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FOREIGN NEWS. HIGHLY IMPORTANT. Charleston, July 27. The fall failing fliip Boyne, capt. SafFord, 7 days from Havanna, ar rived just as we were putting our paper to press. To the politeness of capt. Tate, (a pafTenger) we are indebted for the subjoined declara tion of the Supreme Aflembly of Spain against the French emperor and nation. Bonaparte, it appears, through stratagem, got the royal family of Spain, composed of Charles lVth, Maria Louisa, Ferdinand Vlhh, the Queen of Etruria, and the Infante don Carlos, &c. to Bayonne—as also, by force, the Prince of peace and the infante don Antonia. From thence he sent part of them to Va lenciennes, and part to Fontain bleau. Murat took upon him the supreme command of the kingdom, in the name of Napoleon ; resist ance was made, but the feeble in habitants of Madrid were overpow ed—great slaughter and carnage was the issue—the guillotine was ere&ed—numbers of the grandees, niinifters, and conspicuous charatt ers, fell vi&ims to the perfidy and cruelty of Murat. The whole na tion rose in arms, breathing ven geance, and the extermination of the French race. In Seville, a court under the title of the Supreme Council of the nation, is eredted ; Saavedra at the head; and this is the only government now known or acknowledged—it has proclaim ed Ferdinand Vllth, and entered into an alliance with England 5 for the moment these events were known, the Britifti admiral on the Ration repaired to Cadiz, offered hisfuccour, money, arms, & 8000 men from Gibraltar, if required. The French fleet in Cadiz, com posed of fix ships, was ordered to surrender to the city; they retufed, and as long as they could, they obstinately defended themselves a gainst the place and Spaniih (hips. It was dated in Spain that anew co*?.llition was forming of all the continently powers. King Ferdinand the Vllth, was proclaimed at Havanna, on the 29th instant. These important tranfa&ions ex cited an extraordinary degree of emotion in Havanna. It was thought every Frenchman there would be maflacred, so great was the irritation of the people against them, but the prudent and humane measures of the governor, prevent ed bloodihed. A deputation was sent to an English frigate, the Fran chise, then lying in the offing, to communicate these events, & invite her into port. It was generally supposed at Ha vanna, that the island of Cuba, all the Maine, and Mexico, would de clare themselves independent. The arrival at Havanna, from which we derive our interrefting Spaniih news, left St. Lacar on the 12th May, and brought out anew intendant of Havanna, don Juan de Aguila. * In consequence of the royal de cree appointing the grand duke of lieutenant general of the kingdom, and his imperial and roy al highnefa having confirmed the members of all the tribunals in their refpe&ive places, the council has iftued under the fame date, a royal decree enjoining the impavti.il and Ipecdy administration of jtiftice, atid ctircfling ftampt paper to bear the words, “ Government of the Lieu tenant General of the kingdom.*’ July 29. Extract of a letter from an American gent It man of the highest resp lia bility, to his relation in this city , dated llavannab , July 1 Hth, 1808. “ Yesterday a (hip arrived here from Cadiz, in 35 days, bringing, dates to the 9th of June. The news which (lie has brought has thrown this city into the greatest confufion poflible: The accounts are—that all the royal family of Spain have been seized and forcibly sent to Paris by Bonaparte; that desperate measures took place in Madrid, where upwards of 9000 fouls perished ; that the old council of Caftiie was difiolved, and that the French general, prince Murat, remained as regent at Madrid ; that it was difeovered that the governor of Caviiz had correfpondcd with Murat, and that city was to have been given up ; the governor had been rixsflacred, and an engagement had taken place between the French and Spaniih squadrons in that port, but the Spaniards remained matters of Cadiz. The Britifti fleet under fir Fralmus Gower was lying in Cadiz bay wlu-n this ship failed— Further particulars have not been received. It is also aflerted, that the emperor Alexander has been alfaftinated. “ The consequence of this news when it was publicly made known, had irritated the minds of the peo ple so much, that they avowed ven geance against the Frenchmen, and had it not been for the very prudent and cautious manner in which the governor a£ted, many lives would have been loft. “ This news had been received two days before, by the wray of La Vera Cruz, but was not generally believed ; but this ftiip coming di rect from Cadiz, and in so short a paflage, bringing a confirmation, the effe& was astonishing. Ihe t oops were drawn up in the public square ; war against the French was declared, and peace with England proclaimed. The mob was lilenc ed by the troops having orders to load with ball The governor har angued the multitude, recommend ed, in the strongest manner to all the inhabitants, to behave peacea bly and orderly, and it is much to their honor that there has been no bloodihed, not a life loft. “The poor Frenchmen were frightened to death, flying in every dire&ion ; many of them slept on board of the American veflels—-in fliort, it was thought dangerous for * any stranger to be in the streets. Before night a strong guard of 1500 men was ordered to patrole the streets all night, and every thing was quiet. It will take fouie time to calm the minds of the people, in which space very little will be done, as refpe&s bufmefs. It is the general opinion that the people of this island, the Maine and Mexico, will declare themselves independent; it is certainly the best thing they can do; they will be prote&ed by England, and the trade from thole places to Great- Britain will be immense; for if once the Spaniards get . into the ha bit of using British mannfattured goods, they will prefer them to all other.” July 50. m We have convered with a gen-’ .'tletnan who came paflenger in the Boyne, from Havanna, who states that the vilLi from Cadiz brought accounts of the kivg of Denmark Laving likewile been sent to Paris by Bonaparte, in consequence of the tardiness of his operations against the Swedes. The ship Hantonia, which arrived at New-York from Cork, on the 24th June, brought accounts of the difiatisfa&ion of Bonaparte with the king of Den mark.