The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-10-19 00:00:00

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

I•NKS OF Tilt ILSE, SEPT. 30.

The city of Hamboirgh is in the utmost distress
to raise the new contributions demanded by France.
The common citizens are already half ruined by hav-
ing so many Spanish soldiers quartered upon them.
The behaviour of the Spanish troops is very repre-
hensible; murders and robberies happen almost
daily. Many of them are galley-slaves, merely sent
by Napoleon to bear the first brunt of the English
artillery, in the attempt the French meant to make.
to drive the English from Zealand, and shut the
Sound. _ _

The Prince of Denmark amuses himself every
day with issuing fresh rigorous orders ag .list Eng-
land. and her commerce, with a view of gaining
Napoleon's friendship.

DUTCH PAPERS.
—.—
'Min The Royal Hague Commit.
ALTGI4.II, lIPT. 30.
_ _ _

It is confidently asserted, that the negociations
between our Court and that of France, are brought
to a conclusion; that a treaty of offensive and de-
fens.ve alliance has been concluded, and will speed-
ily be ratified ; and it is expelled, in consequence
thereof, that the united army of the Prince of Ponte
Corers will soon enter else Danish territory. The
necessary preparations are already making at Rends-
burgh for the reception of the Marshal and his at-
teod4nrs. We are very glad that this Commander
is the person appointed to command the auxiliaries,
which we hope will be granted us by France, since
by his conduit formerly at Hanover, and lately at
Lubeck, he has acquired throughout the North of
Germany, and the adjacent countries, the fame of
a noble and humane disposition, as well as of mili-
tary talents.
From another quarter we are certain that the ho-
nour of Russia is not less concerned in our late
misfortune the* the interest of France. We posi-
tively know that a few days previous to the arrival
of the fleet under Admiral Gismuier, the Russian
Lnvoy Lisakewitz, communicated to the Crown
Prince the most positive assurances, which England
had given to Russia, that our neutrality should be
respelled. Trios the faithlessness of the English
has made a sport of the honesty and good faith of
the Russian Monarch, as well as of our own Go-
vernment.

COPIPIH•GENOZP T. .12.

The English appear to be stmtble of the danger
of their situation ; at least Cley make such haste to
quit our island, that (according to general opinion)
they will evacuate it in a much shorter time than
the six weeks which were stipulated. Their heavy
ordnance (among which are 76 m.mars, which
threw shells of lt))lbs.) is sent on board, and the
batteries which they had rahed. are levelled.
Fourteen of our ships of the line ate c•impletely
lit:ed out and warped out into the Roads; and it is
thought, that the rest will be ready to .sail i., the
coarse of next week. Lord Cathcart had re-
moved his hearl.quarters on the 14 Is to our
Citadel, and some of his officers have leached the
city with passports ; but on that occesion it was
thought necessary to exhort the inhabitaati, by a
PrOClAillatiorl, to refrain from els of kg6ressiott.
The attempts male by the enemy upon the smiler
Danish islands have. for the must part, miscarried $
a report, indeed. is spread, that they have got p s-
aes.ion of the island of Bornholm (an .vent
which. if it were true, intelligence num r ay. been
received on the Continent long since) ; but on the
other hand, we know, fur ceram. thst Esig..sh
boats (which ventured an attempt upon Langela..d
and Femerest) were reptit.ed with loss.
In our unfortunate Zsalead. which they have
taken as executioners. they now rule as tyrants.--
Among all the British s'OinManders. Sir tionte Pop-
ham is conspicuous for severity and violence. The
most arbitrary and incoMpahhie extension is given
to Cie Articles ut Capitutati• Our yard. are de-
sttoyed to the v..ry tour !atioll. Rapine is citric.,
to that extent. that the m..t insignificant things
and tools are taken away, even the private pro .
of the workmen which were emplaced isi •Iv R y. 1
Yards. 'flue information. which points nu' to he
enemy the naval articles ►or pillag *ad demi uets n,
au (in like manner, as by hit Ssd..ey Snag . at tee
Dardanelles), princip.tity teen by r C 'punt til
an English frigate. which was rep n• • t ' ere rant
years and is atm amongst the ships whtco

ay whilst the money requisite for the repairs,
(which at that time was advanced on our part, ani
since demanded in vain), adually remains unpaid.
And, lest all this should not he detestable enJugl„
would you believe that the Dalish prisoners of war
have been furc!ii to set ve on board of t!te lliitish
gun-boats. to fir• urn their native city ; that
(„i this there is prof) on the oth:r hand, .Junes
have been either killed by the shut from tt,,
nish batteries, or blown up with the English
sell? We must do justice to Lord Cathcart. t 3
own, that he has done every thing in his power to
maintain the strielest discipline ; but this has not
prevented the cntnmission of rebbeties and efts of
violence in many places, the relation of which ex.
excites detestation. Among o.her things, every
means were employed, by threats aud pronnses, to
seduce an officer who fed into the eLemy's hands, in
making a bold attempt to petictrate to the city of
Copenhagen during the siege, and whom they had
reason to suppose was the bearer of secret orders
from the Crown Prince.

A similar atrocious perfidy Was ennsp;cuous id
the manner in which the English dilated their des
struetive bombardment. When they perceived, that
during the first night, when their fire wa heaviest,
the zeal of our 6:emen extinguished the fumes in
most places; they, on resuming the bombardment,
dire red most of their shells to the timber yards and
the wooden tower of the church of our Laiy ; and
when they calculated that all the fire engihes and
firemen were assembled there, they opened a `.re of
grape shot, which, in a short time, ei:her wounded
or killed most of thole brave fellows. There are in
all two squares and ten whole streets burnt dales
in consequence of the bombardment, besides a great
number of single houses either destroyed or da-
maged. The libraries of the Professors Ri.brigh,
Wulf, Kierulf, and Wolddt!, have fallen a prey to
the flames. Three printing houses were reduced to
ashes, and in one of them was the manuscript of
Olufsen's Iceland Diainnaiy, a less which will be
severely felt by all friends of northern literature.--
Several other learned men, such as Professor
Bum, the Rev. Mr. Claussen, and others, have
suffered considerable loss in their books, papers.
and colle9iuns. Yet there are some initarices of
people who escaped death in a manner almost mi-
raculous.

Since the English are in possession of Copes.
hagen, the Militia (the strength of which has been
greatly over-rated abroad) has received permissios
to return home. On the other hand, the local Go-
vernments hsve been empowered to establi.h a rid-
ing polite for the prevention of all excesses. which
hitherto were committed in different parts of Zea-
land by the soldiers ; and Lord Cathcart has given
permission to demand assistance GI the neare►t Bri-
tish o,ficer.

At Bronshoi, a village about tree miles fr met
Copenhagen. a dysent:ry has stip, trod anson,t the
British troops. A phytician has i ears sem Mutter
to stop the progtets ut that dit,tr. raper.
Two lias.ian frigates lately arriv tti in the &lin!
and sailed up the Baltic I some 'Lora Kuxsiao ships
of war are expe.fted from Archangel.
After General Peyrnan WAS wounded in this
grand sortie, the command devolved upon General
Bialefeldt.

A sot num, OCT. I.
Yesterday the ferry-boat carrying the Nieu.)urgh
and Bremen Mails, which sailed from hence in the
afternoon. was upset in a violent squall. The maids
arid parcels were saved, three parcels excepted ;
but many passengers (of whom there were above
70) have perished. Twenty-seven dead bodies
have already been brought on share, and there
were three couples clauped in each other's arms.