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was found dead in his bed at 4 o'clock in the morning. He was forty-fix years and fix months old, being born on the if of Oftober 1754 ; he reigned only four years and four months, as he afcended the throne on the 17th of Nov. 1796. He Was twice married ; firft on the loth of October 1773, IV NATOLIA.ALEXIEWNA, of Here- Darmftadt : he was left a widower on the 26th of April 1776, and married the 13th of Oftober, the ;m year, SOPHIA DOROTHEA, of Wurtemburg Stuttgard, born the 25th of Oftober 1759. By this marriage he had four fons and five daughters. The fons are: ALEXANDER PAULO witz, born the 23d of December, 1777, married t he 9th of Oftober, 1793, to MARY LOUISA ELI. zABETH ALEXIEWHA of Baden, born the 4th of January, 1779.-2 d. CONSTANTINE PAULowra s born the Bth of May, 1779, married the 26th of February, 1796, to JULIA HENRIETTA of SaXe. Cobourg, born September 23d, 1781.-3 d. NI CHOLAS PAVLOWITSCH, born July 2d, 1795.-4th. MICHAEL PETROWIT2, born the Bth of February, 1798. The Daughters are: tit. ALEXANDER ANNE PAULOWNA, born the 7th of January, 1785, mar ried the zoth of February, 1799, to FERDINAND Archduke of Auftria, died in childbed on the 16th of March, 1801.-2 d. HELENA PAULOWNA, born t h e 24 th of December, 1784, married the 19th of May, 1799, to FREDERIC Louts, Hereditary Prince of Mecklenbourg Schwerin.-3d. MARY PAULOWNA, born the sth of February, 1786.- 4th. CATHERINE PAULOWNA, born the 211 l of May, 1788.—And, ANNE PAULOWNA, born the 7th of January, 1795. ALEXANDER PAULOWITZ, the Czar's eldeft fon, fucceeds his father; the oath of fidelity was taken to him, with the ufual formalities, on the 25th of March, the fame day on which his father died.— Ile is a prince of very auftere manners, and of a mild charatter, calculated to conciliate every heart.—Yourtrai des Debar:. ROME, MARCH 24. The Minifter Acrou fill direCts the affairs of Naples.—The Englifh, on the 15th, appeared be fore that port with a fleet of 13 (hips; but the governthent having fignified to them, that accord ing to the terms of the Armiflice concluded with the French, they could not be received, they fet fail again the next day. BREST, APRIL 7. The latefine weather has brought the Englifh again on our coatis ; we fee them daily, and eat count twenty-four fhips. Neither the LOAD CHAN chtLopt nor the SPEAKER tithe Houle of Commons will have arty more evening levees this Salon of Parliament. In confequence of Sir MICHAEL SMITH'S ap pointment to the Maftrry of the Rolls in Ireland, he is to be fuccccded on the Exchequer Bench by the Right Hon. ST. GEORGE DALY, in place of whom C. M. ClitEtssY, Efq. is to be Prime Ser jeant. Orders are ifTued at the Patent Office for creating Sir HYDE P zzzzz and Lord NELSON, Englifh Vifcounts, and Rear Admiral Gaavas a Baronet of Great Britain. Our Court has prefented the Ruffian Officer who brought the intelligence of the Emperor Pain's &mile, with _cool. A paragraph which appeared in feveral Papers tome weeks' ago, reipetaing Lord DUNGANNON'S having been defrauded of upwards of ao,oool. by an agent of his lately deceafed, we have authority to fay, is totally unfounded; there not being the leaft ground whatever for fuch a report. A private letter from Barampore, dated Sept. 3oth, tioo, rays ; a It is reported here that the Mahrattas feem inclined to go to war with us, and that we are going to raife Tut more regiments of Sepoys. Every thing, however, is very quiet in Bengal." Captain Mossa, who fell in the :talon of the 2d inf. commanded the Ssanwecu, at the Note, at the time the mutiny broke out on boats that fhip, in the year 1797. Sir T. B. TNOISPSON commanded the LIANDER; of go guns, in the memorable battle of Aboukir, in which he difplayed equal bravery and judgment. Capt. Reov, of the AMAZON, was killed