The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-09-24 00:00:00

ed inhabitants are in the hospitals. One might
have seen the inhabitants of both sexes droplet*
down in the street+. Several reared to the cellars
of the hones, hut the greatest part of them took re-
fuge at Christiansburg. The calamity would have
been extreme had the bombardment recommenced,
and if the capitulation had nut been entered into in
time to prevent the storm that must have followed
SCPT.

At this moment the sorrowful news has arrived of
the surrender of Copen,,agen, in the night of the Bth,
after a bombardment of three days and tour nights,
when between three and four hundred houses had
been burned. The place was fired upon from 75
mortars, and more than nine thousand bombs were
thrown liom them. On the sea-side it has suffered
very little. The fleet, according to the capitulation,
must be fitted out before delivered to the English.
HOW' TIN. SLPT.

Blood and fire have made the English masters of
Copenhagen. One month since that city enjoyed
all the comforts and conveniencies of peace, And
now there are more than 400 houses in ashes, and
upwards of 2000 peaceable inhabitants, women and
children, are killed. In ore night the place Was on
fire in '24 places. The bombs were thrown as far
as the large new market. All the fire-engines, hut
three, were destroyed during the bombardment.—
Count Otholm, who commanded a part of the land
force, is wounded, and a prisoner-. Peiman is
badly wounded, but Carstenskiold escaped from the
scp -tior numbers of the enemy, between g and
suogal, and gist over to Moen. Among other scenes
of distress, in consequence of the siege, the King's
Adjutant, Lindholm, saw his only child dashed in
pieces by a bomb. Mr. Jackson. it is said, wished
to he introduced to the Crown Po ince, hut could out
obtain and passport on this side of tic 13:It.

LOWER rier, sc.rr

The Prince's Adjutant, Isl. Li.idln.ln). arrived
early this morning ■t Alwna ; and this evening the
Kueg, Accompinird by Count Sainstnelman, joined
the Crown Prince at Kid.

The gattt..Qn of Ci.penhagen are decl.ired pris-m-
-ers of wet, but the r, , utiA Are dismissed, upon their
engagement uot to serveagain. The newly invented
rockets, we le a 14 next to the bombs, dal the greatest
execution at Copenbagrn. _

SUT. 10.

hi;s Majesty the King of Denmark is performing
a visit to Loui,enltind, and Kiel, atter which h.: will
take op his residence in this city.

VIENNA, SEPT. 5.

Great preparations are maing lor the inerriage
rf His Imperial Mdiesty, in November nest. which
will he extremely splendid.
_

Some treo.: distUrbanres have broken ant in the
carrp of the Grand Vizier. The Janizaries have
ina.::aLred their once-beloved Pehlira° Aga, and
Krajasi has taken his place. The Grand Vizier
also found himself under the necessity of displacing
the Reis Effendi of the army, a►d I:iaga Hey, and
to appoint Avis Ellendi and Mohr.ib Osman Et-
fendi to their roam. As soon as ever the Jawcaries,
and partieulerty the Asiatic troops, that
Chaleb Effendi was negociating with the kits-rail
General, relative to a line of demarcation, th-y
began to dfsert in whole companies at a i:me.—
Prince Yrsitarnst is still in authority at BlIC:141 est.
.I}.e Russians in Moldavia and Wallachia ;main in
their foi mar positions.

narces, AVG. 13.
Thebes announced to take place on the 14°1.
ISth, and 16sh inst. could not possibly bevy been
mote brilliant. On the 16th Hie Majesty operic.:
the new road Iran Naples to Mersa. To torso this
road. which us a great convenience to the city. it was
necessary to cut tneough a mountain. known by the
name of Montagne Spaccata. This work LIS been
successfully accumplishei. The King nas tfe tirst
that passed in hie carriage along this new subteria•
neous passage ; and after aiighting and teirising
cnngt atulations of the corporation tha city, v. 1.0
were preserved en him by his Excellency M. ',icor,
Minister of the Interior, His Majesty plec:J wi.l.
his own hand. at the right of she principal eouanr
o: the tunnel, a Latininscription, reseeding the me-
morable epoch at which this new toad was ()retied.
On the left is a marl:tie, on which are engin:ea them.
words- Siesta ildrlllll. The fete of the 1.-ath
was particularly tenni kable for a procession cf cars.
with aliegorical devices of all the provinces of the
kingdom. On one of these ears, representing Naples,
animated with new life. was placed the statue of the
Emperor Napoleon, uowned by Viaory. One
hundred yr.ung females. dressed in the manner us ral
in the different provinces, the destined brides of the
same number tit rtuths. wire placed on the lour
last cats that terminated the procession. The illu-
mination and hie-worts wire grand beyond the
power of irtiaAinef conceive. the King honosed
this magnificent speaucle with his pewees.