The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-30 00:00:00

rnIVArE LETTER.

HAMEL' LGIT, J. 20. Letters haVe been re-
ceived ;rum Konigsburgh, Warsaw,pand Riga, all.of
wlich concur in thsaostatement of the Russians hav-
ing gained a decisive viEtory over the French, Once
their late defeats in Poland. It was confidently re-
ported on 'Change here yesterday,
,that NAPOLEON,
in consequence of this setere check, had proposed
an Armistice to Russia and Prussia; ••one of the Riga
Letters particularly mentions that many wounded
French Officers had arrived in that City, as priioners.
Field-Marshal ISIAWINSKOY, by a masterly ma-
noeuvre with the centre and left wing of the Rus-
siau.Arttiy, is said to have turned and surrounded
three Corps of the French Army, namely, those of
DAVOVST, NEY, and SOULT ; to have killed upwards
of forty thousand, and taken twenty thousand prison-
ers, among the latter is said to be DAVOUST himself;
the French in consequence fell back to Warsaw,
end had the Russians been able to pursue them,'
their head-quarters would not have continued in that
City; but would by this time have been at Posen ;
the pursuit,. however, was impracticable, as neither
Arioy had provisions left sutlicient to enable them
to wait for fresh supplies, and as the whole country
between the Vistula, Bug, and Narew, where their
ArruieS have been stationed, is an entire desert.

All the letters which have reached this City from
Warsaw, Posen, Konigsburgh, &c. are without date
or signature, as whoever circulates false political news
is punished with-death, as well as those who speak
or write aZainst the tyranny of the
.:rericll,--

the 4th instant, the S

tuients of Jena ht:•4ng,
on the authority of letters froin Prussia and Poland,
intimated in public places,,that the French had been
beaten, the French Comns,andant immediately put
up the fbllowing Proclamation " Inhabitants of
Jena--7-False reports are in circulation ; it is every
where rumoured with confidence that the French
Army has been defeated on the Banks of the -Vis-
tula ; trust not these rumours ; the authors of them
are your enemies; I declare, that I shall order every
person convicted of circulating them to be arrested
and delivered over to a military commission ; do you
not know that Napoleon is there with his invinci-
bles."

BRESLAU, JAN. 10.--Our Gazette of this day
contains the following article :

" After a siege of four weeks,"and a bombard-
ment for almost the same time, which did consider-
able damage, this
.city has at length been obliged to
surrender to the troops of NApoecois7,.Emperor of
the French and King of ItAy. The besieging
corps was commanded by Gen. VANDAMME, under
the command in chief of his Imperial Highness
Prince JnitomE, and consisted of the gavariau and
Wirtemburgh troops.

The garrison surrendered prisoners of war; the
Officers are to retain their swords and baggage, and
to be released on their parole not to at against the
troops of his Majesty the Emperor NAPOLEON till
they shall be exchanged."

MAILS.
FlUsuru, I Gottenburgh, t Dublin.
DUE--I C;ottenburgli, I Dublin, 2, Wataturci.

THE S UN.

soLzm taUls DICERZ FA:LIJM AuDIL4T?

• LO 1V D 0
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1807.

Tins morning eve received a Husum Mail, which
does not bring any official confirmation of the vic-
tory of the Russians, but the article extraaed from
the Paper published at Berlin by the French Govern-
ment, called The Telegraph, appears to us to afford
the most convincing proof that the French have been
defeated. We have not room to comment at length
upon that article, but we are convinced that our
Readers will, pon perusing ir, be convinced that
the French have no vi&ory to boast of.
It is said, but we believe without foundation, that
an Armistice has been concluded between the Rus-
sians and French, mid that a Negotiation for a Peace
was going on at Warsaw.

In addition to the public news we hare been fa-
voured with some private accounts, which, though
not official, we con:;ider as entitled to very great at-
tention, all of which confirm the defeat of the
French. -

Letters hare been received from Dantzic which
state, that 40,000 French Prisoners had reached Ku-
ningsburgh. The number of_Prisoners is, we have no
doubt, very much exaggerated ; but of the fad of
great numbers of prisoners having arrived there, we
have no doubt. It is also stated that the Russians
have crossed the Vistula, and that an aaion took
place on the 7th, at SzabSchoW, between War-
saw and Posen, which terminated in favour of
the Russians. We cannot, however, reconcile this
statement with 'the accounts from other quarters,
which state that BONAPARTE was at Warsaw on the
Bth.

r‘ report was last night circulated that Govern-
ment had received French Papers containing the both
tulletin, in which the French were said to have ac-
knowledged a defeat, with the loss of 8000 Men,
and 17 General Officers. We are enabled to state
positively, that Government are not in pos3ession of
any such Papers, nor do w e believe any such have
been received.

