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I I t 11.4 JIFC 111. ttal 11. e Put %t. I vl ha: altt 1611 . • • :1.1 :It of r lv r. In Id to of m 116 or ; ut I. .IC 1.1 In .11 t▪ o LIT ai 10 • • , e. 14 he 'lt ▪ t rl JA la J. tit 1.1 r. • .11 1. - c- Ic Lo lc 1. es *r Is r. c. 3 . cr 11 Id rt 12 Ir of r eig n went along the left bank of the rivulet by Spa • nAerr , to protect the r i g h t of the column, which moved 0 „ b y Eigbye, at about half past nine o'clock it. si. The „ a i r y being arrived at the banks of the rivulet near Lt tease Ciaard, the planks over the Iridge had been taken up, and nothing remained for the Cavalry and part of the HOW Artilleq but to ford use rivulet. which they in sande did. and'advancing along the right bank of it halt ed to await the Infantry, and tbe rest of the Horse Artil lery, who by this time had.errived in close column at the b ra d : . The Pioneers of the dth battalion of the Line quired it so far in twenty-five minutes time, that the infantry were enabled to pas. by single flies (which retarded much the progress of the column) wilds: the rest of the Horse Artillery passed through the ford. TM now the enemy did nos in the least oppose us. After hseiag passed the bridge. the Infantry moved on in close rehiunis through [Amino Gordon the road to Kioge be tween the rivulet and the wood. Here I ordered part of the pad, to clear the woods to the right of the column ; the detachment of the 4341 to do the suns in fmnt ; and famtieg the 6th battalion and the rest of the 43d in line s j... 3ger d with them and the Horse Artillery in the rear ~f tae Cavalry. four squadron. of which had already i ,..u.srd the plain at the end of the woods. In the mean :;k I detached two squadrons in the rear, directing to ernes the wood on the right. and to ark anee upon ',Sag Syllem to the bridge oti the road between ,i,nellge and Sider. Major Meilen, who took the cont. , p a ssel toe wood, which in the meantime had been al be the Ride Corps. and some Sharpshooters of the • , :thehei, who met with little opposition. ewept ..00 , ;suing, occasioned by several divisions of the enc .. Lifantry retreating out of the woods, the greatest . t whom were either taken prisoners or cut to pieces. WAS at this time that Lieutenant Hudorff of the Ist I. 44/ Dragoons was dangerously wounded, inviter with I.'eiteatant Jaime of the 3d Li,,ht Dragoons, whilst gal charging some Infantry at the entrance of the }title. The Cavalry of Colonel Alten hating passed the open -I.:g between - the woods ' 1 orderill th e horse-artillery is play upon a banish column of infantry, retreating Minn Kluge towards the shore. which Captain Wetzleben nreoted with as much precision as effect ; but a few so as were fired by the I)aursh Artillery, :the same being pen silenced be %lie superior firing of the ilritish. The niiity during this had taken eighteen waggons with am : ..Dutton. arms, and accoutrements. and made a few Fisoners. The country being mach intersected with high banks 3' ditches, did not allow the 6th Battalion and 43d to ocr in line, they were obliged to cross them, filing by divisions befiire they could reach the Plain before the Void, where they formed the line again. By this time t nae Squadron of I .. ajor Plessen having crossed the wood in {Nat of Ashay, soil advancing across the Plain. overtook ;Arm fifty warigoin, partly larleii with baggage, amtnuni ii :a, arms, &a. and being obliged to leave a good number VI wen with them and the prisoners, they greatly weaken ed their strength, and were aecessitated to wait the arrival to the center, under Colonel Alien, whom I, after he had passed Ckmernhap, ordered to advance speedily upon Ile:ralse, where part of a Danish column of Infantry hail tale m possession of the ciiiireii-vard. Colonel AlteMiocli ned to the right with his Sciniiiron in order to turn the ; and v.itilst the Ugh' Artillery opened a fire neon tee c a urch and some Riflemen of the 9.5 th acs iiled it in Eink, be and Lieutenant Seimit ring, of the sit Light Dna pow, rapidly advaliced with Ili hussars. obliged the 1)a -shill Genera! Oxenhohn, 4 Officers, aid