by a chain-fhot from the Crown Battery, at Copenha gen, at the moment he was cheering his men, eight of whom had the inciant before been killed by a fingle fhot. There were no fewer than eighty pieces of cannon playing at one time on the ANA zon frigat from the above battery. Captain Orway who brought the dispatches from Admirals Sir Tiros Paula and Lord N L. sow, attended yefterday at the Admiralty: that Officer left Town laft night, with Government ad vice, to the Admirals-commanding the Britilh fleet off cornha g en. In t te fevere aElion on the ad of April off Co peuhagen, in which his Majelly's ihip the Mo- MARCH bore fo very principal a filar., and fullained in killed and wounded the lots of 240 men, we are glad to acquaint thofe who may be interefled con cerning Lieutenant Colonel Ht•rcxlNPoo, of the wit, (who was on hoard the Mop:Ascii). cf his afety. The detachment of the 49th regiment tin der his command, had fix killed, and twenty, v ith Captain Rosins and Lieut. Dt au is, wounded. The lall letters from Jerky mention, that a for midable French force had arrived on the oppofite Coat, with an intention of attacking both the Illands of Jerky and Guernfey. Gen. littissaar, who had been appointed to command the Expedi tion, had arrived at St. Maine', and fome attempt was very floury expeaed to be made. Several limps of War and gun velfels have been ordered upon that Ration for the further defence of thole Minds. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DAY.—.Wind W. ARRIVED ' O Dublin, • Watcrford, April 11, YARMOUTH, APRIL t 7. This evening arrived the LYNX (loop, with two Danifh merchantmen, in hallaft, laid to have con cealed under their ballast feveral thefts of money to pay for their cargoes in the EA Indies. Sailed for Cuxhaven the three following packets, viz. the DIANA, Capt. OSBORNE ; KING GEORGE, Capt. DEANE ; and PRINCE Of WALES, Captain DEANE ; the two former with the Mails for Ham. burgh and Bremen, of the loth and 14th infiant ; and the latter without Mails; they landed their guns here, and proceeded for Cuxhaven under flags of truce, to know whether they might be permitted to land their Mails in fafety or not ? on board the above Packets went the Hon. Mr. BOURG, and fuite ; Mai& FULLARTON, KAHRS, and feveral Paffengers. FALMOUTH, APRIL ts. Arrived the Countefs of Bute fhip, Captain M'Keti.its, to wait Convoy for Quebec. —The American fhip Roba and Betfy, Captain Ric HALOS, with 4goo barrels of flour, from Norfolk, Virginia; it is expeded flue will difcharge her cargo here ; about a week ago the was boarded by a French privateer of I 6 guns.—Appeared this day the out ward bound Weft India fleet, confifting of about 140 fail, under convoy of the CARTER, PORCU PINE, and CAMEL—Sailed the PLOVER floop of war, with the following vefFels to join them : Union, BEVAN; King George, COTTER • William fon, BUDGE; and Trio, DOUGLAS.—he PRINCE or WALES packet, for Litbon, failed on Sunday lalt, with the Mail of the 7th inftant.---Wind Eaft. PLYMOUTH. APRIL z 6. Came in the brigantine Tiher, land from Li merick, bound to London, laden with provifions; fhe was captured by a French privateer, and re taken o ff Alderney yefterday, by his Majefty's fhip FORTUNEE, of 44 guns, Lord A. BRAUCLERE.— Came in the American Ihip Mermaid, of Portf mouth, Captain _roma TILTON, from Charleftown, bound to London, laden with rice and cotton; on the loth inflant the was boarded by a French pri vateer, of 20 guns, who plundered the fhip and cut their boat to pieces ; the fame day the cap tured an Englifh Ihip from Halifax.—Sailed the Loins, of 44 guns; and KINARD, of zo guns, on a cruize. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL i 7. Yellerday the UNION cutter, Lieutenant ROWID, arrived at Spithead, and failed again on a cruife this day.—The HIND frigate is appointed convoy for Halifax.