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European Intelligence.
Falmouth, August 28.
Arrived this day the American armed schoo
ner Revenge, 12 guns, with dispatches from
.Norfolk, thirty days passage, with which an
officer went off immediately on arrival. On
the 7th instant she landed dispatches at Brest,
for the French government. Also arrived, the
Cheerful cutter, lieutenant Carpenter, from
I.islwn, seven days passage, with dispatches ;
said to be relative to the intended invasion by
the French troops of Portugal. It is reported
at Lisbon, that Portugal is to Income immedi
ately under the government of Spain.
London, September 7.
The dispatches by the Revenge cutter, from
America, were on Thursday presented to Mr.
Canning bv Mr. Mtinroe, the ambassador from
the United Stales. The surgeon of the Chesa
peake is arrived in the Revenge, for the pur
pose of giving an ample description of the
whole of the affair between the Leopard and
that ship.
I; is confidently stated, that the government
of Amei ica in their instructions to Mr. Mun
roe. have desired him positively to insist on our
relinquishing the light of searching any of
their vessels for men, whatever their rank or
condition may be. They do not require us to
gi e up the right of search for merchandise ;
but they declare, thev will never permit any of
their vessels, whether ships of war or mer
chantmen, to have their men taken out, after
they have left their ports.
We have frequently had occasion to notice
the hostile inclinations of Russia towards this
country. Upon this subject we have receiv
ed the following communication, which, in the
present juncture, will not be considu ed un
important
“ Edinburgh, Sept 1.
“ A sloop has this moment arrived at Leith,
From St. Petevsburgh, left it on the 4th of Au
gust. Capt. Wilson, the master, reports, that
when he left St. Peter: burgh every thing looked
like war; that the English were frequently
hissed in the streets by the Russians ; that the
specie that arrived from Britain, 4o"d Gower
had ordered to be re-shipped. Very few Bri
tish ships remained at St, Petcrsburgh wlren
Capt. Wilson left it; and hemp freight had got
up to 61. 6s. per ton.”
DANISH AFFAIRS.
The Gazette of Saturday night, contains the
military repo t of the army in derlhe command
of lord Cuthcait, from the 14th to the 21st ult.
inclusive.
O.i the 17h the army took its station in the
immediate neighborhood of the city. The re
sistance of the Danes seems to have been very
determined. The English piquets were attack
ed, and the line was compelled to advance to
their support. This attack was seconded by
an other on the part of the Danish gun-brigs,
w.licit are said to have annoyed our licet very
■much, and which, day after day, seem to have
advanced wit i much confidence.
The 18’ h commenced bv a similar attack on
the part of the Danish gun-brigs. The army
continued to approach the city. On the fol
io ,ing day the English nattei ies and works of
attack were commenced with great spirit, and
the frigates and gun-brigs advanced to the en
trance of the harbor, so as to be within cannon
shot of the town. Some of the water was cut
off. and the post of Frederickswork, with 850
men, and a foundery of cannon, capitulated to
the British army. On live two following days
nothing of any importance is stated to have oc
curred. The works were in a state of great
forwardness, and the trenches about to be open
ed in due form.
Upon the whole, there is nothing to be col
lected from the above report, except that the
Danes are resolved to defend their capital, and
that, lord Cathcart could not have taken it by
storin'. We know not with whom this idle
boast originated—whether in the ministerial
papers, or in the government bulletins.
No further intelligence of any kind has yet
been received, though private letters innume
rable a> c circulated, in which it is stated that
the general cannonade commenced on the 23d,
and being continued on the 25th, that the city
of Copenhagen had surrendered on capitula
tion on the latter day. There is one circum
stance, however, which much diminishes the
■credit which might otherwise be given to these
private accounts ; it is not said by what vessels
they have been received, or the alledged autho
rity seems purposely put beyond all means of
verification. Under such circumstances
therefore, we cannot place much confidence in
these general accounts. They have probably
no other foundation than expectation and con
jecture.
One thing seems certain. The expedi
tion. as a coup dr main, has not succeeded Ad
miral Gambicr has published his conciliatory
proclamation in vain. Lord * vheart, with a
very questionable prudence, lias deemed it ad
visable to defer the attack till the Danes, hav
ing completed their batteries, shall deem it ad
visable to surrender at discretion !
In this state of things, nothing is so nugato
ry as the language of the party wri cs. It is
necessary, says one of the ministeri and advo
cates, that the fleet should immediately exe
cute its present put pose before Copenhagen, as
a farther, and a greater object, remains behind.
Nothing can be here intended, but an expe
di ion against one of the Russian pons. We
certainly believe our ministers capable of al
most any madness, but we do not believe that
they will venture this. An important considc
ition. however, here occurs ; what must be
effect of such language, tolerated at least,
l if not actually countenanced by ids majesty's
ministers ? What must the Russian ambassa
dor think of it i
l! current reports may be credited, govern
ment have ahoady received dispatches from
the court of Petersburg!), which leave no doubt
as to the sentiments of his Russian majesty.
