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seltih.ced
would not agree to it. _
He wished also that copies..
any reports received from not . tie ceri in the -Dal,
tic should be laid. before the Ho There werd,
persons of that description centinuts assing by
Copenhagen, from Sweden, from Russia, from
Prussia, before that power was demolished. It'
was impossible that any
.grest. preparations could
have taken place In that got *Agin its being
perceived by ihein. If such Information was termed
. to-hiss; be "could silly drew :06. • ceoclusion from it,
.that it was denied
.bec=aa. ia:diti Rat east. . g Avg -
Von
effacers, as it was their dog; &dam. give such infer-.
tentiots, ifwasbecaose seise *communicate.
lb* '. Of fist_sio" ' ' '.. ti- 'cli: the part Of
Zit .-.:,-1:•':-.forttiillit - . . itionths acUlaltif te
*MM. the jeara*Y- of this „atamitl, .:11.! A 44 *On
scoot pains to inquire into tin copanct ot. Doss*,
sisli bicolour that the -Danish • Goverment:W.l6ft
tbiksmAllest suspicion of any hostile intention-On the
*OW England. • 1491. hen: Waite Ditiiilt Captains, in
:saitkisence otter runibuts 'rollick •Wiiii gobilinbout
in this town, that the iket tiliciChia siged ' tbe
Baltic night . •is be destined to. attack ,Copen.
lige% ' to their Consul. for.. advieti be wrate to
the ' vf Cam, an important branch of the
1)04" . '' -
I.**attrfft.t wee not. the *talest likeli...
Isiaiod. so.y.litterrerilott to. the tiffs
hitileen the
two Courts. , At that tine ,there were SSO Danish'
. sMwkith Cargoes, amounting se at beast. two
4- Withh - pests. •It it to be cosdited, that if Den..
ntatt 'WO • tits&rift: to indict a _deadly blow upon.
Egghmetiefehe ~ii iiiit have tileie some
efts t
power'
0 iiiteii *aloalle'indilietrottetif .hitt'
po*ie r -pad the *0:4=11 or c;:tr-tie •Da.:
ilial crWrernMillt riteitiiii4o those desiins which are
*tainted W,it nty.;;•ilDo not• hairy to. itinarlt.-de,
notliaito itithein: where you are—lva:shave nods'
-VI apprehend' rlt Sete impossible Denmark could
hive entiittadied inyliestile *tendons at the Arne. If
she hid; she.a*.Wetill hive been guilty. of the fell/
of.evisig_ . kith '4 mass of-V.44)k "Tomo; -in ?kw
hanilS„ fitit:Ts iris ibirl, though ihe • did. atet, it -*
probabli she*Oildbileltintay forced to. inter into
the view!' Of -rrance, ind'enpface her navy at the dig-.
pair Of thatioolver.:.if the conduct of 14Buit' tete was,
at ill to beldoelfind,lf- was be justified upon these
- 'XrifSine boinVilsejustifted unon-ihezbettogity 'of
211- ' • 46411410 of-fraitee. If One'Wholid
eier' "Neaten 'Upon: the laws'oreetiotielead
afir:eviild jay, that one power wa# jasii6l.4 14
• • . ' . . aireythe troperrt of another, except it lines
•• - *. • ' Nhatit • might be converted to the deed*
titi; brtherorissei, that the,.!U animMinentsdiher
that it might be *Zed by a,thipdcniv:,
rots an
a.
interest atstitliot the .first; .- 40W:4 eckei-s
&lii I fromf Ai Miaioerial modal ' diceisity vv.
justjficaticiacivithil ease;- must be ibonded eion the
ireaknas of Deintarh ttli* strenth'an4 intention
of Pince. • .14On there 'VMS not
.4 **lose of proof
'Wok Ott MU* that ailr Mr?* tolilectintthe.