about 1,0 pri vates, to lay dowu their arias ; o,t this occasion a Corporal the Sd Light Dragoons was shot, and several horses ireinded. The village having been taken, the cavalry. tc:tbed :/y the Horse Artillery, followed up their achaii me±, by pursuing the enemy towards Seeder, where many r 'weer, were made. The Infantry being unable to follow the rapid move rents of the 'Cavalry, took a position near Swansherg ; derreiviog the coeisiv completely routlal, I took the rid through the wood by Fuagerod, and (ruin thence us tender, is order to pursue the enemy in the right flank, rid watch his alinements' in his retreat, protecting at the tame iiroe the Hanks of my Cavalry that had cli.iiced owards the heights of Seeder, losing sight of the enemy. The Cavalry of my ilivi-ion received orders, with the e'dh Rifle Cforioi, to fall back to us to take • position, with their advanced posts fmin Littenge Curd by Abbas*. Swantberg, Sillecrats, and Vinktold, to cover the head quarter at Binge. The 6th Battalion, part of the 43d Foot, some Horse Artillery, and a few Cavalry, followeillme to Gierslcr, sod, with some detachments, pursued the retreating enema towards the Plains of Ringsteilt. The conduct of both o:ficers and men on this occa sion claims my warmest thanks ; and I beg leave to bring s° your notice Colonel Holinstedt, who commanded the Infantry, and Colnitel Alien, who led she (f.avalre, and Lieutenant Wade, at the head of the Rifle Corps mid Ughr Infantry, who all throe by their zeal atteution a reatly insisted me. I have the honour to be. See. (Signed) LINSENC IN, Nilj. Gen. :skim-Cates* the Right Honourable Sir Arthur Wellesley. K. B. Head Qaartore Won Copenhagen, Sept..), 1807. MT LORD—Forty-eight minters and Howitzers of digereEt natures being in battery, and twenty twenty-(oar pounders, I proposed to the A insir.d to mama the place on the Ist instant, offering the terms which we had agreed to propose at this rrriod, for the reasons stated in my dispatch of the :ilst ultimo. I have now the honour to inclose copies of the summons ; of the answer thereto, and of our reply to that answer ; which last IPAS sent as soon as coma rcunication could be had with the Admiral on board, an domed the correspondence. At half-past seven in tke afternoon, all our bat teries opened for the first time, and the town was set on fire by the first general Hight of shells. It was afterward; on fire in another quarter. The navy also threw some shells, and the firing enntinued on shore twelve hours, without producing as overture on the part of the garrison. Tbe enemy's fire was very slack during the eight, and progress hu been made in the new works LI attack. I have the honour to be, he. (Signed) CaTNcaRT. ToLArd Vi-count Castlereagh, des. die. Nil The loclosures alio.led to i,g the above are the tune 4/ we annexed to &Loire' Gambier's Letter of the 114 Sep te,,ber MEMORANDUM. C^Plor of Notes which patted between Lieutenant-General I..rrd Cathcart and General Perms'', alluded to In the Du prre'ree of Admiral Gushier and Lord Cathcart, which were pabliii.cd in the Extraordinary Gazette of yeiterday. in,penhaen, Nly Loops -For preventing fu g rther Sept. elision o7 of 14 %d, and not exposing the city to the sad conse- Tn.:e s of a longer bombardment, I propose an ir7:istice of tore ity-four hour:, in order to come to an agreement rh.st may lead to the setding of the preliminary articles of a capitulation. It is with the higbast personal consideration I have the honour to Iv. Ac. (Signed) PEI•IMN, C , 4nr:s,nler ti CLiat His Majesty% Land force. •- Cvnina .t ra ebief of the &kik Ske led 7a. N loess. Ileartnitarters, befor Cnisenlagen, September S. net SlR—The same necessity which has obliged us to have recourse to arms in the present occasion, com• prls me to decline ally overture which might be pro dufli.ve cf delay only; but to prove to you my ar dent desire to put an end to scenes which I behold with the greatest grief, I send an Officer who is all th,rited to receive any proposal you may be inclined to make relative to articles a capitulatiun, and upon which it ntry be possible for me to agree to any, even the shortest armistice. I bare the honour to be, &c. (iigned) CA T FICA kT, Lieut.