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-'The Duke of Sudermania, the King’s: 
uncle, having assumed the Government 
ws Regent, issued the following 
Proclastatien. 
& We, Charles, by the grace of God, He~. 
reditary Prince ot Sweden, the Goths, Van- 
dals, cc. Duke of Sudermania, Grand Ad-. 
miral, Ac. dc. do declare, that, under ex-. 
isting circumstances, his Majesty is incapa- 
bie to act, or to conduct the Important affairs 
of the nation: . We have therefore, (being 
the nearest and only branch of the family of » 
age) been induced for the time being, as :\d- 
ministrator of the Kingjom, ta take ‘the 
reins of Government into our hands, which, 
with che help of the Almighty, we will con- 
duct, so that the nation may regain peace, 
beth at home and abroad, and that trade and 
commerce may revive from their languishing 
state. 
6« Our inviolable intention is, to consult 
with the States om the means to beitaken to 
sender the future time happy to the people 
of Sweden. We invite-and command, there- 
fore, all, the inhabitants. of our nation, our 
forces by sea and land, and also-the ciml-ofi~ 
cers of all degrees, to obey us, as our real 
intention, and their own welfare, demand. 
We recommend you all to the protection of 
God Almighty. ; 
~ 66 Done at Stockholm: Palace, » 
the 15th March, 1809. Ci 
(Signed } & CHARLES. | 
‘¢C. LaAGZRBRING.”: 
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. : SPAIN. 
Thirty-Second Bulletin of the French Army. 
°° "Phe Duke of Dalmatia being arrived be- 
fore Ferral, caused the place to he invested. 
Negotiations were begun. The civil autho- 
rities, and the military and naval officers 
manifested a disposition to surrender, but the 
eople, fomented by the spies whom the, 
English left,~.resisted. On the 24th the: 
Duke of Dalmatia received two messsengers, 
one sent by Admiral Melgarejo, commander 
of the Spanish squadrqn, and the other, who 
éame across the mountains, sent by the mi- 
litary commanders. These couriers were 
Both sent without the knowledge of the peo- 
“ple. They stated that the authorities were 
under the yoke of a futious populace, excited 
and paid by the agents of England, and that 
8000 men belonging to the city and its envi-_ 
rons werein arms. The Duke of Dalmatia 
‘had to resolve upon opeming the trenches; 
but from the 24th to the 25th, various 
movements were mianifestinthe town. The 
47th regiment of light iafantry had repaired 
to Mugardos; the 31st regiment of light in- 
fantry were at the forts of La Palma and 
Saint Martin, and at Lagrana5 and as they 
blockadedthe fort of Saint Philip, the people 
began to fear the consequences of an assault, 
and to listen to men of sease. On the 26th, 
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Progress of the French Armies in Spain. 
fApril1, 
three fags of truce, furnished with avtho- 
rity, atrived at the head-quarters, and 
Signed the surrender of the~ place. On 
the 27th, at seven o'clock in the morn- 
ing, ,the town was occupied ‘by the divi- - 
sfon of Mermet, and by a brigade of dragoons, 
On-the sameday the garrison was disarmed s 
_the disarming also produced 5000 musque’s. 
‘the people who do not belong to Ferrel, 
have been remanded to their villages —T he 
men why had stained themselves with blood 
during the iasurrection, have been arrested. 
Admizal Obregon, whom the people had er- 
rested during the insurrection, has» been put 
at the head of the arsesal. ‘There bave been 
found in the port three vessels of 112 guns, 
two of 88, one of 74, two of 64, three fri- 
gaces, and a considerable number of corveties, 
brigs, and unarmes vestels, more than 1500. 
pieces of cannon of-every size, and ammu- 
nition of all kinds It is probable that but 
for the precipitate retreat af the English, - 
and the affair of the 16tn, they would bave 
occupied Ferrol, and> séized tais beautiful 
squadron, The military and naval officers 
have taken the oath to King Joseph with the 
greatest enthusiasm. What they relate of 
their sufferings from the lowest classes of the 
people and the English, is inconceivable. 
Order reigns in Gallicia, and the autho- 
rity of the King is ‘re.established in this 
province, one of the most considerable of. 
‘the Spanish Monarchy. - 
General Laborde has found at Corunna, on 
the sea-shore, seven pieces of cannon, which 
the English had buried on the 16th, not 
being ableto take them away. 
La Romana, abandoned by the Englist and 
his own troops, has fled with 500 men, in 
order to throw himself into Andalusia. 
There remained at Lisbon only about 4 or 
5000 Englishmen, All the hospitals and all 
the magazines were embarked, and the gar- 
rison were preparing to abandon this nation, 
‘as indignant at the perfidy of the English, as 
they are disgusted by the difference of man- 
ners and religion, by the brutal intemperance 
of the English troops, and that arrogance and 
ill-founded pride which render this nation 
odious to the Continent. 
_ Lbirty-Teird Bulletin, 
The Duke of Dalmatia arrived at Tuy on 
the 10th of February. Tae whole province 
is subdued. Py 
He collected all his forces in order to cross 
the Minlio on the following day. He was to 
réach Qoorto between the 15th and 20th, 
and Lisbon between the 20th and the 28th. — 
‘The English have embarked at Lisbon im 
erder to abandon Portugal. ‘The rage of the 
Portuguese was at-its utmost height, and 
every day considerable and bleddy conflicts - 
between the English and Portuguese took 
piace. 
In Galicia, the Duke of Elchingen has 
completed the organization of the province. — 
k . Admiral 