pleefeW4if her na,ent*sthe -D4-411 t pence had
'eivirlbeels tie& by' thet poi,V*KtollitE *hut of rirpen
beget. '''Netc4 stb the fli:IP*111 Wake had •
eStaining-libliessidn of • the . UtAbreta Vy i • At the,
thnii Aiming Gadtbier - tailed fe".t 'eopeehageb,*
banisVoilleyiree enauoied in Heliteht.- The Freak
voniellfbradieldlfed in the utOlthotehood in ernisi:
erabklbee‘:' This appeiitancc•cella part of Ditt-
mar) *Stet Willett • any. vielbet inclination be sub-
.ntit to Ina* The katstilm wasoelsediei the Trench
hive** 'dent tonstellibilission lln his
tiphatici, -it lwfWkittiltriOgakiwitit ./t initht be able
to trybrren IWO:ft andlutlidd 1 but was not Nor-
way testiaillingi
.ki Atoll. as L'thc. I?anish Colonies and
the /Pods in the s'lleltit, • in one Of which the capital
is •sithitiV,-If the Breech lad ihttatened.to occupy
Ifblittbßi, eit the Utah 'navy were placed at her,
di.lloo, weuMncit Thownirit say to them, "You have'
- riglit ' \re • ' navy ; but

nev, „,..... to ear lipid me to- gil -up my ti... , __
if 1 I'M t'sy. ltel cliniCe,l will•prefer the 'friend- yield to France or Russia. He had shaped another general' _ _inks—, . pt,
as the salvation of this country. 'ThgeeßnLight
ship of 'Englati - - • su-noted by her, 'I shall resolution, the object of which was, that Copies of
zezainnty nikey, my cot:lnterco. and lity-- colonies.— the Correspondence between Mr. Jackson and the grleanttlitemwaans
u(!ltlePionntensotnitny )ohfidfienxisptererssseednt
,y
These Feanee cannot take from nie ; ant 1 • will not Secretary for the Foreign Department, as well before
place the fast at her disposal, to prtilerve that which as after the attack upon Copenhagen, should be laid depart from the old and known principles of moral;
by a breach of faith she may At'any 'tit= take from before the House. This he learnt Ministers meant to but the Hon. Gentleman must, if he meant
me i" The proposals 'of-Englind -Were earth as would resist. Before the House could decide as. to the me- his morality into practice, afford a more splen4
ample of public morality than was ever known
not be accepted by any Power which-wished to pre- rits or demerits of Ministers in advizing the seisure of
serve the smallest claim to the tide eat% independent the Dish Navy, it was essential that it should be nations of civilized Europe, and with which the'
state. They were-an insult, a mockery, such as, i acquainted with the proposals relating to it. Now, morality of the ancient Romans could not
applied to the transactions- of private life,:wouhl. be, there was not one of these, as well as he could learn, He must prefer his morality even to self-preserva
If the Gentlemen on the other side of the He
rejected with scorn and indignatich by any inan of :which did not insist upon the continual detention of
spirit. For what were they ?' Denmati was 'called the Danish Fleet. One of these Proposals, and that now to be called upon, as well as his Majesty'
upon to give up her fleet : it *as in • viin . that she the most moderate among them, was, that it should Ministers, to justify their Administration, there
pleaded ihe had no hostile intentinnfor -engagements continue in our possession, not until after a definitive be this gr at diff. rence between them: the Cr
on the other side would have to account
towards this country : she was Told, that she war en- peace with France, but for three years after that event.
