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in; I °tee, it is true, but preserving the digni'y of his .charaaer : and thus Ernie, while she .reared hi; trophies in-every land, forand rnateri4ls for his glury, 113 less in his det"eats than in his vi6lories... MyruatnArtts, and PETER I. concur, therefore, a.nidst-their ,varions fortunes, to teach .us, that the loss of-6 . iittles is not the gieatest evil which can befal princes and pe41 , .., when the fortner have the address. in itheir disJsters,.to preserve tile digniiy of u great cluiratter.. lii this light, the lr:;5 of the battle of Friedland is riot a.caldmitykir : .it.iAprOper, however, to inquire, whether the treaty which folio,wed it, not prove an evil, n'thoinslinclitillies 11)1)1.9:disastrous than the loss of twenty haiilA, unless Russia shoulto' find, in the successor. nt:_ rt:a I. chose immenso . resources, of which his vircus, :ma his popularity, authorize the expe6ation : resources---of %o,icifthe'• result will be, to furnish himself 'Ac ith tne means of resuming those principles which appeal have be .•n lost sight of tier a moment ; ,ancl"to teach rnankind,, that,' with 'a great charader, and a pro- • plc like this, inexpiable errors in policy cannot pos sibly exist. With this objea in view, we shall now proceed' to OXilltllOC the tre4ty . signed ',at Tilsit, on the Bth of July, 1807. (To 1e continued.) &JAILS. AzittyLn—l Li4bon. Gottenbutgh, 2 Dublin,, 2 Wmelord. PRICE OF sTocKs Ili IS , I.)A y AT TweLve O'CLOCK. Offnikir; - ronit)l6 i pr. T H E SUN. I.OL . EM QUIS PICERE TALIUM AODLAT ? L 0 N'D 0 N, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBIiIt , 8, 1807. Yesterday seVeral L, tters were received in towu from Holland, dated the 3d inst. which state, that our batteries Opened against Copenhagen on [he 23d ult. and that :the pl,'lce surrendered on the I;Mb. We . are strongly inclined to credit this reptirt, - bec.luse vOe know that the 2:3& was the day'fixed f the att iek tiPan . the Crown Batteries, and CoMmence ment of The cannonade on the, land si.le : and it vas obvious that the place could not be relieved, and , Of course iilust Surrender' in a Alert ttne„ .we think it highly, probable that the Geveruor w.auld not ob. stmately persist in attempting to defend it, and use lessly expose the inhabitants of a populous capital to the horrors of a'botnbardtpent. Government had not any odicial Dispatches from Zealand when this is qper . was put to press. , Mr?t-rra who recently came with intf>ll;, e , -xe from the British Commanders at Denmark, is Lack with Dispatches, from Lord MI4.GIAAVg, T..vra CAiTIAIISAGII, and Mr. CANNING. • L.m.Yr. -night - Paris. Papers to the 29th ult. and Dutch to the ith in•st.. reached town, from which we Nate rnaite copious extra $, as they are more; in wre,ting 111.01 arose which have lately reach ed us,' The , Addr6hs h'ch Were - presented - to iluN.ArAtei is k the Senate and •the ihtplate are, as might naturaly have - been expede.l, full of . the . 4 0 Most setvile,,il,.ttery, fie js (tripod not the Con queror, but theracificator of Europe. Paris is no longer termed 41t.',11)jt;ii of he Frerich Kro'pirC,but du:Grind Capital of t:to Wor,d,; an:l the 'I hrooe which .has been establi-led there-is said u be,the Throne which governs all Europe. Whether the. : French ciao% iciindwiedgc.! the.EalperOr .111 SarOpea!),SUVerOgll, or not, we ,tIO not know, hut me should stiPpoe that in, IMperial Majt:stY walk! vot be much pltased with the lan i gnage of his new n"r would be easily induced to acknowledge t::at the rrnrutie established at Paris is the unewincit goveros all Earopi. The periOdical. - e;tposition of the state of France,. which 'the. French .GOvern rnent have for- some time been in the habit of publishing,. 