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wards the English, The saluting o f the flag
ship and the friendly reception o f the englisk
fleet in our port annihilated every appre
hension of hostile views.. ’ Th e English were
supplied with provisions and necessaries at
El sinor and were treated like friends. N o t
withstanding it now was generally supposed
that the british troops on board of the trans-
port-vessels had a design to take possession
of our island, no steps towards such a mea
sure were ye t adopted.
The Prince Royal
being with the army in Holstein, we were
entirely unprepared to offer resistance.. Mf*
Tailor? being destined to replace Mr. Gar-
lick, Minister of his Britannic Majesty at the
Court o f Copenhagen, arrived the js to fA u g .
at the Capital.
It was generally reported,
that Mr, Garlick was going on a mission, to
the Court o f Prussia. A t the same time in
telligence o f the arrival o f the english fleet
was sent off to the Prince Royal at Kiel.
Aug. 6 Mr. Jackson arrived at Copenhagen,
?nd directly went to His Royal Highnefs at
K iel in, order to communicate to him the