The Sun. — London, England, 1806-09-27 00:00:00

BUENOS AYRES. Thp following. Description of Buenos Ayres is ex traaed from " Letters from Paraguay, by Coy- STANS,2 DAVIE, Esq.': I would fain give you a descrlption of Buends . Ayres-; .but, upon tily honour, .besides the l ogle, there is nothing in it worth describing : it is really surprising that. a city like this, which is the capital of such a vast extent of country, and the See of "a Bishop, sl\ould have so little in it worthy the atten tion of a ttavellei% Its scite, indeed, is considerable enough, if it were but better occupied. The suburbs, which are prin cipally inhabited by the mestizes and negroes, are, in :Ippearance, somewhat similar to that part of 'lifridon which lies about Shoreditch and White chapel—l mean the lowest part of it--'-but a hundred times more miserable and filthy. The middle of the city is better, and some of the principal streets have a show of opulence and taste that is very agree able ; Most of the houses that have been built within 'these last fifty years are of stone, but none of them exceed two stories in height, the-greater number are .but one. The calk del -Santa Rinigada, or Street ' of the Holy Trinity, and the calk del San Benito, or Streetof St. Benedict, are by far thelafOsomest of the wh6:e. The former, which faces the great door Qf the cathedral, and tuns almoSt the whole ,length of the town, is very regularly built, and occupied only by the better sort of the inhabitants. Almost every house has a garden both before and behind ; all tliese that can ati - iod it have halconies, with sun-, shades and latice-work, adorned with the molt beautiful shrubs and flowers that the earth produces. Here the family sit best part of the-day, and night too When they are not visiting, and - take their coffee or chocolate, and play on their guitars and man dolines; most of the ladies have fine voices, so that the man who strolls about the town in the e%enieg may enjoy the pleasure of a concert gratis as he paSses along. The cathedral, which is built in a kind of Gre cian architedure, is a noble building, and deserves a better metropolis : it. has a cupola of excellent workmanship ; and a portico to the western door, tilt design and execution of which would do honour to the most celebrated artist; it resembles very strong ly that of .our St. Martin's•in,the-fields, which is so universally admired. The cathedral was, ,I under stand, the work of the Jesuits, before their expulsion. The interior 9f this edifice is, if any thing, too rich ly ornamented with carving and gilding, which give it rather a taudrysappearante ; but the inside of the dome is painted in a very. tolerable manner, in corn paitinents, representing/he Ads of the Apostles— a subject very appropriate to the conversion of the Indians. The choir is likewise adorned with paintings from the same subject ; and there was a very fine alter-piece, but it is now taken down to make room fora more valuable one, sent from old Spain, but which is not yet ready to be pet up. The Bishop, Governor, and Major-General, have each a separate stall, very-superbly decorated with purple velvet, embroidered and fringed with gold ; over that of the Governor are . the King's Arms - in gold and coloured velvet, very ingeniously contriv ed. But the custom here of covering almost the whole inside of the churches with flowers and, branches---exhich hang from one Saint's day to another, when the dead ones are taken down and fresh ones put up----though in itself it is pretty enough, yet entirely destroys the beauty of the arAitedure, while the etred of the flowers them .selves is lost in the glare of the gilding. It is well gold is so plenty on this Continent, or these extra vagant ornaments without taste or judgment, par amore.de Dios, would become very expensive. The church of St. Francis and that of the convent of Mercy, are like Wise very beautiful buildings ; wirh cupolas and high steeples, much in the same style as the cathedral, and just as profusely . decorated, but without any paintings except the altar piece. The church and conveet of St. Francis stand in the street of that name, which runs obliquely from the water to the grand square in the middle of the city, where the soldiers are sometimes exercised . as on a parade ; on one side of this square stands a town-hail, e very large and • handsome building, erected on a plan of the Jesuits, who certainly may be called the fathers of architecture in this part of the world. (To be continued.) NJ Ai AKRivzr, Waterford. DUE—A fiamburgh, 4 GottLribttrgh, I Dublin, t Waterford. PR(CL• OF STOCKS THIS DAY, AT TWELVE o'di.Jcit. 63 k j x qinnium -7 . 