Star.
London, England, 1808-03-28 00:00:00

DICIARATION OF DENMARK AGAINST SWEDEN.

4, The Danish Government has with just imps,
nice waited to see the effect of the efforts employed
v the Court of St. Petcrsburgh, for the purpose of
lolling Sweden, by the most friendly means, to
mie interests which are common to her with all the
!sneers of the North, and to those principles which
ae the first bond of her connection with Russia and
Denmark. These efforts having finally proved miser--
kW, the Danish Government finds itself placed in
sedition towards Sweden, which will no longer al.
km its relations with that kingdom to remain uncer-
tain. What these relations had become, it is indeed
impossible to dissemble, after a perfidious aggression
had suddenly forced Denmark from the path she had
fon. owed during a long series of years without the
slightest deviation. All Europe has resounded with
one cry of indignation at the crime committed by
Great Britain against a neutral and peaceful State ;
and from all quarters has the Danish Government
received testimonies of the most lively interest in its
cause. Tice Court of Stockholm alone, notwithstan-
ding the particular ties which united it with that of
Copenhagen, observed a total silence, which it at
hen th broke only to prefer complaints the most un-
founded, and reproaches the most unjust, with respect
to the inconventencies that had indirectly resulted to
h from the events of the war, as well as from the rigo-
rous measures which the situation to which the Da-
nish Government has been most unexpectedly redb;
red, has imperiously required it to adopt, and which
the chicane and endless vexations of Sweden have
*little calculated to induce it to abandon. The
Danish Cabinet would have been extremely embar-
rassed to interpret this conduct on the part of a So-
"reign, whose interest, principles, and sentiments, it
- rd regarded as being equally wounded by. an act of
411417 i which has suddenly lighted the flames of
Pa in the NGrth, if it had oot quickly seen cause to
v•Cisnse, that the resalutiou taken by the King of
Steden under these circumstances was not merely
&at of indifference. The extraordinary facility with'
which that Monarch, several weeks betore the reds*,
im of Stralsund, had consented to the departure of
'Se major part of the English forces in Pomerania,
!neither, as it should seem, they came with no other
view than to await the opportunity of bei conveyed
ta Zealand) and the pains his Swedish Majesty took
inform his people that this ro.embarkation wok
Pl'a by virtue of a separate article of his convention
"'kit Great Britain, gave the first indications of a se-
'.ret understanding at the expence of Denmark. These
Miens were yery soon increased. The Danish
Government is not acquainted with the extent of the
aaistance which its enemy received in the ports of
Sweden ; but it has felt the consequences of that as-
sistance in a manner the most lamentable to itself.
it i 3 easy to conceive the impression which has been

