The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-06-03 00:00:00

SIAGA OF DANIZIC.

Tlio following detail is 4:Jutainel is a letter from
a young gentlemen to his relatives in Edinburgh

"5.11,, m...uth of the Vs.tula, May S.

Gi We arrived at Eisin >re, on Thursday, the with
of April, .:fter a very pleasant passage. Tits same
day, Capt. CHI:IMAM received orders to proceed
immediately to DaIIIZIC, as Me trench had laid siege
to it; according;y, we sailed by day-break, on Fri-
day, in company with the faken sloop of war, Capt.
Saaosas, and the Chdrlcs armed brig, Capt. Cc i•
fl 4 ANC We anchored in Copenhagen Roads, at 11
a.m. sad the Captains went ashore to rcceiva their
instru3ions. We weighed again in the e►ening, with
a good breeze, arad came-tu in Danthic bay on sun-
dry afternu .n. Thc French and Prussians had an
engagement that night, which lasted tiU about half-
past 1 l &cluck. They have made Averal attempts •
to storm the place; but were driven back with con-
siderable loss each time. The third day after our
arrival, the passage from Fair-water (a small town at
the mouth of the Vistula) up to Dantaic, was stopt,
by reason of the French getting possession of the bat-
teries along the banks of the river. It was then
agreed upon, that we should bring the ship into the
harbour, and try to drive tbem out of their entrench-
ments. Accordingly, on Thursday we got off a
pilot, and brought the ship into the Fair.water, where
we lay all that night ; and on Friday morning we be-
gan to lighten her, in order to get her up the river.
We got up at four in the 24T13000 above the boom-
way, about a mile from the place where the French
were lying ;at half-past six we hove-to under the
batit-ries, when a desperate engagement ensued, not
above 20 fathoms from them. We did not know ex-
attly the number of the enemy ; but the nearest we can
judge, we think there must have been from two to
three thousand. Their principal fire was musketry,
with several pieces of artillery ; one of which we dis-
mounted in the beginning of the aaion. The dark-
ness of the night gave the enemy a great advantage
over ns: likewise four of our gun-breecliings gave
way, which slackertedour fire a good deal. After an
AZA+OII of two hours and a half, we were obliged to
Istri off, having our First Lieutenant, and seventeen
of Our men badly wounded. 'liters are upwards of a
thousand shot boles in the ship's side; likewise the
mass, sails, and rigging, are very much injured : oar
signal hanlyards were twice shot away. and the
colour, hr—vght down, se: that at last we had to lash

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this round the spanker-bs‘. We do not esAftl7
know the loss Cie enemy sustakied; but, by a desert-
er from them, we were told, that th,:y had 300 kill-
ed, and a great number wounded. The inhabitants
here are very much reduced for tr.int of provisions,
there being none t be had for money. There are
two or three ships, loaded with provisions and ammu-
nition, in the Fair-water, (the latter they are also very
much in want i.f), but they are afraid to venture up
the river win them. Ws are expeiing that we will
have to take them up to the town in the Sally, as it
Will be inspossible fur the inhabitants to hold out the
siege much longer without them. We are in daily
expedations of a reinforcement of troops here, which
will be of great service. The French keep up a con-
tinual fire, both night and day, at the town; it has
been calculated% that no leu than 20,000 shot and
shells have been thrown into it, in the course of the
last eight days. There base been a great many
houses driven down, and set on fire, by the bursting
of the shells upc! them; likewise, numbers of the
inhabitants have been killed in the streets, by the
great quantity of '11(4 iii lug al.out in all dire:linn.,
from the (limy'. II aces et on the surrounding
which the u‘sitos, vary imprudently, allowed
tkens to gat posses ion of. Tl.e.e have also been
two ships sunk i the liver by them. It in stip.
pli,ed, that when Arc (race 11,1 s, we ail' have to c.•me
to Leith to get refitted."

THE BRITISH PRESS.

ISONDON,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3.

