to be lost in making the most pressing representations to his Prussian majesty; and their hopes of success were the more flattering, from the circumstance of the assurances received by the Hamburgh deputies on the 26th instant, by which they were again informed that the execution of the views of his Prussian majesty would be such as to secure them from every species of alarm, and were by no means so near as might be expected. But in proportion as these assurances were confided in, so much the greater was the mortification experienced by the senate on the 28th, when they learned from his excellency prince Charles of Hesse, that it was his intention to occupy this city with the troops quartered in its environs. In consequence of this notification, it was determined to send deputies to his highness at Pinneberg, to make the strongest representations against a measure so violent and unexpected. These representations, however, were fruitless, as the deputies, upon their return, reported that it was the intention of his highness to summon the city the next morning with his troops, and even to use force in case of resistance. At the same time the deputies received the most satisfactory assurances that no fears ought to be entertained for the independence of the city of Hamburgh, or the property of individuals; and faither, that his royal highness would be satisfied with the possession of the gates and walls of the city, without requiring any troops to be quartered in the city. Under this imperious situation of affairs, the senate were convoked in the night, and it was the unani mous result of their consultations, that it was better to yield to force, than to expose the city to greater evils in consequence of any resist ance. In consequence of this determination, yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, and of the summons above mentioned from prince Charles of Hesse, and the most solemn and satisfactory assurances given to the deputies then sent out to him respecting their liberty, the preservation of their property, &c., the gate called the Millenthor, and a part of the fortifications, were immediately given up to a corps of Danish troops, and without the least interruption of the public tranquillity. On the same morning appeared the following publicandum: "Since the present situation of public affairs has occasioned the unavoidable approach of the Danish troops, which ought not to create the least alarm respecting the security of property, or the preservation of public tranquillity, the most noble burgomasters seriously admonish the citizens and inhabitants to conform themselves in every respect to such measures as may tend to the preservation of the public peace, and especially to good behaviour towards the Danish troops; and by so doing, to diminish the disagreeableness of the circumstance; as otherwise the well-being of the city might be committed to the conduct of the obstinate and unwary." Given in a full assembly of the Notification published at the Exchange of Hamburgh, April 3. Whereas his majesty the king of Denmark and Norway has found it necessary, for the stopping of the British British navigation and trade on the Elbe, to take possession, for a time, of the free and imperial city of Hamburgh, by the troops under the command of his highness general field-marshal prince Charles, landgrave of Hesse, and has required, that from the first of April an embargo shall attach upon all British property, whether ships, commodi. ties, or any other; it is hereby ordered, by consent of the council and citizens, that all persons shall detain such property, and notice will immediately be given to all merchants, captains, &c. of the time, place, and manner, in which it shall be delivered up. Given in council, April 3, 1801. Convention, concluded on the 3d April 1801, between the Regency of Hanover and the Envoys of his Majesty the King of Prussia. H IS majesty the king of Prussia having caused to be communicated to us, by the count de Schulembourg, general of cavalry, minister of state, of war, and of the cabinet, and his envoy here, a declaration, written and dated at Berlin, on the 30th of March, 1801, respecting the measures which his said majesty has resolved to pursue in regard to the German states be longing to his majesty the king of Great Britain and Ireland, our most gracious sovereign, in his quality of elector of Brunswick and Lunenbourg: his Prussian majesty having besides invited us repeatedly, and in a positive manner, to conform to the present circumstances, to enter without delay into the new engagements which he has proposed, and for that purpose to draw up a con vention in the most obligatory form, otherwise his said majesty would find himself obliged to treat in a hostile manner the German states of the king, our most gracious sovereign: we have, agreeabiy to circumstances, promised and declared as follows: The entrance of the Prussian troops into the German states of his Britannic majesty shall take place without their experiencing any resistance, in the hopes, however, that the number will be diminished as much as possible, to ease the country and the inhabitants: they shall consequently observe, in their full extent, all the ordinances and dispositions of his Prussian majesty, both in regard to the entry of his troops and to the electoral states. The Hanoverian troops, which have hitherto been employed in the army on the line of demarkation in the north of Germany, shall be disbanded, as well as a proportionate number of the other troops of the electorate. The regency of this country, the commander-in-chief, and the different officers of these troops, shall engage not to employ the said troops, nor to suffer them to serve against his said Prussian majesty, but to make them strictly observe the royal ordinances, according to the different measures which it may be necessary to pursue. The said troops shall be distributed in the cities of Hanover, Lunenbourg, Gisborn,. Welzen, and in the places and garrisons on the right of the Leine, on the left of the Aller, and, behind the Luhe, as far as the Elbe. All the other places, without exception, comprehending the fortress of Hameln, shall be evacuated and delivered up to the Prussian troops. Particular measures shall be taken that that all deliveries in kind shall be made by the said country of Hanover, dating from the 1st of May this year. In regard to whatever concerns the administration of this state, nothing shall be undertaken prejudicial to the present dispositions and engagements; on the contrary, the statutes and orders of the king, in regard to them, shall be punctually observed. For these reasons we here accept, in the most solemn manner, the supreme promise made by his Prussian majesty, that he will guaranty to the German states of his Britannic majesty, their ancient constitution, their safety, and their repose; and that all their property and possessions shall be protected by every means