-Gen. His Exeebene Mlior G.N.e..,1 Pemia,i, Cana. masseler-in.Cl“.4 ~! H. Diiitsh l'idaje,to L.nJ Form, C.Ten4agen. enpenhagen, Sept. 5, MY LORD —The proposal his been made without any the least hilatory intention, but the night being too far advanced for deliberating upon a matter of such very high importance, with the respeCtive de partrneilts, a 'measure necessm y on account of his Majesty's absence, and that of the Prince, aad my state of health not permitting me to proceed as expeditiously as I wish, f engage to send to-morrow, before twelve o'clock, the articles relative to the capitulation, and have in the mean time the ho nour to be eac. (Signed) PEI SI AK. Cnininand.sr in Chief of His Majesty's Land Forces. Lind Catheus,Coinntandiss to Chief of the British troops_ _ _ Head-Quarters, berme C. , penliagesh September 6, IBul. Si a—Having communicated to Admiral Gambier your ►etter received this morning, together with those of last night, I have to acqu tint you, that we will consent to treat with you for the ca:ritulation of Copenhagen, on the basis of your delivering up the Dar iJs fleet. Bet, as you have not forwarded Artities of Capi tulation, officers of rank, in the sea and land service of His Britannic Majesty, shall be sent forthwith, to prepare Artieles with you, or with the officers you may rippuint, and which may, if possible, suite the objetts you have in view, in regard 10 the occupa• tion of Copenhagen, with the performance of the service entrusted to us. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) CA TIICART, Lieut. Gen. Hif EiCeirtllCT 14,11sjoe•G , :fie.al Pe.nan, C,..n -raancleron-Chef 0! I • Datn,h Mar.t.'s Land Fotces. Copenhaun. Copenhagen, Sept. 6, 1807. My Loan—l accept of your proposal with re. spelt to the delivering up of His Majesty's fieet, as the fundamental basis of negocia , tous ; but with this proviso, that no other Ent list troops enter the city than those Commissaries, Officers, end military men, who shall best puLated and agreed on in the course of sail negotiations. I have the honour to be, Ike. (Signed) Cons • under in Chief of His Majesty). Land Forces. Lord Cathcart, Commander its Chita of the British Troops. Copenhagen, Sept. ti 1807. My Ina o—As soon as you shall be pleased to appoint a neirral place out of the town where to meet on both sides for regulating the articles of ca pitulation, officers provided will fall powers for ne o:string shall be sent, and in the interim the armis- Ace is considered as subsisting till centrary orders should be given. I have the honour to he, Ac. (signed) PEIMAIO. Commander i r Chief of tie Majesty's Lsnct torces. Lied Cathcart. Commandoson-Chief of the British Troope. ileail.Quarters before Copenhagen, Septemhot 6, 1807. Ste—The officers appointed to treat with you are, Majw-General the Right llonourable Sir Arthur s!ey, K. B. Sir Home Popham, Captain of the Fleet, and Lieutenant-Colonel Murray. Depots , QaArter-fslaster-General of the Army. These offi cers are waiting at the Barrier, and will meet the • IF :us named by you, at any place you may Ap prniit f r immediate distussioa , between our ad vanced ports and your lines. Orders were given to desist from the bombard meet, and to cease firing the moment your first let ter was received t but there has been no armistice concluded ; 1 proof of which ii, that a house in the suburbs has been set on fire within these few minutes by your people, close to our centioels. AM& RICA. NM V OtE. £VGUI? 7. _ _ The President of the United Stat e s left the city of ‘7e,hthgton oi. the lot inst. on a visit to Mon ticello. Me. Erskine, the British Minister, arrived at Phi ladelphia on Monday List, from the city of Wash ington. Mr. Gallatin. Secretary of the Treasury, has left the seat of Government, and is now at Phila. At a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held at Sul livan, New York, in the county of Madison, before his honour Judge Van Ness, on the 3d instant, Alp/wes liuricoei was cenoleted of poisoning his wife. and received mince