The Virginia Gazette

Extract of a Letter from Copenhagen, March 17.

"Yesterday Afternoon upwards of thirty Members of the Commission met at the King's Antechamber; the Business they deliberated upon shall be related in my next. The Words of Command, which were formerly given by the Regiments in the German Language, are now ordered to be in the Danish, as is all other Business in Writing or Printing. The King has appointed the Lord Chamberlain Hans Adolph D'Athiefeldt his Ambassador Extraordinary to the States of Holland. The 17th, 8th, and 26th, Colonel Falkenthold was under Examination in the Castle. Before he was brought from the New Holm he was desired to get shaved; but as his Hands were to be held by two Sergeants, he refused to be shaved, and had his Beard only cut with Scissors. In the last Examination, he and Count Struensee were confronted; and it was thought that Examination would be the last, as the King ordered that all the State Prisoners Affairs should be finished the 2d of April. Count Brandt remains in his usual Humour, but is very serious when the Clergyman he visits him."

Extract of a Letter from Copenhagen, March 21.

"Count Struensee has been acquainted that his Fate is determined, and that he will lose his Head in a few Days, being found guilty of every Charge that was alleged against him; his Brother has been acquainted with the same, and they were both advised to make Preparations for Death. The latter seems to be insane, but it is strongly suspected that he feigns it; but if it was real it would not save him, so determined is the Queen Dowager to get rid of them both. The Day is not fixed for their Execution, neither is the Place pitched upon, as it is imagined that the lower Sort of People (who are of Opinion that they have done Nothing worthy of Death) will endeavour to rescue them, for they were both beloved by the Rabble. As to what is intended to be done with our amiable Queen, it is yet unknown, as all the Proceedings carried on against her have kept a profound Secret. The Villain M. de Gronicht, who has been the Cause of all these Troubles, is set at Liberty, and sent, with a handsome Sum of Money, to reside in Germany. It is expected that most of the State Prisoners will be set at Liberty, after the Execution of Struensee and his Brother. The King is preparing to set out for Norway, to spend a few Weeks, and is to leave the Management of Affairs to the Queen Dowager."

It is a Fact that the Danes are so enraged against the English that all the Messengers who have of late gone from this Court to theirs have, by the express Orders of Colonel Keith, kept within his Excellency's Doors during their Stay at Copenhagen, and never once ventured into the Street, for Fear of being insulted.