The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-07 00:00:00

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Stockholm Gazettes have been received to the
tpth of last month. They bring no news of im-
portance. The Paper of the z7th contains a report
from Admiral PUKE, confirming the intelligence that
the whole Russian Fieet has set sail, with the excen-
Con of two Fiigates, which remained in Rogerwick,
or Baltic Port, on the 7th of 06tober.

-Wz yesterday received Madrid Papers to the 20th
Mt. from which we have made some extratis. The
next arrivals from Spain will probably be very im-
portant, as they will, we have little doubt,. bring us an
account of an attack by the Spaniards upon the French
:Line. The reinforcements .which the French have
hitherto received are inconsiderable, and we have
every reason to believe that the French Papers greatly
over-rate the-number of troops that are.marching to
wards the Pyrennees. Nothing can be more easy
than to talk of marching 200,000 men to subjugate
Spain. but, notwithstanding BUONTAPARTE'S COR-
acription, and his arrangements at Erfurt!), we are
convinced he has not 200,000 dispoi•able troops ;
and if be has, he has not the means of maintaining
them during a winter campaign in such a country as
Spain.

Yesterday several French, Dutch, and Hamburgh
Tapers reached Town. Great pains are taken in the
Foreign Papers to prove that Austria does not.enter-
tain any hostile dispositions towards France, and
that she is disarming: the latter part. of the state-
ment we know to h 6 false, but it is by no means
imprubable that the Austrian Government may
th.ak it pralent to temporize for a time, and to de-
fer taking any decisive measures until the greater
Part of the French force is seriously engaged in
Spain,

The party-spirit that wanted to excite the people
of S,affordshire to address.the Throne on the subjea
of the Convention.of Cintra, is, we.are glad to find,.
likely to be effeaually sulodued,by the good sense
and candour of a very large majority in that.. Cou-
ntry. The Marquis cif STAFFORD, .we understand,
has publicly si;.,,nified that he does not mean to at-
tend the prupused Meeting. We hope an equal
poi tion of good sense and candour will be ma-
uifusted 'wherever the advocates for. prejudica- •
tion and insult to his- Majesty, after his gracious pro-
mise has-been given, may attempt to Spread discon-
tent, and that Englishmen, with their charaaeristic
liberality,. will patiently abide the investigation of a
Court from which nothing but impartial justice will
result.

The British Troops in Spain are to rendezvous at
Valladolid. They will amount to, about 40,000 men.
A body of about 10,000 men are to remain in Por-
tugal. It is said that Sir J. CRADDOCK is going out
to Lisbon, to rake the command there, in the room
oar..,o,awal Boaamio, who has been recalled.

,?yesterdav morning, h S MAJESTY, Princesses So-
71iA, AUGUSTA, and AMELIA, accompanied by
WALDEGRAVE and G. MOR RA Y, and General
Yrrztto?, rode to St. GeoiTe's Chapel, and heard a
,Lt.t•CLuni prrached by the Rev. Mr. CHAMPIdNEY;
from the Isi Thessalonians, ch. 5. v. 17. and after-
wards returned to the Palace.

We hear that 7000 British troops have been or-
dered from Malta and Sicily, to Spain.
By letters from Bergen, it appear; that the Danish
Goyernment has prohibited exports from Norway in
`foreign bottoms.

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-BUONAPARTE, ifi his journey to and from Erfurth,
divided his retinue into threedivtsions, which Moved
at the distance of from five to six, leagues asunder.--
- The first division, comprising cooks, &c. consisted
of twelve carriages, with four and six horses ; the
second division, consisting of BUONAPA-RTE and the.
.principal persons of his suite, was composed of two
carriages with eight horses, and seven carriages with
six, and required about 150 horses : the third divi-
, sion was the most numerous, and occupied 300,
horses. ' The whole number of horses required. for '
the transport of all the persons and things belonging
to INS. journey, exceeded '9OO- which were put it at the different 5t447.• 1
Durin. Marshal A10a7,.. lift's' Stay Hat Dresden, he,
,amused himself, any,, greatly?
inhabi-
tants, by varioui evolutions.
- military alarmed the
soon after ninf...,, he ordered a body, of about .7000
7 One night,
French tre;op, to
surprise the Saxon. camp at-Perna.
The Pe..Ople, uninformed of his intention, were
alarir4ed by heavy discharges of artillery; every one
fle,w to arms, and some hours of cohfu.ion and con-
stet-nation elapsed before 'they were satisfied- that
their French friends were not about' to repeat at Dres-
den the massacre which had been des:gned to esta-
blish their power at Madrid. Mosnatt.„occtipied.
''the 'Palace of Count Bau L, and greatly enjoyed 'the
scene be had produced. There not being a suffi-
ciency of stabling in Dresden for the French hories,
temporary buildings were ereated' for their accom-
foodation in the public places.
.. .
' Notwithstanding the repeated assurances which
bad been ' made by the Austrian Cabinot of'its
pacific intentions, the- magnitude and a6tivity
..of
its military preparations induced throughout the
Empire a general apprehension of war, and the
paper currency in consequence experienced,a tno4t
injurious depreciatioti, the Vienna „hank-notes
bearing a discount of 20 to 25 percent. TO sus:
tain the credit of the ,Bank- the Emperor ibund
it necessary to guarantee . the interest of five, per
cent. to those who invested prai:erty in it, and 'to
engage his revenues in hubecuia, Germany, *.aAd
Galicia, to. the fulfilment W the obligation. '., The ii-i-
-dividual is required to give six monthA notice of hilt
intention to withdraw his capital, and the State bind 4
itself not to pay off these annuitants for ten years, un-;
less in compliance with their wishes. The discount ,
on those notes !fell. in consequence to 15. and 1.5
per cent.

