The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-06-26 00:00:00

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M. do Bernstorff proceeded to London: he ex-
Wted to have been eagerly received there, and to
have nothing more to do that: renew the treaty con-
cluded with Prince Dolcorucki: hut what was his
astmtishment :shoo the Prince Regent refused to re-
ceive the letter, and when Lord Castlereagh
gave him to understand, there could he no treaty
between Kngland and Denmark, unless, as a preli-
minary article, Norway was ceded to Sweden. A
few days after Count Bernstorff received au order to
return to bmtmark.

At the catss► moment, similar language was held
to. Count Moltife, Envoy from Denmark to the Era-
peter Alexander. Prince Dolgorucki was disavowed
'as having exceeded his powers: and during this time
the Dines weregiving their notification to the French
Army, and some hostilities took place! !!
We stall in vain open the annals of nations to
discover in them policy more immoral. It was at
the moment that Denmark Nand herself thus engaged
in a wa with France, that the Treaty to which she
was co: orming, was at the same time disavowed at
Londo and in Russia, and that advantage was taken
of thei embarrassments in which teat power was
placed to present her as an ultimatum with a Treaty
which ngaged her to acknowledge the cession of
Nor w !
U r those difficult circumstances the King show-
ed th greatest confidence in the Emperor ; he de-
clare clare is Treaty void • he recalled his troops from
Hamtfurgh ; be ordered his army to march with the
Fs ,nit army ; and, in short, he declared that he still
considered himself as allied to France, and that he
relied upon the Emperor's magnanimity.
The President de Kaas was sent to -the French
bead-quarters, with letters from the King. At the
same time, the King dispatched to Norway the here-
ditary Prince of Denmark, a yOung Prince of the
highest promise, and particalarly beloved by the
Norwegians. He set out disguised as a sailor;
threw himself into a fishing-boat, and arrived in
Norway on the 22d of May.
On the 30th of May, the Freud] troops entered
Hamburgh, and a Danish division,' which marched
with our troops, entered Lubeck.
Baron de Kass, while at Altona, experienced ano-
ther scene of perfidy, equal to the first. The En-
voys from the Allies came to his lodgings, and gave
him to understand, that they renounced the cession
of Norway, and that on condition of Denmirk ,
making common cause with the Allies, it should no
longer be made a question; they conjured him to
delay his departure.
The reply of M. de Kaas was 'simple,—" I have
my orders, I must execute them." They told him :
the French armies were defeated; that did not move
bjm, he continued his journey.
However, on the 31st of May, an English fleet
appeared before Copenhagen ; one of the ships of war '
anchored before the tow ii, and Mr. Thornton pre-
sented himself. He stated that the Allies were going
to commence hostilities, if, within forty-eight hours,
-Remark did not sign a treaty, the principal condi- i
dons of which wore, to cede Norway to Sweden, to
immediately give up, en depot, the province of Dron.
theim, and to furnish 25,000 men to act with the
Allies against France, and conquer the indemnities
*hien were to be the• portion of Denmark. He at '
the same time declared, that the overtures made •
to NI. de Kaas, on his journey to Altona, were dis-
stewed, and could only be considered as military
sugzestions. •
The King indignantly refused this insolent sum-
mons. Meanwhile the Prince Royal having arrived in
Norway, published the following proclamation.
[tiere follows the proclamation, which appeared
in the STATESMAN of Wednesday last.]
The confidence which the King of Denmark bad
in the Emperor has been entirely justified, and all
the bonds between the two nations have been re-
established and strengthened.
The French army is in Hamburgb ; a Danish di.
vision follows its motions to support it. The Eng.
lish, by their policy, obtained only shame and con-
fusion : the wishes of all worthy men accompany I
the hereditary Prince of Denmark into Norway. j
What renders the situation of Norway critical, is i
the want of provisions ; but Norway shall remain
Danish—the integrity of Denmark is guaranteed by 1
France. 1

The bombardment of Copenhagen, whilst an Eng-
lish Minister was still with the King ; the burning of
that capital and the fleet, without a declaration of
war, or any previous hostility ; appeared to be the
most odious scene of modern history : but the crooked
policy which leads the English to demand the (*salon
of a province, happy for so many years under the
sceptre of the house of Holstein, and the series of
intrigues to which they hive had recourse to obtain
this odious result, will be.considered as more immo.
rat. and more outrageous than even the burning of
Copenhagen.
In it we observe that policy of whkh the Hensel
of Timour and of Sicily have been the victims, and
which has despoiled them of their dominions. The
E•iglish are accustomed in liid;a to be never stopped
by aly idea of justice—they follow this policy in
Europe• •
It appears, that in all the negociatioirs which the
Allies have had with England, the Powers the great-
est enemies to France have been disgusted by this rx-
"cessive' pretensions of the English Government.
The basis even of the Peace of I,thieville are di-
ctated by the English' to be inadmissible, as to fa-
vourable to France.

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blAdnien ! Therare deceived in their baited*? and
take Frenchman for Hindoos.

[The llioniieur of the 21st of June contains a
very long -detailed accOunt,respecting different ren-
counters which Genera!timel has had with Espoz
y Mina, o horn he Wait sent in pursuit of. After
stating various petty affairs 'between the 11,th of
April and • the -10th of May, it tiliqs 44 that Mina be-
ing convinced of the pass of Rance! being. forced,
now only thOught of giving bMtle.; fo'r whieb par.
Pose, ors the night between the 12th ena t 3th of May,
be coltectett sit his troops near fsahi, on the road
from Konen! to Ockagavia, Whieri he 'Anti attacked
On the 13th by General Abbe, aiiadriven'frOm Ebree
lositiont,' with the loss of 1000nsen, tiposi Which he
dispersed- his troops by oonipaniet, and *at himself
nearly taken it Villareal ; 'that be VA'S successively
tarsued Tnto Arragon that the hisuitleetlottallunta
ac4ffed to rcarcestile; Odd Minitri -attend had been
it. bra les coo* oQ
W. kgitti;. ifild • lift
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