The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-14 00:00:00

FOR 1.716'1V INTELUGENCE.

• Nets, Dee. 26.—The Monivii• of this date con:-
tains a variety of extracts from the English Papers,
partly accompanied by observations, of which the
following is a specimen :--
' " Inhabitants of the Continent—the English will
retain the .capitals which you have iu the English
Funds. Can there be a question on. the suhje&
As they have conceived such an' idea, 'il is evident
that at some future period they will be capable of
putting it into execution.-
... •
BERLIN, DEC. 30.—When we cast a look on Ger-
many at the preseet moment, the quetion 'naturally
arises—Who is • ridkv Sovereign,, the Supreme
Ruler, the Emperor of Germany.? . The Rhenish
Confederatitine-which wes at first. forMingein the,
South of Germany, which, notwithstanding its sae..
hitary tendency, •tnet with oppositien in that coup--
try, frem-an. uofortunate.aod miscalculated policy,
Iras-extended itself,: after an ever-fuemoraltie ,cam,
paign of seven 'days, over the whole. Notth.of 'Ger=
many. Tue Kini.-dorn of Saxony, and all the
Houses of SaXe, have already acceded to thelthe-
nisi) Confederacy. Hanover, Brunswick,,;_ Cassel,
klecklenburg;l4. Ez..e. are occupied by 'French troops,
and await their future organization; and:their-11f-
tore happiness, front the hand of the Conqueror. -A
survey of the map Of Gertliany • thews us, that .the
Circles of the Upper and Lower Rhine,' Swabia,.
13avaria, Upper and LOWer Sakony; have .changed
• their ancient political existence -and form. for new
ones. The creator of all these changes is the in-
comprehensible Genius from whom so many Pro-
vinces and States, from whom Germany alio expects
its regeneration.
• The.Rhettith Confederacy, will be' a Confederacy
of peace, of tranquille,y, of simplicity and happiness
for Germany, and, probably, for Europe. The
• narrow-spirited and short-sightedpolicy, of ordinary
men, admit not of an elevation to those_measures
which are destined by genius and wisdom to endure
for ages. Pygmies wOuld, in vain, attempt to keep
pace with Titant ;- they creep where the.others fly;
• and without making any progress, they run them-
' selves. out of breath, and wonder that their antago-
- nisls,4itieent appearing fatigued, have reabhed that
goal, which, to them, seemed unattainable.---,Dise.
order must precede order, Germany has passed
through the worst, and better days are at baud.—
The will and the wish of the Hero, and the wise
ManOf the age, of NAPOLEON the Great, is a ge-
tsesisle.and permanent Peace. Germany,- Europe will
obtain it, inipite• of all the efforts of the Powers
• or-corrupted by the mercantile policy of the
British Cabinet to-prevent it.' A long Uninterrupted
- peace and-reign-over the Nations of Europe f ages
of blessing and repose will be the reward.of theex-
ertions of the wisest of heroes, of the most heroieof
sages—an •indemnification for the long-protraeted
sufferings of Nations, oppressed and: treacherously
deluded by a contemptible policy.
LOWER ELBE, JAN. 2.—The report of the French
baying sustained a severe defeat from the Russians
• Continues to maintain itself. The engagement took,
place betwe.el the 'Vistula and the;Bitg, and the loss
of the French is stated at near 30,000 men in killed
and psis, eters. However this may be, there can be
no doubt that the affairs of the French in Poland are
• In a. very bad way ; nor, is it supposed by any one
they w;11 be able to maintain their ground in that
• Country, as the Russians, by official documents,
have now the fkillowing force in the field :—Troops
of the Lines three corps, consisting of 75,000 .men
each ; 150,000 troops of reserve, also regulars;
100,000 Cossacks; Baskirs, Cain-lucks, and Kirgise ;
200,000, new levy, completed Jandary' 1, 1807 ;
400,000, a levy in.mass, on the frontiers, for the
ProteCtion of. the Empire, consisting of a total of
1,075,000. In addition to these, a new levy of.
recruits, which will be ready on the Ist of March,
'Will produce 150,000 men.—By the. last accounts
front Berlin, one third of the French . army is .thrir-
geronsly ill. MenAT is so bad that his recov.ery'is
despaired of; and NAPOLEON himself is. said' to be
Seriously indisposed.
• Private letters. from Koenigsberg, of the 17th
.I,llt. state, that her Prussian Majesty died of a ner-
vous fever on• the same day. The left wing of the
l'l'ench..army, after taking Thorn, was marching
against Koenigsberg. Most of the inhabitants, had
taken flight _ to Memel, where his- Prussian Ma-
jesty's effease had arrived.—The French, finding
their rear so unsafe, now unite all their forces to
conquer the King-dont of Prussia. The King, how-
ever, is at -the head of 80,000 men, exclusive of
the Russian' auxiliaries under General Toes Toy—
. and Prussia are on the eve of a famine.
The Emperor NAPOLEON is said to, have sold to
,The King of Holland, the•cities of Hamburgh; Lu-
beck, and Bremen, on condition of his 'receiving. a
. certain annual tribu'te.
By private letters from Bucharest, df the 11th ult.
the Grand Seignier has cOnsented.to,receive a RU s-
alsa garrison at Constantinople. .•
The Austrian. Emperor has been summoned by
the French. General MONTESQUIOU to declare him,'
self for or against France, as his neutrality could be
• z!o longer respected. The answer of. his Majesty be-
'°g determined to maintain his neutrality, has been
4rlt to Warsaw by. Gen. VINCENT. The same de-
Ide-
dmandhas been made to the Courts of Denmark and
-"den. The latterrejeeted it with becoming dis-
•
; the former seems to temporize. Count BERN-
' Ir°4lT, the Danish Prime Minister of State, has ob-
tained,from NAPOLEON the Order of the Grand Cross
of the Legion of Honour. • .
PASS WAN OGLOU is now a vassal of Russia, whose
troops have occupied Widdin. -lender, -Choczim,-
• and Jassy, have been voluntarily surrendered by the
Coßunamandants of their respe&ive garrisons ; but
sset professes to respea the-independence of the
Porte, and to attarautee it, agreeably, to Treaty.—
The Archduke °CHARLES of AUSTRIA is about to set
out for Galicia, to take upon himself thecomrnand of
considerable army. The fortress of Stralsund is still
nnmolested, and MORTIER, with the eighth corps of
the French Army, remains inactive. To ensure suc-
cess to his operations he waits for intelligence of
favourable events either M Poland or in the kingdom
of Prussia. We hourly expeect some very. decisive
and favourabl intelligence from' Poland. The
Dutch Mail .bkrr. gs nothing new. All the troops
,a)rt r
e d)(r±re,dr: to -Poland. A diversion on' the part
.1i ra tain, in that quarter of France, would