'is confined a great degree to the detail of internal improvementq, which are . enumerated with great minuteness. Roads have. .beta repaired; canals cut, bridges erected, &c. bat it contains very few observations upon the shbje6t . of fore4 , ,n politics : it, concludes, as usual, with an at tack upon this country. , The account of the Surrender of Stralsund is isou firMesi. It appearsthat, the .1(1NG of •SwitpEN, ins that it Was . impra:ticable to: defenti the place much longer, witlylrcw with the whole of the G.irrison to Itugen. pen. BRUNE dicf not knoW of this event until a Depuotion of the Inhabitants came out f the City to solicit a clipittilation. It is formally announced in the Monileur, , that the KING of SWEL/B/1 ", shall never main set root in Pornerania." It appears that just at the time tht: r Etton of 11ub514 was signing the Peaty his "ylc Q cs fnd Armies - were gaining adoutages over the I:tirks but that extraordinary Trewy h 45 ail hi, victories of no yetiterdff the vaclets by .. the East,inch Fleet were opened - at the East-India Sitio, by which we hive recejvcd the fol lowing shipping intelligence The Union. dapt. MACINTOSH, and the 7 1 / a tildq, Country Ship; arrived at•Makifas the II th . March.' 'rite follo w lag Ships, ont‘Vard-bound, had arrived, on the 22c1 March, in lat. 16. N. long. "27. Castle Eden, Captain Colnett ; Conine/land, Fatter; True Ittitoo, CI ; Sealeby Castle , t.ach ; NottinAtiain, 4111 p cit; it 11111;i1; litairy Addington, Y.:Wya tt., ; Cutinet is, Welnank ; Rtid .Admiral Qatititer, b.. id. The Lord Duncan, BA A 151ida • City of London, YATES ; Me/C(4i, ISA CK E ; and ilaring, CA II N G 1 ; outward-bound, were spoke with the «ISt May, oft the! Ciipt. of GoOsi Hope.-411.we11. ' • The Northumterland, ItAtivcocx, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope the Ist of Ju n e, a9th,v;ls to:§ad for St. Helena the 10th. • . • .; F,B.ot.i . .ruz MADRAS GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JAN. 22 Tfit - :Ship James DruMniorid, Capt. JoksisTaur, Capt..MioNHA'as„. have . arrived , at Tranquarar from the - lila; of France, after a very expc,iitions passage.i.. Intelligence received by this cyuveyanCe is act,ellowS The Cann! Frigate was in' Port ; the Sethil la nle an Piedmon tese, with-two - ed at seas, but ;the prizes, itp.y 10(1 1 ,111346 to the numbor of ta, had evaded-the . vigilance of the Bpi tish Cruizers, and had • got into Port . . ;-Ttle ja*s Drummond was sold for tl,OOO dollars. Thecoastingyade of the French Islands• had .hren seriously interrupted by the British cruisert, andftie diStress of:the inhabitants in the article, et rice pro-. • portionally considerable ; but very large: . supplicsiaf., beef and flour had been imported by American 63 of which, outward-bound, had 'arrived at' the Mauritius within 3p 'days. The Markets at the Isle of France for Indian goods were very ,unfavourable for all articles but- indigo, which was, in considerable demand. There was no Court of Aldermen held to-day, brit the LoinMporon ordered Bread to continue at the same price as last week. . • SUnday morning, about seven o'clock, a foot-rip.e took place jn the City 7 rOad; Tor 10 guineas, between Rice, a waterman, and James, a drover. Ihe dis tince agreed upon was ten. milec .At starting James was the' favourite ; but the superior strenoli of Rite soon convinced the 'admirers of this sport that he nnaq ultituately be triumphant.. For the first, five miles they kept nearly abrealt;• witl,out seeming exertion: Oh entering into t lie2 l ixth;• they increeA their. speed, with scarcely any cafe:Mice f9i• a ; at the end •ot which James seeilied ois fiesscd, gradually • losing gnami, and suUred his competitor, u‘th ehi,e, to he,ict him: he; however, p ‘ ,9 se , ered.another inky-. but finding himself incapa ble cat continuin4 the cotheit longer, he resigned the paltii to Brice, Who to thten,miles io 50- minutes.. A per , ,,a undeitaKen to go 40 illi!es tour hours, at Ne.vinack., dung the October Meettng: great be' are depending, aid great hOpes are enter- Wine(' of huccess. Ab.an. fourteen years ago a rmn to go 1 0 miles, at the same t O lee; in one hoUr, ~ vnieh he performed with appar , !ht ease. Earl GROSS' 4guk w as one of the principal betters ()Li the occasion. .FACIRAORDINARY St, n.