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11101711,flirtormos 6. O 7 SATURDAY, OCTOCIII 31. SUNDAY, NOVIIIIIER I, 1607. Downing-street, Ocean. 31, 1807. A Dispatch, of whith the .ollowing is an Extract, lr:s been received from Lieutenant. General the Right lion Lord Cathcart, R.T. addressed to the Lord Viscount Castle reagh, one of lies Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, dated on board His Majesty's ship Afrie‘ine, the 21st Oc robe', 1107. As no sort of infraftion of the Capitulation had been made by the Danes, who, on the contrary, acted nsest honourably in the strid and literal ful ilment of their engagement ; with a ♦iew to the fulfilment of the Articles of the Capitulation on our part, it was decided to commence the embarkation .4 - the- army on Tuesday, the 13 h instant. Accordingly, on that day, the eight battalions of 6: line of the King's German Legion, were em barked in the arsenal ; and, on the 14th, the twu light battalions of the King's German legion, together with Brigadier-General hlacfarlane's brigade, •iz. the it's and Bth Ilfgiments of British, which embarked in the same ships which brought them from I-lull. These corps, with the d pot and Garrison Company of the Legion, and the sick and wounded of the army, completely occupied all the troop ships, whether for home or foreign service, which had not been appropriated to the conveyance of naval stores. These ships having been removed to the road, were teplaccd by tl.e hor.,r ships. On the same day the advanced posts were with• drawn from 'haven, Werdenherg. Cvrrner. lial lenberg, Fradericksberg, Hershoim, and adjaeentr, and proceeding, through a chain of cavalry posit, reached the environs cf Copenhagen in throe marches The embarkation of the Royal Artillery, with the field and battering ordnance, having been gradually carried on frcm the Kalk Braudetie, that of the carali and foreign artillcty in the dock-yard, and that of the Etitish regiments from the citadel, to the nrzn cg war, there remained nu shore, on Sun day af!ernocn, the 18th instant, only the Brigade of Guards, who mo►ed on that day tr}an the palace cf FreJericksbeN, to the strand tsar 11.11erup, with one brigade of British light warty. the 11r4 companies of the 3241 and 50th regiments, with the SW regiment, under Majae-General Spenetr, is the greens! i and the 4th regiment, with e detachment lithe Royal Artillery in the citadel,. untierfleimite naut-Culonel Wyncit. who aced as Liesnrianit-Go vernor, the 44h, or King's own Regiment having been in garrison there the whole time. Limsteaant-General Sir George Ludlow was appointed to command the rear-gland of the army. In the evening of the 13:h instant, a gale of wind caw. en wh eh lasted twenty-four bouts; and mai dered further embarkation impossible, and any com munication from the shore with the ships very difficult. As soon as it became evident that the evacuation oi the island, on the 19. b, was impraaicahle, a cor responJence t. , ok place iretwren the British And Da nish head-quarters, the result of which left no season to apprehend that hostilities would teccm zbence on either side at the expiration of the term, although the Danish General protested, in strung terms, against our retaining the citadel, which, on the other hand, it was not judged expedient to eve CI. te. On the 20th the morning was calm, and. as soon as it was light, tl.e drums a all his Majesty's re giments on Amt beat the General ; and the Dock yard and htrbour being entirely cleated of trans ports and British vessels, the corps commanded by Maps-General Spencer rowed out of the Arsenal, under the guns of the Citadel. and proceeded along the shore to Hellerap, to be in readiness to reinforce the Guards. His Majesty's slocp Rosamond having bees also towed out of the harbour. and the King's ships within reach of the Three Crown Battay bevies got under 'high, the 4th Regiment marched out of the Citadel. and proceeded to join the Ceara!, covered by its own Flank Companies, and by a piquet of the Guards. As soon as they had marched, the bridge was . drawn up, and the British Fott-Adjutant was sent to the Danish head quarters. to acquaint the Ge neral, that he was at liberty to send a guard to take charge of the Citadel; accoedirgly. a small detacl meat of the Itnyel Artillery, and of the 4.h Regi ment, were relieved by a guard of Danish troops. aad the ordnance inventories and keys having been given over to the Officers appointed to receive them by Major Bodetker. the Fort-Major, and Captain Patterson. of the Royal Artillery, the British de tachment embarked with those Officers. at the Ci tadel, and procooled to Heilerup. As soon as the 4th Regiment bad joined the Guards, Lieutenant-Geaesal Sir George Ludlow began the embarkation. whieh was conspi.ted with great expedition and regularity. No troops al the corm / appeared, str.d there wit ..1, no concourse of inhabitants. People of all ranks in the city, in the villages, and on the public road, were ex•remely civil. Had any disturbance been in teflded, or had any been accidentally excited, the embarkation