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LATEST FROM EUROPE. Chakleston, October 7. The arrival of the Lst sailing ship Northern Liberties, captain Wat,, has furnished us with Glasgow papers to the 28th of August, and London papers to the 24th of the same month The lateliu'of ttie hou. prevents us from giv ing as copious extracts, as our wishes point out. Captain Watt was hoarded in the channel, On the 5 1 September, by the British ftigate Drui 1, tiie commander of which informed, hat sc.courfti hart been received of'he sut render of Copenhagen an 1 the Danish fleet to the Bii tishfmees, after a battle—but coulu furnish no particulars. ‘ Constantinople, June 20. Dispatches have just bten received liom London. The Biidsli govcrnmei.t luve form ally disapproved of the conduct of the late Mi lliner here, Mr. Arbuthnot, and that of admit al Duckworth,and have appointed anew envoy to our court, Mr. Paget. A council Was called on these dispatches, and it was resolved not to reci ive the new ambassador, until the Biitish should evacuate Egypt, and reoal their cruiz ers from this side ol Malta. Hague, August 13. His majesty the king has by no means ap proved of the conduct of the governor of Curu coa, m It;, defence ol that place, but hvs given oiders that he and ail those persons concerned with him, shall be delivered up to the supreme tribunal, and prosecuted with all.the rigour of Lite law. London, August 17. When the Orestes sailed irom Stialsund, (he enemy had not opened their fire against the gairison. They had, however, pushed their works to within a half mile of the unifications, and were only waiting for heavy artillery to commence the siege in due form. Towards the latter end of July, the inhabitants of Stia'4 sund sent a deputation to his majesty, entreat ing him to surrender the town, to prevent the horrors of a bombardment. “I would rather peri-h under the ruins ” was his answer. The application was subsequently renewed, with no better success ; and the inhabitants finding th it his majesty was resolute to defend the place, were leaving it in crowds. The French be sieging army vfcks computed at 40 000 men, 3nd according to the reports of deserters, ma ny of whom had arrived at Stialsund, tiiey cal culated upon commencing the siege with from four to five hundred pieces of cannon. Ihe ewe >y were greatly molested in their approach es by the Swedish gun-boats. August 20. Sir Sidney Smi'h attended a council yester day at Mr. Peroival’s office, in Downiog-strect The gallant knight, according to icport, is ap pointed to a command of great importance. Letters from Plymouth mention the sailing ol a cartel for Motlaix, with six French gen tlemen on board, and several surgeons and other professional men, taken out oi an Ameri can ship. They were released by order of our government, immediately us er it was known that they were not employed in an official situ ation. August 22. Lord Fitzhariis has resigned his situation as tmdcr-secretai y of state for the foreign de partment. J'he honorable Charles Bagut, we understand, will succeed him. The following extract of a letter from Co penhagen, contains, we have no doubt, a true picture of the state of that city, and of the feel ings by which the inhabitants are actuated “Copenhagen, August 11. At ihe pre sent moment, all is conjecture, confusion and anxiety, and nothing is done to-day I would not trouble you with this except with a view of in some measure removing the solicitude you must feel for what is passing here Know then that the island is completely incircled by the B itish fleet, and until yesterday the Danish ministry were ignorant of the motives of their appearance or designs. However, it appears that Mr. Jackson presented himself at Kiel on Thursday, to our prince royal, nvdio referred fcim to the minis er count BernsterfV, who was then there. What passed is not yet known, but yesterday all were alarmed by the activity of hostile preparations, and this day we were surprised by the presence ol the prince in per son, which gives new springs to the feelings as well as live operations of the people of all ranks and descriptions. •> It is however said, that Mr. Tavlor will to pi arrow have an audience, the tesnlt of which will determine the proceeding of the arma ment, which has been this day reinlorced by the troops that were previously at Stralsund ; So that, in our unprepared state, only a com paratively trilling resistance can be made. We should not, however, omit to take into our con sideration, the opposition which may be excit ed by the highly aggravated feelings and spi rit of an unoffending, peaceable, and injured people. Mr. Carlisle is yet here, but will be off to-morrow ; and the next day will most probably determine our fate !’’ The troops which landed in ihe Island of Ru gen had been re-embarkecl und joined the ex pedition under admiral Gamhier. This united force was calculated to amount to 25,000 men a: least. It is supposed that admiral Gambicr would not defer the attack until the 15th ins tant. but that he would commence operations as soon as he was apprised from Mr Jackson of tlv<- determination of the Danish government, which prohably would be about the 12th or fifth. It would indeed be a most dangerous and unthankful act of chivalry if he were to ad here to his original proposition, after such une quivocal indications of hostile determination on the part of Denmark, and allow them from the 10th till the 15th to increase their means of defence. Intelligence had reached Tonningen just as the packet was about to sail, that the king ol Denmark had been removed from Copenhagen to Jutland. It was also reported there, that the regency had issu.d a declat _tion of war against Btitain. A fleet of transports, consisting of forty sail, having troops on board, and supposed tor the Baltic, passed Yarmouth on Thursday night, steering for the northward. The Finest, with ordnance stores for admiral Gambier, sailec for Yarmouth to join them. August 24. No dispatches have been received from ad miial Gambier, later than the 10th. When the last accounts were sent off, on the 10th inst. 15 sail of the line were moored in two lines within gun-shot of Elstneur Castle ; and with in them were transput ts with 14,000 troops on board. Four sail of the line were off Copenh agen, with eight fngates, ten sloops of war, a great iiumlk-r of gun-brigs, fire-ships, transports with troops, kc. Four sail of the line, four frigates and a number of gun-boats, and trans ports, were stationed between Holstein and the Island of Zealand, to prevent the French from going over into the island. The whole of the Mariners, and a number of the seamen, were held in readiness to land, in conjunction with the troops. Leiteis ficin an officer of rank, in the Baltic expedition, state, that the Island of Zealand was completely invested on ihe lOih uit.hy 30 sail of the line. Nothing was expected from nego tiation and the grand attack was expected to take place on the 13 Si; 3000 sailors, taken from such ol the smaller vessels, as had not room to act. were selected to join the troops, amount ing to 30,000 men. No doubt was entertain ed ol complete success, as the force in the island was too sm.nl to resist us. In the event of success, a similar visit, it was expected, would be made to the fleet and arsenals of Russia. When the last mail left Tonningen, a great number oi Bi iush ships had arrived in the Sound from Pcieisbuigh, some with cargoes, others with only a part oi their lading,and many in bal last. They had sailed with ihe greatest expe dition, in coi,sequence of information ofthe pro bal.iliiy of an immediate rupture between this country and Russia, Hull, August 20. Troops still continue going to the Baltic: the 2 1 battalions otihe 23d and 82d have this morn ing embarked here on b >md the Fortune of London, and Albion of Sunderland. Thev em barked under the inspection of general Thorn ton and captain Grey ofthe navy; who is the regulating c.,ptain here The ships immedi ately proceeded down to Grimsley Roads to join convoy, and are expected to leave the Humber this tide. Some of the officers of the SUi, as well us some o. the privates of the Ger man Legion, that ailed t om here some time since, also went With these ships. Greenock. August 24. Hamburgh and Auo. apapeisof the 12tn in stant, arrived on l nu -.day morning, They re late few material facts; but contain many notices of the pr qectsol r anneefortiiofurther oppres sion of L.urope. Ihe Hanseatic l owns are to be incieased to the number of seventeen, for the pm pose, no doubt ol including all the best ma ritime places be, w eon Holland and Dantzic, and these are to “ leceive their instructions from Fails.” The wuoic coast, lrom Holland to the mouth of the Line, is to be lined w ith Dutch troops. Ihe emperor of Russia, on t.e rejec tion of certain terms ol peace by Biitain, is to join France and Fe.sia in an invasion ofthe Bri tish settlements in India Wednesday, l*a is papers to the 12th, and Dutch papets to the 16th inst. were received Talleyrand (0., the .prince of Benevcnto, as he is ca led) is receiving from Bonaparte the re ward ot his labours. He is removed from the laboi ions office of minister of foreign affairs, and appointed vice grand elector, and will pro bably soon receive a more substantial mark of favor. M. Champagny is t e new minister for toreign affairs. Marshal Berthier is appointed vice constable of t rance, and general Claike succeeds him as minister at war. The rumours of an approaching peace with this country, ap pears to be very generally circulated in Paris. One of the papers states, that on the 7th instant a flag of truce arrived at Boulogne from Dover, with a person of distinction on board, who was ‘he hr ater of a letter from the king of Great B itain ; bug i: adds, that four days afterwards, no suclr person had arrived at Pa is Whether a flag of truce has been sentto Boulogne or not we cannot pretend to say, but we think we may venture to state that no such letter has been transmitted. Geneial Jounot was expected to assume the command of the army destined for the invasion of P irtugal on the 16th. If this be true, vve shall soon hear of his arrival at Lisbon, as ambassador extraordinary, at live head of 40.000 men. Bay onne, whcie his troops are, is 700 miles from Lisbon I he French have hitherto nothing to boast of in their attempt upon Stralsund; but it is difficult, under the circumstances that threaten Bi Main on all si ,es to find much interest in the course of any merely local contest. There is no safety for us ; at least, there is no possibility of a continuance of our prosperity, unltss