The Sun. — London, England, 1806-09-25 00:00:00

BUENOS AYRES. PRESENT STATE OF THAT PROVINCE. The country which now eonstitetesahQ Province of Buenos Ayres was formerly subject to the eon iron! of the Viceroy of Peru ; but in 1778 it was erected into a separate GoVernment. It has greatly benefited-,bv this regulation, and, by the free trade which Was granted to it in the same year. In 1791 Spanish as well as Foreign Merchants obtained per mission to import negro slaves and hardware, and to export in return the produdions of the country. This encouragement has Contributed, greatly to . the advancement of agriculture and the increase of po , pulation ; and such is the fertility of the soil, that if the same wise regulations should continue in force, Buenos Ayres will probably become in a short time the granary of South America. In those.regions, which-are. blessed with a most favourable climate, Nature alone, if no impediments ; e thrown in her way, will almost spontaneously produce every • thing: The Province, in which Buenos Ayres is si tuated is of great extent, .every where ab o u n di n g •,,with the most fertile cultivated lands; These are in tersened in every direOion ,by brooks and -riVers, which fall into the great River de laTlata. The pas ture grounds support Millions of .cows, horses; sheep, and swine: There is ablindance of salt, and no want of- convenient pikes where . boats and ships may- take in a ,cargo of sted flesh for. exportation. The fishery on the coasts, espeCially of the whale . seau elf, 'is'eery productive; as is the cliace in the interior of the country. .Tr, many di6tricts, cot= ton, flax, and hemp are.cultivated ; nor is the pro= vince entirely destitute of gold mines.. In the year 1796 the total valu e of; the imports amounted to 2,8.53,944 piastres.. The expotta of the same year were, coined and uncoined gold, 1,425,701 piastres ; silver, 2,556,304 ; of the re maining productions of the Province,' 1,076,877 ; which-made a total-Of above five millions of pins- tres. Hides ; tallow, and wool were the principal artialeS of produce. Durina the war there was a great sta 6 anatcr of trade,. and 4 want of all 'Rifts of European mann . fat:tures; particularly linen ; in lieU of which article tlo-y were obliged to itibsfitute Cottono manufzialured ,1 in the province. There was alSo a great demand for. spirituous liquors, which could not be siapplied.. Monte Video is the best harbour in the country. The necessaries of life. are here so extremelycheap, that it encourages idleneSs. • There are numerous parties of strollero here, called 'Gauderois, WhO re semble the gypsies in "Many things, hut are not addaaed to thieving. They go about the country in small - parties, and diVert• the peasants by-singing love ballads,, acconapanied by the gpitar. ' The pea - sants, on their part, give them every thing they can stand in need of, and the country is so abundant thatethey want but little. To satisfy their hunger, they need only .catch one of the cattle that are wild about' this country. The usual' Way of travelling frOm Monte. Video to Buenos _Ayres is by dater; if the Weather be favourable, a boat' may perform the passage in 24 hours. When it is unfavourable,. they are Soule times fourteen days. 'So lately -as forty years 'ago,- Bnenos Ayres was only the fourth . city of the. vice-royalty of Peru, and the citizens had no counting-houses.; but now there is no city in South America, except Lima, which ranks higher than Buenos Ayres ; and there are few persons of opulence there, Who have not villas, - and - who do not culti va t e i n their gardens all. kinds of f: nit and flowers. The ladies of Buenos 'Ayres are reckoned the most agreeable and handsome in all South America ; and although they do not equal thou of Lima in magnificence, yet their man ner of dressing and decorating themselves is not-less • pleasing, and evinces a superior taste. There is .such an abundance' of prdtiisionse and pa - rtiLularly of flesh meat, at Buenos Ayres, _that -they are frequently distributed gratis -among.. the poor. Tjie river - water la.rather nindaly, but it soon becomes clear, and driekable by being kept in large . tubs, or earthen vessels: (it fish too there is a great abundance. No snow ever falls in the Province. Sometirnea treezes a little, Sc) as to cover the water with a tifin.cOating of ice, which is coil e at e d and preserved with great care for ',the purpoae of • cooling their liquors. The trade of tais country, under British regula ' tier's, holds out a fair proyeai being highly ad vantageous to this contitry, and promisesao open . sources for the. consumption of 'British manufac tures to an.e:tent that cannot yet be Mc:plated:— In iiropertion as the bordello laid upon the Na tires are dimini,hed by the British Government, their . means t 4 buying our commodities aVill be. increas ed ; and the people, instead of continuing ragged and indolem, -will become industrious, and will in time vie with each-other in posse Sing not only the' ,comterts, but the luxuries of We shall be best enabled to form a correct idea. Of the prosperity and commerce, of thia Country by taking a view of the itnports'and Exports.