The Sun.
London, England, 1801-02-18 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE.

•
Bt.TW,EEN
LORI) CRENVILLE AND COUNT BERNSTORFF,
RESPECTING THE NeMTHERN NEUTRALITY.

NOTE.

Tux Undersigned, His Majesty's Principal Secietary
of State. tOr Foreign Affairs, has received His Majesty's
commands to make to Count dc Wiener. I A R.I. G, En-
voy. Extraordinary and Minister , Plenipotentiary of His
Dahis,li Majesty, the following communication :

_ . . .
His. Majesty has learnt with sincere regret, that at the
moment when the Court of Petersburgh is pursuing the
most hostile measures against the persons and property of
%His Majesty's Subjects, the two Courts of Copenhagen
and Stockholm have actually concluded with that Power
a Convention for the establishment of an Armed Maritime
Con-tederaey in the North of Europe... d
f the circumstances under which. this Convention has
been negotiated and ,signed, could leave in His Majesty's
mind the smallest doubt of the object to which the Con •
lederacy is really directed, din doubt would have. been re-
moved, both by the declarations and conduct of the Court
of Petersburgh, but still more by the recent and official
avowal of the Court of Copenhagen. It is well known,
in what a spirit of hostility towards Great Britain, an at-
tempt was made, in the year 1.780, to introduce into Eu-
rope a new Code of Maritime Law, and to support by
force a system of innovation destructive of the dearest inte-
tests of the British Empire. But His Majesty had since
had the satist.acticin.of seeing that .injurious and offensive
measure in practice completely abandoned. At the com-
mencement of the present War, the Court Petersburgh,
which had taken the principal part in the formation of the
former league, entered with ills Majesty, into engagemenis,
not only inconsistent with the Convention of t7ac), hutui
a directly opposite nature engagements which are still
force, and the execution of which His Majesty• is a; Ibis
moment entitled to claim on every principle of goad
faith. During the whole course•of the boar, His Majesty's
conduct towards the other Baltic Powers, and,all the de-
cisions of His Courts, having jurisdiction in matters of
Prize, have uniformly and avowedly.lieen,re4ulated by
those principles alone, which before the yeat ,1780 Nga.
vented the proceedings of all die other Maiiiinie
of Europe.
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Nor has any intimation ever been given to liiS Majesty
by those Powets, of an intention on their part, to revive
the former hesitate, until the '.resent period; when he is
at the saute niotnent inhumed of thesacittal signa.ure of the
Convention, and apprised by the official declaration of one
of the Contratting Parties, tt Lit its objett is to re-establish,-
in. their primitive form, the engagements contracted in the
years 1180 and 172 r.

It is therefore now no longer donbt that; the inten-
tion of this Contederaey, and of the Naval Aimanumts,
which the Contra' ing Parties•have-been carrying on with
activity, is, that of enabling them •to mainiam by force,
pretensions so manifestly unsuppofted by any ground of
right, that .the very Power who first advanced,: them,
when • neutral, has been found the' first :to resist them,
When it was itself engaged iriWar, and the establishment
of which,ififever could take place, initst be destriietive
of one of the principal sources of the strength and security
of the British Empire. With the knowledge of these fads,
His Majesty would be wanting in what he owns to the in-
terests of his People, .to the dignity of his CIOWI), and to
the Honour of his Flag, raised by the discipline, -valour,
and skill of his Nayy, to. a pitch of unexampled glory, if
be were to delay to take such provisional steps -as may -be
Most .effednAl, both to repel the aggression-which he has
alrg4oy experienced, and to coiintericet‘the hostile, eilOrts
of the League for Med againet him. • ••
• His Majesty has therefore direeled 'ilieyndersiVed. to
nuke tO.Colint Wsitst. JARLSBE4G this Official 'notifi-
cation, that an Embargo is Rrovisionally laid on all 1)„_
nish Vessels lit the Ports of His Miijesty'.B ns ;
but that in adopting this measure, His Majesty will be
careful that no harsh or rigorous conduit shedl be hehl.on
his 'part towards unoffencling individuals ; add that His
Majesty still entertains the tilltelp desire?. that the circum-
stances which have rendered these steps indispensably ne-
cessary, may yet be done away, and that he may that him-
self enabled to look with confidence to the restoration Of
his antient relations with the Court of Copenbagen,'_uch
as tbey existed before the Mutual good understanding Twas
disturbed •by the projeacsi innevation of the year .17S0, and
by the present Attempt to revive the pietFpsions.

