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London, England, 1807-09-17 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS•

LONDON,
THURSDAY. SUTIMBIR IT.

SURRENDER OF COPENHAGEN.

Tho Hon. Lieutenant CA T lIC ART, Captain COL.
ties, of the Suresillante, and Baootc TAY Loa, Lsq.
His MAJESTY'S late Minister to Hesse. arrived at
six o'clock last mf;rn;ng ; Lieutenant Catme sat
with dispatches from Lord CATHCART for Vit.
Cont.t CASTLERIACH, and Captain Coaatta with
dispatches from Admiral Ga.,
the surrender of Copenhagen, with
and arsenals in that city, by
Mai esrr's arms. Messengers
patched to His Majesty, to the
to Scotland, and to Ireland. They
all the different owns in their route
the news in the t.)llowiag short
COPENHAGEN HAS SURI
THR DANISH FLUE' OAS
IS PLACED AT His MAJIISTIr's

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The following official laws I

M seta, announcing
with the Dansh nary
Capitulations to Rs
s were iastantly
be Prince of WALri.
['hey were charged is
ante to communicate
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D Mayo", posted upon the 11/41sasion House,
communicated to Le ov
y: Ifechterdav Atoniv.
Lord Castlereagh has the honour to acquaint the
Mayor, that dispatches have been received
.d Cathcart, dieted from the Cita•lel of Co-

Igen, on the Bth instant; after a severe
-4ment of three nights, a Capitulation
agreed to, by which the Danish fleet, in-
lading vessels of all descriptions, were surren-
, together with all naval stores, an.t His Ma-
troops put in possession of the Ci:adel and
;.yard. There were 18 sail of the line, ev„lu-
,ve of 3 on the stocks/ 13 frigates, sevtn sloop:,
37 mortar and gua-boat6, found in the part

arsenal.
che particulars of this important service w.ll
'sneer, with the least possi'ele delay, in an Litra-
-0 Ga:eite."

dtimiralty.oll,v, Septem3er Iq.

" Lord Mulgrave has the honour to acquaint the
lied Mayer, that Captain Collier, of His Majesty's
iti
Gam-
bier, p Nomalfeete, is just arrived from Admiral Gam-
sad brings the news that Copenhagen capitu-
lated on the S'th inst. when His Majesty's Fleet and
Army were put in possession of the Fleet and Arse-
nals of Denmark, and of the City of Copenhagen."
Abut -.en o'clock, the Park and Tower goes were
fired, and fltgs were displayed upon the steeples of
several churches. The town was all bustle, and
our (Mice being crowded and besieged wii.h persons
moody inquiring the news, we gratified the pub-
lic curiosity, by publishing a SECOND Erns* ion of
Tim BRITISH Ness, containing the Oificial Letters
tothe Lorio MAYOR, and some further particulars.
lo the evening, ?As Extraardihary Gazette, promised
in Viscount CASTLERLAGB'S letter, made its appear-
ance. have given a true copy of it in our
preceding columns. It passes over the operatic's,
between the 23d of August, and the 2.1 of Septem-
ber, with a promise to communicate them in an
additional Extraordinary Ga:eite, as soon as po,si-
Ile, and conmeenees with the business of the 2d.
• On the morning of that day," Admiral GAM.
start says, '4 the mortar batteries, which had
been ereaed by the army in the several
positions round Copenhagcn, together with the
bomb verels which were placed in convenient
situations, began the bornhardmAtt with such pow-
er and cleft, that, in a short time. the town was set
on ti; e ; and, by the repeated discharges of our ar-
ollery, was kept in flames, in different places, anvil
the evening of the s:h, Wpm a considerable part of
kissing consumed, and the conflagration arrived at
a great height, threatening the speedy destruction
of the whole city, the General commanding the
garrison sent out a flag of truce, desiring an armis-
tice to affard time to treat for a Capitulation." It thus
appears that Copenhagen was bombarded by sea and
land for three days; and from a passage in Lord
CAT tic A iT'Airtter, we are led to conclude, that if the
town had not capitulated. an attempt would have
been made in a few days to take it by storm. The
frightful piaure of havock and destruction held out
in the passage which we have quoted. is, however,
much softened by the positive assertion of his Lord-
ship, that " not one shot was fired into the town, till
after it was summoned with the offer of tiit: most
advantageous terms, nor a single shut after the first
ir.dication of a disposition to capitulate; on the con-
trary, the filing, which lasted three nights, from
his Males-yes batteries, was considerably abated
on the 24, and was only renewed on the 3d to its
full vigour, on a presumption that the place was
determined to hold out." Upon the face then of
this representation it does appear, that the business
was conducted with as much humanity as could
possibly Se exercised, consistent with a due atten-
tion to the attainment of the objet, and that the
gallantry of our troops, and their Commanders, was
solely direaed by a sanse of duty, wholly free (rem
the slightest tindure of an hostile or rapacious
spirit. It was truly charaaeristic of Englishmen ;
of whom it is said, that while no nation is more
brave, there is none more tender-hearted, or averse
to the shedding of human blood. On the evening
of the Sth, the Danish Camel proposed an ar-
mistice of 24 hours, for preparing the basis of a ca-
piailation, which was declined, as tending to unne-
cessary delay; but the firing was countermanded,and
Dent. Co'. Mueear was seat into Copenhagen to
rate that no proposal of capitulation would be lis-
tened to, unless accompanied by the surrender of the
Cm. This basis being admitted by the Danish
Commander, on the 6th,the capitulation was drawn
np in the night of that day; the ratification was ex-
enanged in the morning of the 7th, and in the af:

ternoon of the same day, the British trill's began
to carry it into execution. The principal articles
are the surrender of the Danish navy, consisting of
St sail of the line, 15 frigates, 7 sloops, and 37
mortar and gun-boats, with the naval stores
and arsenals, and the evacuation of Zealand

by the English within six weeks. The Danish fleet
is to be at the dismal of. Hisilarreolnic Itlijeste ;

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that is, the surrender is unconditional, and, as we
won it, so we will wear it. Whether, as we ori-
dern traded it merely in trust, our Govern-
ment will adhere to that principle, and restore it to
the Danes, when the necessity which constituted the
jostificatinn of the demand, shall cease to exist,
will be a matter of future considereinn. To make
the most generous use of nur strength would cer-
tainly be, under all the circumstances of the case,
our best policy, and we hope to see that course
adopted. The Ministerial Journals have already
announced the fall of Copenhagen a " glorious"
comp.. t ; but we do not hesitate to say, that
there is no glory in the business; and that every true
Englishman, whilr. he feels happy in the result, la-
ments the necessity which produced the undertaking.
Our loss, we rejoice, has been trifling indeed. The
number of killed, including four OCHcers, does not
amount to 50. Tile loss of the Danes (for we will
not call them enemies) must have been very cor,si-
deralge. We have heard 500 mentioned as the
number of killed in C.openluz..n ; but that must be
mere conjecture. That they lost mu:.:: in the pre-
vious operations, is certain.
At. eztra& from the leg-book of the Sur.
cellist:le, August '3O, says, " Gelieral Wellesley
has obtained a complete viflory, taken one General,
60 officers, 1200 prison:rs, 10 pieces of cannon ;he
is put suing the flying enemy."

By the Lisbon Mail, which arrived on Tuesday,
we have received letters from that city, and Madrid
Gazettes cf a late date. According to the private
letters, the Spaniards had demanded of the Court of
Lisbon, six sail of the line and 4000 troops, to delve
the English forces from the kin de h Plata; and the
French had demanded a large sum of meaty, and
that the Pores of Portugal should be shot against the
English. The calamitous and disgraceful resuk of
the Buenos Ayres Expedition has superseded the li
necessity of the former of these demands. The lat.
ter, if not complied with now, must be acceded to,
the moment when France has drained Pottugal of
all her money. Some of the letr..-ts, however. en-
courage a hope, that France will not proceed to
extremiti.s, the &starer of trade between this
country and Portugal being five to one in our
favour ; but BONA? AIM we fear, is not likely
to be diverted from a favourite ohjelt by any
such consideration. The private letters are very
severe upon our South American Exnedizion, and
apprehend that its result will operate injuriously
against Portugal, by depriving her of her strongest
argument agaltst his demand of shutting her
ports. Whenever that measure was urged, the
Court of Lisbon answered, that, in the event of
compliance, England wonld seize the Brazils; hut
BONA! A UT E can now urge, in reply, the calamitous
and disgraceful result of the expedition to she Rio de
la Plata. as evidence of the impradicability of such
an nudes taking.—We have copied from The Madlid
Ghzette, an interesting article respelling the escape
of General Bsatsrom from Buenos Ayres.

