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r (Continued from the STAR of yefterday ) JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY AT BUENOS AYRES. NUMBER VIII. The 36th Regiment entered in two vAunlns the two next Rreets to the left. The right wing headed by Lieutenant Colonel BURNS, had penetrated nearly to the river fide without oppofition, when they found thamfelves expored to the fire of two field piece., which fuddenly opened on their right, from near the end of the ftreet. A few of the enemy alto fired on them from the houfe tops : and the right of the column began to fuffer greatly from the cannon in front. Brigadier General the Hon. W. Lure'.lv, who accompanied this wing, having granted his permit fion to Colonel BOISE to advance, that undaunted Officer led the right of the column directly towards the cannon, which the enemy continued to ferVe with grape, until the rapid approach of the grena- diers, headed by Colonel Bueas, put them to flight. The guns having fallen into our hands, they were (piked by the Colonel, who now concluded the column to the end of the Rreet next the river, without far ther oppofition. Here, however, they immediately became expofed to a heavy fire from the Citadel, which enfiladed the bank of the river ; as well as all the contiguous boufes ; they were alfo annoyed by the fire of cannon in their rear. Colonel BORNE having been inflrulted to gain the river fide, now endeavoured to maintain his pofition by poffelling himfelf of Come of the neaten and lean-1 expofed houfes—but the fire from the Citadel en• creating, and becoming very dearative to the houfes and alto fatal to the column, he commenced his re. treat towards his left, in confequence of orders to that effeB, which, it is thought, had been conveyed to him from the Hon. Brigadier General LUMLEY. The left wing of the 36th was under the order: of Captain CROSS, and confined of only three com• 1 panics, the other company being attached to the right. This fmall column entered with little or no oppofition, and loon after, gaining the river fide, by inclining to their right, formed a junaion with the column under Colonel BORNE, which was in a po litica a little higher up the river, as we have already Rated. The 36th then filed to their left, and ex poled to a heavy enfilading fire of cannon from the Citadel, retreated along the bank of the river to El Betiro, which they found already in pcffeflion of the 38th and 87th regiments, which, as we (hall mention prefently, had made themfelves mallets of it feveral bouts before, under Sir S. Auc NM UTY• The gth Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Dam entered by wings the two nreets to the left of the 36th, and had alfo orders to effeet a lodge. ment in the neighbourhood of the river. In their paffage thither they were joined by the left wing under the Hon. Major KING, at the end of the fired, and gained the river tide with fcarcely any oppofition. As loon as the enemy difcovered the pofition of the regiment, they opened a fire from the Citadel, upon the houfes behind which the gth had flickered themfelves—but the fire was too distant to have any great effect in diflodging them. The enemy now brought down two guns from the great frpare to the liver fide, and advanced them along the (band with the intention of bearing mere effeetually on the' pofition of the regiment. A heavy fire now com-1 menced upon them from the guns, as well as from the Citadel, which proved very denruelive. They now broke into a church in their rear, which they kept poffeflion of till the regiment, in about two' hours, commenced its retreat, in confequence of orders to that effea, and reached Elßetiro about three o'clock. Their lrfs in killed was fourteen, and in wounded feventy eight, including one officer, the Hon. Mr. KING. The right wing of the 87th Regiment, accompa. nied by the gallant Sir SAMUEL Aucnmunr, and commanded by Sir EDWARD BUTLER, penetrated the fireet, which led immediately to the important poll, called El Aetiro, or otherwife Plaza de Toros, from its containing an amphitheatre for bull fighting. They had advanced but a little way on the road, when they became expofed to the fire of the enemy from their gardens and walls. A heavy fire of grape, langridge, &c. alfo opened upon them, as they ap• proached the neighbourhood of El Retiro, from five ral pieces of cannon planted in a large open (pace of ground in front of that building, to which they were perfeely expofed as they advanced. But under this defirative and dilheartening fire, the regiment was gallantly led on by Sir 'SAMUEL AUCHMUTY, who, along with the brave Sir EDWARD BUTLER, headed the regiment the whole time. Abortt this , period the left wing* cf the regirolnt, under Major MILLER, after Mitering very fevcrely