The Sun. — London, England, 1807-09-07 00:00:00

I ~1 t at the titre a reeomtherdation urged to twteornmancling General, to consider the dreadful eon;iettuences of making a capital. city of such extent ita•lci a siege and bombardment like an. ordinary for.ress. Great advance made . in ,perfe&ing the :works already, in progress which cover our left: A trench' pushed tbrward, and a new battery ereacd.lhfce.linirdred-yards in advance. Brigadier- Maclarlane's bri g ade landed at Schoreshard. 'progress made in landing the battering-train aria stores for the siege; faricines made iota new battery on the right. These works being completed take the enemy's line of. advanced posts in re v,,r,e, and ,will Cover and secure the advance of the army. to a new position. (Signed) cATIICART. Ccnoral return of casualties from the landing of the troops in the Island of Zealand, on the ifith to t, • ztst August, Royal Artillery--t Officer, r rank and file, z ltorses,.killed ; 4 ifo t ses wounded. ist F,att. gad- 7 t rank and file Batt. 9stit—t rank and rile wounded. t.o bad-1 Ufti.er t killed, t Officetwounded. ' Ist Bat% 434=-1 rank and file wounded. T ota l 0 rficcrs, z rank and tile, s horses, killed ; ',Officer, i rank and tile, 4 horses wounded. Names of officers killed. Lieutenant Lyons, of the Royal Artilhoy. Ensign Dixon, the ist Batt. 82d. Name of Officer wounded, Captain Hastings of the ist Batt. Sad. Prince of Wales, .(ill Copenhagen, MY LORD, ,thignst 20, 1807.. I have the honour to transmit to your Lordship a Copy of the Translation of an Edict, published by the General in Chief of the Danish Army, which has 'beAl transmitted to me by Charles Fenwick; Esi. His Ninic4y . .a Consul General at Elsineur. 1 have the Honour to be, &c. -J. GAMBIER. riiconnt Castlereggh, &c. &c. &c. TRANSLATIM , L trostinties liming commenced on the part of the English,J hereby declare, in . . virtue of the highest authority, that all English property be laid under Reqiiesi raii , n, Which • each and every onelSaccOrd in4ly 'enjoined to report the English property et what kind or nature scever to the Police; Who will mike die fureher necessary arrangements. 'Aiiy'one who conceals, or does not fulfil this order, will be coliside:ed as a traitor to the country. ' (Signed) PEYMAN. Cofienhagen, 4nglJst 6; 1807. ' Prince QI IP deb off Copenhagen, My Loin, dugust 1, 1807. Being of Cpinion• that the service on which 'NLVsty'sforces at the` island of Zealand are eniployfA lenders It highly e:Tedient that all Neu tral trade therewith should be for the present. sus pended, I have judged it my duty to issue an Order Of Which I haVe thehOithur to transmit your Lord ship a Copy) declaring the said Islands, and others contiguous thereto, together with the Passage of the Great Belt, to be in a state of close Blockade, and di'reCiaog that all Neutral Vessels persisting to' enter into tti , c said Islands and Passage, after receiving due n,? ice thereof, shall be detained and sentio , tne at this anchorage, intending that such Vessels shall not be allowed to pursue their respe&ive voyages Anitil . the .circumstaw.:s of the Lands shall permit then to do so, cons I. - oly with the object of the ptesent service. I have the honour to be, &c. Micouni Caeihroash, &C. J. CAM ill ER. By James Gambier, Esq. Admirisl of the Blue, ' and 'Conhitander its Chief of ; a Fleet of his ..Majcsty"a Ships, and Vessels et wloyed on a vatticitiar-serviee. Whereat I have judged it expedient,' in con ,dnaing the operations of his Majesty's Fleet under iny conitorind afrainst Copenhagen, to surrou n d th e 'L.:alan ' d, and the other Islands cOntiguous thereto, with his Majesty' i ti Ships, in order to , Prevent reintoreetticrits or supplies of any kind whatsoever ii:om being thrown into the said Islands, I do hereby &dare theta, as well as the Passage oldie Great Belt, (extending