Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-11-06
LONDON, September s.


| Paris papers have arrived to the 2f,h uit
and Dutch to tho 4ih. Private letters from
| Holland, as we have already mCa:iohe,l,
state the surrender ofCopenhagen 10 have
taSen place on the 25th. There is an ATE
ticie from kiel, dated on the 9th bit Il
states that al commune alton with Zealand
and Sweden has sheen cut off for some DAVIS
the surrender of Copenhagen, therefore,
ON the 25th, might not have been know Il,
there on the 27th.---lt was natural to exa
! pect that much of the attention of the Pao
! ris and Dutch Journalists would he occt,.
cupied with our expedition The LAM
guage of the Moniteur, and indeed of ali
| the articles relative to the expedition, afA
tords abundant proof of the rage of Bone.
parte at our having disappointed him in his
views upon the Danish navy, and paws the
| best compliment that could have been Daid
10 the vigor, promptitude and decision OF
! our government. The governor of Eot.
stein, aliudng to the conduct Of the late adt,,i.
nstration speaks of it as shaving long ne
elected its own interests by a shameful inA
/ activity, and having BETRAYED its allies in
J to aveHatious and uncertain struggle 10 hu
! then adds, that our government has " sud.
denly developed all is power and activity
to attack a neutral and peaceable state.
without any complaint against the same
/ The means for dissolvirg the ancient End
sacred connections which united Denmark
to Great Britain, have been prepared with
as much secrecy as promptitude The
/ Danish government saw the English shiDs
OF war upon their coast without even the
conjecture that they were to be cmoloved
! sgaints Denmark" But RonaDarte ptor.
! Uses Denmark men and money enouph to-
carry her through the contest What his
men can effect she will soon feel tcI. he
VIII send them TO take possession Of Hrl4
! stein under he pretext of defending it a4
gaints the English.--Mouoy lie has not TO
| send, and if ne could, it wcud be of no use
against the navy of England
1t is said we have taken possession Of
| Heligoland
The intelligence ofthc surrender of StraI-
sund is confirmed. The account in the
French papers states that early On the
morning of the 10th the trenches were c.
pencd close under the wall-that Oh the
four following DAYS the trenches were car.
ried on 90 far that in IS hours more III.
town might have been set on fire, and
practicable breach made. The king then
began to listen to the entreaties of the in
| habitantS and the advice of his generals.
and carried off the whole Swedish garrison
to Rugen, after demolishing the works on
the side of the island of Rugen, thus expo
I 0''o Wv IN" OSSuEtSliNo vi INT NOMH 10 con.
siderable danger in that quarter. Mar.
! shall Bruno knew nothing of the CITY having
! been evacuated till ne was informed OF il
/ by his Swedish majesty's adjutant general
and deputation of magistrates who went
{ to him at o'clock in the evening OF the
! 20th nit. The French entered il an hour
afterwards Bonaparte has availed him.
self of the opportunity afforded him by tie,
surrender of Stralsund to indulge mis- ran.
: cor and hatred of the king OF Sweden,
who shall never, he declares, set his foot
| again in Pomerania.
Bonaparte has fresh cause to rejoice in
the treaty of Tilsi, for the accounts rom
ConStantinople, published by the French
themselves, confess that the Turks have
been worsted by sea and land-that they
have been driven back to this side the
, Danube-that the captain pacha's feet has
been defeated with great slaughter-that
! the two attempts against the Russians at
Ienedos have failed, and that, in short,
! mistoTtunes every where attend the Tur.
! kish arms. But for the treaty Of 'Cilsit,
the Turks would have sued for peace all
I most upon any terms; the Russian army
4 IN Turkey would have joined the Russian
army III Poland, and the whole force ofth.
| Russian Empire would have been opposed
to France. These considerations VIII pro-
baby not tend to increase the popularity
of the peace in Russia. :,
September 9.
! We are glad to find that the rumor Of
the u States having given our government
only four days to decide upon our answer
to the dispatches brought by tie Revenge
schooner is wholly unfounded. We did not
indeed attach any credit tOit. The differ
enCes between the two countries are to he.
as they ought to be, deliberately discussed.
! The u. States are said to be willing to all
low the search for goods under certain cir
cumstances, but not to allow any vessel
bearing their flag to be searched for menEl
But in order to identity British and Ame-
I rican seamen, they propose that agents
shall be stationed IN every commercial pcrr
in each country before whom all complaints
shall be heard and decided, and every sea-
man given up 10 that M ton TO which he 10
found to belong. Courier.
proclamation has been issued at Ham,
burgli, prohibiting all English goods from
being introduced into Hostein, unless they
can be accompanied with original certif-
Gates that they are on neutral account. and
are imported from neutral ports.
! We understand that upwards of 10. 600
men had volunteered from the militia re-
giments into the line before the first of
September, the period at which tho volun-
teering was to begin regularly.
| The Danish government. il is said, vas