accompanied
the Pliacesses and conducted them over the Cathe-
dral, St. Auguatin's College, Church of St. Martin,
&c.,

Archdeacon and Mrs. airrison had the honour of
entertaining their Royal Highnesses at luncheon,
alter which they returned to London and Windsor
at 7 o'clock.

The Earl of Clarendon arrived at the Castle last
evening, and had the hotour of dining with her
Majesty end the Royal Family.
The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess
Helena, Princess Louise, and Princess Beiiiice,
with the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended
Divine service ibis morning in the Private Chspel.
Tho Rev. E. W. Benson, Head Master of Welling-
ton Co,lege, offiJiated.
Their lioyal Highnesses Prince and Princess
Louis of Hesse, attended by Mademoiselle de
Grancy and Captain von Westerwelter, arrived at
Winasor Castle this afternoon from Buckingham
13,4h:we.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Prince eon Princess of Waier, attenued by
the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Captain Grey, and
Mr. Fisher, went to the Bazaar in aid of toe Earls-
wood Idiot Asylum, at the Hanover-square Rooms,
i❑ the forenoon on Silurday.
Her Majesty the Qleen, accompanied by Prin-
cess Beatrice, visited the Prince and Princess of
Wales at Marlborough House, and took luncheon
with their Royal Highnesses.
The Marchioness of Ely, Msjor-General Seymour,
and Col, the Hun. A. Hardinge, attended the Queen.
The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Privet)
of Leiningen, and attended by Captain Grey, rode
on horseback.
Tne Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Pri-
ncess of Leiningen, tool% a carriage drive.
The Prince of Wales dined with the Corporation
of the Trinity House, at the Trinity House, in the
evening.

His Royal Highness was attended by E Spen-
cer, Lieut..G.lneral Knollys, and Captain Grey.
The Princess of Waies, accompanied by the Prince
and Princess of Leiningen, went to Her Majesty's
Theatre, attended by the Marchoness of Carmarthen
and Loud Harris.

The Prince and Princess of Weiss, with the
Prince and Princess of Leitiingen, the Marchioness
of Carmarthen and Captain Grey in waiting, at.
tended Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St.
James's, yesterday morning. The Communion
service was read by the Lord Bishop of London,
the Rev, the Sub Dean, and the Rev. R. Harvey.
l'he Bishop of London, Dean of her Msjesty's
Chapels Royal, preached the sermon from let Cur.,
chap. iv., part of verse 7, " For wbo maketh thee
to oder from another ? " Anthem--"T
he Wilder-
ness" (Goss); sung by Master Briscoe, Messrs. R.
Burnby, Montem Smith, and Lawler. Mr. Goss
presided at the nrgan.

-
ROYAL VISIT TO CANTERBURY.--0a Saturday
their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena and the
Princess Louise, with the Hon, Col. Liddell and the Hon.
Mrs Bruce in attendance, visited Canterbury for the pur-
pose of inspecting the cathedral and other objects of eccle-
siastical and historical interest connected with the city.
(heir Royal Highnesses travelled by special train en the
London, Chatham, and Dover line, and arrived at Canter-
bury at 12 o'clock. 0 wing to a tnisappreh nsion as to the
time at which the train was to arrive, no carriage was at the
station, and their Royal Highnesses, instead of waiting,
proceeded on foot over the Dane John recreation ground
and through the principal streets of the city to the Cathe-
dral, a distance of more than halt a mile. They were recog-
nised by several citiz,ns trout their likeness to her Nlajesty
the Qaeen. At the Cathedral the Royal visitors were re-
ceived by the Very Rev, the Dean of Westminster and
Lady Augusta Stanley, the Ven. Archdeacon Harrison and
Mrs Harrison being also in attendance. Both the Royal
Princesses appeared greatly pleased when going through the
magnificent building, as the Dean of Westminster explained
the ulfl2rent objects of interest. At 2 o'clock the Archdeacon
and Mrs Harrison had the honour of entertaining their
Royal Highnesses ',kith luncheon at their residence. After,
wards their Royal Highnesses, still attended by the Dean
of Westminster, proceeded to the Missionary College of St.
Atreus. ine and St. Mat tin's Church, in which Christianity
was first preaethed iu England. At 4 o'clock they returned
to tne railway station in an open carriage, a considerable
crowd of people having collected to witness their departure.
On taking their seats in the saloon carriage of the Royal
train both Princesse4 smilingly bowed their acknowledg-
ments to the loyal greetings of the people on the platform.
Exactly at 4 o'clock the train moved out of the station, in
charge of Mr Martley, as engineer, and Mr Superintendent
Bishop as guard.
The Countess of Derby had a dinner party on
Saturday, at the family mansion in St. James's-
square. The n, hie earl was unable to join the dinner circle
owing to an attack of gout. Among the guests were the
Earl and Countess of Longford, Lord and Le l), Bateman,
Lord Burghley, Lord Claud Hamilton and Miss Hamilton,
Lord and Lady Naas, the Right Hon. Sir William H.
Jolliffe, 111,P., and Miss Jolliffe, the Right Hon. Spencer
and Mrs. Walpole, Colonel and Mrs. Taylor, Capt. Paken-
ham, and Mr. Wilbraham.
The Countess of Carnarvon gave birth to a
daughter ou Saturday, at the town residence in Lower
Grosvenor-street. We are informed that the countess and
intent are progressing favourably.
Tide Earl and Countess ot Maimesbury have issued
cards for a grand dinner to their Royal Highnesses the
Ducaess of Cambridge and Princess Mary, on the Bth
instant.
THE LORD MAYOR.—tiVe are happy to state that
the Lerd Mayor is progressing favourably after his
recent accident, and his medical advisers confidently hope
,hat the injury he has sustained wile leave no permanent
effects, although it is probable that a little lameness may
exist for some time to come, On Wednesday, his lordship
was enabled to transact business is his private drawing-
room, and we are informed that Dr. Saunders has given it
as his opinion that, should no intervening contingency
arise, his loraship will be able to take carriage exercise in
the course ot another week. At present, however, the leg
cannot be cut to the ground —City Pi ess.
TRUE AUTHORSHIP OF " LE MAUDIT !"—We
read in the Union with reference to "Le Maude'
" " RellAit"o" (the Nun), two novels purported to
aave been written by a priest, and having obtained in con-
stquence what our mighb urs call tot susses de scandals—
" The Figaro effirrns that the author of `Le Merida' and
of ' La Religieun' is M. Louis Uibach--(a Protestant)--
.od sets turn at defiance io prove the cot.trary."
pi ce of it.tdigence way be tveful to tt,o o who should
happen to read the translations ye 1.11,8 u two works SOollt to
be published by Messrs glentla, of London,