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FROM LAST NIGHT'S GALETTE. Foreign 05ce, September 13, 1807. The King has been n pleased to cause it to be signi fied by the Right Honourable George Canning, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. to the Ministers of Friendly and Neu tral Powers resident at this Court. that the rigorous bloekade of the Rivers Elbe. Weser, and Ems, i., for the present,discontinued ; and that neutral ves sels, laden with innocent goods. the property ot Neutrals, will be suffered to trade at the said rivers, and the intermediate rivers. ports, and places, pro vided such vessels are going from Gr to a neutral or British port, and shall not be trading, nor shall pre viously have traded. between either ot the said ri vers. or the intermediate rivers, ports, or places, and any port or place in the possession, or so far under the en wool of the enemy, as that Li itish vessel. play not freely trade thereat.nor from cne to another of the said rivers. or intermediate rivers, ports, or places. INDIA. MADRAS COUIIIIIR, Fen. 11. Accounts from Calcutta, of the ec,th Jan. state the capture of the ship Refs", with a valuable cargo belonging to that port, by Le Mariebot brig priva teer of 6 guns, and 100 men, in lat. 4 N. near Ar.- mlabe, on the west coast of Sumatra. This is the same privateer which some time ago took the Hew ! , Ad hvton on that coast ; .he had been at Batavia, where she procured an additional number of guns and men, and had returned to make further depre dations on the coast. The ealh.a, Cap:Ain ll:chardson, freighted by the Company for the conveyance of stores to Ben toolen, was dispatched from Bengal on the 21st of January last. Thomas Pan, Esq. Resident at Fin hf.albro', has proceeded to Bencoolen in the Althea. FORL /UN EL L 01.11 ICE. FROM THE LA.; rcal PAPERS. DZCREE AGADIS r ENGLISH COWkIERCE. MAGVII. Sit r. 3. The following Royal Decree. dated the 'lath of August, was published here this day : Louis Napoleon, by the grace of God and the Constitution of the Kingdom, King of Hol land ; Considering that, consistent w:-!: the true interests of our kingdom, it is our duty, by ail the means io aur power, to co. Iterate in the desired ext. vution of the great measure adopted by the emperor and King against the common enemy, for the purpose of obtaining a general peace, and th• independence of the Seas --coasidaing that some subaltern age its have rendered themselves criminal by want of firmness and nrgleil in the execution of the rnetsures diretted by eur Decree of tie 15th of Dezein;),:r. 1806—coesidering the arti:ite and bad faith which have been em?loyed in several ports Of the enemy, with iespeft to the pacers of neutral vessels, and by which the health ut Europe Wit put to hazard, by m iling out let ters of quarantine—considering, fi sally , thAt all funse irregularities ought to be terminated at a so critical for the enemy of the whole Can tinent, and in paticular of all commercial states ; a:3 that the hoanux And the dearest interests of oar subj,.as would be compromised, were the strift execution of the: Laws and Decrees passed for this purpose[ overlook have, therefore, decreed as fol!niw•s : Art 1. Tir_. Ag:rt!‘ .>f the orders of ehir Misti.tesoilo,t - .and Poke., "Ina be brought s,fo:e the C4,Apttaat CuJrt... to atetwer for tlivit conduct ac, .rdtug to Cite Laws. Y. Thy vessels sipped in our harbnars, a list Of which siesionsed, shall be clecule4 upina by the competent Tii .:l4la. Reckoning horn the date of the present dec:e, all yes stls entersng inward; shall give a double security, which shall remain until the legality of thr.ir papers be fully ac knowledged, an I •intit it be prned that teem -vessels hove. towhed at no enemy's port. •. In eau: the paper should be false, Or it should appear that eo it'al to the deztaration of the Captain, the ship had 50i.e..e.1 at an enemy% port, the doohle umn ray shall ►e ins demanded of the sureties, and the amount paid. into the Polite Mato? y. As mon as tha security shall be settled, the delivery of the shins may takii place, in presence a the persons appoint ed to superintend it by the Minister of Finances, who shall tike can that the owners do not unlmid any aitn.les which may b! presumed ti ►e English merchandise. 