of death. He is to be ezecutud on the llth day of September neat. Cap tain Hitchcock is 35 years of age, a native cf Old Springfield, bore uniformly a good charaiter, until the fatal deed was transaßed, and was highly ap proved of as a teacher of church music. The annexed resolution, introduced by Alderman Miller, was unanimously adopted by the Common Ccianc.l, at their sitting on Monday last I In COMMIX Cesweil,4th eieg. I 807 " Resol►ed, That the Committee appointed to confer with Col. Williams, es behalf of this Board, on the subjea of fortifying at the Narrows, be and are hereby dire6ed to request his opinion whether the Narrows be the most eligible plan for obstruc. tion and the ereltion of batteries in addition to those alread/ determined on by the United States, for the protettion of the city and harbour of New-York? And it, in his judgment, other positions are prefer able, to request that he will report the same to this Board with as little delay as possible."—fzeraafrew the Measles. The Common Council have appointed a Com mittee to devise and report ways and means for the defence of the harbour. It is presumed a loan will be proposed.—(Citizen.) TAe Ner/el4 Herald, of Aug. 1, states, that the British armed brig Colowboy, of 18 guns, with dis patches !rem Halifax, was at anchor is Hampton Roads. On her arrival Withal Cape Henry. she re. V - ee;ved frost on bard the ?damp; a large boat load of men, consisting cf fifty in number at least, and then proceeded to her anchorage in Hampton Roads. The British officers and seamen lately takm at Lyn haven were to be sent that day on board tha 7:iNsinh. anchored off Cape henry. Major Israel Smith, of Caynga county, one of the persons indiBed for treason. by the Rich mond Grand Jury, has been taken on a warrant from Judge Talmage, and has arrived in ANany, in cnstodv of the Deputy-Marshal. on his way to Richmond—at which pl ice the trial of Colonel Burr co:nm-nces this day. FO RE IUIV INTELLIGENCL GUTTENBUituiI MAIL.. MIA O.44I!ASITERS. IPLUCqtIITIIIII, sun 28. His Royal httjesty received, the day before yes terday, the following report front Lieutenant Colo nel Baron Palmoijerna, of what passed at I ianholm in the night between the 24th and 23 h ins's. : " At half past twelve o'clock this morning. I was attacked at Danholm. The weather being thick and hazy, I could not perceive the boats, which were advancing, before they were within three or four hundred ells distance ; w!len I immediately ordered the g•nerafe to be beaten, and began a cannonade from the redoubt, but in the mean time the enemy's troops effeaed a landing ; and as the attack was made on different pnints, the infantry whom I had ordered, through myAdjotanf , to meet the enemy on the beach, was cut off, and the troops under my command could only defend themselves by picqaets, which had no communication with each other. Baron Knorring defended himself at the head of a small detachment to the utmost extremity ; and as my only remaining strength, under the subsisting circum stances, consisted in the redoubt which I occupied with fifty men, I was determined not to surrender it until I should be forced to do so by a successful a.- sault on the part of the enemy. It was stormed soon after, and I was taken prisoner. S;steen of ficers, one cadet, and about three hundred rank and file, shared the same fate. Oar loss in killed amounts to about twenty men ; that of the enemy is not known. " Stralsund, Aag. 25, 11107." "S. PALMOTJERNA." BULLETIN 11CAD-gUARTERS, rteoat tTltti, AVO. 30. His Royal Majesty has resolved, on account of the precarious state of his health, to appoint Ge neral Baron Toll to the command in chief of the Swedish troops in this i.lan , f. Ye.terday a deputation el . the Senate of Stralsund had an audience of His Majesty, and afterwards a French officer, of the namefof Monicabrier, arrived with a flag of truce, and was admitted to His Ma jesty's presence. It appears by a report made on the ':7th inst. by Major Welidenh;elm, who commanded His Ma jesty's cutter /4",isia, that the royal armed brig Wastahlet, cruising off the Pomeranian coast, het ween