THE Reiolutions submitted .to the House of
Commons last night by LOrd HENRY PETTY, re-
flea the, highest honour on the financial. Depart-.
ment of the Administration. The Speech of the
. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was distinguished
by the most 4pcid statement, and the most impres-
sive, eloquence. The Country will justly applaud
the exertion of zeal, ability, and diligence, which the
proposed Arrangements display, and those who had
the good fortune to be present, will equally admire
the elegant, energetic, and perspicuous manner in
which they were communicated. It might be deem-
ed an aat of injustice to the Plan which wassuggested
to offer hastily any observations in detail. The
Speech of the Noble Lord will afford at present the
best comment on the Resolutions which were ,
Moved. , These Resolutions will be printed for the
use of the House, and will be accompanied by it
luStrative Tables, which, i hough they cannot beregu-
larly laid betbre Parhameut, will be put into the pos- •
session ofevery :Member. It may sutlice to observe,t hat
the higheSt praie is due to she Government for the
preparation of a measure, not, of speculative pro-
mise, but of prailical 'benefit, which, during a war
unparalleled as to the danger with which this Coun:
try has been threatened, and unprecedented as to
tht disasters in which Europe has been involved,

-will not only provide for the exigences lir the
:pre-
sent year without any additional burdens, but:.wili
-alFo, under every probable view, and every reasona-
ble calculation, enable us to continue the war for an
indefinite period, if any such necessity should un fbrtu-
'lately exist, without any. increase of the permanent
Taxes. The assurance that thePropertyTax would on no
account be prolonged beyond the continuance of the
war, will excite the warmest approbation. The proposi-
tions submitted to the Home will explain the mode
by which a certain portion of the War Taxes will be
annually appropriated, and the process by which
the Sinking Fund will work the liquidation of the
encumbrances, while its general operation is accele-
rated and improved. The application of the surplus
of the Sinking Fund to general purposes, when it'
shall have reached a limit, beyond which its increase
might be injurious to the interests of the Country,
has before received n sanClion with respeet to its
principle; but a positive limit, and a specific mode
of employing the excess beyond that limit, are new
considerations, and entitled to deliberate examina-
tion. The plan which has been submitted, which
is in many rc.ipeas novel and ingenious, will, un-
doubtedly, be received with general satisfaaion
and applause, and will inspire universal confidence in
the talents of the Government, and in the resources,
the strength, and the prosperity of the Country.—
With this consolatory prospe& before us, if, in the
language of the Noble Mover of the Resolutions,
the perils which have menaced, should continue to
environ us, we may firmly trust that, under the pro-
tetiion of Divine Providence, and the influence of
our excellent Institutions, we shall be able to sur-
vive, if not to subdue, the danger ; and we may en-
courage the hope, that, if the destruaive flame
which has been suffered to desolate Europe should
still be permitted to spread devastation and ruin,
this Country will remain unhurt amid the conflagra-
tion.

By the Return presented to the House of Com-
mons
la the number of men raised for the Regular
Army in each month from the Ist of January, 1805,
to the Ist of January, 1807 (exclusive of foreign or
colonial levies), it appears, that in 1806, from the
Ist of July, in which month the Additional Force
Aa ceased to operate, to tke Ist of December,
5650 men were raised. The Return of the number
of Recruits raised for Regiments in Ireland during
the month of December, 1806, not having been
yet received, the total number of Recruits raised
during that month could not be reported. In the
correspondent months in 1805, the numbers raised
by ordinary recruiting were 4106. In the same
space of time in 1805, the Additional Force Ad pro-
duced 3249 men. The excess therefore of the numbers
raised under the new system above those supplied in
a similar period by the ordinary recruiting, in 1205,
amounts to 1544, and is equal to the Oil of the
numkers raised by the „Additional Force At in the
correspondent months in t 805. Thus the new mi-
litary arrangements, though not yet sufficiently
known and generally understood, have already con-
tributed greatly to the increase of our force; and
their-success confirms the policy of repealing an
oppressive measure, which was partial in its opera-
tion, and injurious to the regular and permanent
supply of the Army.

Government are determined to pursue the British
conquests in South America. There is little doubt
but that the next diSpatch from that quarterwill an-
nounce the recovery of Buenos Ayres.
Yesterday Morning his Royal Highness the Prince
of WALES left Carleton House, to pay his duty to
his MAJESTY, at Windsor, where he remained a
considerable time in private audience. The
,meet-
ink, we have reason to believe, was in consequence
of the special summons of the Sovereign, and we
make no other comment on thr circumstance, thin,
to express our sincere wish that such interviews may
continue in uninterrupted succession.

