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- transports to Flores Bay, and proceeded on the 14th off Monte Video, and then to Flores, where we ar rived on the 15th in the morning. s From the to the 27th it blew sn hard, that nothing could be attempted ; nn the 28th, in the morning, the wind was easterly, and every circum stance as favourable as possible, to try the experi ment ; and, as the pilots assured, as a fl.t ran off from the rocks of the town for a mile, making p•e cisely the same water alongside of them as at that distance, I ordered Captain Edmonds, who very handsomely requested to remain till the experiment was tried, and to command the leading transport, not to attend tc the ostensible orders of leading down in three fathom, but to haul in till he had small quarter less three, to ascertain whether the Flat really run off as described, or not. Captain Edmonds will explain the circum-tance fully to their Lordships : he borrowed as near the shore as he i:euld, for the safety of the Ii gates, and then wag ,illy within random shot, and therefore I would ens let the Leda go down a second time, for tidess t' r :hips could have got well within point-blank there was no chance of making a breach for to.• army to land in the town. Although the enemy fired for more than an hour on our ships, in come- qaence of their being but little wind, I am happy to ! inform you that only oat man was wounded. As I now saw it was impossible so pet tln•e enough in to make any breach in the Stint!' wall with the men of war, I proposed to C' lone) Back. house to take Maldonado, which I should have At tempted early in the winter, it the marines had not been left at Buenos Ayres, Maldonado is an excellent harbour, where the fleet can water, and get bullocks, which now really becomes very n:.cessary to recruit our n,ei The island Gorreti, which forms the h 'shoot of Maldonado, is very strong, and atter he troop , . uc landed to take the village, and the hatletir, on the sea coast in reverse,l shall propose co take the tsiand by the Navy, provided it does nut surren ter to my summons. I have the honour to be, etc. HOM C Porn • u Diadem, Mii'doniido Daviiiiir, Kw de la SIR, Dee, October 3 1 considered it right to take possession of the har bour of Maldonado, as a safe anchorage to: *he ships new in the t leer. and those ezpveted to arrive, independent of the supplies which that distria could so abundantly furnish us with _ _ I, therefore, request that you •will inform my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the moment I satisfied Brigadier-General Backhouse of the expediency of the measure. no time was lost in moving part of the 98th regiment to the Leda and Medusa, when they accompanied the Diadem to this place. The frigates anchored about five o'clock, yester day evening, to the Westward of the Westernmost battery; and Capt Hangman informed me by tile graph, that the beach was sm , oth, and that the debarkation could be easily covered. At six; the troops from the Diadem assembled alongside the Leda, and a landing was immediately effefted, without any opposition ; hut, as I thought it possible that the enemy might have a greater force than he s'iewed on the hills, and as the near ea transport was yet some distance from the Itoads, I ordered the marines of the Medusa, and a com pany of Blues, from cash ship, to be landed, to support ti,e army, who entered. and took possescon of the village of Maldonado before eight o ck. This m , ping I sent a summer's to the fortifLd Island of Go:n.6, which forms this harbour; and I inclose, for their Lordships' information, a copy of a, with the Commandant's answer, and try icily, li which was accompanied by an assurance, ttiough Lieutenant Wiseman. of the Diadem, who was em ployed on this service. that 1 would not hold ail further communication with him, until His Majes ty's colours, i"hich 1 sent for that