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We have received the Herotherg4 Correspon..4riteas
of the 19.11, 21st, and 22.1 last, containing ac-
counts from Copenhagen, dated the 18th, and un-
der the head of Denmark generally, of the 2001.
The Official Dispatches, received from Admiral
GAMBIER and Lord CATHCAIT, the substance of
which we gave yesterdas, come down to the 22d
inclusive, and the private letters to the morning of
the 2fid. The /bre:torah P..Pers, however, though
their contents ate of an older date than the English
accounts, are of great interest importance, so
far as they thew the disposition of the Danes, and
their means of defence. The Harahargit Camper..
denten. a paper totmerly of great charaEler fotr
truth and inuependence, being now untortunateiy
under the influence of the Elena, the h, stile dis-
position of the Danes towards this cnui.tty, anti
their means of defence, are, no doubt, exaggerated ;
but still enough it disclosed, upon wnich no doubt
ran rest, to induce a reasonable apprehension, that
the obj:d of the Expedition wul Lot br achieved

without a severe struggles and considerable ,
both sides. The Copenhagen accounts in these
pees boast, that when tie English Minister,
JACKSON, gave the Peirce Royal. 12 how,
consider his proposition, the latter d.. 1 not
many seconds, that the batteries were yell
the place well supplied with provieions, a::c1
habitants so confident of succe.s, the Eegi,
permitted to land without opposition, the 1).
lying upon their ability to surround and ,
them to a man. A letter from :Gel, of the
adds, that General CART ANSE total, with
11,000 regulars, besides blilitia, had turned
left flank of the &Os t It, and thus placed them
tween two fires; and another article, dated
mark, the 20th, asserts. that the PRINCE
bad given orders to butn the fleet in case
tremity, rather than suffer it to fall into the
of the enemy. These unauthenttcared accounts,
a Paper under the influence of France, el
be read with caution, if not suspici9ti
but
concerned to state, that the obstinate resi
which they threaten, and the hostile spirit
they announce, are fully confirmed by Official
cumt nts of the Danish Government, the autl
ticiiy of which we cannot question. On th-
General Pay MAN, who commands at Copeniratok
issued a Proclamation, placing all
perty, of every description, under seqinstranasi,
and declaring all persons, concealing such in:
or disobeying its orders, traitors to their COIN'At
On the next day, the 17th, ha published ano.'
Proclamation, full of military ard.iur and
ism, encouraging the citizens to at. obstinate ,
ante, and upholding the English with a tre,
roue attack, and violation of the Law of N,
and on the 1 ith a third Proclamation was pubh
on the authority of the Pnisce Rost AL, as Gore
General of the Duchies of Schleswi.k and He'
granting letters of marque and reprisal
His Betrannie MAJESTY'S ships, and all Es;
property found at sea. Such are the tone and
per of the Danish Government, from which wr
fairly presume that it is determined to make .
stinate resistance. We do think, however, that
opposition sKich the Danes had made, did
k.ep pace with the vehemence of their threats ,
promises. IVibeck, where our troops effettel
lauding, is only three miles from Copenhage..,
being an open beach, the Danes, perhaps, could
meet them on the shore without exposing
selves to certain destruEtion from our fleet,
covered the landing; but then we find that
our troops advanced on that side on the same
and occupied the Castle of Fresteriessberg, the,
met residence of the Royal Family, within a
Copenhagen, and began to throw up entrenchmer.
there without any opposition, except from a
made by the Danish Light Chasseurs, in
after a slight action, seven English were taken
goners, and carried into the city ; that, '
17th, the English approached still nearer,
half a mile, as we stated yesterday; when another
skirmish took place, in which several Danish
lerymen are said to have been wounded ; and .
another part of our troops advanced to RosehtlJ,
a distance of sixteen miles west of Copenhagen, and
experienced only a chew of resistance. This is all
the Danes pretend to have done on the land side,
during the three days immediately succeeding the
descent of the English army. With their capital in
their rear, to retreat to in ease of defeat, we ex-
Feted to fin/ them contending every inch of ground
from the beach, and annoying us at every moment
of the night and day: but, instead of that Alva
warfare, they rather chose to aft upon the defensive.
As to the operations of the Danes, on the sea side,
they are of necessity defensive, as their bomb-boat,
and gun-boats, however numerous, could not possi-
bly encounter the formidable fleet under Admiral
G•ss aim It is to him alone, therefore, that we
are to look for attack. On the I 7th he was lying