—lt was dated that retnon ftrances had been sent to him upon the utter impra&icability of convey ing the Danish army into Sweden, without the molt imminent danger of its being destroyed by the British and Sw'tdifh maritime forces. Bo naparte replied, that he expe&ed to have no more dispatches sent to him unless they were dated from Stock holm. ‘1 his circumstance gives corroboration to the report at Ha vanna. DECLARATION of WAR Against the tmperor of France , Na poleon the first , in behalf of Fer dinand Vllth, king of Spain and the Indies , and in his name*..-by the Supreme assembly of Spain & India , established at Seville. FRANCE, or more explicitly, ihe emperor of France, having vi olated the meft sacred treaty with Spain, by taking the royal family to Paris, and obliging them to ab dicate and renounce all claim to the throne, in his favor; and declared that he has been eledted king of Spain—the mod daring and great est outrage and falfity ever known in history—having entered his ar mies in Spain, took pofft (lion of all the fortrefles and capitol, and com mitted the moft cruel aflafiinations and robberies ever known; all of which he has committed, not by force of arms, but under the pre* tence of our felicity ; the moft e normous ingratitude for Cervices rendered him by Spain—the friend fhip we profefied, have been paid with tricks of treason, and the moft dreadful perfidy, ever committed by any nation or monarch, that has ever been heard of. He has declared lately, that he would overfet the monarchy and fundamental laws; also, our holy religion—and has obliged us by his mifehievous conduct to manifeft to all Europe; and that for our only remedy we do declare war against him ; and in consequence of which and in the name of our king F'er dinand Vllth. and in that of the whole Spaniih nation, we do declare war, both by lea and by land, to the emperor Napoleon the firft, & to France, while she will be under the yoke and oppreflion of that ty rant ; and we do hereby authorife atid ordain to all and every Span* ijfrd, to ad against those with hos tility, and do them all the preju dice, harm, and mifehief, they pos sibly can, according to the of war; and stop all French veflels, property, appurtenances and rights existing in the Spaniih dominions. We do moreover ordain, that no impediment or moltftarion lhall be made against the Englilh nation, government, veflels, property or rights, belonging to any individual of that nation ; and we do declare, that we have opened a free com munication with England, and have agreed for an a rim!! ice, of w hich we hope there lhall iflue a durable and lading peace* We further dc* dare, that we lhai| r.ct lay our arms down, until the tmperor i\a poleon the firft, makes us a reditu* rion of our king Ferdinand VlLh. and every per foil o! the royal fam ily, and refpedt the sacred rights vs the nation, which he has violated ; also, his liberty, integrity ami in dependence ; —and for the intelli gence of the Spaniih r ation, we do ordain, to make puulic this our ft’ 1- emn declaration, and have it puL lilhed in every towm and province of Spain, Weft-Indies, &c. inform ing all Europe, Africa and Afra, of this our decision. Given at the royal palace of Alca zar, at Seville, June 6th, ] 80$, by order of the Supreme aflem bly. (Signed) John Baptiste Pardo, and Manuel Maria Aguilar, Secretaries of date. New-York, July 15. Capt. J. Horton, wriio arrived at Sag-Harbor on Friday, from Ha chias, informs, that he there saw a handbill, ifiued at St. Johns, which gave an account of a great naval engagement in the Mediterranean, in which the French were defeated. The Englilh acknowledge to have loft 5000 men, and three ships wriiich blew up during the engage ment. July 22. Extract of a letter from Trinidad to a gentleman in this city, dated June 2*ltb. “ Two revolutions have taken place in Spain, since the 15th of March.—One preceded the abdica tion of the old king in favor of the prince of Afturias—lhe other, the resignation of the prince in favor of the father, arid as they could not agree among themselves, they went to Bayonne to submit their differ ences to the decision of Bonaparte, W’ho has laid violent hands on the whole family, including the Prince and several of the grandees, and keeps them all prisoners. He has made the king appoint Murat lieu tenant-general of the kingdom.*— Murat is in Madrid with 54,000 men, they fay ; but 1 don’t believe he has SO,(XX). ihe provinces have revolted against their author ity, and against the authority of Charles proclaimed Ferdinand VII. the lawful king, and called up on all faithful Spaniards to take up arms in defence of their religion their country. The supreme coun cil of government is at Seville, and in Andetufia alone 150,000 men are in arms. It would appear they rife in mass, and maflacree ail who do not wear the cockade, which the council has ordered that every man shall wear. We are before now I luppofe in potTefiion of Ca diz, and the Spanish navy, which the council have agreed to deliver up in trust, to admiral Purvis and gen. Spencer, whose expedition it now appears, was sent out to favor the king’s emigration to Mexico. Six French ships of the line are al so in the inner harbor; but they are completely in jeopardy—mot a man dare go on Chore, and admiral Purvis is in their rear w ith 14 (hips. Ihe populace of Cadiz, tore cld Soland the governor, to pieces, on suspicion of bis being in the French interril. Ihe French merchants are all on board the French ships, and the only means of saving their lives is to surrender themselves to Purvis, for ii they landed, they