—ln the year 1796 there arrived 35 loaded Ships from. Ca diz, 22 from Barcelona, Malaga, and ilifitque, nine from Corunna, five from Santander, one from Vigo, and one from Gijon.' The value of that partOf the cargoes whi c h cons i ste d o f S pat isle productions amounted to 1,7;5,866 American piastres. The value of .the foreign manufadures, Sze. which were imported . in the above Ships, amounted to 1,148,078 ; and the sum total of both to 2,853,944 piastres. •On the other hand, there sailed from Buenos Ayres twenty-six Ship 3 fOr Cadiz, ten fOr Barcelona, , lama and Alicante, elev en f or , C orunna, and 'four lag a, for Santander. These carried coined and uncoined gold of the value of 1,425,701 piastres ; the'valne of silver exported amounted. to nearly 2;550,304; • and that of the other produdions of . the ,PrOvinc e t o 1,076,877 piastr es . Th e va l ue of theEkportS'conse quently amounted to 5,958,882 piastres. The goods exported consisted of 874,593 raw - ox hides, 43,752 horse hides, 24,436 skins of a finer sort, 46,800 arrobas of melted tallow, 77 C arrobas of Vi cunna wool, 2264 arrobas of common wool, and 291 arrobas of the wool of the Guanaco or camel sheep, 11,890 goose wings, 451,000 ox horns, 3223 Cwt. of copper, 4 cwt: Of- tin, 25 L 1 tanned hides, 222 dozen of • manufaotured ..theer, skins, 2128 cwt. of salted beef, arid 185 cv.s . of salted pork. - From the Havannah two Ships arrived. these were freighted with 22,159 arrob.“ Of ,tugor,3. 239 N A l i J L NEW - S. casks of brandy ; 212 large vessels full of honey 258 arrobas of COCOA ; 1864 arrobas of w!lite wax: ; and 750 N , aras'ofacatia wood ; the whole value bf the Imports from the Havandah amounting to 123,562 piastres. In the ,same year 14 Ships. sailed froth Buenos Ayres to the Havannah. Their cargoes con sisted of 24,060 piastres in* gold; 69,050. cwt. of salted flesh ; 13,600 arrobas bf tallow ; 252 dozen of manufactured sheep skins.; 323 skins of a finer sort ; 190 arrobas of wool ;180 goose - wings ;—the value of all these Exports to the Havannah amount ed to 160,110 piastres. Two Ships from Lima and Guayaquil brought! 10,975 arrobas of sugar ; 2/30 salt-stones; 1472'.arro bas of cocoa ; 816 arrobaS of rice ; 378 pounds of cinnamon ; 990 . poonds. of Indigo—the value of the whole amounting to 50,154 .piastres.—ln return,, 2094 hoes, 238 'slaves, 1680 arrobas'of tallow, 620 pounds of thread, 42 dozen pairs of silk stockings, and 120 hats, were sent from Bneno's Ayres to the above named places. The value of these Exports amounted to 67,150 piastres. It has been alledged by some people, that Great Britain can derive no benefits from the possession of Buenos. Ayres, which wedid not before enjoy in' consequence of the licences granted to Neutrals to trade with that Country; but this arises from their want of information. While Buenos Ayres was under the dominion of Spain, we could only carry on our commerce by Neutrals, through the agency of Spanish Brokers, whose commission, &c. amount ed to about 7/ per cent. - besides which the Spanish Government clrarged-34/ per cent. ad vajorem, on the imports; and 22' per c e n t . on the exports, rnak inks together a charge of 561 per cent. against the British adventurer, and with the commission, 64 per cent. ! • ' • MAILS. Alum no—r.Warerford. llut-2.1-lamburgh, 4 Cotten.. burgh, t Dublin, i Waterford. Fleet. for Norway. riucE OF 'STOCKS • THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK'. Consols 63 Oinniucn - THE SUN. scura QUIS DICERE . FAI.SUNI AUDEAT? LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 806. ' • Yesterday evening Mr.Lyvki., the Messenger, was sent off 'with DisputcheS to Lord LAUDERDALE tat . Paris ; a Messenger was also sent toVienna. There. is. Strong.reason to suppose that the Negotiation be- tween this Country and Frante:Will:cefy speedily be 1 ' brought