---A match was• Made aganist tim, some time since, by Mr. Wedderborne. Webster, v, web excited a good deal of speculation, and the r -iult f which has struck the cogimitcotti with . it.sto.iisliiiiont. Mr, Webster node:took for a wager or 600 guineas:, to ride a favouthe horse, property; trom Ipswich to London; a distance of 70 utilt s, in'tlie short space of five hours. The juu of t!ie power of horses Considered' the wager a a,cer tain Joss/ and. Consequently the odds ran high against the perterinance. Yesterday morning, at an" early hour, Mr. Viebster,.. p oommenced- his.iourney fruits Ipswich, and thesporting circles lined road from the 'metropOlis, anxiety newer having been more strongly excited. The animal run the lith:2o tniles in 'one hour and-ten minutes, when the rider •halted for a few .miimtes, and gave the 'horse a portion of. wine and' water. The animal- bid to perform. 14 miles an hour:at starting, - and it kept on at a running 'rate the whole of the distance. Whitechapel church was the extent-•of the journey, at which place the horse and . his rider arrived' In „four htiurN minutes, having..perturniect-Oe journey kit 10 mutes less, than the given :time. W. •rnies , ationt 9.it, ht, Ntipu 4QO g saucing by ilt;ng the 70 Mites - in ;4 rhours a month .since. ' • ININIAc.-o --n Wednesday se nnignt Wall Very tiF4poCAZlblydreSsqtt in black,an.l.!..ith Much the appeal. • of a i:lefitleinini, itNii:en at .the door of • the c.-Itieen?s Palace to 5. dL tr ii A KESBU it v, at the time the Kiti: . o ,was Court, l'he cicittlemen. in 'waiting, and I Lee Odious irs.attemdance, pt t • vented. him 0 Ce,ttr,c trusts going into.the Paiscet' 'weie IcsilLTIS for stran6ent to .t aft in at Si. jaibes's 'Leo, and that' that. ‘vas not a proper. 1.1.,c see , it the .ivlitostets. lie said he had corresi (awed v. to Lord liavwxEsto.RY, and waii.i,:ry welt to hint, and had come fru,n Scolidnii to arr ith l.ortislitp a plan, which he had' forme's:. for raisii ! g 20,000 Seal11011p . : 20,000 budaleti, :rl,l procurin..; 10,000 sloops. The mato , t r unzte man said tie been tirtiiking I 0 pints of Madeira, anu smoiikoig tobacco, cunt lie wciit away qui oy, on being informed Ilia the Secretary of StaitA' Office to is the proper place to see Lord IlAwtusfstio S that time he has been ex tremelv-troubles nice by his itoptications ot the Secre-' tory of State . .s Otlicti, rting to 1,0;d 1-lAwicizs livax and Mr. tiEcti.e:c, th brunet Secretary of State. He has hkcwise,neen. tw.ce Wtnilsor, and endea voured .to get an intti s ote w with the King, , for the purpose of pre-ruling him with a sworn', which he .ays is very valuable, and .belonged to the'Kng of Prussia. Sayers, the ?haw-street Officer, having been sinceem.loyed to trace out ho he is, he proves to very respectable Gentiernan, from, - Glasgow, the late Principal in toe firm of Boyd and' Bell, of that City. ;On his friends to London - unter- • takirg to send hlin home, he has not . keen taken into custody. At_au early hour on Sunday morning ; the.house of Mr; ST.C.NE, at Viiliers-stieet, in the Strand, wii; 1);01,12 opcn, and - robbed _of 'plate, • wearing apparel, and ptlia property to a considerable atrionnt. - The V 