1 THp SUIT. Caps°ls SCiLEM QUIS DICZILE 741.5U1.4 A UDZAT ? LONDON, fiATUKIMY, SEBTEMBER 27, :806. According to Our Plymouth better, the Expedi tion; which sailed thence on 'Wednesday is destined for the Mediterranean. It is to be joined by the Theseus and Captain, t w o or Admiral Louis's Squa dron, who receives in their stead the Windsor Castle. The Transport.; with Troops on board for Buenos The WestminSter Meeting yesterday was charac terized rather by party feelinces,,personal abuse, and disgusting egotism, than by those qualities that serve to recommend public Speakers' to attention and re spea. The chief aim of the leading Orators, as they are called, was to induce the • Electors of West minster to believe that Lord PERCY is an unfit Can didate, upon the hacknied plea that he is too young to be capable of understanding their' Tights, and because he is the heir to a vast property. It is a pity that most pf these Orators did not learn somethina of grammar before they ventured for , LAsT night we received patch .lournals to the ward to instruct their fellow Countrymen; for their solecisms in language were as disg us ting as their p4th inst. the Ham.,bur g h C arros p oc l enteg to t h e arguments were tri t e, Th e b es t o f th ese Sp ea k ers 17th, and'sqme trirther Paris Papers of the Inth. said no More than has been said 'a thousand times These Papers, so far from warranting any idea of much better; and, upon the whole, the MeetMg an accommodation of the differences subsisting be- was chiefly distinguished by, the turbulence pf party-, spirit, and more pitiful motives of a(itton. tureen Prussia and France, present us, on the coil.", 'Pie Glasgow Courier, of the 230 rt . )stant, contains Crary, with ac..eprints of:increased military prepara; the folliikviug article dated Greenock, Sept. 23d :-- • Tts, and additional hostile demonstralions. The " ATriye4 thq 4' 7 01 11IATTE4F4cE? men. Ayres arrived on 'Thursday at Plymouth, where they were joined by others, having on board the 87th Regiment, and the Corps of Riflemen. The - whole are to sail for their destination as 'soon as the wind is fair. The Ditinzqnd, from Grenada and Tortola, arrived in the Downs, left the Leeward Island Meet, con 7 tisting of 200 Sail, off the West Coast of Ireland, Prussian 'troops were advancing on the t Ith, and it was expeaed that they would goon reach all theiT points of destination. • The, number of Troops thus on their march is stated exceed one hanilred thousand men. There was also-a Corps of, geserve stationed near Custiin, consisting of forty th6usand The whole of the Saxon Army waslikev*ise in readiness to march. The Duke of BRUNSWICK, who is to command the centre of the Army, had done from Magdeburgh to Halle. Prince Hon E N LOHE, who is to command in Saxony, quitted Berlin for the Army on the 13th inst. There is no exaCt account of the progress of the Russian Troops, but it is stated that they were assembling in Silesia. The conferences between the Prussian and French Minister's at Ber lin and Paris still, however, continued. It certainly is possible that an accommodation may yet take place between Prussia and France, but we scarcely think it at the present moment very probable. The former cannot concede witnout crouching at the feet of Bo- NApARTE, and it is utterly inconsistent with the cha ra6ter of NAPOLEON to suppose that he will make any concession to Prussia, The restless ambition of the Ruler of France will not be satisfied with any thing short of unlimited dominion on the Cowl neut. It cannot be too often repeated, that Europe must conquer him, or he will conquer Europe.—us The hitherto apparently' selfish policy of Prussia for bids in many minds the supposition that the Prus sian,Monarch will draw his sword against the hosts of France. He appears, however, now to have gone too far to recede; and from the manner in which the Paris Papers are ordered to attack him, we are induced to believe that BONAPARTE has made up his mind to a contest which, according to the Parisian Scribes, will afford an easy viaory to the Troops of France. If, however,' hostilities aaually commence, the cautious policy of the Court of Ber lin, if then pursued, may prove of infinite advan tage to the common cause of Europe., BONAPARTE, if unable to carry the War by a coup de main, , will not probably find in its protra&ion much reason for rejoicing, or much cause for triumph. Notwithstanding, however, the hostile appear ances in Germany, the Austrian prisoners continued to return home; but the French 'still remained in the pbssession of Brannau. 