The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-08-22 00:00:00

ANClTtitil itUrglll. SAIIII DAM

The Island of Zeolnnd is now swum:ldea by the
too diviianns of the English fleet, as b/ a line of cir-
curneaUation.

No official consnennication ha; yet been made on
the part at the Saglish. Mr. Jackson had Arrived
at Kiel. but it is understood that his rni..;ion thither
can have little eft& as the seat of Government is
properly at Copenhagen, and Ministetial communi-
cations can only be made bete. 'Hu Royal I-fish-
nets the Hereditary Prince is espetted here from
Kiel, the day after to-marrow.
Should any inadmissible demands be made on
th, part of the English. oar opposition will be at
Dace patriotic and determined.

Sir I loass Popham is expeard he to-morrow.

This evening four Enzlish ships, and 40 trim..
pasta, ate in .fight from :his city.

The Eng: sts expea lowa ships of war and trans-
ports. The Danish 11.• et is by no mown completely
detence is

COPIIIMAGIN Iva. 11.

Last eight we received an (Walrus front Kiel.
and immediately after all the Generals and Admirals
as.embled. and early in the morning orders were
given to mount and man the batteries of our port,
and workmen were ordered to assemble at Holm ;
and this moment ow coating batteries, flat-bottomed
boats, and vessels of defence, are all lying out in
the roads, or proceeding thither. The road stretch-
ing to Elsineur is occupied by cavalry, and the gar-
rison of Cronenherg has been reinforced. In short,
all necessary prtparations are made to repel an hos-
tile an attack. Whether such an attack will he made,
And whether the English hare really the intention
to commit hosti:ities against this ca•intry, remain
yet uncertain. .

In the mean time, the Prince Royal imexpeaeilly
arrived here, this day, at noon, to the great j9y of
the inhabitants, end immediately hastened to the
Holm.

The Eng:ish fleet is still lying as.nehor, about
three or four miles from this place, without having
unier!aken aly thing. It is very strong ; a chain
of frigates and cutters stretches frnm the fleet past
this city. through the Great Belt, into the Baltic.—
Taylor is said to have set out for Kiel.—(Hamortrgh
Correrpondrat, Aug. 15. J

STETTIN, AUG. 11.

According to the last letters from Swiremunie,
two E.liglish brigs, and one Swedish, are cruising
elf the coast, which frequently approa:h the beach
within musket shot, and keep up a heAvy fire on
every military post they see. Danish bottoms only
are permitted to enter, all others are obliged to apply
for passports from the King at Sweden.—( fifir/ )

AMSTLROA.4, AUG.

Letters from Tangier, of the 20th of July, stat,.,
that the Emperor of Morocco has given orders that
no ship which arrive. at Mogadore in ballast, rhall
be permitted to load the produce of the courrry.
The export duty on Gum Arabic ha. beet raised
five piastres.—(/dial.)

ZURICH, JULY '2B.

Mr. Moussen, Chang)...llur of the Helvetic Confe-
deracy, is to proceed to Paris, whither soon after
Mr. de Wattenviile, late Landamman, is to follow
him on a particular mission.—(Id.)

HASIBURGH. AVE. 12.

AccorsYng to the list accounts from Schleswig,
t'ie Engl'h ships were stationed quietly round the
island of Zealand, and did not appear to intend to
commit hoitilities. The fears which their unex-
pe.ftv.: arrival had occasioned, are much diminished;
and it is hoped, that the honourable neutrality
which Denmark has hitherto maintained, will be
re,peettrd by all powers. The two Princes of 01.
der.ku:g are arriv<l in Schleswig from England.
There is a report, that, according to the latest ad-
viczs finis) .I.lndon, the Cabinet of St. darnes's has
sent other orders to the Commander of the fleet in
thv Sound.

Mr. Thornton. Royal British Minister at the
Ci►cle of Lower Satony. and Mr. Cockhurne, Eng-
lish Consult have both left Altona. for England.—
Ibid.)

HOLSTEIN, AUGUST 10.

His Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince set
out from Kiel, for Copenhagen, the Bth, on re-
ceiving advice of the appearance of the Enalisb
meet in the I).ini,,h seas.

The Minister of State, Count Bernstorff, it at
present at Kiel.

Mr. Jackson has left Kiel, and is gone, it is said,
to Hawes.

ELSINEUR, AL6. 7.

A number of transports with troops, under eon.
troy of some ships of war, have either arrived here,
nr ate in sight hum this twin. They belong to the
se:ond division of the English Flee:.
Admiral Keate, with his diviaion, has gone
through the Gnat Ildt.

On the sth, seventeen English ships of war, •is.
six ships of the line, six frigates, and five areillee
ships, passed by Elsineur.

