The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-06 00:00:00

FROM THE SPANISH PAPERS.

BADAJOZ, AUG. 8.---The division of Monier
turned to penetrate into this province, butciitir army,
equipped, cloathed, organized, and well supplied,
with its Chief at its bead; has marched out to re-
ceive it, with a well4bunded hope of triumph, Ac-
cording to the positions 'which,' with his'actustonied
energy and dexterity, he has taken, and those

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1810.

DiSpatches were this day received from Lord WEL-,
iallGTozsr, dated the 18th ult. The head-quarters
were still "at Celorico. Nothing important had oc-
curred,.and our Army remained in good health.

Dispatches were received in town this day from
Mr. MACKENZIE, at Morlaix. The contents had
not transpired when this Paper was put to press
We understand, however, that the negociation re-
lative to the Exchange of, Prisoners had not been
broken off, as was expelled; Mr: MACKENZIE •Slil
remaining there' to carry ,it on.

A Gottetzturgh Mail arrived this morning.

The King of Denmark is said to be highly of-
fended at not being chosen Crown Prince of Swe-
den.

'Froml6sitock it is stated, that the Commander
of the FrenCh troops which entered that place on
the 17 tl►.ult. made a dema•d of 300,000 rix-dollars,
which he afterwards most kindly reduced to 80,000 ;
and this latter demand not being complied with, die
-whole of the magazines containing colonial produce
were put under sequestration. .

German Papers arrived last night a day later than
those which reached town in the morning. Accouths
-from Italy of the 7th ult. attempt to lessen the dis"
grace of the defeat of MUUAT'S Naval Force, but
without success, it being clear from the confession
of the enemy, in
,the article from Naples in the
Hamburg 4 Correspondenten, which we inserted yes-
terday,- that the defeat was a very serious one
It appears, indeed, from what is detailed in that
statement, that some of the essential means for
making an attack upon Sicily. were, by the result
of th'at alLir, so far either 'destroyed or diMinished,
as to render it probable that the enterprise must be
abandoned altogether; as MurtiiT's army could not
_remain long on. the coast- of Calabria, after the 25 th
• •
.of July,; the day on which this disaster was sus-
=tained, without being exposed to a certain and
heavy,luss of men from the effeas of the climate,
and from sickness.

rapers from. Buenos Ayres reached town yester-
day, to the 14th of June, from Which we have in-
serted smite interesting extracts, as well...ps from
other South American Journals.

It must certainly be very mortifying to the Op-
position Writers, to find that all their predictions of
the unavoidable necessity of a retreat, on the part of
Lord WELL' NGTON,II3Ve been completely falsified by
subsequent events. But to increase their Mortifica-
tion, the Enemy, instead of their countrymen, seem
to have retreated; though the alleged reason is, that
MASSENA deemed it necessary to retire in order to
concentrate his forces. Whatever may be the in-
tention of MASSENA, it is obvious that he does not
deem it wise to attack that British Army, which,
according to the gloomy prognostications of Writers
at home, who pretend to be patriots, would soon

be. compelled to 'retreat,. or become prisonert 'of
war..-Nay, so confident were: these Writers, that
they obligingly pointed out the'best mode in vf1112.11
our. Army should retire for the purpose Of' re-em-
barking, and warned Ministers, to. have vessels in
readiness to bring them in. safety back, lest they ,
should be lamentable victims of French superiority,
not only in numbers but in skill. Yet the British.
General remains in. his -position, undismayed ; his.
troops pant to engage the Enemy that was. to chive
them into the sea, or anoiliilate them. But to ag-
gravate 'the chagrin of the •Writers alluded to, we
find that the Spaniards are exerting themselves with
the greatest zeal, arid have by experience become 1.
formidable, not only in their desultory mode of:
warfare, but in . serious conflicts with., considerable
bodies of the. Enemy. The OpPoSitiOn Writers
must therefore endeavour to console themselves with
the idea that chance has great influence in human
affairs, and that some casualty may befall 'our Ar-
rnies that may in some degree support their predic-
tions, and revive their hopes that the cause 0f Spain
may be ultimately ruined.

The recent events in Sweden are of so extraordi-
nary a nature, even in these times, that we deem it.
necessary to s.ty a few wor6 more on t he subje6l. The.
present King, or.' rather Userper of that country,,
has been but a short ,time in possession of the Crown
wh!ch.his ambition obtained at the expense of every
pr;nciple, of justice and loyalty, and every tie of
tural affeEtion. Indeed every impulse of nature Mot,
have vanished from his heart, otherwise :he would
pot so 'entirely have disregarded his own family, and
passed over the son of the late King, to make way
for a low-barn ruffian, elevated only-by his crimes.
But what adds mockery to the turpitude which
marks the whole of the proceedings.is, the declare-
tton of the Swedish King., that " the voice of the
people (that pepple.who have never been consulted;
and never will be consulted on the occasion). loudly
and unanimously. declared in favour of the Prince 'of
Po ATE CORVO," as he is'calledll. This self-degraded
Monarcn speaks of " the prObity of the-claara6ler of
BERNADOTTE," though his very offer to assist Swe-
den with 3,000,000 of Francs (about three hundred
and fliirty' thousand pounds sterling) is a proof that
nothing like probity belongs to his charaEter, for how
could BERNADOTTE have become possessed of the
power to offer stick a loan but by the most villainous
rapacity and spoliation ? How many thousands of
the viEtims of .the' french armies, in various coun-
tries, mpst hive been, reduced to rein and misery,
to supply BERNADOTTE and the other. chief minions
of BUONAPARTE with the enortnOus fortunes which
they have acquired ? It remains to be seen wile.:
ther the Swedish people will. quietly .sUbtuit to so
odious a usurpation, or whether they have lost all
sense of national dignity, and are content to be sold
like cattle at a market. The subject is so disgusting
and so depressing to all who feel for the interests,
the independence, and the honour of the .great
community of nations, that we drop it for the pre-
sent, not, however, wholly without a hope that the
Swedish People have too much pride and patriotism
to submit, without a struggle for a better destiny.

The ship Cirencester, outward-bound, which ar-
rived at St. 1-I,eletia the gth July, parted company
on the 13th May, with the Indus, Sir IPm. Bens-
ley, and David Scott ; or, the 14th May, parted
company with the Ann; and on the igth May,
parted company with the Phoenix, Preston, and
Sovereign.