train 'a bank or shoal named Hasteen's Clrontid, to the _South-east end of the Island of Fcmeren) to bein a state of close 'blockade, and &I also hereby- dire& the Flag Officers, 'Captains, and Qotnmanders of the said Ships, to , -give notice thereof 'Ao Any neutral VessOs they .may find going into any of the ports of the said Islands, or into the passage aforesaid, 'and to retplire them to desist there from ; and in case any tieotral Vessels, atier receiv ing such notice, shall attempt to enter into, any port or place of the said Islands, or into the passage 'aforeSaid, The said Flag Orticors, Captains, and Com manders, are hereby authoriled and required , to de tain such Vessels, .and leaving their respeaive Mas ters ;trio a provortitut of their crews on board 4p assist navigating tlftrn, put a careful Petty Otticer, witti as many '-eamett as may ,be necessary, into fu:in rospc:aiVely, and send them lolne at this an thoragc - • _ • , Givci 'tindf!r my- hand on board - thetPrince of , Wateb;ort Copenhagen, August 21, 1867. J. GAMBIER.' By Com:no:id of tho Jos. .TItOLINSELT,. Sept'. Copy of.a Leiter to the Hon. Tellesley Pole, Secretary Qf the . 4dmiralty, .froin, James Gamlier, En. ..zcvaral of the' and Commander in Owl' or His Majeity's Siiip.! and 'feuds in the. licrtt2c; cl.-:‘,11 Prince of /nits, in the Sound, Aug. 16, 180. titlty I b:g you will inform the Lords Corninissioners of the Admiralty, that - I yesterday morning quitted the to idiorite c ff Elsineur, and in the evening ar -0,1 CA wit!: t he Fleet and Tranigorts off Wibeck, a arkiut told way between that plate and Copen hkw,- wher.t the Aftiv was this morning dtsem- Uur,iied, without opposition. I have the lionour to be, Sic-, JAW% GAMBIER. Admil ally-Office, Sept. t., 1807. Copy if a Letter from Admiral Gambier Corn- . an wder in Chill if a Squadron -of' Ships and Vessels employedon a particulat Service, to thelion, Ilietiesley Pole, dated 04 board the Prince of Wales, _off Copenhagen, August ig, 1807. SIR,, . The hos iie preparations of, the Danish Govern meht bein.lar advanced, I thought it proper to or. der the Defence and Comas to put to sea in *Alit of the Danish Frigate, which,. as I informed you in my Letter of the 14th instant, had quitted ,Eisitienr Roads in the night between the Jew lath. I hare now., tq requestyou will,lay iibefore the Lords Commissioners of the. Admiralty a Copy of;i Letter which I have-received from Captain Ekins,- of the Defence, and the froM Captain. Heywood to him, stating hip having come up 'with and obtained' possession of the said Frigate.. When the inequality of force between the two ships is considered, with the trifling injury sustained by the Comns,' it will appear unnecessary for me to make any comment 4u the bravery and skill which must have been displayed by:Captain Heywood, hie Officers, and ship's Company.. _ . I have the honour to be, ' J. GAMBIEIL Frederickscoarn —T wenty-six twelve-pounders on the main . deck; four six-pounders, and six twelve-pounder corr . °= nodes, on the quarter-deck and forecastle; and two hun dred and twenty-seven men. . . . Comus—Twenty- two nine-pounderi on the main-deck ; eight twenty-tour-pounder corrornides, and two mine pounder carronacies, on the quarter-deck and forecastle; and one hundred and forty-five men. • Defence, Scow Light House, S. E. to or :le miles, Saturday, Oni,P.lll. SIR, August 15, 1807. As the superior sailing of the Comus, in very light winds, has given Captain Heywood, his Otii cers, and ship's Company, in opportunity to dig-, tinguish themselves particularly by a very gallant a&ion .with an enemy greatly exceeding their ferce, I can therefore only regret the late arrival of the Defence, for the means that might otherwise have been afforded me of preventing the bloodshed which has resulted from it, Tthough happily on the' part of the- enemy