The New York Herald

Denmark.

The Danes, confiding in the intervention of Sweden, refuse to surrender the Isle of Alsen, and claim again the northern part of Schleswig. They deny also payment of damages caused by the embargo; they have, for the present, refused the truce proposed by England, and have suspended the blockade of the Elbe and Weser, merely because the English and Russian vessels suffered from this state of things. It is said that the Emperor of Russia has himself announced his intention to take side with Denmark, and furnish both ships and troops. The Prussian General Wrangel has issued a proclamation to the Jutlanders, dated Kolding, May 18, in which he says that he has been forced by their own government to impose upon them a contribution of 2,000,000 specie dollars, (about £400,000) as a pledge for losses inflicted on German trade and property, and that if the amount is not paid by the 28th inst., "the collection by military execution will commence." The Hamburgh Imperial Correspondent says: "An adjutant of General Halkett, despatched from the head-quarters of the army with communications for Hanover, gave the assurance that peace with Denmark was as good as concluded, and that the last cannon shot had fallen." The war, at least, is flagging, and both sides being apparently weary of so foolish a contest, will be eager to accept the good offices which Lord Palmerston is tendering. The intelligence from Hamburgh is to Tuesday evening, the 23d ult. We find that in Sweden the greatest activity prevails in preparation for war. It is supposed that Denmark will lay an attachment on the claims of German merchants, as a retaliation for Gen. Wrangel's proceedings in Jutland. From Berlin, we learn that the Russian government had addressed the Prussian cabinet, declaring itself inimical to the pretensions set up by the latter for Germany, and threatens defensive proceedings. Prussia has replied to this note, in a tone favorable to peace.