The Sun. — London, England, 1807-09-12 00:00:00

L 0-N D. •0 IV, SATURDAY, SRPTRIIIRER 12, 1807. TT is with much concorn that we acquaint our Readers that the attack made by our.Troppi upon Buenos Ayres has completely failed, and that flip consequence of that failure has been a Convention Intween the Biitish ind Spanish Comnianders, in consequence of, which Monte Video, and the whole of our. aequisition in 1a Plata . , were to be evacuated within 'two months from the date of the Convert ti )n. This 4nexpeeted intelligence was byought by the Raracq Sloop of War, which arrived yesterday at Portsmouth. 1'1!e Vesselwas pnt under quaran tine, buCeapt. PitevosT was suffered to land, and be arrived about three o'clock this morning at the A.drpiralty with the DlN)ltches. Sir S..ActIMUTY find General, citAurtnin baye cerzle home in the #S'aracen The following official 4ulletin , was circulated this morging ‘` Downing-street, &pt. 12, 1807. fr Dispatell has beep received, broqglit by Lieut. Botnix.k, DeptqyQuarter-Moter-Qeperaltothe forees 'uticler Lieut.-06n.Wfurztacx, dited BtieriPs Apes, the loth July,in whic4the Lieut.-Gen. states, that bp effthed a landing on the 28th with the Army at Etisettadit, and proceeded on the r bi.h. of July to the 'ilttaci,( of piienos Ayres. ,He deemed it expedient (frotrithp . circumstance of thp Towp 40pg divided jut° squares of t 4O yards each side, and from dip knowle4,e possessr ed a the ItnemYs itjlention to occupy fiat roofs of the houses) -to divide Ills Forces into lift rent Coltlows, each column being ordered to. pene7 4ate into the street direr ly in its front. The whose were . to march, unloaded, Id their axed poipts and to'rQrfn, and no tiring was to cornmP49o each arrived at it 3 destinatiop. ," The Origades on tho right and centre, under Sir S. ActtismTv.. and Brigaditr-General LumLay, si4eceeded in arriving at the posts pointed out to thew, in deliahce of every opposition, though they, w::re exposed to tz most destrWiive fire fr9ni the roofs' of the 1)0113CS, and inipeded by deep ditches which interse6ted the streets. " Tire left Brigade, however, under Brigadier- General Cii,tucußn (having ,snstained the loss at its 1,1 1 , division, which was completely sufrollocled), to , ik post, iq a Quityciit, which way bhurtly aria at- ticked by a force of uoou men, and as ho was it-inn rant of the evont of tbe other attaeki, Brizadier- Gett CR UIW'KD found him calf oblted to surrender, trout Lite oumbas of, Ow Euenv that sur— ruimdcd " Lieut.-General WHITELCICI found himpelf; on slte close of the day's a4iot), in possesOun 9f two wring lio4iti6ns, the " Plaza de Tauros," and the t! Resident:la," and . the Arsenal but these gdvan- loges It4d cost him 2,500 ilia!, in wounded, prut Pri3oners. f‘ On the tnoming of 'ate' geti, cormr,ailditr , p at- Bumlos Ayres, addressed a letter to pen. to give up Vri 501,ers talcen in Ihe. late afl'air, together' with all those captured With Gen. 14,EREETORD,, , if he would desist from any farther ,attack, and withdraw His Vt ijesty'E Troops from the Plata, intimating from the exasperated eats of the inhabitants of Icluenes Ayres, c 91.114 tipt ar4swer for the safety of the pri. aoriers, if olTensive tina§lres were persisted Under these circtunstappea, the Lieutenant-General aest...dtd to the eroposition, and a Treaty was for his Ma;usty's TrGops to evacuate Monte Video, and the River l'iqta, in two months. ff Tt loss bp / wilted Or his Majesty's troops con ist Pf 306 ill g a .l q? 4 and 208 1111G1.11115 suffered. Names of o,feers 83d Foot , —Major TROTTER. 6th Dragoon Guards—Capt. By Veterinary Surgeon LANDEas, otli Dragoons. Lieut. Ftivrori, 38th Foot. 36th Foot—Captains WILKINSON and JOHNSON. 87t11 Foot.