in : 1 1:ir march through the road on the left, now joir.ed Sir ED WARD. As the regiment approached, the enemy, who appeared in vati numli f ers, nct only in El Retiro, but on the tops of all the houfes near it, kept np an iccatut fire of mulkctry, which produced dreadful effefts on the column. The are was returned with great fpirit by the Ft7th, and the enemy were oom• pelled to abandon force of their 7,..m5, and retire into El Retiro with confidcrable lcfs, nearly about the fame time that the 38th regiment had affsiled that poll in smother quarter, and by their joint .17: - .rts it 131( Pc'eclily reduced. This rts;iment fuffered very teverely, their lofo in killed and wounded being 170 including officers. The 38th, under the orders of Major Nuo arm, had been detached to the left, in order to attack El Re tiro on that f►de next the River. In advancing towards the fpot, along a fireet which led direly thither, the enemy opened a heavy fire from the top of a high flat roofed building, fituated on a Reep bank, dole to the River fide, and alfo from another houfe, at a (hors dißance, which was infiantly retur ned by fame of the 38th, while another p,lrt of the regiment gallantly advanced, and took pofteffion of the buildings, which the enemy now endeavoured to evacuate with all poffible expedition. Some of them, in the utmost confiernation, threw Ihemfelves from the top of the high building, and others made their efcape by the rear ; but fuch was the impetuofity of the Britith foldierF, that between 150 and zoo of the enemy fell by the point of the bayonet, in the fhort fpace of a few minutes. Some of thole who effeCted their efcape, retired immediately into the town ; the remainder entered El Retiro, which was diftant about 150 yards. At this time the enemy brought forward a gun, which they directed againft one of the buildings in poffefflon of the 38th, while they alfo kept up a fire of mufketry from the Plaza de Toros. This was anfwered by the 38th, while Major NUGINT, de taching three companies of the regiment, toot a cir cuitous direction round a garden wall, with a view to cut off the guns ; but the Spaniards no footle, difcovered his intention, than they immediately re. tired, leaving the gun in the Majot's poffeffion. Some ammunition having beea difcovered in one of the buildings, the gun was opened with great effect againft El Retiro, the only place feen in the poffeflion of the enemy, while the regiment con tinued a warm fire of rnufketry.. In a few minutes the Spaniards were teen to quit the outer parts of that building, and, dreading per haps a fimilar fate to what had befallen their com rades in the adjacent building, of which they had been unwilling fpalators, their furrender was an nounced by the difplay of a flag of truce from the top of the edifice. Terms were granted to the prifoners, but the Ba in foldiers were under the neceffity of being re (trained from putting many of them to the bayonet. A great number of the enemy alfo made their efcape into the town. Twbenty five pieces of cannon, two mortars, and a large quantity of military (tones, were taken on this occalion. Sir S. Auctistury having, according to his in ilralions, taken rffeffion of this important poR about ten in the morning, Rationed his force in the moil judicious manner, in order to enfure poffeffion of it, and alllktlfly continued in readinefs to aft, as loon as he should receive farther orders from General WHITELCCKI, which he had been led to believe might be expetied every minute. (To be continued.) CANTERBUA ; AGYEMBER 20. Lieutenant General Sir Ganacc J. LUDLOW has returned to his refidence at St. Stephens, near Canter. hurt, and refound the command of the Southern I menti.ned in my tall the debarkation at Ramf gate, of the Hi, 2d, and 3d, light cavalry of the German Legion, tha difpofition of which regiments has frnce been altered, and they are for the prefent to be Rationed—the IR regiment at Deal, the 2d at Canterbury, where the lad divifinn arrived yeflerday, and the 3d at Ramfgate, Stonar, &c. The artillery of the German Legion arrived in the Downs on Sunday, and continued its courfe the fame day for Portfmouth. It is the depot of camp equipage belonging to Meffrs. TROTTER, the contriEtors, which is to be removed from Maidllone, part to Canterbury, and part to Lewes, and not the cavalry depot, as erro neoufly Rated in fome other prints. The Ball given by the Folkellone Band on Monday lag, for the relief of the Britifh prifoners in France, was moR numeroufly attended. The amount of the tickets fold exceeded 321. !daring the higheft credit on the mufical party who propofed it, and who paid all the attendant expence., as well as on the Ladies and Gentlemen who patronifed it, amongst whom may be noticed W.Hort Y wools, Erg. M.P. and