'The Swedish Troops were in readings to lend every possible assistance to the Prussian Arms. The noble behaviour of M. PALM, the Bookseller of Nuremberg, who was murdered by a French Mi litary Commission at Bratmau, deserves to be hon ourably recorded. It appears that he was offered his pardon on condition of giving up the author of the obnoxious work, but he heroically declared, that he would rather die than betray the author. He was then led to execution. The accounts from Naples in the Paris-Papers are evidently written with a view to conceal, if possible, the real state of affairs.in that Country. 'from Lisbon; she left Earl St. VI gcEti'r with six Sail of the Line and a Frigate. His Lordship was living, on shore at a seat near Bellum Castle. It is not true, as statedfin some of the Ettlish Papers, that he had drawn out the Portuguese Men of War and was rigging them ; one Portuguese Ships of the Line, however, had sailedd - a few days before the An gel and Pomona, for Algiers. General MoßmAti, under the charaaer of a West India Planter, an Aid:de-Camp, and servant, landed at Lisbon on the 13th or 14th of last month. To the Captain of the Ship (a British. Vessel) that brought him there, he repeatedly said during the passage, that the reign of BONAPARTE would' not be of long duration." The Eliza Cartel arrived at Wrtmoilth QIl Wed nesday, from Morlaix, with English prisoners. Sir HOME PornAm. - --A General Meeting of the Manufaaurers -of Manchester was held on.Thurs clay, at which an Address of Thanks was unani'- mously voted to this gallant and enterprising Of ficer, for the very important share he had in the conquest of the 'valuable Settlement of ligenos Ayres. The moody malcontents who propose to start Mr. CuaRAN, of Dublin, avinst Lord PcacY, a& like BONAPARTE, who took npon him the Government of Italy because, as he alledged, there was no per son of that country of virtues and abilities qualified to be entrusted' with it. Can there be a greater in sult to the people of Westmingter than is implied in this proposal to overlook all the rank, the talents, the virtues, and the property, of that city, in order to choose a person who has no connexion with it, _and who is very little known in this country, whatever may be his reputation in his own ? IT is still more strongly rumoured in political circles, that Lord MORPETIc is immediately to de part for Prussia, in order to impiove those favourable "dispositions which are believed io have lately ,been manifested between the 'Cabinet of Berlin and the British Government..; A confidential person, who is highly respe&ed, a native of this country; ,but who bad long resided in Berlin, was, we are informed, lately engaged in attempting to restore a good understanding between our .Rulers and the Prussian Ministers. The favourable effects which attended the overtures of that G , lntleman have, it is said, led to the intended departure of the young Nobleman above-mentioned, whose talents and ac quirements amply qualify him for this delicate and important business. The discretion and se cresy which our 11i - tiers have adopted, will not allow us absolutely to vouch for the truth of this statement, though it comes 'to us in such a man-, per as to warrant our giving it to the Public. At all events we can confidently say, that as it was the fault of the KING of PRUSSIA, or his Cabinet, that' there was any misunderstanding between him and our Government, it will certainly not be the fault of the latter if all differences are not settled upon just and honourable grounds. We understand that an Order of Council was yesterday issued for raising the Block* of the Prussian Ports and Rivers. r i7H z THE EATR E.-.