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The same day the captain and two 

 of our officers dined at the Go- 

 vernor's with the Cardinal, who 

 had the captain placed to his right 

 at the head of the table, and the 

 British Consul at the left. All 

 the foreign Consids were of the 

 party. About 45 persons sat down 

 to dinner. His Eminence was 

 marked in his attention to the 

 British officeis, and by the Pope's 

 special desire invited the captain 

 and as many officers and men as 

 could be spared from the ship to 

 go to Rome for a few days. After 

 dinner the Cardinal returned to 

 Rome, where he told the captain 

 apartments should be prepared 

 for himself and officers, and every 

 expense defrayed by his Holiness. 

 Previous to the Cardinal's de- 

 parture, the following presents 

 were sent on board : — 2 oxen, 

 2 calves, 6 sheep, 4 pipes of wine, 

 many loaves of bread, 20 hams, 

 with a considerable qviantity of 

 vegetables, fruit, eggs, &c. The 

 statues and ])aintings were all 

 delivered without the least da- 

 mage. The largest statue weighs 

 17, 6001b. and represents the Nile. 

 The harvest is begun round Civita- 

 Vecchia, and promises to turn out 

 well The Abundance, on her re- 

 turn, will take in some statues 

 for England. On 'J uesday last 

 we went to Rome, accompanied 

 by the British Consul, in the 

 Pope's own carriage, escorted by 

 dragoons. We were iiumediately 

 introduced to his Holiness, and had 

 a most gracious rei eption. The 

 captain was permitted to kiss his 

 hand three times. Persons have 

 been appointed to show us his 

 palace, and every other object 

 worth seeing in this great city." 

 A meeting was convened at the 



New London Tavern, Cheapside, 

 to take into consideration the pro- 

 priety of opening a subscription 

 for the purpose of lebuiiding the 

 German Protestant church of St. 

 Peter at Copenhagen, the parso- 

 nages, the school, and alms- 

 houses, which were all destroyed 

 during tiie bombardment in 1807, 

 of the Danish capital by the Bri- 

 tish fleet. 



Mr. Wilberforce, in the chair, 

 having stated the object of the 

 meeting, read a letter which he 

 had received from Lord Gambler, 

 expressing his deep concern at 

 his inability to attend the meet- 

 ing. His loidship could not find 

 language to express the grief he 

 felt in having been compelled, in 

 the discharge of his <luty to his 

 country, to act at the boml)ard- 

 ment of Copenhagen ; but he was 

 now most ready to come forward 

 to discharge a more pleasant task, 

 by relieving the distresses of those 

 who had been thus injured; 

 and, mider these peculiar circum- 

 stances, he left it in the hands of 

 the meeting to subscribe, in his 

 own name, such a sum as they 

 might think proper. 



'Ihe expense of erecting the 

 church and the buildings con- 

 nected with it, accoidiiig to a 

 statement made by a gentleman 

 from the Danish capital, would 

 be about 6,.50ol. of which '3,.500l. 

 had already been rai,sed in Den- 

 mark, and moie than 3,000l. 

 therefore remained to be collected 

 in this country. It was recom- 

 mended bylNIr. Babington ar.dMr. 

 Butterworth, that as the people of 

 Englan<l were themselves in much 

 distress, tlie contributions should 

 be suiall Resolutions were sub- 

 seiiuently agreed to foini a com- 

 mittee 



