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on former occasions. The place is not at all essen tial ; though it was an aggravation of the ad. It is therefore glaringly fallacious and inconsistent now to set up on behalf of the British aggressors, an engagement by our citizens on board ene of their ships of war, as a justification for a condo& un prscedented its the naval history of any other na tion, from the remotest times to this day. I cen trist- myself warranted to say, that in no respeB - writer, ,-iter on policy, law, or history, can be found a justification of. or even • discussion upon, the tight of entry, by a belligerent into, and search of, a national ship, of WAS in amity, for the purposes avowed, or any other. It has been presumed, that it was a case so improbable, indecorous, and hos tile, that it could not occur. I do not grant that the violence would have been justifiable, it the sea men had not born American citizens. It has been said, that it is not improbable that those who took the engagements of the seamen, were ignorant of their being American citizens. If lists circumstance were unknown at the time (though I doubt the 148), it was perfefily deve lop. Jb. fore the perpetratico of the atrocity. Let the feet of communication to the lit itish Minister, of the examination made by our executive, be how it may, the decision was known to the British Agent, in Virginia, sad of course to the Naval Command ers there, who arranged, in our own waters, the plan executed for dishonouring, and deeply wounding our nation. These sentiments have no other objets, than the duty we afl owe to each other to endeavour to give ircormation upon the true principles of a subjeB of the first impurtance to every American citizen The uarii y about what our administra tion shoal how done, is now useless ; and only serves to keep alive local uissension. The question with all of us is .1 what ought to he done under ex ruing circumstances" into which we have become involved, col trig• yto our wishes f l'he idea that the rapport ej she British I'a.y depea.ls on a per sistance in recovering oltsori,rs jssat their some*. of every daerritiorr. is one much dwelt open, and apptchended. Every Erman) , has been aWorded by us to recto/et jorela seamen, deserters from all to reigit ships lying within cur territory. But if the support of the British navy depends on an infi.nrible det e seobsodoa to Jaws es i..ws a the sohjeas or citiatna of utttral nations into their service ; and whensbey morn to their dive, :Ira into the bosom of I:kir cuuotry, to claim then: deferrers. and for cibly to eater eve ,:stional ships in pursuit of t: em, there is an end to the independence of all nations over whom their tiay..l power is predominant. We must therefore twepate unr m:nds for the result. If pride, jearluusy, and lust of power, should prevail (contrary to tee true interests of both nations), over t;Je magnanimity and jus ice, which ought to ac tuate the Bikish Administration, we shall the more cheerfully pass through all the viessitudes of war, when we have used our ends-avows to avoid it. Our fortitude and patriotism will aft with double force, when, by careful and candid investigation, we arc as we c ugit to be, convinced of t;,e ratitude of our cause. 1 he spirit a must emulate that of 1 776 ; and be supported r•itn etill 41 firmness. The contests in butt eras are mat ked with equal reluetanee, in their or h .ia on cur pert ; and are 'pally unmerited and ui.prowkei It Great-Britain avows the late out rage, and r• i 6 .es atonement, and fotore security, on some reesn..eble terms, of which oar Gnvernmeht must judge— :ur second struggle may Jimmie the motto. •• /We disthie S reffigalthat."—but it is hoped, we nerd not ado—•• ihirrier tt. ,itedht eri." lhe ques tion will not be. the right (firefly to tax, ur govern us, but wl.seh . r we 'hall securely hold what we gained by our former wires'. and treely enjoy nn the ocean the privileges of right belonging in etre, y independ ent hatiorr ? It will sect Ire, who shall hold tee of fices in our goverron:!ar ba: wirrther we shad have a government uneoritrouled by foreign power. nr degraded trots its rink amung the n air.ns ? Inva sion we need n.. 1 dread; if we are teitlard to our selves. Common dang.r and inseparable interest will. (or common safety, enjnin and enforce an ir dir.oluble untor. ; whereof jatriw tin must always furr.ish and inviborate the vital prirciple. a.. S be come the leading stir. Horatesius. lORNION INIILLIUBNCII. GOTTILIIINKOIi ItAIL. tiovmscsan. *co 31. We have heard