The Sun.
London, England, 1807-09-04 00:00:00

ZJE4I.4,A'D.

The Danes, led by the Duke of Wiiti7zmntiatht,
and encoiiraged by their Sovereign, invaded Hol-
vein, and after taking some' inconsiderable- places,
invested Toriningen, while the Russians, Poles, and
Saxons, entered Livonia and Ingria. The moment
Cuzsmes was informed of the invasion of Holstein,
Me resolved to carry war into the kingdom of Den-
mark. He accordingly left his, capital never more
to return thither, and embarked with- his troops at.
Calstirona, hav:ng appointed an Extraordinary Coun-
cil, chosen from the Senate, to regulate the atfairs
during his absence. The Swedish Fleet was joined
.at
the mouth of the Sound by a combined Squa.;
drop of English and Dutch Men of War,
_which
Wtra.rnm, both as King of England and Stadt-
holder. of Holland, had sent to the assistance of
his Ally.
The Danish Fleet,.unable to face the _Enemy, re-
tired under the guns of Copenhagen, which was
bombarded, and the King of DENMARK, who had
failed,in his attempt upon Tanningen, was himself
coped up in Holstein, by some Swedish frigates'
cruizing on that coast. _ _

In this critical season, the enterprising spirit of the
young King of SwEngsr suggested to him the means
of finishing the war at a blow. He :proposed' tb
besiege Copenhagen by land, while the Combined
Fleet blockaded. it up by sea.. The idea was admired
by all his Generals, and the necessary preparations
were made for a descent. The King himself; eager
to reach the shore, leaped into the sea, sword in
hand, where the water rose above his middle. His
example was followed by all his Officers and Soldiers,
who quickly put to flight the troops that attempted
to oppose the debarkation. CusnLas, who had
never before been present at a general discharge of
muskets, loaded with ball, asked a British Officer
Who Stood near him, what occasioned that whistling
Which he heard ? Being
.inforrned that it was the
-.viand of the bullets, the King exclairited" This
'shall henceforth be my music !"
Tlie..citizeris of Copenhagen, filled with conster-
nation, sent a Deputation to CRADLES,, beSeCtelilg
..him not to bombard the town. He on horseback
eceived the Deputies at the head 01 bts reg:merrt of
guafds ; they (ell on their knees before him, and he
granted their requesti 'on *their agreeing to pay him
fnitr hundred thousand rix dollars.. In the- mean
time the Kiug Of DENMARK was in the most peril-
out,situation, pri.tsSed by laud on one side, and eon-
fined by sea on the other. The SWedes were in the
hear; of his dominions, and his capital, and *his fleet
were both ready to fall into their bands. He could
derive' no hopes but from negociation . and Submis-
sion. The King of ENGLAND offered his mediation;
the French Ambassador also ititerpoSe.d,his good offices,
and .a Treaty, , highly honourable to CHARLES,
Was Concluded at Trevenoahl, bet Ween Denmark,
Sweden, and Holitein, to the exclusion of Russia
and Polttnd.: - •

The follOiviug are Extracts from private Letters :
tits Majesty'S.Ship oft Copenhagen, Aug. lg.
pur, outworks, are already within 1* mile of
this city. We required them to give up their fleet
to us during the war, which they refused; there-
fore, we shall most likely take the place by storm ;
if, so many thousand lives will be lost. All .the
country, with the standing corn, has been' desolat-
ed,. We took them so much, by snrprise,.. that the
ladies had not even
,time to take away their cloaths.',
Yarmouth Roads, Scpt..A.
" I sailed from, Copenhagen on Sunday, the 23d
of August, on which day a very sharp tirin& com-
menced between our .Bomb' Ships and the Crown
Battery, floating batteries, ~and gun-boats, Our
troops • had a battery erected- within reach of the
town of:Copenhagen, which kept up a very sharp
fire, until 3' o'clock P. M. at which time we were
-timed round Eisiticur, being becalmed. lam un-
able to say how long it continued, but am tearful
our Bomb Ships must have received considerable da-
mage, as. we could see the shot strike theta in thiery
direction ; and it being quite calm, they could not
get out of yeach. Some time after the. Ming began,
a great many beats were sent in by the ships to as
against the Crown
,Battery: the rocket vessels also
were towed
.but none of the larger Ships aged.
' Thirty thiazatid TroCips are "nailed, and are so rims-
ed that it is impossible tot 'the Danes to recerve:any
supplies ; and understOod that they 'had only
ten days provisions at the time we sailed. The king
of Sivarisx was expeaed at Copenhagen in a frigate,
on the day I sailed."
Last week, when the West India Fleet lay in
Torbay, a small French privateer, painted like. a
yacht, lurked n and remained among them, :un:.;
discovered; she alsu sailed with them, and when
off the Lizard, made free to capture three of them,
Which she sent off. Shortly after, she fell in with
the Channel Fleet; *Won being discovered, a' sig.
nal was made for the-Piantagenak a fast-sailing 74,
to chsce in the N.E. and after a few hours the Plan-
• tageriet came .up and captured her. < She had on
hoard a 5 lusty fellows, who might have'done much
more mischief.
The Was, Ronsars, front Liverpool, bound to
jairsaica, is captured, and carried into Guacialoupe,
With two or three other Ships.
- The next homeward bound Jamaica Fleet left the
Island the latter .end of July, and are ent act! in
the course of three weeks.:
Lord Roastrr SPECIIK, it seems, does not hold
the appointment of Surveyor of the Woods and Fo-
rests in conjunction with Lord .GLENBEav ie. The
dismissidn of the latter from the
.post in question,
was anaa thai by no means plated the charazatr of
the late Administration in a point of view honour-
able to their liberality.
Our cruizers stop all vessels fund to the Danish
,ports. A Dutch Captain returned to the River yes=
terday, in consequence Of his having been prevented
from entering Tonningeh.
Aceounti have been teceiVed that the. French Go
vernment. has laid an embargo on all Danish. Ships,'
as well as Portuguese, in the French ports. The
embargo On the Danei is for the 'purse of prevent-
ing their capture by our, cruizers. vessel arrived
from Rotterdam yesterday, the Captain of which
states, that all vessels which now sail for Holland,
must expea to undergo a most rigid examination,
the Dutch Government being compelled to execute
strialy all 130NAPAIITE'S .absurd .decrees respelling
the intercourse. with this country.