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produced upon the Danish nation by the relations of
everykind,andtheuninterruptedcOmtnnnicationswhicb
the English found nodifficulty in maintaining with Swe-
den. No one. could fad to remark how much Denmark
was insulted bythepleasure which the bingofSwedenap-
peared to take in repairing to the coast opposite to the
sound, and beholdingPenanallyalltheinjusticeandout.
rage committed against aneighbouring country; by the
caresses and numberless marks of distinction lavished
upon the leaders of the English forces ;,by the honours
which they, on their part, affected to render to the
ally of their Sovereign ; and by the demonstrations of
respect towards his Swedish Majesty, to which the
ships of war, violently seized from the port of Copen-
hagen, were n n bound, on their passage along the
Sound, under the cannon even of that fortress to which
their salute was owing. However unfaVourable an
aspect the concurrence of these circumstances necessa-
rily casts upon the dispositions of the King of Sweden
towards the Government of Denmark, that Govern-
ment cannot reproach itself with having gratuitously
exaggerated those appearances, which the Court of
Stockholm, far from attempting to remove, wished to
produce, nourish, and strengthen, as far as it was in
its power. But these simple appearances were soon
succeeded by facts. The Government of England
was the first to develope to Denmark the openly his-
stile disposition of his Swedish Majesty. Europe al-
ready knows the explanations occasioned between
Denmark and Sweden by this denunciation. The
King of Sweden, when called upon in the most frank
and friendly manner to declare himself on this sub.
ject, was seen to endeavour eluding the necessity of
such a declaration • and, when he was at length
closely pressed, his Majesty gave an answer oblique,
equivocal, and insulting. Nevertheless, as this an-
swer appeared in some measure to give the lie to the
Government of England, the Government of Den-
mark was contented with it for the moment, and
thought it becoming to dissimulate its just resentments
against Sweden, in the hope that, enlightened con-
' cerning her true interests, and reflecting on the con-
sequences of her resolutions, she would at last end by
yielding to the representations which the Court of St.
Petersburgh had made, with as much tenderness as
patience, in order to engage her to renounce her al-
liance with Great Britain, evidently become incom-
patible with the tranquility of the North, and espe-
cially with the security of Denmark. The Danish
Government is but imperfectly acquainted with the
nature and extent of the engagements which Sweden.,
has entered into with England ; whatever may be
the object of them, and whatever their tendency, no
one can better conceive or appreciate than itself, the
repunance which his Swedish Majesty would feel in
failing in any of the obligations he had contracted.—
But the Cabinet pf Copenhagen is not uninformed
that the Swedish Government itself has admitted,
that the term of its engagements recently espiced ;
and after the Cabinet of St. James's had unmasked
itself in the face of all Europe, it would have been
insulting the Court of Stockholm to suppose that it
would dare to concur in an attack upon the first bases
of the security, prosperity, and dignity of the powers
of the North. Thee considerations could not be ba-
lanced by the trifling advantage of subsidies, with
which the Cabinet of London shews itself ready at all
times to purchase its allies, and whom it pretends to
have then the right of treating.as mercenaries.
" The resolutions of the King of Sweden having,
however, frustrated the last hopes of his neighbours,
the Government of Denmark could no longer hesitate
on its part, to take those measures which its security,
the general interest of the North, its attachment to
Russia, and the nature of its engagements with that
Power, imperiously prescribe to it. At a moment
when Zealand is threatened anew by the forces of
England, to which the ports of Sweden serve as a
point of re-union ; when the enemy of the North has
just assured himself of the dependance of the Court of
'Stockholm upon him for fresh pecuniary assistance -;
when the public declarations of the English Ministry
sufficiently unfold the nature of the engagements still
subsisting or renewed between the two allies, the Da-
nish Government deems it right to prefer a state of
open hostility to precarious and equivocal relations,
towards an enemy whose disposition is become more
and more suspicious, and who, during a long period,
could be considered only as a disguised enemy. His
Majesty the King of Denmark declares consequently
that he actors altogether the resolutions of Russia in
respect to Sweden, and that he will not separate his
cause from that of the Eniperor Alexander, his august
and faithful ally.

" Given at Copenhagen, the 49th of February, 1408."

Sir C. GREEN, commanding at Malta, has received
sonic communication from the Beys in Egypt, con-
taining, it is said, an invitation to send & body of Bri-
tish troops to Alein:ndria, and promising in that event
efficient co-operation. The Turks have tailed in some
of their engagements with the Beys? and the overtures
in question are represented as the consequence.
Our letters from Lord Cotti;cowoon's fleet, by the
late mails, inform us that the Turks, under the'apprer
•hensitm of a renewed attempt on the part of the Eng-
lish to enter the Bosphorus, had drawn immense chains
across the Dardanelles, and stationed a considerable
number of gun-boats behind them, constructing, at
the same time, some new batteries for throwing red
hot shpt. These works are said to be capable of pre-
venting the passage of any vessel of ivar; without the
Go-operation of a land-force.
The following is stated to.be the•extract of a letter
from Petersburgh, dated the 12th February, as the
substance of the propositions made by M, Cituits-
COURT to the Emperor ALF.X.C;IDER j