—Captains CONCIDINE and JOHNSON. Lieuteliants thivitt.ToN ; Iktuw, llviL, and Q.M. 13ucuANAN. Asiigtant , =Surgeon FERGUSON, 88th. Captain f igNKlNSptsr, 95th. The following BUlletin was this day sent by Lord CASTLEREAGH tQ theLORD MAYOR, and posted up 4t thc.llll4noion-house for public inspeaiort : f' Downing-street, Sept. IQ, 1807! Lord' CMTLERE4Ga has the honour sof ac , (painting the Loisp , MnYoa, Opt Dispatches have been received this morning from Lieutenant-General WurT,ELoot;., dated loth July, by which iteppears, that, in an attack upon the Town of Buenos Ayres, his Majesty's Troops experienced so much resistance from. the,turnultuogs force of the . Enemy; that after gaiping possesision of part of the town, with severe 1°53, on the sth 'of July, the, Lieutenant-Genpral thought it prudent to enter into a Negotiation with General LINTERS, who, commanded the Enemy • forces, by which he agreed tp evacuate South Ame rica within two months, upon condition that all Prisoners taken in the attack,. as Well as those cap tured at the surrender of Buenos Ayres, should be restored. The total loss amounts in killed to 310, wounded 471, missing 205!." To the Right llon. the LoR D MAYon. LAST nigbt, ,about eight o'clock, a Lieutenant ar rived at the Admiralty With Di , r,itches from Ad miral Russut,L, with an account of the capture of 'the Island of Heligoland, without any loss on our part. .The acquisition of this Island, though in point of fist it, is only i Rock; is of 'considerable im portance. It will afford a shelter to our Vessels in tempestuous weather;- and, from its 'fiittrition, will enable us with the greatest favility to maintain the blockade of the Elbe. It was garrisoned 'by tiny Danish Soldiers, who surrendered wit limit shot. The Island contains about f2noi) habptant , ., afk.. chiefly fishermen and pilau;: It -is rernarkat* strou-. an.-1 may in fact be termed the Malta of 'ram °Lean. This morning "a'Mail from Gottenbi,rgh arrived, which brought the Swedish official account of the evacuation of,Stralsund. The KING of SWE'DEN will, of course, be prevent ed from acting in faVour of the Fatglish before Copen hagen; if it be true, as reported, that , the Russian Minister at Stockholm has signified, to'the Swedish Government that a Russian Army will immediately be marched into Finland if Sweden takes any part against the Danes;. or admits any Ships of W into Sweetish Harbours. No letters from , St. Petersburgh have beer, biongh t by the two last Gotlenburgh Maih. • We have, how ever; been favoured .with the perusal of sotne corn rnt?nicatiotts from that , City, and they are of great ifnportance. The latest Recounts from it are nir:the 2d,and' 51 - 11 , of Angdst,, 0. S r cofiespotiding to the 14. th .and 17tli tilt. They state tbat artillery .was sending to the artny,. and that tie. return of t fie o t fi a l Guard to St. Pz.tersburgh was countertnanded. That l')atteries for red-hot shot were preparing at Revel and.Cronstadt. ;They mention besideSkithat the pace had been published 'in general tering, .and that BONAVA*TE , bad .been,therein stiled ENtathoa OP TEE FLMICII; but that nothing of the conditions were known. - Lord `FforcittNsox, it seems, was daily expeaed it) that 041 . )ital, but whether in a diplomatic or. pri, vate charaaer 'was not known. Sir ROBERT WI LsoN had already arrived there. The command of the new Expedition is entrusted to Ovneral ilottisvoßn;,' a man of tried taletit'and bravery: , destination,. how - tiver," isi•tiot yet certainly known; thefforce for it has heen;colleeted with. no less silence-stn,CprOmptitude than" that fin the 43altic. It, will mart, from Cork; .' where all the rtgi'rnents are now embarked, .except the 14tholow embarking from the isle of Wight. . The regiments are— , e Detachment of the Royal. ArtillerY ;. detachment of Pngi necis; 3d rOot, of OW. Bull's`; , asth, or 'Edinburgh Regi ment; 34th, 2.d nattanoll; , ' g3d, Zd ditto; and 9tsti or, At -4y leshira Highlanders. . General linarsrolin and his Staff embark in Ire-, land. • The Medical Staff whieh'goes with him is censii. derable it. goes from this Country, viz. Deputy Inspeaor of Hospitals, Dr. Hogg ; Physicians, Dr. IrWin and Dr. Bancroft ; Staff Surgeons, Mews. Car. 