—The Orion,Cumuiwo NAM, from New York, is arrived at Cowes. THE BATTLE OFF COPENHAGEN. The following are authentic Copies of the Correfpondeoce which paged between Lord NCLSON and the PIANOS ROYAL of Denmark, on the ad instant, immediately en the former find ing the Denial (hips and batteries entirely within his power; No. I. da Lord NELSON has diretlions to fpare Den mark, when no longer refilling ; but if the firing is continue,' on the part of Denmark, Lord Na I.• NON mull be obliged to fet on fire all the floating batteries he has taken, without having the power of laving the brave Danes who have defended them. " Dated on board his Majefty's flip E NT, Copen " turn Roads, April a, 18ot. (Signed) NaLsou and &oars, Vice-Admiral, under the command of Admiral " Sir Hroa P ." " To the Brothers of Englifhmen, the Danes." No. 11. His Royal Highnefs the Panics Roym. of Denmark has fent me, General Adjutant LINT HOLM, on board to his Britannic Majeay's Vice- Admiral, the Right Hon. Lord Ns t.sols, to alk the particular objea of fending the Bag of truce." No. 111. Lord NELSON'S Auswea. ,4 Lord Netsom's obj ect in fending the flag of truce, was humanity ! he therefore confents that hankies shall ceafc, and that the wounded Danes may be taken on fhore, and Lord Nstson will take his prifonen out of the veffels and burn or carry off his prizes, as he thrill think fit. " Lord Nt tsos, with humble duty to his Royal Highnefs the PRINCE of DRNMARK, will confider , this the great& victory he ever gained, if it may be the cause of a happy Reconciliation and Union b-tween his own molt gracious Sovereign and his Majefty the KING of DENMARK. (Signed) 4 , Nation and Bemire. • On bawd his Majelty's Odp ELIPIUINT. Copeshairek .• Reeds, Aprils, doz." LITTBR FROM AN OFFICPR BELONGING TO LORD NILSON'S SQyADRON, GIVING SOUR INTRUST , MG PARTICULARS, NOT ONLY OF THE GLORIOUS I ACTION OF THR 20 INSTANT, SOT ALSO OF THE PRETIOUS AFFAIR OF THE PIISAGI OF THE SOUND: _ _ " Roods of Capmbsget, March jo, Ms o'clock. P.M. . _ " We have at length paffed the Sound, and are now anchored in the Roads of Copenhagen, with in five rnilcs of the City. At five o'clock this morning, the wind having fhifted favourably to N. N. W. the whole fleet made fail in the order of battle, of which you had before the fcheme. The Eoosa being the leading Chip, as loon as our headmon flip, got into the narrowell part of the Sound. op, ofite the Cagle and Forts of Cronen b trip the batteries opened a heavy fire on the which was hrificly returned by the fir' four. Then, upon finding that the enemy could not do tit the kali damage, their 'hot falling (bort of us, our firs entirely ceafed; the remainder of the (hips not deigning to return a fin le thot. While the fleet was thus tranquilly paffing, and all the Offi cers enjoying the beautiful Irene from the poops, our ;even bomb-(hips—led on by the Sutra In, Captain Fraits, hauled in clofer to the fortrefs, upon which they commenced a moil thundering difcharge of 'hells and carcaffes, and kept up the bombardment during the pal agc of tl.c Beet; this fire teemed to have difconcerted very much the enemy.—lt is molt remarkable, _that ail this time, the Swediih batteries at Helfingburg (though much nearer), did not difcbarge a tingle flint at us.