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PROCLAMATION.
Ifliied on the rtth August, at Zealand, by admiraf
Gambler and lord Gathcart, commanders in chief of
hi* Britannic majerty’s force* iiy sea and laud, em
ployed in the expedition.
W hereas the present treaties of peace,
and ihe changes of government and oi
territory, acceded to by To many powers,
have so far increased ihe influence oi
France, on the continent of Europe,
as to render it impoflible for Denmark,
though it desires to be neutral, to pie
fe ve its neutrality, and abfoiuteiy ne
ceffary for those who continue to re,
fill French aggreflion to take niea!ure>
to prevent the arms of neutral powers
from-being united againil them :
In this view, the king cannot regard
the prelent petition of Denmark with
indifference; and bis majetty has lent
negociators with ample powers to hi
Danish majefly, to request, in the molt
amicable manner, such explanations as
the times require, and a concurrence in
. *fuch measures as can alone give Security
again ft the farther nijlchiets which*, the
French meditate through the acquifi
lion of the Qanifn navy,
The king, our royal and mod gra
cious mailer, has therefore judged it
to desire the temporary de,
pofitof the Danifli ships of the line m
*jnc of inajefly’s ports.
Thisrdepofit Teems to be so just, and
so indilpenfably necefiary, under the
relative cireumftances of the neutral
and belligerent powers, that his majesty
has fuither deemed it a duty to hitnfelf,
and to his people, to support this de
mand by a powerful fleet, and by an
army, lupplied with every preparation
necessary for the moft deter
mined enterprise.
We come, therefore, to your shores,
inhabitants of Zealand, not as enemies,
but in feif defence , to prevent those
who have so long difiuibed the peace
of Europe from compelling the force
of your navy, to be turned again ft us.
We ask deposit-—we have, not look
ed to capture. So far from it, the
nioft so lan n pledge has been uffeied to
your government, and is hereby re
hewed, in the name and at the express
command of the kmgourtraliei —that
if our demand is amicably acceded to,
every (hip belonging to Denmark shall,
at ihe conclusion of a general peace,
be restored to her, in the fame condi
tion and Ifatc of equipment as when
received under the prote£fion of the
British flag.
Jt is in the power of your govern,
men:, by-a word, to (heath our lwords,
tnoft reluOantly drawn against you;
but if, on the other hand, the machina
tions of France render you deaf to the
voice of reason, and the call of friend
ihip, the innocent blood that will be
fpilt, and the horrors of a belieged and
bombarded capital, mu ft fall on your
own heads, and .those of your cruel
-advisers.
. His roajefly’s Teamen and foldicrs,
when on shore, will treat Zealand, as
long as your conduct to them permits
it, on the footing of a province of the
moft friendly power in alliance with
Great Britain, whole territory has the
misfortune to be the theatre of war.
The persons of all those who remain
at home, and who do not take any hos
tile part, will be held sacred.
Property will he refpe&ed and pre
fer ved, and the molt severe difeipiine
will be enforced.
Every article of supply fur-niflied or
brought to •market, will be paid for-, at
a fair and fettled price-; but, as imnoe
-diate and conftairtTupplies, especially of
proviftons, forage, sud and tianfports
are necessary to all armies, it is well
known that reqnrfmons are unavoida
bie, and must be enforced.
Much convenience will arise to the
inhabitants, and much confnflion and
Infs to them will be prevented, if per
sons in authority are found in the feve
rai diftnbls, to whom rcquikiions may
be addrelled, and through whom claims
for payment may be Icttled and liqui
dated.
If such persons are appointed, and
difeharge their duty without meddling
in matters which do not concern them
they will be refpeded, and all requdi
tion., shall be addieffed to (hen-, thro’
the proper channels and departments of
the navy and army ; but, as forbear-
ance on the part of the inhabitants i;
effentia) to the principle of 1 befe ar
rangements, it is neci Ifary that a!) man
ner of civil pet sons should remain at
their refpe6live habitations; and any
peasants, or other persons, foupd ir
arms, singly or in final! troops, or who
may be guilty of any aft of violence,
mull expeft to he treated whh rigor.
” The government of his Danish ma
re fly having hitherto refufed to trea;
this matter in an amicable way, part o
the army has been dil’e.tnbarked, an>
he whole force has afluined.a warlike
attitude ; but it i-s as yet, not too late
Tor the voice of reason and moderation
to be heard.
Given in the Sound, tinder our
hands and seals, this jt.dth day of Au
gull, 1807.
G ambier.
Cathcart.
LONDON’, Sept. 7.
Extra £l of a letter from an office’
u Hcreole, off’ Copenhagen, Au.
guff 20.
“ We landed 18 000 men on S 1 why
August 16, about fix miles f r oni Cos
perrhagert, without any loss, the Danes
not being aware of their landing. The
convoy of too fail of transports hove
m fight the fame dav’ in the afternoon,
from the south, with the German Le
gion.; there being little or no wind, the
enemy began to sue on them, and ih
admiral received a flag of truce flaring,
hat if the transports puffed the crown
batteries a: that place, they would fink
the whole convoy, At five ©’clock’
the admiral made signal to weigh an
chor arid (land further in, and for a l!
boats to return to thru refpeflive ships.
and we cleared for a6ion, with fpring
on the cable; we perceived the Theft
flying among the transports from nine*
until eleven, wiihout doing any nrnf,
chief.