to a decisive issue; and judging from the condua and the language used by BONAPARTE, it is not likely to have a pacific termination- BONA PARTE will probably en,ieavour to protraa the Ne gotiation, and hiS absence ,from Paris will have the effect of creating considerable delay; but His Ma, jesty's Ministers of Course - are aware of his objet}, and - will not suffer themselves to be imposed upon by.his artifices. • Elsinore. • Sailed the Cormorant Sloop of War, •with he Convoy, for'the Baltic. • • - * This day a i ,Court-Martial was' held on l)oard Majesty's Ship Magnanime, in the Harbour, on Lieutenant - L- , commanding the ProjeFt Mor tar, for absenting himself without leai'e ; when the Court, having beard the evidence for and against the Prisoner, sentenced him to be admonished only, in consideration of his having three children; bukAo be more circumspeft in future. ......................... i DEAL, SEPT. 24.—This morning, at six o'clock, 'Yesterday Lord Howxcx. had an audience of His ! a Messenger arrived from London, and immediately MA:icsTv, and resig - n4l his Office of First Lord off embarked on hoard the Speculator Lugger, Lieut. ,the Admiralty. H IS :MAJESTY I then delivered to ; M'CREA, and sailed for the French Coast. , ' him the Seals of the Foreign Department. ' Mr. 'l'. - Early this morning passed the back of the 'Good- GRENNtrILLE . was also admitted to; an, audience, and : win Sands, to the Northward, a Swedish Man of ...... . having resigned his office of President of the Board \Vat', with a Fleet of Vessels under Swedish co of Controul, was appointed First Lord of the Admi- 1 lours. , ' ralty. The other appointments, which we an- Came down from Sheerness the Zebra Bomb. nburiced ,yesterday, are not yet officially notified; Arrived the 44 - fire Sloop of War from a Cruize. ,but there is very little doubt that they will soon take 1. S:iiled the Th ames F r i gate on a C ru i ze ; and the place. • ' • • 1. Prospero Bomb, with a Fleet of outward-bound • Vessels under convoy, for Portsmouth. • AT : rived, arid sailed for the River, the Amelia, Young, from Grenada, and the Alligator, GRAIN from Barbadoes. Sailed through the Downs the . D6rothy-SOphia, WOLF, for the Mediterranean, and several other out ward bound vessels; also the Cuckoo, from Sheer ness for Portsmouth. • Admiral Louis, whO sailed from Plymouth some time ago 'for the purpose of intercepting Admiral VILL.EAU}•;[EZ's Squadron, on the'snppositiou that it was returning to. Europe, has arrived at Falmouth, where he will. remain till he is joined by the Expe dition, which is'expeeled to.sail every day., . We yesterday, received Dutch Papers to the 20th inst. They contain Very little intelligence, but they 'contivm the accounts which have already reached 113 of the infmense military preparations mak= ing by Prussia, and the general expeffition of the'reaewal of the Continental War. A Letter froin. Frankfort states, thaf Brannan was to be evacuated by the French on the 3d instapt, and that the Garrison had received orders to marct, to the Rhine. We are inclined to give credit to this report, because under the present circumstances BONAPARTE may. find it his interest. to' conciliate Austria; though We are convinced that if it were not for the threatening appearances in the North of Europe, he would r ‘ff GREENOCK, SEPT. 22. --Tle BageI,METTER TORCE, arrived here yesterday - from f t isbon, in 23 days ] with salt, skins, and cotton. Arrived on Friday morning the Brig Pomona, MURELAND, from Lisbon, 'which she left Ist Sep tember. The. Edgar, ---, for Clyde, left Lisbon 29th August : the Pomona spoke no Ships on her passage. The Pandora, LA G, of this Port, bound for don, one of-the last Jamaica Fleet, under convoy of the Surveillante, Hercule, and Fortune, was caPtnred on the t 5 t h July, in the Golph- of Florida, by the Prince Murat Spanish Privateer,. .The Captain anal two of the crew were taken out, 4110 pit on board. an American Schooner, which carried them to New-York. never have given up Brannan, because the possession of that Fortress would at all times afford him an easy entrance into ,the Austrian States.. The report of the surrender of Cataro to the French is again renewed, but is not entitled to any credit. The , New York Gazette of the. 4th of August contains the tbllowing information respeaing , the Squadron:mm.ler VILLEAUMEZ :" . • • " Brig Aurora, in 18 days from Antigua, on the 27th ult..(July) saw a French Squadron of tine Sail of the Line and two Frigates, in• lat. 32.. 