The Sun.
London, England, 1808-06-09 00:00:00

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0 45Mcirs, C Serleants, and • 'soldiers. ais 'to add 'to' 'the very attPla detail
taken 8 covered bread-waggons, sit hospital waggon, `w!l-
1 we yesteruay gave cf the Intelligence brottilt
With medicines and' instruments, iworelocks with •
'
boyonets, t) lesser ones, 4° sabres, 26 horses, and from Spain by Viscount 1‘.4 ATEROSA, and on rflL-
sundry provisions.
,i 2 , O DE LA VEGA, and our Readers may -rely upon
Of the aforesaid brigade, whicb,,was.condutied 1 the accuracy of our statement. There can be no
by Major CitceliNTELT'S detaciwgpt, from Teypo
;doubt but that the objeet for which these NoNeinen
town, a small detachment of, Malmo, trader Capt.
llatutes command, was sent to Saerliiika, iu order came to this Country was to solicit, and we have
to take away a transport of ammunition, which, ac- every reason to believe that the British Goveru-
cording to certain accounts received, was placed
meet is disposed to afford, the most pi ortim and etli-
there by the
,Russians. This expedition .was 'ex-
aeuted by Capt. MALSII with so much, rapidity and cacious assistance to the Spaniards, to enable them to
propriety,
.that the whole , transport, consisting of maintain their Independence. They will not,- like
SS waggons, fell into our hands, together with a
their Predecessors, " stand aloof and be idle s
quantityof ammunition.
`` Colonel SAW:IW also reports, that Captain
OAHLSTIM has sent him au account that the peasants
In Idensal!ni dist rid, when they received intelligence
that Swedish troops were to be expe6ted, being appre,
bensive that the Euetny might receive,an account of
our arrival, and set fire to, or destroy his magazines,
eager to bervt.their country, under tim .direr tion of
!ERIK PLIKAININ, from Ideesalmi, attacked the.
Ilussian escort at Valkiamacki au&Macklin, by the
church of Idensalcui, took their mgazines, con-
sisting of about 200 waggon loads, killed 2, and
wounded and made prisoners 49. men.
" By this expedition has Captain SAHLSTEN, as
wen as the peasants heretofore mentioned, shown
in uncommon degree of zeal ; I have, therefore, as
Mark of your Majesty's pleasure, and to encourage
'ethers, given the latter the medal for bravery,' to
which I-have considered him so much more entitled,
-as, After two shot had been fired by two of his com-
rades., by which one Russian was killed and another
'wounded, he was the first who rushed on the Erie-
zny, and gave encouragement to the lest of the pea-
*ants to follow him.
On ow side,Mr.GoststEßaß, and Mr.Bonsmait,
alto wore at:Mated by
,their zeal for the general
good, were severely wounded, and one, peasant kill-
'ed. This expedition was supported. by the Major
and night BAtii, who, according to my late Re-
fat, with his detachment of I.ll.emtpeG's young re-,
emits, in hit march from C.ijara to Vissita, at the
litter place took a convoy of provisioes; with, six
ate ha since marched thenCe,. in order to
Dover the 'expedition at Idensalmi.

Wars of the struggle."
No intelligence had reached town from Cadiz
when this Paper was put to Press, which is rather
singular, as there is no doubt that Genera SOINCiR
joined Admiral Puavis on the 16th ult.

The chief Opposition Paper, adverting to the ac-
count of the present state denim in Spain, which
we submitted to our Readers yesterday evening, ob-
serves, that if we give any assistance to the Spa- •
nlards, we should " refrain from irritating their re-
ligious prejudices," and that " if Ministers cannot
make up their minds to support the itomaneatho-
lic Religion in.:Spain, they had much better stand,
aloof, and be idle speaators of the stroggle."—.
Nothing can be more vSsurd or inconsistent with.
humanity than such observations. ft is obvious
that the Roman Catholic Religion is here forced into
notice without the least plea of necessity. If we
interfere in favour of the Spaniards our sole objeet
will be to rescue an oppressed people from the
dreadful bondage which • hangs over them ; and if
we should happily render them diet:anal assistance,
they will be left to the entire enjoyment of their re-
ligious principles when the struggle is over. But
what must be thought of those Writers who, profess-
, ing to be advocates for liberty, and seeing the mi-
series that impend upon a People anxious to defend
their independence, would advise the only Power on
earth capable of rendering them assistance, and in-
fluenced by every disposition to help them in the
glorious effort, to "stand aloof and be idle spectators of
the struggle," that is, to suffer a btave and patriotic
people to Sink under the bondage of the greatest
Tyrant that the world ever saw. We are astonished
that such sentiments could flow frotn the pen of
those who bear the name of Englishmen, and that
party spleen should dinate sat pitiful endea-
vonrs to obstruct the views of G6verntoent; if they
can be succe'ssfutly carried into effect, since by ena-
bling Spain to secure her independence, we are, in
elie6t, opposing that Power which aims at oat de-
, struCtion,ft well as the subjugation -of thatCoUutry.

" Your Majesty's troops occupy nearly the same
position is •
" Our Fleet, -Which now arrived, has destroyed
teveral bridges over the many rivers which run
through this country ; it prevents all operations for at
!nice fortnight, but sticure at the santetirne the po-
sitiOti of the army, and gives it an opportnnity of
being better organised for the next stintmer's cam-
lit!gn; in the management of which 114Ete are many
difficulties in this desolate country 'but which the
'teal of your Majesty's arniy will avour, to. con-
Quer. " Msustl4.Kt.ittosrott,
."
C. ADIAIIyatEUTt."
d3raheitad, May. 14, taos."
(Then follows a Hat of ammunition taken tiom the enemy
$t Sitettilka
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MAILS.
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Wall—% Dublin, z Waterford.

