The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-30 00:00:00

to ,preveta the disasters in Spin ?" Those Mini-
sters .•.vho are at this time as naive as possible
to assist Spain with all the means which this
,Country ran spare, and yet,are.accused of doing lit-
tle to alleviate the disasters of that Country. We
believe that all honest men will agree with us in
thinking, that if the Writers who can declare such
sentimi*s an.make such assertions, in violation of
every liberal feeling, and in utter contempt of
notorious ,faas, ate not " flushed with reports
of disasters in Spain," they are at least, anxi-
ons to take away from Great Britain all the ho-
nour it deserves for its prompt and generous con-
duA towards Spain (of which Spain is truly sen-
sible, and for which she is fully grateful, though
" we have done nothing, and are doing so li4lef.l)
and that if their individual interests were not likely
to be involved, would be regardless Of what disasters
rnightbefal their own Country.

A letter has-bcen received from Dover, which
states, that the Spartan has arrived at Dover, in
nine days, from Rebadeo, in Spain. She brings in-
telligenep that General BLAKE has obtained a deci-
sive vi&ory over the French, with the loss of
,6000
men. We have not learned the particulars.

Yesterday morning his MAiisTY, Princesses An-
GUSTA., SOPHIA, and AaIELIA, accompanied by Lurds
RryEAs, WESTMORLAND, and WALSINGHAM, Lady
CRANLEY, Count .NiuNSTER, General FITiROY, and
Colonel TAYLOR, took their usual rides in Windsor
Park, and returned at twelve o'clock to the Palace.
Yesterday a Cabinet Couccil was held at the Fo-
reign Office, at which Were present his Grace the
Duke of POETLAND, and tht; LORD CHANCELLOR,
Earls WESTMORLAND and BATHURST, Lords
CAS-
TLEREAGH, MLTLGRAVE, and HAWKESBURY, Mr.
Secretary CANNING, and Mr. PERCEVAL.
Yesterday morning at nine o'clock, the Hon.i. C.
VILLIERS, accompanied by his Secretary, Mr. POLE
(son of the Secretary to the Admiralty), leSltoi.vn,
in order to proceed upon his Embassy to the Regency

of Portugal.
The Chevalier D'ADLEEBERG, who has been for
many years the Swedish our Court, left
town on Sunday, accompanied byM.TOUSSANT, his
Secretary, in order to proceed upon his Embassy cram
the Court of Stockholm to Spain.
Admiral }BERKELEY is appointed to the command
of the Lisbon Station, in the DOOM of Sir CHARLES
COTTON.
Accounts from otT Rochefort state, that there are
lying in That harbour. three ships of the line ready
for sea, and that they have been reconnoitred by the
Gibraltar and Di/Lance, cruiLing oti that port.—
A Sl.)op has been lying alongside of them, supplying
them with stores, and was fully expected they

would put to sea the first opportunity. A Sloop
had been dispatched from off Rochefort to Lord
GAMBIE, to give him the information of their
min cements.
The following is an eWaa of a private Letter
from Stockholm, dated the 10th itto,—" This
morning a Courier arrived at the Royal Palace,
with dispatches from General Klercker, containing
tne pleasing intelligence of a victory over a detach-
ment of the enemy's army. On the 2gth ult. Ad-
j‘itant-General Sandels was attacked near !den.
salmi, by the Russirn army, under the com-
mand of General Tutschrow. -The battle was
maintained on both sides with great obstinacy
for several hours, and at last terminated in a com-
plete victory over the Rns,ians, who left upon the
field 400 killed, and double the number wounded,.
Among the former is the gallant and much regretted
Qeneral the Prince Dolgourncki. On our side the
loss is comparatively small, there being in killed only
50, and 100 wounded, among whom are eight offi-
cers. The force of the Russians was estimated at
5400 men, and that of the Swedes did not exceed
half that number. It has been the lot of the Swedes,
through the whole of the present arduous struggle, to
contend with double their numbers, and to this is to
be ascribed the great excess of loss on the part of the
enemy, who owe all the ad% antages they have gain-
ed to numbers and ferocity, and not to superior tac-
tics or brave,y. The lanssian Officers who have
been made prisoners in this a.fair, and who had
served in the campaign against Fiance, have publicly
declared that they never had opposed to theM so
formidable a resistance as that they had recently
experienced from the Swedes, uho admit, in their
turn, that the Russians fought bravely."
Yesterday the Loan MAYOR went in state to
Guildhall, and held a Court of Aldermen (being the
first in his .M.iyeraltv), which was attended by six-
teen Aldermen and the Cey Officers. The Court
examined the Reports of the iVlealweighers, and
ordered the price of bread to lie reduced one assize
and a half, or 3d. in the peck loaf, to take place to-
morrow ; the quarteru loaf of wheaten is then to be
sold for Is. 2.,1,c1. and household at is. lid.
Thanks were voted to Joni.; ANSLEY, Esc}.. late
Lord Mayor, for which see advertisement in front
of this Paper.---Two pound per cent. on the orphan's
stock, due the sth of January, was ordered to be
paid on the t Ith of January next.--Precepts for the
elettion of Common Council-men on St. Thomas's
Day next were ordered to be issued.
A few weeks ago there was driven ashore in the
Island of Stronsay, the head and part of one of the
ea serpents common in Norway. , The part ma-
ntes about 55 feet in length, it has a head and mane
omething resembling those of a horse, with three
a%k's on each side, like those of an alligator, and its
ody about as thick as that of an ox. It is impos-
sible to ascertain what length the animal
.might
have been when entire. It Must have been dead
fora long time, as the skin was quite gone, and
bet:Are •intelligence of it was received at Kirkwall,
it W.as so much corrupted and destroyed by the peo-
ple of the .islande tha4 it •wasitopossible to ascertain
its shape exactly.
The central stone of the new Covent Garden
Theatre will be laid in the course of the next week ;
ei her the Prince of 'WALES or the Duke of BED..
FOAL is eY-Peded to preside at the ceremonial.