6. If at should he prove/ that the (bode are of kaigl..ta ma. allf Our', or have rome from an enemy', port, they Ball hot only be comiscated, for the benefit of the public treitiory, but the enable security shall al.° be levied, and the ship shall be tollsged imasedately to put to sea ; and the same shall, in rise of bs.l weather, hare 110 shells:4 except under the strict rare or hat weather, have 110 ghetto'. except under the strict- command, could not I tA pmeaet.oes. . , 7 Ail eorrevonance. Jouraats ke. which come in a n eu - war; that His Majestyle trA I nag, shall be seised anal burnt, as a military man. of S. All pa , te.tgess or travellers who cannot pave that they sensible of the truth of on trw come Ito n th- B ' isles * shall natnediately be sent att all events, His Majei wt .i ' I " "14"` . a prisoner of war. . • a. An probitt.sofy reinlatiens vespetiing the commerce with ceiveda that airhouLls, . •• - • En, land re.nain in full force, in fn far as they are not ..lter,d by the present decree. 10. Ali who contrusene the prestt regulations, shall be triad a:icl puni.ltect fur dinsbeying the laws. 11. Our Minister of Finonce is solely and personally en. s.cei able foe the '46,1 execution of these regulations. Our Mini-ter at V.'e: shall 'dace at his &spoilt such troops ,and eiSelf a• he may d.:.nand. FRANKFORT, AVOU•T SO The Vienna Court Gazette contains the following intelligence, respeiling the anion between the Russian and Turkish fleets :—The naval battle be tween the two fleets took place en the Ist of July, between Lemnos and Monte Santo.—lt was very bloody, and lasted eight hours.—The Russians ob tained the viaory—they were .22 sail strong, 10 of the line.—The Turks had 18 sail, 12 of which were of the line.— l'he loss of the Turks was 1200 men. Vice-Admiral 1141E4 Path* is not dead, but taken prisoner—his ship, called the Capitana, was also taken. The Chief Admiral, Seyd Pacha, who was wounded in tie head, JisplAyed the greatest bravery. At the end of he was surrounded by five ships, not.verstanding which he saved his own ship, which was a fine three-decker of 110 guns. Font ships the line were taken, three burnt, and two driven on .bore. Scheremet Bey, the Turkish Rear. Adnii:4 was behea.lei immediately after the accli on was oV:Tp be.:.u:e he had not taken hit proper share iii it. P.'. :::c, ACCOST 31 Genera; Jun , t is Fine to to tae the comm•:,d of the they-, an.l is hi•cides chatged with an important mis,loa to the C , •urt of Li hen. —French funds, 92. BUTTER - ,AM. SEPT. 5 Lett-rs and papers fro:n PAtis of the c ata.n no news. the French funds Are At lit:a—LAl k Slimes 13N. GOTTiiNBUitGH MAIL. BULLETIN. NBAD•QU•11T1111. PLUGGLST LN, AUG. 25. His Roy d Majesty was pleased, by General Or der at the tad August, graciously to declare his al , - probation of the troodut2 mid good older of the S 'dish Lumps, is inarching from Stralsund to Bogen. As soon u the enemy's troops had entered Stral sund, tine Comm aiding Frehc.. General summoned the garrison of Danholm to yu t it, or otherwise he siwuld be recessitated to fire on the Island ; and that, as in this case the fire would be probably re turned, the King's intention to spare Stralsund, would not be fulfilled. Lieutenant-Calomel Baron Palmstierna. who is the Commanding Officer at Danholm, returned for answer, that he was or iered to defend himself, should be even be obliged to ere on the town, a!though it was not malty the lawn nun of I lie Majesty that this should be done. A report since been received from the above mentioned Lieutenant-Colonel. that on the 231 of the said mosuls, at half-past 3 o'clock in the afternoon, an Otii:er arrived with a Aag of truce, who brelght a fresh summ , ,ns, which was answered in the same manner. While the said