" Russia to receivu part of Wallachia, Moldavia, and Besserabia.
" Austria to receive Servia, Bosnia, part of Wallachia, and Up-
per Bulgaria.
" France to receive Albani;i, and the whole .fif Greece, egtep-
ding from the Adriatic to the Gulph of Shlonica, together with
Cardin and Cirrus ; and toreceive from Austria, in consideration
of the above r,essioas tq that power, the 'wander of Trieste and
her other possessions iq the Adriatic."
according to the German journals, to-
wards the close of the List year, sent a mission to
China overland, announcing to the Emperor the recent
events in Europe, his intended operas:tons in India,
and el:halting him to btrait aU commercial Inter.
comae with England,
The house of G. NORTON, rsq. at Wiley, Hemp
was destroyed by fire on Friday morning, which was
occasioned by a fire that was made to air a room,
being imprudently made up, when the servants went
to bed. A valuable library was destroyed amongst the
furniture, and a maid-servant was dangerously unit.

FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.'

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, MARCH 46, Ma.
Capita of ',otters from Vice-Admiral Dacres, Commander in
Chief of his Majesty's Skips and Vessels at Jamaica, to the
Hon. W. W. Pole. dated oa hoard his Majesty's Ship Veteran,
Port Royal, January 1, 18(18.
Sin—The inclosod copy of s Utter I request you will be pleased
to lay before my Lords Commits:onen of the Admiralty. • report•
tag the capture of the French schooner privateer Experiment by
ge peer, after a chace of ten hour.. I am, &c.

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(Signed) . J. R. DACRYS.
His Majesty's Sloop Rein Deer, off Tiberon,
December gl , 1807.
Sir—l have the honour to inform you, that after
a chace of ten hours, I came up with and captured
the French schooner privateer Experiment, Antoine
Corroco Captain, with two guns and forty men, and
twenty-one days from. Baracao, and had made no

captures. I have the honour to be, &c.

(Signed) P. nouct.As.
Veteran, Port Royal, Jan. to, ISOB.
Sir—The two tenders to my flag, which had sailed from hence
to see, each of them, a valuable hcenced trader, hound to Vera
Cruz, as far as Cape Antonio, fortunately fell in at the SAIIIC time
on their return with a heavy Spanish privateer schooner, which
they captured without loss. The inclosed copy of a letter from
Lieutenant Boyd details the particulars. I am, &c.
(Signed) J. A. TACRES.
His Majesty's Schooner Gracieuse, off Cape
Antonio, Dec. 37, 1807.
Sir—l beg leave to acquaint you that this fore-
noon, his Majesty's schooner Gypsey in company, we
fell in with and captured the Spanish privateer schooner
Juliana, mounting Otur twelve-pound carronades, and
one long brass eighteen-pounder amidships, v'itlt a
complement of eighty-three men, out tt'ree months
from Trinidad in Cuba, has not captured .Lay thing.
—I have sent his Majesty's schooner Gypsey in with
' her, as she was the closest during, the Chace, and
suffered the most in her rigging. 'lll"ugh she was
not of sufficient force to give us a long actun, I must
request permission to say every person gave me the
utmost satisfaction. It is with great pleasure I have
to add, that though the emmny suffered materially,
having eight killed and sir wounded, only one man
of ours was wounded. I have the honour to be, Scc.

