The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-08 00:00:00

the Fleet to drop anchor, in which situationjwi ic-
rnained until AdjUtant WrigsEN brought advice
that the Russian Flotilla itere Mficr at .anchor in
Sunpassund, bet Ween the.lslands of Hirwensalo and
, - . • .-
Sattawa• The Fleet- inaniediately set sailin pne3utt
of the EneMy's Flotilla, which our Squadrdn was
ordered to attack. while .our lan&troops should ret'7
der themselves- masters of Hirwonsalo, liaxkesta,
and Kusto.

'Ube army under niy command, 'reinforced by.
about 2oct volunteers, and the Reserve of the zegt-
Illeuts of Abolan and Bjornborg is divided into three
ligades, commanded by Major TdaNissi,* and
Lieutenant-Colonels REUTLIERoNA and Baron tfa-
oNaßL.

" 17th June, in the afternoon, all thearrned
Ships and Transports weighed anchor and stood for.
Pargos, when,we" came to an anchor in circler to give
time to the rear of the Fleet of Transports to come
up as soon as they had joined. The fleet had weighed
on the 18th in the morning; but Were CoMpelled
by contrary winds to come to an.. anchor.-.
Certain intelligence was'now: 'received; that the Rus-
sian Flotilla • had Cleared Sampassund 'and 'put into
,Abo, where it was lying under the batteries of that
place. The wind coming fair on the I QUI; the whole
Fleet got. under weigh, and brought up at night about
three quarters of a Swedish mile from 'Abo, where
the troops were landed the same night.
" As soon as the Horse-guards and Chasseurs *ere
disembarked, they filed off to form •the. advanced
guard under. the order of Captain BaoigßG. The
first Brigade, composed of the foot guards, covered
by a detachment of sharp-shooters; and the Second;
consisting of militia, 'formed a line of battle.. About
soo of the masse, commanded by Lieutenant Mar-
MG; began to conStrutst an entrenchment to cosec
the Boats.

s' The two .Battalions which Were posted near
Knsto and Kaxkerta, and met w ith no enemy, roCeiv-,
ed orders to leave behind 100 men in eat-11,-Isler":!
and to make a desceni near -Lemps., with the
rest of the troops; At , half. past, eight o'clock at
night, the Ist and 2d brigades, with the field artil:.
iery, were landed, ar.d advanced to Allo. ,Lemas, on
the high road to Abo. At eight o'clock the chain -
of advanced posts began to foe on the Enemy's Cos=
tacks, and pushed forwols in order to support the
Guards and Chassems. Thu Enemy, about 2000
strong), occupied an advantageous position, and made
a vigorous resistance. The aflion now became ge,
neral, and the'Enemy's Corps were reinforced by
from 7 to 8000 men.

"Your Royal Majesty's Guards fought as Guards
ought to fight, and the Sharp.shooters behaved with
the utmost gallantry. Notwithstanding the Energy's
vast superiority in numbers they were twice repuls-
ed; but having received certain intelligence that the
''hole Russian for:.e. was advancing fraruTapolo, I
ordered the troops, after a eery severe Copflid,which
gated 14 hours and a half, to re-embark, which was
done with the greatest order, under the protection of
the Gun-boats; and at seven o'clock' at. night the,
whole Fleet came to art anchor off Karslo.
" Our loss in the above action amounts to 194
killed and wounded.

" VEGESAC, CUM.
" Karslo, lune zr, iSo3."

• Some more French Papers of a recent date have
been received. They state, that an order had been
received
,tit Paris, horn BUONAPARTZ, for all the
trfoopseo be immediately marched to the Frontiers
o Spain, end for the garrison duty in the. Interior
to be performed by the National Guards, the whole
of whom were immediately to be called oat. _
As every information connedled with
.the brave
people who are now so gloriolasly fighting against
the common enemy of mankind cannot but be in-
teresting to the Emp;re at large, we this day lay be-
fore our 'Readers a statement of the Spanish:Navy,
as it stood before the 'unfortunate and unnatural al-
-Mince of. Spain with France; and notwit
the reclu6lion which has since
taken placehstan ding
in the marine of our Patriot Ally, a respeaable naval' force
still remains in her power, which, in conjunction
with that of Great Britain, is more than suffleient to
cope with the united forces of our enemies, wherever
they are to be found te.--
The Spanish Navy, at the end of 'the year 1795,
consisted of 76 sail df the Line, 23 Of..,v;hich liave
been taken, or destroyed ; 51 Frigates, ,20 of which
have been taken: or destroyed ; 10 Corvettes, g Xe-.
becks, t 6 Hulks; 43 Brigs, 7 Balandreee-16 Gettteys,
22 Beinbs, 57 Gun-boats, t 7 Howitzers, 5 Tartans,
12 Artned-boats, and 5 Packets : consequently they
"lave 3t.present .53 Sail 011 he Line, and 31 Frigates,
inc:ePendent of what may have been built since. '
It has already been tuentioeed„ that, conmennica-
tiena had taken- place between the Patriots in- the
have of Spain and the Garrison of Gibraltar.' We
.""e ricow the satisfaction ;o state thefolloWitig feel
conneEted with these, by which it will be seen that
British hearts retain their originalvirtues tinder'eVery
change of situation and that their native spirt con-
tinues unimpaired in every variety of Climate. ' The
General of the Patriotic' roops sent to the poi,ernor
of Gibraltar, requesting the' loan of 50,000 cobs
‘a cob is 4s. t'd. sterling) to pay his men. The
.I‘2erchant4, understanding the nature of the request,
did -not permit it to reach its. destination ; bet in-
stantly subscribed the necessary sum, and dispetched
:t to the Spaniard by his oeen Messenger !
Commercial speculations to Spain arc already in
greet forwardness ; Ships are loading with tobacco,
sow, coffee, cocoa, gunpowder, &c. &c. Me
article of tobieco already very consilierably ad-
',flee& in price. A Ship was yesterday announced,
by a Bill put up in the ItOyel Exchange, to sail with
Jeceuct, en we areoed, for Cadiz diret%