purpose. were hoisted on the fort. This proposition was acceded to, and the Spanish prisoners were immediately eniliarked, consisting of one Captain, two Lieutenants, one Edsign, and oae hundred and four men. Gorreti is a very strong position, defended by twenty twenty-four-pounders, in tour batteries, so placed as to command the lioadstescl, the eastern passage between it and the Peninsula ; and the only two praelical beaches for landing. The troops were disembarked as they arrived, and the transports ordered to be watered as fast as possible, and held in readiness for any other ser vice. It is impossible for me to conclude this dispatch, without assuring their Lordships that I continue to receive the mos; cordial assistance from every officer and man in the squadron under my command ; nor could I olveree the least abatement of their zeal, under many considerable privations which they ex perinatal during the whole of this winter. I have the honour to be, Bcc. HIM IL POPHAM. Return of Ordnance taisen in the Island of Gorret 1. -Twenty tisenty-fourpoonders, mounted can heed carriages, side arms, and ammunition, Complete. Four twenty-four pounders, nut mounted. goo swat of arms, and various other small articles. HOME POPHAM Hie Britannic Majesty's ship Diadem, SIR, Rio do la Plata, o.lober 30, Ifii;6. Ilis iliitannic Majesty's forces arc in possessimi of Maid"- n ill, and with a view to save time, as the General,. on shore, tttt it you to surri.oder the island of Garrett. Any opposition on your part, to such a force as is now in tin. bay, must be fruitless ; and if you du not allow the Officer. .4170 is charged with this letter, to hoist His Majesty's colours at the fort, and trust to the known liberality of the iii.tists Nam., you will have to answer (or all the o hs and inevitable con aoqueoces of an attack, whenever the General and myself think it expedient to snake one. (Signed) HOME POPHAM. To the Commandant of the island of Gotten. Ile Majesty's .hip Diadem, Rio do la Plata, October 3J, Ibid. The PIMA most surrender immediately. I'4 WOW+ Nation aiways trails ita prisoners with Ingmar and liberality. Pt irate property Is hold sacred by British Officers. The Spanis.i itlicerii and man at Genets snan immeiately join the pinned's already taken. &Signed; lIOME POPHAM. To the Command...lei the island of Ganser. TKANsLe4TION. Ill—Tbs honour 4.1 the hisanisli arms sot permitting me to surrend , r at 4 &cretin., as you ri,stie, by your letter whiih you want me, dated lb. mkth iwetaid, I Host you "Si{ rant me she trine which acconspsily this, to riodicste my honour with errors 0,.r Led reser re you mail years. Island of Oorieti, Suit WI ober, 1111 u 6. fame male in t h e island tissue'', time antki October 14 6. 1. fbe tairiiaesa to waren win with all military lwaoists, • .1 • 0.; C, I~ f~ ,• : keeping their aunt, and the Oihoart, Sedtanti, and Corpora',, their ■rerda. 11. All thr.ir PlTActs to he emr.arked, and carried to the Afxrti by the Britian bolts, there not tieing any on the Nand 111. Tile Oarits.lit t.. be pi twitted to proceed to M.iiito Video, 011 COllditll.ll of not bearing mils until ex.-hanged IV. fli • remains ut artillery and stores chill fan:dolly he delivered up. V No per on to he permitted to Inter ti.is I.land before it is react, ited, except those in tei,deJ to tal. pOSIell4Oll A UGINTIN DE LERGS. To the General or Great Britain. ••• For Law, Poi Ice, Iv. see the bit THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28. The Official Dispatches of Sir Hosts Porn :la and Cc - 4°nel Bacanotist, respefling the re-capture of Buenos Ayres, and the capture nt the f'rtress• o f Maldonado, with the island of Gown. whic., farms the harbour of that place, v the mou•h of the Ri. de la Pla•a, were ruhlished in Ibe G.z•tte of Lod night, and are given in our preceding They State that the rerapru•e of Buenos Ayres was principally e fly Cted 1;i. a general conspiracy and insurreCtion if the inhabitants oc the place. —Sir Flossy Nen sat more than insinua•-s, that by vigi lance and severity, the plans of ti , e insurgents might have been defeated by Ge•,eyal Be lirsi "ID. We s,all make some i,bseivations upon this part of the dispatches, on the first opportioniy. The f•h•eign int Iligenc.. produced yesterday, corroborates the acenunts seemed by Governalent of the detest of 1.,e Fre• cis in the in•ery •1 h •teecn the 27th of Dec:envie. 