calmed about two miles fromCopeohagen, ►ut he had
sent some bomb-vessels to bombard the castle.and the
battery of the Three Crowns. The Danes aE. to
make light of the drat of the bombs, and boast tb►t
on the 18th their fleet of bomb-vessels went out,
and did them much damage. They also boast.
that on the 16th, their gunboats took two Eng•
lish transports, and burned a third, and that on the
ISth, they took an English ship in the harbour,
which they found full of powder and uther com•
ftattades. 'These vessels were no doubt part of some
light transports which Admiral Gamma bad
moored in the shallow grounds to serve as buoys,
hut the grand bombardment of the place, by our
leet and heavy artillery, certainly did hot take
place before the 29d ; on which day it was expeaed
that freely thing would be ready fur the attack. un.
less the anal summons, which would pre:ede itr
should Ind to an amicable adjustment and cap;itia
I 'lion. As to the means fur the defence of the rot,
01 which the Dar,es speak with so u-h confi
it is said to consist of the Battery et the Th..,
Cto ns, the Land Batteries, and the Battery of Pro.

A tette
2t,eixti
brigade
thir.l; th
in which
alio a leo
there was
every inc
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solunteet
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lut,ies.
A lette
" 1 side
August,
aimed

}Jittery,

troops t
town of
fire, unti
towed
able to
our bui
damage
derv:tat
grt out
I wed
against
vete to
Thirty
ta•iged
any oar
only to
he Ku
in a try

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these p.m. ing batteri
ter, Mr, e, is may,
hours to it appear
it take w 400, thi
manned, s,gen on tl
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t •isit vre:e si.aring in
)4nes re. a bt•m a hi
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the 5D:h. ,e is ttm
corps Ot g pa
reed the great bat
hem be. account
:ed I. the left
Rot AL ,liars deal
le of %,„ of day,
vet amid
tunts, tsatatC, tl
aught zu en ej ‘.llll
twe ate ,gip; engage!
esi aerie • :I dart..
t whiat tv,i more
1)('" cites had s,
autism. lance, and
sa 14th, eisigg th.,l
2ildiglo• nAI n could
*.ll Pw the delay, b:
traersom, is' means
°Pi tr, et inno,
coutany. some of the
er at Mit opimi
pat -tot. out Comata
to and taken
tre, the. ' wen to b
k; at i ini ; tactics."
thli ILeJ, meld be I
are MOT. 'wiggled
401 "int thai it w
ag ;mast mad faith
Et); tt:vue very
ad t tma tetcept on
semi! ltary stnt
! an nb. ran
that the at Keil, on
did wit cs Copenhs
tats a rd t.e I lt!i,
:gifted a tut means
:e.,, e t d provisit
tuld r " sad the if
the cl" cabled to
le whi ch tam if we
part of As was f
me da y. umpt on a-
hest" e- it'stsmoor
mile of emetted on
Amer. !s U. I tat Do
a Eor Y 2 sscJ t, has
wind .1, h,„ rcutral,
ten p 1 i. Liglish, I
on the BONA PA II
, within be intitled
another to consist
di and. burgh, &
"41 thet tc be the I