titled to no credit, and that nothing short of uncondi- Ministers justify themselves upon the necessity of an- carious failures, disasters, and disgrace,
tional submission in this point could save her free ticipating France, and frustrating the three projects that his Majesty's present Ministers would ha'
the consequences of a war with England: Nothing which she was supposed to have in co itemplation : fend, was a measure attended with complete
but the right of conquest could have justified Such An One of these was the shutting of the Sound, and (Cries of hear ! hear ! ) Whatever might be
a plication. Under the circumstances it was made, another the excluding the commert it of England from of that decision, he should always retain in ,
k had no choice between resistance and dis- all the portsoftheContinent. How have theysucceeded the sincerest satisfaction at the recollection of
honour. ' Now let us see the means which' France —how have they secured these two objects ? Why, he had taken in advising that meastne. It '
possessed of seizing the Danish navy. He had taken the have done enough to provoke the hostility of happened in former times, that when those \
some pains to inquire into the subject, and he found Denmark—to render her the inveterate enemy of themselves conducted the, affairs of the empire
it was upwards of 150 years since an army passed England, but not to crush her power. • Why did honour and advansage, bequeathed their power
on the ice, from theirrain land to the Danish islands they not retain Zealand, if they meant to prevent worthy successors, the glory which their predee
in the Baltit. It rarely happened' that ineliiiduals from shutting the Salmi ? That would have been had acquired would add to the reproach of those
ventured to pass the Great -Belt. Though the lati- practicable, if they had occupied that island with the Ministers who should depart from their steps
tudes of places remained the same, it Was notorious British force which was already there, and the auzi. this could not be said to be the ease of the
that the cold yeas not so intense now as it was many: liary force which, it appears, they might have drawn Ministers. He was not aware that they had
years ago : so that nothing was, more improbable from Sweden. Why,' when they had once adopted a from their predecessors any hoard of glory; or
than, tMt the frost thoitld be so great as to render, hostile determiaation, did theynotproceed.to dismantle bright examples which they should follow.
the sea between HOlstein and Zealand practicable for the Danish fortiacations, to destroy the arsenal, to fore, the Hon. Gentleman on the other side
the ass:lr of an army. The Noble Lord opposite blow up the Crown Batteries ? . Why !rm• they so institute inquiriei, it certainly- cOuld not be ,
haletated the Danish force assembled at Zealand at shabby in. their iniquity-4. Why, when they imitated 'fralgatititiah7,:orwithany view of drawint,
35,000 men, The army encamped at Holstein a- the conduct of - Benagarte,:.did they• not pursue the ':rlsolssi sad' therefore at has it matt be-confessed'
mounted to 30,000 :so that here was a force • same. spleadid .aud Inagnanintotis line 'of hostility' their motives-were quite disinterested (a !awe "
6500 men, exekiive of Swedes and British. How,, :Which characterised,. his military achievements ? inquiries nowwere not about the danger of the'.
he would ask, se • ' the lie passable, were the There was nothing *
_hiclreoirld shew, meet than their 'sod the causes °Ethane dingeis, but they 'were
French W occupy so d ible a place as Zealand; in conduct, the.nlisclkf eir thing ill- by halves. ; The *the eonsparative security which' the country ,
the face of its a force. ?. 'lf they both( mike a road same information which justified . tbe taking of- the 'Aimee the success of the expedition, and the
over the Belts, it Would be impossible for them to Danish nay, would have.justified theta in retaining , that-security; and it was io with inquiries
act there; and to sal; envies• bther AuppOiition, that or destroyingCopenbagen.• Hetroultinci take up the Nara wevenirw called upon to answer. If _
the British ant Dash world -nbt. tit able to
'question-upon' principles of • tuorality.o dtulee.of law Hon, Gendetoan really wished to act upon
prevent them, would be 'talking =inset*: He would aid.morahry.wete. according to . the modern tenets, . prisraples which be had laid down, and to
next entiuire how "Tlante'vras to oblaitt assistance tartar- foolkand philosophers, Bit not for statesmen. If 1 skyouble to a practical conclusion; then we .
froth Russia ? 'The randy it is said, after' the race this was the-aced- oftdinisten, they were wrong .not, to 1 artily tie back thnDinieh fleet, in order
of Tilsit, had thrtivnilierser cotupletety iuto the have reduced Desmarkto the lowest possible degretof might be able.; in a. few menthg, to take it ai
arms of 'France, and *itchy gase_ siich t.pteponde- Weil-nest.
