The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-29

srs>l, curse.;;: .hat 4 .hort descriptive sketch
may not IL unacceptable, and especially as il is
more t!i.ch probable it NAV very soon become ar
Object * as great interest.
Aifrcaching from the sea, the city is discover
cd at the extremity OF spacious bay OF an am
ph',hcatrc appearance, rising beautifully from the
water.
The harbor, dock yards. and naval magazines,
are embraced in the works which surround and
Tank the city No more than one vessel can en-
ter the harbour at once, and the passage is secu-
red every night by boom. The citadel is a re-
gular work with four bastohs, n wet ditch, and
several outworks, which defend the passage on
one side, whichis defended on the other by for
mitlab'c block nous" wth heavy artillery.
The small island Of Amack in front of the city
has been also fortified, and is connected with the
citvby two bridges, which appear To be floating
bridges; this island breaks the surge, and pre-
serves the basin within in Tranquility in rough
weather This basin port is spacious, and adj
mits OF Il vast number OF ships and excellent an
chorsge.
| The citadel is situated on the northern extremi-
| ~. b.ttery csllcdt,c Grown Battery, consist
| ing of two formidable forts, erected with i'm
inensc labor and cXpcncc few years ago they
stand upon piles, and one bears fifty guns of "a
| and SO pounds csi'bre, with four mortars the o.
thcr SO pieces OF the like calibrcs.
The basin is skirted BY 4 balcony, or gallery, on
all sides, which give to the ensemble a most cap
tivatng appearance, and favorable impression cf
the D"ncs and the regularity Ct the streets. the
excellence of the pavement, and ha.idsome lot
t. style OF the buildings, calculated TO en-
crease and confirm favorable Impressions. The
new town, built after the cOnils grafton Of 1898
had more the appearance ofa southern than north.
ern structure, they consist of an octagon, con-
i:nninS four beautiful and uniform buildings of
hewn stone, separated only by 4 uniform streets,
which lead from the centre to the extremes 1; in
the centre OF this Place stood equestrian statue
Tot FredericaF The hospitals, institutions 10!
education Of the poor &c are objects better cal.
cuiated Tor statistical than political essay-an,l
their enumeration would only contribute to excise
new cxccration, ard new horrors at their recent
catastrophe.
The crown batteries, in the engagement, were
ably served, and had tie same stcdfastness and
GOODNESS been displayed by the commanding off
Ger Vischer and the Crown Prince; Nelson's
laurels would have been bli GIFTED before Copenb>.
gen on that occasion, and Denmark would not
have been dcspoicd in six years after by perfily
still more fragrant and ,inprovoked.
The Danes, after sustaining an action which
commenced ut SIX in the morning, became gene
raj about eleven, and ragged with fury till after
Jour IN the evening after losing 1900 killed and
wounded; and thirteen ships of all descriptions
when Nelson's flag carried on shore with 4
dcmand-1-That Denmark should recede from
the alliance 2.-That the English ships should
be repaired in the Danish docks. 3-That the
wounded British (about 70O) should be taken care
OF IN their hospitals the two first proposition,
were be,en.ttOriLy rejected {. the third was gran
ted only upon principles of humanity.
But III obtaining short armistce, Nelson gain
ed every things and in gaining it, the Danes lost
all inc fruits of theirsvigor and resolution. They
had but TO persevcre, and their determination so
to do would have forced the British on that night
ta nave taken shelter with their disabled ships in
Stockholm, or to have burnt them and returned
home and the Swedish feet then waiting for the
Issue, would have determined for the neutral as
soclauon; instead or teigning retreat before an
inferior fleet under Parker, who, with the ships
OF his squadron, had not entered into the heat of
the action.
The Emperor Paul svas murdered on the 25d
March, the very day that the British feet left the
coast OF England, and one week before the at
tack upon Copenhagen. Admiral Parker on ar
rlVing before Cariscroon, received dispatch from
the Russian ambassador, and he instantly return.
ed to kioSe bay, at the entrance of the Baltic
The friends If Great Britain had now the ascen-
dancy at Petersburg. The young emperor, Alex
ander, saw, in the fate of his fIther, the destiny
that awaited neutral policy A negotiation fol-
lowed, and lord st. Helens settled at Petersburg
those rfgalatioHs IF diplomatic policy which uti.
den along with her.
Yet, i'll these negotiations, Great Britain crouch
ed IN her demands, in order To reach her policy ;
shc conceded under the name of a suspension
what the neutral convention asserted as a right
| The main consideration for the American read
er IS the Righteousness and tyranny of the policy
OF Britain and the unparalleled barbarity practi
scd towards Denmark .... .... iuyora