4 -.J this 21 •it .1411(1,r% , Ffie Areea tyga e, whch o arried ow Lord Hut - owns sow, arrived at y o Month, OA Sunday night, trom Copenl agen. S:ir lest that piaci• on the 2011, at varile;i date it was cerrently sep-rted, that u,e Rua shuts hai deleted tha French with the h as or 110.04 u m• n. The Scotch papers Tecate yesterdays akt colhairt the following intellig nu, ttom To.. Inge . wile: is two day's later than the private letter t. the same effect, it m that place. hroligrit by the last Mail:. Lord HurCillt• ON is at K ningsbei and dispatches from him Ate hourly and anxiously expelled by Goveinnient; but the unoibcal accounts would probauly reach us first from Copenbagt:n, 'Foniungeo. or Husum. The fallowing are the lert..rs from Scotland to which we allude ; Eartect of a helve from a Ge , 1114144., in Leith, in a Mercan tile acute in Ulaaror, dated Leith. Jan. His Majesty's sloop Arxhrtagelt, Captain Wiikin son, has just come up from the syder, which' he left on Tuesday. Captain Wiliti•is••3 informs me, that Captain Mott, of His Maje•ty's aimed ship lying in the Eyder, on the , tta, a. gummed him, per signal, of the defeat of the French, with the loss of 80,004) men ; and 1u it, ca going on board for the particulars, he inh•rmed loin, that 11. (Captain M.) had a lettcr frnm the Consul, advising, that that day's Mail bad brought the accnuats of ttie Rus sians Isavitig defeated the French, who lost 110,000 men, and retreated to Berlin. Capt. M. left the mast• r of his ship to firing him the flees that the nest day's mad brought, but he had not gained the ship when Captain W. left the tyder, on account of the frost setting in, oft Tueshay the 20:h. Perhaps the Mail May not have arrived which he was ordered to wait for by Captain M. This, I throe, in some measure, throws some light on Admiral Russel's information to Admiral Keith, copied is to-day's newspaper, and hope it will prove true. " Captain Wilkinson informs me, that the Rus sians had met with several defeats, lost many men, and from CO to 80 pieces of cannon, and retreat-d. The French had advanced considerably k.yond the city of ‘Varsavr, and had gone into winter quarters. The Russians, after coiiefting all their forces, at tacked them in this situation, and the battle Above alluded to was the result. I: was also reported, that the Emperor of Russia had created Con.tantine k:i•ig of Pola.id. The last accounts from the Austrians were, that the Archduke Charl:s was ready to strike the blow in Silesia." ANOTHIR LaTTER. 3.011 OAT& " A great battle has beers luitght between the Russians and French, in which the latter were corn• pletely vidorious. Two says after, the Russians rallied, having received a reinforcement of 40,000 men, when they attacked the French, and coin. pletely defeated them. with the loss, en the part of the French, of 80,000 men, killed, wounded, and prisoners. The Russians were driving the French before them in full march to Berlin." This inteUi. gence w.is also received from Capt. Wilkinson. The above letters are pettedly in unison with the French Bullctio, and the advice. received by Go vernment. The victory claimed by the French was prior to the rth. The great victoly which the Russians ate said to have achieved, was subsequent to that date. We have received New-York and fins:on Papers up to the 30th of ifeo:nibcr. inclusive. Letters from 1 New ()gleam, of lb. CS al