We have received Dutch Papers to the S•h
instant, containing Paris news to the 4th They
furnish us with several articles respening the pro-
hsbie malt of the Expedition to Zealand, but
trey have list all their interest by the fall of Co-
penhagen. The summons sent by Lord CATII.•
Call r to the Covenant of that ciiy, appeus
its these Papers. It slitters in sue point from the
joint proclamation issued by his Lordship and Ad-
miral GA mama. A friendly alliance is pmposed in it,
ands in the event of its rejettion, his Lordship Akre it-
ens the bombardment of the city, and ti.e ,I;ttiz-
lion of the navy and arsenal. It is sugge.tcd, in :in
article from Naples, that General Fox, wirii the
whole of the British. were shoot to leave Sicily for
Egypt.
General Jo tor is stated to have set out for Bay-
onne, to take the command of the troops there ; and
it is agai. mentioned, that he is gnisg upon an im-
portant mission to Lisbon.

Yesterday, a Court of Dire lore was held at Om
East India House, when the undermentioned ships
were taken up, and thus stationed, Viz.
Calcutta, 819 Mans Captain —; Lord Kelton, 819, W.
C Hutton; 671, H Sturrork ; Hugh Inglis,
W. Fairfax ; William Pitt, 819, Graham ; Samatlusn. 819.
J. Dale; and Lady Jose Guud.o, $ O, 1-1. Linitsay ; for Ma-
dras and Mengel.
Jane, Naiad of Gorden, 820 tons, J. Cameron; ad
Bengal, 8111, A. Comma; for Coalou and Bengal.
E. 411 St. Vincent, Mg too., C. josses ; for latrubsy.
Phenix, 818 tons, J. aradest ; Europa, 819, W. Gel-
stone; Lnrd Castlereagh, IS, Chatte Kyiner, for St. Helena
and Bengal.
The twee was stationed for Bombay and China,
instead of the Centex, and the Coatee stationed for
China ding!.
Captain Islesairr was sworn into the command
of the ship Esser, stationed for Bombay and China.
The Court adjourned at 6 o'clock till Wednesday
next.
There is a feature in the new Lottery Plan, which,
though it may not strike at first view, is of unpre-
cedented interest. Although the fortunate Sharers
of a Ten, Twenty, or Forty Thousand Pound Prize,
in the first Scheme, may rest content; yet they may
become candidates likewise for the Capitals in the
Supplementary Scheme, since the very numbers
which obtain the former Capitals, may be announced
also as Supplementary Tickets.

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THEATRE.

COVEIIT-CART)EiI.

La't night The nTritr'S Opera was performed at
this Theatre. There was no change in the cast of
parts since last season. Mr. IttCLLOON was in fine
voice. sod gave the manly songs of Macheath with
the happiest etre& lie was most rapturously ea.
eared in several of them I nor was Miss Bowe as less
happy is the plaintive airs of Path. This lady is
much improved in her salon since last season. Mrs.
C. ti ste scs was warmly greeted on her entre. She
is much thinner then Int season. looks ex.
tremely well. and performed the part of Lae,/ with
all her wontel spitit and vivacity. Mr. Entity was
also received by the audience with all thewarmth that
a distinguished favourite coulii excite.—Mr.
NEV'S farce of Baiting the Mad followed; Mr.
I..EWIs never appeared to more advantage in the
entertaining Mitre —.The novelty of the night was
Miss De CAMP, (sister to Mrs. C. Kemal...) in the
iritling, but likely part of Ptf,Z,. This lady beers
a strong ;esernt)lsoce to her sister. but is rather
taller. flan vivacity with which she sustained this
little pa:4 g.tre fair promise of future excellence.

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