—Thus is the fallacy of the fuppokd flrength of the defences of the Sound for ever expoted ; fo that in future there boafted batteries will not be able to arreft the progrefs of a tithing-boat. a FRIDAY, •PRIL I haße to give you as correet a sketch as time will permit of our great and defperate bufinefs of yefterday. The two preceding days were employ ed infruttlefs attempts to negociate, and on our part in founding the harbour and exploring its in tricate channel, the Danes having removed all their Sea-marks and Buoys. On the night of the ift inft. the divifion of the fleet which was to make the attack, anchored at the head of a narrow chan nel, between a large fhoal and the town. The enemy, during the night, threw a few Ihell. among the Chips, which would have greatly annoyed us, had they perfifted. At fix A. M. of the morning of the 2d, the lignal was made to prepare for action, and at feven, Vice-Admiral Lord NELSON'S divi lion weighed anchor, and made fail in the follow ing order : I. EDGAR 7. POLYPEIZMVI 1. ARDENT 8. DEFIANCE (Adm. Ganvis) 3. MONARCH 9. RUSSELL 4. GLATTON 10. BELLONA S. EL AAAAA T(LoriNti, 11. his SOWS Bag fitip) 11. AGAMEMNON. 6. GANG'S PRIOATES. LA DIM= BLANCH!. and AMAZON ALCMIENE. All the heavy Sloops of War and Gun-hosts. " Meanwhile the Enemy were by no means unpre pared to receive us. They had fortified all the approaches to Copenhagen from the narrow chan nel called the Grounds, on the South of the City, to its Northern extremity, where the Citadel is Situated. In this line, Mortar and Gun Batteries were erected on Shore, at every pcint where they could be brought to bear againft Ships. The en trance into the harbour and docks (which are in the centre of the town) was protected by a chain acrofs the mouth and by a Strong pallifadoed fort, conftru&ed on piles, and mounted with 82 heavy pieces of cannon. This fort is called the Crown. In a line with the City, and along the edge of the Channel were moored, at fuitable diftances, feven (hips of the line (two deckers), there (hips were con verted into Floating Batteries, and between them were placed t t other Ships cut down, and in like manner converted into Batteries. This formida ble line of defence was manned with 12,000 failors and foldiers, with good Artillery Officers, the whole being under the command of an Admiral. At ten o'clock A. M. the final was made to en gage clofe, the enemy opening a terrible fire as the Ships approached, each anchoring abreaSt of the Batteries when it gained the diStance of half magnet Shot. At eleven o'clock the action com menced on our fide, when the EDGAR, MONARCH, and ARDENT began to be hotly engaged at their refpeeive Rations. About this time the AGA MEMNON, which was the !aft (hip that . got under weigh, ran aground, far from her Ration. This accident was rendered further embarrafling, by the RUSSELL and &Lima • alfo running aground. " About noon, the ELEP HANT with the GANGES and GLATtom, were abreact of the batteries, at the entrance of the inner harbour; Coon after which the EL' r KANT likewife got aground ; as did alio the Dismal frigate, but immediately got off. In this Situation, the enemy poured in a tremendous fire, which was as brifkly returned ; when at one P. M. Admiral Sir HYDE PARKER judging that the (hips muff have fiiffered exceffively made the Signal for tide that were difabled to draw off; the (hips, ,however, were able to keep their fevcral Rations. The anion continued with unremitting fury, and much lots of men on our fide, and horrible carnage on that of the enemy, until the largeSt of the bat teries hauled down its flag, and was taken potref fion of by a part of the 49th regiment. This fur render was followed by that of two others, after which the enemy's fire confiderably Slackened. On our fide the MON•RCN, fupported by the AMAZON, being expofed to the fire of the Crown battery, and both Ships having loft their Captains, were ordered to cut their cables and draw off, which they did, but not until the floating batteries oppofed to them had furrendered. About four o'clock, P. M. all the floatin batteries were either Silenced, funk, or in our po fFellion, upon which a fl ag of truce was Ifent, and about half pall four P. M. the action en tirely ceafed. " During the engagement, detachments of the 49th regiment in the launches and gun-brigs, very gallantry boarded