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

it *as Selle Ced at in ,Holste:ni' at •Hatnburgh,
and ztt St. Petershurgh, at the time: - Bernadotte too
101 made tto secret of the 'object o)•-his mission being
to procittilheaclasion oft holOgliSli froth the ports
of Dt;nortik: WAS this a itape of things in which
His NliajestyiNinist,..ri were-to go on'confiding in
the sincerity and .m.qaiis of'the-,Ditilish Government,
till they should be callei on! for' assinance ? -He
wish ect to know, why' they should have waited ibr
th'e Declaration of Denmark, when fully apprised
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of the dispo,iiiLn of France -towards that Power,
of the inability of Russia to controul• that dispo-
and'r< the want of means, or -.of inclination,

on the part of Denmark, to'resist the force of
France'? But the-Right Hon. Gentleman had argu-
ed, that though there had beem enough in the cir-
cumstances and condu& of Denmark to excite suspi-
cion, or callfor measures of precaution, yet there
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'was not buthcieut to justify the length to which the
measures of his 'Majesty's Govornment had been
carried. For hitnself, he did not 'know 'what other

measures could have been resorted to ; and he

would defy the ingenuity of the Gentlemen Op-

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posite, to shew what others could have been.
adopted, that would insure the accomplishment of
the ohjeEt. 'lt was. not necessary for hiM, in this
instance, to say that the whole of the force em-

ployed on this occasion__had not been provided for

036 Eipedition originally.' ' 'A very large part
of it had been employed to assist the King of
Sweden, the remainder had been provided.ori prin-
ciples-ofprecaution, and, as the ;Aux of intelli-
gence•tiel.intinstrated the critical nature of the eine r-
gency, or, as the views of Trance developed them-
belves, it became the more . necessary to -employ the

whole upon this important service. Mto the (le.
mud of the Fleet, ha was at issue with the Right

Hon. Gentleman ; but as he rnehnt to object to the
prceleboe of the Paper le called fpr, he thought
it right to state, that the proposition intendettto
have been Made in the first instance to the Court
of. Denmark, was to surrender its Fleet in depot,
to be returned on the
.conclusipn cif Peace. This
proposition had, not been 'submitted to the Danish
Government, because the Gentleman who was 'the
bearer cf it, pn his arrivel at Kiel,. felt confident
that hit should see the. Prince- on the following
morniue, but found in the morning that the Prince.
had set out for Copenhagen ; on fbllowing the Prince
to Copenhagen he found he had eeterned to Kiel.—
The Danish Minister, whotn'he met at Copenhagen,
hadeedees et to treat upon the terms he was au-
thorised to propose : the Minister at Kiel could not
treat till the return of a Coarier from Copenhagen;
the Miaister arCopenhagen could not open a dego-
ciatien the return of -a Messenger from' Kiel.
Under these circumstances it was impossible to enter,
into ant Negociation that could hold out any pros
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peel of a speedy or setisfaktory result, and thus it
was tbt 'the original proposition had never been
submitted to the D.mish Government. A sufficient
force had been sent to justify the Court of D'enmatk
to Fiance in conceding to our demand, or, if it did
not concede, to accomplish the objet for which it
had been dispatched. --As to the insult tothe dignity
of Denmark, a few Frigates stationed in the Belt, to
prevent the passage, of troops from Holstein to the
Islands, would have been as great an aggression as
the attack upon Zealand: If the Hon. Gentleman
doe 1;44 thi4 de:eriee, he held in hie hand an au-
thciritee' on the lax of nations, which the Right
Hell. Gentleman, in the early part of his speech,
did"tee thew any disposition to approve, though, in
the reNgibus part of'his speech, towards the end, he
seemed to look upon' its author asean instrument in
he,hands oriProvidence to to the scourge of nations.
The.authority lie alludt;cl to, was to be found in an
Arpat, addressed, by the .Prench Minister to Buona-
pane, and contained in a Alimitettr, received this.
:day.' • Ther nleef lew laid down was, " Thatthere
was Soeereige in Europe that should not ackeovVe
ledge that he %yes eespcipsible to the French Einpe.;
tor for any e.terciie at his
,Neutrality, which may
be detrimental to his French Subjeets, and that to
suffer another Belligerent to board their Shipe, was
at great a breech of Neutrality as the adual violation
of their tenitery." Now ilictie who- thought so
much of the wounded pride' of Denmark; 'should
consider' that upon this principle, the search of the
smallest Vessel, in crossing the Belt, would he sntfi-
eienCeo' plaCe Denmark in a 'state of War s: ith
France. With a' French Army on' the 'frontiers of
Holstein, arid 'no English Flcet or force Off COpeu•
hageni it would be an idle waste of words, a ,there
mokery of Negociation, to enter into lily discus-'
sionse Humenity as well as policyrequired a fore.'
large enough for the Ultimate accomplishmeett at
the objeet under any circumstances. No man
could blame thetti for having made the force much
larger than was necessary t'or either' objekt;
order to invite the surrender of the Fleet whiCh
was reunited; but when no propositiop 'would be
listened to, It 'was satistaaory that the means em-
ployed were sufficient for the eccomplishment of the
obje4l with the leeif possible lOss. ' The Right lion.
Gentleman had-sai4 'that the case eonld only he jits:
titied -by necessity; but he was sore the Right Hon.
Gentleman must carry his principle • further, and
admit that the measure °eight not to be carried be-
yond the necessity of the case. , He was therefore
surprised to find the Hon. Gentleman say,eat the
Coneltision.of his speech, that the measure ought
,to
have. butt pushed to eseretnety. other pre-
enises he might arrive at that conclusion, but cer-
tainly' nom' those he ieid that night steted.e—
The Right Hon. Gentlemen had said, that the
Denial Government could defend the Islands against
France; tho Ugh France, shoetd be in possession of
Hol4tein. ,tut if the banish Navy was not pre-.
parecteigainst England, neither could it be prepared
agaiust.Frarice.. However, thefati Was, and it was
notorious, that after, Zealand find surrendered, mai*
Danish tropps had succeeded in gettireeento thate
Island, notwithstanding the judicious distributiorf
of the. British naval force in the ,Belts; by the very
able Officer who commended in that quarter. On
thiesn thority of his Predeces,ers he could state, tbat
the pressure in Holstein was considered its likt,ly
to lead to the surrender of Zealand. The Hoe.
Gentlemen-had asked, 'why they had not puetheir
questions direetly to Bessie, respeLaing her conduCt
he wbuldesuswer, that they had flattered themselves,
that by persuing,a course rather conciliating, they
• might bring back Russia to the line of her true
policy, and therefore they absteined from, any con-
., duet that tnight.driee her irrecoverably into the arms
crf Feence. But the Right Hon. Gentleman tai.lied
‘Yhys if RiasSia were a party against us, we aught