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h no ethers at some farther dist dna In coin so, it is a matter of great delicacy, and. to be done with much leisure and caution ; yon„imnst give them other grounds of better qvalityi ~and well stocked with provisions fit for > use.,,,4rta.pay them money to get their consent lifmtrfae , the ex chimp. .You must particularly,44epare,- by bribe 7 ry or otherwise, to: get the sanellion of the head people, or your' slave's would probably get discon tented, and careless of their own property and yours,. andvely ruinous consequeices must, nsue when so partial a movement as this' requires somuch precau. Oen.. You will judge_ of the consequences of rt,r6o: 4noval of many miles into a new country and a. new , climate. Yon stated that.onr American Coloniea,were sup t ,plied from the United States with many of the same articles that. are exported front the United States to the West Indies have undetstood they are with lieur, and Other:articles of proiistPn. Are sugar estates, when theyare thrawn , up, ca. fable of.growing corn ?- 1 4.'es ; hOt it 'N.VilLcost ten Shillings-worth of labour to get half-a-crOWn's-worth -6f grain ; besides, almost every plantation raises corn tb supply itself; the only demand is for'the towns, and the. conversion of a very few sugar plantations to corn fields 'would gltit' the market. 'The common course of sugar cultivation hArnislies a'proeottion of manure every year ?—,:f very consi derable quantity. I.iop's it produce a greater proportion than the ca. ti;iation of cotton ?..-vNeither cotton , nor cofflie pro- ,Bice any manure at all. Do you know . , froth yotty„ general acquaintance with the island Uarnaiea, particularly, that there hits been of late yearsa very general distress among the Planters:?--I imagine there has been a very general drstreis within these last tWo or three years; many esttates 'not only do, not pay the contingencies,-and return no interest for the capital vested' in them, but even bring a than in debt, from his making sugar at a greater price than he Sells it for. You said many estates must makelOgar within the average,citnlity of the Island, what do you'.con 7 eeive the superablindande of low sugar in the market at present is owing to ?—I should - imagine the glut of,lew sugar is increased by the great importation froth thb Dutch Colonies. Is it. not, in any degree, pccaSioned by the growth of a partieular cane in the West India islands donot think it is ; it is perhaps increased by the ex travagant price sugar bore some few years ago, which Lansed . an increase of the ctiltivation ; all the best land was in 'cultivation before, and the high price induced'people to.take in 'lands pot .so, well caleu lated tbr the produtiion °flood : sugar. The new cane Las unddtibtedly ad led to the cwantity of . sugar made, but it has made no alteration m the quality.. I Mean lands which made good sugars saucier the old cane, make, where all circumslances.are . equal,' as good sugar under the new cane; the good and kind du tlitie ,sti 1, bear th 6 same proportion to 'elcl l .. other but the 'additional lands which have been tikep into c ultivOon upon old' plantations inaLe • frlor S'Ugat', the best landa having been previously occupied. . Though there might be a losl in the course of the fir 4 k.' years, it.' ii ikin a . conversion to cotton ~fuel by and bye 'might, not the cotton and the cZee platitai , n, converted _in that manner, mike a very good return fur the present, and apiple lands fur the previous. losses ?—.l think nett; it bO total loin to the•plar.ter, in the 6.:*, in- staid who tuide the change what might happen in ihe course of time to the person who bdught his. negroes from ,or frorn, his creditors:at "half *price # I cannot .say , 'for - sold they must be, if be li.td not other 'funds add other means than what .