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vernment, in neglecting to vindicate its Irtitralitt.
The ►nention of this circumstance led him to' dontra7

clift a misrepreseritadon which had been charged
agairist :the British Governtnent,, namely,. that the
Doeish Army had been stationed in Holstein at its
'desire, in order that its designs against Copenhagen
might he rnoreeasily aCcOmphslied. This statement
walks° Wholly unfounded,,ihat it was uot.till.4r re-
treat of the Danish army, betbre a haddful of Feetieli,
troops, that the British Government had made a re-'
presentation, complaining, thitt that was not the way
to Dentnark to enforce her neutrality. The ooaduct
of France to Sweden, was very. di alien t, When the
'French division, commanded by General Mnrat, en-.
tered. Lubec, taro thOusan
,s wedi sh t F.OOO Were,
mode prisoners, . after the storniirrg of the.! .town,
and . the, General who commanded thorn was not,
"IYirreated with. every diAintaion due to hi% rank.
and charader, but sent back with uktsiage to the
Kiiig of Sweden front the French General, the bro-*
;11,:r•in-law of Puc,niip,irte, lli[ll to make
c.01114:1pn cause with trance', intimating that it would
be fur ~his 'advantage' to do so; and hinting" that it
was. unnatural for Delunark to posses:: Norway,
which -ought to be annexed to Swedcn."rhig had
been the condud of France toward.,' Sweden, at a
period contemporary with the assertion of the Danish
Centrality';, and 'When afterwards a negotiation was
entered into at Harnburgh, for the release of the
communication Prisoners, the sanie comunication was

made to the Swedish• Charge d'Affaires there. What
Was the cotichia of the King of Sweden "upon this ?
Ile ienfinunediarely to acquaint the CrowitPrince
with the offer that had been made to him, and
' l't°l-lered the assistance of. twenty, thousand Swedish
trouPslor the Defence of. Denmark, ati assistance
'llO the British Goaernment also tact strongly re-
cominended to the aCceptanCe of the Government of
Denmark; This offer, thus recommended .on our
parts had been rejeated by the Danish Government,
which, in cerninunicating the terns of theOffet, edn-
ceahtd entirely the proposal of France respetaing
Norway. Could the Right Hon. Gentleman then
contend, that, after such conduct, we had a right to
rely On the fratik and full, leclaration of Denmark ? •,,
---Shcrtly" after Hat-nburgh was. evacuated, by the:
French, but re-o;:eupied on the igth of November,
°oil two days before the famous Decree of•the f4tst-
'Nciv, . This Decree was communicated to tlesDanish
Government, and no remonstrance was made against.
It, yet, when the Mitigated measure of.retaliation was.
aft.erwarcis , resorted .4) by tho.BritisitGivernment,
'then the rage of the Danish Government was e'gcited,!
atld a determination to resist its execution declared.:.
It
wallue, howdvi, 'iii 'jtistfce`to the Noble Lord.
'who price464.hln'An office, ao sette,, that tills deter-
i''intitiotl had been manfully -met, which-W. to its
"il'dodellinent.• He did 110 t mean to insist on: this as
c,€)nclaive„'ttroit.gli ifainounted to nstrong presualp-
O, that 'Whether' frbrn. peedilection or•necessity, the.
'atlisti Government- had no power of ;elettiou.be-
weett England and France ; there wasmo.cheice, no
1Q0S:011, no reasoning upon the subjea. 'Khe Mit-
i4,,isfrates of Hatntiure-,ll' had reinonstratecingatist the
Decree oft he ist of -November, and sent a depu,,
''!tlation'to wait upon Buonapartelwith it :in ttle:cou-
• ferenee wit ich the Deputies Itakw44.Beottaparie,
they repres'ented to him the ruin p 1
.cOlntnerce
that would his Wildrsqing,
ite 'the eonsequetiae Of pu
4igatt at restitsiaiaili, to.which.hi4 anawee:v4l,s; "• that
Le Would annihilate a',l commerce; tor, as, coot-
. rnerce and liatgland.weri identified, and he wall de-
"er,olined.ll tat England should fall, it was necessary
t that coronaPrce should fall also." But he did not
atop thent ; '•ho added; ." that he 'Wottld make
—oth,araeo-operate with him," and, adverting to this
‘lllOiY .I"ltrutral, this powerful inclepeOcot,State.,
be said, " let that little Prince take care, or: I shall
teach hiM. how to eel." Ttiis viraSiibt a paitate corn-
: ennieption, bet p siat-ern—iiii in a conference which
''' , bail since beenc
published:
Who O'old itilagine what
1
,Buonaparte ' was to teach the 4rince'bf 'llenmalt,
nO. thorn he dire' ed.fiLiCh an insulting Oservittion as
',•%,a3efone,.individeal could address to auother without
~ -oUence, except the manner of niakink Cris tIiCaLIS sub-
- iservient to the views- of the French Government ?