we so far imitate France as to increase our pre tensions to the limits of our power. She occu pies all the continent against us ; we must oc cupy ail ike citon ag-upst the conuneut. I: we are proscribed frerr. al! the ports of Ik trope, 1 we must proscribe those ports from all com munication with each other, it is by putting war upon this footing, that we shall give Eu rope the same necessity of peace which she prepares for us ; and w ithout this mutual ne cessity we shall never obtain it. Every vessel must be fair prize to the British navy, till the British commeice has fair access to every port. Whatever France can identify with herself, as far as regards us, we must, of course, identify with her. August 26. A mail from Tonningen,bringing Hamburgh ar.d Altona papers to the 16th inst. at lived on Friday. ‘1 he face of affairs in Denmark seem to he somewhat changed from the pacific aspect they seemed to have assumed towards this country. As betore stated, admiral Gatnbier had allowed the Danes five days (from the lOih to the 15th) to consider ofthe propriety of allowing the Bri tish forces to occupy Copenhagen and the sur roimdingcountry. We do not know wh .t answer was returned bv the Danes, but the most vigor ous preparations were immediately made to resist the landing of the British troops. The batteries were instantly manned, the guns load ed, military commanders sent for from all parts of Denmark, and every possible arrangement made to repel a hostile attack. The Danes, no doubt, and we hope admiral Gambier does also, recollect the affair of Constantinople ; it v/us not by pursuing the Fabian system of policy that Nelson secured his country’s glory, and his own immortality. By an article in the Altona papers, it appears, that Mr. Jackson, in his audience wi h the ptini e royal at Keil, officially called upon Denmaik to declare for one party or the other, as, from the violent measures adopted by France towards this country, the neutrality of Demark could no longer be recognised His royal highness is said to have received Mr. Jackson with the greatest coolness, and the answer he gave was that of a high-spirited and independent sover eign. He said, “ that Denmark would t onsid cr every power as her enemy, who attempted to violate her neutrality.” The prince instant ly left Keil, as it is said, with a firm determina tion not to surrender the Danish navy, or admit a single English soldier into Copenhagen. His royal highness arrived at Copenhagen on the morning of the 11th instant, and his presence is said to have inspired joy and confidence into all ranks. When the last accounts left Denmark, the Danes were laboring with redoubled energy and vigor at their batteries, and in the equip ment of their fleet. In the mean time, they ad mit that our fleet completely invests the isl and of Zealand. A report prevailed at Tonnin gen on the 11th, that the English had attempt ed to storm the castle of Cronberg, but were driven oft’ with great loss. This wc know to be incorrect. Mr. kson was stated to be at Husman, on his retui.j to England, the object of his mission having thus completely failed. In a postscript to a letter from Tonningen of tlie 17th, a report is mentioned of the Danes having issued a proclamation of war against England. Dispatches from admiral Berkley were re ceived at the admiralty on Saturday; they were brought by the William, store ship, which left Halifax i.n the 20th July. The Bellona had arrived at Halifax the day before the William sailed. It is undei stood that nothing of impor tance has occurred between his cruisers and the Americans since the last accounts were re ceived. OFFICIAL. From the National Intelligencer , Scfit. 28. The British government has, it appears, sig nified to Mr. Mttnroe, that it neither does, nor has at any time maintained the pretension of a right tosearch ships ol war, in the national ser vice of any state, for deserters ; and that if it should appear that the act of the British office-s, in the affair of the Leopard and Chesapeake, rested on no other grounds than the simple and unqualified assertion of such a pretension, there would be no diffi ulty in disavowing the act, and making the reparation really due. In the Cornplantcr, arrived af'Philadelphia from London, major Biddle came passenger. He is the bearer of dispatches from Mr. Mun roand Mr. Armstrong.,The latter, it is said, re late to the acquisition of the Flotillas. Persons who have conversed with Mr. Muuro. say, that he entertains no doubt of an amicable settle ment of our differences wi.h Great-Britain. Captain Peterson, of the ship Bashaw, arriv ed at Baltimore liom Montevideo, reports, that on the 10th July, when lie sailed from thence, it was reported that the British army, consist ing of 10,000 men, had landed about 30 miles from Buenos Ayres on the 2ht of June, and on the 6th of July were within two leagues of the outvvoiks, which the Spaniards had thrown up near that city for its defence. Left at Monte video, waiting lor the capture of Buenos Ayres, about SO sail of British merchant ships, princi pally loaded with British manufactures for which there was no vent. Business at Montevideo, was in a state of entire stagnation ; when captain P. sailed, there were not more than three ships loading, and none discharging. What little was done, was principally