The Sun. — London, England, 1807-09-14 00:00:00

~'s rRELINIINkRY PROPOSITIONR agrivdftsr Letiveen the L'eneral of the English Army and thitt- of the Sp a _ wish Army in the. River Plata. I. There shall be feom•this time a Cessation of Hostilities on both sides of the Rivet NAM - 11. The Troops•of His Britannic Majesty shall retain, fin. she period of two months from this (Lae, the Oder s, o f Monte Video; and as a Neutral Country, a line draWn tram Sr. Carlin on the,West, to Tando •on the East ; and there shall not be on any part of that-line Hostilities committed on either side; and in that space all Enghsh delinqu , ..nts shah be judged by'the English Military Law, and all Spinish d o . linutients by the Spanish Law. ••• 111. There shah he no both sides.a mutual restitution cif prisoners, including not only those which have been taken 'since the . arrival of the troops under. Lieutenant-General Whitelocke, but also all those his Britanthe Majesty's 'sub• jet - Is captured in South America since the war. - I V. there shall , not be any impediments thrown in the way'of the Supplies of provisions which may be requited for Monte Video. • V. A period of ten days shall be given fnr.the re-embarki. Con of His Britannic Majesty's troops to pass to the north side of thc River Plata, with all their arms; canhon,.stores, and equipage at the must convenient points which may bb selected, and during that time provisions may be sold to them. VI. During;the period of four months no impeditnenrshall be thrown in the way of the conuneree of the .British Nier 4han4. 4awered—lnadmissible, because contrary td - the Spanish _l/Aws. -- 1. Additional—When Monte Video is Kstored, it is to be kininjtiteiii with the. Spanish .Artillery originally helonAtig to 11. ports.with the guns,..andahose with provisions, -Is:' :well as ail Hospital-ship.l,likewise sent thereatand. tun happy to say they ,were all in shoos on thiblkili . -ready . to. meet the army. • . - el .•- ' ... On the oth a firing was observed in the toaNO.: desired Capt. Thompson to .mekeuse of .the•Gun brigs and Boats, when he could, without annoyiog. trot own people,. who appeared tO: be both to rho eastward and westward of the town.. A communi ' cation was opened with the4trmy io the morning ; they had stormed and taken possession of four guns, ,neat the Citadel. • Bread, 'spirits, and arernunition were suppliefl from the Skips. • the;6th I •direded the 'Encounter to endea • -Tm' tO communicate with the Armly on the east rsille of : the Town,' and supply the m w ith w hat they - An Hospital Ship was likewise sent --that way. The Nereide was moored-up as ::high as she'cidtilki; • go, being in less than three' fitthoms, but still` hßle miles from the Town.. Atone P.M. I reCei4 2 llgai -Letter from Captain ThOmPsen,' 'say ing Our 'icittirsi at theeivest encl'of the Town were in a most-lig tressing state, Brigadier-General Craufurd and the! whole .of his Brigade taken Prisoners, • and that a, , TruCe• had been demanded and graritCd - ,; tit' the same .time 'requesting more Trarisports . night. be mbved. Up, in .case it should be necessary to re-embark the ,Troops, ' • • • •-•• 1 immediatelj , went np to - the - Staunch Gon=brig, which was about a mile - froth the shore, and abreast' Of - the post' occupied by Sir Sattmel'Atichmety,.- and 'ordered the Medusa, .Thisbe, and Saracen,, which were left. off Barragon, to Come up- as high as they - could with safe y. c:lptain Thompson, Who was with the General, 'came off ti Mt; ithmediatuly, but was obliged to have .guard to przeeft him to the'heaeh; although close, to the Guo-bri*.; but it. wa's dark.' At eight P. N. received allote from General Whitelocke, inform ing toe he had'arriVed thete to see what 0101 L' could be'done by the vl!antry 'and exertion 'of the Anur under his cernmand, - wbase\sutrerings in every way ! 