36. long. 74. 40.—th lat. 3.5. 25. long. 64. 17. th e Au rora f e ll M with an 80 g un Ship - of - the French Squadron: She had just taken possession of an English Priva teer, which she stripped, cut away her masts, &e. and sent her adrift. It is not true, as stated in a Morning Paper, that Mr. JOHNSON, the Messenger, arrived yesterday from France. • Mr. TimiNgy had an interview yesterday with Lord GRENVILLE. Ye4erday her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES ho noured Sir WILLIAM and Lady PITT with a visit at their seat at Hightield-park, near.. Hartford-bridge, where they dined, and returned to Windiior in the evening. " On Friday last the French Fleet was only. seventy 7ailes . South of Sandy Hook,-steering along the Coast. We think it probable they will stop at &sten for water ancfprovisions, and then proceed to Europe." TheNautilous,, VILLENETT, from St. Vincent's, 'is arrived at Bristol ; she pared from the Leeward Island Fleet an the 18th in s t. i n l at . 51 . long, 1(i. in a himvy gale at S. E..and thick weather. • His Majesty's Ships Thaliq, Kemesis, and Came lean, with the Fleet for Newfoundland, were spoke with on the 15th inst. in lat. 47. 22. long. 21. all well. , . . . . His Majesty's Sloop Alligator, on the:lBth inst. spoke the Alexander, of London, one of the Aga memnon's Convoy, who had parted from the Fleet on the 7th inst. She had not experienced any bad weather, nor had seen any thing of an Inenly.— The Alligator is ' supposed to riave brought, Dis ptches, from Sir R. ST ti n CHAN. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—Arrived the Railslance Frigate, Capt. ADAM, from a cruize with the Squa dron under the Command of Rear-Admirarl,outs l the remainder of the Squadron are put into Fal mouth, where they,iare to ,wait to convoy•the Expe dition now here, and which are hourly expeeled to sail for their destination. Arrived the Ham burgh Ship Dido, MOLLER, laden with linen,, &c. from Hamburg'', bound to St. Thomas's, detained by the Thornbrough'Privateer ; the Danish Galliot Gunied Dorothea, JUIILER, laden with oil, &c. from Bourdeaux bound to Copenhagen, detained by the Indefatigable Privateer; and the Thornbroukh Privateer from a Cruize. Arrived the Penelope Frigate from the Channel PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 24. Arrived the .Zetra Bomb, Capt. PARKINSON, with the following Ships under Convoy from the Downs :—Zephyr, RID DELL; Request, JOHNSON; and Juno, Dixou, from St. Petersburgh ; Two Friends, HUGHES ; Unity, SMELT ; Eleanor, CODD, James, PAcKwoob ; and Adventure, PARSONS, from Riga ; and Speedy, AL DRIDGE, from London. Sailed the Clinker Gun-Brig, Lieutenant Nt,stsET GLEN, on.a'Cruize; and Anna Catharina, HARWICH, SEPT. 24.—The Kh?g - George Packet Capt. SAUNDERS; with the Gottenburgh Mail, and t4' Prince of Mies.Pacitet, Capt. A: DEANE, bound to Hustim, with the Hambro' ' and Bremen Mails, are detained by a strong North-east wind. The Gallant, Centinel, and 4ggressor Gon-brigs sailed this day on a Cruize. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 23.—Sailed the Quail, Lieut. LOWE, and cuckoo, Lieut. PADDEN, for Portsmouth. 24.—Arrived the Swift Sloop of, War, Captain J. WRIGHT, with a large Convoy, from FROM TIIE D&TCH PAPER S. DUSbELDORF, SEPT. 1 . —Letters from Cataro were received at Venice on the 27th of Aug. which announce, that six battalions of French troops, of the sth, 23:1, and 29th Regiments of the Line, had tsikeh possession of that place, together with Castel Nuovn, and that the Austrian troops had embarked for Trieste. FRANKFORT, SETT. .-- , According to letters . from Munich of the Ist instant, the Fortress of Brannan was to be given up to Austria on the 3d, .the French Garr'i'son having.had orders to march for the Rhine on the sth.inst. HAGUE, SEPT. [G.—Troops are in motion from • all parts of the kingdom for the Camp at Zeist ; and by the 23d inst. this Camp will be completed, and 'will consist of 11 . ,150 men, and 150 hotses. M. some time since. appointed Commissary Ordonnateur in Chief of the French Army, has set out for Paris to receive instrutaions. MUNSTER, IN WESTTIIALIA, SEPT. 2.—The 13111 - Man . ' Field Hospital left here the 27 . 