this day that Copenhagen has been on tire in several places, that a church has been burne.i. and that the English in approaching too near the Danish batteries, bad lost several MU by the musquetry of the Danes. and among the rest two eminent water/ officers. r 1.51 N 010 diva. £7. There has been a good deal of firing hca:d here daily, but nothing of importance has yet taken place between the Engl'sh forces and thosls of t! Ptnes. A great part of the suburbs of ,:sper,h4gen 'have been burned by the Danes, to impel• the ap proaches of the English, but nevertheless the latter go on rapidly with the works. A peat number of Danish vcssels. made Fixes, lose ►een taken to the F.ny,lich fleet. IXTR AC A LIITII DATED XING'S PALACI %u LuITASAND. NAAS COMM AGES, ALTO. 1_ _ _ •• Copenhagen is entirely surrounded, the fresh water is cut off, and there is so great a scarcity of provisions, that in a few days you may expel to hear of its surrendering. The Royal Family ap pl;cd to get leave of Lord Cathcart to withdraw from Copenhagen. In passing through the Eng. lish army, they received military honours ; they are gone to Holstein, there to remain the fate of the capital is decided. The politics of Europe are such as to have rendered it of the Ireatest import. ante for England to take possession of the island, and to keep it." aI:G. IS. ppoiated a :perinteact- ance of the Commander in Chief, with the manage meat of the Police and other Civil Affairs. The said Board consists of the Adjutant-General Peyroa, and four Members of the Senate. On the 6th instant, the enemy attacked the frost of our chain of posts near Triebsa, and drove in our troops. The enemy continued to work at the parallel. In the night between the 15 , h and 15th inst. they carried out two traverses from the first parallel, and began the second, which they com pleted the 17th. They have not yet mounted any guns in the second parallel. Our art,:lory has con tinually fired on the enemy's works. 'lle .;id-dr— Camp, Major Von Vine% went yesterday with a flag of mice to the Fivncit head 41ar:ers, at Mittzau, and returned from thence at eight o'clock at Gazette, Aug. '4'2.) HOIATF.IN, AUO. 20. Since the retut n of the Crown Prince, w:to, on the 15th instant, arrived at Kiel from Copenhagen, all English property at Altona, as wrll as throughout the whole kingdom of Denmark, has been seques trated, and all Englishmen, who are not Danish subjets, have been arrested ; at the same time an embargo has been Lid on all Danish shipping in the river Elbe; no English ships have ac yet been seized in the 1) tnish p Tts. Steen 13;11i com mands the Danish naval force, and Peyniann and Bielefeld are app..inted to the command in Z:•alard. The garrison of Copenhagen consists of 6000 re gular troops.—(l6/1.1 THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, SATURDAY. &mum 12. RIM um &Gyp it. STRALIIOND, AVG. IS. On the 12th inst. His Royal Majesty appointed a Board of Direaion, entrusted under tha superintend- . • COPENHAGEN. At eight o'clock last night, a Lieutenant arrived in a post-chaise and four at the Admiralty from I - arm:nil. with dispatches from Admiral who is cruising of the Texel. The Board was im mediately assembled, expresses were sent to the Secretaries, requiring their attendance, and Me.- sengers ordered to hold themselves in readiness for the out ports. A Mosseneer had been previously sent to the Earl of Cu Ham, at Colchester. The substance of tile dispatches had not transpired in a %es) , to enable us to state it with confide.icc. It is said that they bring important intriligen:e from Copenhagen, reci.ind by Ad al Hussar., cid HoLLAVD. The Earaett gun-brig, of 14 gums, Lieutenast Tay r tea, arrived on Thursday at Yaratosult, with dispatches from Admiral GAM mat, which, whit let. tors Irons Sir H2/41 POPHAM. were forwarded by a Post Office Express to the Admiralty. They arrived in town yesterday morning, and were immediately forwarded to Lord M .. at bis Lordship's seat at Fulham. His Lordship came to town without delay. and dispatched a Messenger to the Duke of Poen. AND, who is at Bulstrode. The substance of the Dispatches was also communicated to the other Ministers. They are dated the 27th of August, at which time the regular bombardment of Copen hagen had not commenced. and the city still re mained in possession of the Danes. There are no die patches from Lord Car IiCARTI but, we uaderstand. Admiral GAMIIIII% Dispatches stare, that the atm, had been most anively employed in throwing up entreuclieents, and making other preparations to insure the fall of