'roll, North, and caroue ; Apotite. , ry . , Mr. Lewis; Pur. veyor, Mr. I rttinerson;.eight HoiPital Mates, . • - We hear that another' Expedition is about to be' • • colle6ted, under that distinguished' leader Sir. the Fero of Maida. The whole ot .it punt b e c aroNsed of 2d and .7(1 Ilattalion-s of Regimes formed frUal onr gallatit Militia 'Volunteers, fir SIDNEY SMiTl$ IS arrived ip 'town, and had yesterday • an interview with LOBIMULGRAVB at the Adrnirolty. Trr Gotienkurgh egzette, of Aug. 28, gives the tbitoki in Swedish Bulletin relative to the Evacuation of Strakuncl : Ilead.quarters, Nuggentein, Aug. 21. " The Senate and Livery- of Stralsund having humbly addressed his Majesty 'that be . would be' pleased to avert the dangers of a bombardinent from his faithful City, the King proposed to the 'French Commanding General, Alit Stralsund should 'be declared neutral place, and its neutrality respe&ed on both sides, as long as the Swedish Army should . I . remain in'possesSion of Rugen, and Swedish -Pome • rania be occupied by the French troops but this proposal was rejeBed by the Enemy, if In .thii situation of Affairs, and as the longer defence the Fortress of Stralsund was.withont any ulterior Military ohjea, since the - safety.of the Realm did not permit any more Troops, to be sent away from Sweden, and it was of .the..utmost' im-.. portauce to shelter the Principality of Rugen from. any, hostile attack, the King erderecl his Adjutant' General, Baron , YEOUSA6K, Commander in Chief at Stralsund, to ask the Sehate and Livpry of that City, wheth9r they were determined to expose 'themselves to the dangers of a siege, in which case they shoUld have all the assistance and proteEtion which they: had the right to expe& from the,gallantry,of his Majesty's Troops,,or whether, they felt dispOsed, agreeaMy'to thd application which they bad made already, to treat with the Enemy, iti'order to avert the calami ties of a siege.- The Senate and, Livery humbly re turned thankl to his; Mitiesty for his most gracidui declaration, and adopted the latter part .41 conse quence 'of which the r fortfess of Stralsund was this _day- entirely' committed fo their care. Arrange-. merits were then made to Withdraw the Troops from Stralsand„ and reincve all'the magazines, a wOll as military stOres, to 11'110n, a The nights between the 18tli and 41), and the loth and moth the whole garrison wis under arms, in order that should the withdrawirig of the troops come to the Enemy's knowledge, lie :might not be able to make a successful attack oz the. for tress. His Majesty was Both nights severat hours on horseback. One battaliOn was sent off to Il n gen on the gth, in the evening, and thct same day, at ten o'clock at. night . , a beginning was, made with conveying the rest of the' troops to : , that Island, and the whole night devoted in that purpose.' —All the gun 4 were spiked, and ttle carriages - cut to pieces. . _ . Yesterday, at . half-past three otelock in the morning, his,. Majesty left Straltaind for Aliefehr, and remained there while the `troops .were crossing to Rugen, that he might be able to giVe the peCes , sary orders. Several. Battalions .had already' left the shore,,and others were followitig,, when, at length, at.seven o'ClOck yesterday morning, c his Majesty's Aid-de-CaMp, Major - VON GIMEIN, proceeded to the, advanced posts of the French-Army, b) the littles. command, and cleclared.that, at a certain time to, r • be agreed upon, Adjutant-General Colonel PEYRON would repa i r 'to General . BRUNE, with a view . ;of making Shim, some proposals:with' regard, to the For tress of Stralsund) and requested that - in . the Mean time all hostilities should he suspended for twesnty . four hours. M.sjor GLEtitisaW Gen, .11:EIGLE, who .agreed with bun that at Six o'clock in they evening lieuNl: should meet Adjutant-GeneralPEvitaii . at. Andershotf. At that titn4 it Was perceived from .