“ On the i7>h, at-9 o’clock, we dis
covered t 8 ol the enemy’s gun boats
making towards the tianiports to cut,
them off, al! the boats in die fleet wcr-S
manned andamted, and Tent after them.
The enemy took pcfTcffion of one vef
fd belonging to Liverpool, but .feeipg
our boats advance, they set tire to her
and’ made their escape—all hands were
saved from the wreck.
“ On the rßih a flag of truce was
font from Copenhagen 10 the admiral,
for leave for the royal family to quit
the place ; which was granted, In ihe
afternoon the gun-boats approached
along shore to annoy ihe army, but
was tepulfed without doing any mis
chief. In the evening they came out
again, and a very heavy fit’ - commenc
ed between them and <>ur frigates,
which did them much damage. A)
daik they returned with eight boats
cut of the fourteen ; those were obiig
td to be towed in.
“ The army is now about a mile in
ihe rear of Copenhagen, fltirmtilling
with the advanced guard, who are fly
ing m all directions.
Aug. ig We are now pretty quid,
the army seem enjoying thcmfelves,
boiling iheir kettles, &c. we are for.ear
that we can hear them give the watch
woid; a fkiimifh tux k place’yefterday
in which our men took 40 baggage ano
ammunition waggons, Sec, aitd one
Danish general, leveral vveie killed anc
wounded; our iofs was one captain oi
artillery and a few privates. Signal is
just made for all our large boats tr
urovidc thenifelves with mortars, arci
a flag of tiuce is feni into Copenhagen
10 warn a!! neutral ships to -quit th
port or run the conicquence. Vvc
begin, it is frdd to bon.baid to morrow ;
the (hips in front, and the troops in the
rear of Copenhagen. We have now
28,000 men within a mile of Copen.
ha gen, and hope to fend you good new
soon. Wc have four Danish frigates
in our fleet taken.”
The Com us, ol *4 funs, took a Da
nifl) frigate, after an afction ot 40 mi
nutes, wiih great {laughter on the enc
my’s fide, but none on outs. A part
of our at my which landed on the back
of Copenhage n, ftolined a battery ol
ten guns, and took 960 ptilomrs.
without any lots. Such art the out
lines of our proceedings. It has tea.
reported that the bin es have cap tin
l&tcd), but this new* warns coiTmha
lion.
Ck Hhbctate. .
Savannah, Oct. 26, 1 807.
Our Subscribers are respectfully re
yested to need to the office for their papers,
or a few data, the Carriers being sick.
fURTHP.R RETURN OP ET.VCTIONS.
t dwin Smator, H. Carlcton— Rtf’ t/mfjtivt, A-
Franklin.
BmiocK- ftnxter, John Rawls— Wtfrtftntitlvi,
Cl aries M CaU
Cl-ARK— Senator,XKwr)Hc\i-—R'frrf:nlativt) l P Rail
ilotpS, W. Clark, Z. Cook.
F.i BKT—' Senator, C. Clark— SeprtJeKtatlvttt B Jeter,
S Pofcy, A. Daniel
Framimn— Venator, J. H. I.lttie— Jifrefentativn, J.
P. Carnes, A. APen, M. Wilcox.
CtuxjNE— Seitattr, E. \‘dr\ti~~K:fire/entat!vej, R. Greer,
A. Herd. O Potter.
HAN'CQCt— Senator, ——- Herbert— R,prefcntativn,
D Adams, —■ Blonnt, Chandler.
r.tNCoI.N—R. Wa'ton— Prfrefintativu, S.
Fleming, W. Gretham
MomToomeut—■ Senator, P. M-GrifF— Rrfi-’fcnlaiiniei,
G O. Gaines, H. Fulehtnan.
Or.LlTKOltFE— Senator, G. Moore— fhprtjintatlvii, G.
Phillips, G. Hndfjieth, G. Jone^.
Scrivin— Senator, C. I.anier— Rrprefcnitiivu, L. La
nier, M Gross.
Tatna-i— Stnatir, J. Etnbre —Rcfrefeutttlv •, A-
Lott
WaRREW- Seneter, Hert— Pefrefintatimti, J.
Hardier, J. Gray, —— Nufnm.
Wix.krs —St eater, D. Tjile-—cliprefentativei, F Gilbert,
E. Cummins, J. Park*
Wasuimsi^.in —Stna'or, J. Rutherford Pejiri/entta
fttet, —— Collin, T. E. Dawfen, —— Childers.
A letter from London, August 12,
fays, ct Sir John Nichols ‘ fthe British
King’s Advocate General) lias deli
vered his opinion, that any attempt to
search a government fliip of one na~
tion by that of another, is a iolation
of the law of nations. 7 ; —lt adds, ‘ Ad
miral Berkeley is recalled; and I trust
all that can be reafonahly required, will
be done in the cafe.” —Boston -Gazette.
