The Sun.
London, England, 1809-03-29 00:00:00

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len bad, 'ho'c,vever., to AtlSiOill los ed Sti
',..seVere. The w inter I§o7, 'and- the fOliov..ing
year, serionstapprehensien's a.r&e •of an impending
'nature'with onr,neighlionrs hcith on the Ust and the
l• West frontiers of the 'Empire. Them arnirehensionS_
and dangers might bit ve 'fieen 'warded ••Off a few
months before by.the Swedish Govcrn.mOnt,7 hy; its
'accession to the PeaCe of tilstf, a peace Which" Swe-
den was not prevented frbin concluding by, his _only
My, and which was offered on terms by no means
e
irreconcilable with the public interest of SWeden.
The War broke out in Finland, ; and,its gallant
defenders,.at the erd of a severe and honourable con-
Ilia,. with an ,enemy far superior in number, were
obliged to give tip' t o him their beloved country: This
misfortune, the most Calamitous- event- which has
befallen Sweden, for centuries past, might 'have
been avoided, if the yowerfulpreparationi of defence
which the situation and 'nature of the country ad-
mined, had been'conducled with wisdom and skill,
and if the. plans of resistance, no sooner adopted than
relinquished,' had been conceived and citified • into
et feet with unity 'andfirainess, Ntliieb, in
point of population and.intrinsic value, fora idd one?..
third part of the Swedish EMpire, was lost, and this
loss bore with the more destruclive, pressure.on the
is remaining two-thirds.
• In this state of affsirt the means of waging,war
wrainst 'such numerous. enemies could opt prove suf.-
Wrient for any length of time, and' no other resource
was left, than to .burthen, with 'new' taxes, fa-petr:
Pie'perfebly unable to bear them—the.-public
cessities increased in the Same..proportion as-the
4,eans.and allowance of ty Stag:mere destrnyed,
, tra:le and navigation were ira 16.d—der miries'and
mull tire were,nnprodative,-from want,of hands-".•
. • 'want and misery were spuerlieg with. andlall
yet it was universally known tivit.,his.Royal Ms.iPtY
had again repeated his former firm 'and unalterable
determination, not to conclude a. peace -with the
present Government of France,' without which, how-
. •ever, Po reconciliation' with Denmarkr.'and• RusSia
Could take place.
In this situation of affairs, 11 considerable part of.
the Western Army formed the' resOlution to march
to the capital With the patriotic men, which appears
by the Proclamation issued:: on their part. sitnithe
tnovements took place among _the rest of the Swe-
dish troops, and it was in this critical position
his Royal Majesty Came tO: the unfortunate re-
solution of leaving Stockholm, and directing his•
family, and severai Officers of' the State, to follow
Vim. The garrison was ordered to file oil, and
it was intended to assemblean army'in the South to
oppese the' troops who were appioaching from
,the
. North and the West. • • Two distind Governments
were thus to bd framed, two armies to be assem-
bled, and a Civil war was to fill up the, measure of •
our calamities and distress. •
The departure was however postponed un-
til the lath IVlirch at n00n... A universal consterna-
tion prevailed. The most retipedful ternonstrats
against hill Majesty's determination were rejected,
• and no' othersmeaus remained -even to secure the
safety of the King's own person, .than .to prevent him
from carrying his uefortunate Delution into et feet. In
These circumstances all the Officers of St ate iii Concert •
with ihe States of the'Empire who were present-
in Stockholm, dxpressed to his Royal Majesty the
constitutional wish that he might take the Reins of
Government into his hands, a. wish to which his
fiighness,-notwithstanding. his 'advanced age;
to,xllt
iluit this t"/Ifia.di.ily bound tQ accede; confiding
step win' Tie viewed in its pco b
every honest patriotic Swede,. Pc.
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stockhoiT, March is, itcg.

'The tt4te'of...wedebs, by the Decree of the Re-
genr,, are to meet at StOCltholni on the- Ist of 443/..
he following is. thelatesf and most authenti4 3C-
, colant of the late Revolution :
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97..0ctft0L31; MARCH .17.—0 n 'the gal; the
Xinikeing informed of the, insurreOion, and of the
advance, Of the insurgents' under. Col. Adlersparre,.
,atspatched a, Courier to the Western Army, with
remove Baron-Ctderstrom from the Coln-
nmci in Chief, and AdleisNrre (loin his command'
under. that Officer. This' Courier was, however, pie.;
vented from *.Proaceiling by Major-General Adler.;
creutz, and the. King Was told that all was quiet : Hi -
Majesty, in a. day or two after, discovered that this
„,1•91011 was fallacious, and determined immediate-
' J.), to proceed against the insurgents in person,
sit the head of his Guards. • On t4lO -13th. in the
Morning his Majesty left his apartmenti to go„clo wn
to the parade in front of thePalnce, with the inten-
tion of announcing his determination 'to the Guards,
and calling upon them tO follee.:' him. But while
lies was descending, the great staircase; towards the
Parade, Major-general Adletcreutz4 Colonel Milan,
• Colonel Jagethoin; and some .others,' advatieed to,
rncer.hirn, as: if through crimplitnent, and having
surrounded , hita closoy,. General' Adlercreutz
, • dressed him, and s2il;.thacall possible means had
been tried in -vain to indnce to adopt` couneili
consistent with the esigencies.ni the titnei, it~ be.
came -necessary to .have svconrie
,to restraint. The
-King, skirprisedi but "not depriFOO•nf:liis usual eon,
rage, said'coolly, 'Whfst -0 ;
iTIViIII ? AM I ar7
. rested I All around him answered, Yes. The Kin
upon this drew his sword,'ancl attempted to run-Ad-
. , lercreutz through t4e body, bat was prevented. One
of the conspirators coming 'behind, seized his Ma-
jesty round the body, while the others rushed in on
every side, and overpowered and disarmed him,
el-11:0ing this, howev.er, the foremost, Contr.
.received a wound in his hand from his Males-
tYs sWord. King, though overwhelmed by
.
force
r-sorved the tlftill)tilS of his charafiles,
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tinalreNd, declaring that it was in vain to attempt to
controul him by violence, and that
and principles would ever remain the Same: in the
night his ,Majesty was conieyed to the Castle of
.43rottaiogbolm, when his Majesty wrote on the net
dap (I.lth) to 'his Queen. The Duke of Sndcr,
has declared that he wThhes to remain. ern
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friendly terms with Great Britain."

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CORN Eictrapoa, MARCH 20.—There are some
trther arrivals or Wheat to-day,which is in middling
supply, and hardly support Monday's quotation ; Bar-
ley in considerable supply, ordinary lower, and almost
i . without buyers; and Malt rather lower
.; White Pease
likewise; Beans of the two kinds hardly et last,curren,
XY ; there are several fresh arrivals of 03t5P.and olles
therare are named somewhat cheaper; Rape Seed
' . 11140
, j and Flour expetled lower.
.read COtilittUili'at the:Same price as last week-
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