Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-02-26
Late Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, ] anuary 1.

Ills likely that tIl.. Danish captain Lun-
berg founded bis report Of the deleat or
the Russians on the following paragraph
which appeared in the Journal du Com
merce of the 7th ult. which he called bnl~
lrtin--s Several letters. from Berlin have
ANNOUNCED, that the Russians have beea
beaten aud completely routed, 10 the neigh.
borhood Of Warsaw !. and that German
! Gazette, speaking Of this affair, represent.
ed the loss of the Russians, in killed,
wounded and prisoners, at thIr,y.si1 thou.
sand men, *.
This paragraph evidently alludesto the
exaggerated statement in the 56th brlle!in,
of the skirmish between The French and
Russians, on the retreat OF the latter Be-
hind ahe Vis,uia.
The reports circulated in an evening pa
per Of yesterday, respecting the defeat OF
.,ihe French BY the Russians, on the Vistu.
la, and cheek they received at Stralsund.
are without any foundation. The posi- OF.
fee, from whence The paper pretended to
derive It's information, have not received
any such intelligence.
JdbGdi -
A mail from Lisbon arrived yesterday,
brought by the Auckland packs. In ten days
to Falmouth. The letters by the mail
state, that great apr ehensions are stsil co.
sertained that the Spa1iards are about 70
make an attaek on Portugal, ia eonse.
quence Of orders from Bonaparts. Fhs
Spanish government Is eSsre meiy tardy in
their proceedings, because it is with re-
lactance that they underiaks the espedi.
tioR. Some of the letters say ,i.as adxices
had been received from Rio Janeiro, with
an account Of the recapture Of BusnosAy.
KS by the Spaniards and Indians, and that,
in the action general Beresford was killed.
The reinforcement sent froa:s the Cape for.
bids to credit this report.
Some neural ships, which sailed within
these few days for Holland, were 10, sui-
tered TO enter Dutch port. On their ar.
| rival off she coas; boat was sent eff to
them to ssop their eaming in, as an ernbas-
! go bad breu laid 10 every por', andno ships
were permitted 70 go out or in.
Another Ga,teoburgh 10 all arrived this
morning; but we.are sorry 10 say that it
does not confirm the Intelligence brought
|, by the mails @! yesterday. It's contents
are as under
G9ttenbwgh, Dec. s5.
The day before yesterday arrived. ecu.
rer from Gu s;ansiaople, with dispatches
for the British government. lie is also
the bearer Of dispatches from Vienna, a.
Which place hearing Of the late operations
Of the French, be male the >b4st OF his
way tor por, in the Eal,ic, and embarked
al Koniagsberg On board merchant ship,
which Landed him insSweden. near NJ sImo.
The King aud queen Of Prussia were both
10 the neighborhood Of Koningsberg, as
were also the minis; ers Haugwiiz and
khoose when the courier left that place,
which was about the l7th or 18th instant.
There was ne account Of a battle havipg
been fought between the French and Rus.
SLAMS.
7 Strabmd, Dec 10.
II have only time 10 inform yea that the
french are co lectpg at Anclcm, Dom.
min, &c. 10 great forcs; in tie former
place, are said ODE already ten thousand
men.
G0nenb,rggh, Dec. 2e.
Since the above was received accounts
have reached Us, that marshal Morsier,
with .azcotps Of 10000 men, is 10 the
| neighborhood Of Sualsupd.
No less than three messengers arrived
at lord Hovicks Office yesterday afternoon,
with dispatches from Pesersburgh and o.
tier parts of the North. One of these
brqusgshs dispatches from lord Hu.chinson,
the contents of which have not transpired !;
but report says, they mention some adyan.
tages having been obtained by The Russians
rthcSeaemy on the Wistula.
The emperer OF Russia, we under-