-Altefehr, that the bept.ities of ;the Senate, wh.) - were to treat about the. Capitulation; were . . proceeding to the Freach advanced posts. Adjutant General Colonel PeYRON follewed, by.his M..ijesty's• tio:ntnand,. in circler to declare; that• as the Fortress Was now entirely left to the care of the' Senate i and Livery, without any further - Interference on the part of the military, he merely 'appeared, on the part ; f his , ,Royal Master, -to see. that just and reasonable terms were granted..' •s‘ ` • About . .4alf vast six o'clock itt,the morning, ar rived •Adjntant-General..paion•Vi.GiOACKl, with his Staff, when all the Troops - were , etnbarked... The iear was composed of sever'alregitnehts of (Masseurs, under the corjl4 - I,lild o1:;,;\` Ijii,r Gi...iTtrozi, At , half put seven o'clock,:the,,enetby W24,' seen.-'to' march 'into ~ the town, both by' the Franken 'and Knieptirlate.. Two 'diviSionS:of Gun-boats are tioned within cannoil .01qt: twin the bridge of, the Harbour, and the Danholm is still. occupied bs? Swedish Troops. proof that the Enemy was perfealy ignorant of what was going forward in the Fortress, is this, that late yesterday morning they were working at tlie trenches; all 'the preceding night, as well as in the morning, while the Troops were embarking, our artillery fired at the Enetny'l workmen. Atter supper hi's Majesty proceeded to Pluggen tein, ,an estate belonging to M. YON DuaLANKEN, whither the head-quarters have been•rernoved," GOTTEN BURGH, AUG. 28,—Ietteis from' IleWog,. bntgh state,: tba(a, great firing was heard from po penfia&ea the vyboleof Monday last, the 24th:• It ftppears that thigfigli)b army have thrown up vary for the present _are chiey direded against what aro termed the Lime-kiln Batteries. The Crown Bat teries will be afterwards attatked. It is expeEted thatlCopenhagen must yield in a few days. To sho4, ho‘v far the Danes are behind the Eng.- lish in &c, the following circurustance4- might to_,..lae mentioned :—the Danish 'Guard-ship, which mounts' 36 guns, was taken by the Conant, (not the Syren Frigate, as stated in a former account) of 22 ? after an daion , of 30 minutes, in which the banes ils4 27 men killed or %rounded, and tho Eng• lish not one of either. A quantity of gunpowder, destined for the Castle of Cronberg, was sent under an escort of 850 Danish soldiers : an order wa3 given tor IsoEnglish Light Dragoons to follow it, who not only tookrthe gunpowder, but made the; whole ofthe escort prisoners. Stralst* is at length given up; the King of 'Sweden and his Army left it on the tgth inst.. after 'destroyingrthe magazines, spiking the guns, and throwing them into the ditches. The French Army entered it the same evening. The Swedes went to Rugen, whither, it is said, Admiral Gioviataa, has dispatched 1 to Sail of TranspOrts to receive them, and - an English Frigate for the King. . An English Messenger arrived yesterday { in_tibao days 'from St. Petersburgh, with dispatches 'for _ . A Letter received this morning from a respeEtabli house, at Stockholm, states, that the Russian Mi• ulster there had apprised the Government that; ii they took any part against the Danes, or suffered any English Ships of War to enter their Harbours, a Russian Army would be marched iptp Finland. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. °ll.