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what | have procured BIZ
nee. 8,
.rs. therefore. viii be aware
: uuiuss she original seizure OF

~ and. as such, condemned by
az fear os scruple, circumstances
~ occursed during the course Of
,te,prise, which may render . oos on
! IS; = 8 q keep it, but the most dangerous
croIs. 10 surrender II.
pr 4, ourselves, we consider the keeping
!; Z. the only possible advantage g Dc de-
;s.d from the expedition. The stores tore arg 4,
~ Lilo uouod and pence business and
- NH bloek ships are worth tle; bur sta
.as 60 he SQUAD IS invaluable TO the seci'
,;,y of Crest British.
~ nrt !, will be asked wheseis this right
..h;rh Won have discovered sobsequsps %
:. era, injury of which you compliance,
!. denmark an enemy new, the z TREND
h.fo,s I? TO his it may be answered briefly
and fairly. ~ .,,,a
,a.n,he express declaration OF France, as
w - eollsc, i, by means Of the official organ
~ which she speak, 70 Europe The MO-
D,,.nr tells US that in the wioter mor5hs,
Freoch army shall march ever the ], frozen zen
Sound sod expei ,hs English from Copsn-
ha0ee--T hen it shall be fortified, and we
,bsIl be Kept oo, Of the Baltic !; that Dtn.
marx shall never make peace with Us III
:, have rrpa:red The injuiry we have done
h.,. that she IS now an ally OF France,
s.d skall share with the fortunes CT that
! kingdom
VIVA, is the plain inference from TINS ;
,h,, il isthe intention OF France TO take
uoss.ssion Of this station and employ her
mos, skiiful .ng'aeers upoO is-Now nad
,h;s declaration been made ar lrss, there
1 could no. have been moments douos Dus
ve should have had . right 10 anticipate
FRANCE. and thar TOO whsihsr Denmark
were neutral or oct; but having anslci
pa,ed her ,pur,iDg ths original injustice eus
Of the question: have We DOT right TO
secure our ohjeei!x Isis necessary 10 give
/ j, ID for mere form, = sake---WIl thiscsrc
The yioltace Of the original seisure-Hsve
we been courageous enough ID doing q
wrong cad are we iotimidated 10 persist.
ing 10 a right? In older soju.sity your
original violence, bnrv it, andies il be for
gotten 10 an inaubifsble right. Act ~i,h
a. much spirit iu the ore case.ss yeu did
in,he other. and, being able ,csceprle 'ho
\ nes.y wi,h,it, your first offence will be Re
msmbersd as an unlawful foundation in-
deed, but as the basis. nevertheless, OF a
noble act Of spirit aad indubisable jas.
tice.
Ozone thing You may be sure; it yon
relinquish Zealand, France will seize II,
and you wisfnot liketo make . second 81.
tempt We say again you can have no
obligation TO give il up even should the
crown prince ratify the treaty. The de
elara,ion of France has made it lawful
prize 20 you. under these circumstances,
ofcourse, which will here necessarily sug
gest themselves.
3D. The declaration of France, aud the
concurrence ofBenmark with thar decIara-
tion, independent of the refusal of the
eroHu princeso ra,ify, having materially,
as We have skswn, changed our ciscum.
stances with respect TO Zealand, question
has been asked. is il likely that the British
troops will be able TO defend Zealand in
the wiu.er months
a doubt has been srarted on this point
from tae circumstapce cf The Sound being
oceasionally frozen over. aud there having
pssn more than one instance 10 history
|of 40 army having crossed il upon the
/ ice.
The French. bespeakiug hard winter
threaten Us with tits ;ssis therefore a fis
..s,ec' Of ipauiry.
october,m the Sound being frozen over
--se mean that part which atresch.
b the coast OF Zealand and the
Continent, we have been informed
NE ice has not been frozen, for some
years, to that inseuseHess which would adj.