possible. Done at Hanover, the 3d April, 1801. (Signed) Count de Kilmannsegge. Letter from the Royal College of Commerce at Copenhagen, dated the 4th of April, 1801, to M. M. Muldrup and Salveson, his Danish Majesty's Consuls for Scotland, residing in Leith. Gentlemen, lord Nelson, had proceeded to the straits of the Sound, with an intention to enter the Baltic. The fleet actually appeared, and having advanced towards Cronberg, admiral Parker declared to the commandant that hostilities would commence; upon which the fleet began to pass the fortress on the 30th of March, exposed to an obstinate fire from our batteries, which was returned with equal spirit, but without material damage to either party, as the fleet kept so close to the Swedish side that it was with difficulty our balls could reach them. After having cleared the straits, the British formed themselves in a line, in sight of our floating batteries and the ships placed for our defence at the entrance of our port. There they remained tranquil until the evening of the 1st instant, when they assumed a more threatening position. On the following day (2d April) at half past ten o'clock in the morning, the most bloody and obstinate engagement took place in our roads that has ever been remembered. Our sailors have gained themselves honour and glory, and if the force of defence had been equal to that of the attack, the success would have been doubtful; but, after five hours fighting, the most part of our crews were either killed or wounded, the ships much shattered, and the floating batteries dismounted; so that it necessary to yield to WE judge it necessary to make beparier at last, at essay ply to that tual situation of our affairs, as well You must have heard that a British fleet of 54 sail, under command of admirals sir Hyde Parker and which we could employ at the point of defence. The right wing of our defence was broken through by Nelson's squadron; some of our floating batteries and ships of inferior size have fallen into the hauds of the enemy. Before the engagement bad seriously commenced with the the fleet under admiral Parker's orders, Nelson sent a flag of truce to propose a suspension of hostilities, in order to transport the wounded on shore, which was agreed to; and the suspension of arms has been prolonged, and hostilities have not yet recommenced. Nelson was on shore yesterday, and a negotiation is at present going forward, and every thing for the moment tranquil. We do not know precisely how much the enemy have suffered, nor the number of their slain; but, according to information from some of their officers, their ships have been considerably damaged, and their loss of men very numerous. This, gentlemen, is the result of a day ever memorable to Denmark, and honourable for the intrepidity and bravery of our warriors, whose Conduct even the enemy has allowed to have been most glorious. Make B these facts known to their countrymen, and inform them at the same time, that we shall not fail so acquaint them of the ultimate result of these events. By the decease his emperor Paul I, of glorious memory, the sceptre of the Russian empire has descended by right of birth into the hands of his imperial majesty, Alexander I. One of the first events under the government of this monarch has been, that he has accepted the offer which the British court had made to his illustrious predecessor to terminate the disputes which threatened the speedy breaking out of a war in the north of Europe, by an amicable convention. Faithful to the engagements which he has entered into with the courts of Stockholm, Berlin, and Copenhagen, his imperial majesty has sig nified to them his resolution not to act but in conjunction with his allies in whatever may concern the inte rest of the neutral powers. His imperial majesty could not have expected that the British court would have undertaken, a hostile attack upon upon Denmark,at the very time when its envoy at Berlin was authorized anew to enter into conferences with the Russian minister residing there. The measures taken by his imperial majesty were only in consequence of his wish for peace, and the welfare of mankind, and to avoid a destructive misunderstanding_between the contending powers. The hostilities commenced against Denmark, and the arrival of a hostile fleet, would have frustrated the wish of his imperial majesty to maintain peace, had not this attack upon his allies been before his proposals were known to the court of London; but as the British fleet had sailed for the Sound before his majesty ascended the throne, he will wait the measures of the British court, when it shall be informed of the event. The undersigned general of cavalry, and minister of state for foreign affairs, desires, therefore, in the name of his illustrious sovereign, that the admiral in chief of the fleet of his Britannic majesty shall desist from all farther hostilities against the flags of the three united powers, till his excellency shall have received farther directions from his sovereign; otherwise the admiral must be personally responsible for the consequences that may ensue from the prosecution of the war. Though prepared to repel force with force, his imperial majesty persists in his pacific sentiments; but the justice and moderation of the -cabinet of London must enable him to reconcile the demands of humanity with the duties which he owes to the honour of his crown, and the interests of his allies. (Signed) VOL. XLIII. Pahlen. Substance of the Declaration of the Russian Envoy to the Deputies of the Elector of Hanover, on the 27th of April, 1801. THAT the sentiments of the new emperor of Russia being entirely conformable to the views of the king of Prussia, and the principles which dictate his conduct, it had been resolved on both parts to put an end to all hostile measures against England, and to terminate amicably the disputes which have arisen between the court of London and the allied powers of the North; and that to this effect he had dispatched a courier to Copenhagen, to invite his Danish majesty to order his troops to evacuate the town and territory of Hamburgh, and to establish the freedom of navigation on the Elbe. The Prussian minister at the same time declared to M. Pel rich, deputy from Bremen, that the Prussian troops would evacuate the territory of Bremen and the electorate of Hanover, as soon as it should be ascertained that a certain power would not occupy those countries. Decree published by Order of his Swedish Majesty, at Stockholm, on the 20th of May, 1801.. WE E, Gustavus Adolphus, &c. make known by these presents, that, having been induced to break off all commercial intercourse, by the unfriendly measures of the English government, and its acts of hostility against the Swedish flag, we have hitherto, and as long as there appeared no prospect for a change, faithfully adhered to that resolution, founded on such firm principles, in order that we might S faithfully |