Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-04-25
The British Fleet at Copenhagen.

The British Fleet at Copenhagen
Admiral Napier arrived at Copenhagen ON the
9th of April, and Immediately went tothe Dan
ish Admiralty. The spccial correspondent Of the
London Times, writing from Copenhagen on the
ID Of April, thus describes his visit to the Baltic
fleet
1t being publicly known that the British fleet
had arrived from kie in kiogc Bay, the Danish
steamer Cimbrn, with 400 passengers on board,
went down there on the anniversary # Nelson's
boodiest battle, 53 years ago-the battle of Co
penbagen. The weather was fine, nearly Sum
mcr like, with breeze from the North west.
We left the harbor OF Copenhagen hai-pust Il
O'Clock aud at O'Clock we arr we'd nj the sta
ton of the fleet. 1t is anchored two miles off
Steyus, in the very hight of Kioge Bay, and is
moored in semlcrclc upon square of ID En-
gish miles, the Duke of Wellington in the centre,
with Sir Charles Nuper's blue flag at the fore
most, aud next to him, one side, the St jean d.
Acre (ihe only one of the ships which has its name
written on the STERN then, the Royal George,
then the Edinburgh, and then, next to the land
very large three decker, with red flag--I be-
live the Neptune. There are two ships more
with red flags whose names we are not able to
make out.
Nineteen vessels lie there in ALL in two lines,
the smaller paddlewhcel steamers ahead, and the
larger ships in the second line. We sailed
round the fleet, and the Danes checred each ship
especially the Duke, with repeated hurrahs,
which were answered from the fleet with louder
cheers, and fr1Nm two of them, the St Jean
dAere aud the Neptune, with mnsc. Evidently
we should have been most Hospitality received on
board the fleet, but the passengers of the Gin
baa beng 40 numerous, the Danes gave n proof
ot tact and good taste in wthsanding their de-
sire 10 sec the interior of the ships, which would
inevitably have been a great trouble to the crews
and especially the officers of the fleet.
The Danes therefore contented themselves with
sailing around the fleet singing the British an
them, and giving vent to their delight and sym
pathy by repeated cheers and hurrahs to every
ship. IL was n delightful day and one of the
grnndest sights have ever seen, as we lay to by
the side of the last ship in the ileet-the Ncp-
tune-nnd looked down along the majestic line
aud saw the set of white teeth from 200 can
non smiling at Us friendly this time as they
bit hard fifty three years ago When we
stopped at the Duke" Sir Charles was most
cordially cheered, and the gallant admiral APP
| peared himself on the stern gallery, his hat in
one hand, and book in the other, aud bowed
very civilly tous.
We returned to Copenhagen at o'clock in the
! afternoon, and | am convinced that if that fleet
| stays here some days longer, these pgrimapes
to kiogo Bay will frequently be repeated in
| spite of the remembrances of 1901 and 1907,
which some people here try to refresh and
strengthen. Besides the nineteen vessels at
kioee, five vessels have lain in the roads at Co
penhagcn since yesterday, yiX: Tribune, 30
guns; Dauntless, 40 guns; Nulture ID guns;
aud Bulldog which this evening took the British
Minister, Mr. Buchanan, to the fleet.
The British governments declaration of the
! 2sth of March, as to treatment of the neutral
flag during the present war. has greatly and n
! greeably astonished everybody here, who were
not prepared for such degree of liberality in
Engand'> commercial policy. Hero all is que;
in politics
An officer of the Baltic feet referring to
doubts that ad been expressed respecting the
sincerity of the neutrality act of Denmark and
Sweden, says -
The evidence We have had on board the British
fleet shows clearly enough the strong sympathies
toward England of the Swedish people. Whilst
at Nngo Sound we learnt sufficient to dispe
all doubts on that point. The citizens of Goth
enburg intended to give grand bali in honor OF
the naval officers, which, however, did not take
place. owing to the death of an infant Il enlber OF
the royal family of Sweden.