The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-27 00:00:00

:Wariaw, and the 'neighbouring villages, afforded a
strong testimony of the unusal severity of the 3aion,
being nearly filled with the wounded, and among
them a number of Russians.

t` On the 26th and 27th, after a very bloody Con-
flia, the French forced the position of the Russians
oti the Narew, and compelled themid fall- back to-
Wards Ostrolenka; seven miles to the Eastward‘of
Pultusk. - Here the latter suffered Most in their ar-
tillery and baggage. Pultusk and ifs environs re-
ceived considerable damage in the conflict; the old
town Was burnt ; Ponacki, Lacki, and. Otter- villages
are nearly destroyed. The dreadful weather and the
imp:iNsable state of the roads, added to the calamity
of the numerous wounded, prevented the French
from following up the pursuit of the Russians ;—the
army stood in great need of repose.. Among other
'Circumstances which prove that none of these affairs
were decisive,-is this, that both parties claim the vic-
tory. The failure Of provisions is in a great measure
removed, as the Court of Austria has permifted one
half of the stores in Galicia to be disposed of to the
belligerent Powers. It is now very FObable that
both armies will go into winter quarter. The Rus-
sians will establish their head-quarters at Grodno,io
that their advanced guard may remain in the neigh-
baurhood of Byalystock."

Another private Letter from the Vistula, dated
Jan. 4, says,—" The whole French Army is going
into .winter quarters for the present, and probably
into very close cantonments. Where the, Russians
are now is uncertain ; but we know that they made
a very obstinate resistance at Puitusk, and disputed
every inch of ground with the ai-iyoner though they
were at length obliged to giveaway to the valour and
military skill of the French:, A great part of their
artillery remains sunken about Pnlutsk, from whence
the continual rainy.
,weather will not permit its re-
moval." .
Letters froth Lublin, of the 2d of January, state,
'" that Gen. BENIkGSEN'S troops upon the NareW were
attaCked.on the E•ith, at several points at. once ; but
''notwithstanding the valour they displayed in detend7,
ing themselves, they could not finally resist the fur
• 'Of the enemy, though it cost the latter a greatnumber
'Omen; for when the French saw the RteisiatAline was
broken in one part, they rushedon with such rapidity.
-that a number of them fell by the,quickneSs efitheir
own firing. At Pultusk, which had been very hastily
fortified by the Russians, the battle was not less se-
Vere and fatal than it: ether places; and towardsthe.
• levelling the Russians weracompelled to iriake'a par-
kial retreat. Night at length put an and the affair..
The Emperor NAPOL,EON had endeavoured. to carry -
his favowite plan of operation into etfeEt, viz. that of -
- surrounding the enemy:; . but this plan prove4Avan-
. tageous to. Gen. BENNINGSEN, and completely failed: •
Impatient to learn why the Corps that was to.erfeCt
thisManceuvre•had.not Succeeded, and where it was,
' the Emperor, in -spite of every danger, and the
- darkness of the night, rode in quest of it through-
the .wildest part of the country, and at length
discovered' the greatest portion of it sticking in
a - morass. General BENNINGSEN, in the mean
while, having learned the situation of that wing"
bf the arnry, sent it a reinforcement, ' and - at
: day-break, on the - 27th, the aetion was renewed
, with redoubled fury. On this occasion, the Empe-
nor NArOLEON sunk into a slough, in the midst of a
shower 'of 'balls from- the enemy, from. whence he
- . was liberated by one of his. Mamelukes, who
pulled hilli from his horse, and carried him off the
•, • rpdt. i-iere- the Russian artillery-had a full scope,
- . "'while: the French; partly retreating, and partly stick-
. .: it* in the mud, Could effed little or nothing'; and
itoW the:' Russians near Ostrolenka, notwithstanding
the .obstinate,, opposition they experienced, began
to he the yianrs, and to drive the enemy at all points.
Here the French cavalry Suffered most. After this
victory the Russians.withdrew to their first positien,
and the French to the Vistula. The loss of tholltus-
isians is stated 12,000 killed and wounded, oCclusive
-a-prisoners ; but that of, the French at 16`,:ttocy.=--
:Five French Generals were made rhfo
them Young •Szona, the Emperor's AdjutariFlCe-:
beial • and Gen. RAPP lost an arm. But besides:
this, the right wing of the French army had been
etreinely unfortunate. Some vessels, with 60,00 d
rations of bread; sent up the Vistula) returned to
War Saw on the 2d of January.
" On the Bth of. January, Marshal BERNADO*E
kvas • at Lobau,. three miles and a half South•O' 9S-
terode, and twenty from Konigsburgh. In Po 'V,
all the elements seem to hive conspired agahils 'the
French, and compelled them to undergo privations
beyond all example. The bridges upon' the Bug,
the Narew, and the Vistula, have been Carried hay
by the ice, &c.. According to letters from Ain/itch,
Marshal MASSENA is appointed to command the
Allied Army."