would have been equally secure from insult, the place seleded being open and level, and out of the range of fire from the Crown Battery or Citadel, but commanded by Hi; Maj :sty's light ships of war. The brow, or stage itself, from which the troops embarked, was judiciously and ingeniously contrived by S:r Home Popham, to answer equally the por poies of eashr kation and delenze. A small vessel, a praam, and a floating battery, were fastened sucus,ively to each other on tte beach ; the two tint being planked over, and the last beyond them having several guns of large cali bre prepared for anion, in an oblique direaion, and manned hy seamen. The flat boats drew up en the two sides of the praarn, and the gon-boats, which also received troops, were placed beyond the Boating battery, so that, as soon as the brigade of artillery was em barked, the troops marched to their boats, and the whose pot off to their respective sh;ps ; alter which the .4i:7-sA:try and praam were de stroyed. iimicatty-VE, q Oct. 31, 1807. C. of a Letter item Admiral Gambier to the Hon. Wi;liarn Welestey Putt, date•l on board If is Majesty's ship the P. tote of Wale., off Certenttape, October *O, 111102. St a-1 have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the whole of the Danish fleet being equipped (escept two unserviceable ships of the line and two frigates, which hare been destroyed), and the arsenal cleared of the stores, the army Las been re-embarked; and that I shail pooceed, the first favnurable wind, to carry into execution the instruCtioni I have received from the Lord Viscount Castlereagh. Having so far accnmplished the service on whic', I have been emp!o : ed, I feel it my duty to stab• the great aftivity, energy, and zeal, which have been shewn by Vice-Admiral Stanhope and Rear-Ad mi,al Sir Samuel Hood, in superintending the equipment of the Danish ships, and the embark ation of the stores from Use arsenal ; nor lino the same spirit been len manifest in the Captains, CM errs, &arms, and Marines, who have all executed their respettne parts, in the general exertion, with • promptitude and alacrity, which has not only entitled them to my warmest thanks and praise, but will. I doubt not, abets the arzregate result of their labour is cir.sidered, obtain for them the ap probation of their Sovereign, and the applause of the nation. lo the space of six week,. sixteen sail of the line, nine frigates, fourteen sloops of war and smaller vessels, besides run-boats, have been fitted for sea, and all the large ships laden with masts, spays, ti.n'ier, and other stores, from the arsenal, from whence also ninety-two cargoes have been shipped on board transports, and other vessels chartered for the purpose, the sem.of whose burden exceeds twenty thousand tans. A considerable number of masts and spars have been put on board the Ley den and I tAexible, which were well adapted for this purpose, a‘:sl some valuable stores on board His NI-jesty's ships; nor can I forbear to remark, that such was the emelatMn among the 1 ships of the fleet to which the Danish ships were respeCtively attached for equipment, that within nine days tow ten sail of the line were brought out of the harbour, although several of them andvrwenr, in our hands, considerable repairs. Of the three ships on the stocks, two have been taken to pieces, and the useful parrs of their timbers brought away ; and the third, b‘ing in a considerable state of forwardnses, was saacd in various parts, and suffered to fall over. On a revi:w of the whole, I think it may be asserted, without derogating from the merit of any former service, that the ehararaeristic ailivity of Bri- Oh Officers, seamen, and marines, was never more zealously exerted than on this occasion; but I must not omit, at the same time, to inform their Lord ships, that a very considerable proportion of the fa h itse of the arseaal has been performed, with equal teal and eneTy, by large working patties from the army, whose exertions entitle them to the same praise. I beg leave to express the great satisfatlion I have klt from the aealaus and attentive services of Rear-Admiral Essington, to whom the general so perint.md.uscoof the numerous transports, ani the re-embarkation of the army, o ids all its artillery and stooge, has be. committed, I embrace this opportunity to make a particular acknowledgment rrt the very able and judicious dis positions which illewi.dm.ral Keats has made. from tirr.a to time. of the force under his command, for guarding the Belt ; and the vigilant attention which his whole squadron have paid to this import ant branch of the service. Sit Hume Puktual has not teased to manifest his LON DON. MONDAY, NovEssua 2. The offizial =out of the 'vacation of Zealand was published yesterday in a Sepp!.m.nsary Gs :ale, a faithful copy of which is given in oar pw ceding columns. It consists of two letters, one from Loral CATIICAST to Viscount C ASTLltitt AGO, and the other from Admiral GAINIVEI. to Mr. Putt, the Secretary of the Admiralty.