only. The crew of the Danish Frigate considerably out-numhering the Cotnus's, Ihmie thought it my sinty to'receive one hundred of them into this ship. Inclosed I transmit you captain Heywood's Letter. I have the honour to be, &c. • - CHARLES EkINS. To didmiral Gambier, &c. &c. tec. His lgojesty's Ship Comus, qft, Murstiand, •.Sta, August 15, 1807. I arrived within hail of the Danish Frigate, you gave 'me direaions to Chace and detain, at twelve o'clock last night, and repeatedly 'desired that she would submit to detention by this shi, but.she re fusing, and. making all sail 'from ns, I found it nn. cessary to have recourse to arms ; after haying ceived a shot from her stern Chace gun, we closed with her, and a smart anion commenced, which continued about forty-five minutes t ,- when the two Ships falling on board each other, the boarders; headed by Lieutenant G. E. Watts, assisted by Lieu tenant Hood knight, very gallantly boarded on her bow, and finally took possesston ()liter. All under my command conduced themselves in the bravest manner throughout thevotitest.; and I feel happy to report only one person wounded; They loss of our opponent, (which proved , to be His Ma jestra Danish Frigate Frederickscoarn, carrying. thirty-sbcguns, twehe-pounders, on her main-deck, and two hundred and twenty-Six men,) was much more considerable, being twelve killed and.twenty wounded, several mortally. I have the honour to.be, &c. , E. HEYWOOD. Captain Charlas Ekins, Defence. Whitehall, Sept. 5. The King `has been pleased to nominate and point Sir John Stuart, Bart. to be one of the tons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Scot land, in the room of Sir John Dalrymple, Bart. ro. signed. The King has also been pleased to nominate, constitute, and appoint Sir George it'aercrombie, Bart, to be Clerk for' the Admission of Nottari, in Scotland, in the room of. Sir Jahn Stuart, Bart. re. signed. M I I.S. A RRIVAD-.-I Dublin, 2 W.dertOrd. x--1 CattOnburgh, Lisbod, i Dubin', a Waterford. TH E tS UN. gpLIA 9,11511 Dl S&L PALSUM AUDEAT ? L O r IV D O N, MONDAY, SIIPTL)III4R 7, 1807. Tim Gazette of Saturday last contains the Official accounts of the proceedings of the Fleet and Army before Copenhagen. They contirtti,le almost every point the details which we l!mt'alrendy laid before our Readers. Those wko expected' that the Danish Government would capitUlate the moment our Ex pedition appeared off Copenhapn, will, perhaps, be, disappointed to find that our troops, after being on shore from, the 16th to the 22d, were not in possession of the Danish capital ; but we know not upon what grounds those expectations of an imme diate surrender were formed, unless it was,sappesed that some secret understanding prevailed . between the British and Danish Governments, for which sup position there does not appeai to be any foundation. it said, however, that Lord CATuciaT ought to have advanced immediately and carried Copenhagen by a coup de main. Those who hold this language seem to" forget that Copenhagen is large and po pulous capital, and, that although it is not regularly fortified, it is defended by strong v'vsorks, and sur rounded by a broad wet ditch. Against a town so defended, a coup, Ely main is hardly practicable. Lord CATtioAar,,therefore, had only the choice of endeavouring to carry it by assault, or to proceed in the regular manner. He has adopted, and we think wisely, the latter mode. Copenhagen could not have been carried by , storm without a very considerable , sacrifice of lives on our part ; but the consequences to the iuhabitants might have been dreadful, because it is well knowth that it is 'almost impossible to restrain the best disciplined soldiers when they have succeeded in taking a place by , storm., By proceeding regularly to invest the place the capture of it is delayed for a few days, but it i, not