Star.
London, England, 1808-04-25 00:00:00

REVOLUTION IN SPAIN.

Every person who has paid any kind of attention to
the events that have recently been transacting in Spain
must have expected soon to hear of the storm, which
has been so long gathering over that miserable coun-
try, bursting on its devoted victims.
By the PELTER gun brig, arrived at Portsmouth,from
Gibraltar, Government have received some important
accounts from Spain. Soon after the extraordinary
events of the 18th of March (already stated in the
STAR) the unfortunate King was prevailed upon, or
rather compelled, to. abdicate his Throne, which was
instantly ascended by his son, the Prince of Asruruas,
and the new Monarch was proclaimed by the title of
FERDINAND VII. He immediately issued a Procla-
mation to the People, informing them of his acces-
sion to the Throne, and assuring them that the army
of his Ally the Emperor of France had entered his
kingdom, upon principles the most friendly to his
interests, and those of the people, the sole object of
his good Ally being to guard the ports of Spain
against the designs of the English. The French, we
understand, had entered Madrid. The PRINCE of
Peace, as we have already stated, had fled, and his
property had been seized and confiscated. His bro-
ther, though considered to have been mortally
wounded in the affair of the 19th, and stated in some
accounts to have been killed on the spot, was not
dead at the date of the last accounts, but his reco-
very was deemed extremely doubtful. Thewmtehed
imbecile Prince of AsrumAs, the new King, will be
permitted to reign for a short time as the Viceroy of
BONAPARTE in Spain, and it is by no means unlikely
that he will be compelled to marry the niece of Ma-
dame BONAPARTE, who is now with her father at
Madrid ; but whatever temporary arrangements may
take place, the ultimate fate of Spain will be to re-
ceive a Sovereign from the family Of -BONAPARTS,
and become an actual Ers,orince of France.
How are the Mighty fallen ! The House of Bour-
bon, which for so long a period was an unceasing
scourge to the other reigning families of Europe.
That house, which never scrupled at employing 'the
most perfidious and violent means to accomplish its
ambitious objects, has itself 'fallen a prey to perfidy
and violence

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NAPOLEON is himself now in Spain. He origi-

Itallr pimpled did the King should meet him at
Bayonne 1 but this proposal was declined, as was
also another for sending the Prince of AsruluAs to
meet him at that place. The French Ambassador
BEAUHAkNOIS was then Set to work, who by his in-
trigues succeeded In obtaining the consent of the
Prince to the deposition of his father. On this the
French army proteeded to penetrate into Spain ; and
the plot having been discovered by the Prince of
Peace, he advised his unfortunate master to fly from
the iron tyranny that awaited him ; but as the secu•
rlty of his person was necessary to the completion of
130NAPAhTlell design, his flight was prevented by the
conspirators, and he is now, as we predicted he
shortly would be, actually a prisoner in his own
capital.
A i3ourtieattx Paper of the Ist instant, is in town,
which contains the whole of the accounts from Ma-
drid, published in the STAN of the 12th inst. It also
contains the Proclamation relative to the abdication
of the Throne of Spain, by the unfortunate CHARLES,
and the accession of his son, under the title of FER-
DINAND VII. According to the French Papers, the
Prince of Pities was found in a garret in his own
house, where he had been secreted thirty-sir hours.=
The new King was not at Madrid when the distur-
bances took place. On his ascending the throne, he
determined on the removal of the Swiss Guards, who
had theretofore been stationed about the person of,
the King : they were to be replaced by others more
firmly attached to the present measures. The un-
happy CHARLES, on abdicating the throne, assigned
as a reason " his ill state of health, and the necersity of
a change of climate."

GOTTENBURGH MAILS.
TWb arrived this day, by which we have teceived

the following :

GOTTENBtiaGH, APRIL is.
Yesterday Admiral Sir Samuel Hbod, in the Cell.
taus-, with two other vessels, sailed for the Sound.--.-
Several more regiments are marching to the frontiers
of Norway, and we expect Soon to hear of an attack
having been made in that quarter. We have no news
from Denmark ; indeed all communication with it
is for the present suspended.
The banish prisoners taken out of the Prince
Christian Frederic, which Was destroyed by his Brim's._

nic Majesty's ships Stately and Nassau, are confined
in the store houses of the Swedish East India Cora-

pany—the officers are upon their parole.
APRIL 150... A traveller has arrived this morning
fi-om Lubeck, Which place he left the Ist inst. The

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vessel he came in cleated out for Elsineur, but

made the port of Ystadt, from whence he came
hither. On the 21st of March he was at Nien-

berg, where the principal part of the vessels are
assembled for the embarkation of the French troops
for Zealand, and a great number of them were there
at that time embarked, but a contrary wind prevented
them from sailing for four days, at the end of which
time the English frigate, the Quebec, made her ap•
pearance, and put an end to their project. He further
states that the rtench had 30,000 men in Holstein,
and a considerable number were in Jutland.

Accounts from Finland are very gloomy ; the Swe-
dish army is still retreating. Sweaberg is, however,
capable of making a good resistance, from its very
strong situation, and having a garrison of 7000 men.
From the frontiers of Norway we learn, that the
Norwegians have cut down the woods, and laid the
branches of the trees across the roads, so as to render
them impassable, especially for artillery ; but we do
not learn that other operations of consequence have
yet taken place. General Armfeldt has joined the
army there. The British men of war Dictator,
Stately, and Nassau, with several smaller vessels,
remain here, the Swedish gun-boats are all going
to the Sound.
STOCKHOLM, APRIL 11.

By a courier arrived from Gottenburgh, intelligence
has been received, that on the 7th inst. several English
ships of war arrived in that port, belonging to the
fleet which is destined for the Baltic under the orders
of Admiral Saumarsz ; seven transports have also
reached that port, laden with a considerable num-
ber of Musquets, arid very large quantities of
warlike stores, according to an agreement concluded
between the twe Courts. General Baron Armfeklt
has reported to his Royal Majesty from the head-quar-
ters in Carlstadt, under date of the 7th of this month,
that the Swedish patroles are frequently skirmishing
with the enemy, but that no action of any consequence
has taken place.—Stoeikolm Gazette, of April 11.
HELSINGBURG, MARCH £9. _ _

This day arrived here from Denmark a Swede,
who was detained there, but at length obtained leave
to depart. He states that Bernadotte's head-quarters
are at Fredericsberg, near Copenhagen, where, accord-
ing to account, 40) French troops are encamped, and
that he saw there himself several soldiers, who did not
appear to be Danes. In the night between the
' 23d and 24th March, a great number of horses were
put in requisition in Copenhagen to convey Gene-
ral Bernadotte and his suite, and escort to Corfor.—
The above Gentleman went afterwards to Frederics-
berg, and found it evacuated by tbe French.
According to a general report which prevailed in
Copenhagen, the General's departure was occasioned
by the disorderly conduct of the French troops
in the Isle of Fuhnen, where several acts of
jiolence had been committed by them. At Corfor
he offered 500 rix-dollars for a boat to take kits to