--Arrived {lie Saracen Sloop of War, Capt. PREVOST, from the River Plata t and is Put "under quarantine. The Sloven was charged with Dispatches, with which the-Cap /alp had specialleave 'to quit tlp Ship and set cif the , Admiralty. Also the croodita Sloop,• Capt, BitrrEswoant, with a Convoy from the Downs ; among which are the Martha, , LEwINGT9ti, fos Malta, and the Sisters, Si MM o san, for. Gibraltar. Likewise arrived theillarquerisi.Ataito, from Twin-. black); ;with salt ; Uaity, MuNDA. , t, from London ; an 4 7;Welis,.NOtt.Av, from Sunderland. • Sailed , the Expeiiment:HoLus;tor London ; Ana Recogiry, La M,E;suartta, for NewcasilQ. . Went into Harbour *is morning the AMilore Sloop of War; and the Sloop came out, and will-sail with o'Corivoy for Newfoundland, Quebec* and Canada, in a day or two. -it . S Err.. i i_.--Sailed. this morning His 'Ma. jesty's Ship Clyde to the Noithward. 'Sailed last night His Majesty's Gun-brigs cracker and. Monkey on a cruizq t 9 the Westward. Came in this afternoon His Majesty's Gan-hrjg Blazer from a cruize; Ship. from Memel; laden with timber, had nearly been .taken by. the Danes, off. Elsineur, but was rescued by one 9f our Ships, Her cargo wa ,atierwards landed, to •be made use of for barrackd and,niilitary works, • Admiral V.sslioti has resitrned the command of the Leith station; and is to be succeeded by Sir ED* `,IUND,NALE. (L Ft JONES is appointed to - Command the 414.mir,`Of - 74 guns, which is to be stationed as 4: GuardLsiiip ait the 'ore. Captain FowKE 4 appointed to cernmand the Rochester Prison-ship, and to super-intend the whole of the Prison-ships in the .tie er Medway. The staternent in Our Paper of yesterday, of a Dutch . .Ettst Indiarcan having been captured in the erroneOus." A Swedish Indianian anchor ed ire the Downs to wait ibr convoy, and was boar& ecl by an Officer from the "bac:lope, Capt. BAZNI-art . who, after' examining her papers, returned theini with permission for her to proceed on her voyage. His Majesty's Sloop Thais, Captain ' .fesitatans, Sai.ecl. frou, Pvnouth on, W e dn es day; with Lila -patchei.for the Westindies. She only had tWettrY fonr hours to get ready, although she was in tit ' in- Complete stale for sea. Her mi ss ion, theretbre' Mitt bp important. We should c onj e cture it refers to the Danish Possessions in the W est Indies. Some modification of the Order of Coun cil p ub.! fished' in the G l izette of Saturday last, for detai nin g Danish ,vessels, has been found necessary. We unl demand, that it has been determined that all vessell of that country., provided with licence from his hearing date prior to the 2d lost, should be exempted from detention or interruption of any sort. ,An Order to this effed is Oxpeaat• to appear in this night's Gazette. The St. - 'George's, the Westminster, and the greater part of-tile Volunteer Corps about the metror polls, are at present performing what is called per plitOent deity in town, for 14 or 15 days successive ly ; they Muster At their usual 'parades. "They go through'the usual manoeuvres of a field-day oat their- parade, when it can be conveniently .so naged L, where the' situation does not ,adtnit of this, they proceed daily to the or sk.une fields in the suburbs, where they go through the manual, tire, perform all the manceuvres that are usually pradised at a review, ,or on a field day. The `, lgth tight Dragoons were teviewed On. Thursday Morning,by General STEWART; on born ford Common. The Duke of YORK. and part of his Staff attended on the occasion. or The' harvest cOmmenced in the neighbourhoo d of Editibtirgh, and in Fife, abOut ten day s or a night a d t:o. It is b fortnight later than usual. . t _rhe . oats abarlev • appear 'a b e tter crop . thao • land; and in the' West of.cotlanit, it is said, 14t. than in the neiAbourhood of Edinburgh. MAILS. ARRIVID.—q Gottenburgn. % Dublin, % Waterford. Duz—t Gottenburgh, Malta, t Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TVVILLV S. O'CLOCK. Consols 6ai 1 Ornnium par ERAATUI.4 , —In the " RalmacTioNs, Sec." of yesterday, in rine Cfrom the bottom of the first Colunin o for to Bo naparte," read -4 ' to a Bonaparte." T S U N. so. QUI:: PCCEit.E. EALSUM. AUDEAT