• arosi., out 'of his platitatioo.' .11.tticivtu...: Dublin. Dux-2, Dublin, 3 WAN( fOrd. (!onkols. W .' STOCKS tlll3 DA Y'AT aliktum - Pr• T'H E S U lIIOLLAI %Hi Uucai z lALSUM AUDIAT ? L _0 N 0 ~0 yhm4st, ptrlumazit 4, 1807. Tuts morning we received Hamburg 4 Papers of the 19th, 20th, and 21 st The, intelligence which they contain respeEting thenperations before Copenhagen is 'not of so late a date 83 that which we communicated to our 'leaders yesterday and the day before, It affords us, however, great pleasure o find that the Letters from Zealand, inserted in the Correspondmien, do ample justice 'to the charaeler of our Troops ; they state, that the most stria disci pline is preserved, :and that every thing. is poid for with the utmost punauality, A Proclaim!, Lion has been issued' for granting Letters of Marque against Eritish Vessels it is dated at Schleswic, the , it3tli of August; aand by etother Proclarnatinn, all English property in the. Danish Dorn - illions is placed tinder sequesfratiop: " It appears ,ther singular that the Danish Government should venture to 13611 C an Order for the seizure of British property, at a moment when thy,? Capital of Den mml,, is about to fall hairy , our bands, and affords a otrong proof of the confide - oce thvy , place iu our ho nour and forbearance. imellia . ence rem:boa Town t4is morning from Copenhign, an 4, as the wind ha 3 again become unfavourable, it k po:isible that a day or two may 'ehtpse before the w.‘.xt D;qiatc!let; are received. We undorqtand that it was not the 14(;rition of Lord CATIICA tIT to make his final Sammons to the ,Povernor of Copenhncrn until all Ins' Bit teries were finished, and the t . ,:oinpletOy ilp,csieti; This f-atlld not t .tfreaticl, as wc stated yestciday, till the 2 1 2 AL and tht: fmal summons svottlii prob Ably ha pazde previous to tht . ba 4 erie . f.'; tvlupb PEYMA!:N, the Governor, would feel himself justi -fied in surrendering; on this summons, or whether.hq may think himself bound in honour to def!enr:F the . - place" until a practicable breach is effe&cd, it is impossible to foresee. But whatever course be may pursue, he cannot protraet the of Colienhagen many -days. Those who blame . our. Commanders for not hairing landed the Troops, and taken possession of Copenhagen immediately, r.e.41 to. be ;very little acquainted with mili.: tiperationN. The disembarkation of- 30,000 . men, with all their heavy artillery, ammunitibn, &c. cannot be effected in so short a time as those Writer's 'seem to imagine ; and we cannot' suppose that they °think Lord CATHCART Qught to have Marched the Army, x‘;ithourt any artillery, against Copenhagen, which is surrounded by a strong wall, and by h broad wet ditch. The" Dispatches which were received yesterday and Wednesday will, We understand, .be published in the Gazette of to moirow. • ; II P. more the Public consider the . PrOclamation. issued by the Conduetora of our Expktion Den-'. mark, the nthre they will have reason to be satisfied, with the•measures 'which , the British Government have adopted on this occasion. It was impossible .for the most friendly: Power to en i ipiO form of proceeding than has charaaeris94 the whole of, this interesting and impo - Ftatit Measure.. It is well knos.vn that BEttruirYt-ra, has inter course with the Danish Government, and every thing was to be apprehended from French artifice, in timidation, and ; Promises. In the situation of Den Mark, she. could not avoid' falling into the hands of France or of Gre4 Britain. From ,France she could only expect a hollo'iv and delusiVe appearaneCoffriendship, which might terminate in hir"totat:o - kolltrow. - Frorn . Great Britain -, she• was sure of liberal protection, and of ample reparation when all danger was at an end.. The very mode in . .which our Cornmanders are conducting th6fie mea sures, which the useless resistance of Denmark' has unfortunately rendered necessary, pikes this Country in a light:in . the highest degree ho nourahle, and which Wants no addiAC'nal inStre from la-comparison _with the hostile proceedings of Fran'ce, 'wherever she may dire& her operations. Fa.frem resorting to thosemeatis which the usage of I,k 7 a,tfare•rnight justify, it is the aim of on.r doth manders to prevent as much as possible all blood shed,' attd.,to.treat the Panes. as misgoideci . friends, whom Great Britain. was anxiously disposed to lake under hei,proteetion. • In every point of.vie,wthen, • Great Britain is fully justified .in the part she is a6l - andindeed she could net, have dcitiC otherwise, without a criminal inditference to the fate:of an old Ally, and a'lnost contemptible difiregard