The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-14 00:00:00

sides the armed peasantry, has been reduced to 000

men.
The following 'is an extra& of a report, which
has lust been publisii.l on this subject; in a stipple-
ment. to the Court Gazette :—The offensive -ope-
rations of our army have been crowded with the
most -complete- success-: -the -enemy- has corn-
pletely failed in all the attempts which he rriade'
to penetrate Pinto the heart of ..the country, and to
disembark., He has been every wher6 beaten, and
driven, !lock to Gamin Carleby, where the Russian
Head-quarters was established on the 23d Sep=
ternber. .

It was to the Corps ,of .Lieutenant-Gen. Count
KsAMINSKOY that the' staccess.is principally owing.--
This Corps wassdivided into'rheee bodies; the first
was commanded by Colonel -ULASTON ; the second
by Major-General KeiSATSCHAN.S. and 'the (bird,
;which was the principal, and by which the other di-
.
visions 'Were dire&ed, was. commanded by Ilie'Major-
Gens. DEmsnow UscitAxovv, and JANKOWITSCH
Colonel KULNOW commanded the advanced guard..
The columns moved on the ioth of Sept. The
enemy was at,Lilkiro, but retired 'at the approach of
• -
our troops, who, in spite of all his intrenehments,
quickly marched upon Wasa. Major-General DE-
MEDOW and Colonel KULNOW chasied the Enemy On
the 12th September from the defiles of Wasa, and
pursued them with the bayonet. In the evening, at
seven o'clock, the town of Wasa was taken posses-
sion of, without the least resistance; by. Lieutenan-
t RAJE:NSKI and by Major-Gneral,JANKo-
waseti. They found at Wasa 6000 sacks of meal.,
On the 13th they ,continued to phrsue the enemy,
who retreated towards Orawals. The position of the
Swedes was very strong; their army, comprising the
troops which had just disembarked at Christianstadt,
under the command ofGeneral VEo &SACK, was com-
posed of four regiments of the line, six squadrons of
cavalry, ,seven Finnish regiments, besides the
.dra-
goons olNylau, and SO pieces of artillery.,

The battle commenced at seven o'clock in the
morning, and lasted till eleven o'clock. It was ex-
tremely bloody: The'Swedes fonght.with the most
determined bravery. Till noon the battle was'clread-
ful, at last the enemy was beaten and pursued a
league towards Ora,wais. Odr troops were obliged
to halt, the enemy having burnt all the bridges.
Our loss consisted in 4'oo killed, and 200 wounded.
Among the killed are two Captains, and among the
wounded the Major BaronOceuTcri HtcmAN. The
loss of the enemy is enormous : he has had above
s?,000 men killed and wounded.

)Are have taken .f4uo privates and" 30 Officers pri-
soners.' The Swedish Generals VEGESACK, ADDS_
WREETS, and NEUANDEL : the Colonels BRENG-
snord and PLATEN, and Lieut.-Colonel STINNIENi
were wounded. On the 13th of September Col.
<.ULNOW occupied New, Carleby. On the 17th
General Prince BAGRATION attacked a Swedish corps
commanded by Lieut.-General LINTENHAUSEN. This
corps sheaved a di position to advance upon Wiwi).
The combat took place mar the chut-ch of Lokulax,
and lasted from five o'clock in the morning till ttvo
in the afternoon.

After an obstinate resistance, the Swedes were
driven back, forty-two of them made prisoners. On
thesathe day, the Rt_l43iiill Rear-AjElliral.MA ESDJ E-
DON attacked with his flotilla 52 of the,enetuy's
Ships, near the Island of Pulwa, and made them
give way after an' action of four hours. Three of
the enemy's Ships were blown up, and four sunk.
Our loss consists of too men. Some of our Sloops
have been damaged. On the 2 Ist September our
troops entered Gamla Carlby. In consequence of
the occupation of that place, the left wing of our
army has completely attained the end which it wished
to accomplish.

A report was this morning circulated, that intelli-
gence.has been received of an action having taken
place in Spain, in which the Spaniards suffered very
considerably. We do not think the report entitled to
any credit. There are. no arrivals trom. Spain, 'and
the French'Papers, which are of a very•recent date,
are silent upon, the subjeet.

Yesterday Dutch and Ilawburgh Papers reached
Town, the former to the .Bth and the latter to the
3d instant. They are chiefly important, as they
contraciia the rumour which was prevalent a few
days ago, that Austria had declared War against
France. It is said, that in consequence of an ar•
rangernent between France and Denmark, the whole
Army of the latter is to be marched into Spain, and
that 40,000 French are. to be quartered in the Island
of Zealand. It is almost an absurdity to talk of an
arrangement between France and Denmark. The
King of Denmark has, by his own unfortunate po-
icy, made himself as much the vassal of BUONA-
PARTE, as the persons are who are called King 4 of
Holland and Westphalia. If, therefore, BUONA_
PAIiTE chuses to order the Danish- Army into Spain,
and should also desire his Danish .111:ijesty to ac-
company it, the order, we have no doubt, wnt..ld
be obeyed.

We are happy to find that the most perfeft

mony subsists between the Emperor of Austria and
his Hungarian subjects. Tile,Address of the Stites
to the 4miieror :on the 4th Alit.- and his Answer,
which these Pipers we !laid before our
Readers several days ago.