'had seldom, under. ads . CiVcuinstances, been ex-1, Oeeded. Of one thing he was certain, that Sohilil America could never be English. The inveteracy of every' class of inhabitants was beyond belief. lid. wished to see hie, as he had sent General' Gower to General tiniers, in cons . equence of ,a letter he had •receiVed from the latter. ' I cannot help taking thit' opportunity of saying -bow very a&ive Copt: Thonapson, of the Fly, ,has: beep, -v4 ho placed the Gun-boats, which were corn . ...rnanded'hy Lieut. Frazer, of the Medusa, and Lieut. Heron, of the Saracen. Early in the morning of the 7th, the Staunch :telegraphed to'say.l was wanted on Shore imoiedi-; ately ; a flag of trace was 'still flying at our Head-! quarters. On my - &ling on shore, the Generall hewed methe proposals made by the Spanish Gem tteral,tiniers (aeopy of which I inclose), and oh-. serVed, that be was blopinion, as ‘well as were- the other OeUefals, that' it could answer no good pun; Pose to persist, and that .one great object was at tained, that of getting all the prisoners back . that had bfen taken in Soul Atuerica.this , war ; that the destreying t I ) 6' iown could no benefit us ; and that he saw no prospect whateer of establishing „ oursehes in this country, as there was not a Friend • to the English in it ; that the ntimber of our Pri 'll°"rBthC. 11.(1 were in the power of an en ...zaged mob; 'and that persisting on our 'pad would' make their situation truly distressing the number of our killed and . wounded, although not exaa - Uy. ascertained; v s -said to be very great. Under these' circumstances, and being persuaded that the peophs' • or this country did not wi s h to be tinder the British Government, • signed the Pteliinhturtes, trusting that what I have doriii will meet their Lordships ' •approbatiOn. Ihave.direded Capt. Prevost,' of the Saracen, to . be ready to . proceed to England as soon its General IWhitelocke's Dispatches are ready, and to receive Sir Samuel Auchinuty for a passage, with Colonel' Bourke,-who carries thi General's Dispatches. • I have not yet.W any returns from Captains, Rowley or , Joyce, who 'are still with the Seamen that landed'; but Lieutenant Squarey, of the Poly phemus, who was with his men in the advaace.Bri • Bade, I took off yesterday wounded, but not badly ; .he inform& me that only one of .his men is missing. GEORGE MURRAY. • Read Quarters, Plaza de Toros, Sru, ,Itcly 7, 1807. We have the honour to acquaint you, that 6 . tuate4 alone by the motives stated to yoti by Major-General I...CVehOll Gower, we consent to the terms propOed.• Officers bhall be named to meet others appointed .by you, to make immediate arrangements for the recep t i on o f Prisoners, the etubarkation of the .Bri ,tisb Army, and other subjeas. W e have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) J. WHITgLOCKE.' G. MURRAY. Nis Ereellencrj General Linters. Additional 7 -That there.shall be mutually three OM. ,gei of bink girgiangeti until the tu!filnient of this Treaty, it Understood that those iiritish Officers who have !melt in this Country on their parole; firti'ilot again' to serve in south America until they hoe Iwo Linda its Iwo; e. ii . • iVereide, 4 - arragott, June g; G • ENERAL ORDER. _ The Commander in Chief is happy in the 'opportunity cf. ,forded him of expressing his thanks to the Officers and sea. :Men under his 'command, as well as to the Masters and men of the Transports,, for their great exertions-in landing the Army under the .comm And of His Excellency. Lieutenant. `General Whitelocke, on the shore of Barragon, yesterday. He highly approves ofjhe very judicious manner in which Captains Prevost, Thompson and Pakner, placed theii re. spe&ive Ships, as 'well as t he Gun.brigs and other Armed Vessels under their orders, fob covering the landing. Much praise it due td the Lieutenants and Conunanders of those Vessels for getting so near the shore. _ -He