The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
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the King of Prance, set of immediately for St. Te•
tersbnrg.
This day the Bade armed ship was forced in by
contrary winds, with ten sail of traospons, boned
to Copenhagen, under her Convoy.
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The Captain of a merchant ship, wholtrtived.
here last blooday, reports, that in the e.:attegat lie
met with 150 sail of light English ships, all emus%
ing from Russian ports, one of which spoke him ;
he informed him, that the reason of their return
was the appearance of war between Enfland and
Russia.

The followinc is the Copy of a Note transmitte.l
by Governor PAY MAORI to /1417/4111 GAMBIER, on
the a of the release of the vessels captured by
the DAmii

" Copenhagen, September 22, 1907.
" Si ll—At:audit% to the ninth arti,le nf the t'apitulatiun.
ell Enetth geode under it-cp.-oration in the Islar.d of Zealand
shouhl ti. peen up: this has been punctually executed. dot
your Exclikolty will be pleated to observe the vast difference
between geed/ s..rpetatemi in ports or Viwoo, aed shim cap-
Wed (as you say riuraell) at sea. These cannot possiley, in
evy npinion, cow, under that description ; the lees so, as your
Fit eileneir Am still so many Daniels ships iikeime tale..,, at
eta its ynur feast, and as British ships every where continee to
c-spture what vessels of our Patron they meet at sea Besides
this emoi•lemtion, yos have yoineell declared in ore of volt
levers, test the reties.* of such shins m a matter ultimately t.
be wited by oir tee respective
" In thus state,g tho ease fairly, I flatter myself that 1 have
sentenced your Eer.4lmicy, that 1 am not authorised to release
yid vessels, at the seine use Iteghet thl: I cannot comply
y ,ur request.
" 1 have toe Manaus to be, with sentiments of the aim
cerest respect ant highest esteem, Sir, your I....conflict's most
obedient and humble servant, (Signed) PEYSIANN."
To his Lacinleney Admiral Gambier, Coin-
manslesee.Chief of the &kith Fleet.

rf /Row THE ►RENCH PAPERS.

Ike Moraliar, October 5 )

ltlolllll/10. Serf. 29.
Its the eetheesees which have taken place at
Giurgewo, betweerithe Russian and Ottoman Ple-
aiiinientiaties, it bas been agreed. teat after the total
evacuation of the two principalities of Moldavia
and Wallachia. by the UM of the two belligerent
Powers, there shall be estatilished a Divan. com-
posed of Bnyards, who shall govern those provinces
provisionally till their future fats shall be defini-
tively regulated.
The Russian Plenipetentiaries have notified to
Prince Ypsilanti, toat, in the present circumstances,
the prolongation of his stay at Bacharcst may be at-
tended with disagreeable circumstances, and that he
mast remove from that city. and all allachia. He
•has. in emisequence, determined to go to St. Peters.
burg. The Hospodtrs. appointed by the Porte,
will, in like manner, not make their appearance till
further ceders.
Two divisions of the Turkish army still remain
on the left bank of the Danube ; these are, the corps
of Mnstapha Bayraear, which is posted near Giur.
sawn; and that of Pelivan Aga, which is at I►seael.
TRANIEFORTp seer. 30.
The friends of religion and religious concord,
will learn with pleasure, that there has just eppared
at Brunswick a new German translation of the New
Testament. intended for the use of all Christian
communions. It is the wo►k of two Bone.
diame4 Chai les and Leander Von Eu ; and is.
telligent critics agree. that it is the best them is in
the German langusge ; two editions are printed at
tie same time, one f..r the Catholics. and the other
for the Protestants ; but the former differs from the
latter only by some additions taken from the Vul-
gate I both have been approved of by divines of
the respedlise et .rimunion. The two keened Be.
nedietiues are now employed in translating the
Old Testament on the same principl: s. May
they succeed as well as the Minister of Geneva,
who. has given us a French version of the Bible.
equal:, esteemed by Catholic* and Protestants !

PARIS. OCT. 13.
By authentic lists. it appears. that 800 inhabitants
of Copenhagen were killed and wounded during the
bombardment of that city.
Eigi,t bonds cd Danish marine soldiers. principally
Hanoverians, hAiNt descried, and joined the Er glish
army.

The English have re-shipped their heavy artillery,
and destroyed t!.e batteries and entrenchments made
for the purptse of reducing the town, which now
begins to war a pacific appearance.
Four private libraries, and three printing-offices,
were burned to the ground. A manuscript dic-
tionary of the Iceland language, which they had
commenced to print, at the expense of the Univer-
sity of Copenhagen, is much regretted.
The scarcity that threatened Copenhagen is don!
away, by the permission granted by the English to
the Danish vessels to sail to and from Norway,
and the other ports of the kingdom, with provision,
fuel, £.:c.

On Lord CatEcart's retiring, to the citadel, he
ordered immense palliiadts to be planted along the
esplanade, from the Cusoms-house to Great Ling-
street.