the enemy's batteries as the fire was obferved to Slacken. Unfortunately one of the largeSt (juSt as we took poffeffion) caught fire tnd blew up, deftroying Several hundred wounded which could not be removed in time. During the night all our Ships which had ran a-lhore were got off, except la DESIRES, and it is hoped She alto will be fared. The hrit article of our mace was refpeEling the delivery of a 74 gun ffiip &Ring as a floating battery, which had !truck, and afterwards hoilled her colours. The Duni& Officers (in an inter view with Admiral Lord blimson) denied the had ever flruck, Lord Nacsoil replied, " upon his honour (he had," and added, " if the was not im mediately given up, he would haul down the flag of truce. The Denali Officers Paid, they wiffied to treat with Lord blar.soii in perfon ;"—" I am Lord NI s sow," replied our Hero ; " fce here's my Few !"—at the fame time throwing a(de his green drattlosoNgl4, and (hewing the (lump of his right arm, and expofing alto his tbereflars. The poor Danes, cleft rifled and convinced, immediately gave up the (hip." _ /MOVIE% LITTIII, DATID ■ On board his Moray's •ip Oanoss. Are 4. of "C Gs In my lag, of the 3oth March, I informed you of the intention of the Fleet to pats Elfineur Cattle the firlt fair wind : it came that ♦ery day. We weighed anchor, formed the line, and flood pall it with all fail fet: during the time we were pairing, a very great firing was kept np by the enemy, but not one of our drips received a lbot.— 'The Swedes, very (minutely, did act engage u. at all : we we: e not above a mile from their guns, as we kept their fliore on board, to he out of the Danes' gun-(hot ; in the mean time we had feveral homb-fhips firing on their town; the thells which they fired killed 16u people alluire at Eliinenr. 46 The whole fleet Coen came to anchor off Co penhagen, and immediately al t ar Sir HYDE PAR. KER, Lord NELSON, Captain FRI.F.MANTLE, Cul. STEWART, and the Captain of the fl: ct, all went in a lugger to reconnoitre the enemy's force here ; they Pion opened a heavy fire on them, hut they perlevered founding, Ecc. till they were latisfied, and then came away. " On the 31ft of March we weighed, and Rood clofe in. On the IQ of April, Lurd list soi: has. ing found out a new channel, by which he could come on the enemy with more advantage, the chips that were ordered to put themfelves immedi ately tinder his command weighed, and flood through thejlem found channel, and a vary intri cate one it is ; in the afternoon we anchored within reach of the Ilicils of the enemy, which you may be Allred, we were not long looking for. They fired on us Come part of t! : night, without il,.ing any damage—feveral fell very near us. 44 I now have to recount to you the particulars of the action fought foglorioully on the ad of April, I tinder the command of Sir Hvos PARKER, Kin. though more direitly under the valiant Nat.soa, whole flag was flying on board the ELEPHANT, of 74 guns, in the centre of the line engaged. I be lieve, for the want of water, nearly one half of the line of battle !hips were not able to go the way we did to get upon the enemy, but were, however, to come up the common Channel, by which they would have joined us. The Channel forms nzarly a Crefcent, and, confcquently the wind that was fair for us under Lord NEesom, who were at one end of this Channel, mull be contrary for Ca-. !hips under Sir HYDE PARKER at the other. Every thing poflible, apparently, was done by that Ilya dron to make a junaiun & but the engagement, which !ailed three hours and a half, with the vic tory atchieved, was finithad jiitt at the time. I fuppofed them one gun that and a half from the enemy. _ _ _ " As I apprehend you would with for the par ticulars, I 'hall give them, with the occurrences, as near as poffible. I had a w.ttch about