11.! licis had cut a hole in the ' - pannel of.. the.strect door, by. which theans they were noted to teach the lock and bolt, and admit themselves into the botlse. N AVA L NEWS: PORTfiNtotrrit; SEPT. 7. The- Cep/We/v:110g; which saitett Oil Saturday torn this Port for Lisbon, with Mr., GAMI3JER,..ti day put back to Sptthead, 'haying sprung ber foremast in a gale of wind. Arrived the Recovery, LE MESURIEIt, from Jersey; 4.ssex,‘ROUNDMEE, and' Two Friends, RaYiroLns, from-Sunderiand.. Sailed the FriencLc, RIYNOLDS, and Reward, CLIFF S ibe Sunderland. FALMOUTH, SEPT. s.—Arrived this day the Pau* , 'art• , • Yina.and .Persevet;ance Tenders, from Plymouth, for , Liverpool and Limerick ; the Prince of Wales Packet,- TODD,' with Mails from Lisbon, 13 days passage; sailed from thence in company "W4lChis Majesty's Ship Niger, 32 guns, for Gibraltar..—The Lively Frigate, and , Townsend Packet, were lying in the Tagus. Three Portuguese Line-of-battle Ships are repairing' for aea, said to be in • consequence of a demand made by Spain to that Government for ten Sail of the Line. The intelligence of the failure of Awl' Troops at Buenos Ayres .appears to , be untbund red ;„ no such accounts had reaciied' Lisbon. The enibAlto oh 'the Portuguese' V esselsin French Ports . k..;1 Lisbon.riot,o The Dover, of over, (Smuggling Cutter) hav- ' in , on tyirl'4o cisks of brandy, bin and rum;*four hog4heads cif tlybiatio, and a great nuitiber of illegal casks, was sent in . yesterday' by' his Majesty's Ship' //qinher o lB wai.frOM Guernsey, 'Saki to botird to LNhon. . . . , l'he 41/biwz Cutter is arrived jtete:frbm Plymouth,. 10 give instructions to the out \Varri'Nessels fur LiS• b,,a and Gibraltar.. . Sailed a 'Fleeol Coasters, under convoy of thp Morristown Armed Brig. `~""~ DEAL, SErr. 7.—Arrived the Tr l usty, of .b 0 guns,. the Nike. . - • the' Trompeuse and Kangaroo Sloops ,of .Ind.Bloodki)unil Gun-brig on a Crutz,e ➢ pnd .11iinkey Guti-i)r.g for the .Nore. Saiiea thiJ morning the Diligence and Swift tait India Pilot Yachts, with the homeward-hound East linhamen for the River. BRIXHAM atIAY',ISEPT. ti.--Arrived the Channel Flvet, under tlw ceturuatid of Aditural Lord GARD. Nkfi; from tlieWest ward. GRIMSBY, SEPT. G.—The Prince William armed, Ship is this moment coating into the Roasti, convoy from the Baltic. the &ntir brig, with a few Sliiiyi, , lnder coirioy, Cor Arrived the Zwort Br;g, • Lietti.-Szin alb() a rew Sail for the River. DIST,R.I;;IJTI • t) IL v. ;vION To the t Pilicers ;.li,,jeats is ship in i asi l ig, Fur lie C, t lutf 1,1 the Frani, is:, :S., : . .ne (:11) tittect a . . t I Sil l , t.thalt, . 1,1 p 11 1 )) Wia t !IC !Mg A1.1.1044L, att.t ( ; ,:s Ma.• )esrf'a hired ; s r:hpship MercAtot in's%ht , , t 1 the 'St,: 5...T -trinbef, 1, the . ptoeceds of the inst. at Ni.. 76,, (. rear KLlt!SL7ll , treet, 0100t1tbAir)..,9tlitie, and 1.. - A ttit, c yciirs ac 4,•atlie TOVIIe tjeSty is G6n.brig Hasilislc., fur ItI4.!CdPOI44.LOU Lie s ,. t:te t,t Al7frl, t Oda (tit.t.'r am Sill r.. f .t(i, ‘N•4:(I.. hesday itliti benve,:tk .11:11 thrcr, at No. 9, New Itoti,t-strect tor three'i , r. , ,,, ,i>. 'to the r , his M.,je..tyis Ship Plover, for th_ re4.—pc:fe ut the „ Siti V 4,41 tot ilte JalllC on L00,ti , ,, I.lli k VIOVeI i/riival tu port, mitt every We k lneAai fur tittLe ai Lu‘kye.l%, Office, On Friday tl , e 4th of . Septemb2 M r, inst. a Court- Marttal was Asset-U, don board the Salvador tlel Mundu, Pfyrn'ou , h - Harbour, in or:ler to try Capt. ZACHARY ;NitjllGE, 11 , s Majesty's Ship Phcena, 00. cl I,irgel . *exhibited :11;,:titist Aim by a Mr. Jortrz. Tnomr.sosi, who was la.e Parser of the. said Ship, and sk as oroki: . try the SeHHIH:e Of a: Court Martial,. and rendered imapable of VII' serving - in . hi; Jesty's navy again. Tho Court, atter the most tiii ,nyte'inve-itigai ion, found, the charges. malicious ;and utifoUnded, and therctore old most fully and ,iro nonaoly acquit tne said Captain .ZACtifit:Y :AUDGE and every part ot 'the 'charge; exhibited .zainst hint. 