The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-20 00:00:00

THE EXPEDITION TO '2E4l;ll\ll`.

An' in corre El Copy. ,of the.' Letter' dddeeased :by -
Lleut.pdeneral Lord CATHCART, to .MitiOr-General:
PEYMAN, the Commandant of ,Copenbagen, "pre-*:
vions to the commencement of: the siege of. that
City, having ;made its appearance iii the pitblie' Pa
peri, we are authorised to insert the 'following as MI
authentic Copy of that Paper .
,t. . , - • • •
SIR, " Head-Quarters, 4tg.,,20,, 1807.
''';lYour Letter of the 18th-did dot come into my,
hands till late last night. '•
' The Passport for Prince FREDERICK FERIiI-
14ANII, with hi's Tetinue, is given on the same prin..'
eiple with those winch have already been sent, but
it mutt be strialy limited to the persons described.
" An irregularity is reported to me to- hAve-oc-'
curred ou the'part of the bearer of your letter. It
will be oireciprocal convenience that such ctrcum7
stances
should not occur.
_ _ _

-." Every mark of respeaful attention, havink.been-
IWO ill. the • illustrious Persons related to the Bloed
Royal, ,of Denmark, and due regard,_ having been
,shewnhto the household and enuipage'of his Danish.
Majesty, circumstances imperiously demand that-a:
• stop must now be put to the departure of any person'
whatever from the metropolis.
" In making. this communication, I cannot re-
frain from availing myself of this opportunity of re-
presenting, in my own name, as well as •in that' of
the Admiral coMmanding his Majesty's Fleet, to the
most serious consideration. of your Excellency, the
existing state of affairs at Copephagen, Which are
draWing to an awful crisis: .
..
" If this City, the Capital of Denmark, the resi-
:clence of the King, and of his Royal Court and Go-
vernment, the seat of learning, and the rendezvous
of commerce, full of inhabitanti'of all ranks, aged,
and sexes, will put itself on the footing of a ortresS
besieged, it must be attacked by all the means which
may appear best calculated for its redualien,,as soon
as orders are given .to that purpose; and wheti such
is the case, the Officers employed have no choice
but to use every effort to take the place. . .
''The attackof aCity so rich and populous, can-
not fail to be-atiended.by consequenc.%;s most.desi rue=
tive in' preparation; as well .1s iti final execution, to
the persons .and property:of individnals.
" Impelled by the necessity, of ,the..case, bur Go-.
vputuent 114§ at the ;,orne time supplied positive
orders and ampr6..theans to attack by sea and land,
in c.ise of refusal on the part ut:•lNritnark to.treat in
an amicable manner.‘ --•- .

" The preparations are, perhaps, in. a_ more for-
ward state than you imagine.
" For God's Sake, Sir, legit be calmly Conidered,
whether resistance 'May n lead to the destruaion, of
the very treasure you wish to-preserve, and whether
unOer the circumstances of the present dispute the
praise of diSplaying the valour fur which every body
is prepared to give you credit, will compensate the
.ruin .and destruction inseparable from the siqge Of a
carol cny ;, and the uhimitte loss ordestration of
your leleet and Arsenal, which might be avoided.
" • Property of every kind without the walla has
been respetled : you must know)ikewise that other
objects, and of the greatest national importance to
the power Of ammark, are within my grasp, and.
have remained hitherto unremoved. This is a state
of thiwis which cannot continue. I mean.bot to
orfend.you by any thing like a menace,- but I exhort
your. .Excellency and yuur Council to think seriously
of the irreparable loss which the operation of a few
dap may occasion, but which might still be averted.
" I have the .hopour tb be, with the greatest per-
sonal consideration, Sir, your Excellency's most
.ditlt humble Servant,
(Signed), " CATHCART, Lient.-Cen."
.“ His 14pellency Peyinan, &c."

BUONAPARTE'S• StlbjOined QUO-
tioris, it is .sai(l, have been
.put by the President. of
the'Court of Prize Causes, at Paris, to the Emperor
of tile French :

FV.)
leultST lONS put by the PRESIDENT of the COURT of
Patzts, PAalt, to the Eatrutoß•
r. Whether there shall be any Exceptions to the DeCree
flie asst November,'in favour of such Neutrals as, by their
Treatyi were allowed a f4ir trade, on the privilege of nett.
traliamg property; that is to say, vessels going to or coming
from England. with cargoes.--Answer. That, as the De-
contains no *Exceptions, there shall be none made in its
application. .. •
1,2‘ 24—Whether Neutral Vessels, in ballast, should also
be made liable to Confiscation" upon the whole plea of their
having, even by stress of weather, or capture, entered a Uri.
bib port ?—A. This must be.suffered to..lay over for future
consideration.
3d--Whether one half of the confiscated property
should i in all cases, be appropriated towards indemnifying.
`Piett'4hl sufferers by British spoliations ?—Auswered in the
:affirmative. •

. .
Tng THEAIRE.—The only novelty last night in
the representation of Rowe° and Juliet was the apt
pearance of ELVISTDN in Mereutio." There is fl
combination of, ease, spirit, and lunnont in this
charaaler, which it is very difficult for an Actor to
express and sustain without much practict.‘, and,
indeed, unless his turn of mind and . the nature of
his talents are peculiarly adapted to it, This is cer-
tainly not the case with ELLISTONs who possesses ,
great versatility of powers, but who is not precisely •
fitted for such a sprightly, careless,' unaffected wag
as Mercutio. Altogether, however, he rendered the
part pleasant and effective, if his performance. was
not critically accurate. He was much applauded.
Mr. H. SLDDONS, who is always in earnest, and
ho al ways sLews feeling and judgment, was re-
spectable in Itoplea, and particularly successful lu
the more violent Passages. Mrs. H. SIDDONS, as
usual, was very interesting in Juliet.' the Play was
:well received, and seemed to havet.powerful opera-
lien upon the general icgliags.pf the AcKlignce.: ;
Mrs: EDWIN, to vvhorti report haq assign
fekan
qngageitient on the totiddii'lsolifcti; and "Whose
rver-
sat it ty of comic powerg give .liei.'aqttlaii)clititiftd it,'
is performing at Gosport.;
.Holdstearis)theilleaOicalc
hero of the same place at preseytc,;.,A9. rictur4l to
Ireland, where he" favourite is a great in,private ifet
as Well AS on the.stage:
~YOusm on Saturday:•last concluded-big enoage-'
,anent. at the Bath Theatre, with, Ranger and letru-.
chin.' lie was to perform
,Mac4/4,for:ltis behetit
list night at. Bristol. It is a pity that ao respeaable
perfortner shobld Wander about the country, but
it is 'hiS for he was certainly offered
very liberal terms at Prury-lane Theatre.
According tri the latest reports of COOKE the adot,
he' has renounced the stage, and has attached himself
to tije Bar. - -