.14sitnot be nipposedhowever, that hb'svbs racte.tegektmlililer, which would not 'violate
route to -ddst "Power halfiendeied her nadir, Ban s,l3,iikk Otiiiiskichittroileitts counsel; but, acting abstnietiniieiple. for which the Gentleman •
row than ever. irdiit-ireti tbe fact,' Why, he woo um.* .....•- mon which **tell seem mime, 7 other side tenteided. 'lf they could il •
ask, did we seize upon tie r)anisitnrits and-suffp acted; to consilibeatirriditimminialveletihrysbablilhaW HMO tie vele Vier theta ib opinion, it
the fleets of Russia tia rave about it plensuret lad dose. fa. But what wee -their cendett 1- . Zealand to that e• - •ft,ek in pract.ice j rot it could
Ministers any daubs:. of the hostile intentionK of Rik- was alst lama pion 4-anneinsit. emir yaw ',damp; peat 4hat haulms wsed‘ eopagate.tke act,

s It 'valid nine*
_lit: Lord 13a 10: e col build Beets fagot.
(itled yapea.theredie
ratim‘s
his
'divot& stated B.ndherff--;.• ?Aglq-.., vs • tld
the.D
was....aginecessilrep
Not,. that -there were mein uncles la the 'MAP' - of )Iftteripen'lteialtd on'
Titbit, but that ai!ey &d^ concern Eagligok-A4otaa possibility. an
also stated if hisMajestraAdlarations.4lo4 quarter. Let any;
.onix..lo nt, the situation
knOwledne of thete'artieleaMeicli induced hipnlibt ,ft; colottry, whether . stauritY. Oid been. at
der. the seizure of the'Donish Navy. It yrait thorn.' . gthened by that issoceeamg. tbe arcumstan-
fore eget to Ana* .luzw...these.articles-applied • jen-invisiels-Minatnss._ ,leasis-dniftellk:**ll:Val.P"
the Co of *Denmark. .anoslej ontiss.z., 4iS• Middle CO)21,0 WA* adoPt;s4- should have
patches, .Noble Lord:antes- thin .Awniess, strayed they "ens' atorher.,..borknotGeotkinhave tanttacolver
In
conference he to atith -him, did- Mt •Jekkke blur
the, smallest illoslies to the..transactions at Peg* ikteirtay-had intimmedtithle.Pl44447-90uhstdettg—
turn, .wad That .he ,fas. astonished ntles 7215Fning MAW:WS. . !MIK settirl this
.
*receive, a *III 1494. flan' him alK*4l43c *61'11'27, if 447"149neci' I.*"
had
-
In.continupic„atteg the. capitulation, iif • inuthing.onasistaLtnort, thanthat Franck
he nate* Aninstificition of the attac, :Await* .tieninart. would attest Sire/lei Itcntilironsnri
twy ?qv 40* to covoe **Cent the. ..andfrien that vetytzlaraia, thef.had,a4andonitd-7-
th coast-man etiplanation. iitigtven by his Mn-. Miere2id not appear to run Ihninellest Around: .'
josty'S Ministeri to the Emperor ofitussia-4O shit- juslikthern in any point of view. *Neithei theirs:oils-1
Power *lto ii now cha
in as lb* :prat instigator. U Mencernent of thewar, nor their conduct of it.:
the pyincipal ...agent in.. 'the. Confedera_cx. Would in; his opinion capable Ofjuitification.. north(
that *Winn:, if asked by -klte.troPeroraltUnieli wh Mouse, hear, is a justikcauCta• that estatesisons Fere.'
have you attacked Dennjark, content himself wit absolved from the observance Of d rff
replying, we /lave datathat Dentianskinealit to attack • "rality. Let it not be lappesed. that Paottpeuen.
or to become the.instnunent ofan attack upon. Eng, not watch over the conduct Of aatio.ps. es w.r.4 as
land ?. WOuld.that be the way of upholding the actions of individuals. History
honour of the country." or maintaining the character proofs that it did, and that its vengeance:hell :otter
of the natioa'? He-had not the hollow Of the; Noble lallen.upon them. " Look," Said.theftlit Hontant.
