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of cartridges, n«r were those which they.
had of the proper size. None of these
circumstances, however, could have in
fluenced commodore Barron in striking
his colors, because they were not known
to mat the time.
38. 1 ha court is of opinion, that the
conduct of ill the other officers of th
ship, e- -cpt those whose duty it was to
h ye rem.-iied the d fi J -nci ?s before
sta. d, and of the crew generally, was
proper, c>' I able, and honourable.
A i-i uc . ,
L. V*. pAzr.wFJ.t,
Judge-A dvocatc.
INTE L L IG E A C E.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 11.
T he oombmdmcnt commenced on
VV v cii; :sd iy the 2d oi S.pt. at sir rist,
ii Out four mortar butteries, cons; .ui>,'
altogether of CO large mortars ; at the
same time a bat ry oi fire rockets was
opened on the right, and that part of the
town against which they were directed,
was immediately on fire in several pin
CcS*
'I he bombardment continued for 3
nights, commencing at !< o’clock, 1*. M.
aiul continuing without interruption for
1(5 hours, that is until noon the next day,
wh n it regularly ceased till 8 in the e
vening.
On the 3d night the town appeared to
be m one universal blaze on the right,
and about midnight the great steeple
was observed to be on fire, which is
sai I by the Danes to have been done bv
one of the rockets. At four in the
morning it fell, with a most tremen
d >s crash : at noon the fury ceased, as
usual, but the flames spread in all direc
tions, throughout that, day (the 4th) and
tne following day (the 5ih) : nor was it
till the a item >on of the 10th that they!
were all abated.
bix hundred houses are burnt to thul
ground, with the University ar.d Cathe.-l
dr .!, and only 400 houses have escaped;
m *nout some damage, Two thousand1
p i sons are .said to have perished in the
boinbnrdments. Another night must
have destroyed the whole town ; nor is
there on record an instanc of so much
damage being done in such a short time.
On the 5th, a short lime before the
bombardment was about to recom
mence, a flag of truce came out; of
course the fury was suspended, nor was
it afterward:-, renewed, although it wa
not generally known till the morning of
the 7th, that a capitulation was conclud
ed, which may be attributed to the ad
ditional implements of combustion used
on this occasion.
London, Sept. 24.
Accounts from Algiers mention, that
I a treaty h s been concluded with the re
gency of that country by Great-Britain,
by which the exclusive right of the trade
of the ports of Bona, La Gala, Sc II Col,
has been ceded to the latter, for the ex
portation of hides, wool, wax, and 7500
fanagut s wheat annually ; and ced^ d the
coral fishery on the coast. .
French troops were marching from
Upp. r Italy t< th ' kingdom of Naples,
whence it is conduiied that an attack
on the island oi Sicily w: s not far dis
tant. French troops have taken posses
'O': Cattaro.
)c i .!:u- I of Huge r., including all the
b . edish . - n.ds on the German coast of
t IJ *1: i , has capitulated to the French.
I he i hell Government have inter
dicted .,11 intercourse with England.
I he regulations are drawn up with that
s- v vita ’eh characterise every pro
ceeding c . p,»l on in matters relative
t- British Commerc —His design is to
xclude England entirely from the Con
unent of Europe; and no choice appears
.j be left her, but to fight him with his
own weapons, and destroy at once, eve
ry vestige of a system of neutrality; and
this, it is understood, is the determina
tion of the English Government.
Copenhagen surrendered on the 7th
Sept. The articles of Capitulation sur
render the whole of the Danish ships
and vessels of war, and possession of the
(lock yard, store houses, &c. to the Bri
tish,within G weeks from the date of the
capitulation, or sooner. The citadel of
Copenhagen and the island of /a aland
were to be evacuated, and the prisoners
ta.ien on both sides, to be uncondition
ally restored.
September 28.
We are informed, and we believe our
information is correct, that our govern
ment has resolved to retaliate on France,
' y ,J proclamation exactly on the model
°1 the 1' renefy decree of blockade. Not
only the coasts of France and Italv, hut
ot every European state under the influ
ence and controul of Napoleon, as also
ail foreign dependencies so circumstan
, ced, ill he declared in a state of block
' b‘, and all vessels going to or coming
| from any of them, will be declared legal
j ptizes. .
This will settle at once the clamours
of the Americans respecting the right
to trade with the French colonies—car
rying or pretending to carry their pro
duce to an American port, and after
wards re-ship the same for Bordeaux Sc
other French ports. .
W e understand that the definitive an
swer given by ministers to Mr. Mon
roe, (who has not yet taken his depar
ture) was exactly conformable to the
principles that are to be adopted. Mr.
Monroe, it seems, was instructed to de
clare, that should the British govern
ment refuse to concede the points de
manded by America, the Non-Importa
tion act would immediately be enforced.
1 he reply was, “ I am commanded by
h»s majesty to inform vou, that the issue
of such an order by the American go
vernment, will be considered and held
as a declaration of VV A R.” On the
points respecting the right of search,
Mr. Monroe was informed, that this
country will maintain its rights, not only
respecting goods, but seamen ; not even
excepting American ships of war.
WHEELING,
I hxjrsday, 26th December, isor. .
The celebrated Gen. Moreau left this
place yesterday morning, lie is de
scending the river to New-Orleans.
It appears from the report of the court
of inquiry relative to the surrender of
the Chesapeake in June last, that com
modore Barron was more of a Quaker
than to defend his ship by force. It is
pretty clear, that tiie atrocious outrage
committed by the Leopard, did not ope
rate upon his feelings as it did upon the
feelings of his countrymen. If the com
modore has turned Quaker in his old
age, he should not have accepted the
command of a ship of war. .
“Signs of the Times:1—The United
States appear to be in a critical situation
with both France and England. Seve
ral oi the grounds ol complaint against
the latter, also exist with respect to die
former. The master of the land seems
i deposed to injure us, as well a3 the