—The former com mences with saying, " As no sort of infrallion of the Capitulation had been made by the Danes, who, on the contrary, aged most honourably in the stria and literal fulfil:neat of their engage. ment r with a view to the fulfilment of the Ar ticles of the Capitulation on our part, it was decided to commence the embarkation of the army on Tuesday. the 11;:h instant," and then proceeds to detail the particulars. The question bas been argued in this country, and with much appa rent fairness, that the Ceowa PRINCt Navin? re fused to ratify the Convention of Copenhagen, it became, by this refusal, a mere nullity, and conld not be bind;ng upon this country. Lord CAT N. however, appears to have been of a different opinion. Although the CROWN PRIP.CI; refused his ratification, the Danes aced most honourably in the stria and literal fulElment of their engagement; and this rig'd observance of the Convention, on their part, his Lordship conceives to have required an equally faithful adherence to its stipulations on the part of England. We are glad to Slid all casu istry and nice distinlions, however nsaintainabte, thrown out of the case, and the cause of the eva cuation of Zealand avowed upon a broad principle, and in open and frank terms, worthy of the British nation. It is pretty clear that the Dani.h Corn. hander did cape& nothing less; and this expedation could only arise from a consciousness that he had a tight to agree to such Convention. and that it having been ob,erved on his part. we had no excuse for violating it upon ours. This feeling of the Danish General manifested itself pretty clearly on the 19th. when, as Lord CATHC•RT observes, it having become evident, from the adverse state of the weather, that the evacuation of the island on that day was impradicable, a cortespondence took place, in which " the Danish Commander pretested in strong terms against our retain ing the citadel, which, on the other hand. it was not jodged expedient to evacuate." The mons terms are net mentioned, but private letters state, that among them the Danish Commander, General !qv a as, declared, " If an English soldier rerrained on Ante after the expiration of the stipulated time, he would commence hostilities." This Lord Caemearr appears to have considered an idle me nance, but fortunately there was no opportunity of putting it to the test. as the weather became fa vourable, and the evacuation was completed on the 20th. Ti.at business appears to have beets cat. rated with great judgment, skill, and aaivity. It was, however, particularly distinguished by • an eLtreme cAution, highly to be approved, but which the acknonledged "honourable cendua of the Danes, in the stria and liter . , f•.lf late• Ankles of the Capitulation," d, •i net have rendered necessary. Circumstances, ever, had taken place in Zealand, warranted this caution. For soma weeks the evacuation, several bodies of Danish assembled in the islands of the Great Bel; was in consequence judged expedient to of outposts from. Callundborg, along the , coast to Wordenberg, to prevent them fro: over and annoying our rear, during the the evacuation. The two battalions of Rifle Regiment, with some troops of the Legion, and a battery of artillery, were duty, but while the troops remained stationed not the slightest hostile disposition appeared part of the Danes. And upon the evac r right wing of the outposts, under the come Lieutenant-Colonel Danny/is. si,assembled on the 15th, and the Wi t , under Lieutenant• Wain, at Nestved, whence they mar/ Copenhagen, and embarked on the " report prevailed, as we have already the whole of the German Legion were Sweden. It was understood among the fore the embarkation, that three English would alio be stationed for the winter country. The report has since proved to' without foundation. Private letters st,t was circulated for the purpose cf preventing sertion amongst the Germans. The only it desertion that happeoed amongst them, since arrival in Zealand, was at the town of Rim when a serjeaat and two privates eloped, the before the embarkation. The following ships of war, with their and upwards of noo vessels of different sailed from Copenhagen, on the morning of the . in three divi:;iorta--Ist division, the Pri,lec of Walt Mars, O►ion, Goliak, Tr ole. and thrridr, line battle ships, Afriraine, Cambrian, Freya, Perlin,' Nola, with the mires lirdsfrisar. Faen, Cry:011 Maria, and Odin-2d division, the Minotaur, . Agamemnon, and Nassau, lice of battle ships, the tale, Iris, and Nov FIONtII, with the prices Span, and Priaceu Carols/is-5d division, :ear, Brunsmie, Alaida, and Ganges, line aft. the SesrveXemstr, Fr. dere, Wein, Hussar, and Vene,,,with the prizes Nine, ileirApparestFrod risk ,Crouto Frederick, Princess Sophia Frederica, and ,stain. each of the line of betele ships passed by Elsifl where the King of Sweden is at present, she died 2s. guns. The Afiiraisso frigate anchored off the town, and Lord Carstcaar and Admiral GA Mil ea went on shore to pay their frepeal to MAJIIT v, with whom they dined. On the opposite coast, at -Elsi neur and Cronburg Castle, the ramparts were lined with soldiers, and all the gums on the