me all the time, and was ilationed on the poop. A. M. ioh. som. anfwered the fignal to weigh, and at soh. pm. the EDGAR being the leading (hip of ...le line, received from, and immediately opened a brill( fire on the enemy. At t ;h. out. the ELF. THANT, Vice-Admiral NELSON, paired us in tht: line of battle ; weighed anchor and Rood after her, being ftationed next Ihip to the Admiral. At t th. ism. opened our fire on the enemy ; obferved the BELLONA and Isis aground. At r lb. syn. palled the Admiral, who hailed and defiled us to bring to clofe ahead of him ; let go the Item anchor ; wind tight aft during the time the line was invert ing, by which the headnmtl became the fternmoft flip, to anchor; a very heavy fire was carried on both by the enemy and us ; but when every 'hip had anchored in her nation, it became molt alto nithingly fo. " About five minutes before we anchored, our Mailer was killed, and the Pilot almolt Co, by one (hot. At ih. som. P. M. Admiral NE LSON tent an Officer on board, to fay the Danilh Admiral had (truck; at this time,as at feveral others, three cheers were given; the Danilh Admiral was fuppofed to be nearly abreaft of the ELLPHANT, at the dittance of half a mile, we ahead of the ESEPHANT, and the MONARCH next ahead of us: !h. som. ob ferved four of the enemy's veifels with their co lours (truck, another linking, that loon went down, and one on fire, which afterwards blew up; crew fared. At about sh. som. the enemy very vasty decreafed their fire, only two or three being en gaged, and thofe not near us. I obferved boats boarding to take polfeffion of the (hips that had (truck. " At three o'clock the Admiral weighed, or cut, and pallid us; cut away our [tern anchor, and made fail after the Admiral—the fleet in gene ral at this time moved off to another anchorage. The very formidable fort of the Crown, and feveral others along fhore, were firing at the fleet all the latter part of the engagement. The BE cLome and Isis were afhore, within gun fhot of the enemy, - the whole time; the Rum'. and Ace/saw:oil, two of our fquadron, afhore, clear of the enemy's fhot. In coming out, the ELIPMAN r, the Dent. AVM and AItDINT got Whore, the marks having been all taken up by the enemy, in a very difficult channel. They are now all off, and joined Sir HYDI PARIIIIt again. " The enemy's (hips were moored in a line of great extent along the channel, and it WAS thought by the Danes to be impoffible to take or pals them. " The lots on board our fquadron is very con fiderable ; but nothing to be compared with that of the enemy. L hear that Tome of their (hips were manned two or three times. They do not know how many people they had, as they were fairly forced out of the fircets of Coperhagen, and put on board. We have had no proper returns yet; but I hate fent you a lift of the (hips in the .e ion, with the killed and wounded, and a hit of the prizes. We were the luckiell line of battle (hip in the anion in our lots of men, but are moll fhockingly cut up in malts and rigging. Lord NELsom never knew, he lays, Inch a fhip in his life ; her tides in a conflant blaze with firing, and the men at the fame time always a cheering. I have only to fay, our prizes being chiefly hulks, and their hulls mottmarvelloutly (hot to pieces, we (hall be obliged to deßroy the moil of them ; but there are eleven fine new feventy-fours in the har bour, which we mull loon have. We likewiie cr peß to meet the Ruffian fleet very loon, and ha.e no doubt of ferving them as we have dune the Danes. LIST or DANISH SHIPS TAKEN. Skips. Guns. Ships. Wagner - so Shark - - Albs-Rein - (4 ChAT:otte Agnelli - Rcelberg - 34 liclft.in Jutland - - 5 0 ...713_.6e3 Sa nde C•rabenberg . 36 1,T1L006 SPOiC fb - Si S r y a, i b wi n —Since alto, s funk, I butt, 1 dcaroyed, ',resod, pones ushoolvir Cuts • - lo - 44