of Novew.ber, !mica the arrival of th , , Ametican C.;%4-allV:i.rt‘rsori in that city, with a small detachm_r.t 443 artiiicers, but with 890 men close in his rear. The Spanish force which Lad crossed the Sabine against the Americans, is stated in ihe Official In tellence of the American General, to amount to 1500 men, mostly mounted militia. The Spanish force at Pensacola, Mobile, and Baton, was esti mated at from 500 to Cs'). There wer• tlO appear. ancet whatever of an amicable adjustment of dif len-flees between the A m-ri,zans and Spaniards. The pubic npi• inn in America is in general fa V .in able t, rLc innocence of Colonel Buss ; no pro .fs have been as yet obtained against mof a:'y thiog like treasonable or seditious pratlices. The New IS ,, gire.d Pay uhia'a, of the 2 ; )th u't. con tains a paragraph, siating,that intelligence had been brought, by a vess•l from the I lavanna, of the re c pure of Ilueoos dies,_ on the 12th of August, by the Spania,d., and also of the surrender of Monte. V, fro to the arittsh Arms. The first part of this i .telli,;e ice we n-sw know to be correct, a strong presumption that the latter will also prove so It i. eatri-meiy probable ; 11:.d, if so, we doubt not but Rue.vos tyres is by this um_ in the possession of Its Mai ist y's troops. The latest report of the proceedings of the House of Congreii, boars date December 19. The only ar tide of ger ei al interest is, the Bill to prohNt the Irnportaion of !slaves. It has been reported, with arnenlments One amenii.lent provides the pu ni.hment of death for being concerned in import ing .14v. s ; another, that slaves imported shell be forfeited in those states only where shivery Is pr ;Awed. Great difficulties had arisen, when the Bill was before the Committee, as to the line of conduff with regard to such slaves as should he imported in fu me contrary to law. The questions agitat id were. whey, .r they should :se sent back to Attie*. or be set at ',hefty A Bill is about to he brought into Congress, in AnNSISCA, imposii.g a Tax on all Bachelors ab ive —it,. age of Y 5 The preduce of this tax is to he ap ,i-d to ri e tor !Ale purpose of educating natural ,n.: urp CO chlldrer. H s MaJtsie is expeqed to town tn.dav, to ! - old .t ptivste L-vee and Privy Council, at the Quasn's Palace the Kr• o has been pleased to recommend to the President and ('ha t-r of the Cathedral C utch Leshfield, the Reverend Josses CNA pees Wools- House, Clerk, .taster of Arts, to be chosen into the Place of Dean of the said Cathedral Church, void by the death of Donor BarTisv racier, late Dean thereof.—/ Gast Ire.) The KING has been ',leased to constitute sod ap point Tisou AS Too, Esq. ‘dtocate, to be one of the Four Commissaries of Edinburgh, vacant by the resignation of Arrow ew BA c roue, The IS . too has also been pleased to nominate and appoint ANDREW Duse•H. Jun Esq to he Pro fessor of Medical Jurisprudence and M •dicAl Police to the University of Edoiburgh.—(/did./ Accounts have been received fr .m G,enada, of so late a date as the 27rn of Dec rrstser, at which time the isla• d a,,pi ars to have been in a stare of perfect tissoquillity. The rep irt of an insurrection having broken out there, probably orig:nated in the conduct of a few negroes, not exceeding too nty in number, who, some time since, rn *attested a refractory disposition, but were aeon Gaited to re turn to their duty. The following copy of a letter ree-ived in Port Glasgow, form a mercantile house in St. Thomas's, dated D emits, r 8, 1806:—•• We have again to announce toe pontui news of a fire which has reduced all our •t res to ashes Between twelve and one o'clock of the morning of the 4t:i, it broke out from a ruin retailer's shop, kept by a Mts. CON• nearly to the store where the tire corn menc.id m Jolt. The wind was northerly; and it communicated with great rapidity to the buildings on both sides of rue street The