The Undersigned requests Coiint W xu>;t to accept tlie
assurances of Inshii,h personal consideration.
• GRENVILLE.

Downing-stied, ts„ Iftot.

'ANSWER OF THE. DANISH AMBASSADOR...
The undersigned, Eryoy -Extraohliwy from His
Daniih Majesty, .will transmit this day with regret to his ,
Court theofficral eninnintileation he had the honour to.re-
calve yesterday from Lord G I:14y 11.1,4, upon the subject
of. the etnbargo laid uponthe Danish vessels in. the British
Ports.
While he waits until the orders of the King hisanaster,
relative, to this otlimsive measure, arrive, he cannot avaid
protesting against the validity of the- motives alledged in
the said note, and against the Justice of the consequences,
which the British Coverntnent has conceived .it exttild
accredit against the Coprt_of.Copeuliagen. .
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A difference which arose between the Courts of•FeterS-
burgh and London during the Negotiation' destined solely
to the protetion of a perfect neutrality in the North, has
no 'relation 'whateiler with that;'': and as His Imperial
,'Majesty of .all the Rupsias ,has caused 'to be published a
formal peelarition on-the .taibjea of the mottles of the
measures adapted on his,nart, l3epttlil k'fads in it a com-
plete refutation of the' argument advanced-by the British
Minister; ,
With respea to' the etinckples of life Northern Powers
respecting the sacred Rights of Ne.utrality, they have not
been abandoned,. Russia, in her belligerent quality, has
only suspended the application, anclDenniark and Sweden
have, 'by their. Convention l'ith.,March, 1794 ;of-
ACialy,.comiuunicatel to all thelleltigtrent Pulver: de..
clarcd, in the face of all &trope, t ,thcir system :Pro. ,
t4tion in favour of innocent Commerce. was int' ariabk,.
Henc,e it follows that His. Danish Majesty only now
renews-ties 'which !bie nat ceasist.tb c*.ist. The under-
signed thinks higutelf,-,eppseqpcnce; authorized to pro.
test, formally,' raticeetinigs. or- so hostile a nature,
which the King;. his Xas.t.er, could not _but have CO11:1-
dercd as an open and premeditated provocation, had our
the communication been accooMpaltiFd t ritli the asburao,
that Ills Britannic liajesty still desires to uoilit.iin goc,i
harmony with Denmark ; admire, which His Danish Ma-
jesty has constantly professed, and ,of which he has given
the most unequivocal proofs.
The undersigned, who,. for .a. number of years, has fe-
licitated himself upon being the Interpreter of the unalter-
able Sentiments of the Kit,g his Master, is deeply hurt,
tnat false impressions have just rnimacrit goon ur.cler-
standing between tke two Crowns. lie wishes that he
could still be the instrument of an explanation, calculated
to 4o away injurious dOubts, and to preventincalcuLible
cernseqiiences to the interests of the reciprocal Powers.
Itjc with theie.s'entiments, and with those Of perfea
consideration,.that he has the honour to renew to
cellenoy, Lord GA.114 VILLA, the hornageorfli : .
(Signed)
WE DEI. JARLSL
Yanuaty 16,•1801.

At the present season of the 'year, when many!
of the most noble and highly .clistinguished fami:
lies from distant parts "of the Upited Kingdorn
have come to the Metropolis to reside during the'
ensuing Sessions of the Itnperial•Parliament, Mr.'
Pidcocl- the Proprietor of -the'Gtand Menagerie
a\ 10
at Exeter 'Change, flatters himself that he will
be honoured with numerous visits from the Nobi-
lity and. Gentry, to insped his costly collection
of Natural Curiosities, consisting of a.wonderfnl
variety of foreign Beasts and Birds, &C. gathered
from the four quarters of the, Globe, and which
are maintained by him at a very greaLexpencei
for the express purpose of pleasing and entertain!
ing a liberal Public.