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'% r countermanded,' and Lieutenant-colonel Murray was sent to explain., that no proposal of capitu­ lation could be listened to , unless accompanied by the surrender of the fleet. . This basis having been admitted by a sub- seguent letter on the 6ih, Major General. Sir A, Wellesley, whom I had sent for, for this pur­ pose, from his command in the couutry , \yhere he had distinguished himself in £ manner so ho­ nourable to bimself and so advantageous to the public, was appointed, with Sir Home Popham, and Lieutenant-Colonel Murray, to prepare, and sign Articles of Capitulation; and those Officers having insisted on proceeding immediately to.bu­ siness, the Capitulation was drawn up in the night between the 6th and 7th. ^ ' The ratification was exchanged in the course of the morning; and at four in the afternOUii o f the same day, Lieut-General Burrard procee­ ded to taXe possession. - — \ J:. r The British Grenadiers present, with de­ tachments from all the other corps of cavalry and infantryj under the command of Colonel Cameron,.'of the 79th regiment, with two bri­ gades of artillery, marched into the citadel, while Major-General Spencer, having embarked his bri­ gade at the Kalk Brandiej-e, landed in the Dock­ yard, and took possession of each of the line, of battle ships, and of all the Arsenal; the Danish guards withdrawing when those of his Majesty were ready, to replace them, and proper officer "