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block4l4ll, ala
lo esdemefee Fans of de-
however, be mot irrelevant to observe,
from the Proclamation of General
. the Patsies Rovait. was not in Co-
the 17th, and that, as the place was
' at that date, there was no chance of
, its defence. Such a Prince would
host in himself, from the courage and
; presence would inspire, and his ab-
mere eztraordivary, when we consider
It which be afied on the 21 Acorn, in
battle of Copenhagen. 44 A boat," says
of that great day, 44 was dispatched
!fritter:ea with the tidings of her Corn-
`lto the Puttee ROT AL, who, from the
had taken his station upon a battery.
showers of shells and cannon balls,
e wise, the good, and the brave, super-
,nily and aftively for the assistance of the
By shewing how a Prince ought to
he taught others to despise it." We
this once expressed a wish, that our
seized upon their objeft in the first in-
justified their conduct afterwards, con-
t it was vain to exile& a brave and free
be argued into acquiescence t and that
affording an opportunity to organize
of defence, would increase the effu-
inocent blood by the increase of resistance.
- Ministerial Writers have taken offence

opinion, asserting, that " those who blame
Commanders fur not having landed the troops
possession of Copenhagen immediately,
very little acquainted with military
Now we never did say that an army
landed in an hour, er that it could be
into Copenhagen; but we do find
,as landed in one day, the 16th ;
ther, according to the accounts of
Ministerial Writers, that it did in-
hundred wagu.ms, 1 e'en with m
on their way to that city. A
,NCE Roy 1. was informed of our intent
a the Bch, by Mr. itacttotr, and the city
Copenhagen received °Mere, 01 the morning of
prepare far attack; it is fair to presume
of defence, in men, in military stores,
:ons, were thrown into it, between the 11th
6th ; and that the place has been thus
make a much more obstinate resistance
had landed by surprise.

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foreseen, the French have made our at-
".valansl a pretence for seizing H •lur.n.
•►'s corps. consisting of 15,000 men was
. the :25.h at lisMoures, on its snatch
Duchy. The Pa 'pica lo v• c, however, is
remonstrated against this violation or
y, as touch as that committed by the
and probably with no better success.—
. t means to create a new kingdom, to
be intitled, " The Kingdom of Franconia." It is
to consist of Anspach, Bareuth, Bsmherg, Nurem•
burgh, &c. The Grand Duke of Wuarzeocsa is
to be the new King.

A letter from an Officer of the Mars, dated August
2:, six o'clock, p. IN. states, that " Ucneral B•taci's
brigade was the aria that lulled, Sir
L ♦'s the second, and G:n. Sr sticaa's ins
third; that on the I9:h, there was some skirmishing,
in which the Danes lost about forty men, ant we
also a few and that. at the aliment of writing,
there was some hat I fighting ; the Danes disputing
every inch of ground, but retreating."

The battery of the Ovate Crowns was to be bom-
barded on the 2JI-5001) v amen and marines had
volunteered their services. and the attack was to be
made by divisions of 500 each.
An order has bees sent out to the squadron in the

West Indies, for the isnmedutte capture of Santa
• C:ar, St. Thomas's, and the other Deuish

A letter, dated Yarmouth Roads, Sept. 2. says—
" I Sailed from Copenhagen on Sunday, the SOd of
August, en which day a very sharp firing com-
menced between oar bomb ships and tke Crown
Battery, floating Is-Aimless and gun-boats. Our
troops had a battery erected within reach of the
town of Copenhagen, which kept up a very sharp
fire, until three o'clock, p. no. at which time we were
Sowed round Elsiseur, being becalmed. lam un-
able to say how log it continued, but am tearful
our bomb-ships nust have received considerable
damage, as we cook see the shot strike them it. every
dirretion ; and it being quite calm, they could nut
get out of reach. Stan time alter the bring began.
a great many boats were sent in by Cie slurs to at
against the Crown Battery : the rocket vessels also
tree towed in ; but nose of the larger ships afted.
Thirty thousand troops are landed, and are so
triged that it is imposible for the Danes to receive
any supp:ies ; and it is understood that they had
only ten days provision; at the time we sailed.
the Kiiig of Sweden erase:petted at Copenhagen
in a frigate, on the day 1 'killed."

