Weekly national intelligencer., 1847-06-26

DanlSn capital was lnVeSleu Oy lanu ana sea- "a
considerable military force having by this time as
sembled in Zealand, Sir Arthur Wellesley was de-
tached to oppose its progress I; and in sharp en-
counter the Danes were defeated, with the loss Of
near 1900 men, including sixty officers. Nc
overures being made on the part of the besieged
and no impression produced by the summons
sent by the besiegers, the bombardment of The city
: commenced, September the I'd, with such tremen.
dous effect to threaten general confiagratlon
: The cathedral, many public edi6ces, and -four
hundred private houses were destroyed besides a
far greater number materially damaged, with the
sacrifice of not less than 1000 lives. The flames
were kept up in different places till the evening
of the 5th, when the commander of the garrison,
in order to prevent the consummaton of ruin, sent
: out flag of truce, desiring armistce. The
articles Of surrender being speedily settled, the
British troops took possession September 81 of
the city and citadel. The Danish navy, consist
ing of eighteen sail Of the line, exclusive of fri
gates and smaller vessels were delivered, under
an engagement, on the part of the British com
manders, to evacuate the isle of Zealand in six
!. weeks Towards the close Of October the vic
tors returned from their expedition, and entered
the harbor Of Portsmouth in triumph with the cap
: tured Navy of Denmark. But this extraordinary
spectacle was not hailed by any shouts of gratua-
: ton This was avictory which caused no exult-
: ing emotions. The long glores of Britain dis
dained an association with such an exploit and
: the question was pointedly asked, What words
: would have been strong enough to express the ma
: tional adherence, had this been the act of the
: blood stained tyrant of France 2 !"
We have no need to remind our elder readers of
the sensation which this violence perpetrated upon
Denmark produced all the world, nor of the
special adherence in which it was held in this coun-
try But for the information of younger friends,
it may not be uninteresting to state that Mr..
JACKSON, the British Commissioner, whose name
was so identified with it as to cause him to be ia
miliarly known as Copenhagen Jackson, was, about
two years after his trip TO Denmark, sent to this
country in the capacity of Envoy Extraordinary,
after the rejection, by his Government, of an
kline, its resident Minister, for the temporary
queting Of differences between the two coun-
tries. The appointment of Mr.. JACKSON, fresh
from Copenhagen, to be Minister to this Govern
ment, produced some irritation, accompanied by
great distrust among the people, to the intentions
Of his Government towards this country. He was
received, nevertheless, by Mr.. MADISON and his
sion. But he had been a few days only in COM
nunicaon with Mr. ROBERT SMITH, then Secre-
sry of State, before it was thought necessary by
our Government to require his communications to
De confined to written form and it was only a
week or two afterwards that his language in CORE
,pondence became so offensive that Mr. MADISON
directed his communication with this Government
4 ~ II
ecal him. Whatever was his object here, he gained
10 advantage over this Government, and perforce
withdrew from his mission. When Congress met,
some weeks afterwards, the correspondence and its
result were communicated to them. A resoIu-
ion was introduced in the Senate by Mr.. GILES,
,ledgng TO the Executive the support of Congress
n any consequences of its course in dismissing
Mr. Jackson. In that body only one speech was
made on the resolution, which was by Mr.. GILES,
expedition as an I" abominable " transaction But in
he House of Representatives the resolution was
more widely debated, and no secret made of the
excited by the appointment as Minister
o this Government of one so recently party to
he slaughter of Copenhagen and the spoaton of
Denmark. Mr.. JoHN w. EPPEs, especially, the
on-in-law Of Mr.. JEFFERSON, and deservedly high
n the confidence of Mi MADISON and the Republi-
,an party, supporting the resolution said, that if
he offensive language of the British Envoy could
,e considered as the result of accident or in
experience, it might be overlooked, Or at least
reated with indulgence: But said he tcho
is Mr.. AcKsoN? ? No young STRIPPING with a
character to form. He is already conspicu-
Gus character; his fame, TO use an expression
Of Pindar, has ascended to the skies in curl
Arnold, or any other conspicuous character.
In Denmark he professed peace TO the Govern
ent and sacred connexions which united Denmark 10 Great
Britain have been prepared with much secrecy promp
ude The Danish Government the English ships OF war
Ipon their coast without the conjecture that they
be employed against Denmark The island Of Zealand
the capital threatened, and the Danish territory
violated and injured before tn Court Of London had made
use Of single word express the hostility of its feelings
This hostility, however, became evident Europe will
with difficulty believe what il will hear The bases, the
violent and cruel object which could ever have been taken up
has other foundation than pretended information
rather that Of of attempt which, according
TO the English Ministry, have taken place. in order
draw Denmark into hostile alliance against Great Britain.
"Upon these pretended grounds which the least degree
discussion would Immediately have shown being founded
upon arbitrary alone the English Government de-
clared to the Court Of Denmark in the most mPerous
that in order to its interests and provide for
lis safety il could leave Denmark other choice than
close alliance with Great Britain. And what kind
Of alliance did they offer An alliance the first guaranty Of
which, pledge of the suhecon of Denmark, have
delivered up all her ships Of to the British Government
There could be hesitation to the alternative that