"• THE County of Stafford, Taccording to bur predic-
tion
last week, 'has- manifested a decided opposition
to the plan of carrying insult to the Throne, by Pe-7,
titions for what His MAJESTY has solemnly granted.
A Meeting took place on 'Friday last in the front of
the Shire-ball, Stafford. T e .Sheriff WIL•T
LIAM CARY, Esq: presided, and in a brief, but per-.
spicuons manner, stated the purPose of the. Meeting.
It appeared that the very
,persOnS who had signed
the requisition for this Meeting; thought proper to
recede, and to protest against. on
_the alleged
ground of informality in the proceedings : but it is
Lair to infer, that, having felt the pulSe of the Coun-
ty, the Freeholders were found to be charaacrized
by too much regard to justice to pre-judge- a matter
which is to be investigated before a competent
banal, composed_ of . men of undoubted knowledge
-.and unimpeachable integrity ; and that the Free-
holders had also too much loyalty and rvspeCt for a
venerable and beloved Sovereign, to intrude upon
with any measure that would indicate a. distrust
of his gracious protnise.;„l,arl TALEOW, in • a firm
. and manly style; obserVettlhat i he' Meeting; though
called for a purpose Tp—pliSite 'to the sentiments of alt

present, ought not to.separate witliout-an ekpiession
of its genuine feelings and opinions ; he -therefore.
proposed two Resolutions, —slating, in substance,
that. a Petition w-asi. -unnecessary and inexpedient,
and acknOWledging His:MAJESTY'S paternal good;,
ness in ordering the Inquiry in question, and relying
upon his gracious: word. that it would: be full and

comprehensive. These Resolutions were ottani-
mously carried.' Lord G. L. GOWER, the Hon. Mr.
SHIRLEY, Mr.DYOTT, and Colonel Ei'LioT;all spoke
warmly on the same side. The last Gentlecuan point-
edly observed, that if.. a Petition. had been resolved.
On, the County would have been involved in a
dilemma, implying, that it entirely disbelieved his
MAJESTY, or proposing an at of supererogation.
The thanks of the Meeting were unanimously given
to the High Sheriff for his candour. and impar-
tiality, and to Earl TALBOT, for his manly, clear,
explicit, and constitutional conduct. The Meeting
was very numerous, and attended by moSt of the chief
persons in the County. Thus' has Staffordshire
evinced a spirit of loyalty, candour, justice, and pa-
triotism, that ought to operate as an example to the
whole nation.

..On Saturday a Council was held. at the Foreign
Office, all the Cabinet Ministers in town
.were pre--
sent. They sat from half after two till four o'clock.
Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses So-
PHIA, AUGUSTA, and AmELIA, accompanied by
Lady CAROLINE WALDEGRAVE, Major PRIcE, and
DESBROW, went to St. George's Chapel, and
heard a sermon, preached by the Rev. Mr. CRAM-
PIGNEY, from Ist Thessalonians, chap. v. verse 17
—afterwards returned to-the Palace.

Sir J..9.,kuntAßEz arrived in town on Saturday from
the. B_►hic. Yesterday he had an interview with
Lord MULGEAVE at tile Admiralty.
A ,vacancy has occurred •in the representation of
Hampshire, in consequence of the death of Sir
HENRY MILDMAY. " •

By advices from Rprne, the archives and papers
of the Cardinal Secretary of State have been seized
by the French Commandant, and the Pope has issued
another protest on the occasion.

By the intended changes in Switzerland, the dif-
ferent Cantons are to receive one form of Govern-
ment, at the head of which, we understand, Bait-
THl't is to be placed. . • . .

Several French refraaory conscripts and deserters
have been arrested in .Holland, and. sent in chains
to France. An .amnesty was otfered to such as
should join their,respeaive corps before the Ist of
Noveadier thoSe wlib'negleaed to do so, have been
sought after with .a degree of adtivity well calculated
to deter others from any effort to.escipe: Not only
in Holland, but in Westphalia, Bavaria, and through-
out the Federative States,i the most rigid search has
taken place; and it is stated that during the four
first days of the present month, upwards of eleven
hundred refra6tory conscript's- had been dragged in
chains to Mentz..

Letters from Holland state, that a system of com-
mercial espionnage was established, which would
tend more to check importations from England than
the utmost rigour of the Imperial and Royal li.crees.
Forty per cent. is allowed to every informer, upon
such goods as he is able to prove are the manufadure
of England ; so that every man is a sort of spy upon
his neighbour. A general search was lately made on:
board all vessels suspeded to have come from Eng.
land. One was.seize4l in consequence of a British
licence having been found in the pOcket of the ship's
cook. There , have been great fluduations in the
prices of various articles of merchaudize in Holland.
Raw coffee is at 4s. 6d. per lb. ,The price of sugar
extremely high, and indigo low. The best bark has
fallen/from Go to 2.5 guilders per lb.
It is stated in a letter from Charante, under date
of the ,2d instant, that several Americans had been'
seized by the French Government, in consequence
of some of the crews, who had been punished bk
imprisonment for disorderly condud, having im-
peached their Captains, and discovered that the ships
had come last from England. Besides these, the
Masters of which had been informed against, two
others were seized, but the crews making no dis-
co%ery, they were released. All the vessels of
other nations which had cargoes on board were un-
,loading, as there was not the least prospect of any
permission being allowed them to depart.