Of what Was due to own.salety. Tile 'removal. of our 'troops 'from Stralsund has • atlorded 'an opportunity for a' Morning, paper which is at all times ready to give useless-advice and un founded reproof, to observe, that the KiNo.of Sw e- DEN must have depended' on thoie treopti an of 'cotirse has seen them withdrawn from his , se vice with dinpprohation. We are glad to have it iii our , power to relieve- the anxiety of the 'Writer i on .this point, assure him, that the X. 1140 of. Switlnti is very well satisfied .4 ith our presettt,govercuient,. whatever reason he.may hai , 6 had, in.coturbon with dthei- Powers of •the Continent, to - 'be cliidontented It .with ,an Administration more disposed to naake speechea than to adopt meas ures . ca l cu l ate d to serve :Country aud support the interest of our Al- lies. • , A Messenger was, sent oft' last night from: the Admiralty with dispaichs- for Admiral (SAAB t4a. The British -Army employed in besieging Copen hagen exceeds 30,000 men. Lord Cg'iticiat had ordered a battery with, tit) , piecps of heavy cannon to he „c:realed opposite, to one point of the town,, and,the firp from this battery Was to open ora the ',23d An Ordt:l7 Was sent to the Custom-house, yester day, to lay an 'embargo on all vessek hound- to the dominions ,of Denmark,, either in the Baltic or on the coast of Germany. Adtnjral DRVRY ,suCCeeds .Sir TttomAs TROD.. BRIDGE in . thii l ComMand in the Bast' Indies. • (7.;LbrartAL IlaNutosuN.-:-We have taken occasion tno . a than since to. advert 'to the reports which are c0..;0 1 .;.it,c,l on the Continent against the chara6ter of tli;Ctplicer, and to express our total 'disbelief of theln. Indeed - those reports are in themselves sQ c o n I rid i4pry, that they are not likely to obtain much credit in any quarter. ,At one time it is insinuated ti he was, not proof against French ,intluence, and' that. the hattle r of Friedland was,lost : . by treachery ;. at ,anothe'r,,thafpe loft the battle in obedienCe to private direi4ons from the Russian S'enalc., , Such charges are ,not likely to make much impreisi99# particularly when , Josupported by even a .shadbw of proof. As long as General BEN NIGSEri had the sole command of the Rossiati Army he sue eeded in of feetually stopping the vitc.torions career of the..Frencli, and even obtained decisive advantages over them. The dita4ters that marked theeloseot the.cainpaign,, we•have strong, - reason to believe, would hove been aVOided if ti'vneral liiNNtos*ir had been 411Y:red t o urotit owo plau of operlql9llV w 4" 4.1.1444i17.4.1' .1 V J Ad 4Y %Vora. .-Sa4.Es 'itric, AUG.. 1 9 .—Proclithation touching the granting of Letters of Marque, on account. 4 t,il i o 1 present, War between Denmark and,Etigland.v, ~ ~ ', , " Whereas, by his RoYal ,Majesty's Specie tj -: mind, under date of the : l7th instant, We, the.. r. t?.r.', dersigned; are authorized by his Royal Highness the: ~ . • Prince Royal, as'Gos'ernor-General of the Duchies, . . , of Schleswic and liolstein,_ on account of the pre sent War between Denmark and England, to .grant Letters of Nt mine agitinst blillritanntii Majesty's Ships, and all 40 . 411511 'property found at sea, there fore We do hereby give public notice thereof; in or der that all whom it may concern, may . know where they have to apply for that purpose. Given mu our Castle of -Gottorf, the tptli August, 1307, . : •' I " Cutottzs Prince of Viessrl; 4 , Governor' Field: Marsll2l,4Gl : ' "G. MSTENAINAN." . i .. . (11a7n,lyr,g1! correspondenteil, .4118.,.,2y.) . . . COPitiliAgEN, Aug. 18.- 7 9 n the, 16th mst, in the 'morning,' the English • landed .several thousand men, bear Wisbeck,, three, miles from this They.afterWards, advanced and,occupied, yesterday,. tlm.,castle of Friedricksburgb and the environs of the• Capital. The suburbs are as yet unoccupied . Obrlight•Chasseurs . sallied forth against them, And a,skirmish ensUed,in . which some 9441 v.ore wound ' a anboth sides,. and some English.prisoners were brotight in. The English pay for . all nrticles they receive, and observe the striCtest, ')trhe !kat Fleet returning from 4ugen hove !Ist night ip• and came to anchor opposite .our lines , .of defender' • • • A cannonode began yesterday' •' and.l6ll,•T continues.. Our . Gun-boatS took yestetitiy,o 7 O their Transports, and burned one The gran,d.Eng lish Fleet is still lying at anchor; • two miles frotb this city, on account Of the 'dead calbs;- • aiid still c0i1... tinnes. t ~ .