We have received Paris Papers to the 23:h, and
Du:ch to the 30th lait. They contain an article
dated Augsburgh. the 13th, which states, that
Low A PA, RTZ bad parsed peace to the Emperor of
Russia end King of Peussll/4s, on very moderate
terms; Oat the two Sovereipns.knswered, that they
were re..dv ro peer, but that their's:L=4- irsts with
Great Britain and Sweden did not permit them to
ad without the partici;ation of those Courts ; that
France did not oppose this proposition, d_cl.uing
that sne wished fora General Peace; thst: C 1): in-
cipte of coispensa:ion was thea proposed as the
basis of Peace, and some graeral art;cles were
even discussed; and that all these propositions had
hues communicated to the Courts of London and
Stockholm ; but that their answers had not been yet
received. Such is the account is the Augiburgii ar-
.icte. Upon the degree of credit that ought to at-
tach to it, it is diflitalt to decide.

We Lave been assured, from a mist respeitable
quarter, that Parsun Toots wrote• tue• extraordi-
nary advertisement published With the s:6l,ature of
Sir fa ASCII Ito& rl, in all the papc. s. PAiioTh
rouite, howersr, pasitively disowns the priaiudtiori.
and the wriole responsibility is throwa upon the Ba-
ronet. 'Lie idea al Outwit% inns to the very LabSy
of the liuuse of Commons, originally suggested.
and sir auit.ly urged by the Parson, is given up.

The Gl3Ciit of last nigh: contains as account
of the gallant elertintis at His M %ra.Y's arnica
Chip 3ally, to succour Ve also give a
private letter upon the same su'sjeel.— flay .hew
that that city had not surrendered on the 213th last.

The limo has been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. Jona HOOILHAM Fasts to be His MaJssrv's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleuipsitentiary
is the Court of Prussia.

The Kano has also been pleased to appoint
Gamma JACKSON, Esq. to be His MAJZSTT'II Se-
cretary of Legatioa at that Court.
The Walllief Celflt, CCM, Wiacaelvta, Zsvess, Ale.
wed Cagle, David Stott, and tlphiastvaa East
Indiamen, sailed from China previous to the 13th
of January. as per letter received. vie America.
tr.e !Loyal (Aarlune, PA TT2IIIOII ; ?Sexes,
Rio ; GlattOn, HA LIWITON ; Cireateatr,
WaLtilt ; Mptiate, ; Merrltil of tsly,
DA T ; and Igagiiit of Willeilty. •-
•••••••• ;
from London, are arrived at China.

Lord Hawitassvar asked in the House of Lords,
ea:at could have induced the late Ministers to think
of putting the sword in the hands of our Catholic
fellow-subjeas j Without any great stretch of inge-
nuity, his Lordship might have concluded, that it
was to enable them to tight the battles of their coun-
try ; and as to the time of proposing it, there seems
to us no period so natural for looking out for Soldiers
and Generals, a, one in which our safety must de-
pend on the of the latter, and the supply and
courage of the tnnier.
Last night's G4zass contains Addresses to the
linto;on toe &mons HIS Mc; air Y WAS pltabrd to
show on a recent Occasion, from the county of Me-
rioneth, the towns of Satiquoar and Warrington,
and the borough► of kiarliataple, Wick, Jedbu►gb,
and Dingwall.
The aotanyitious resolutions published by M.
Wit lICR/OkCeS Committee, are us wines whin
could have been conveyed in nu other form. and of
the understanding between them and Mr. La,
s, there is sunicient proof to satisfy an' candid
and impartial mind ; that it has existed the
beginning, and has coded in a positive c,ahtion, is
certain. Proofs of this .vili hereafter Dr given to
the Public. In the ine/t1 time. k is Mt earnrot wish:
of Lord Mit .ti's friends, arid the ea.:ones of such
' base demo, ih it every exertion should be speedily
made to cax.ls so uituatuial a C 01141.1011.