(Signed) D. Bonn, Lieut. Corn.
Veteran, Port Royal, Jar, la, 14CS.
Sir—l have the honour to Inclose you, fur the information of
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the copy of a letter
I have rsceived from Captain Cogldaii, of the Elk, acquainting
me with the capture of a Spanish packet. I am, &c.
(Signed) J. a. DACIIIjS.
His Majesty's Brig Eik, Nassau, New Providence,
November 7, leo:.
Sir—l have the hononr to inform you, that his Ma-
jesty's brig I command captured, on the 19th ult.
after a long chace, which led me to the Catouche
Bank, the Spanish schooner Posta de Caracca', bearing
a letter of Mat q ne, from Campeachy to the Havannah,
with 4 cargo Of leather, bass rope, and 2-1 thousand
dollars, which she had in freight. Her mail, with
one gun she had mounted, were thrown overboard
in the chace. I have the honour to be, 8:c.
(Signed) JEN. cot: MAN.
Shark, Port Royal, Feb. 4.
Sir—l have much pleasure in transmitting to you, for the in-1
Asrmation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the co-1
pies of two letter:A have received from Captain Douglas of the'
Rein Deer, reporting the capture of two enemy's privateers. Their
Lordships will agree with me that Captain Douglas has 'hewn a
great deal of activity, and is entitled to great conimendation ; four
privateers having been capturetlby the Rein Deer in the space of
four months. I am, &c. (*fled). j. R. Racers.
His Majesty's Sloop Rein Deer, of Point Picolet, St.
Domingo, January
Sir—l have the honour to inform you, that in his
Majesty's sloop under my command; I fell in with
and captured, after a chace of five hours, the French
schooner privateer Lyonaise, Jean Tessier, Captain,
pierced for twelve guns, but had only five on hoard
at tile time of capture, with a compliment of 8.5 men,
out eight days frem Baraeao, and had not made any
captures. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) •
p. Ji DOUGLAS.
His Majesty's Ship Rein Deer, Port Royal, Jan. $ll.
Sir—Having received information that the priva-
teers had a rendezvous under Fortudas, I bore up
and went between the island and the Main, and have
the satisfaction to acquaint you, that I succeeded in
running one of them ashore, and being deserted by
hes people, I brought her off with little or no damage.
She has three guns on board, and from the number
of men seen to land, there could not be less than 50.
Having thirty men away in prizes, and ninety priso-
ners on board, I thought it would not be side to keep
the sea, and hope my return to this anchorage will
meet your approbation. I havg the honour to be, 4c.
(Signed) v.. 4. DOUGLAS. •
Copy of a fainter from Admiral the Right Honourable I.prd Gard-
ner, Coennander in Chief of his MTijesty's Ships and Vessels in
the Channel, Soundicys, &c. to the jinn. W. W. Pole, dated
Lupton House the ,2flth instant.
Slr —I desire you wall be pleased to lay before the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty the inclosed copy of a letter which I
received this day, from di Fez rol, from Captain Maitland, of his
Majesty's ship Emerald, reciting an attempt he had made to cut
out of Wirer° harbour, on the sveninii pf the 13th instant, a large
French schooner ; an exploit Welch I trust their Lordships will
conceive with me to di great crs‘lit to :11 com..:rned, for their on.
dawned spirit and perseverance the number of men, however.,
hilted and wounded on the occasion, (of which a list is Inclosed
herewith) is much to he lintented. I have the honour to be, Ike
(51,5-fled) * . 9011014. •
His Majesty's ship Emerald, off Viociso,Whieh 14, 111011. '
•MY Lotto—l beg to state that, hawing fulfilled the
first part of yonr Lordship's order, bearing-date the
Isth ult. I was proceeding t 9 with the
Commanding Officer oft Ferrol, when, in running
along shore about five o'clock yesterday afternoon, a
very large schooner was discovered at anchor in Vi-
verb harbour, with a French ensign and pendant fly.
ing. Though I had never beep in that port, from its
appearance, and the place laid down in' Fossino's
chart, it seemed to me not a very difficult matter ei.
titer to bring her out or destroy her. It was late in
the day for such an undertaking, but as we had a fill;
moon, and alarm guns -were firing from the forts and
schooner, 4,. without hesitation, decided on putting
it instantly into execution, as they would Idonbtless
have been better prepared for our reception had it
!wen deferred till morning, At about half an hour
after hy; M. the ,first fort .on the right going in,
consisting of eight twenty four pounders, opened on
the ship, as did the other (containing Ave of the same
calibre) on the left, as won as she was within range.
As I saw it was.i4ripossible to place the ship in a situ,
etion to act upon the batteries at the same time, I sent
the First Lieutenant Mr. Bertram, accompanied by
Lieutenants Meek and Husband, of the Mariner, and
Mbssrs, Mildridge and Saurin, Mhsties Mates, to
storm the outer fort, and proceeded with the ship as
near the other (which was about a mile farther in)
as the depth of. water would allow, where she was
placed, the sails furled, &c. J silt ISIT. Wm. Smith,