family; Rev. R. PRICR and friends ; Rev. D Ball ; the °M. ccrs of the 9th Foot, Mr. KNIGHT, &c. Tuefday fennight, during the high gale, a Rack of hop poles near Wye, was blown down, and (even fireep belonging to Mr. - LEGGITT, which had fbeltered themfelves dole to the poles, were buried underneath them, and were not difcovered until Fri• day morning, when fix were taken out alive. Saturday lag was run at Wingham, a foot race of forty r'ds, for ten guineas, between Mr. JOHN KNIGHT Of Wickham, and Mr. HENRY KNIGHT of Seaton, which was won by the former with cafe. The Supplementary Lottery finifhed laft night, and the holders of the following Prizes fold by llisH, may receive their Money by applying at either of his Offices, No. 4, Coriihili, or 9, Chariog Crofs : tz,194 -1, I ,oco 3.185 - Lsoo ..c.,9'07 1„a.0 I 18,523 - 5 00 7,575 - i,co . . 3,c72 - 500 Tickets and Shares tor the City Freehold Lottery, are felling in great variety. The Tickets No. 5127 and 9938, drawn yeflerday 1 3 6/P; of wool, each, were fold, Anted, and regif tered by Sir JASIFS BRANSCASID and Co. at their lucky Lovery Offices, No. I i„ Holborn, 37, Corn hill, and Nu. ;S, Flayrnaiket, Piccadilly; where the Ticket No. 25 -x, eiiii!lcd to 4.0.0001. in the prefent State Lottery, was likewifc fstld in Green Sixteenthv, and where the holder; of each refpative (tare may receivz the amount of that Prize oft demand. LAW INTBLLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, NOV. so. OBERA HOUSE. WATERS, EXECUTOR OF IifOULD, V. TAYLOR. Sir SAMUSL ROMILLY, on the Ina of the Defeo dant, was proceeding, when The Loan CHANCELLOR obferved, that he bad per. ofed the deed of 1803, with the greaten attention, from beginning to erd ; and before any further pro ceedings fhould be had, he willed to fuggeft to the parties the propriety of adjulling this matter by arbi tration, according to the top fpirit of the decd. After a (bort paufe, this propofitioa not appearing to be acquiefced in, - Sir SAMUIL ROMILLY refumed. He laid, that this was an application which it was impoffible the Court could for a moment entertain. It was an application making his Lordfhip the vifitorial inquifitor over this college of pleafure, not only calling upon him to manage the Theatre, inftead of Mr. Taylor, but to giVe directions to all parties concerned how it fhould in future be condufted. His Lordfhip per. Ifaps would be defirous, as in the Court of Admiralty the Learned Judge calls in the affillance of the Tri nity Mailers upon nautical quellions, to call in the aid of fome Italian Gentleman or Lady to affift him in deciding whether 50001. a year was a fufficient fa lar for Madame Catalani. Lord CHANCELLOR—" If I am rrquited to decide between thefe parties, what might be a competent falary for M ,dame Catalani I might fay, for my own part, I would not give five fhillings to hear her ling one half the year round. If I am to determine the queftion, whether there (hall he finging all Saturday night and Sunday morning, I would (hut up the Opera Houfe altogether on that night, and of coorfe there would be a decreafe in the Lady's emoluments." Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY again refumed. This was not, he kid, an application requiring the Court to grant any equitable relief, or clearing his .Lordfhip to foreclofe a mortgage, to take an account, or any thing of that nature ; buti the very important iffue his Lordfhip had to try was, whether there fhould be one or five watchmen guarding the Opera Houfe —whether fuch and fuch performers fhould have fuch and fuch falaries? and he was cleared to remove Mr. Taylor, on the grounds of mifmanagement; not for any negligence or omiffion on his part, but from an over anxiety in promoting the profperity of the concern. The objeftion to Mr. Taylor's manage meet was, that he had made a number of engage. ments ; that he bad Hared an order, requiring all perfons who had free tickets, to bring them in, that they might be marked, in order to deteft counterfeits, many of which had crept into the houfe ; and that he had greatly reduced the number of freeadmiffions. The anfwer to thefe complaints was, that he cer tainly had made engagements from which the Thea tre had derived the greateft benefit; that by reducing the number of free admiffions he had increafed the receipts cf the houfe upon an average tool. per night ; and as to his difcharging the watchmen, it was a ufelefs, prodigal, and unneceltary expence.