Griefswalde and Wicksaw, the 26th inst. observed three boats, with officers and privates of the enemy's troops. stretching *lung the coast, which sbe at tacked. sunk oni., and drove the rest on shore. (Got. tehborgh Gazette, Sept. I 0.) OOTTENSIJROH, SL!T. 10. The aftiir between a part of the Engl,sh troop*, and the I) tr:sii armed pe4santr7 or militia. happen ed at Ros..hild. The Danes amounted to 6000 men. 600 of whom were killed, and 1500 made prisoners, the rest got away. Sir David Baird, it is said, received two slight woun4s. The Paniwa sloop of war, with a convoy of transports, having troops on board for Denmark, has been obliged to put in here by con trary winds, as has also the Riogdore. Several v-ssels bound to Memel, and other ports in the Baltic. have also come in here. The King of Sweden is come over to Carlscroia. in an indifferent sfate of health. He left the tro,.os at Rugen. An order has been issued to fit out the whole of the Svrectsh fleet. The Surly goa-brig has been obliged to put in here, to-day, by the strong westerly gales. She has on board Mr. Jackson, the Minister% brother, with dispatches from Admiral Gambier and Lord Cath cart: but as she lift the fleet so long ago as last Thursday, she brings nothing new. We now receive our news from Hamburgb, by the way of London, that is by our Mail. e s e Fes the opuung of Drury-lane Theatre, and other fashionable, u a!so inixellaneous intelligence, see the last Pate• THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, FRIDAY. SIPTUISIII 18. Report states, that oar Expedition now in and before Copenhagen has ultetior objeas within the Baltic.—The advanced season of the year, however, is unfavourable to military operations in that quar tet.. The Hon. Capt. CN MLLES PAGET, of the Cow kid's frigate, arrived last morning at the Admiralty, with dispatches honk Admiral GAUSIBIt. They bring accounts of the proceedings at Copenhagen down to the 1 1 th, at which time our seamen were busily employed in equipping and getting the Da. nish fleet ready for sea. From the extraordinary exertions made for this pui pose, it was collated that this objet wculd be accomplished in the course of ton days. General Por MAN, the Danish Com• mander Copenhagen. evinced the most deter mined and persevering courage. He did not send out a flag of truce until a breach was made, and himself wounded severely. Copenhagen, which was considered one of the ben built cities in the north of Europe. has suffered severely. More than one half of it is a heap of ruins, and there is no part of it that has not sustained some injury. Among its public edifices and ornamental strueihnes de suoyed, is the largest church. which is entirely ••• • • • „ consumed. It was sst in Era WAD* sight, and Is lofty cutlet, surmounted with a tett spire, when wrapped in flames, was one of the Mos: awfully tremend - us spetlacles ever presented ter the eye. We observed, yesterday; that though we have taken unconditional possession of the Danish Na►y, its fate, with that of the Danish merchantmen detained in our ports, will probably depend upon future circumstances. As pledges in our hands, it is to be hop. , ci they may deter Boma , AlTh from forcing Denmark to ad hostilely against us, as shit cannot now afford him any essen tial service, And her co-operation, however feeblr, could have no effen but that of lessening her :lair's, upon this country. The Supplementary Gazette, promised in the Et.. Irnordinary On:rzte of Wednesday, was published yesterday. We have given it at full length. It de tails the military operations from the 2241 August to the Ist September, and the diplomatic proceedings which led immediately to the Capitulation of C.. peuhagen. In the series of aetions in Zealand, that at Kioge on the 519th was the severest. Sir Mi tsui Wet estsv commanded the British troops. The Danes had Go officers and 1.100 men made priscners. The number cf killed was very eon s ia tterable. The Danish troops were chiefly militia. They had received a reinforcement from the Islands on the south of Zealand. A Gottenburgh M.,il arrived yesterday. with Letters and Papers to the 11th inst. They contain two Swedish Bulletins, one giving an account of ills capture of Denbolm, and the other appointing Go. neral TOLL Commander in Chief, His SWIDISII Ma shy having resigned the command of the army, from ill health. He is gone to Carhcrona. A letter from Gottenburgh, of the 7th, states, that the l'ss of the Danes, in ele battle of the 29th ult. with Gen. WtLLULKY,arnounted to 6000, of whom 603 were killed, and 1500 made prisoners.