the place i but though they bad made great progress in the work, much still remain• ed to be done The I)anes appeared determined to bland a regular siege, and were also preparing with equal anivity against an assault, which, of course, our army would attempt, should the hepe of being able to carry the place by a regular siege be disappointed. In the mean time par tial anions took platy daily between our light vessels and the enemy's bomb-boats and batteries —The former dispatches, brought by Lieutenant I lo rses, were to do 22d inclusive, and prepared us to erpea an snack on the 23d. A letter from an Officer in the fleet, received yester day . states, that the attack on that day, was ill-judged and ill timed s the only success obtained by our firing was, the sinking of a Danish praam, or gun-boat, which, such was their indefatigable aaivity, the Danes weighed in the night, and 'the vessel was made fit for *Sion the next morning. On the land side we got possession of a redoubt, and succeeded in cut ting to pieces a patty of Danish dragoons, who pre ferred death rather titan surrender; but our force was afterwards driven from the redoubt, and we failed in two suzce:Aive attempts to retake it. A letter, of the 2.5 th, from an Officer on board the Drspaii,s brig, state,, that there was another se vere anion on the 24th, in which we succeedeJ, and took a battery of 12 guns. Lieutenant Wooosoitu. of the Cruiser, was killed by a shot from one of i!ie hatt,:ries, and we lost upon this occasion twenty men killed and wounded. The loss of the enemy was not known, but is supposed to have been consi der able. It was the general opinion in the fleet tha• Copenhagen •would not be able to stand a regular sirg • smare than a fortnight or three weeks. A Gottenburgh Mail arrived yesterday with letters and papers to the Ist instant, containing intelligence from Copenhagen to tha 27th inclusive, somewhat more favourable to our cause. A letter of the List mentioned date from Charlottensund, a Royal Palace near Copenhagen, states, that the city was then com pletely invested, and the fresh water entirely cut off, and that provisions were so scarce, the place might be expeCted to surrender is a few days. The ac• counts received at Gottenburgb to the first instant, add, that Copenhagen had been on fire in several places, and a church destroyed, and that the Eng lish had lust several men, including tsvo eminent Artillery Offi..ers, but that they had proceed ed rapidly in their works. The Okras gun-brig is also arrived at Yarmouth, with an account that she spoke a Russian ship at sea, which informed her, that she passed Copen hagen on the 3.h ult. at which time Copenhagen had surrendered. We believe, however, that the account hi ought by the Übeeee is not correfl ; and that the 15th, and not the Dith. was the day on which the Russian passed thst place. As our force had taken a battery on that Jay the Russian might have vety innocently exaggerated our suc cess into a ~ .rsmplete viaory. Bat, however this may be, the account of our being in pos session of the place is unfrunde;'. as there are, we understand, letters from the army c,f the 29th, at w Inch time nothing of importance had taken place. A letter from Capt.Roasis Ts, Of the brig dated Copenhagen Roads, 24ith A u r ;ust, states, "that he sailed from Memel, in co/ripen; with loin other vessels ; that on entering the blarraws, on the 30th, with very little wind. one of the vessels in company (a bark) was boarded by same Danish boats, and blitzed. They afterwards atiemptod to board him, and the other vessels. in company, but by immediate assistance afforded them by boat, from His Ai &MTV's ship firmer of Wales. the► got clear off, and trete towed into the fleet, where they were detained by order of the English Admiral, and ordered to discharge their cargoes. for the use of the troops on shore; he understood it was for the purpose of building barracks." From this letter it has been inferred that our army is net provided with tents, and that the Danes are encouraged by this circumstance to resist, from the hopr of the rainy season corr,:ng on, which may pro duce diseases among the troops, and oblige them to re-embark. No dispatches having been received from Lord CIITIICA tr. nor any oifi-ial comrour..zation made to the Loan M•vos, a gloom was cast yesterday over the City. which disposed the mind to receive this and such like unfavourable impressions. Among the other adverse rumours afloat, it W3l stated, that our Fleet has been beaten off ; that Admiral C. ~essa has been killed; and that