The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-29
POLITICAL vIEWs.-No. ..


We have said that the British cabinet promis-
cd reparation--
For the attack ofthc Danish frigates Hayenean
and Fyeya
For the murder of the Danes on board the Da- |
nish frigate- |
. Protested desire to be pacific
Appointed an ambassador to carry the tdngs
of peace
and
Sent a Acct te carry on the negotiation.
We promised to mark the process OF the nego-
c:.,sion which shall now do.
This feet consisted Of l3sal OF the lincSand 81
friSates besides bombs and FIRE SAi bs. under the
command of admiral Dickson. On reaching the
Sound, the British feet anchored OF k,onberg,
where the Danish may then lay but which
weighed immediately under the prctence of afford
ing adequate room to the British squadron now
ever, as this was part the diplomatic machine
r., Dickson was not willing To I've behind the d.
n!Sh admiral in etiquette so lie weighed accor-
ding, ard moved after him-in 9n,icz6ie -ray.
The movements on shore were conducted in
The same STYLE Whitwncth insisted that the flag
should not protect The ship from search, neither
should the presence OK national armed ship; In
sisted on the Dimes abandoning the n.r'ension
Bernstor., behaved with his renowned dignity
and moderation OF spiri, but he also persisted
IN adherns 10 the pciaciple 1t all hasa:,s.
Whitworth attempted Gas he attempted at Pa
RS aiterwardsl to play the bravo, ;.nl lnenaced
Copenhagen with his eva departure IN week,
and other consequences, # the Court OF Denmark
did not retr:ct
i'crnstorii would not rccccle an inci but pro-
posed tn refer the oue stiun i5r NrGtr.t,on 10 the
emperor" Russia. To tins WAitwprth deInur-
red, and after Lille mere buliy.ng and living,
Wh,tworth agreed 10 the proposition OF Bcrns-
t0ri--the bass Of which IL Contained in the S!-
lowing article, i'll which We said in The Ireced-
ing number, Britain c-oUcHsI.
" Art I. This. question Of ri-ht rcsDcctinr the
sl,all
b. postponed 10 future discussion.
Art ii. The Danish frigate Fiey2, and the
" vessels found under her convoy, shall be restor-
ed the vessels supplied in the ports, and 1t the
" eXpcncc of has Britannia majesty, with cveiy
thing that may BE cceYs..sy for repairs," SC
Denmark agreed not TO send any conrovs till 4
more elective convention should he formed Thus.
though Denmark escaped BY tein,orising, she
only escaped FOR the m0ment-Britain was, how
ever, compelled 10 abandon what she claimed as a
ligf, & submit it II discussion which would nc
Yer be bro'tup 80 long 50 she should not violate it.
and which OF course she would not violate unit.
assured OF her being able maintain the violence
by commanding force which was exactly the
course she pursued, and Sor which she began to
prepare the very moment OF treating, TO be ell
forced IN the next wear
in September OF the same year, violence was
committed on the Swedish Arg at Barcelona; by
which it YVES seen that thcfc'Twas no security for
The neutral h"g, whenever the power ariI interest
vi W D. COnlliIiSu To ?DIfe II. icIhpp9 the D.
venture Of a reference to The emperor Paul by
Bernst-. Il, was either tic rcsuit :,f 4 previous
knowiedse OF thc Russian cn,1e5o,'s tcrnpcr or.
that It was used BY Bcrnstolii - alarm his policy
OF his pride.
The convention ut Copenhagen was not calcu-
lated 10 quiet the approximations OF ncuii'sls. 4
eHeftoa Postponed, IS question acknowledged to be
open to enquiry, and Inay therefore Ee either right
81 wrong by implication. While It is not absolute
i; rcsstc,;, IT Is indirectly admitted \ few d-ys
alter the agreement had bcen concluded, tlecia-
Ration OF the emperor of Russia Ia the courts of
Prussia, Denmark, and Sweden, proposed the re-
viva! or Che armed neutrality upon the same prn-
cipics as IN 1880; he alluded to the case Of the
DANISH ship FFcya, and expressed resentment at
the appearance OF the British feet in the Sound !;
and he followed up his declaration By sequs;ra-
iich oi the British property, until the rights OF
re'itTals should be recognized by 6. Britain.
lie se,zIIre CT some Nesscls under tic Prissi-
nt>o, cmbToled c. Britain viii. that court and
towards ti'c Gloss Of the year, the appearances i'll
the noru OF Europe were so formidable, that the
scheme of comprehensive niqli.y to which we
have before "dTotted, and which had been long
studied, WAS now determined upon
ii was resolved to employ inGicns. sums Of mo.
NY, 20 produce q revelation in the cabinets OF
= Stockholm, Copenhagen and Petersburg, which
we're to go hand in hand with other plans in the
interior o! Fr;Gce.--ihe various modes and the
means by whicl tac application OF Ibis money was
Gutthe world, view nc { eEts and cGmb1ing calis-
and effect, have considered the seduction o.; Swc-
den, The death of the emperor Paul, and the at
tack upon Copenhagen. Iii IS paris IL ore system
carried by different limbs OF the dipi)n .tic con
sPi.scy mo erect.
TIcre appea,. 70 have been soine compurction
III the Brush cabinet on the discussion of those
measures, and lord B.@ae5brry, became about
this period accrstaiy ii fofc:yn a.,Ys, who early
IN iiIe year 1901, replied tc repeated iinport,i-
mites Of coun, J4rl ibe.g, That IN answer would
be giTen ly spec.; charge dies :d!.i,cs in person
OF Copenhagen. An efi5GFc was laid on all Rus.
sian, Swedish and Eausn 5s<cls IN J,nuary and
III the mean TINS expedition was preparing
which was, in ol:l-r - divert attention frcm Tie
rca object, reported 10 he destined tor an attack
upon Holland or OsiSad
On the l2ih March, th,s Gcct Of % sill OF the
hne, with frigdea, stonp5 or war, twenty bou5
Ncsac(5 AL gun brsgs, u'dcr ia. command of sir
HYDE Parker, sailed from tie ncighborhood cf
Yarmouth.
Ithss Been remarked that the conduct oc Great
Brtsm drouyH I've whole Of The existing war,
has been tatai JHy to those with which size was
allied and hN nsr worst vengeance II 5 been
wrcakcd not on tha enemy whom she is ostcnsbly
opposed to, but on tho,e whom she had forced
or ticd ia force in!o the war Such has been tb..
Tate OF Holland, Naples, Genoa, Tuscany, Tur-
KEY. and las bftu rt,o... ecl.r,,,