feels himself particulmly obliged to Captains Bayetun' and Cornet, who had orders to superintend the landin;, for their zeal and activity in getting theThOps on shore, and for the regularity With which it was concluded. He is likewise thankful to COptain Irwin, Agent of, Transports, anti the Lieutenants under his direction, for the assistance they al forded ont h 'o ccas ion. And thinigh no opposition was made to the landing, he is ICSlllFineeci that it would have been cowhide(' in the same ,regn c lar, Manner had the Enemy been there to oppose them. Commander! in Chiet has likewise great pleasdre ltf 4 aitsuciing the Officers and Seamen, that his Excellency Lieutenant-General' WhiteloOke expressed to him, in the Migkes, terms, his sat islaaion on this occasion. • (Signed) GEORtE MURRAY: ndl,• " SIR, Nereide, oft' Buenos Ayres, loth-July,)Bo7. _ Since my Letter of the sth instant, have seen Captain RoWle:y and .ToYce, who were landed with the Seamen, and I am happy to find two only are missing. I mentioned ~ Lieutenant Squarey, of the My phentis,being wounded. The persevering condio of Captains Rowley and Joyce, and the Qlteers and' Seanion . under their euriimind, merits the highest. encomium.. They had io drag the cannon for miles through the swamps, awl the men were alu,ost al- Ways harni;ssed to them. The General has, no doubt, • expressed in hiS .Dispafelies his Thanks to , Capt. Prevost, who. will have the honour of cal.- •. tying 'the Dis p atches. _will:give their Lordships any farther information (I left the Saracen with some . , Gun-boats at Barragon, attec landing, lest It ..tniOt , liSr, l jtien neceti'ary, from bad roick, tor the Army .i iii tat iack) i 1 beg...te.ive to' recommend ititn.to thlir rcbhips' .pcote , Lii(mas.an aftive and very,iea4 tis l iser.' li k ie 1 • • (1 ' ax:Th , , I !lave the Honour to be,. Sze. , , • GEO. MUItRAY. [tor the London C let te of saturday, see the last Page.] Amtt n I Dublin, 2V‘ aterfotit Duz--z•Cottunburgh, •i Lispou Malta • t Dublin, .• • PRICE' Of STOCkS ,Vo THIS DAN A r rwrtv -o'cLocic. °indium dis. . . . T IT U SOLEM QUIS DICLKU FALSUM AUDEATJ L 0 11 1) 0 , MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1807. We communicated on Saturday all the principal fads respecting our. unfortunate attack up0..1 Buenos A.yrua. T 1,.• tt_tli and tw,trltt- utei tuti t, trAt. ! libliF4.l Ly Government in a Gazette Ertraurclinarylesterday: morning, and which.. will be (blind in oar Preeeding columns, relieve, us from the painful necessity of avelling at niuch . longthupon t so unpleasant a sub jet It is indeed difficult to appreciate. correaly the causes which, in a military pnint of, iew, led to • ? 1($ Wro , ; w iihout being in Rissession of INAte:tuallntulation..' We cannot help, however, - giettltirlhat'''our Troops, in consequence of being ma rt.. , „Im o the town with their musquets un loaded; and with orders not - to continence firing until they" h.id Obtained possession of the houses, and formed on the fiat roofs, were rendered in a • great inealure incapable otineeting. with etfect, that peculiar mode of warfare adopted bythe inhabitants. l'rotu o.e, manner in which the houses were barri cadued, it, appear 3. to have been scarcely prac, to obtain possession of them in the manner propOsed; Whilst the inhabitants, :stationed on kept up a most destructive fire upon our • krBßfpl e oplo attempt appears to have been made to destroy any of the houses, which, had, it been done, might have had tho effea of iittiatidatiug the inha- I bitints pf the remaining houses, and. inducing them to discontinue their! mode of attack. That such an attempt was not maJe may, , perhaps, be ac counted for by, the loss of a great part „of the artillery in the S'Aratlll)s over Whicht..the troops had previously to pass. troin the .efred of this pre vious march, the troops naturally came up to the , attack , under great disadvantages : they were . 