Sir iitol4g PovHaat has lost a leg ; but we have heard no authority assign ed for this report. It was also said, that a slight fever has begun to chew itself in the Fleet, thirty being laid up with it in one frigate; and the *stilton' are fearful it will turn eat cootagi oas ; but this latter rumour, we hope, will prove equally false as the former. Had it not found he way into point, we would not have no- Seed it, believing it, as we do. to be without founda dos. The whole of these accounts, however, offi. pal and un-oincial, with the circumstances accom panying them, and with the most favourable eon struillion, it man be confessed, are ill-calculated to satisfy the sanguine expettations which the Trea sury Journals have endeavoured to excite. We ad mire the humanity of our Commanders, is prefer ing a siege to an attempt to take the place by storm. We have so angry nor hostile feeling towards Denmark, and we should regret her sufferings aad her losses, equally as our own. But a protrafted sivge is a dreary prospret. The season of the year, and the climate, are pregnant with dangerous con sequences. The Vrench, in their speculations in the Hamburgh papers. among tithes advantages to be derived from delay, anticipate a frost, when the narrow channels between Zealand and the islands on the South of it will be frozen over. and their troops will pour into the island from tl.e Coining*. and 'Large our fleet with the bayonet. Without. however, entertaining any 'stray:spot notions of this kind, we have much to fear, should the fall of Copenhagen be much longer de layed. The anchorage before Copenhagen is very fine ; but such a storm as that which blew on Sunday last, and was felt severely in Great Britain and Ireland, might do much injury to our fleet, and the approach of the equinox justifies the fear of much stormy weather. It has been our uniform opinion, that if the thing Wes to tie done, then it epees evdl that done quickly. We must therefore continue to regret that the city had a full week's notice of our intent, and all that time to provide against a siege. "1 he chance of casualties against us has been multiplied by the Je- Mr. EAST, thr Messer) at the I..oreign Office, in Dr pitches from St. Petetshui not transpired, but they are pnrtince. The Tri C•TLY, from Jnn, wrs boarded by Elton ' tied into Eliineur, on the 23J was landed. The Ministerial Prints sto firm of the Expedition to Zea tional security was demando of Denmark, a Dora qf dill was ktovn Is k jirtreeil iq tli, hoes, Pr TWIPITY-lIVE SAIL His MAJCSTY'II sloop Them sailed from Plym.mth or' patches for the West Indies, hours to get ready, although plete state for sea. Her mis be important. We should eonj Danish pos,-ssions io the West The Lo4o Lttzurtast•me Earl of Hs naltscroo„ the Coi shortly to ta►e a tour round._ the United Kingdom. to ins, eft and see that they are put in the ' defence. The vicissitudes of fortune, which Colonel Buse has experienced, within the List eight yours, teach an important lesson to all aspiring demagogues:— Attorney-General of the St ste of New York, Senator. t Congress. Vice-President of the United States, President at the trial of ono of the Judges of the in preme Court, idayer of Hamilton, trsveller is the land of Nod, accused of high treason, himself to be tried by one of the Judges of the Supreme Court. and now confined in a building that compels humi lity and resignation. though penitence and some may be far ■way. Some modification of the Order of Council, pub lished in The lieseeVe of Saturday last. for detaining Denis!: vessels, has been found necessary. We un derstand, at a Cabinet Council which was held on Thursday, it was determined that all vessels of that country, provided with license from His Maissi v. bearing date prit.r to the 2d inst. should be exempt ed from detention or interruption of any sort. An Order to this effee is expeded to appear in this night's Gatttie. The Canterbury Volunteer Infantry were inspect ed by Lieutenant-Colonel Wass nn Thursday last. The battalion made a good appearance, and receiv ed the thanks of the Colonel fur the correctness and precision with which. as a volunteer corps, they went through the various evolutions. Previously to the battalion being dismissed. it was formed into a hol low square, when Major SCOTT, under whose eye and discipline it has arrived at its present perfedion (in conseqnence at his quitting the command, for a civil appointment is Ireland) delivered to the men a farewell address. His address was received with cheers, and, on the corps being dismissed, the Ma j sr, with Lieutenant-Colonel Weiss, Major MAR.