EXTRACT OF THE MINUTES OF THE SECRETARY- OF
STATE'S OFFICE, AT THE PALACE OF WARSAW;
25TH QE JAN. 1807.
" NAPOLEON, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, &c.
our decree of the 2 Ist of November, which
declares the confiscation of all *English ,merchandize,
in w4atever hands they may be found ; in our de-
cree of the 15th of December, which orders that all
EngliSh merchandize or property inHambirgh and
th,e Hanse Towns should be sent into France': •
\Ve have decreed and do. decree as follows

, ‘: Art. i. The merchandize subjc to confiscation, under
our Decree of the z tst of November, will be deposited, iip
a
indgazine appropriated to that purpose, under the custody
a French Custom-liouse'ollicer.

Art. z. An inventory will be taken of them, whjEltwiii.
be addtessed to our intendant General ; a copy, of %*ish :he.,
will transmit to our Mittistet'Orrinance.
"- Art. 3. Colonial produce, matcrials.of the first necessity
to the 111411111iidariCS, line stuffs; and articles of costly work-
manship, shall
.be sent to France, under the diredion of our
Minister of Finance, and g.ubjed to his disposal. .
a'Art. 4. Provisions, 'liquor's, stuffs fit fOr the use orthe
army, and other. useful articles, Shall be plaCed.in the'Mili-
tary Magazines. •
" Art. 3. The more bulky merchandize, such as iron,
-wood, enals, Wer, ail & earthen-ware, shall be solti.on the
spot where they are sequestrated. .

" Art. 6. The prOduce of the sales made in the leiritbr)i.
Of the army sh3ll toe acl,l,:ci to the general acconn.t.offpntfi-,
buttons; and that of the sales made in France to t:le sink ng
fond.

" Art. 7. Our Minister of Finance., and <int.. Intendant.'
G arc e.lurged with the execution eii. this Dectre„..

(S;;::.t.,1) " NAPOLEON.
" Py OrTer of the rtip ierar, the
.'..o.ta:y of St::t,:, ' " lIUG I; ES B. MARET.
.. ('0,,%) ~ i Ix ho:-taint
.... .f i lg. Aulah , " DARU.."

N D 0 11,

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1807.

THE Gentlemen who intended to contrast for the
Loan waited upon Lord GRENVILLE this morning,
when ' he stated, that the terms upon which the
Bidding was to take place were,- for every 1001.
they were to have 701. Consols, and 701. Reduced.
The Bidding is to be in the Five per Cents.
and to take place on Tuesday next. The amount
of the'Loan, we understand, 6wbei6Millions for
, Great Britain and Ireland.

WE feel great pleasure in stating, that the dif-
ferences which unfortunately subsisted between this
Country and Prussia ;bay now be considered as
finally adjusted. Mr. JACKSON, who arrived on
Wednesday morning; brought over the Treaty of
Peace, which we'have no doubt will be immediately
formally ratified. .

YESTERDAY Lord FOLKSTONE presented a Peti—
tion from Mr. PAULL to the House of Commons,
- which stated, that Mr. SHERIDAN had tampered
with the Witnesses which he, 'Mr. PAULL, intended
to call Th support of his Petition complaining of
an undue EleCtion for Westminster. The Petition
was ordered to lie on the Table, and is to be taken
into . further consideration. mt. Monday next. Mr.
IDA 14 expressed the most earnest desire that the
subject should undergo the fullest investigation ; at
the• same time .he Was anxious that the earliest day.
should be appointed for that purpose.