house of Messrs. Haoaar and 'Ai Beate • led the progress of the ft ones, after they had consumed All the stores im fifteen water lots, occupied by the principal mer chants in town, and all the rich shops on the opp,s. site side of the street They also destroyed upwards of ISO houses ; in short, this fire, in its devastation (hilt for the fortunate circumstance of so many peo ple being insured by the Phoenix Compans ), would have been more calamitous than that of 1804." A part of Mr SRERID %IS'S reply to Viscount FPLESTONY., in the c inversation, in the 1-10.11 e of Commons, on Monday night. upon the Oude Charge, was, through mistake, omitted in our Par liamentary it p•ot yesterday. Mr. SHRRIII•N said, that, did he think it worth wird, , he should claim the right of g iing much be• yond explanation, as the Noble Lord had indulged in the most extraordinary latitude. He heard. however, nothing worth his nuticitig. but the Noble Lord's pre sunning, contrary to all parliamentary order and sin curum, to ascribe to him motives for relinquishing toe Carnatic qtr-stion ; and the motive assigned was, his fear of losing h;s office, had lie adhered to i.. H wished to ask the Noble Lord, what tide or right he had to venture to ascribe motives to hem ?or wh it ad of his political life he would have rote rashness to state, as justifying his coarse insinuat can, that either desire of gaining office. or fear of losing it. ha..' ev, r yet influenced his political conduit i s le N • bie Lord made great professions of the p..rity •sf his own mo tives on the present occasion. He ( slr. s ) under- stood too well the orders of the Howse, a .d trie rules of good breeding, to question his si ity I bet he would advise him, as a young beginner, io an arduous situation, teat the awest way of ga”.inz credit to his own proiessii us, was t abstain from I ,resualptuous instututioas ogeuna the motives of otlsors. k N. . KING'S Tliff-ATRIs. Ile Opera of Semi-amide was again last night, to display the astoniseing powers dame CATAL AM. MIS fascinating syren vexed from her cold and hoarseness, and unrivalled sweetness, taste, and delicaq. ceived the most rapturous applause. A • Ballet, called composed by Monsieur was performed for the first time. The scene in South America. The interest was ervited d:ffereot renconlret of the Sr...oiards with tires. The •c-nery, sou ic, aed dancing, eszcuted ; and the whole performani ceived the toy , t unbound-el was splendid atod...frowded with fassLion. . w.r. present— Hi R r , l Higline.k the Doke of G!rateerter sad Duchess of Northumberland aid the Lodi-. reser • qui, awl m arc hi„ mi . a star/04 ; the Marquis .11i new of LAnsd .wa the M. Chinetlll4lPlß Wellesley, rwt, and th• li.ti .nJ Comiarai as more; Lida:. M iSalitiour anJ Ta la; .nd a/I the Lard Hos. Lar.o , we are extremely sorry is indisposed. at his house in 1 1 .11-M 43. ship had issued cards for a grand dinner last day, which were obliged to be counter — account of his sudden indisposition. Tle Cogntesa Dowager of Iktroo received, eight o'clock last night, an Express from Bela. the death of Mrs. asetris, Mrs. I; orzirteari mother, whitb prtvented her ladyship from gor.g to the Opera His 'oval Highness the Duke of Aussex entered into his 314 h year. yesterday, which was celebrated by His Koy.l Highne , s's traidosmen, who displayed splendid iltumi ations on the joyfill occa. on. Mrs. Sol rn, mo.h..r to Mrs Fri anteater. died nn Sunday last, at her house io With, nniversaity regretted. Mrs. Ft had nut returne.: to town, la* night, at a late hour, from paying the last sad duties to her vmera le morns., who was hale-ester to t..e late Earl of s lutoig We are g.ven tv understas 1 . that Jae' belch. of Ne.s*ate, has applied to the Monakers t Covent- Ga, den Theatre, to be Lana , ieeer of The .loeutasta of th. Forest. The sßect.