It is of little consequence, however, whether
these dispatches have already arrived, as the
slate of things may speak for itself. Every
one knows the jealousy with which Russia has
ever regarded the Baltic. Every one knows
the incipient dissatisfaction with which the
maritime code cf England had began to inspire
the Russian autocrat. Finally, every one
knows the long train of intrigues by \t Inch
France has laboured to represent England as
the maritime oppressor of ail Europe-—as the
avowed enemy of UiC liberty of the seas. Un
der such circumstances, who can doubt what
must be the prevalent sentiment of ihe empe
ror Alexander ? It is impossible, we say, but
that such a state of things must lead to an im
mediate war with Russia, and this extension of
hostility must be regarded as one of the happy
effects of this boasted expedition.
Kiel, August 20.
Copenhagen is, we understand,in a very res
pectable state ol defence.
General Curistenkiold has turned the flank
of ihe English with a corps of 11,000 regular
troeps, besides militia ; they arc, consequently,
between two fires, and a battle cannot be Avoid
ed. The mail waggon from Copenhagen was,
on the 16th, detained by the English in the
Belt ; but of all the articles and monies in the
waggon, nothing was taken out.
POLITICAL RETROSPECT.
From a Liverpool paper, of 8 ptember 2,
No intelligence had been receivedfrom admi
ral Gambier, when this paper was put to press.
Never, perhaps, has the public anxiety been
greater than it is, respecting our expedition to
Denmark, nor has a week been known more
fruitful in .speculations and reports. Second
and third editions of the London prints have al
ternately raised the hopes and alatins of the
people at a distance from the metropolis, and
the paper of one day has given the lie to its pro
genitor of a former day : and we aVe all still
without any intelligence that deserves our cre
dit. We are extremely anxious to learn the
result of this strange business,and the more so,
as should the preparations of the Danes be as jj
extensive, and the means of resistance prove as j
they are stated to be, some apprehension, not- E
withstanding the formidable force sent from jj
this country, might be thought not altogether 8
unreasonable as to the certainty of our success. 9
One thing is certain, but that, with modern jj
statesmen, is a mere bagatelle, that the blood of l
our countrymen will be shed, and many widows S
and orphans remain monuments of a crooked “
poiicv. j
It is extremely curious to see how this busi- (
ness is treated by the generality of the public j
prints, and. what colouring H thrown over a pic
ture lhat will.not bear dose inspection ; but we
cannot help regarding the conduct of our mi
nisters in this affair, us highly inconsistent with
every principle of common justice and public
faith. The conduct of every administration
within our memory, however worthy of blame,
sinks into nothing in comparison of this uncall
ed for attempt on the libeity and independence
of a neighboring stale, under the government
of a near relation to the present family on the
British throne, a nephew of our gracious sove
reign.
Strip the ft.*. of the coarse colouring with
which our shallow diplomacy attempts to dis
guise its turpitude, and what is. it but a scanda
lous and perfidious violation of all the establish
ed usages of civilized nations living in peace
with each other; and, that it should be rendered
more dark than Erebus, the surrender of the
Danish fleet, and with it trie independence of j
the Danish nation, was demanded, under a pre
text of preserving both from the dominion of
France ! as if usurpation lost its name and na
ture in an English summons, and ceased to be
a,crime when accompanied by British valor !
Denmark, reposing in full security on our good
faith, and resisting by force of arms an infringe
ment of her neutrality by the troops of Napo
leon, had dispatched a letter from her chamber
of commerce to her consul in London, authoris
ing him to assure her merchants and masters
of merchantmen, that there was not the least
danger of a repturc with Great Britain. It was
in this moment of unlimited confidence in the
pretended good faith of the British nation, in
this moment of blind security, that an authoris
ed agen’ from the British court, pointing to a
British fleet and army, as proofs of his full pow
er, demanded of a gallant and determined peo
ple, strangers to our baseness and corruption, a
surrender of their independence, as the sole
condition on which they would be allowed to re
tain their lives and fortunes.
The reputation of the country once so pre
cious in the eyes of free born Britons, will now
go forth among nations disgraced by the burs
of tyranny and injustice—of imbecility and of
treachery, which no occurrences of time, no
national successes will be able to shake oif. We
have arraigned the ruler of France for lus des
potism and his abuse of power—his unjust, un
provoked invasion of the Swiss territory has
been execrated by us, and now it would be
difficult for the people of France to apply to our
charges a more justly recriminating comment
than that afforded by our ministers in their at
tack upon a triendly state. Our naval power
has incited in them a pruriency to its exercise ;
and the wealth, the blood, and every thing,
in the honor of the nation, has been sacrificed
to this disposition. Let us no longer talk
about mo faithlessness of Fiance tn her trea
ties ; but let. tl}i history of the present tiu.es
suy the tongue of accusation, and the'eounte
nt.nces of Englishmen, if they do listen to it, be
veiled from the observation of each othtr.