—. The Pandora and her convoy of transports have been forced into Gottenburgh by contrary winds. The Ringdore, with several vessels for the Baltic, and the Surly gun-brig, with Mr. JACKSON on board, have also put into Gottenburgh.—. An article of the loth, from that place, says, " As order has been issued to fit out the whole of the Swedish fleet." It adds, We now receive our new. from Hamburgh by the way of London. that is by our Mail." We have received New York Papers to the 9th of August, but their contents are not important. Mr. Ea•civr returned to Philadelphia on Monday the 3d of August, from Washington. Colonel Butes trial commenced at Richmond on the 7th. His N 1 *ant Vs ship &Wady, having six sail of transports, with troops ou board, arrived on Friday, the 11th instant, at Cork, from Portsmouth. Lieutenar.t-Colonel K 'soros, who commanded the 6-h Dragoon Guards at Buenos Ayres, is the husband of the Marchioness of Cc•reorcasoa. The Dolo4, Cavaco. from Madeira and Ports. mouth, for London, was captured on the eth inst. by a French privateer. It is with sincere pleasure we find Capt. MR mar's experiments for securing a communication between the shore and a stranded vessel, have been attended with the dfsired success.—They have been exhibit ed before the Suffolk Humane Society, and a very large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen at Lore. itoh, on the 26th ult. and 10th instant; on the former of these occasions, Lord Rolls, the Presi. dent of the Institution, was present, and expressed his warmest conviction. that the means adopted might, if properly applied. be instrumental in pre serving the lives of many of our fellow-creatures. On Monday neat, being St. Matthew's day, ac• cording to annual custom, the Loan M• voa, At.. esames. Sumer', and Govxasoes, of the seve ral Royal Hospitals, will attend Divine Service at Christ Church. Atter a sermon, preached by it. Rev. dont( WOOD, Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. they will repair to the Great Hall in Christ's Hospital, where two Or,itions will be de. livered; in Latin by WILLIAM STEPHEN GILL Y. and in English by Jam es Scnoi.criaLo, two of the senior scholars of the Grammar School. A transport arrived at Plymouth on Saturday. bound from the Island of Jersey to Cork, with part of the 83d regiment of foot on boar .1, hut forced to bear away for that port, in the violent gale of wind at S.W. last Wednesday. She was very leaky when she arrived. The tour companies of the 83d regi ment were immediately landed at the Vietualling OFfice Pnint at the Pier Head, and marched directly for the Long Room Barracks, where they are to remain till further orders, or until the transport is again refitted for sea. Agreeable to tae will of the late Sir Cuaatots Momws, three of his relatives, namely his Lady. who was buried in 1797. at Ealing; Mrs. AIM Svonar, mother of the present Lady M. at Flea ford, in 190.1; and a daughter of the present Barr. from Rottendean, where she was deposited in 1798 ; have been removed from the places where they were interred, to the Bar once' family vault, in Monmouth this e. Th.? very satisfActcry announcement to the Public, that the !snider. of Supplementer f Tickets, in the pi e.ent Lottery, may receive. it they wish ;• nue of 201. Int each. whenever drawn, or , soccer Licensed Office it was bought, has had a very sensible effect on the Lottery marl truth, the objet of the Capitals, petticul7 of 40,0004 is so momentous. and the rill stake of adventure rendered so rmall, br the tee alluded to, that the popularity of Cie Schemes is not to be doubted. it. at t* at what- already ark , t In 1 III; that lk tl:e e pampa conjXlCt