r.Nylien•the French shut the Rivers. Ems and Weser,
t he Dinish ,Government consented. to the nraaure,
si /itlitata trairmiar, bet remonstrated stroligly aiainit
•O ur blockade Of =those Rivers, though tie rtnaii-
. 1,(: mum was afterwards' given. up, 'when it•-swas found, ,
ellth A it .would he injurious to their own connnerPe to
pt- ass their objeetions to the measure. ,Ill'ii it WaS
no t the determination of the Danish;Gtheinnient to
de fend holstein against the .Freu d' t &Intl • ch, appeared et. -
y from a varlet/. . opiniohs,- which be..,,:fou4d
nt :ortied in his (Alice.' The Il• 1 -1
1
tt Hon Gent email
he'd called for Co )ieri' Correspondence3B*
'
of to. slieNv
what was • ' '
the tnintediate intention of Denmark, bit
'lie. rnttst.
, . contend; that, the, concurrent.; opinions of:
'. **tilt, Miniliters 4t diffetem times, and under similar
!.',ia'altuxistanees,,were, Inert! to he depended upon as a'li
!tare tr 9 of decision, than the opinion Of ail,' ill'Aivi-
al c niwever he inq be tiniilified to Torrn a col '
-
Tea jutktnent. (the nigh' LI i - ouourahle. Secretary
here read extraets from `severaldispatchersfront
~.
• • 3/Ir.: Garlicke, dated
Copenhagen, • Decentild 1 800 P
•• 1 1
..nrairukt; slut, alter tee e'reticit Dt.%ree
,or the Ist
November had beep cmiumuiLated to e thD3'.i.isliGo-
vernment, a demand was made thatlhe Datiiah army
„should .e withram7ll-from Holstein that no English
4,4(.1,
~.,:.
Mould ,. ,
tilt-
lAN I,j.we ish troops be' allciiiied to enter 1.1 an ts h territory, tt '
. • t or, any measures taken demon stra-
- 14pet distrust ofFrance; that on te,eej2t, of ,tlii in-
.'
outienee at Kiel, relay,a of horses hadl;eett Istrovitled,
li. Vor the advan'&;;-btlt:to secure the retteat of the
~.r:ovint,Ti.ince.,, He; also read :front a staequent
, 4-Itspatelt, dated eeth-Dec. t 806; that no prepara-1
hone for defence had been made, nor:any, inclination
ti).tewn to resort to the aid of the natural Allies of
Denmark ; that several of the,persone employed in
the °tikes of State, though nut in the highest de-
PartMent, acted in collusiOli with 'France, and were
attached to the French interests;
;that these persons
would have. ,considerable influence on the opinions
, respeliting the defence- of the ;Country:y.Bnd, , that,'
- viewing the indolence- of sortie, and the activity' of Others, at the Danish Conti, he (Mv.-Garlicke)
,thought it his duty to. state the .truth., that there.
vas reason to conclude, that when France was.: in
an attitude to inforee her demand; she would: insist`
'Upon. the exclusion of British vessels, from the porta
of Denmark, and, probably, afterwards'. upon, the
Bartender of Copenhagen,. and; that it-:was `.there-
fore the mare necessary, for the British Government
to use every .means of vigilance and preeautiOe;
to defeat the designs' of the Meaty in Olaf quarter.,
These had bawl the opinieua 'ufahat Mideaer Upon