Various accounts state, that Englishmen re
siding in Denmark have been put under arrest,
and seals put on their papers. The prince Re
gent has published the following
PROCLAMATION.
“It is indeed ou true, that the unreasonable
demands cl the English government put out ex
istence :n hazard. Danes, you are thieatened
with the loss of your country and your inde
pendence ! Ihe English would take possession
of y'cur ports and aVscnals, under the pretence
that the French, of whom we are not to com
plain, wish to make themselves masters of them.
No, you shtill not submit to the conditions which
an unjust nation attempts so haughtily to pre
scribe to you. If the English carry their base
ness so far as to attack cur coasts, they will find
the same courage and devotion in our citizens,
as they experienced in 1804. France, Russia,
i'll Europe, will hasten to our aid.”
i*~’- . ~-i>a.riVi.a>sai,.Wi jiMMwwtMnann
Savannah,
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1807.
Timothy Barnard, jun. esq. has received
and accepted the appointment of Justice of the
Inferior Court of Chatham county, vice Edward
Telfair, esq. deceased.
John Rawls, esq. is elected senator, and
Charles M‘Cull, esq. representative, from the
county of Bulloch.
Private advices from Liverpool state, on the
authority of letters said to have been received
there, from the American consul in London,
that it was expected our differences would be
amicably adjusted.
We admire, (says a London paper) (lie hu
manity which induced lord Cathcart, as stated
in his dispatches, not to attempt to cany Co
penhagen by storm, to which his lordship con
ceives his force is adequate.; but what becomes
of his lordship’s humanity when he directs the
city to be bombarded from a battery of sixty
twenty-four flounders ? —Wc humbly conceive
that humanity has very little to do with the bu
siness his lordship at present has in hand.
Lord Cathcart’s humanity to the people of
Copenhagen, may be compared to that of the
British general Grey, (called, during the Ame
rican war, The No-Flint General) who, when
about to surprise the small parties of Ameri
cans, used to make his men take the flints out
of their guns, lest they might grant quarters or
put them to death in gny o.her way than with
the bayonet. The bloodstained floors cf the
bains of Connecticut, apd the massacres at
Boston and at Lexington, are indelible evi
dences of this species of humanity !
\ Pittsburg, (Penn.) September 29.
Early last week Mr. William B. Irish, de
puty marshal, left thispiace for Beaver county,
to execute several writs of habere faciaspo/sses
>utmem, issued out of the circuit court of tire
Uni cd States for the district of Pennsylvania,
for lands recovered by the population compa
ny against various settlers in that county. On
Wednesday the 23d instant, Mr. Irish was
proceeding to the house of William Foulkes
one of the persons against whom judgment had
been obtained in said court, in company with
Union William, agent for the company, George j
Iloldship,’ esq. and James Hamilton; when j
having just entered the lane leading to Foulkes’
house, three or four guns were fired from a
thicket of bushes close by the road side, and
two halls struck Mr. Hamilton, who fell from
his horse and expired in a few minutes—the
others made their escape immediately through
the woods to Greensburgli. Mr. Hamilton
had that morning been put in possession of a
tract of land held by contract with the compa
ny, about two miles from the place where the
horrid deed was perpetrated, and no doubt but
the villians knew him well when they fired at
him. Sonic neighbors collected in the after
noon to remove the body of Mr. Hamilton;
Mr. Foulkes, it is said, came to them, and ex
pressed great sorrow at the unfortunate acci
dent, although he had threatened a day or two
before, that if the marshal would comet <•> dispos
sess him, blood would be spilt on the occasion.
Mr. Irish came that evening to Beaver to
get the sheriff of the county, who is also colo
nel of a regiment of militia, to call out a party
to go in pursuit of the murderers ; and only
about fifteen could be collected who were wil
ling to ;o ; as it was believe;! the party was so -
ly or fify strong, and that they were resolute
ly determined that they would not let them
selves be taken.
i his appears to be the first blood that has
been shed in pursuance of the long and doubt
ful emtest between die warrant holders and
actual -.ettlcrs, for lands north of the rivers
Ohio aid Allegany ; although individuals had
often vent amongst the settlers, encouraging
them o holdout against the company, and to
oppos* the execution ofthe laws, after the com
pany aad gained the land, from time to time,
in the circuit court ; although publications had
been repeatedly made in newspapers nearly to
the sirne tenor; yet, it is believed, that there ne
ver was,by any individual, circulated or published
so bae and infamous a piece, as that which ap
peared in The Commonwealth, last. Wednesday,
headid “ Actual Settlers;” written no doubt by
a peron whose particular datv it is to pro
moteobedience to the laws, rather than encou
rage heir open vioalatioa.