Abnut a week once, information was received at
the Office of toe Slicers-Ater of ST AT t, from Ex-
eter, that a Frenchman had an taken into custody,
rinser suspicious citcumstancts, as a spy. Mr.
ItsAti. the Magistrate, on coat quenee sent J. 1.111 i•
itliCK, the hJet-itteet oScer, to bring him to
London. On the Officer's arrival in towp, with him,
and an investigation taking place, he proved to be
a lunatic, who had broken out of hltddlescx

a.. a I

my •••••
POETRY.

LINES,

WRITTEN UPON THE TOME.OI MEI. CROUCH, tel
/MONTHS,LeISTONIL CHURCH.Y•RD.
Pause, Stranger! pause, and drop one natural tur,
For Nsture*s gentlest Chad lies buried here
As • rare Rover einblooms the simple turf,
Or stars rellefted gem the midnight curt ;
So Anna blonned—so Anna shone-wis ray
Of Heaven's pure fire enshriii'd in mortal clay !
Beauty's bright model—Modes tuneful oneen-e.
She lied the Phenix of Lifes crowded scene.
The killing fires that fiush'd from envious eyes,
Her smile subdued and turned to sacrifice
All fiercer passions trembled at her litf+lll,
And Fury languish'd into tender pain.
'Fhro' life, the Graces rimed her way with chums,
In death, the Virtues stmin'd her to their arms.
Beneath this modest stone, Mused from day,
The mortal traits of excellence decay ;
But as the rose, re.sgn'd to autumn's gust,
Strikes a meek perfume even fro.o its dad,
So, Anna's mold wrnves her body's &win.
And breathes its moral sweets beyond the tomb!
In vain, oblivion would her ashes slain,
For memory guards them with the wreaths of fame,
Not twin'd of laurel--such as cotique,ors west—
(Blood-dropping records of the wor:irs despair !)
But light and lovely blossoms, piuck'd hook beds
Whose Spring thus' yielebrig earn pale senhight sheds,
Such wreaths, as fairy-heads delight to rear
Fann'd by Lore's sign—ortew'd with Friendship's tear !

Is 61 • consisting of
Pa- ing batteries. In
Mr. , it may, hhweel
ii, to it appears from
ce " nano, that the F
L6';dl Agen on the 170
ell invested at tha
taring M its do
5 re.
!b,.ml a host in h
Jer.c: fis presen
to is ex more CA
plarint part whit
thil great battle of C
be. account of that
lei' in the hop-el/edit?,
rat, rider's death to the
et' tot of day, bad ti
tads e, amid shower
is *wait, the wise,
I to ienJei calmly and
ate ,;psenvged. By
it.Le danger, he 1•1
sial c: more that or
I)°' cites had seized U
fen. ante, and justifies
ith, riving that it was
en, miler could be argi
oo the delay, by afford
°,e. Oa means of deft
117, risa of innocent blo
ltr• some of the Miniso
'leer &tibia opioion, ass
i‘• au: Commanders 1
h 4,0 • and taken possessi,
:ht. teen to lat very
ins favirs." Now w
lad. odd be landed
sm:ggled into
tins tint it was lan,
cost nel farther, at
Oasse veil Minis
as• tetcept one hundr
ail Null stares on
01:- then the Pa utt e R,
the at Keil, on the nth
sot oiCopenhapta rec
rd tae 111't, to prepar
a that means of def
d sad provisions, wet
r au aid the 16th ; an
cc. tabled to make a
oh than if we had lam
of As was foreseen,
T, tempt on &Aland
rItMACOTTOS Co
of ',petted nn the IL>
n to fn. tut Duchy.
cud ti have limo
I:. In. n.ottr /Any, as
Loglisli, and pro
Boatae,att mea