The Sun.
London, England, 1808-02-04 00:00:00

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• 'lt ' ' the`ri h 66.vtoinetit'
thd policy an temper oets , 1 ,
and yet that was_the Power' upon whosedetirtni-
itation they were required
,irripliCitly to rely. It
*cald nut be just 'for him,
,4nitatin3 these 'fads, to
lwithhold in tribstite
,of applatise from those who,
had Preceded him in the office he had nom the honour
to fill, and who had met with, ftrinness tha• remoh-
strances and dery nitrations of the Danicli pevern-
meat. The I.Nre le k?ord who inunediatoly:preciiiled --
him had inatrtiC ed Mr. Garlfte to declare to the'
Danish Government, that hi Alajesty Could never, '
in the event of thht Poorer submitting to the controul
of, Frince: sUffer either' the, whole Cir-It-part of its;
navy to be placed at the disposal of France. Perhaps the
Noble Lord had not considered the means adeiluate to
the end, and did opt look upon the capture of Holstein
as tribi'e likely. to secure the possession of the Danish.
Fleei,tkin the conquest of Alexandria that 'Of the
1 Torka.' But the instruZ:tions of Lite Noble j.Jorct went
on tour; that if the Danes should suffer the French
to occupy Holstein, his Majesty could not ab- •
stain from those measures Which wduld be necessary
to maintain the, honour of his Crown and dssert

the interests' of his stibjeels. He presnthed, from
their adelamation, that the. Gentlemen 'opposite in-
ferr6(l, that these measures should' not be resorted
to until .the Danish navy should be actually taken,
'or until the agreement shotild be entered into
for its surrender, or until a communication of
such agreement' shOuld be made by a Government,
which had entered into a convention with this
Country in August, iiu,l in the December follow-
ing violated that. cam cation. The whole con-
duet of that Court showed, that eitherfrom necessity
or inclination it would ha've taken a part agitinst this
country, and it was no 'weak presumption of such
an event, that ail the otfers of France had been-
kept back from this country, whitst they win'e amus-
ing Lis with the assurance, that they placed an im-
plicit reliance upon
.theDec4rations of France. He
had been hit tierto. speaking of the state of Denmark,
in.Deceinber 1.806, and January 107, wh66 Buo-
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'naparte was eMployed•at adiStance in Poland against
armies, certainly not equal to his own, *but which
kept him At bay, and by a sMall assistance. might
have been rendered equal to Ins armies. By whiit
means could Donmar4 defend herself against the

-11re.nch, When BuOnaparte should eeturd with his
whole force triumphant from Poland, after she had
refuse l the assistance that had beereofired to her.
could' not state hib impression Upon the subject
more stroegly, than in the 'wordS,of another, Which
he had, lately read The temporising disposition'
'of weak FoViers, it is, that prevents them from
I:;rining, a disposition in our favour, until, France
has compclieti them 'to a disposition in tier own."
Of all persons
,he did not think that 'they should
be accused of injtitiee by the captors at Alexau-
t aria ;. of mismanagenrent by the attaCi.ers of the
rDardanelles ; inglorious by 'the' covirinetons of
'Constantinople. 'Bot
„thesgh'heshoUld admit that
the'demand of the Danish navy was a strong measure,
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%yet there w.t, some eiftetmuattbn, in that ease which
did not apply' to the demand' of the Turkish fleet.
-1-ie:Aid not mean to argue, here the dill'erence of the
necessity in 'either' instance: 'There Was'thiseircum-
fi stance which bUre upon,ihe case of theDahish
that the Danish (overainent, contemplating
thedan-
gets that were gather:lN roundit:' had entertained
the project: for,
.redeeijty; its Navy by, sale,. and he,
had., upon, authority to irate,' that the Russtirs Mi-
nima: had ;.ietually entered into.a treaty-tor the pur.
chase of part. of the Danish Navy.----As to the in-
!' tinence et natis,Tal pride, therefore, it could not be
' very active, for he could not conceive any situation
that this Country
.could be placed" in,
,its u hick she
could entertain a.proposal for tile disposal, by sate,
of.any part of the I;ritish Navy.--!--Where s'ich an
intention had. existed, thefine feeling for the na-
tional pride must have,beeo destrqed: This would
not,, certainly.. justify the 411104:- of the' D3eish
Vleqt„but it proved, that there could n t
.have
isted any of those high notious otT honour, that
lively sensibility to 'rattoed character, which had
been so elaborately, pourtraye.d in :the gorgeous elO-
qtrence of. the Gentlemen opposite. The experience
of, the past. had: enabled hi:, Majesty's Ministers it
judge of the, conduct that would be porsued. by
Denmark. Had she not received intimation of the
dangers that impendedover her? had not the Bel-
lain, published by Buonaparte after the 'battle Of,
Friendlend, giver). her,_ 'notice of her approaching
fate, when It stated, " that the' bloCkade of the'
. Continent. would then case, to ,be a 'vain worn:"
:What Botts brit thosg at Denmark could this
prOspeelite threat' apply to; fertivhat others were
'Neutral ? The 'conferences too at Tilsit, and 'the
immediate execution of of the arrange-
' ment4 entered into there, by "the restoration of-the
Dukes of Meckl6tiburgbssod Oldenbragh, for whoM
the Emperor of Roy.iii had particolarly interested
himself, on the condition of shutting their ports
against'Lritain, .shewed 'the de4gns- of Bnonaparte,
and painted to Dent-nark' as the next State that wOuld,
be ailed' upowtoSubinitJtd" his lawii of blockade.—
'l'o Denmark alone this 'Mallen Elf the' 'Bulletin re-
ferted, 'and accordingly she W4:feund shrinking into
her shell as France approached, and negledingSh
,tltake any addition to her of defence.. e
bad dealred the French' Decree of -the 21st Nov.
innbc,ent, Whilst she remonstrated ''strongly against
'the Piritisli utiht retaliatiott in Ille•Order of. the 711)
January as unjust; atid 'yet. this wai; the litCw'ef whit.
'they N'Vddtold Wris'capltble of de lendingitsell against,
Fiance. The pr-opoiition .wrtitca. maintainable; 'and
if uis Majesty's Ministers had not acted heart' the
hunresSioes they receivedTrom'the 'experience of the.,
past,- and:their knowledge of the state and senti-
ments of the Court of Derimark,- they would" not
have hullo their' duty; and the thunders of the storm
which is ' pow 'past would be.. 'still 'rolling over
our heaths: Put these were 'distant warnings. Had
not Denmark moreiennediate intimation of its dan-
ger? 'General Bernadotte, on coming to take' the.
CrOMlllaila. at 113111bUr41V,'.direetea the assembled
BUrg,hers,to prepare, euarterS for I is*,rion'ineti, which,
he represented as only the vanguard of a much
greater force, that was, to be employed on an exe.
pedition which' would 'not require hint to 'be long)
absent from Hamburgh. Whither could t.hiSeicpedi-
tion be direaed but against', Holstein ? Bernadotte
had 'also been Charged with a mission 'te the Crown'
Prince at 'Kiel and, t 4°601 he should state as n faa.
'a thing which he did not knoW tipon.offieial .ntitlio-
rity, that Pflie,!r, he ;teas assured, had had an-inter-
Or‘ii with the Gown Prinee at'Kiel; on the night
of the gist of July. ' 'llc tielicicerl t e filet; though
he could riot state it positively, and h Ituewialso that