AccountOfTheSiegeBombardmentOfCopenhagen

them w ill be prevented, i f persons in antho- rity are found in the several districts to Whom requisitions may be addressed, and through whom claims for payment may be settled and liquidated. I f such persons are appointed, and dis­ charge their duty, without meddling in mat­ ters which do not concern them, they shall be respected, and all requisitions shall be addressed to them, through the proper chan­ nels, and departments o f the navy and a rm y ; but as forbearance bn the part o f the inhabi­ tants is essential to the principle o f these ar­ rangement, it is necessary that all manner 1o f civil persons should remain at their re­ spective habitations, and any peasants, or other persons, found in arms, sing ly , or in -small troops, or who .may be guilty o f any act of violence, must expect to be treated w ith rigour. The Government o f his Danish Majesty bavins: hitherto refused to treat this matter O ! in an amicable w a y , part of the army has been disembarked, and the whole force has