Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-17

:, rs Is PfSPaf allons tor bombard,e, r. =.
nagen on the land side, were cons, JS'psa,
advanced On the 2iss, and woui aa,us'ab|y
supposed DC completed 10 two :, was
.oaysaaassf, wheo, notwithstanding ~ s's e.
lure OF the recommendaiio ro, Is lsl-
the commanding general ou ,hs ss 10
the garrison would again be spm NJ NJ ass,
surrender. Il is obvious from the liza, TO
.sistance made to The advance Of Cur ~ -
ard the erection of batteries. ,hs,. =, I'M
count Of the Danis force in Gomez se &c.
haa been uch exaggerated 10 the 3 eSn
and German Journals. @4sa
# general peyman could have h-o
any thing like Il 600 regulars inn % sn'
field exclusive Of the militia. we = as
not, however great the exer,iops and t IL.
very of our troops, have been able ,s 80
pletely 10 invest the town on the dav &C ~ :
Decentralization ct a par. only Il o..
forces. WI
With means SO obviously inadsnsa,. J.
successful resistance, it is hardly 20 r. I.
.pecsed that The governor Of Copeobao.,
will resolve upon a pso,rac,ed defence sol
expose It toihe horrors Of bonbsroueo
We rather think that he viii opeu nrc.,.
alton when he aDds TIA. the ptsparaI,ors
for attacking the town on ,he land side .rs
completed, and agree to the sarreadsy &c
the feet upon the terms stated in The RI.
fish proclamation. Tits possible, however
that for the purpose of preventing he ooea.
patton Of Holssein by the French, and IN.
pressing them With an opinion TIA, he w,s
sincere 10 his resistance. and had carried i,
as far as possible, the CT ewn priace (who 10
fact comprises within himself he whole
power Of the Danish government nigh,
bave determined upon sacrificing ,he fleet.
A report, said 90 be founded on letters
received from Holland is sely curreu, IN
the city :ast the bombartmeus Of Copepha,
gen commenced on the 23d ul,. aad vss
continued uniiilhe 25th, when the towo
and the whole Of the Danish navy was sur
rendered by capitalization.
September 8.
SURRENDER OF STRALSUND.
intelligence has been received Of liz scr.
render of Siralsnnd 10 the French. The
Swedish troops il is said resreated to Ro.
gen.
Sepfembsy S.
The voyage of The Revenge was pro,rac,.
ed 10 consequence other having received
orders toput into Bres. bsfore sbe wen, TO
England win dispatches for the Amcriosa
minister at Paris. She arrived at Fa!nou.a
the 2s,h Of August.
The dispatches By the Revenge cutter,
from America .iwere on Thursday present,
ed to Mr. Canning by Mr. Monroe, The
Ambassador from the u S. The surge.
on of he Chesapeake is arrived 10 he Re.
venge for the purpos. Of giving 40 ample
description of the whole of the affair BE-.
tween she Leopard and that ship.
We have it from good authority to say,
tina. the government of America, 10 lhsr
instructions to Mr.. Monroe, have desired
him positively to insist on our reHuq1sh.
ing the RICH, OF searching any of their yes
sells tor men, whatever their rank or e,ad.
ton may be.-Thsy do no, require ~
give up our right of search for msrchaa.
die; but they declare, they wiIlnever per-
NIT any OF their vessels, whether ships OF
war or merchantmen, to have their men "a.
ken cut, after they have left their ports
Report says our ministers are only allowed
four days TO consider Of these terms.
Z Government we understand, have taken
up transports to carry between aud 5000
tons Of ammunition ard other military
stores, for another secret expedition. This
quantity is proporrioued to as large force
as the expedition to the Baltic.
September 2.
Dispatches have arrived from lea'enans
general lord Cathcart & yice.adnral Gasi'
bier, By which i. appears thatlord Ca'hcaa
Joined the admiral 90 the 18th eli. thai, %
the 18Th, aIr. Tayior, his msjssty's mlo's'
ter at tiae court of Copenhagen, having !t's
~ /. r L RI n, hafe