The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-27 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

A letter from Konigsburg of the 17th, in the
Deutsch Zeitung, says—
" Three Russian regiments of the guards left St.
Petersburgh, a few days since, in the first instance to
orrison Riga. A command has likewise been issued to
Abe military authorities at Mitau immediately to pur
,!hase 6,000 horses fur conveying the baggage and er.

The accounts from St. Petersburgh state that the
expected prohibition of the export of the precious
metals had not been issued, and that the Ministry
have declared that there will be no obstacle to the free
export of them.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES

Skirmishes, leading to no results, are of daily oc-
airrence between the Danish troops and the Holstein
volunteers. It would appear that the volunteers,
who have yet to learn that discretion is the better
part of valour, are much in the way of the regular
Troops of Prussia. The country is fiat, and not at all
adapted to guerilla fighting, and these volunteers are
constantly getting into danger, from which the
regular troops have to rescue them. The Commander-
In-Chief for Schleswig-Holstein has i,sued a pro-
L!lamation to the effect that no further volunteers are
wanted, and begging the different committees formed
in Ger natty to desist from sending them, as they are
not wanted.

On the 22d the Prussians and Hanoverians quitted
Rendsburg, where they are to be replaced by the
Oldenburghers, and moved to Witteensee and
',chested, the latter the site of the battle between
the Swedes and Danes in 1813, towards Ecken-
forde, so that it would seem as if the attack on
the Danish camp would be on the east side
of the duchy. From eye-witnesses it is learnt that
their entrenchments commence at Schleswig, at
which town they have much streng'hened the means
of defence, and extend along the old Danish wall by
Hollingstead towards Husun—thus it may be seen
that their position is a strong one, as they are pro-
tected on their left by the bay of the Sley, and on
their right, towards Husun, by turf, moors, and
morasses. The entrenchments protecting the Danes
are sandwalls, eight or ten feet high, with dry ditches
in front, and as the heavy shot will bury themselves
in the sand without shattering the wall, it will be a
tough business to force their position, and must cost
the allies many men. As, therefore, regular pre-
parations must be made for the attack, it is probable
some days may yet elapse before any decisive affair
can come Off, The DiLtleti have advanced some troops

over the Sley, and the villages of Fluckebye, Hum-
melfeld, and Cusel are now their fore posts.
The embargo enforced at Copenhagen on Prussian
ships has been extended to all Gennan vessels. It is
reported that a number of Prussian ships have already
been taken, and it is now feared that the Elbe and
Weser will be blockaded by the Danes.
RUMOURED DEATH OF THE KING OF

DENMARK.
A letter from Altoni, dated the 23d, one o'clock,
P.M., says—
" A report, the truth of which, however, ifi /erY
doubtful, prevailed in Rendsburg this morning, that
the King of DENMARK was dead. Though this may
not be true, there seems to be no doubt that his illness
(bronchitis) is of a serious nature."