-LaUgh wizen you ran, , a Co ined), froth the whimsical,imagination of Mr. REY NOLDS, last night introduced a new Performer to F . the town;. in the chara6ter of Gossamer. This new Performer is Mr. Mei.vm, from the Theatre at' York, where he was a very great favourite. AS the part of Gossamer. was purposely designed to give scope to the light and airy talents ofMr. LEWIS, a follower of that , popular Comedian - has a difficult task to encounter, even when not 'treading in his track ; but the hazard is increased by the necessity of pursuing his very foot-steps. Mr.' MELVIN, however, haS so much native, or, according to tue modern term, clothing spirit, that he was in little danger of failing, even though brought into comparison with a- con spicuous favourite of the Public. Mr. lkiztvires stature is low, but his figure is neat. His manner is easy, it not polished, and his performance of Gossamer was chara&erized by an effective briskness that will render him popular. His voice is hard, but powerful, and his utterance is clear and distinit. His face, though,not very expressive, is flexible. He was very much applauded, and has already fixed himself in the estimation of the Public, as the ap.T plaits& came from a very numerous Audience, and .was loudly and frequently given. , The Play was tbliol.ved by a musical Farce, en. titled, Time Adopted child, written by Mr. Btacti, of Cornitill,' a Gentleman deservedly Tespetted for his talents, benevolence, and loyalty. Mr. MELyttl came fin - ward again in this Farce, and fully mani fested the versatility of his talents by his per , formance of Michael, a rough but benevolent Tar ; a charafler whose rugged manners were cc m..e pletely in opposition to the light sportive airs of that Which he assumed in the Play, but in which he was equally successful,and was very warmly applaud ed. At the_ beginning of the - Contetly a disturb ance arose on the appearance of BEVERLEY in Samba, a part which belongs to FAWCETT, whose name was announced for it in the play-bills. As 'FaweterT was called for, and much clamour arose., CLARE 14110NT came forward, and stated that FAWCETT could not perform on account of a disorder in his eyes ; but CLAREMONT was not very lucky in his oratory. Upon a repetition of this clamour, BEVERLEY him self addressed the audience in a plain, modest, and impressive Manner, stating his deep sense of the difficulty of succeeding au eminent Performer, but that he volunteered his services that no disappointment should take place on a night when a Gentleman was to enter upon the arduous task of a first appearance. This address was very much applauded and it is . but justice to BEVERLEY to state, that he 'supported his charader in the Play in a very respectable man tier. The accident which has happened to Au. B. NISTER, the Ador, is by no means of so terrific' a kind as the Public Prints have represented. The explosion of the gun has torn the flesh from the out side of the two middle fingers of his - left hand, - and has scorched the thumb and the palm. He will very soon be able to resume his theatrical labours ;.a circumstance that must be gratifying to the Public as well as to his friends, as he ads his part very com mendably on the stage oflife. A poney was backed to trot fourteen miles with in an hour, and thirteen within the second hour, on Tuesday last, by, Mr. HARLUNG, his master, for the sum of thirty guineas, which was staked by some amateurs.— Yesterday the match took place, from Hounslow to the 24th mile-stone at Two mile Brook, near Maidenhead ; which distance the animal performed in fifty-six minutes : and after being well rubbed down, it started - t o - perform' the thirteen miles, which was done in fifty-eight 'mi nutes. The 'poney is not above thirteen hands high, and runs daily in a baker's cart. Thirty guineas were offered for him; which was refused; On Saturday night last, about twelve o'clock, a heap of timber which lay in the Eastern projed ing portico of the great South Front of the New Bank of Ireland, in College-green,: was discovered by a person passing to be on fire instantly gave the alarm to the Officer commandin g , at the Barrack's in George's-street, and a party of the mi litary was dispatched thither, who, very aElively, began to remove the uppermost part of the timbers which had not yet caught the' flames; the alarm became general, 'and fire-engines were quickly upon the spot and began to play—but what ,was more effeetual was, the water conveyed by buckets from the, new 'reservoir, which was luckily contiguous to the spot, and had the desired effeCt of entirely and speedily extinguishing the flames in the early dpei rations. There can be no doubt of the matter having pro ceeded from a malicious intention, fi.orn the circum stance of pitch, tar, and other combustible matter, having ne'eu tbund among the timbers, which mat ters were not then in use in the necessary w9rlCs. pqw carriiPg 94 in the NA VA L NEWS. PLYMOUTII, ,SErr., 25.