BERNADOTTE has annou.hced to the Senate of
Hamburgh his intention to pass the winter in that'
city, and has demanded an increase of the daily sum
, paid by them for the support of his establishment.
At his command; the Senate has likewise issued ano-
ther Prockamation,. cautioning the people against
giving circulation to reports. unfavourable to --the
'cause of France .and her Allies, as such offenders
would be rigorously punished. •
From some late adviees received from the Island
of St. Domingo by the way of Ameriza, welearn
that CH RISTOPIIE nits been worsted in the several en-
gagements he has recently had with his riVal PETtotvr.
They state, that the fOrmer, despairitig of ultimate
success, has come to a determination to give up the
struggle„ 'and if possible to quit the island with the
immense treasure lie has amassed, which, it is said;
amounts to upwards of half a trillion in specie.
We were glad to 'see .the 'following passage in an
Opposition Paper of. this day, which very ieldoin
indeed manifests a, disposition to pay so just and' ho-
tiourable a tribute to the honour and generosity of its
Country. 'We are also glad to see that the condu6t
of BUONAPARTE is now so infamous, that he has
lost the-friendship of the Opposition Writers in this
Country :—" The Spaniards have shewn that they
are not easily duped by artifices„ however subtle;..
and it would require ranch less good sense than they
possess to distinguish between a country which ,is
willing to expend its treasures and shed its best.
blood in aiding them to maintain their inc4endence,l
and a ruthless Despot who is marching at the head
of an hundred thousand slaves, to plunder their
dwellings, prophane • their temples, desolate their
Provinces, and, if possible, to impose upon them '
and their , posterity, for ever, a yoke of the most
galling and ignominious vassalage."
,A..letter received on Saturday from our squadron,
off Flushing, dated on Tuesday last, states,_ that the
enemy's force in that port, comprised nine sail 'of
the line and five frigates, and some mare ships of
war were daily expe6ted down the Scheldt. We
hear there are eight sail of the line at .the Texel, in
apparent readiness fur sea.

'Mr. ROSE, the Treasurer of the Navy, is, we un-
derstand, preparing for the press some observations
upon the historical fragment Of the late Mr. Fox.:
The diligence, research; and sagacity of -Mr. liosk;
renderit very probable that he will fully expose the
errors of a work which seems to have been more in-
tended for- the support of an hypothesis than for the
elucidation of historical truth.
On Saturday evening last Mr. Alexander Magnus-,
of Frieston, in Lincolnshire, and his wife, travelling
in a gig from Horncastle homeward, were stopped,-
about seven o'clock, a little on the south side of
Stickney, near a place called Northgate-bat, by two
men on horseback. They 'had previously met and
passed the gig, riding very close to it ; and having
proceeded about ioo yards, they turned round their
horses, and producing each a highly polished pistol,
with a bayonet attached, rode after Mr. Magnus, and
desired him to stop. On -Mr. hlagnus complying,
the two men, one on each sit:e, pointed their pis-
tols to his head, and demanded his purse, which he
gave them. They then said, " You have a poeket-
book, Sir; ,we must !lave it also." Having obtained I
it, they, clapt spurs to their horses, and rode away at'
a great rate. During the robbery they were very
courteous in their ,turitier of address, and begged
Mrs. Magnus not to be alarmed. at the tire-arms; as
they meant her no injury. On Mr. Magnus reach-
ing the toll-bar, he overtook Mr. Fletcher, of Leake,
who a few minutes before had been n.ti'ied by the
same men, of between iG and IT. The :Money
the robbers got from Mr. Magnus was only 51. 15S.

The Queen w
o. /11TEMBURGII, by Ms permission,
or in other words, by BUONAIPA RTE'Sciireetion is said
to have addressed letters to the KING, the ellyzEN,
the Prince of WALES, and , her sisters, the PRIN-
CESSES, which were brought:over by the Russian
Messenger ten days ago. In" these she is spade
express the gratitude which sbe feels -towards his
Imperial Majesty, for of an opportnnity of
renewing the long suspended intercourse between her
parents and rdatives.