1 We yesterday mentioned in a part of our Impres-
sion the report of three Spanish Frigates having been
Icaptured by. Admiral MußßAv's Squadron on their
voyage to La Plata. It would afford us great plea-
; sure to be able to confirm that report, but no
jigence whatever had reached the Admiralty upon
!. the subjea when this Paper was put to Press.

The Court Martial that was to sit on the trial of
Sir Ho= POPILNI on Monday. next is postponed
till.the Thursday following.
_ _

Yesterday we received New York Papers to the.
I.Bth ult. The Slave Bill had not passed on the 1 it-h
last.' The charge of treasonable proceedings against
Mr. BURR is revived,, and an opinion generally pre-
vails, that -he meditatcg the subjugation of New
Mexico, and the separation of the Western country
from the United' States. A considerable degree of
'alarm prevails in consequence. The At prohibit-
iug all commercial intercourse between the United
States and St.. Domingo has been extended until
next Session.

By the appointment of General \VHLTELOCKE to
the Command in Chief of South America, there is a
vacancy in the valuable office of inspeaor-General
of theltecruiting Seriice. We hear, however, that
OoVernment have determined on abolishing this of-
. Ace entirely, as very expensive, 'the business of it to
rbe,done between the other ..Publie Officers, as was
.custernary till within these last few years.
.Recruits and detachments are going out to all the
regiments under Generals ACHNIUTY, BEEOPORD;
and CRAUFURD, by the Ships now under dispatch at
Portsmouth.

Thomns Coxu, - Esq. late Member for the Coun-
ty of Norfolk, was yesterday chosen' Member fur
Derby, without opposition, and was carried in tri-
umph through the town'. .

. .
,4-. The reason assigned in some oldie private Letters
Prom the Continent, for the removal of General
KiorissKoi. from the Chief Command of .the'Rus-
sian:Army, is, that his intellects were impaived.— ,
The following Letter respelling that Officer is from
the Banks of the Elbe, dated 14th February
" Generals BuxnovoEN and KANi;NSKOI have
retired from the Polish scene of warfare.. General
BUXHOVDEN, it is said, will take the command
in Turkey. Concerning General liitmlNsisot,,very
strange reports are in circulation. Some of the Pa-
pers say, he is returned to St;Petersburgh on account
of ill health.; . while private accounts add, that his
disease was a fit of insanity, which broke out in the
field of battle suddenly, and, in its consequences,
proved very disastrous to the Russian. Army.--
It is teported, , that ,he entered the field stripped to
his shift, over which he had.liung his ribbons, stars;
tc-. This was considered merely as an imitation of
SuWARRow. But he now committed a variety of
excoses., which threw the army into confusion. It
was this, they say, which occasioned the seeming
retnissness of BUXI-10VDEN, in not coming to the as-
sistatice of BENNOIGiEN, and through -which the.
French were saved from a total defeat. 7

A Letter from Elsineur, of the t oth, says, « about
six days ago the French Forces in Pomerania at=
tempted to cross from thence ro the island of Rugen,
in 30 vessels; but they were vigorously attacked by
some Swedish gun-boats, which 'destroyed 28 of
the4n.• This intelligence was received from Istadt
and Landscrona, atlielsingberg, and from 'thence
at Elsineur."

Various reports will, no doubt, be circulated on
the supposed innocence of the brutal murderers of
Mr. STEEL, who have suffered for that offence ; it
may be necessary, therefore, to caution the Public,
against lending too credulous an ear to such fallacies..
It.was yesterday asserted that Hanfield, before he
ivas discharged from the New Prison, had made a
deposition of the innocence of the men xvlio were
convicted principally by his testimony ; but there is '
no truth in such representations, as the last wordt of
Hanfield, when he left Clerkenwell Prison., were tho
most solemn avowal of the
,truth of his evidence.

ECOND- EDITION.

SUN.OFFICE,

THREE :O'CjeOcK,

WE stop the Prefflo insert the following intelli-
gence, which we this moment received :
" GOTTEM3URGH, FEB. 9.—Off accounts have
been received to-day froM• Stralsund, which contain
intelligence that Marshal MORTIE;CS Army has
returned to Swedish Pomerania, which it has en-
tered, and taken Wolgast. When the accounts came
away it was within a niile and a half' of -Stralsund,
. .
and consisted of 17,000 men.

• " There had been several trifling affairs 'betwten
the French and Swedes, in which a feW men have
been killed and wounded on both sides."