'The 'President, Si' JonN I.mcnwoirrits, then delivered to;t_ipi •Nludor. his sword, with.a %cry appropriate spe.,'O, liim what satisfaction it ,gave h Court to ti to an Winer, who had so well earned taine and honour, that sword, which he, as well . as the oilier Members, were well Ss mired wool t .be useit but itt hotioniable l eo .oho' a eittencew . as•given on th , : prose cutor's own evidence,' . Captain'iNludge trot CAi:llg a single person. A rcry serious battle took place. oil Thursday last, between the female gleaners and their children, anrountiikg to near 1 . 00 persons, of 14'elthorpe and ii Swanton, 'one party ci,cehing the other nazi en croached upon their boundary. From' words they proceeded to blo A s, and after three hours bard light-. .in g, in 'which one woman'hat.l hereoliar, and ano ther. her jaw-bone broken, and many . were severely I.vounOed,, they were dispersed by. the farmers, out not hetote every part of their dress .was litejally torn to 'ribbons, On,Wertnesday Mr.Pilgrirn, the Watch-house. It(v.per of St. Martin's Parish, was , fisiiing in a boat Putney . Bridge; in the ai.it of pushing oif the boat Ile,uutortunately tell Overboard. A tisherrnatvwho was near the place, put off to his assistance, and on his ,risinn caught hold of .him and rescued him,;-- Althotigri. the accident had nearly proved fatal, it, produced , considerable' mirth among sonic •of the I )e4ators,' when they saw Mr. Pilgrim rise out of the waier with a cocked hat, wig, and spedacles. remarked • that he had gone under water to look ior fish with his glasses. THE EXP2D 710 N. Extraft of a Letter from an Officer on tyor. l Pincher, off Copenhagen, dated Aug. 17 :—‘. Oar troops.hegan to land yesterday morning at four at Wibeek, about ten miles from Cop, n .llgen, aird* before two o'clock we had fourte:.n . • ai 0 " • - • thrtfiandlindecl, and on their march towards their Capital, without the lent opposition ; there were also. landed that evening several troops of artillery and regiment of dragoons, who also began their march, towards'the main body of the army before sun-sets. The chief of our employment has been this day in: landing the heavy artillery and three regiments of bore.' The Danes- have just set fire, to a large ship, supposed to be one of ourtransports, and took ano- • ther brig with their row-boats, it being a perfeet. calm ; but I 'must leave off here; as there is's breeze sprung up, and 'my signal out to weigh and stand attertheEnenay. " AUGUST 18.--I shall now endeavour to go on, and it I can finish it before the cutter sails, I will. send it, as it . will be giving.you alt account with the; first dispatches, after hostilities having commenced with this county, which was delivered to me, this' morning. I shall hero inform you, that your huni. hl4..servant has had the first of the anion, • which -coittrnenced - last nigh with a number of the enemy's gun-boats,elose in shore, assisting-their troops in an attack on. the left wind of our army, and they were soon turned into their harbour: - I 'ha - ve - had One shot through the head of. my rudder, which has t.tt. •tirely disabled it, and it is now' repait•ing on boar 4 his Majesty'S Ship Centaur ;--ao other shot struck IX and I,believe none on board any of the, rest of the . Ve - sSels; ~hut, I • understand' there is a Lieutenant of Mtill'ety r lilleduit Shore, and several Wounded " Prince is to have given orders thiCihotild the. Fleet be likely to fall iota our hand 6; the:Whole were to be set fire