* LA r, and some other friends, retired to the Star Inn. where an elegant dinner given by the Officers of the corps, was prepared on the occasion. I.ientenaot-General Esot.A no has.ag requested several volunteer carps, in the vicinity of Plymouth, to assist the gas iison there during the volunteering from the militia into the line, the Lanierton and Milton Abbott regiments, under the command of Major PA 'AWN, with the greatest alacrity, immedi ately came %staid to a man, and c:o::reci to do garrison duty, whenever they received the General's order for that purpose, and for such a period as their services might be required.— They are expelled t march in a few days from Plymouth. A letter ft. In Holyhead, of the 7th instant, after describing the tremendous gale which blew on the preceding day, mentions the tollowing ships as among the wrecks on that coast, and in the mouth of Holy head harbour The ship Neptune, from St. Dnmingo, to Liverpool, 'pith indigu, and cotton, Paterson, master I completely med. f he !rig Mary Ann, of Whitehaven,Thonwann, muter. 'rite ship F.f.aeff, of Shields, bound to Quebec, in ballast, s: urge S l ums, fussier ; tom-4 in emanated. A gallfi,:, name unenown, w.th cattle LAI noldiernotrownce. A collier, at ti.e bees of 1-1.11) head ; name unknow n. A dutaastee at arch., at the back of Curling's Head; unknown. Toe brig Scour, of Dumbarton, from wrecked' kubolt Nor, motet. _ rte. convenienceour han de, and added our troo p s, ps t the ,t o r,h ad eolytith: ailemai comfort and rite n. lay, and those snpplies which would have fallen into nst ly, now enable the city ? :old Extrafl of a letter from an Our on board 1-'., Madesriv's brig 4. of 18 gq.is, dated Com• hagen Roads, Augu,t 2$ : " We sailed from the D Irons on the 9:h with the first division of the army, and went to assistance of Stralsund, which place we sin e and have joined the Expedition here. We hotn , , e j the town every day. Yesterday, we had a very severe aaion witi the Danish batteries and oul, boats, in which we had abcut . 23 killed And wo::na• ed. The loss of the I) inks must have been mac: more coasidetable. Oar army amounts to 27,9) men. By to-morrow morning, it will have 1 - ;1 pieces of cannon mounted, to play upon the and our Bret. under Admiral; Gastataa and E.. stmoron, and Commoderes Reaves and PUN A 4, consists of 21 sail of the Lae. Tate French (tot ran Real mike, it is said, has contrived to got into Copenhagen, where he direas the &fierce of :he city. He got into Zealand across the Belt. in a small boat, but I am confident that he will not get out of it without falling into our hands, as the cit. of Copenhagen is completely invested, and we are in posses,i m of the a hate I.land, except this plate and Elsincur. We have taken about 200 sail of Droish shipping, and a frigate. They hare 20 sail of the line in their harbour, which I hope soon to see in one of our pmts. The Danes fire at cur ships with red-hot balls." . . Mr. EAST, the Messenger, arrived yratereay at the Foreign Office. in Downing -street, with D patches from St. Petetsburgh. The contents h.,d not transpired, but they are said to be of put im- portance. The Triton. CATLY, from Petersburg, fur Lon- don, was hoarded by elute Danish boat., and cu. tried into Elsineur, on the 23.1 ult. where her cargo was landed. The Ministerial Prints state, in further jastifica- tint; of the Expedition to Zealand, that, before a na- tional security was demanded by us from the Court of Deawark, a &per (or all bulb a( NAVAL STnEtS TEAS hymn to Se A larmed ia tar rla i.vards of COFC4. p hallos. pc TWIPITY-lIVE SAIL Of THE Litre. 1 Hie M kieSTY'S sloop Thor, Capt. Fume's, sailed from Plymiuth Oct Wednesday, with d 5.. patches for the West Indies. She only had 2i hours to get ready, although she was in an incom Jt - plete state for sea. Her mission, therefore, must L be important. We should conjeCture it revers to the Danish pos;-ssion, in the West Indies. The Lomo Lituezei awe of Littman. and tba Earl of HA a at recx32, the Commander in Chief, are shortly to take a tour round the coast of that part of e the United Kingdom, to insaed the fortificatiolis, a and see that they are put in the best possible state of defence. The vicissitudes of fortune, which Colonel Buse has experienced, within the last eight ' , tars, teach i an important lesson to all aspiring demagogues:— Attorney-General of the Stine of New York, Senator to Congro.os. Vice-President of the United States, President at the trial a on. of the Judges of the in-