—The Atlas, pi 74 guns, Capt. PM!, I,Vhich arrived here yesterday from Ports mouth, sailed last evening to join the Fleet of Transports which ,sailed hence in the morning Un der Convoy of the Royal George. Rear-Admiral. PURVIS is to hoist his Flagon board the Atlas, on her arrival at Gibraltar. It is stated that the The seus and Captain, two of Admiral Lours's Squadron, will also join the Expedition, and proceed to the Mediterranean ; and that the Windsor Castle, of Da guns, will join Admiral .Lours in then- stead. The Gannet Sloop of War sailed hence for Falmouth, yesterday; to get the Trade out from thence, bound to the Mediterranean, in order to join the Convoy under the Royal George. Arrived. the Danish Galliot Model, JEvrNsom, Pram Alicante, laden with brandy; &c. I°l- Tonnia gen, detained by the Indefatigable Privateer. Arrived the Fury Sloop of War and Hearty Gun brig, with a Fleet of Transports from Portsmouth, with Troops hound to Buenos Ayres ; :the Trans. ports witl the 87th Regiment of Foot, and the Corps of Riflemen, dropped into the Sound, from Stonehouse Poole, this morning, to join the above, and as soon as the wind is fair will sail for their destination. Sailed the Hambro' Ship Dido, Afora.mt, for St. Thornas's, having been released from het detention by the Thornbroug4 Privateer, Arrived the Russian gallica Zuncluingr Welfaart, GORGE, from Oleron, laden with salt for Riga, detained by the Indefatigable Privateer; the Hoff:. Ming, DOUSE, from Tremblade, laden with salt, for Varel, detained by the Hero Privateer; the Brerneu Brig Reninkol, , from Bourcleaux, for Ton .ningen, laden with wine, detained by the Trafalga? Privateer ; the .fohan Olargal etta , DADTE, from; Bourdeaux, for Petersburgh, with wipe, detained by the nafalgar Privateer ; the Norway Lion, ivEßsow, and Bellow, 55tint, from Norway for this Port ; and the illersurius, WEOTERGREN, fro al Portsmouth, with six other Swedish vessels, to join Convey for St. Übe's. PoitTsmouTa, SEPT, p6.—Arrive4 the Kangaroo Sloop of War, and the Quail brig, both from dip Downs Oh Convoy, among which are the Nary 4nn, WinTE, for Gibraltar Fly, ST4N9Eai and Hardy, WARn, tiorn Riga Hanizah, SIDWORTH, Candia, BELmoN, and Sac! t, SALTER ' fror Petersburg,h ; ahcl Charlotte, tWps, frop4 Arch.' angel. Sailed the Unicorn Frigate for Plymouth. The Adamant was this dv appointed to take tlvit Madeira and African Convoys. •7"-.71 FALMOUTH; SEPT. 24.---rFaSSOd this Port today the.outward-bound Lisbon, Oporto, and Igediterra- nean Flees, under Convoy of His Majesty's Si - lip Royal George, of 11Q guns, Vice-Admiral Sir J. T. DUCKWORTH, which were joined by several Vessels from hence. DOVER, -SEPT, 26 e -- ,Arrived --the Ship Diamonz4 JAMESobt, from Grenada and Tortola; lef;. the Fleet, consisting of ;bout 200 SA, under convoy of the Agamemnon, of guns, oft - the West ooast of Ire land. The Ship gybeile, SmiTilAm, from Donal s nica, lost sight of the Fleet on th 9 19th, long. ,?.g. lat. 5 _ _ HARWICH, SEPT. 26.—_-Yesterdny afternoon the Prince of Wales Packet, Capt. ANT4ONY DEANE, and the King George, Capt. SAUNDERS, salted, the former for liusinn, with the Hamburgh mitt B,retftn Mails, and the latter Packet with. a Mail tor got tenbqrgb. The Argus Revenue Cutter arrived yesterday, and sailed this, morning on a cruize. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 25.—Arrived Et,e Ruty, of 64 guns, Capt. DRAPER, from Yarmouth. The Cormorant. Sloop of War, with her Convoy, has been obliged to bring up again for ,want of wind : she dropped foul of the Star, but neither sustained any damage. SEPT. 26.—Sailed the Cormorant, Capt. PHILLI. MORE, with Convoy to the Baltic, this morning; and the Imogene, Capt. GARTH, to Portsmouth. Ar, PEAL, ,SEPT.'2o.—Arrived the Trompeuse Sloop of War from a Cruize, and sailedfor Sheerness ; ar rived also aid sailed for the River, the Flora, and the Diamond, JAmgsoN, from Grenada. Sailed the f e stal Frigate; with several Gun-brigs, for the French Coast. Arrived the Monkey Gun-brig from off the French Coast With Dispatches troM Commodore OWEN, and remains in the Downs with the rest of the Ships as per last. We are happy to announce the safe arrival of the valuable Leeward Island Fleet. The Dennis Schooner arrived at Spithead on Thursday niolt, with an ac count of their safe arrival in the Channel, under convoy of the .4gamemnon. The Fleet consists of upwards o three hundred Sail,