officer was coming and returning, the enemy manned two rafts near the long bridge, while some other troops put to sea, who took the above rafts in tow, from which it firing was commenced • a our troops. As soon as Baron Palmsticrna was advised of tl.is operation, he ordered three 3-pounders toadvance, which, smith the heavy ordnance from the great battery, kt pt up a cross fire on rite said bridge, while, at the same time, Lieutenant Wiesen advanced with his divi bon of gun-boats. The remit of this combined manoeuvre was, that the enemy's troops, who occupied the rafts, ware forced to abandon them, and to save therns,lves by swimming ou shore. B.:th rafts were taken by our troops. The cannonade was very heavy from the fortress, and lasted until half past eight o'clock, two mortars were 4160 pis} ilig hum Frankenstein. Five prison ors were taken by our troops, who proved to be Italian pontonneers. The army has taken another position nearer the coast. The left wing, which defends the west coast of the Isle of Itugen, is commanJed by Baron Gene ral TiAI, who has his bead-quarters at Nazewitz ; the left wing, entrusted with the defence ct the south coast, is under the orders of Lieutenant-General Baron Wrede, whose head-quarters are at Rcwat. A numerous artillery is distributed on both wings, and strong batteries erefted in several places on the beach. Adjutant-Ger.eral Peyron has since been declared by the French a prisoner of war. His Royal Majesty being informed of this declaration, sent word to the French Commanding General, that according to the custom of war. an Officer seat with a flag of once, and who had no troops under his ' be conbidered as a prisoner of i jest*: pee that the French Gen. of great experience, would be of this obsetvation ; but that. lieu) , should not consider him as An answer was thereupon re. l in the opinion of the COO 3. mottling French General, Col. Peyron was really a prisoner of war, he should yet be released. Yesterday afternoon the enemy commenced a heavy fire from the fortress on the Isle of Danholm, which was vigorously teturned, but without any material result. No attempt was made on the ene my's part to cross over : only sit: artillerymen were wounded at Danholm, although a small pow der magazine was blown up. His Itoyal Majesty has been, within the three last days s-venal times in the vicinity of Altefehrs— ((hurt:burgh Gazette. S.pt. 4.) GO TTTTT URGH, SEPT. 4. Letters from Elsineur, and from Helsingburg, re ceived here yesterday, state, that a very heavy firing wag heard from Copenhagen on Sunday last, which continued when the post came away from He!sing /mg, (Monday night.) No particulars were known ; but a private letter from Eleineur says, that it is impos.ible for Copenhagen to hold out much longer. An order has been issued in Norway for the se questration of English property, and that all letters directed to. or coming from, Englishmen. should be inspeCted previous to their being forwarded. Tile French have taken the little island of Dan holm, and 600 Swedes prisoners. The Danes have taken away the Skaw light, and it i; said the Atiholt also. Seurdi . p .3foraing, Sept, 6. (6 a. at ) It has been reported here. upon the authority of a CAptam arrly,d in Oe river last sight. that Copan li,t;en is taken; hilt this is doubted; • traveller, %%I,t, came horn liitlsingburg yesterday, states, that the armed peasantry had had 211 affair With a part of the Ensl,sh army, in which tiOo of the former hid ,ten killed, and I i‘itt made prisoners; he also state:, that role of the English transports had been sunk by a shell from tl,e Danish batteries, and all on board pet toted. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, ZDNIISDAY, SEPTILNIZER IG. A G.itrenborgh m til arriv.