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unhappy Capital and annihilate our old ma
ritime power.
The iGth in the morning about four
o ’clok some ol the English troops landed
at W ebek , a little village about 8 English
miles from Copenhagen, without any resi
stance , because it seemed to have been the
first principle of the 'Danish Government
not to be the aggressor.
The following
Proclamation was issued b y the English after
their landing.
*’Whereas the present Treaties o f Peace,
and the changes o f Government and o f T er-
rito rry , acceded to b y so many Powers,
have so far increassed the influence of France
on the Continent o f Europe, as to render it
impossible for Denmark, though it desires
to be neutral, to preserve its neutrality, and
absolutely necessary for those who continue
to resist the French aggression, to take mea
sures to prevent the arms o f neutral Powers
from being turned against them:
- .
In this v iew , the K ing cannot regard
the present position of Denmark with indif
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