The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-08 00:00:00

FROM THE EXPEDITION OF THE HAMBURGH

AND ALTON A TELEGRAPH.

" ALTONA, MAY, FOUR,' P.M.
" The Blankenese pilot boat Thetis announces having
seen a Danish frigate south of Heligoland, and that the
Hamburgh schooner Charlotte and a Bremen brig was
detained by the frigate.
"CUXHAVEN, MAY 4.—The Hamburgh Echooner Cito
returned yesterday evening, and put to anchor here.
SWINEMUNDE, MAY 3.—(From Messrs. Metzler and
Company, ship-agents.)—The number of vessels de-
tained in our roads by the Danish frigate Liarfruen
now amounts to 25, including the English, besides the
Mary Shelly and the Exquisite, which we announced
yesterday, are the following:—

Name of Ship. Name of Captain. From. Cargo.
Indian ' Smith Bahiu sugar
Rapid
Jam:

Lively Bambro Stock ton ditto
Maid
Quarry Maid %V illiams ... Port Madoc slate
caper
Patriot
Rosebud Boalls
Pyreenes Scott ......... Sunderland... ditto
" The commander of thu Danish frigate has informed
the Danish Consul at Altona, that h. will not hinder
any vessels belonging to the neutral powers to sail from
here to any foreign harbours, in consequence of which
several English vessels will put to sea to-day. We have
received an official confirmation of the report of the
detention of the Hamburgh ship Charlotte and a Bre-
men brig by the Danish frigate off Heligoland.
" COPENHAGEN, MAY I.—Several other Prussian
vessels have been brought in—the schooner Hoffnung,
from Stettin; the barque Diana, from Memel, with wood,
for Dublin; schooner Maria Petersen, from Sunderland,
with coals; brig Hortensia, from Bordeaux, with wine."
CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 12.—At four o'clock this
evening a Swedish barque, which attempted to pass the
Dardanelles contrary to existing orders after sunset,
was shot at from the castle, by which the rigging and
tackling sustained serious injury.

A formal blockade of the Elbe has been announced
to commence on the 10th instant, which will cut off all
supplies of goods. For the present we have a good
selection of the greater part of staple articles of com-
merce, the possessors of which, however, already take
advantage of it. The state of the money market con-
tinues satisfactory.
CORN MARKET.—In consequence of the depressing
reports from England, and the present warlike relations
with Denmark, together with the approaching blockade
of the Elbe, put almost an entire stop to business.
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT.—The German flag is no
longer tree, and the German harbours are closed by
Danish men of war against every commercial inter-
course. Germans rouse yourselves, and take the means
to throw off a yoke and fetters which the German flag
cannot endure, and which it ought not to bear. Arm
steamers and merchantmen, and man them with crews
resolved to deliver our flag from the degraded outrage,
and, even if it should be dearly bought, let victory be
ours.

Up then and form a marine for the defence of :the
German flag. Hasten to the work, and the result must
be success.

We the undersigned hereby summon a general
meeting for Saturday, 6th of May, at two o'clock,
in the Great Hall of the Borsenhalle, when we shall
be ready to submit our plans.
J. C. GODEFFRY and Son.
Hamburgh, May sth, R.
1848. M M. SLOMAN.
SCULEIMIG-HOLSTEIN, KIEL, MIY 4.—(From an eye
witness).—None but those who have witnessed the des-
truction of the palace at Gliicksburg, the seat of the aged
Dowager Duchess of Holstein Glucksburg, can form any
conception of the deeds committed.
The Danes, among whom are three officers and many
students, not only dragged thither the young women
from the neighbouring villages, to desecrate Good Friday
with dancing, &c., but they took the altar-cloth of the Pa-
lace chapel, and having cut off the fringes, used it for a
tablecloth, and the cup was made to serve for their punch-
bowl. They broke in pieces the greater part of the most
costly furniture, and fragments of mirrors, couches,
tables, &c., were strewn about in the greatest confusion.
The coverings of the furniture and the hangings of the
apartments were torn to shreds, while the portraits of
the Ducal family were decapitated, and the bodies of the
same served as marks for the Danes to shoot at. Every-
thing that could be demolished was destroyed in the most
reckless manner, and the most valuable articles were
carried off to the Danish vessels early in the morning.
ALTONA, MAY S.—SIEGE OF FREDERICA.--Intel-
ligence has this morning been received from the head-
quarters at Yeile, the scene of war. General Wrangel,
in a report to the Provisional Government, states that
the German troops under his command crossed the
boundary of Jutland ou the 2d, and on the evening of
the same day besieged the fortress of Frederica. The
enemy made no resistance on the frontier, and a patrole
opened the gate of Frederica. All the Danish troops,
and the greater part of the amunition had been shipped
to Fahnen. General Wrangel ordered the destruction
of the fort, and at three o'clock this afternoon the Ger-
man flag was hoisted at Seeforts, and saluted by 101 guns;
as long us this flag waves here no duty will be demanded
from vessels passing the Little 13e1L—Hambergh Borsen-
ladle, May 5.

The King of DENMARK has issued the following
proclamation :

" We, Frederick VII., by the grace of God, proclaim
that, in consequence of the hostile act committed against
us by the Kings of Prussia and Hanover, the Grand
Dukes of Oldenburg and Mecklenburg, as also by the
free Hanse towns of Lubeck, Hamburg, and Bremen,
we find ourselves compelled to declare the harbours,
coasts, and rivers, belonging to them (as also such of
our ports as are in their possession) in a state of
blockade. We have directed our ships of war to carry
these
from en measures into effect, and to prevent their ships
tering into the said blockaded ports and harbours.
" hand and seal Published at our royal city of Copenhagen under our

(Signed) "FREDERICK REX
SWINNEIVIUNDE, MAY 2.—Yesterday the Danish
frigate Havesvert, of 42 guns, came to anchor, nad
blockaded the port; and in the afternoon the follow-

ing ships were refused permission to enter, viz. :
The English barque Margaret Shelly, Topping; from
Bahia, with sugar, for Stettin ; and the English brig
Exquisite, Captain Naylor, from Sunderland, with
coals. Early this morning thirteen other English
vessels arrived and anchored under the guns of the
frigate. The captains of the former have been allowed
to land, and were told they were at liberty to proceed
where they pleased with their ships and cargoes, ex-
cepting to a Prussian port. Other frigates have left
Copenhagen to blockade Dantzic.—MAv 5. The fol-
lowing Prus'sian vessels, having been warned by an
English ship, returned to port, viz., the Anna Soptda
for Peterhead, the Joanna Emilie for Cardiff, the
Davis for Yarmouth, the Fidelitas for Bridgewater,
and the Arthur for Cork.

The KING returned to Copenhagen on the 29th of
April, on board a steamer. His health is good. The
Copenhagen papers contain a short speech of the
KING to the inhabitants of Copenhagen, in which he
thanks them for the proofs of attachment they have
manifested on his return, and promises to share their
Fate, good or bad.

A letter from Langsund, dated April 25, mentions
that engineers have been dispatched to every fortified
port in Norway. The coast fleet is in readiness.
The Danes are now in the Island of Alsen, from
which place the 10th body of troops, under HALKET,
will experience some difficulty in dislodging them.

ITALY.

OUTBREAK IN ROME.

The Paris Moniteur du Soir of Saturday says—
" On the Ist of May a movement broke out in Rome,
in consequence of the refusal of the Pope to declare war
against Austria. The Ministry has given in its resig-
nation. A Provisional Government was about to be
formed, if, after the twenty-four hours given to the Pope
to make up his mind, he refused to do so."