'very Much fatigued, whilst the enemy was fresh, and provided, with every possible means' of defence . the place could admit of, and which had been long Ore pared.. - NotwilMianding, however, all the obstaeles'which tAinselves, the bravery of our Troops .!f!: surmstititg4he greatest dit3iculties, and never wens the courage, the steadiness, and the discipline of British Troops more eminently displayed. Coming to the attack under peculiar disadvantages, and subjio' 6letl to the most distressing modes of annoyance, they still evinced the most admirable firmness. Afterilinvv . ever, the surrender of Brig.-Gen. CRAtirtntri,find the _lplow ledge whiehGen s .Wll TE4OCKS had 'obtained of - the.twivrzsally hostile dispoSition of the inhabitants., t'lipliTtliared scarcely . any chance 'of attaining ul 41.4:1.ict . 4§; :Ititi*"iifh94t a sacrifice of .wh it:11 Halttklofaue3lo9 AY rei . ul4 i)aVe -been commensurate: ---- caused tit'ol ettremc Itittilititowavds tis on the part of bitaats. • • A great Many of them were stipposed tor' be friendly to this Country, but that they, have ever' been friendly to our views of conquest in South Awe" Pica may probably be Much doubted. • It . is indee4 dent, from the statements o€ .our tomrdanders,; that there is very little prospe& of our. being enabled to ef feet any permanent conquest in that quarter,. without -a very considerable Army, which elm not be spared at, a moment like the present. Under these cirautn:: stances, however we may deeply regret the fa.lure of .the attack, tad the loss sustained, we cannot regret the abandonment. of La Piata by our Troops,. 'who may now be employed on'Other services more prac ticable, and betted adapted,-at the present crisis, to the exigencies of the country. , ' • LETTERS from Hull, state the arrival there of the Cruizer, which left the Sound on the 30th ult. with. some other Ships. ,A great firing was heard on that day, and another anion was said to have taken place bet*een our Gun-boats and the Danish Prams ; the result was not known, No further Dispatches have, however, been received by Government. ) SECONb EDITION. SUN-OFFICE, HALF PAST TWO O'CLOCK, P. It is &trongly reported, that,Letters have been received io Town this day from Hull, stating, that a 'Vessel_ had arrived there, which left• the Fleet on the .th inst. ..The,pecounts by this Ve. - isel say, that Copenha gen had,not surrendered at that time, but that the H bombardment bad been commeured ''‘vith great gour, .and that the suburbi were on fire in 'three or fOur difTerent plan's. . Yesterday morning •his MAJESTY, Princesses EfUSTA, MARY,. SOPHIA,' and...Ara UNA, went St, George's Chapel, attentled,by Lady-I. 'Fit Nr; Ste., an 4 heard a Ser,..nott. by De. DeDSWORiII, trunt the bth chapter of St. Matthew, 'the It th and .12th verses 'L afterwards rode to Froany.)re„ where they were net . by the QuEgrt and . IsriticeSs BLIZABSTH. H's MAJESTY dined there, The Family returned to I he Palace, at three o'clock._ • - All the Vor;-,i4lt Arnbasidors have 'received fli pateltei irony their.dilierent Courts ,on Friday even ing. . , • Mr. Swift, the brother of Sir St matv,.has lately. had a pension of ito6l. a year granted bun. Generil 4tiFuttp and Sir :SAMURL'AtYCHMUTY haresioinehome in the 8. - vae.l Brig • It is a remarkable .circuntstance, that. the news of the evacusOon 'of South :America' arrived 'on' •Sa-, ttad±”' list: and . 