-d list nigh:, with let ters and papers from that city to the 7th instant. They contain accounts from Els;ne :7 and Melting. burg of the ith inst. which state that a heavy firing from Copenhagen was heard at those places on the 29;h, which was continued on tl.e 30th, and that, according to report, it was impossible for it to hold out much longer. It was reported at Gotten burgh on the fit;,, that Copenhagen had been aCtu ally taken, but the rumour was not credited. An anion is said to have taken place between a division of the English Army ■nd the armed peasantry of Zealand, in which the latter had (00 killed, and 1,100 taken prisoners. Oar readers will math with what excessive humanity the French complained, that the Swedes, After their evacuation of Stralsund, had fired upon the city, and killed an old woman. It now appears, that the French, on entering Stralsund, attacked the little Isle of Danholm, flattering themselves that the Swedes, from tenderness to the people of Stralsund, would not return the fire. Two rafts were fitted out for the purpose, but they were taken, and the troops on board them effeded their escape by swimming. Subsequent account', however, state, that the island has been since taken by the French, with its garrison, consisting of six bun• dyed Swedes. We have received Dutch Papers to the r.i.h inst. containing Paris news to the Ist, but the latter is of no interest. An account of the •i&sry obtained by the Russian Fleet over the Turks, is given in The Ye. tuna Court acette. The adion took place on the lst of July, near the Isle of I.emnos. The Russians had 2i sail, to of them of the line; the Turks 18 sail, of which 12 were of the line. The defeat of the Turks was decisive ; of their 12 sail of the line, four were taken, three burned. and two drivul on thous. The principal feature in the Dutch Papers is the Decree of the Dutch Government against the commerce of this country, or, in its own words, " for the purpose of obtaining a general peace, and the independence of the seas." Of the ex istence of this decree, the public are already apprised. It ordains that even English Newspa. pets shall not be admitted into the Dutch kingdom. The throne of King Lours cannot be secure unleu the Dutch are kept in profound ignorance and dark ness. Some of the Papers announce, " that accounts have been received, not by Government,but by a mer- chant's house in the City, which state that no bom bardrni nt of Copenhagen had taken place on the 3d instant, but that some kind of negotiation had been established since the departure of the E , rert brig, on the 2, - th ult. ; that on the 3d inst. a flag of truce was sent into Copenhagen, the result of which was nut known when the at came away" Them tepotts are without Imnir:on, which they h.ve originated, and tion, is satisfaCtorily explained in yesterd ty from hull , of which the exiraa " A very short time before the last evening for Lnndnn, the arrived here from the Baltic ; as about the same time with the GI came home with the Cruiser, I worth while to notice her arrival, ever, I understand s having been with information that she sailed s week later than any news yet red perhaps not be displeased at an opt tradieting such a statement, shout into public. " The Fraqfort sailed from Pei I2Lh ult. ; on the precaug day carried out and Inoored of CUM! pose, it was said, of :tying experit with red-hot balls, in order to asci cability of destroying an enemy's It preparations, apparently with a vi were making. The people were, from being satisfied with the peace sad Russia, but it was eipeOed the would, notwithstanding, be fulfillt fort arrived in Cop.-alLigen Croun, ult. and Captain Wooos was instil on board the Lenticie,, %fere a nt were given into his charge,' moi London. Copenhagen still heir Captain of the Ltaad.r told him th. would fall in a day or two. The in games ; eleven different fires wt. the deck of the Frankfort. The greati ships of war were moored about thrr Northward of Copenhagen. Captai bring detained an hour or two by thi again on the 2ath, for the Sound, that day, and came away with the about 23 sail under convoy, for Leith. Yesterday arrived a Mail from to Falmouth by the Tema:held pac p .ssage. llie letters will be deliver, Tbe ;tette, of last night, contains