~ ~ Our ramparts are now strongly manned, and it is the general opinion here the town has nothing , . to fear. SIX oicLoCK AT NIGHT.,,-sipce tvto ticlock the firing in the Rpkid had ceased, hut now surnersdat- tered shots are again fired. The English form entrenchments at Oc s , burgh, -, h burgh, the summer residence of the Royal Familx, half a mile distant from this town. Provisions are very plentiful here. The Gates are shut.—(Hanzt: Cur. Aug. 22.), ANOTHER LETTErt •FROM COPENHAGEN, '4UG. 18. Oh the 16th inst. after•the .English had effeaed a landing, Geheral PhYIIANN issued the following , Proclamation : a Whereas hostilitie,s baie been commenced' by the En tt ,tilish therefore I herewith declare, by 'His - Royal Majesty's warrant, that all English property is herewith sequestrated ; all such property of any '4escriptiOn whatsoever, whether money or goods, is therefore immediately to be declared at the. Police Office Of this Capital. All persons Who c6nceal English property, or do not obey these ordeik shall be consiieted as traitors fo .their Country." On the iqth inst. a slight /talon took place tween our troops and the' Bnglish, and during the night seven prisoners were brought in. Yesterday the. English approached the,town within halla mile distance, when an /talon ensued, in which seve ral Danish Artillerymen were wounded. Our Governor issued yesterday the following Pro clamation ".Fif-LOW CITIZENS, " A second time,the British GovernmeOt Viatate4 the law of nations, and , disturbs our peace—a! se- con time do we:see the t:,'apital attacked. in -a , tree chetouS. enannet=. - Otir Enemieg have chosen the period Vulie4 im . ethien in arms are absent to se , cure the peace of theComo try. But they have tuba.' . .calbulated our' strength and Means of defence', They hive . 'forgotten thatwe are insf,' irtci and anitpated by the genius of FREDUPCK. " Fellow Citizens---I ant entruite.d with. the ho nourabletilik-tbr-.oard- our hOinevatizi honour, and to tight with you. ,It is, with rapture I witness ardent love of our country, and your courage. 'You .need no encouragetuva. J aal convinced that our dear Prince lioyal,, when he rejoins us, will not dis own us, PRYI4ANAi. 9 ' 4, Citadel Frieclrichafeu, Aug. J 7, An English Ship has been discovered in °mast full of gun-poWder and other combustibles. ' The defence of our Port consists, besides the Three Crown Battery and Tocsin Batteries, of -the Battery of Provestein, which is formed by the Block-ships Edep4anten, Capt, Docicust,- Persund, Capt. GERNUR, and WilhelmineCarolitie, CaPt.Vot.i ohs, the flock-ships, Ildurn Capt.WIESGEL ; the Frigate I't. Thomas, capt..LieUt. STRP.RANSaIi; the Bomb.. vessels Hagen, Capt.-Lieut. LILMNSKIOLIZ, Su'any. .fit ken, Capt.-Lieut. Ica.usp, Lindermen , dapt.-Lieut: HoLEtpoß9, krampa, Capt.-Lieut. AnCIIRLADE the Floating liattery, No. !, Capt.-Lieut. Jour;; T h e Gunboat 4dencfe , ilrendulq, IVi4org dud Lava:m(l l. four Bomb-vessels, and ten Gunboats. ,•. • ll 1 i, iA iv '0 also effe&ed a landing on the bland of Am,*.— (11amburgll Correspond Aug. 29—) fiAMBURGH, AUG. 21.—There is now no doubt I tliA'tig 'French : Will soon enter Holstein, as the _oriis o 'the Prince of Ponte Corvo (BERNAnorrE) expeEled here "thel s .3th "or . .e.,?8q1. This Corps con sists of about i 5,000 men; but it is said that tins Crown Prince is resolved to maintain his neutrality - - by force, and will not, suar the French to enter !Holstein. , • - • COPENHAGEN, AUG. 18.—Since the landing of the English upwards of 20 spies have already been ap• prebendal, some dressed as peasants, and others in womens' clothes. Yesterday the English`commenc ed in the Road to bOmbard the Castle and Threit Crown Battery. Their bombs are of the same de scription as those of the ed of April, 1801 ; that is most pitiful, most of them burst in the air. Our Fleet of Bomb-vessels vos gut this morning, and, has done (hell' considerable mischief : We ate in high spirits, and entertain no doubt of theft' being', defeated. They were allowed to land undisturbed, in order to surround and destroy tbern.