the less certain, and tends to save the lives both of our own troops and of,thoseovho we are now 'nil fortunately obliged to cull our enemies. Though we Conceived that the justice and policy of this Expedition were so manifest that even the enemies of GoVernment would hardly have - had cou- , rage enough to persevere i n ' their attempts to pre judice.the Nation against it, yet the .Opposition Writers return every day to the 'Charge,*and do all they can .to bring disgrace upon A measure, the 'no gleaof which, would really have been disgraceful to , Ministers; and have shewn that they were wholly nnfit:,for the important .situation which they bold at this eventful period. We are told by the 'Miter, allUdedao, that it is by no means proved, or certain, that .Fritnee would have sought to draw Denmark into the war; and we are asked, if dune are sure that Denniark would have submitted ? Would thine_ Writers have had us wait for the proof and the cer tainty till Denmark was actually in possession of a French army ? As to the disposition of Denmark to resist the trench, there can be no doubt, that against such an army as BONAPARTitWOLIId have sent against her, it would have been absurd to .suppose that she would have had power to defend herself.--, It is' mentioned: as at proof that BJNAPARTS did not wish to seize Holstein, that he did not even complain of the Danes last Novem ber for defending their frontiers, and killing some of his. troops belonging to Bea tiAIIOTTE'S Ariny, when they came on Danish ground. But because BoxitrAwrz had no immediate reason at that moment to invade Denmark, is it to be inferred that she was -to be for ever exempt from such an attack, when' he had subdued all his Continental Enemies, and had occasion for the assistance of tho Danish Navy He may postpone his designs from policy, but it is not likely that be should ever aban dowthem if they will contribute to the augmentation ' of his own power, or the annoyance of an enemy. these 'Writers say, it is highly .improbable that Denmark would have yielded up her Fleet to Bob/A- P/61M and gone to war with England to save Hol stein. The situation of Denmark renders such ob servations wholly absurd. She must have done exaEtly as France should dired, if once BONAPAILTS had invaded . her country with such a power as he Would have directed against her. Bat the .ntost.ex traordinary insinuation against Ministers is, that the Expedition resulted from " a sort of cowardice."— It would, indeed,. have been more heroic on. the part of /vlinisters if they had qaietly iutfered Bo- NA PARTE to seize 'the Danish Fleet, s and, with ' the co-operation of the maritime strength of every State dependant on him, to have made a MC.. cessfUl landing upon our shores. 11..( ive believe that iewr people would have admired VI in for :bar- , ing shewn Such courageous supin^r4<•ss, if we may use an expression as abs,urd as Ili& observation that gives rise to .it. . Alt, In fa& that the Opposition Writers have urged against the Expedition has been mere conjecture as to what BONAPARTE would have done„ or how Denmark would have condn&ttd herself ; though it is well known that SLR.. NA'DOTTE had an interview With the CROWN PRINCE' at Kid, and , though it must be con eluded that it 'was for the purpose of seducing or intimidating Dentnark into a compliance with the will of BONAPAUTE, and that she must have sub mitted•to that will, if England had made no move ment tosSecnre the possession of her Navy; by a Ne 4 gotiatipo, ,supported with such a force as rendered resistance hopeless.' We have often expressed our sincere concern for the part which we were obliged to take with respect to Denmark, but it was posi tively demanded by imperious necessity; and by that system of warfare which bas been pursued by BONARTE,3II4-1 from which there can be no reason to believe. that