Lord's acquaintance; but.. from what he heard of able Speaker "at your conduct with respect tai4mo.
he was persitadecrthat if such: a question had rica. When: y(3l departed from the piles of justice
Iseenput to him, and that he stas..cenvinced Russia .ancl..morality,- you loitAmetica. France interfered,
was a party to the confederacy, his answer would and she hasino right to interfere. She interfered
here beak tell do, ask, use, you who are yettr► for the purpow of • entincipating: Arnerica, but:
Pelf.the jinni! instigator ?.I,n' fact, h could find no- watkinins. Entrust& and therein. areogibeshit I
thing in the papas laid -helot. the :House, *to justify aggrandizing h . Bit the Government which
.p.stispicion that Death & had hostile intention to-
.thus Interfered, has been-since punished for it.
wards this connVy, "litd..that Russia: ins: privy to •• principles which the•Frerich armyleinst in that
"them.. "the dispatches mentioned-, Sicily and Corti, try, became the seeds.ef.that Revolution. which
and tin'key, and, drew teasons .from them.-fee Fes- "Whelrited the Govenuuent scattered the family
.sing thadisclinute of the secret...article:4l)in there sent them across the them
as not oneword:in them respecting the hostile &ten.- seek an asylum in this Country." Were there
ilons of pinitkark7t-in one Of the dispatches, his Mai- otbei instances ?He would beg these philosophers
jest • .lOnade Ay, that lie is perfectly willing that the modern school to study in the book he should
. • Rstseit ahonld become the pacificator open to them. Let them look at the partition
• • and:'Deimark, and yet, only in a land : there they would read that Prussia, the
tee, pasta
g 4 ore; Murk of st, Petersbtugh is igent in that detestable confederacy, to destroy
charged chief iastroMeAtt in the 'cede• only the power, but the very name of an independent
.eaey.. He haiiMme curiosity to know how the Right State, had been deprived of her share of the robbery,
!Honoitiihie. Oemlesnaa opposite to him weed and redneed:to.the most abject and deplorable state.
*rtnsile A change at this time There *they would.sie Austria and Russia trembling
zgok, place in. the,isflielin.hcmistry, and the Rare- for their part of the spoil, and crouching at the
septative ef44Majestt:at •the'etiort -of St. Peters- of Bonaparte. Who could say, that ihe justice
itirgh.ltas cmfetente :with M. Soltikoff, the suc- Paomieure was not evident in all this ? The ,"
cessor qlM.:l)ndbetg. • fre again presses for a COM• object of the Resolution he had to propose
mitigation of . the Secret:- articles, and supports possible, to obtain such information as must .
his. application hy-tbensual arguments, drawn from him that Ministers were justifiable in what they .
thestate ofAicily. Turkey, and proceediNcs in the done.- He was anxious the character of the country
Mettfteitanealt. During all this-time, there is not one should stand as fair as it always had, and that
word, notoneayllable, respecting,the hostile inter- it should not be made a reproach to us, that -
tions of Denmark, as concerted with Fiance and Rus- very time we were most vehement in condemning
kftnisters were perspaded of die:Alienation of atrocity of Fiance, we went far beyond it. Mr. Pi
the Emperor of kutsia, of his complete devotion to sonby concluded with moving,
the views-of France, why, down to the. 4th of.No- That the substance and dates of such information as
ngmbeg, did.they continueto supplicate_ hint Margo- received from his Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen. as .
fiallethe peace of the North of Europe ?' ff he bad latedto the naval preparations on the part of Denmark, should
11**n:eta hostile spirit towards his former illy, what laid before the H"ae•
were they labouring at,from the peace of Tilsit 4own to Mr. Secretary CANNING began by observing .
tke
-4Ada ybe had mentioned ? According to their own the moment had at length arrived, •when his Majesty,
0114: his disposition was perfectly amicabitl. to. Ministers were called upon to shew to the House the
wards. England, until he was driven out of it byFrktice grounds upon which they had advised the Expedition
—never was there such an excuse for breakingin to Copenhagen, and to justify their conduct upon
upon the repose of a neutral nation, and robbingliit occasion. The Hon. Gentlemen on the other
of her Best- But supposing Russia inclined to to-opis.- the Wouse who arraigned their conduct, were t.