The fliip Eliza, (of 500 tons) Caot.
fames Cook, arrived at Salem, from
Sumatra, with a full load of pepper.
Touched at St. Helena, where recent
intelligence horn England had excited
apprehensions of an immediate war
between that country and America, so
hat feme intention v?sj manifefted of
detaining the Americans there, until
fu.thcr intelligence. Captain Cart
wright, oF Nantucket, who was ftiere
m a JBoflon Tchooner, was To alarmed
at this intimation, that he set fail, with,
out permiflion, and was fired at from
‘he fort, but got off clear. Capt. Cook
failed from the iflaud the 26th July ;
left no Americans there.— io.
In commenting on the trial of Col.
Burr, the Norfolk. Ledger remarks
That the a ecu fed may merit punirh
ment, is fubjetl we shall not enquire
into, but if his crimes are ten times
greater than the bitterest of his enemies
alledge, we hope he will only fuller as
he law dite£fs. If once the law is made
subservient to motives of policy, 01
what is worse, to suit ihe views of party.,
we may hid a long farewell to aft our
boafied freedom. We are not politi.
ally nor perfonal’y attached to Mr.
Bun, nor are we of that number, who
to punifb him would desire all the fa
ded principles of the eonftitution and
the laws to be violated.—T'he judg
does not make the laws, he expounds
them, and is hound to fee that the trial
be conduced according to laW ; such
we believe has been the conduit of thf
court upon the present occasion, and
uch we hope it will ever be. The
judge who permits rcafons ol date, or
. popular opinions to influence bis
judgment, would be a fit member for
a Star Chamber Court, ora Uevolu
/ nonary Tribunal, but is wholly urqua
j lifted for a judge in a court which has
been tftablilhtd by the conflilution anti
1 iws ot a free and independent nation.
Capt. Howard, from St. Thomas,
j informs that the day before he fallen
a Briiifh government brig captuied a
Danish packet from Si. Croix.; anti
■ hat a Hiiitfli fotce daily expellee
hom Tortola, to capture St. T homas
C’cv
Anew pamphlet has made its ap.
pearance ir> Kentucky, entitled, u A
view of the lTefident’s conduct con
caning the conipuacy of ißc6 Jiy
Joseph Hamilton Davies, late attorney
of the United States oi Kentucky'.
“fttfpafpches have been received by
government from our ministers at Lon
don. We are informed that it is the
opinion of the Prefidsnt that the state
of affairs between the two countries
does not present the mo ft asyreeab'e
afpeft.— \tfajhingion Felcrulijl Obi. 8.
Two gentlemen, who were cLout* and
from the state of Ohio, to visit the In.
dian nations, and to difeover if ihrir
intentions were hoftilr, have returned—*
They report, that the nations they vi
fi ed, declared in their foiemn meetings,
that if their white brethren are going to
i war, their red brethren are determined
to interfere no wav, but to fit {till, and
mind their own concerns. T'he prophet
whose talk wss publiflied fome time
since, and which va-re and ;o him, and cla ed
the whole to be fa!fe and unfounded^
and Teemed to re font it as a slander.—
City Gazette.
PORT OF SAY A \ r }7A3.
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October 2§.
Exhibition Gala.
T’he public are respectfrillv informed, that
•Mr, RANNIE,
Will Exhibit THIS EVENING,
AT THE EXCHANGE ASSEMBLY ROOM,
Wl’en he vail! ghc a Dilflay of h’s unparalleled Pervert es
VENTRILOQUISM,
PHILOSOPHICAL AND MAGICAL
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These performances are so singular, that
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United States ; and Ire doubts not but it v iji
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CUT HNS OFF THE HEAD OF A LIVE GHirKFN,
AND THE finger OF ANY PERSON * H AND,
AikJ 10 lire astonishment of every b odder,
will put them on again, without creating
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swallowing a nnmb‘*r es real
Knives, f orh r an and razors.
lie will burn a bank bdl to sh< s, and re
instate it the same as ever, and will pound
a number of gold or silver watches into
pieces, ami restore them sound and whole
as ever.
It being a long series of 16 years that
Mr. Ranine has devoted himself to the stu*
dv of this species of entertainment, it 14
presumed it will eutiile him to a preference
in the opinion of ail those who are capable
of forming a just estimation of merit. Tha
Room is m ample order for the reception of
all who may honor the Exhibition with their
company. The Public may rest assured
liiat great Care will be taken to have every
part conducted with the utmost and corum.
Ihe performance to begin at seven o'clock
precisely.
‘ Tickets to be had at the pUce of
performance. October 26
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October 19. 2.1
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A VALUA I BLE and
. yjjf 11 Jj'® 4 atiun on Turtle River
R R Glvnn County, contain-
j=lL.-MdSJLIL m ng by old survey 600
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•i- „ v, i V comlortabie dwelling house,
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ecessary out building- The largest pro
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nit lire of cotton, and a part tor Hue, with
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