ho would have deviated in favour of Denmark, particularly as he emphatically signified, after his triumph•over Austria, that he wanted ships, and as he is more than ever in need of a naval power, since his chief object now is, if possible, the re &teflon of this country to a state, of greater degrada tion and 'misery than that of any other that has been' obliged.to submit to his Contrail!. We are sorry to say that no iurtiser intelligence has been received reveahig the illenheita, Sir THOMAS TROU,BRIDGE. When the last accounts came away front the Cape of Good Hope, the Gar rison was in perfea health. Lom... Munro had arrived there on his way to India. Lard LAKII mile home in the Fleet which is just arrived 1u landed yester.; day at Deal. Yesterdhy morning His IStkiturrv, the Duke of CAMBRIDGE; PrinCeSSCS AUGUSTA, MARY, SOP/11A, and AP/m.IA, attended by Ladies - PAutarr and Tkurtna, rode to St, *George's Chapel, Windsor, and heard a sermon hy,Dr. DODSWORTII, Imm the 20th chapter of St. Matthe*, and 15th Verse • they afterwards returned to the Castle. The ROYAL FAbiILY dill not•walk on the Terrace at Willdiat YceterilAY evenittg, to the tihmanoinnnent an numerous company who mil ed in expedation of seeing them. It Wo3 supposed that the co 'd esi !. of the weather prevented the Royal Family 1.0. n -,afipearing, and that they have indeed bade aiit2ti to I ke Terrace, in the evening at least, forthe pre ent .- Wasdii. The Baticls of the Statforddiire Regiment rand Oxford Blues remained playing as usual. .Prince GALITZIN is arrived at 03.130RN1S 'Caledo nian Hotels, Adelphi. • • On Saturday night Mr. CLlziet in 4 Mr. NYe, 1 1)4 Admiralty Mesiengers, were sent off' 'with Dis patches to the Port Adnairals at Falmouth and Ply . mouth. A Gentleman or Meslenger . was - sent from the Fore;gn Office on Saturday evening, with Di . spatches tt the Commanders at Copenhagen he likewise. took Dispatches from the Lards .of the Admiralty. It' is said betook with him an order to be adtilittpd Atm board Admiral , Gitsstaa's Ship immediately cm . his arrival, and to love 4a interview with the Ad- • We are' well assured that BoNArAaTes•Ministera at Arienna,and, St. PetersbUrgh have' exerted. every possible efirt to cause the Conithercial.Agnts of those Courts, now in Great Britain, to be recalled ; -attil also to-effed the expulsion of all• British Agenta Triim Austria, Rus , iia, etc: The same system of ex pvision, we have reason to know, has, beetrattempted at Lisbon. In,short, we are assured ,that no etroikri will be spared to effl the dismission of the British, • , Agents from every Capital , and Port at which the French influence predominates. - • • t We some time ago inserted auarticlefrom a Dutch • Paper, which: stated that.the Porte had resolved not to receive our Ambassador. Pritaie lette - rs receiv ed from crstantinople state, that the conduct of the Diyen in this nape& has been ertuirely influenced bar • SEBASTIbta, who declared that_ if his piopoßls , not -aged upon, he would not only leave Co:vital).- Ono*, but would excite .the Janissaries against present Government of Turkey, By this meatis•lfeleic-'' petted to intimidate the Divan into an adoption of the Michiavelian views, of France ; for the Johisr ' series may be joilay considered as, the ,present SE)J, vereigns of :Turkey ; _and they are known to be en tirely under the ildluence:orthe French Emissarie. TcitaLtal PAcat has been aPpointed Grand 'Vr-:‘, xier. He its held in'gre,it esteem by theJanissariei, over whorn:he is Commander i : - Prince k 4.1 BAKIS, the new itussiao 4.Mbaisaprt . arrived at Vienna on tune t tub alt. . Count•llx. - 4u-, mosiisKY, tbeliarnikr Ati k hais t ador tionuthe Court a St.