4 • wa-, , ,,...m--ttyd , e.orreqptteid:' ing Saturday , last year. that the intellience• of the: capture:of fienos Ayres by Sir' HOMEA'ornAm .wasl, received, The following additional' circumstances res,ReCting our attack opoti Buenos Ayre.4- have, Seen Colle6ted from private information. Upon the entrance of our trOops into the .town, a most destruCtive fire was opened-frotta the upper parts of tha houses; the lower ;part4ltsf 'which ,were so strongly barricadoed with'sand, timber; - and other 'cumbrous materials; that they could not be forced. ' Almost immediately after the , Convention was ultimately agreed uponi our troops began to. embark. They met with every , attention from Colonel LiNtEas, who prevented the assassination of our men by the , Spaniards, whose Ito us is implacable,' and who would o th er wise ehave find on o4r troops after .the white flag was displayed. The -Spaniards in arms in the town amonnted to 20;000. Their principal loss was, in the cliiarter carried by Sir S..Aucll NCUTY The SPa niards ha 1 burnt all their .trading teasels at Buenos Ayres, to prevent their falling into our. hands. Our troop.;, ,ve regret .to learn, had suffered touch from dysentery ; and , the want of previsions was tilt exceedingly, the Spaniards having - driven the' cattle up the country. , The Saracen left Admiral' Mutt wits Squadron, nine weeks since, all well. , The Ardent, o? 34 guns, Captain , CulAhla uLAYZJE, sailed for England ,a fortnight b?.fere. the Saracen : Two of the : regiments in the River ,Plata , are to gra , to In d,a, the you arc Coming liente. party of 200 seamen, commanded by Captains BAYNTv'ta and JOY Cfl i . Were formed to assist in • the operations Ott shore, but ilidnot ;and. The 89thr13egiiment; which' sailed front Ptitsmouth wiih General Witmlooke, in Mardi last, tinder convoy. of the,,Cormorant'and Hermes Sleeps of 'War, had not rrived. ' Captaitt:DOWtimiku is appointed Commodore of the division of Prison-ships at Portsmouth beds to hoist_ hicbiond pendant on beard the Assistance,' Lieut. kiAttiltutt. • Captain JONES is appointed to command the Arvnur, of 74 guns, which is •to be stationed as a Guard•ship at 'the Nore. The Vocal Corps of Drary-lane Theatre is to he strengthened.by the talents of Madame PoNTE, who is said to be well skilled in music, and to possess an admirable voice. . . INCLEDO . N concluded his Entertainm gat of Sing ing and Recitation, under . the title of The Wander ing Melodist, on Saturday lak, at the Lyceum. Ha sung. with his usual skill, and teas much rip. plauded by. numerous audience. The Recitation was delivered in an itnpressive and unatfeeted I - win ner, by BARTLEY, of Drury-laneTheatve, wito:•elso received a warm tribute of applAise. Mr. KELL NER displayed great taste and ability on.th'et Piano forte, and the whole constituted a pleasing 'Pte. , - RoRNE Tools, according to report, is enabled to exercise the riglls of hospitality f ac ilit y fdt; ,I;iiott to the weekly.shpptes.of proviiicrn tate Convent of this old.politirukqUenk, and the tt3tial Christmas gterings from all hiSr'lt , l:l, it i SJiJ (hit Vitabitis BW 4 1!; 1 1: . itiaNtl!iiii nohlity of fifteen hunci4d. pou;rils. retaining fee the Baroneti has 1.1; , 11 1 -reSsen'fii' rtur HonarToolCll . Will Msvnyrb - e *„ 1 . .71( * Jr, Sk4 : ll.:inuiVer, ":'" • t `NAVAL NEWS : :PORTS/1101ini, SEPT. 13.—resterday arrived that • rrtivtif;- Captain . Hanosoi4:, and Antelope,- Capuiin SAZEL* ET; of 50 tans each, tram the bowtii ; the Maros Frigate, Capt. Durr, from Ply:114-'6th Co;- . . • gueror, PAp.tEtt, from Stockholm ; London., - CAR.- from Riga ; Four Friends, am, APcnybv;!,7 Packet, DURELE, Diligent, i -ANESTE Providellce, LLOYD, Neat/i Trader; BELL, Experiment, C17.11'.. MAN, and Fame, ROSITER,, from London . ; Atexira,= . BROWN, and Endeavour, LEE, , from Sunderland and thii day the Maria; WRONGHANI, from Sailed Yes'terclay the Imperieuse Captairi , the HOn: Lord COCITRANE, for the gedittrianean, greitt number of Ships under convoy. Went out -Of Harhonr yesterday, the. Ptdwark; • 74, „,captain the Hon. L, tlif4 ; • de'is the Ship, which was launched - from 'Portsmouth, Dock , Yard. .• NAVALAnNtNTmENTi.--Captain. rt.71.1..CN, OTIS Lieutenants MAUNSCLE /Ind TAIT, to the rolontaite Frigate ; and Lieutenants ANDREWS and Hong, 14 the Pilot Sloop; at this Poit. Norm ourtr, SEPT. -Isl.