?'tie ill a Lieuienant, with anoth?.i p Ir-.rn n• • • '
ionr to o ike the guns of the fort, then engaged e'74.
the Emerald, Mr. Bertram having happily succeeded
in driving the Spaniards out of the battery he had
been edit to attack, and spiked the guns. Lieute-
nant Smith, almost iminediately on landing, was op-
posed by a party of soldiers, most of whom fell, and
their officer among the number ; but before they were
completely subdued, they had led him a considerable
distance into the country, being by that time quite
dark, and from the nature of the ground, having•
been obliged to land nearly a mile from the fort, he
was under the necessity of returning without finding
it, as it had been silenced a considerable time by our
fire—it opened again, however, about ten o'clock, and
continued engageo with the ship till near two hours,
when she was outof range.
While these occurrences were taking place, Mr.
Bertram, with his party, had walked on over land,
and joined Mr. Baird, the Midshipman, who had
been sent to take possession of the schooner, which
had ran on shore on the rocks. As soon as they made
out our determination of entering the port on the road,
he was met by a party of the schooner's crew, consis-
ting of about sixty men ; they gave and received a
discharge of musketry from our people ; but on their
advancing with the pike and bayonet, took to flight,
leaving several dead on the road. Mr. Bertram's
anxiety to save the schooner induced him to perse-
vere, for several hours, in attempting to get her off,
(which was rendered impracticable from her having
gone on shore at high water,;) during which time a
large body of infantry had been collected, and galled
our men so excessively with musketry, that it became
absolutely necessary to set her on fire, which was ac-
cordingly done about one A. M. when she soon blew
up, and at day light there was not a vestige of her to
be se.ei. From the papers I have in my possession,
the schooner appears to have been a French corvette
called l'Apropos, commanded by Mons. Larry,
Lieutenant de Vaisseau, which had arrived with di's,
patches from the Isle of France on the 24th of Decem-
ber, mounted eight • twelve-pounder carronades, but .
pierced for sixteen guns, with upwards of seventy
men. She had yesterday put to sea, but returned to an
anchor on the signal being made for an enemy. She
appeared to me the largest schooner I ever saw—our
Oifitae.s informed me she must have been upwards of
two hundred and fiCzy tons burthen, copper bottomed,
and in all respects a mesteegtplete vessel. I must beg
leave, my Lord, to request you se q.? state Lieut. Ber-
tram's meritorious conduct to the Lords Commission-
ers of the Admiralty in the strongest point of view j
when I hope their Lordships will be induced, in consi-
deration of his very gallant behaviour, and a most se-
vere wound he has received, to consider him worthy of
that reward which in our service has ever been looked
up to as the certain consequence of distinguished
bravery. Mr. Mildridge, Master's mate, a young
man who has served the whole of his time with me,
and whose gallantry has been represented to me by
Lieutenants Bertram and William Smith, as highly
exemplary, I hope your Lordship will be induced to
'mention also as deserving of promotion. The cone
duct of Lieutenant Bertram and his party as well as
that of Lieutenant William Smith renders it unneces-
sary for me to say any thing farther on the subject.—
I shall therefore only add, that Mr. John Smith, the
Second Lieutenant, who I kept on board tq assist sue,
as well as Mr. Brokensherohe Master, and the whole
of the officers and ship's company that remained in