-Petershurgh, ant the French At;;b;iss.rdor, Ge 6. wral ANDREOSSY, it is said, have not seen each Other since the inttitigepce or the l'oce i nor has the Prosbian Minister , net t.he. General. Bo sArden; has restored to General Da ZNSTROW property of which' he . had betm deprived ;11 , Po. land, i and several ottierianded proprietors said to Lave ,t) , .vn eqiialiy imam ,te. lie has also d s;ribktte4.' the foilowini e,tates to his Alirshals and 'favourite Generals . :—to Marshal - 11:) ? %rousT the Principality, of Lorisky ; to Marshal LASIIi ES,. the Principality; or Szertersky ; to M trshal NEr, the Princiraliq c't v Salausky ; to Marshal I3EaTnul K, two SilleO r e s i to Marshals MORTIER a i l BESSIRRES,. the GL'utlalg:' , i, SAVARY, SOUCHET,OUDINOT, DUpoNT,WAL TII"P' GROUCHY, MARCH AUD, BERTUASD, ST. HUARY, MICHAUx, and NmvsouTi, y4kious offices and places of emolument •in the newly Con tirtered cOunirieS, principally in ;he deortment UI , plotzky, ; to General FRIANo, appoinou the d evirtni ent ; Marshal S(iut,..r and Gene ral VICTOR, each a y . l , ace in tbittetorttnent of Po. na:tia t.) Generals ttottmo; LAnteosstErtE, no 4 Motmos,'oppointruents in the cleparapent of War , . saw , Th e t hr e e Poliih 7 1 1 1E11 A , ore ill yep► . min the starostcy Pr:lemsky; ai i t;enerais D. BRoWSKY and ZA,Yotiscusx', are to L.tve propvrty Worri ;a million of Prussian flOri , in wild quartet is not yet decided on. •1111•41••••••• TH ilxravrrioN.—Ewact from the .Tbetnai of an Officer : " Weenie, otf Copenhagen, Aug. 2'• fi We landed 18,000 men ori-Sunday, August i 6, about six Mile* from Ovenliagen, without any loss, the Danes not being aware rlt their The convoy of too sad of transports hove- in sight the same day in the afternoon, from the South, with g e t atttmre i aee e edede G cowifetio.lie e eldsr r icje:wa r . t ainyln an a:blbil l t ; t.:o 7 slenvty.ret i .ito o tiesrog n uhrtciA ; aearttilie t i nttrt i noichb e il re taal,etto::)i b l!)f: e :heat.r i acji n inciturtc,a l .strkr i tertal i ad, t si l nenp e ydtstelipot o i)wiee r tiirtro : ,Aat ) eAsu o ilicepad \ sram : ssi i iiisi r i ; rien : :::4 l :ll , of 7 rfo e mti? c ,en le i aie netu d, u, ' i f t o iyi r .s ' el a e ci e i u o ni n :ibw w oiat i with t s im i t n ati i k n oii g : s lgg o . ann cable'? we perceived the shells fiying.aitiong the tranhport: s On the 17th, at tj o'clock, we discovered Tr:lll'4on ff s tu cut them o: all the IlZt's.irtii6 11 the Fleet` Were Manned and armed, and' sent alter them : the Enemy took possession, of one Vessel belonging to Pverpool, but seeing our Blots advance, they fire to her and leftsh er , ,and Made their escape: ail.• hands were saved,from the Wreck'. Un the 18th a .Flag of Truce was sent from CcpenSagen tdthe Admii al for leave for the %VI Fatuily to quit the place, which w a s granted. In the afternoon the Gun•boats appreached aiong shore to annoy. the army, but were repulsed without doing Any mischief. In the 'evening they came out again: and a very heavy fire cornMenced bet,teen them an Otir Frigates, which did them flinch damage. M dark they, returned with eight boats only out of tour` teihr those Were obliged to be towed , in. c 6 now i iibout a . tnile in . the rear of with the advanced gu 3o, who are - flying in all diredious. ALTO. 19.."—We , are now pretty quiet : the " army i . eencenjoying theMselves, boiling their ket ,we are so near that' We can hear 'heat give the watch 7 word. A Akirinish took place Yes terday, in which our men took 40 baggage and Munition waggoits, Ere: , and one Danish Genera L t ; several were killed and wounded our loss was 09 1 Captain of •artillery':and.atew private:. Signal Jttisvtetsu with mortarsadetbittlloit i r large boats to provide se Ita Copenhagen, to nttiroa Tract: Port or run t h e consequence. We begin, hand the to bombard to-morrow,. the ships in front We c new troops in the rear of Copenhagen. tB,OOO men within a Mlle of Copenhigen tu,seui you good news 50011. We have fou Frigates in our Fleet taken."