rate in the views .wizich are attributed to Fiance, how? ly most peculiarly qualified to impeach the condi
was:she to compel Denmark to surrender:her navy ? others from their own splendid achievements -
Was she to march her army down the Baltic upon the; .train of successes.—(Loud cries of hear ! hear
ice ? Wiley was her fleet to contend with the fleets of Majesty's Ministers were now on their trial,
England. Domark and Sweden Every means of re. -iag advised an act, which, in its success, was
sistance were on the side of Denmark, and there was no ferent from the glorious enterprises of their prede•
prOof in any documeat which had been yet laid before cessors, and which (before,any opposition had
(rpmhose Gentlemen) had been considered
the Hone, that she had the smallest intention to
those
.
teek and proclaimed by the - teral

•
ieee yet keep all the advantages of it; that up.,
talon ; 1311
nos demn the spoiler, and yet retain the spoil, Ii
rata
P
re. was alt then a work of injustice, that iri • 4' Pest I
of 1
tom not only remarked upon, but repaired.
of Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Ponsonby) would ,•ohe
9 11111. tin
76;
all however, not wish to carry his doctrine so far in 4711!
tan- tice. He had stated, and very fairly, that the 4,
!. no tion-sestednnnelallf on.thedesigawid.
-de; the .siifficiency Denmark to prevent th-;s7.S. 1.2111:ti
:ked being carried Onto execution. As •to the fersedepT 1812.1 n
over thalmention of Sampan*. to seize upon eeffyn,„ • ve. Cou
by
• which could. Unmade - mevicestble to
_his•zuhri7, 1111g6.
emtlw
. his malice, this *Ai not atlP.nted by.the -Right ficT L...retteef I
asou Gentleman hinteel4 aid therefore it would be !lt
clviall
mace, time io' (men it. 'lllhe -Right Hon 6.: :Lit4 titi
h the httteetzt bflus
seam,. owner,speech, seklut
7474.1 raise France frond die and degrading sitttanth
Id-before:ikeictibiditier4n; and 'Untried Orbloit theaul
sp;r
Mtn-, 'more inft W 4441104 Pert, namely, that of n
i rd
appointed hy•Provulence to emeute his
• • deal
1 t,•the •othernationis. He-dieirnonknow, however,, • of
to • Pie such descriptions done enemy could tend tA
•
cept to make us, according to the Marrichrea . •
e.4idi won
hip the wicked spirit and yield to it, „ • 1144 yEy
is the, memo and impious to resist. •The next quest* • , gate& T
ierons. to consider was, the dispesition of Denmark ;
often requested. the Right Hot. Gentleman to recoil-tat , ttorg
,n 0„,.• he had never stated that it was willingly, and ,
Amt- own choice, that Denmark had become hosoh. • tp
twice had always put it on the ground of her tern tz :7;41701
feted, to resist the avowed designs of the French Mtn tovich
ed not vernment. It was the confessed weaknessel • a'ari
rut of mark, coupled with the known intentions ride loot
g and my, which. made it necessary for this country •• tl
which Ink herself of the Danish fleet. At the.sann rl if Del
The however, he did not state a hostile spine in I. * • and t/
coon. mark : he disclaimed those advantages which . • -01
over- denten on the Other side would make of di: wit
which in their arguments by representing_ that the hew alma
hem to Denmark was-entirely with us. •He was .
ere no shew that this was not the case, and that it was s nient
lets of plete misrepresentation. -Frorritheyearl7Bo,Yrin , hln
should principles of the armed neutrality were breach,* .to, di;
of til the present moment, the feelings of the Com hapith
prime Denmark to this country-had been rather hostile to int
ey not friendly. He did not mean to say, that this .
rendent feeling had carried them so far as that they i'ctfte•
obbery, solutely wished to go to war with this country; . ysi hit
e state. still their disposition seemed to be my thing .