The convoy from Landr.n, which lately arrived
at Wolierwick, has returned for England without
proceeding to Tonningen, or being unloaded. It
is said that the English have demanded to be put
in possession of the fortress of Czonenberg, which,
however, has been absolutely refused.

AL CONA, AVOVIT 14.
Or,PRIVATI LISCTER.)
Le:tets :torn Copenhagen, of the 9th, state, that
the Crown Prince was hourly expeeted there from
Ki,l. At the latter place Mr. Jackson had An
au-
diauce of his Royal High:ifs., to demand " whether
Dem irk intended to declare for or against England,
as its neutrality, owing to the vi.ilent measures
adopted by France, could no 1 ).:ger be acknow-
ledged ?" the Prince is said to have declared, thtt
he woald consider every Power as his enemy, that
esould attempt to viaLsta his neutrality. In the
evening of the tame day (the rich), he set out for
Copentragm. The British men of war, with the
trent) slips, form a complete line of circumvallation,
round the island •)1 Z -iland t some divisi-ins have

LON DON,
SATURITAY;AutioirrI.

lnstruetions have been issued from the Admiralty
and the Jk/Dtili of the ADMIII AL TY, to Hitt Maaes-
rv's ships of war and pi ivatecrs, ordering them to
detain and bring in all ships and goods belonging to
the foilowthg countries. if found trading with the
enemies of this Kingdom, via. Oldenburg, Meek-
lettburgh, Kniphausen, and Pappeuburp. They
are to be allowed .iz weelcs ; during which time our
ships are to give them notice, " mat from the expi-
ration of six weeks atter the Ijth instant, they are at
liberty to bring in ani of the snips belonging to the'
above places, if found trading with the enemy;
and they will be condemned as prizes, but to be at
liberty to trade tree with this country."
An Otder to the above effe.o will appear in tLis
evening's G.:rirr.

A Tonningen Mail armed, yesterday, with Let-
ters and Papers to the 16th inst. The fate pf,
Denmark has probably been decided before • this
time. Oa the Bth inst. ea intprxiesc;liik Pleto-s.IIC.
Kiel, between the Pluvial itoifrit, 4.d Mr: 'setts

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sow, in which the latter demanded that ligament
should declare for or against England, alleging
that from the violent measures adopted by hrxuce,
it was impossible for England any longer to acknoo-
ledge her neutrality. To this the liaises is said to
lave at.sweted, that he would consider every power
his enemy that should attempt to violate his neutra-
lity. and in the evening of the same day, he set off
for Copenhagen. Another account states, that Mr.
J*CIESON only required the English should be put in
possession of Cronenberg, wheals being refused, he
proceeded to Hitsum. The Panics, immediately
after the interview, sent off orders to Copenhagen to
make every preparation for defence, in case the Eng-
lish should attempt to enforce their demands. These
orders reached that city on the evening of the 10t1i,
and next morning all was bustle and aaivisy. The
batter:es were manned ; the flat-bottomed boats and
other vessels of defence proceeded into the t oads ;
the garrison of Cronenberg was reinforced ; and the
road, stretching to Eisineur, was lined with cavalry.
At noon, same day, the PRINCt ROY AL arrived,
and his presence excited not a little the enthusiasm
of the inhabitants. A large portion of the English
fleet was lying at that date about half way between
Copenhagen and Cronenberg, with a chain of frigates
and cutters, stretching through the Great Belt into
the Baltic. Admiral GAMilltit was with this divi-
sion. Another squadron, under Commodore KIATS.
v: as stationed on the opposite side of the Island ;
the whole forming a complete line of circumvalla-
Lion around it. In this state, Zealand could nct
possibly receive any reinforcements ; and should
extremities be resorted to, its fate must depend
upon it; internal stringth and reomrces. Its army
is not understood to be formidable ; and the Bri-
tish military force, including the German Legion,
which has probably joined, from Bogen, would
amount to upwards of 30,000 men. The Danish
fleet is said to be in a dismantled state, but we be-
lieve Copenhagen is vet y strongly defended by sea,
and the obstinate and formidable defence it made
against Lord Natsom, in IBor2, is fresh in remem-
brance. Of the ultimate result, however, should it
be necessary to resort to force, little drub: is enter-
tained. Our army would prObably 1 a descent .
and, co-opnating with our fleet, inve t Copenhagen
by sea and land, and the fall of that place would be
decisive of the fate of the island. A: Admiral
GA Mal a probably waited only the result of Mr.
Jackson's mission to Keil, to commence operations,
the preparations for defence aloag the coast, on the
11th, must have apprised him that the result was
unfavourable, and therefore we may presume that
h- lost not a moment to defeat them. Perhaps it
would lase u-en more wise to have taken possession
of Zealand at once, and negotiated afterwards. It

