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London, England, 1807-09-11 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRE

LONDON,
FRIDAY, Sh.pruasta 11.

A Gotter.bo7,!: Mail arrived yeaccrdar. witls
letteTs and p.:pe:s the 23d last. but they do not
bi ing later intelligence from Copenhagen that that
already in our possession.

We stated in a former Paper, that anot:ser Expe-
dition was preparing, and the Prints devoted to the
tlinister have echoed our statement, but differ in
their accounts of the quantity of force to be employed
in the service. One of them says—" It..is to consist
of nearly 8 000 troops, of which cavalry are to form
a considerable proportion. The transports for con-
veying them are now assembling at Portsmouth;
ar...1 4S they are only vianalled fur three months,
it it inferred, that the service for which they
are intended is not very distant. t.;eneral Bes
atsrisaci, it is said, will command the Ex.
pedision. The 3J, 25th, Sith, 83i, and 91st
Regiments, are mentioned for embarkation."—
According to another blinistaial Print, the force
will be about 3000 men, and a Deputy /adjutant-
General, a Deputy Quatter-hiaatm.Gemeal, an
Inspeffor of Hospitals, two Physietans, and two
Surgeons, are to form pan of the Staff; and the
Expedition is expelled to sail in the crone of a few
days. The blinisteri.il Prints co a little further and
do net hesitate to avow, that the Islaud of Ma•
d-iru i, the otie ft of this Secret Expedition ; in order
to secure as much for Portugal, our ansient Ally,
ati Kt may he able to rescue from the grasp of Bo-
ssrapia."

In the cox of Admiral Gauesea's Espeditim,
our readers w• 11 reedits% that from the moment the
advanced :tate of the preparations rendered it safe
or proper to spetmithlte spas its oiler, we uniformly
stated, that it was destir.ed for Zealand ; while the
IkTinisterial Prim; contended. that part of it 7.44"
going to Flushing. We must, therefore, 1-sve Letter
authority, before we tan set it down is a feet that
L;adrira is the objet of th- ":.spedition papering
at l'Grtsmcutli.

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Win 'had commenced with the Danes, and that
we could not proceed with safety to the Sound.
—However. I pushed on, in company with six
sail, the/ being light ships got a-head of us a few
nide., when I perceived a large ship among them,
which proved to be a Danish frigate ; immediitelt
after, I saw a sail bearing down, fortunately the
Attrea frigate. Captain DUNBAR ; an action com-
menced, which lasted 20 minutes, when the Dane
struck, and the ships captured by her, of course li-
berated. I expected every moment to have been
taken, and certainly should had not the frigate come
up. I was ordered home, and shall proceed. There
are ah.lut '2O sail put in here, bound to Riga and
Petersburg!), but will proceed home to Englat.d."
If the above account be corre& this is a new cap-
ture. The Danish frigate, of the taking of which
we were already apprised, was captured by the
Co►ns,.

A •esssel arrived at Arbroath, was chased by
some of the Danish pilot-boats, in coming dawn the
Sound, on the 22d ult. and 14w a ship belonging to
Hull on fire.

The noxiously expetted dispatches from Admiral
GA mai ea had not arrived when this Paper well put
to press. In the ablence of authentic intelligence
respeCting the fate of Copeahagen, which has been,
on doubt, long since decided, one of the Evening
l'zints of yesterday published, in a Second Edition,
the following curious article :

a...m..1P °MCI. T •'CLOCW, P. M.

We stop the pre:► to insert the folloaint extract of e Let
tel. It as from a Midshipman to his atetiaer; it has the Ya-
suo:lth "n It; and rlsoir is not a doubt of its heir%
ramuwr The news it contents is too important to be withheld
from the Po:::.c far a moment :

Ar.el, at Sea, off the Vlie,Sep.3. Iso7.
DEAR MOTHEit,

' I su►pw that you 'nave hard that we have token Copen-
hagen, by massing. awl got posse:lslas of the Crown Bette-
-6411 !

The Ariel has taken a large Kniphausen ship and a galliot ;
and we are pretty certain that they will both be prizes. Tie
hiasetr's Mate went iu with the Jurs arta the Captain of the
prise wanted to run her ashore; be being eettain that she
would be condemn. d.•

" Tm,• above is a literal extra& of the young Midshipman's
mother is a Gentlewoman in New•coutt in the
Temple , there is riot a doubt of its being genuine.
The lett., is now before us, and, believing It to be eerie), we
have not iii,itated to present its contents to our readers.
" Since writing the aboveme learn, that there is a Naval Of-
ficer in town, who co. roberatee the above information says
that he learnt it frous a cutr .r at sa, horn the fset and that
he was asteni,hed en bis :.rival in town, this inclining, to find
that tire news was nut steer.: , km,trm."