batteries man. ned, it was apprehended that they might be induced, from indignation and resentment at seeing the but. work of their country torn from them, to fire upon as as we passed by. To avoid any accident, tba whole of the fleet stood close to the Swedish shore, but not entirely out of the reach of their guns, were they disposed to annoy us. Amongst the vessels captured, there were about 21 gun-boats. Each man of war tonic one of them in tow, but after they got into the Cattegat, it began to blow se hard, it was found most prudent to scuttle them. Three ad them, however, weathered it out. The reception experienced by Loots XVIII. er more properly speaking, by the Comte Da Luce, on his arrival at Yarmouth, on board the Swedish frigate Freud, Las been the subject of much spree. lation and difference of opinies. One report states, that in consequence of previous intimation from this Prince to the Swedish Ambassador, that it was his intention to come to England, the Swedi.li Vice- Consul was sent to Yarmouth. to await his arrival. and afford him every facility and assistance for which he might have .station. As woo as the Freya arrived in the Roads. the Vice•Conwl attempted to go on board. but was prevented by the Colleaor of tits Customs ; who inform. ed him, that he had orders not to oiler a y son to Lind . frons the frigate. or allow any comme nication between her and the shore, except with the Custom House. Thu Colleaor immediately went on board the Freya, when signals were arranged for obtaining supplies of provisions and any other tie. cessary accommodations. Another account states, that this precau:ien merely arose from the anxiety of the Custom Hooke officers, to prevent the in• t►nsion of idle and importunate visitors. —We incline strongly to the latter opinion, for the determination of His MAJasT Y to come to England has been for a long time announced in the Foreign Journals, and if Ministers meant to rouse him 2a asylum, they had full opportunity to save kat the mortification of being placed und:r varacoinc. at Yarmouth. as a man infeited with the plague. — Some, however. incline to Wirt, that ha is in a tuation which they account for in the fi.llowing manner. They say. that there was nu dire& ap• plication by the Coarse Ds Litt.' for minis, ••••••••J C 'men o r 'AO rlll net apps ' las t w f ;: nitanee t . , int , " — td, which it scir 4 I Weeks .. tio for rush trc , os Osigs v at Be:; ;,_ ico• i cl tto place a tree of the s tut:,. 1 01361 g tm from p a 1110 ez the pro st ire° 1 of the 9,; , Istoci of the C 8 6 $ 11 tete sent on 0 ibis stationed th il l reP :,, appeared on 01 " evacuri m , for l he commas. Ctitj tbied4lsl 4tk t ifi'i j itelliiol•CCi u f l" 7 matched 114tg the 17th. 10 1 ady stated, t lion ere to remain a ll the army, as ghsh regim 1.0 Winter lit 1 , I '''' ed to have be 1.1. ' a stele, that et preventing . ! et only it:stance ' e , tern, since the' he en of Ringst sped, three Jae S tit their pier 1/ rot description c ring of the 211 1 priwe of Motel fferrwir. line • eye, Proles, au. t,Cro:on Prmed ilototaur, :Viral le ships, the Sy prises Preprints ivision, the Ces ne of battleships, , and Venarmeth i.k ,Creutart ant ftcl Jraiiiii. As d by Elsic.bcorg, lent, she Sled 21 .ed off the town, GAMIIMI went Moses? ir, with e coast, at tin- parts were lined ,e batteries nue. ight be induced, t seeing the but. em, to fire upon reasl steal and ability 'in the assistance he has ten- ' dered me in the various set vices of she fleet ; and I should not do justice to the diligent attention and arduous endeavours of Captain Mackenzie, to fulfil the civil duties of the arsenal, which were committed to his management and superintendence, if I did not, on this occasion, express my warns approbation of his exertions, and 1 beg leave to recommend him to their Lordships favourable notice. 1 have the honour to transmit htr:with a list of the Danish ships and vessels which have been brought away, and of those destroyed. The ac count of the stores shipped from the arsenal shall also be sent, as soon as the several retains can be colle4Red and arranged. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) J. C A maim N B. The List of the Danish ships found at Ceivenhagen has been alrcvdy published —Ti.) ships of the hue, Anil two frigati:., have beau destroyed. FORE!GS INTF.I.LIUENCE. GurrENEstnum MML. COTTNHACION, OCT. 8. Travellers lately arrived from Norway state, that a new battery has been construtted near Swinerwud, and that the English have left the Isle of Fleckero, after having burnt down all the houses on that island. Accordirg to letters from Norway, 215 English prisoners arc said to have arrived in Koningsbrrg. The Danish Minister in Hamburgh has given no tice, th st I:.e light-houses of Sclagen, Anhult and Frackcliott, will not be lighted until tardier or ders. It appears by a letter from Tonningen, of the 21st September, the Eyder was at that time not yet blockaded by the English. The report of the occupation of Bornholm by the English is unfound ed.-- (Staardirs/ai Gazette of Waive 19 ) THE BRITISH PRESS.