the ship, have my warmest thanks fpt their cool and
steady conduct during an action that lasted, with int
tervals, for snore than six hours. The ship's do?
maiges are trifling to what might have been expected,
which I account for by the enemy not tieing able tp
distinguish where the shot fell, and having taken a
bad elevation, most of them passed over her. When
the boats had returned after firing the schooner, we
weighed, and had the good fortune to obtain a light
air of wind, that sent us just out of the shot of the
batteries,. when we were obliged again tp anchor,
otherwise our situation this mornipg would have been
by no means pleasant, es the Spaniards must, by that
time, have unspiked the guns tn'the outer fort, and,
at ay light, six gun boats were sego pulling from
the westward. About eight A. M. a light breeze
springing up, we weighed, and made sail towards
them ; when within about two gun shots of the emir
my, it fell again perfectly calm, and they had the te-
merity still to raw for us ; finding the ship's broad-
sjdes he.kept towards theft by the boats, I
ordered the anchor to be let go with a spring, and
when within gPod reach of grape, opened a fire,
which they received, and returnedwitk tolerable spi-
rit for about half an hour, when they made the best of
theist way into Vem,s Bay; and, as SPY.eral shots were
seen to strike them, I have no doubt considerably da,
maged them. The total want of wind prevented me
from following and destroying thee(}. -
I c.innot conclude this letter, rgy Lord, without
once more expressil how highly lappreciatithe he-
hayioor of every o der and matt 4441 ship I have
the honour T.a command, during a Riiii4t arduous, and
fatiguing service, that lasted For eighteen hpurs, the
whole of' which time they were either.et their gips or
expecting every instent 'to be Failed to them, .bur
loss, I am extremely sorry tq lay, is very gre,J in
killed and wounded, and most of them the pest men
le the ship. Whet the enemy's may be, from the n
tore of' the servige it is impossible to ascartaie, though
we know it to he very. considerable. / inclose a list
of killed and wounded-belonging the Emerald. I
have the honour to he, iscl (Signed)
F. 1 MAITifAN D.
4 List of Rilled and Wounded an board his Majesty's Ship Emct
raid, in Yiyero Harbour, on the 13th of March 1808.
Killed—Nan Lyons, Boats :vain'. MiteFe'
til.alliam Johnson,
r Yeoman of the Sheet} ; John babis (8,) Captain's Coxswain;
Isaac Hurst, Ship's Corporal ; Frederick Weat , and Thomag
Brown, Seamen ; George Yowel, Serjeant of Marines; Jos. paws
son, and John Gligg Porter, private pt ditto. "
Wounded—Lieutenant Charles ;Sertram; yrrely Liente:
rants Giles Meek, and 448 Husband? of the Marines, slightlYl
Mr. Mathew Mildridge, Mister's Mate, slightly; MiOnal (Are:
son, Quarter-Master, dangerously; William Riley, Seaman,
ditto ; George M'Allister, and William Moore, Spawn, se:
verely ; John West, Captain's Steward, and John Lloyd., private
of Marines, ditto; John Baylis, and James Connor, 'Seamen,
slightly; Richard Caulfield , James Dale, and William • Mariner
private of Marines, ditto; and John Fettiper, boy, ditto,
1•otal.-111 killed and 16 wounded. (Signed) V. L. MAITIANII.
cool( of p Letter from Vice-Admiral Sir Ch;:rles Cottony ran:
orompairr fp Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Ye is 4
Ole Tagus, tp the Hon.We W. Foie, ilared on Iper4. the Hig
benaia, Feb, 17, 1808.
Si;—! request you will lay before the Lords commissioner' ?
rite Admiralty the inclosed copy at a letter 1 !ape rrceived r•au
Captain yro, of hisW-airsty's ship this penSaact, r 4
very gallant trot& psatorpied in two toatsd eikunittistild

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