LOVE AND OPPORTUNITY.-The daughter of a
Gentleman of fortune in the vicinity of St: James's-
street, ah,enttd herself from her father's house yes-
terday morning at an early hour, and,' as it is sup-
posed, fled with a gallant son.of Mars. The Lady,
who is 23 years of age, had made no preparation
for her flight, but she walked out as usual, before
breakfast, without a servant maid, who used to at-
tend her. She did not return, of course, at her
usual time, and her absence, as may be supposed,
caused anxiety for her safety. it was ascertained in
the course of the morning, that a chaise from the
city had been waiting upwards of two hours in
Berkeley-street, Piccadilly, which had conveyed
away a_Lady answering the description of the fair
fugitive, accompanied by her gallant. All the traces
obtained of the parties yesterdaywas, that they had
taken their flight down the Bath road. A secret
correspondence had subsisted between the parties a
fortnight. The gallant is a Lieutenant. in a regiment
of Dragoons.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, !Ail. 31.

This day's market had a pretty good supply of
different kinds of Cattle; Beef, Mutton, Veal, and
Pork are somewhat cheaper than our last report,
and the trade in general was. not over brisk.—The
sales in the Haymarket were rather'dull ; Hay a,nd
Clover fetched better prices than Monday's market;
Straw sold at 1a,4 price.— '•

CORN EXCHANGE, ,JAN. 30.—There are WVer. I
arrivals of Wheat to-day, which is in large
supply, expecting a further reduction in price ;-
few sales are made, which are rather lower ;
Barley is in great abundance, the second and ordi-
nary- qualities are lower, and Malt at less, which are
:declining articles ; the few White Pease continue
dear ; Beans of each sort are rather cheiper ; there
are many, fresh arrivals of Oats, and this trade is
also quoted lower ; Fiour is still heavy in sales at
the currency.'

SECOND EDITION.

S LI N
OFFICE,
FOUR O'CLOCK, P. M.

WE stop the Press to lay before our Readers the
following Letter, which was this morning received
by a Mercantile House in the City
COPENHAGEN, JAN. 20.—Our expe&ations with
respe& to the result of the late bloody battles in Po-
land have not been disappointed. Accounts were yes-
terday received from M. ALOPEUS, formerly Russian
Minister at Berlin, and at present residing at Slesa
wick, which contain a Copy of a Proclamation
made by General MANSTEIN, Commander in Dant-
zic, of which the following is a literal translation :
" I communicate herewith to the Public the
certain (and to every true friend of his Coun-
try), happy official intelligence just received from
Konigsburgh, that the Russian Imperial Army has
totally defeated the French Troops.. The further par-
ticulars will be published hereafter. The Battle took
place behind Warsaw, not far from
.ostrolertska,
and lasted three days, viz, from 27th to 30th De-
cember.

(Signed)

" VAN MANSTEIN,"

N.iIFAL NEWS.

HAmtuni JAN. Danish Mail arrived,this
afternoon from Heligoland, by the Prince of Wales
Packet, Capt. ANTHONY. DEANE. • Two Gentlemen
from Copenhagen came passengers', 'from whom we
learn, that an account of the French having met
with a defeat in Poland by the Russians, and loss'
60,000 men, was in circulation, and generally be-.
lieved ; but that there was no. official account N.
ceived, .

The Lord Nelson Packet, Capt. STEWARD, ac--
companied-by another Packet, sailed this morning
with the Danish and Sweditsh Mails of yesterday.

YARiIOUTH, JAN. 29 . —Arrived a large French
Lugger Privateer, captured by the Cruizcr Sloop of
War; also three large East Country. Ships which she
had captured, and re-captured by the Cruizer.

PLYMOUTH, JAN. 28.—Arrived the Hambro' Ship
Sea Nl'. mphe, JANCE, laden with linen and glass,
from Hambro', bound to Oporto, detained by age
Betseq Privateer ; also the Ketch Two Friends, LE
CONTEun.,--from Guernsey, laden with brandy and
bound to the Isle of Man.
Sailed the Marc, of 74 guns, to join the Squa•
droll cruizing off Rochefort ; she has on boo 1d sup-
plies for the Squadron, after delivering which, she
will proceed off Corunna, in company with a Fria
gate, to blockade three Spanish Frigates lying there,
laden with quicksilver, bound to South America.
Arrived the Danish Ship Elizabeth, Cal t. S
Nfi
GlIEEti, laden with timber, from Dantzic, for this
Port.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2g —Arrived the Mary,
MOODY, from Dundee • Two Friends, Boaz, Phille-
more, COCKER SO'S, liebe, DAVLD;ON, and Oak,
BR YER, from London ; Flower of Edinburgh, MA'
SON, from' Wisbeach; and the Sarah, Ho TER,
from Lynn.

,•
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STRANGWAYS, Esq. of Shapwich, in Somersetshire,
to Mks BEEVES, eldest daughter of the late HARRY
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