'.e Second Rer t of the. Committee upon the
Publiz Expen....ure has heel) printed and distri.
.• —I among the Members of the House of Corn•
n... 1.. It relates exclusively to the Bank of Eng.
•itieb great National EstaSlishment, it
i; a well.d•
~• succinft, and aathentic history.
The very i:r erecting inform r which it contains.
has induced us to 1,1 -rt it at lu 1 length.

A Pioclamatlon has been issued at Hambnrgh,
prohibiting all English goods from being intro.
deiced into Holstein, unless they can be accompav
ni. d with original certificates that they are on neus
tral account, and are imported from neutral ports.
Yesterday se'nnight, one of the largest vessels
ever built at Chtster, carrying upwards of $OO tons
burdel, was hunched. She was called the Phallic.
intended for t:fe Jamaica trade. and will be corn.
mandLd by Capt. Itvf. Same day. at Lancaster.
a rrma. kabie fine new ship was launched, burden
450 tons. She is cAled the Lord Clatutooso.

There Las been a most commodious hospital
weed brow of the hill, to the north of Do-
ves, for the accommodation of the sick soldiers of
that garrison ; the situation is the best and most
healthy that could be fixed upon, and will accom-
modate from three to five hundred men. The pa-
tient were removed from the old hospital to the new
one, on Tuesday.
Major-Cieueral Canty has announced the dis-
covery of the Longitude by a mathematical iustru-
anent, which shews the rate of a ship sailing main:t-
ally, with the greatest accuracy. This instrument
is conueaed with others, which point out the rate
of the ship's sailing, her latitude and longitude, in
direst or oblique sailing.
Some accounts have been receivi-d at our princi-
pal settlement in Ceylon from 111.4j0r DA•sas, who
was suppesed to have been butchered with his com-
mies by the troops of the King of C.:Amor. Mojor
Davies is still in the capita of Candy. He has
contrived to write a line or two on a leaf of Je4n-
we's Datauxury, merely stating tree fa et of his exist-
ence.

Reports have been circulated, of a disagreement
baying arisen between the Government and the two
Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Ma-
dras. The origin of the difference is said to be the
esealdishitient at Fort St. George of a Police, a cir-
etin:,- nee which wee Noticed in a charge of lime of
,ire .;uti4es to the Grand Jury, which declAred the
estanli.nment to be unnecessary. The local Go-
vernratot being :srnrised of the charge, are said to
.4e written a lasi the other Judges, requesting
•ley wr.:tild take than ats in Court, "to preserve
vase r-ace of the place." One of the Judges com-
peted with the request, an. appeared on the Bench ;
the whir declined, having =used his reasons for not
;oserferiag wit.' the usage and praftice of the Court.
hence a cellists, has arisen am.uig the Judges them-
selves. which has occasioned ‘,Serrorials to be trans-
mitted to the Coust•ef an.l the Boarded
Corticoid; and one of the Judges 11.1$ solimitted a
stattlrient of the disagreement lot the cosed‘rwtioa
e 4%! dezistoz of 134 ES/ To

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ELLEN.-AN ELECT.

Deep thunder in peals roll'd in drerlfel seereesion.
Slur, sul hure,us lightning illurniced the sky.
When Ellen, the victim of sad indiieretion.
Fled iier the heath, fir uncover ieu nigh.

Forsaking theorems of her Titled Seducer,
Sholtasteled, yet drealed her Parents to meet ;
No danger could tempt, no persuasion iniuce bee
To rest, till forgiveness shed begg'd at their foot.
Alas! hapless Ellen too late's tho end avour !
Too long you've neglected their pardon to erave!-..
Ileart-hroke by your Piet% you ha.e bat them (or emr
Their sorrows are hush'd in the cold darksome grave !

Rut who to thine ear shall unfold the sad tidings!
What tongue but will falter the tale to impart?
Ah ! how wilt thou bear the rue scorn and the chiding.
Of these who can't /eel for thy deep-wounded heart ?
May the Pow'r you've offended accepted your contrition.
And strengthen the virtue which dawns in your lintast--.
May his goodness relieve your unhappy condition.
And Seen in the tomb may your woes b • at reA !
At despairing she wandered, alone. unprotected,
How throbb'd her sad heart as she drew near their doe !
At that instant a flan, by Heav'n's mercy directed,
To earth struck her down, and she never WIC n:ure !

The following is an extra of a letter fr< in
Captain Jos rb, i.f tai Cathrrine mod Mud. Fr••• 50
to Peterslourg':, dated Gottenburgh, e t :
On the 2u.h instant Re %vete 1.o.• .;ed, :.ear
'Le Koll, ky His M AJIIST V :tter
Loutepaat Dauay, w!io int...rand us that bosti-