Council, relexirg the blockade of We4Pr, and the F.ms. iiis MAJESTY will come to town a Court at the QUERN'S Palace. Monday, the Duke of YORK trai with MAJ LST Y. for upwards of Yeaerday, Generals CRATTERD transneed business with Lord CAST oPice, after which, his Lordship Duke of Yost:. Yeste: day, the Duke of Yost held at his office, and ,save aodiences CH ATM •m. General ACHAIUTY, 1110 i General OLicers. Yesterday, the Duke of Yost. *CAOH, Generals CALYLRT and WI Crmmy, and several others, dined aalrc, at his howe in the Admiralty, The Duke of Pot rs.arsra came to ing, from Bulstrode. It is expeded dispatches and pac) sent off, this day, from the Admiri-' at Copenhagen. A large package at the Admiralty, last night, from Offi-e,.to be forwarded by it. !Gino has been pleased to col point His Grace WILLIAM HICK& Duke of PORTLA vets, Knight of the MI of the Garter ; the Right Honour NV:VIAL, the Right Honourable Chancellor of His MAJESTY'S Ezr land ; the Honourable WILLIAM Ei Svc moss Borer's. Esq ; and ti. RICHARD Rvnsa , Wbe Commissioners ing the office of Treasurer of His ' chequer. General &anoints has left town command of his expedition. Lies DA KLING is Deputy Quarter-Master Major Atoms:. of the 58th, Aijutani learn that neither Doctors &spice.. go, but that Doflor Moßill lAD goes It is expelled the 34th Regiment barked in a few days. The frauds and impositions attemi tised by the Ministerial Prints of the are unexampled, and beyond all ' them, in its number of last night, says Dents of Ministers ate eagerly anticip. ure of the Expedition: we oust that period will bring us the complete disappoh their hopes." No paper in Londc has that Copenhagen mast not finally overwhelming force sent against it. Captain &sant.. of the 6th Drag, killed at 13ile110$ Ayres, was the youngest Sir Cita atm Menem BURRILL, of Nepp Some:. 'The following is given as the state "'nese Navy :- 13 Sh.ps of the I.in", of "4 and 14 Pruitatc 56 and 10 Lige 2 Satan:m:s l2 and Total 39 Several of diem. in their present state, service ; some ate very handsome r any is t►e British navy. The Hon. Admiral llt Coulter squadron were all well on the 7th instant, station off itoehfort. The mem, were - :.)n, and the sinp i n , and ethtained dr( cf.. ed in a lutes r(ct.i.tl rich the following i: 44 " HUI., seer. It e the pest left l.is place he Frahkforl, WOobs, c ; as I 'curse she 2241 the (Alm- vain; ier, I dii not think it .trival. Letters, hos. been sent to London, tiled on the 4th inst. a yet received, pie an opportunity of or- should it find its tray rn Petersburg;, en !!.; ; day three • Croustade, fort p... !speriasents uper, to ascertain the yrss=h. ny's fleet. Some nther h a view to Loatil.e;cs, were, in general, far peace between France led that the terms of ;t fulfilled. The heel. ;rounds, on the 23th s immediately ordered c a number of letters e,• moLt of thou kr I held our, but the im that he expetted tt The suburbs were all res were counted from lie greater part of our rut three miles to the Captain WoODS, after lb)! the lwantkr, rind, which he pail I th the sloop, wit r Leith." 'rom Lisbon, breee.t !n.' packet, in 15 ci.s, , s delivered this day. contains an Order of de of the Elbe, lb? town this day, to I: a;,i Ss( transatt-d fruiterers r d s of an 11 , ur. nines and ACIIMUTT CASTI.3a3aGes, at his ship waited upon the ra held a public slty vices to the Earl of v. and a number of d WAN v •10, : I r i o n ci e rta d: t er tro i . Lo t wn h T L: l o a C e s d t " M e t i r : : mei packages will be dmiralty, to the fleet ckage was received, t, from the Foreign to constitute and ap- Hertel( CAvLeD th outa e Lbo M izuerr o hja s ebo t ! ea t 4 0 e r b sF l 1.0 ; 1 0 :T1g a :fe e 133 Et.,or, WILLIAM nd the lionoun a I: mission's., for mew- His Maissr es E. town to assume th! Lieutenant-Colonel Master Genera, and We ..l A j N u c r a i n o t gin insuigoe i Gen v uwiu n ph e or ra beysi la cei v am i n s : attempted to be prac- of the present day, all belief. 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