— With raped to the difmiffal of Mr. Jewell from the Treafurerfhip, that was the dying requeft of Mr. Gould, carried into effeB by the defire of Mr. Wa ters himfelf; and thus the Learned Gentlemen on the other fide, having got rid of all thefe charges, confined themfelves to one point, namely, that of Mr. l Taylor abfenting himfelf when his prefence might poffibly bt neceffary. But it was evident this office had never required the perfonal attendance of the Manager—it was his duty to fee that proper perfons were employed in the more important branches— but it was the duty of the Deputy Manager (which was an office that had always aided) to look after the fubordinate Rations. It was alto charged that Mr. Taylor had borrowed money of fome of the fob ordinate officers, derogatory to his dignity as Maria ' ger ; but this was an acculation too ridiculous for the Court to entertain one moment. It was alledged that by thefe means the concerns of the Theatre had been much damnified, but they were not able to thew how they were damnified—cn the contrary, it would be found to be more profperous under Mr. Taylor's adminiltration than ever. During his foperin tendance, the incumbrances, amounting to feveral hundred thoufand pounds, were now reduced to 23,0001. But what was his Lordfhip to think, after Mr. Waters had reprefenied Mr. Taylor as a perfon fo unfit to manage the Opera Houle that ruin mull enfue, when he heard that it was pofitively (worn, that Mr. Waters had offered to give up the fele ma nagement for two years, provided he would continue the performers which he (Waters) had engaged, thereby increafing the expences of the feafon from 20 to 300=1. ? Another charge againft Mr. Taylor was, his retaining a drefs maker in the employment of the Theatre, who had (Men fome candles ; and Ifuppafe the fad eflablifhed, was it for his Lordfhip to fay how far he was to confider the immorality of fifth a perfoo 1 Another difficult queftion :or his Lordfhip to decide was, whether a performer fhould ling at private concerts ; and whether Arch an event might not induce perfons to receive that pleafure again and again ? Under all thefe circumitances, he fubmitted that the Court could not interpofe, or make any decree in this cafe. Mr. I.:Ascot, on the fame fide, obferved, that this was nothing more than a Itruggle ever fince the death of Mr. Gould, of who thould be Manager ; and Mr. Waters had firft begun with threats and intimidations, and then affumed the management, engaged perfor mers, &c. and now came into Court, having no inte tell in the concerts, requiting his Lord!hip to retrain Mr. Taylor from committing wane. and making un neceffary expenditures, and other mifmanagement, when he himfelf, without any authority, engaged' (even performers, and then fay: to Taylor, " If you don't unite flick performers with the others engaged by you, and advance 30,0001. innead of 20,0001. 1 will drag you into the Court of Chancery, and de. prive you of your management." Mr. WSTHER AL alfo, on the fame tide, Paid the real point in conteft appeared to him to be, who thould be Manager ? On the one hand, threats were !self' out to arrelt Mr. Taylor for 20,000 l unlefs he agreed to engage thole performers (elated by Mr . Waters,and then he is charged with ntifmanagement. The office of Manager vial reprefented by line Gen tleman as a place a great dignity, while another compared it with that of a fhopkeeper—but under whataver denomination it might be elated, it Mai l evident the contell, on the part of Mr. Waters, via- Oget the management bingelf. There wa•, however, a diain& admiffion by the other liJe, that the deed of 'mortgage did not affe& Mr. Taylor's right of ma nagement, and that, on the death of Mr. Goul.t, he became the fie manager. Having perufed the ori gi::al trufl deed, he did not find any thing which required :bat the Manager fhould e'er let his font inEde the Theatre. The other fide, therefore, could not refort to any flipulatel rule. or eft ablilhed cuflum to fix this propofition ; but it wai afrerted, that he fhould be prefent at the rehearfal and fubfequent per formance, in 0r4. 4 .er to rift his authority, in cafe any of the performers &mild b- capricious and refufe to fatisly the audieriCe by repeating a long, &c He begged leave to remind his Learned Friend, Mr. Fon blanque, of a poet of conliJerable eminence ( Horace), wha commenced one of his Sillies with Omnibus hoc vitium eft cantor: -us, inter amicos Ut nunquans haducaut animuni car trc rogatii !OWE nunquam defiltant." Or did his Learned Friend mean to fay. that Ma dame Catalani was like the celrbra , ed Tigcllius, when " Czfar, qui cogcre pont, Si peteret per amicitiam patris, atque fuam, non goidquaus proficeret ; fi collibuilfet, ab ovo Ufque ad mala etaret, Io Bacche, modo lissom Voce, modo hac refonat, gum cordis quatuor ima." It was a thing too ridiculous fur a moment's con lideration. It was further charged againft Mr. Taylor, that he had permitted Madame Catalani to Ping at (,me private houfes of fafhion. Had he re futed fo to do, it might have created a siting and rebellion in the Weft end of the town, which would not be foeafily quelled; and this f. fltionable phalanx might have done more mifchief to the Theatre than he was aware cf. LORD CHANCELLOR. — " If he does not dole to let her ling, am I to make an order to prevent her ? I remember, when I was Chief Jullice at the Com mon Peas, an application to reduce the falaries of fome females, according to their different degrees of intoxication." Mr.WETHEZALTCrUMed.