-ful Respmdent a the Holm of Lordi, in the apdeal IYdVacir against feriae and wife, , s Colonel leers., of Cowie Itenw. ,n the county ot F who owned tne helms of Juno' D'A.cv, Ste RICH A :,1) -Ad Lady Nto•it rrived , last . day. at their tit•U Albem 4e -street, from bag nam Pat k, for the season. 1,4 and Ws. Jolty. Drys- Will give a grand •dinne n the 23 nt nest m nth, at t ,rift hoarsens Her f dd-istreer. M.y-firie. Their R - yal Hieseeses the Dukes of Ctwasu. L•r4o, SMSZ, C•stostooes sod 0. fttirC Si as naid • min nrng whit. law !-aorday, 1.1 the t.,g, of 1) , acrrsrsat, at his Oriole.- it P k-I Me. •rhe Hon Mn ELL toe arrayed in town. on Sunday, from Corns" II Her lstra.aisill. .Nave vv, CorttOrt to 1-1.5 M ••11- Tv rt.e auit lit ail the Itussias, was iivere3 ut • Grand Duchess, on the !Sib or No.. T... bet 'ay.—lt/a:ate Carleton h..use is to undergo several great ins. privem-nu. An add e..t .irrig is in en ieJ to Ise built toward. Co. k re: t, .c.cl par of .Varvrick house is to be pact down ; the Surveyors ma.s. bored the pound on Fro.i•y. Tae. large marhie pili•rs, of grrat v•lne t , are io he placed in Ole Eirl soo.'s Gr.nil Fl.u , rn„ at his Lurdst.ip% h use in Old illuernzion :beet. CH 4 RI. is Btonusrts, E,q. entertained at dinner, last Nanday. a Wee pry of friends, ioe:odintt 1 1:4 And Mr.. utal DA 11. 41 1 .11 house in it: lward-s - reet. Mc"; Aso *Ji/issos, Esq will gere a grind din th Yd of nez: month, At his hmvs in Lincoln's Inn-dads F i. LLOYD. Esq and family, left town, last hurs lor their seat, OakeOd-h(.1.114e, Ger far .'s cross, Bucks. La y Louisa M • arrived in town, last Tuesday. fir the ►earo T lion. Can. r Asa, sr let na Fri day. for his seat At R lid Lor t and Lady Russo sic arrived a• their house in Great George's -steer, Wsstminaer, Min Oak ham,Suirrey . rhe elegant suit of blue silk hanging., hirh w•as pm up at Carle•un-huase for Her Alajisrv's :ay, ha. ►een taken down. His Royal High,ies, the Dike of sir °vs:Lir - Sit will give a grand dinner, us-morrow, at N.J.ey house, to several Military Officers. The Eat! a. d C•ktures. S• 4 ammo T enter tained at duller, last Sunday, a se .-t part!• of twelve, at their house to Great Stanhope-sire:. Mayfair. M. s. Arictmi ami Mt. HILL are perfuming in The Laismq, : our an a rtilarre, an /he tax Fleet, with great seta!, at the I'l—reat le I Aram.. rho Wu... of Conlin:ins v. ill go to S'. Pito g 4. ret's, Wes. mr liter, on ktiday, the 'flowerier! of King CIIAIII.Eb'S Martyrilort, to LeAr Divine Se:- vice ; tll. Sc . mon do be preaci ed by .heir own Chaplain, the 1t.,. F. ISaIN s rlt bring the first time that ceremony has i‘een a:retided to sine* the Sesitou 1793-1794 - Ile new fheaire at Tette,. in the South of Ire. land, which has been Air SOME • doe. u r • manaseinent of Mr. CI /;, ILE. has hitn rto ei e• rieneed mist liberal %limo. rt. CM Countei, f GLAND AL • , Eaiw•ito Oren ri And fTI .0 of E.-hi nab:es id tne I.e.gbbour mid of Trisliv, are anion • th.• nunsuer of us Pd't-.lls and Patronesses. The house is fitted up iii the most eleg.rd st.y le, ai.d atlowrl ti be the &um commudiiies pr Thitaire in .11 41.,x4ea Frost. the eshosCsdiaary rich State at the Lotteir Wtt,el. and tit cet ut the Fast-J. tw.. I icket. oa W •cin• witty next being in i 1.11 to 3 0 .0001• are b oefi iu lair or ..t t..eutircha. r. Omit never be. flirt SSW. d. flaws.' and bri.te, are Ileilatt. war rantaJ lit...trawl'. at Ho sssss anJ Co 's Scat* Lot tery Offices, 24-s. t 6. Combat. 52, Cliamitow aad bc. Margops:aisal, Surough. . . 1 . . t i.. 111 11 4 1 1 ". . • I ~, I i e e F in g a r f : d e i s l: l ir withhit a r c c e o d : . 7. She re- nelkitie ossi. raad u rcene laid sited by the ith tLe Ai. t, were ad- , rmanee Fe- lix house 00. 1 here isid stag. • th• 1 ey ; th. ' Mw. us aid Me . I Seg.., U..* .s• ut noillp. I Sas Ir . woggle ry to stare, His Lore. r last Moo: mafided on ree.eived, at • In Bash. 4 . ' t.nsaper's from gor!,2 111 s • 7 r• ilmimmEmmiliMilEi