--,(Ham. .Correspond. of Aug. t 2.) ' KUL ? AUG. 20.—Copenhagen ks, we understand, in a very respetlable state of defence. General CARSTERSICIOiD has turned the flank of the Ehglish with a corps of 11,000 Regular Troops, besides, Militia; they are conseqbently betwesen two Ares, and a battle ciannot be avoided... The Mail-I,y;ggon from Copenhagen wa4,. an: thq • 16th inst. detained by the English in the Belt,. but 'o ail the'articies in the Waggon nothing•wastalten.. o i4urgh Orresi d. At - Avci. 20: 7 -The Princo, .Royal has . • given orders rather to btirri the Fleet in . case of extremity; than tcistiffer it to tall info' the'hands of the-Etiemy. "When - Mi. JACKSON, it is said, gave him twelve hours to take his final resolution; 4e did not employ so many seconds vs positively rejtain4 his propoiiiions. • • The 'King:ii;a4acconipanied its his irssage Over the Belt by Adjutant-GeneralLts'nflopf, w!io, by virtue.ofhis office, 'arttindshis NlajestY on !inch oc,- ,Tbey pasted .fiorn.2,c3land. to Fulmen in the night, between the if:th and 13i1). • Mr: JACK.. . . SOI4 was'at the same time crossin . it, Several English Shipi tif l qar mere in sight, ai d an Otfl c from a Frigate came on board to search tpe Yacht. - 'The Kitig and _Prince. Royal were .no t known: The Office/ sebnied scarcely t - ko B,v bo w to d 61,. not whether the: Nations were to :he consi tiered as at peace or at war; and M. - Liwpu % 01,, completely Misled him, by Corning on deck in his Audjutant-Generals uniform, talking of accommo dation and satisfaeVym, requesting to be taken on board the English Frigate, to whioh he went; -ac companied by two Adjutants of the Prinee - Royal, who gave tbernielves out as Officers on furlOugh re turnini4 to their, regiments. The Sovereign and the. Prince were thus saved from falling into the hanc4 of their enemies by the presence of mind of their', attendants.-. (Hamburgh Co - rrespondenten, I .) ir ° FRONTIERS OF POIIRRANIN,' AUG. 18.--Yester7, day the French .opened, their. trenches hetbre Stral-.„ FRANISPOitT; AUG. -is now confalentlyl asserted that a 'neW Kingrloin will beeretlo ;utidec • the title of the Kingdoin of Franconia. The Principalities of Bayreuth and Bamberg, and,. according to "some, also Anspach and Nuremberg, will be the principal constituent parts .of th s king dom. It appears most probable, from many reasons, .that his Imperial Highness the Qrand Duke of • • Wurzburgh will be the new King of Fr. i iuconi 4 Bavaria will receive indemnifications' in an9t ll o quarter. Oni E c x e P r E g 7 ..b l o cl a m rd r .. ° th T e n that gun and . -mortar batteries were 'then I , j'ePar it) g Fleet,l3A LTzi.e—,d,Alll,!,e2ttleirt fromsiat l e tz in the rear of the Crown -Battery of Copenhai.cn that a general meeting of the Cammili,cling Lind and Sea • Oaicers was to take place on inai day.; altd that the grand attack was expected to phic , f iti about three or four days. The writer did not enter ,tain a•doubt of the final success of the attack. hot `be ..xpresses a fear that, from the time given to the Danes to make preparations, it will not bc. accom-. plished without considerable loss on both side , Letter from 'an OffiCer of the Mw's, dated 2gcl Of August, Six o'clOck, P. M. states, that Gimeral `,bAIRD% Brigade was the first That landed, Sir ARTHUtt AVELL'esi.Ev's the second, and General :SreNctat's the third : that an the 19th there was some skirmishing, in which the Danes lost, ab. ut 40 men, and we al So a few ; and that, at the !nu - . tnent of writing, there 'vas some hard fighting- 1 M Danes .dispating,every inch of ground, burretreat ifig.—Another private .(,otter received by a chant in the City, says, the Danes had offered to give up their Fleet if our Troopawould reetnharki which was retused. A loi.tdy of our cavalry', ab . )" l, 90Q, cut off a considerable number of Danish Mi litia, about to. enter Copenhagen. - - The German Legion were reviewed yesterd.iy O' Blaak-beath. • Their Royal Higline,ses toe Doti.es of I—'. RENCE and CAMERIDGE Were pre:ellt., T % ,„: r , HOPNER, WI) 0 brought Ow last divpaT:ies from Admiral GAMBLER, is one of the sons 01 Mr• ilotriEil, the Artist, and by al, accounts be is dis tinguished by hereditary talents.