—Another. complaint was, that Mr. Taylor had temoved the pannels on the front of the boxes, whi .h reptefented a marine pro. ceflion, with Neptune, Thetis, and other Sea Deities, who might have been very handfame 25 years ago, and might have caught the talleful eye of his Learn ed Friend, when he was a Student of Lincoln's Inn; but now Neptune was nearly defaced, and the lovely figure of Thetis was neatly obliterated. Mr. Taylor wtthed to fubaitute more new and fathionable deco rations; hut Mr. Waters thought a little foap and water would revive all their former beauties ; and thefe were the ferious and important grounds of com plaint againfl the management of Mr. Taylor. Mr. AGAR, and another Gentleman, appeared on the part of fume of the Incumbrancers ; but not being parties in the fuit, they were not permitted to pro ceed. Mr. Foe/imams:Lye, in a long and able reply, urged the Court to the neeellity of appointing a Manager to preferve the property; snd fubmitted to the Court, that the queftion was not whether Mr. Taylor had managed the Theatre well or ill, but whether he was now in a condition to fuperintend the manage. went ? The Loan CHANCELLOR, at great length, ad verted to the various claufes in the Trull Died of 1803; and commented upon each with great preci fion and perfpicuity. He confidered that the very fubjed of the prefent controverfy was exprefsly pro vided for by the Deed ; and the parties appeared moft anzioufly to have anticipated kch ttn event, and to have provided a remedy againfl it. His Lordfbip therefore thought the true conflrueion of the intim. ment.was, and he had no cl;fficuity in laying, that the perfonal attendance of the Manager was Come times, and perhaps frequently neceffary ; but this was not a cafe which he could determine, and if he was to interfere, he could only refer to the Mailer, to Hate whether Mr. Taylor was or was not in a condition to attend to the duties of that office? In all Cush cafes as the prefent, it became the Court to paufe before it paired any opinion ; hut, whatever might be the view in which the parties confidered this cafe, he knew they were calling down the inter pofitinn of a jurifdiElion which mull effe'l, not per haps their total ruin, but which mutt, at Leal, create a great deal of mifc:,;ef. His ultimate with, there fore, was, that the patties fhould come to fume ad juliment by arbitration ; and, for this put pofe, he defired the matter to fiend over for a week. WHITE O. THE FAIL OF CARHAMPTotI. Sir SAMUIL ROMILLY moved for an ininneion to reftrain the defendant from proceeding at law againft the plaintiff, in an aa ion at law inflituted by him, grounded upon a bond for being part of the purchafe money of Luttrell's Town in the county of Dublin, which had been purchafed by Mr. White, the plaintiff, in tflot, for the furn of 80,0001. The fum•of zo,oool. of the purchafe money having been left in Mr. White's hands upon his bond, for the fecuring him againft all incumbrances greeting the eilate, as provifions for the younger children of Si mon late Lord Irnham, the defendant's father, of whom the Duchefs of Cumberland was one. The Noble Earl had in London held Mr. White to bail, for the furn of gfool. on the promife of this bond, and the plaintiff, Mr. White, put in a plea to the de. claration, and Lord Carhampton filed a demurrer to the plea, which demurrer was &owed in the Court of King's Bench. The Learned Counfel obferved, that the Noble Lord had put in an anfwer upon his honour to the prefent bill in this Court ; he did not deny the plaintiff's charges, but contended, or fub mitted, that the plaintiff was the perfon bound to get the incumbrances upon the eftate in quettion at the time of tale removed, and that the fortune of the Duchefs •f Cun - .berland, beirg 40001. was paid to her on her firft marriage, and that the other incum. brances did not affeEt the eflare in goellion. But it appeared that an annuity of fool a year remained as an incumbrance on this ettate, and that, with other charges, the film of sisool. remaining in Mr. Whites bands, was not too mt ch for his fecurity of the put. chafe. Mr. FirELD addre(red his Lordthip on the fame fide, and nearly to the lame effeft. RICHARD; was proceedi•:g f - T the defendant. againft thi> injunction, when his Lardruip defied him :crime his argument on a future city. Motisin adjourned. trurn Vrtf . ;.