.mming friendly. As Deamaxk, therefore, neither fir,
he feet friendly dispositions to this country, nor power to the
stice of sist the demands of France, the step which was • tagt
i chief by his Majesty's Ministers had become, in . . gacia
was, if state of Europe and the world, necessary for
satisfy nervation of this country. At the end of diem &yin
ley had mer wars, there could be no doubt but that-the . mei
country of Denmark was perfectly hostile to this country; ins.,
red that although that hostility, which had broken outin • .it -Qv
it at the acts before the expedition in 1800, was terminuoi Da
ning the a positive convention in the early part of that . •in
Ism. yet in that very winter, and after the con • the
Denmark was entering into new combinations foal
had bete this country, which were only put an end to.zt .•• the
far as re- time by the interference of Russia. Did. this tut
shooed be duct of Denmark shew any good disposition to . pit
country ? or, after such conduct, would any bet
ring esat meat be justified in looking with absolute and ••
Majesty's petting confidence to the neutrality of.that • • lb
ouse the When the Danish Government hadconducted
tpedition such a manner, at a time that much leo
ipon that threatened her, it Vat ..r:tZ; -be expected. tint • IN
er side of would have acted differently in ar±i'Sis ••
e certain- and when her dangers were multiplied tenfold. if
.gA
=duct of there were no positive indications of the • • !
and long hostilit•paf Denmark, there were abundantgvoundskt
•!) His such suspicions as would make meannesof - ••t ti
for hay- on our side necessary. It was hardly necessity to • t 1
; very dif- to the recollection of the House the favourite •
err prede- which Bonaparte had so often professed, of • v
had come the British commerce from all the.ports of the •
rd by the neat, and collecting all the navies of &11,/ as t
-ral voice, down the naval force of this country. This. • l
•ght Hon. he never had lost sight of ; zad.he not only • • I
.n hope, stated it in all his declarations, but made it a pin
ntirely to all the treaties which he had signed. Would.i:
morality; contended, then, that there was any thing • . j
Ito carry in the situation of Denmark, which would give
lendid ex- better chance of escaping from his grasp than
wll by the other of the feeble nations on the Conti:lnn ? A I
he boasted Right Hon. Gentleman seemed to think that•De„. . •
compare. mark had taken sufficient precautions for her tense'
!serration. by her army in Holstein and her naval foists. h
Souse were order to consider whether this opinion was vell fen
is present /led or not, it would be necessary to go back -ale
sere would years to those times when Denmark was first r;
3cntlemen riously menaced by a French force. The betel
nt for no- of the dangers of Denmark wa when a Fralle
while all occupied Hanover in 1803. Although the • •
tare to de- army was then upon the very frontiers of Demi.
to !uccesy. the Danish Court did not then thnk proper to*
e the issue forward a man to defend their . neutrality. Ale"
a his mind was this boasted cordon of Danish troops to disa
of the part Holstein at that time ? The fact was, that Denial
t had often never put forward this body of men in Holstein, le
e who had til the French evacuated Han over in 1805, and at
mpire with country was occupied by the troops of Grenade*
,wer to un- and her allies. Then Denmark sent a body* of 011
redecessors to her frontiers, and after the fatal battle ore ,rfre,
hose guilty the Prussian corps under Blucher h: d • Wu"
steps ; but beck, there was actually a skirmish between sat
:he present of French troops and a Danish corps. =est
ad received .ground. In that skirmish a Danish
or any very been taken prisoner, and was treated with evne.L.Pr—j
If, there- BiblePa". ty. His horse was stolen, his
eivished to picked, and be was treated by the common ieldnel
e from any with insults that shewed the complete
ing camps. which they entertained for the Danish natio*.
fesserd, that might have been supposed, that such an act reels,,
0). Their have altered the disposition of Denmark, and
_,leag
he country, her hostile to France ; but no such effect fall'
were about although it. was at a time when a slight &ger
try enjoyed might nave been of very important service
re causes of the enemy, and although any support to the 3171
!that Mini- however trifling, might have been of the greatest!!
F the Right portance as to die final result of the war (ha
upon those heart hear!) When the Danish army in How!'
to push his never attempted any thing against the Frenchult
re must ne- but, on the contrary, retired from a mere bur •
tler that we troops Of that nation, very little stress could
ti
it again in a on the circumstance of a considerable body IF.
riolate those Holstein at the Mae of the expedition to
alb
non on the gen. There was another circumstance ;,r. -
ail upon the curved about the same time that afforded
must come reason to feel much confidence in Danish netsFP'r
I not be sup At the time of the capture of Lubeck by*, -„,a
he act, and there -were, nearly two thiritiand 1""T