world certainly have been the more ele.!tua! mo e
attaining the obj-zft, because the Danes would
been taken by surprise, and could on ha,
for defence. It would also have saved the
'ion of much blood ; for in the state to
the Dines are reduced, we may calzulate
obstinate resistance. It may bz a quebtion
whether it woul I not have been

would have most perplexed Bow AAAAA a,
raised his plans ? It is well known that he
only a pretence to seizt the Danish

the Continent, and that pretence he will
by the course which we have adopted.
the Danes fight with the most determined I
he will reproach them as making only a
sistance ; whereas, had we taken the
surprise, he could not with any shadow jj,
find fault with them. On the othi,r hand, it
urged, that our honour is at stake, a.ld ti.at
would be a forfeiture of our charaner
to surprise a neutral p 'vier, reposii,R
confidence in her neutral situ itlon, not
such an attack. That c:baraaer certAiniy copra
preserved too carefully, or e tima ed too bigh btu
we fear that the demand which we have made,
Denmark, accompanied with a threat is cast
refusal, and a force to execute that three, may
considered as rather an harsh proceeding towards
neutral nation. rather incompatible with that clop

ter. and to be justiGaJ only by an evraordmary
pressing co:scuirence of circa .Istaneee. Haiir
therefrom. undertaken a measure which we

will be condemned by DmMai k, and •tier nazi
on the Continent as an unfa,r adrant.tz., end
violation of neutral rights, we need no. nave

over delicate with respell to the mo le of eveni
as the same necvssity which j‘tetified the one, net..
b! pleaded in defence of the other.

A Paris letter, in elle /larn%urgh Papers, says—
" Report speak; of the approaching nomi :attic o
Two Princes. It is added, th:et all the 11141e11.$
of Frau*, who are not yet Princes, anJ haw com.
mantled in our Grand Army, are to be elevated to
the Janis dignity; as also the Generals ‘Vaer F.l
and flety al T. • and the Minis:er of the Interior, M.
Ciastarknava The new Dukes are to rece;ve
images We Poland. _which they will be permitted to
;rid to exchange for estates in France."

•Advieec were received on thz 14th at Alton,,
that the French had been repulsed with great los.
in two attacks upon Stralsund.

No dispatches were received yesterday by the
Tonningen Mail, for Government, nor letters kr
the Foreign Mini ten, a circumstance tathe: ez-
trardinar y . It was. however, reported in the city
last evening, that accounts had been receiven, an-
nouncing an attach on Copenhagen; in the cArse
of whici. that city was set on ire, and consumed n
ashes We were not able to trace these accortis
to any au.heuric source.

Accounts have been received from Hollani to the
13th, but they are destitute of all interest.

We have received New York Papers to the 16th,
cid Boston to the 17th instant. The latter statr,
that tutctings had liken place at Bost .n and Salem,
at velich the PRESlDttiff Proclamation, and the
cundud of the inhabitants of N rfo,k, had been
spioroved of. It appears, however, that our squa-
dii.o on the American coast were de•ermined
ad wilt all possible inoleration, and that there
was reasonable ground to hope, the hostile
excited by the affair between the Leopard and IL.
Chesnpf air would subside.

We have received Barbadoes Papers to the t th
instant, from which we have made some estrad:.
but they contain nothing of importance.

Yesterday. at three o'clock. a Cabinet Council
held at the Foreign Office.
Yesterday the Duke of Yolk transalted br
at his Office till near six o'clock, when he w'
York House, and dressed, and then set off for
to be present at the celebration of the Duke of
■ cwcc's birth-day, who completed his 4ed
yesterday.
A private letter from Elsineur, dated Auras
received by the Tonoingen Mail, says Some
the merchantmen bound to Copenhagen ae
&hie, have been ordered, by the Co A 144 NM
Curry of the British Fleet, to remain here uni
ther orders."

Oa Saturday last sailed from Plymnirth,
with several French gentlemen and other
sional men, it acivilcapacity, taken in an An..
Ship. detaraed and sent in thert by ONO Of
cruisers, scr.t home by order of rlair Cioverrunet
this country, and not considered as prisoner
war I—A very proper example to thE present
PERO% of the French nation.

Byofficial mounts, French lugger
Tatter. of 14 gun., and 60 men. and a cutt,r.
out of Calais, on the 15 h iostanf. Two I
lugger privateers are at archer off Cape &A,
watched by the Boulogne squadron. A
privateer was seen to go into Calms. on the
Wit.l A brig, suppcsed to be her prise.
Orders have been issued ter all the General
cars in the Southern Distils% to repair immet!i
to their respeflive corn:riga:ls. their pretence
deemed necessary du.in the vslt.eeting
militia.

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