The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-31

conference said that the reply Of Denmark was stl
awaited but that ne had good REASON nope Auo
that the Danish government would assent
In the House Of Lords, on the 18TH nsL Earl Russell
appealed TO Earl marlborough 70 postpone ms go
relative to the question, IL very desirable
that discussion should take place just new on the SUD-
,ecI
would agree TO and that an armisce would
be acceptab 10 TO all parties.
Earl Scarborough assentcd TO the propositSOn.
The London Herald says:-The conference has served
the purpose OF the English Cabinet Parliament having
separated for the Easter recess without expressing aoy
opinion on the government policy Earl Russell has,
therefore, three weeks grace, during which time some
shng may turn up TO save him.
THE LATEST NEWS.
LvERrooI, Saturday, March l9--Evenng.
late Berlin despatch says that i've Prussian batteries
ready TO open fire the Weinberg. The Danish
ironclad Rolf -Krake has been repulsed.
THB DANISH IRoN-CLAD ACTI0N--HBR PER-
FoRaASCF. TREATMENT AND RHPULsF.
This is probably second repuse. The Rolf Krake
tested and pretty severely handled 10 the engage
ent between the Prussan land batteries at Eckernforde
the nth Of February. She was built al Glasgow IN
Scotland she Is covered with four and ha nsn iron
plates OF twelve bundren tons burthcn, draws sixteen
feet water, and has turrets cupoas, carrying
four sixty guns. Apertures at the top Of
the towers admit light and air; mechanical arrangements
allow Of the ship being lowered until her deck is only
few inches above the surface An officer who
without replying TO the Gre OF the battery stationed
there and took up the position which had been
designated. Here anchored, with our broad
SIDE towards two fixed batteries lni movable field
battery, which opened upon mIrdeTous Gre with
round shot conical shell and shrapne tongue OF land
prevented seeing the bridge had been ordered
destroy The enemy fired vesy well. His fixed batteries
Masked and Is therefore impossible 10 say how
much damage did him: bat sent couple OF shells At
rjhed gun that raned conca shot upon ns from The
heights, and when shccring or bombarded mil and
house We returned TO Snderborg, after being ENGAGED
an hour and a half. The Rolf Krake stood the trial
well She was hued sixty times each snot being OF
itself sufficient sink wooden ship. The towers
hit several times sixteen snots went through the nnne
one through tho ste ,mpipe two through the oremast
through the mainmast two through the mzzen ana
from sixty TO seventy through the bulwarks small boats
sails and rigging. The deck torn in places,
the tackle much the three boats riddled every vu
rorable point was hit, and should like 20 have seen
any part Of the deck where man could have been sta
toned without certainty OF death We calculated that
about FIVE thousand pounds Of iron expended upon
u.s. and you may suppose that We contributed
share The noise deafeniDg, produced as much by
our own nre as the missiles OF the enemy whose shells
flew about In all directions. Ono, which burst directly
over the tower in which stationed, sent shower
frontispcce, grazed my leg smashed my telescope, and
am still deaf OF from the dn--otherwise not
much hurt. One in each also slightly
wounded, and curously enough each in the LETT cheek
The Danish batteries are armed with French rifcd
guns.