now be of infinite service "to the interests of the
Continent.

WARsAwy tfEc. t2.---The:gazette of this plaCe
,the-Correspondenta, contains a circumstantial detail
of the events prededing the -.retreat of the Ru"i"n
and' Prussian troops from Warsaw; in which are: the
following particulars • -
" As soon as the intelligence of tire unfortunate
issue of the battle of Jena had reached this city, the
garrison was diminished by the departure of.tWo
regiments of infantry, and a squadron .of husars,
for Silesia. The remainders on the advance of the
French army, made preparations for leaving us en-
tirely, and tbr organising- a city militia. Of this,
Prince JOSEPH PONIATOWSKy.assumed the command
Scion after Wards; several thousand Russians arrived
in Praga, and two 0r,3000 crossed the .Vistula; and
proceeded to the Rzure. Near this river aft aMion
took 'place with • the advanced pOstsbetween So3htt-
vrew and Mollie. Many Cossacks and Prussian
CuirasSiers were brought hither, 'wounded, The
Russians now Undertook the defence of both-ends
of the 'bridge over the. Vistula : they covered -the
supporters and pontoons with pitch, and bound
them round with straw, when. they adopted the re-
solution of retreating froin 'Warsaw to Praga. The
evening before this took place the Governor-General,
VON KOHLER, left us. This worthy man had, dur-
ing the eleven. years of his government, acquired the
love and esteem'of all the'inhabitants.

" The Russians, under General SEDMORAZKY,
marched- hence on the 2d of December. Every
thing was put:in requisition for repairing the bridge
with the utmost expedition. A regiment of cavalry,
under the :command of Col: LANUSSE, and several
companies of Pontonneers.and Sappers, reconnoitred
the river.

"The Russian General, BENNIAGSEN, on the 28th
of November, still had his Head-quarters at Pultnsk,
beyond the Bug," 12 (German) miles from this city.
The King of 'Prussia, with his Adjutants, Komitut
and KLEUT, was also there the week before...He re-
viewed the Russian troops; relinquished the-Com-
mand of the remnant of the Prussian army to the
Russian General, and returned to Konigsberg,
where the Queen still resided. He-likewise pre-
sented the Russians with ,100A00 ducats from the
Royal Bank at Konigsberg.
" Warsaw- is 50 (German) miles distant from
Dantzig,!'4o from Cracou, 52 from Breslau, -44
from Posen, 72 from Berlin, and 80 from Vienna.
It is situated on the left bank of the Vistula, and
has neither ramparts, walls, nor ditches,: but is
perfectly -open. It is about one German (4 English)
mile- in length,-about half as broad, and three in
cumference. The place is very irregularly built,
palaces and wretched huts being -intermingled; In-
cluding. the suburb of Praga, the city has 299 streets.
The amount of the numbered houses is 3619. .The
number of inhabitants is 63,369 ; among which are
308 Monastics, and 9427 Jews."..
•1 PARIS, DEQ. 22.—Several rich Jewish commer-
cial houses at London and Amsterdam, have sent
considerable sums to Warsaw, for arming the Con-
federates.

Our Papers state, " that AuStria will cede her
share of Poland, fig indemnifications elsewhere."

CaLVIPAY FERRY,

We have been 'favoured with the folloWing ex-
tra& of a letter from .Hoiywell (Wales). -After de-
scribing the unfortunate circumstances • attending
theloss of the boat, with which•our -Readers are al-
ready acquainted, the writer gives the following as
an accurate list of the persons who were lost :
Peter A llisOn,-helonging to rho house of Heard and Bell,
Merchants, Liverpool.
.john Godwin, Cowbridge, Staffordshire.
John Hid; Esq. his address at. J. Heard's, Ballast Office,
Thorn s Tipton, the gbard. •
Carpenter' a —son of the guard of that name,. coming
from school, from Yorkshire.
Richard Edwards, smith, Holyhead.
eh:ides Harrison, Limerick, Ireland; not yet found—his
trunk, picked up.
Francis Ronse, Conway,
Thomas Hughes, Thomas Roberts, 'Owen tones, and 'Olin
Reynolds,. boatmen. Conway.
Saved, Roberts, tanner,, Holyhead, by the assistance of the
mail_baA Boatman, by the assistance of a trunk.

*Our Reader`; will perceive, .:by the foregoing list,
that,,with the exceptioti of Messrs.HuNTand HAR-
RISON, the untbrlutiate men who were drowned
were natives,:or at least, inhabitan‘s of Englitncl.