—Arrived the Tratilig from a cruize off Lisbon; and Caroline armed Shj from Bideford. Sa4d the r MUr 0 S Sloop of War on a Craize to the WiistwArd. ' - • .ArriVed'therianiih Earciile Prove.ctei , z, J Aconszs „• ludi.m with from Liounci to Norway, der:iiiledby the 116 . ulution Privateer. f , . BRIXIIAM QUAY, &Tr. 1 2.—Arrived' the Red treust. Gon.brig - from a Cruize ; and the-Royalist Sloop of,Nyetr,, with four Transports under convoy, from Portsmouth. Sailed His Majesty's Ship Harlequin on a Cruize. FALmourtt, SUP D. .11.--Arrired yckterdai- the Supply, val Transpert, from Plynionth, atore,f9r-,thi4 q?pot, under oonroy Miicsty's Ship . &'(:(i-rpianiii—il.lsO arrived this day the elzarlolla Ann: 04t,. A3 . .0 i i, from Liverpo6l, for Malth. Sailed yesterday the Duke of kent Packet, C:lpt; LAwarNcE,Avith Mails fur New-Yorkari,.l 11...111fax ; and the Princess Amelia Parket, Ca pt: STE VI: with Malts for the 'West Indies; and the R.T.N. rerance Tender to the 'Westward.. Sailed. this day the Cockatrice . Sloop of War op a crui z e. ---r , SFIEBRNESS;SHrT. 12.,ArriveA the Piercer Oiri. Wig, UCLA: ahQ the CraizLT floin the havinglaiikled her disp - itches at Yartrictith.. SEPT. 'l3:—Arrived the 'Eliza Teridcir, Shields, with volunteers and impres'3ed‘rrien for Fleet;. also a Ti.'nder from the Tower, with eiipty — Men for ditto. D A t., Sp. rr. '0).1---Arrivecl the 'Heady Gun-bfig with a Con i• fi;'(.) r9A h e Weseward. r, livArbson, s PT. 13. • OnrTheatteeloced, for the season, Inst. night; when The Promked Husband and 2'/w eizildrOn ,were reisiresented.•for the betleht ,Of Mrs., Mums. The part of Lord.. Toitinly. Wos perforated by Mr. Yout4o, who hai ably,disttogniv,hed him self this season' at the ll:iymyket Theatre. He supported the pill in a very iibl.. * manner. 'Mil: AIL/PIE, ip Lady Townt . i . j, dispbyed a t hiirough t,nnw. ledge: of,lthe..ents . raper, a n d in the an;t tie paks%Wittequitet&l herself very suek‘esstnily.,--The Theage.OrPranwetLin all parts, and numt)ers Were obligecltio.telmilifiw want of room. A'conild 4 rabl e , ast'ieinbitigunoirAheolashionable: . order were, on the Terrace Ahisaeitoning,- in hopes of beeing the Royal Vainly, but were disappointed. - : The bands of tho StatrordShire.regiment and Hlnes \Vert on the Terrace, playing as usual. The 'Royal Fainijy wer4 at the Chapel in the morning. 111APG.-.171E, Su . 13. This week our Theatre has taken the lead of every, publiC atnusement, though the • others have been, well-attended.—rei: Tatum and Lao are a seduaive as ever among the more rational order of our visi tors. MiSS DUNCAN last night finished her eng age . : ment mith Ludy Taw*, and../Wariain The Citizen. The House` was crowded, an d every thing went o ff well. DIGUm ive twd,songs 'bet %Veen the arts, and Miss . . , DUNC , :. 4 -liarOdlle et i two in the part or Maria, Thcowh:our visitors fall off, we have daily new supplies:: • Orr the last day cifAuguSt a woodcock, the earliect perhap4) M?er knoWn; wns flushed by a pack of in a ,cover near .11overid.,e Dorset One day last week, a ,nitt whose confinement in N.V,,itr-qtect,gaoi, Liverpool, bt:eartid Irksome, by the, assistance, of a turtlefricn(l,. disgui se d hi mself as a vender of sprats and shrimps, and walked (001 . 1 y out'ofdtiors, but beittt.;altogqthL,r urkuled to the pvt ti ! ; coat, the agility of Ills steps lod to a suspicion of hit sie; .He was cOpscquently pursued, and re,lod,led Ili his former abode. CORN-ENC. ItAWAy. SC.P. 1 4.-1110 fresh artivais of Wheat:io-day oialvem tolerabk sui.ply ; havin g qr , )4 . 13 1, buyers, causes marl y s ;IQ at a 5m:•..11 itloreasditi price, Aoree - fkic,..110)#%4 it 1744' per qtai liptifey 2i. I `s ; Waite, allty aiv.39: 1 1,1, , J21.4, per qua rt9l 1,13t)(="1.; •211;1S of hot h ror k rathcr htittc,iliilise•• of oaus ie IT', .1 r 7.4-4 r • tt>m )t 3rrtt, tie t trtt ritalon t ms Rour' wi v ia lio