with the English commissary general, chiefly for the supply of the troops with liquors, &c. In fact, it appeared, that-aV ticles of every description, (common ardent spirits excepted) could be procured at a much lower rate than where they originally came from. TRIAL OF COLONEL BURR. FEDERAL COURT. MOTION FOR COMMITMENT. Richmond, Saturday September 26. Mr. Blennf.rhasset informed the court that Mr. Dudley Woodbridge, his bail, wished to be exonerated from his recognizance. He offered Messrs John Banks and John Aicock in his stead : who were accepted by the thief justice and accordingly recognized. Mr. Hay wished to he permitted to read the affidavits of F.iias Glover and Hugh Phelps; the fast of whom had been discharged by him, after trial for the misdemeanor was commenc ed, and the latter had gone away withe,u leave. He observed that he had discharged Mr. Glov er on the ground that his evidence applied to the indictment for treason only ; that while the trial for the misdemeanor was depending, it v.as uncertain whether his testimony would be wanting, because it was not certain that the motion to commit colonel Burr for the pur} ose of sending him to Kentucky would be made ; that he thought it improper to keep Mr. Glover attending upon an uncertainty ; and had there fore discharged him. Mr. W ickham objected to the reading of those affidavits ; and observed that colonel Burr ought to have had notice of the time and place of taking them. Mr. Hay thought it proper to mention that the affidavits had been furnished by the witnes es themselves of their ow n accord. The Chief Justice decided that those affi davits were not admissible as evidence. Mr John G Hf.nderson wished o correct an error in his evidence, with respect to the time ofthe second meeting of the people m Wood county. Ihe first meeting was an Mon day ; and the second on the Saturday follow - ing. General Eaton was then introduced, to furnish a part of his evidence, which had been excluded on his former examination, viz. that part relative to colonel Burr’s declarations of bis disposition, or design, to eilect a revolution in the government of the United Slates ; to turn congress out of doors, ar.d assassinate the president. The rest of the day was consuii ed in receiving his testimony, and that ol general \\ ilkinson, who was next examined. Monday , September 28. This day coionel Burr was very sics, and unable to attend The court was therefore ad journed till Tuesday, without doing any busi ness. Tuesday, September 29. The whole of this day was t aken up in the examination of general VViikir son. EVIDENCE OF GEN. WILKINSON. Mr. Hay. YV ill you be so good as to state the written communications muee to you nv colonel Burr, and the oral communications of Mr. Swaitwout. Gen. \\ ii kin son. On or about the 6th of Coluber oi the last year, (1806) 1 was sitting, in the evening, with colonel Cushing, and with him alone, when a gentleman entered. Mr Hay. At w hat place ? A. At rvatclutoches. Ihe gentleman enquired for col. Cushing, who-iose and received him. He presented a tettet to the colonel, who broke tite at a, r.d read it. The gentleman then anru unn- ri - sen to be the Mr. Swaitwout referred to i> -hat letter; and col. Cushing introduced him to n.e as the it lend of gen Dsyton, handing me, at me same uine, the letter, a copy of which i have, and the contents of v hich 1 v ell recoiled. Ihe general then produced a paper, said to be the deposition ot col. Gushing, which com prehended this letter. Mr. Botts said, when you are about to shew a papet, you will please to submit it to our in spection. Gen. Wilkinson. I shall be governed by the judge in that respect. Air. Botts. Then we shall request the judge to govern youqn that respect. Gen. Wilkinson. I shall endeavor to con duct myself with propriety, and in the most de corous manner to the court. Here gen. Wilkinson recapitulated the con tents ot the letter, w'hich may be seen in the annexed deposition of col. Cushing marked A.* Mr. Swartwout took a seat, and informed us, that, being on iiis way down the Mississippi for New-Orleans, in company with a Mr. Ogden, they had heard at fort Alains of the impending operation against the Spaniards, which had in duced him to ascend the Red River, in order to join me, and volunteer his services in the campaign; and that Mr. Ogden had proceed ed on ins journey to New-Orleans. Colonel Cushing returned fora few minutes ; and pend ing that interval, Mr Swartwout slipped from his side-pocket a letter and packet or envelope, which he said he was charged by colonel Burr to deliver to me. I hold the letter in my hand; and K is a formal letter of introduction of Mr. Swartwout by colonel Burr. Mr. Martin observed, that if any letters were produced, they should be lodged with the clerk, where both pat ties might have an op portunity of inspecting them. Chief Justice— Not unless they are read. The letter was laid upon the clerk’s table. I enquired of Mr. Swartwout where colonel Burr was. He answered, that he was in Phila delphia ; or, that he had left him there. Colo nel Cushing returned, and the conversation took a genera! course. After some lime. Mr. Swar'vvout withdrew; and I retired to my cham ber ; and in the packet or envelope I found a • This and the other references in the gene;a” testimony will be given hereafter. ■