PRICE OF STOCKS
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TUE SUN.

Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Printesses So-
rutA, AUGUSTA, and AMELIA, aceemnanred by
Lady :GEORGIANA BE:LIMEY, General FITIROY,
GAATII, and CAMPBELL, Hon. Mr. BITLKRLEY, and
Colonel TAYtoa, rode in the Green Park, and re-
turned at twelve.

SOLIM aidsks Avagi4t ?

401VDON,
ITURSDAY, lIIKE 9, 1,9,08,

On the authority of a letter from BermUtla, dated
May 2) it was yesterday roundly and very generally
asserted, that the President of the United States,
Mr. JayEtaSON, was dead. The letter states, that
an American Coasting Vessel had been fallen in with
a British Cruiser, to whom this Isel was commu-,
nicated at Sea. it does not seem, however, that It
is borne 0141 by subsequent letters from Bermuda of
the ';otli inst. which have been received, and aro si-
lent on the subjeCt ; nor does it appear that any
contiimation of this report was communicated by the
St. Michael, arrived at L'Orient, to any of the
Officers of the British Squadron who visited her off
that port. The St. Michael, we understand, has
entered L'Orient under the same circumstances .as
the ash& toracrly did, bear4ig dispatches for
France, the anw.,er to which will influence the corn.
municadon to be in,Ae to Britain.

toes.? night a :Mail from Gotten/wet, nrrivecl, but
• it does not bring any intelligence of importance.
TLA Swedes continue auccetsful in Finland, and
othote is reason to hope that the Emperor ALSXAN.
DER will, erelong, be convinced that he was rather
precipitate In declaring that that Province was for
ever annexed to his dominions. In Norway some
'light aatioris have taken place, which terminated in
favour of the Swedes. The accounts from Prussia
are of amelautholy nature. 800 Neit'AKTlti in defiance
of the Treaty of Tilsit, not only occuples- with his
troops the greatar part of that oncepowertykingdom,
but, under one pretence or other, seizes almost the
Whole of its Revenues. The Prussian Army is now
reduced, to SUUO men. In Hamburg!), to fiSures of
lecreased rigour have beet, adopted to prevent all
ltercourse with this Country, and some persons
bave been put to death for violating the orders issued
b
Y the French Coininandant upon this subjed.

By a Vemsei which. effeaed. her escape from Cha-
rente, on the 25th nit. by cutting her cables, we
find that an order had been issue►t at all the Ports of
France for laying ,a sirid Fanharg,o on .111 Vessels,
without respe& to any flag whatever. No other in-
telligence cat' importance has been .received by this
coureyance4 _ _

The Captain of a Vessel which arrived yesterday
from the Dutch coast, states, that it was generally
rumoured at the time of his departure, which was
on the Ist instant, that the Prussians had' revolted
against the French troops, and that the tevolt• had
peen particulnriy formidable at Berlin arid Magde-
burgh. From the suite source we learn, that vast
numberi of French troops 11A marched utf to-
wards the Rhine. The rednaion of the French
Farce in Prussia May have encouraged this insur-
rection.

Notwithstanding so many reports, it does not ap-
Pe3r that any Disp:itclies have reached this Country
from the Amerli:Jil Government.. Mr. BAKI3I, Who

"led in the Si. ftuichi.ut from lialtioloro oil the sth
ult. with Dispatches for ameral Akt NISTItqN G 3 at
Paris, was accompanied by Mr. Pint v rektme, who

was entrusted with Dispatches to Mr,PiNClitlel"
and to the British Government. The St.
was ordered to proceed to L'Orient, but she was
met just before that Port by a British Man of
.War.
The British Commander understanding that a
_Mes-
'tiger was on board the AillittiC2tl Ship, With 1.):5-
Patches fur this Country, oared him a passage.
Thy Messenger, however, being ordered to go
first to France, declined the offer. It is by no
Means improbable that Mr. PURVEYANCB is detained
at L'Orient, as was lately the case with Mr. NOURSe,
and it may be necessary to send to Bayonne for the
consent of BLIONAPAATE to emetic him to proceed to
this Country and therefore we shall be for some
terse in suspense respeaing the nature d these pis
Pitches, as the French Ruler will not bOn 8 hurry
le) accommodate us with the knowledge.!-

AN CCPOTE.--Ai the chief hope for the deliver-
ance of Spain from Gallic Despotism, next to the
spirit of the people, scents to rest upon the efforts
of the Duke LEINFANTADO, the following anecdote
is particularly interesting at the present moment.--
An ancestor of this Nobleman, a toriner Duke IYIN.
F ANT ADO, being desired by the King of SPtLN to
lend his mansion, at Madrid, to the Constable Da
BOURBON, who had basely abandoned his legitimate
Monarch, FRANPIS the First, of France, gave the
following magnanimous answer :—" I cannot refuse
your Majesty the favour you desire; but you must
excuse me, If, when the Occasion is over, I raze to
the ground a house which, being polluted by the
residence of a traitor, will be no longer a fit habi-
tation for a man of honour. Most anxiously do
we hope that the descendant of the illustrious No-
bleman, who could' utter such dignified sentiments,
will he found to inherit the same high spirit, and
that it will be successfully owned la supporting the
independence of his Country.