to ; and even the avid arsenals were te . share sgne.late., " It is . also said that ihe *bole - of the Shipping lateiy built by tire -Dane.; *as at- the expence Franc, and iutended-fpc her use. • '." ibc,only person wounded onboard The' Cotzus is th9.:Ptiot. The Captain of the banish Frigate had'not fair play, for the Conrus fired two sheisfor'his one ; I hope the whole of them will ba• of the same.opinion, I saw a -great number of the EneMy's horse" running up and down the fields after the Pang ceased,' without tlmir ridert, and they mast have strferod greatly, awl I am of opinion that they will !AY stand it long ; however, there will be plenty of work for me for every day now till v it is given up. As I found the Cutter was not to sail last everting, I , therefore- did not clOse my letter . : I have now to inform you that another a6tian has taken place this morning, August the igth , , .but cannot inforin you of the result, as there are no boats 'yet 'lion our Army." • QUICK is enjoying the salubrious' breezes of llrighton, ,in such health that he will probably bt..: tq:upted•to exert his adMirable comic powers in the Theatre .at that plate, in order to conclude the sea- SOD with due 'eclat, when the benefits are over. A dreadful:storm of thunder and lightning ‘1.14 experienced .by the inhabitants of Essex, las' Friday, the ravages of which are viiible in almost every hamlet: The Mack-yard of Elval.' \Vogl), of was set on fire by the ughtning . , iO in i d b l a h y i: ..t p o r g o e d t u h c e e r o ‘ t v ' i : 1 6 1 O ba a r e n izs s U ta f b r e r i 7 a , ri a i n i d ou l t_ o h o o l t i.:i 39 l: were totally destroyed.' The damages are e , timated ifici,ooor. Had not the rain descended in torrents, thz'auesiota.liduse trust have been levelled to ilia ground. •' ' • a young. ,whose Woman , IV O ---lae x S a t n e l r i d n a a y ti . o d n n o n n a ß c e i n: i i te : e r o l i t r i d cp e l f il :i e.s n , g 4l - ‘,:d t a :h p i e l h d raL r s e vire : ,, , l,a i l 7 "e.ea o ar r ty :er al t e p a s ti t: i i i e v n C; brutlght f 6 l'y'e.. A ) The charges resr: ; the children of MvhfirS. PC)Wellt t to . r ;tu of them stern eitl l rl t li . er id 'li i e l: g "e o srt t e : g ;i l , 'l°t n e'vd h ebbil'u.s:lrl.ll4(lll : l. c . ny ing infiint daughter of a Mr. Boadon, her to a pawtibrOker's, and in the box strippi n g tl.echild's frock, and having • pledged it for • is . . 3 1 kat ing 'the .infant in the box ; this case was-It'll'', proved.—The other ‘vas for a child (if Mr. Smith, in Cecil-court, - whose boy, of four years old, she had stripped ;this was also made our fully, and she was committed, for trial at the Old Bailey Ort the whole; five charges.. There are sever,.l more sfill pending. A few days since, awMrs. Titivvi, of flac.kney, was walking out with her child, she heard a num her of peciple',, armed %nil staves, &c. exclaiming " A timt (log!" and saw a dog advancing towards her, which alatiiied her so that she' swooned , in Which statc , she Continued at iiiteras till the tid4 day, when ,he appeared More Composed . , 'but so powerfully was the impression . fixed on her Mind, that in a short time she sunk into her former Sialq• and expired. With what astonishment, could they take a;p ee l l . • from the griive, would the ori g inal tramero - of Lot' tery Schemes (which generally consi:sted of no,ooo, Ticket)' now behoid a Lottery Ilan of Lo' Numbers only, producing Capital Prized ril°l th4o dokkhie : the amount of time former To Ilea .. three dapitalS Of eo,oool.eat . h, and till ee of 0, 00v1 ) ,. with ~ u ch; a soiterei::n Prize 40,000). in a Fl , 1 Numbers two third: -less than oriainal Schern..„i con tained, would appear to them an absOlute 'Nom)" menon in the Lottery annals !