Prices current...savannah,
Bacon—-18 to 20 cent's, scarce.
Bees-Wax—2B to 80
Brandy; Cognise —ll2 cents.
Coin—7s cehts.
Cotton, Sca-lslund—3jto37 cents— nominal,
—, Upland-—l 7 to 19 cent::.
Cotton Bagging—s 6to 62 cents.
Coffee—29 to 31 cents.
Flour— B to 8,50;
Gin, Holland —1 dollar 6 cents.
r y—7o to 75 cents.
Iron, Swedes —6 dollars.
Molasses—3s to 37 cents.
Rice, flew—3 62 to 3 75.
Rum, Jamaica—l 12 1-2 cents.
Sugars, brown —B to 10 dollars.
Salt—s 6 cents.
Teas, Hyson— lC6 cents.
1 obacco— o 1-2 to 7 dollars.
Couls.
A few chaldron COALS, suitable fur family
use, for sale by
T tvlor & Scarbrough.
October 24—118
Will its a situation,
A: a CLERK or BOOK KEEPER, a midjic-agul
man, who writes a good hand and uuderltandl *ic-
Counts. Enquire at this Ollkc.
October 24 -UU
CII ATH A aTaRTILLERY^
You arc summoned to appear at the Labora
tory, on TUESDAY next, the 27th insi. at
nine o’clock A. M. in full uniform.
■By order of ca/itain Wall,
V. illium N. Harman, See'rip
October.2o j; g
FIRST COMPANY.
You will meet on your parade-ground,
church square, on TUESDAY NEX TANARUS, thb
27ih inst. at lo o’clock precisely, armed anti
accoutred agreeable to law. As the draft takes
place on that day, it is hoped all will attend. \
muster-roll of this company v\ iji he handed lb
the commanding officer.
lly order ,
- Moorhead, O. S.
October 22 i 17.
NOTICE*
The 2 cl Company, Ist Battalion,..Chatham
Regiment, are ordered to parade at the .Market-
House, on I U LSD AY, the 27ih insti nt. at ten
o’clock M. for the mirpose of drafting tllb
quota of men to compete the first requisition,
conlori- ,bic to the directions of the Bicsiclcii;
ofthe l nited States.
would be unnecessary to call on your pa-
IriclL ■, oi zea! it, defence ol our coniine n
country and national rigli s. It is thcrcloro
presumed, lhat there will be no occasion to no
tice absentees, where there is a poss.bility of
attending.
By order cf captain PekbekTok,
Flint, O. TANARUS,
October 21 —! 18
The 2d Company, 2d Battalion,
Are hereby summoned to appear at their pa
rade ground, iri front of the Filature, on TUES
DAY NEXT, the 27th in&ant, precisely it
nine o’clock a. m. and completely equipped—
lor the purpose of having drafted the quota of
men required of them.
All defaulters will have the militia law strict
ly enforced against them.
By order es the conimundintf nffictr , d 1 m'car.R J
Richardson, o. 8.
October 22—1 17
FIFTII COMPANY.
You will meet on your parade ground, front
of the court house, on TUESDAY liext, the
27th inst. at 10 o'clock precisely, ai med and
accoutred, agreeably to law. As the draft taken
place oil said day, it will be well for VI to attend..
Bulks, Cap turn,
October 20—.115
20 Dollars Reward.
a*-, JR an away fro;n the ftibfer*!, ■
/yCv *r. (wee the Ait of Antruft hi;,
.'1 WO NEW NEGRO Fl ‘ -
-J/yni LOWS, which were bri.u, !.:
1 PAA from the cnalt of Africa a.
‘’ v ‘ one rear pait, v ; z.
P °MPEY, film, thin vr.
SU.OS? /■"rivtgitl, lurty countenance, :,! o it
YL-.. -•- -'—Jlive fret ten inches high, i
fCiUM'.fy a wor(l,of r nglifh
WILL, round
hijdi, rather a ir.ure p:ru,l;:ig countenance than .. t
other.
All'perfon* are forbid from haibarlhir the abo> c
mentio’ A negroes ; tinrl a reward of Ten Jhll i
foi each, with all rcatonab'.e evs; will be p. ,
if delivered to the keeper or bavqr.nah Gaol, o. :.
tlx i’.i'/ffnber, or. las plantation, near Savannah.
Joseph Stutz.
October 24 —118
C rockery Ware.
lieceived on conafanuimt , per shift America, f, 71
Live r/tool,
40 crate* well alTorted CROCKERY WARE,
which win bo fold very low. Apply to
Taylor k. So.u-hroufd-.
l Srpterub.-r 25. 1.7,