The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-21 00:00:00

her to Aschaffenburg. When this was found to be
the case, several of the chief officers in the service of
King Louis declared they would sooner take their
leave than accompany their Royal Master on such
an errand. The travelling•carriages were all packed
—nay, some of them had even started, and relays
had been ordered on the road. King MAximmix
now spoke decidedly to his Royal Father, and at this
juncture succeeded in producing a decisive impression.
King Louis will not go to Switzerland; for although
guarantees would be given for his return, under cer-
tain circumstances it would be very prob lematical."

DENMARK. AND THE DUCHIES'
Our intelligence from Copenhagen is to the 15th.
An official report from Commodore PALUDUN to the
Minister of the Marine, announces his arrival off
Eckernforde, and his demand to the city to withdraw
the troops, to hoist the Danish flag, and to send the
burgomaster and two other members of the magis-
tracy on board, and, in case of refusal, threatened
to bombard the city. As the whole of the municipal
authorities and troops fled, the city was garrisoned
by the Danish marines. The report further states
that a communication is open with the Danish
battalions at Missunde. None of the enemy's
soldiers were to be seen. Fredericks Ort was wholly
ungarrisoned, and Kiel hut very weakly defended.
The KING was said to have left Flensburg for Ap-
penrade on the 15th.
The latest accounts from the seat of war are to be
found in the Hamburgh Borsenhalle of the 17th,
which says "that the report of the skirmishes at
Eckenforde and Konigsfords have not been confirmed.
" Another account says that the King of Den-
mark remained at Schleswig only two hours—that
the inhabitants maintained a neutrality—and that
the King returned to Flensburg after having in-
spected the fortifications at Dennewerk. The Danes
seem disposed to take up their position at Schlei.
The dam of Eckenforde, opposite Schleswig, is
planted with cannon, and the ferry-boat has been
sunk. On the whole very good discipline is dis-
played. The palace of Prince Frederick.in Holstein
has been totally destroyed. Great excesses are also
said to have been committed, but these are probably
exaggerated. Danish ships of war are everywhere
cruising in the East Sea, but it is not probable that
they will land their men, as this would divide their
forces.
" This morning a deputation arrived here from
Flensburg, which had travelled under the protection
of a pass from the Danish Ministry. They came
with proposals of peace, limiting the Danish de-
mands, which had hitherto extended from Denmark
as far as the Eider, to Denmark as far as the Schlei
The deputation, however, was not received either by
the Prussian Colonel Bonin, or by the Provisional
Government. On the contrary, it was commanded
to leave the fortress within an hour. The deputa-
tion was, however, verbally informed that there
could be no question of negotiation till all the
Danish troops had quitted the soil of Schleswig,
and the Danish ships of war had withdrawn from
our seas. Although the deputation did not bring
any credentials, there can be no doubt, says the
Borsenhalle, that it was sent by the Danish leaders,
who are probably beginning to be rather doubtful of
their cause, and to suspect the sentiments of the
soldiers. Another object of the deputation was to
molify the inhabitants of Flensburg respecting the
treachery which had been practised there towards our
troops. The Luckner volunteer corps, which con-
sisted chiefly of young men of Schleswig, had gone
to that city after the skirmish at Krusan, where
several men of the corps remained when the Danes
entered. Three agents of the Danes are mentioned
who betrayed these young men, nearly all of whom
were taken prisoners by the Danes.
" The commission appointed by the King of Den-
mark, for the maintenance of order and the adminis-
tration of Schleswig, endeavours to ascertain the sen-
timents of the civil officers of the different districts
by putting seven questions ; and, according to the
answers returned, they are continued or displaced
from their posts.
" The Danes, so far from pressing the inhabitants
of Eckenforde, as has been asserted, to enter the
Danish fleet, or using any violence to the inhabitants,
behave with great moderation. It is true there was a
threat to bombard the city, if the flag with the
Federal colours was not removed within two hours,
and replaced by the Dannebrog flag. The Danes
honourably paid for everything that they required on

shore.
" The Duke Von Augustenburg passed through
Hamburgh, on his way to Hanover, for the purpose of
hastening the approach of the Hanoverian troops.
" The Prussian courier, who was carrying dis-
patches to the Danish camp, was detained by the
Danes for several hours on the road. He then tore
up the dispatches himself, and returned without
having effected anything.
" We are assured on the best authority that only
the King of Prussia and M. Von Arnim were in
favour of speedily rendering assistance to Sshleswig-
Holstein, but that the other Ministers demurred for a
long time.
" The Duke of Brunswick arrived at Altona yes-
terday afternoon, and will set eut for Rendsburg to-
day. The chief quarters of the Hanoverians will be
provisionally at Neuminster.
" The suggestion that Schleswig should declare
itself either German or Danish, originated in the
first instance during the late ministerial crisis, at
Copenhagen, when it proposed that the votes of each
parish and district should be taken upon the subject,
and that the boundary line should be drawn ac-
cordingly."