The English, in general, observe the best
dis-
ciphne. and are guilty of very little s. The
cooduel of Generals LorJ Cathcart and Linsengen,
is hiiply praised, *Us at the same time they blame
the insolence of Admiral Sir Home Popham.—
I Manitrar.)
The city of Grns-Beeskerck, in the Banat of
Hangaria, has suffered severely by fire. Eight
hundred of the finest houses have been destroyed.—
The loss is estimated at sia millions of florins.

Nlany changes are Liking place in the superior
ranks of the Austrian army. Prince Charles, cf
ithpan, who had retired on a pension. has been raised
to the rabic of Lieutenant Field-Marsha.

The posts in Hotland are divided into five dies
t:ias, each of which is to have a particular. Direarsr.
Since the ?.s!h September, three Russian line-of-
battle ships, and than frigates, have been in the
Saut.d. Another Russian higate prweJ by Copen-
hagen, going into the North Seal And two others.
urrivel 'roan thence, sailed into the Baltic. Several
cthtr Russiar. men of war lire shortly expelled to
enter tl.c Baltic. from Archangel.
A letter from Irlarnburgh, dated October 2. says,
" Two days ago, the post-boat going glom hence to
I lArburgls. was upset by a violent gust f wind,
with upwards of GO persons on tro.itd. It is not )et
kauvrn the number that unfortunately perished t 26
bodies have ahead) been touild. amongst which six
were let kccf in e.icn otilets arms."

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declared all the fmelgo enlonies to he io a state of
blockade, and th.it to-y have ordered an impress of
seamen to be indiset immately made from all vessels
they meet with at sea.

OCT. 15.
• A letter from Copenhagen, dated Sept. 29, .1!s,
" The season has become very rainy, and forces use
English to raise their camps, and take shelter in the
clue: and villages. All appearances announce their
early departure ; their fleet is formed into two di-
visions, which are to sail at different times. An
epidemic dysentery continues to make great ravages
amongst them. They have transformed the beau-
tiful girdene of the merchant, Froms, into a vast
hospital. A merchant in this city, previous to the
late Prussian campaign, received in charge four
cases, which remained a long time at the Custom-
house, but which he removed to his own stores a few
days before the bombardment. His stores were re-
duced to ashes, and in the ruins were found a crown
and an epaulette of diamonds, worth 160,000 francs.
It is hence supposed that these cases contaiued
@fiats et great value."—( Morsiteer.)
Accounts from Sweden, to the 16th last, state,
that at that time the King continued ill ; and that
since his snivel at C.arlscrona, that city was put in
a state of defence, and that they worked night and
day in augmenting the fortifications. Nine sail of
the line, and forty transports, had, it is added,
sailed on the 16r11, to take the Swedish troops bout
the Isle of Rugen.—(lbrd )
k is in contempladon to augment the garrisons
in the department of Zealand, in Holland. Part of
the 3d Regiment of tie Line has marched hoot
Utrecht to Haselem, and is to be replaced by rbre
Guards. The Lisa ‘Areterie have also marched to
Utrecht, and are to proceed to Leyden, there to
wait further orders. —( hid.)
VIZNNA, ace. 4.
The Emperor remains at Saltsburg till the Bth.
The Count de Goes*, President of the Tribunal of
Styria and Carinthia. is about to be named Presi-
dent of the New Regency established at Saltsburg.
The Archduke Charles is hourly exile:led from
his tour of inapeilion in Bohemia. The States of
Hungary resumed their sittings on the 21st ult. atter
a month's adjournment.
It is intended to lay a tax of three florins per cask
on all wine of a year old. which merchants keep a
year in their cellars. It is thought that this tax will
diminish. the price of wine, by obliging the mer-
chants to sell cheaper the considerable quantity in
thew stores, and prevent the necessity of importa-
tion.

value, seer. 26.
The commercial intercourse between Swedili and
Italy is increasing by Mount St. Gothard, while
that with South Germany is declining. The route
by Simplon serves for the transport of merchap-
dize, by the Valais. for Italy and France. and by
the new route established in the department of
Mont Blanc, upon the south bank of the Lake of
Geneva.

NAPLES, SEPT. 25.
By Letters from Sicily, we learn that the hospi-
tals of Messina are full of wounded English that
were brought there horn Egypt, where the forces
are considerably drin.nish.d
An kosglish vessel, of 18 guns, from Messina,
with a cowiderable quantity of corn on bnarJ, has
been taken of the Isle of Noax, by the Freach
cruiser L. Vase*.

By a Decree of th.• l6th, Kiel; Joseph appointed
M. Rosini, Counsctior of &ate, to be Bishop of
Postman.
TOULOUSI, OCT. R.
The ceep of wine has this year been extremely
abundant in this department. Many proprietors
have been obliged to abandon the grape on the rine,
front want of vessels to contain the wine.

CA 1.• II. OCT. 3.

The storm of the Ist instant Las done much da•
mage to our port. and the country in our neighbour-
hood. The sea rose to an uncommon height, and
carried away a pact of the East Jetty. A piece of
cannon placed at its extremity was upset, and
thrown upwards of a hundred yards; a mortar, of
large calibre, was also removed by the violence of
the sea. he embankments broke in s
places, and the Eauabourgs of the City ware inun-
dated.