0 ult. for Osnabnrgh. All the troops are ready to march ; and, according to the prepatations making, they are to be concentrated in the environs . of Lipstadt, a pa- . sition extremely good. These .hostile dispositions have spread terror through the country. Many Public Funetir, - )naties have packed up, their efietts, and sortie Administrators, as well as the French Emigrants, 'quitted this place some days ago. The general opinion' hete 'is;••that if warbreaks out again, Nanover And Wes.tphalia will, become the theatre cif aiaion . ; 'ln theititer in ,, can'assert, with certainty, -that the Troops ale ' motion in .41 parts-that Ar mies are, forotingthat - the magazines are amply fille4,; 7 ands.-thit."*.new works are raising about the which are also supplied, with a numerous and,:• in:fine, that the roads are•covered with trausperts.of artillery, ammunition, and imple ments of war of every description. Our uncertainty relative to. these ;immense preparations will bed* very short duration. • • ' PARIA,'..SEPT.,I4:---011 Tuesday last, at eight in the morning, the imperial Guard were under arms in the Plain des. Sa,blons, 'The Emperor passing :through tiranks to review them,•.the cry of " rive : •,NrivocgONl-1./:;veNotte Generalt"'Nvas a 'thousand (iMes.repeated...,. Sornetifne§ he was seen on home back,..moying with rapidity from one wing to the .. .Other (,)f the line; and.sometimes he appeated orb foot in the midst of, the ranks . , - though it rained in cessantly.. He -was determined to know for him self what kind of :combatants he Should have 'to trust to - in case of an' approaching War; and this .corps in .partic.tar;' to whoM he bad confided the 'honour and care of, guarding his person. The whale corps was in the best oreer, and manifested by their silents,. and the liveliest marks of joy,_ the desire , they.had of being led to new Combats; and when the:Emperm• conversed with the soldiers, and spoke of war and battles, their shouts increased, and were heard 'front all parts of the field. A letter from Trieste, 'of the 26th of August, con tains the. agreeable intelligence that the French Troops were put in.possession of Cataro on the 23d. By . this remission, the Treaty, of Presburgh is carried 'into' execution in all its parts. -The return of. the Austrian TroOps to Trieste was hourly expected. His MAJESTY came to Town yesterday about t-t •-o'clock, 'acid held a Court' at the Queen's Palace soon after two, when His MAJESTY gave audiences . to the Hon. TnomAs GRENVILLE, who resigned his - office of . President of the &lard of Controul ; Earl • SPENCER, the Secretary of State for the Home De. partment, wib delivered to His MAJESTY the Seals< held by the late 'ltigl4 Hon. CIiARLES JAMES Fox, ' .His MAJESTY'S Principal Secretary of State for Fcm. . reign Affairs. • • Viscount HOWICK had an audience of his MA JESTY, and resigned his Office of First Lord. of the Admiralty ; his MAJESTY then was pleased- to .011- point him his Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and delivered to him the Seals of Office ac cordingly.' , . . - ' .' Viscount SIDIVIOUTH had an audience of his MA. JESTY, and-, we understand, - resigned the Privy Seal. His MAJESTY then held a - Private Levee, which was attended (besides the .above distinguished per• sonages) by _ .. . . • The Lord . :Chancellor. . • ! ' The Qltanceiror 4f the Exchequer. . . Lords Rivers and EieathAcict. . . Sirs T. Hale and (.;,.. Prevost. • Major Heal.. . . Messrs. Elliot, Fawkener, Windham, and Bond. . _ The following had the honour of being presented to HIS MAJESTY :' . . Viscount HoWick, upon being appointed Principal Secre tary of State for Foreign • :Affairs, in the room of the Right Hon. C. J. Fox, deceased. The Hon. T. Grenville, whom' His Majesty was pleased . to'd6. l. lare . Fir . st Lord of the Admiralty, in tile room of Via cOunt Howick, resigned. . . The,Honourable•Majot T LYean, Of the gth .Re. , iinent, Who • briittghi the disixitches of the capture 0: Ljtien9s Ayres, upon this arrival in England. . Mr. Elliot, Secretary to hiS crace the bukeof Bedford, the Lord Lieutenant of Leland, upon his return to England, by Mr: 'Windham. . • , - Major-General Sir George Prevost, upon his being ap 'pointed to a Battalion of the both Regiment: The resignation of Earl FITZWILL4III', as Presi dent of the .Couucil, was'not Officially known, and declaration of Viscount Si DMOUTI-I to that office could not of'eourse t a ke place, _but both it is under stood will take place in -a short time. • After-the. Levee his MAJESTY held a Privy Coun cil, at which, we understand, his MAJESTY was pleased to command' an Order to the Lord .CHAN CELLOR to further prorogue the Parliament from the 9th to the 29th of October. After the_ Canned - Mr. BOND, the - Judge Advo cate, had an audience . of his MAJESTY, and laid be fore hiun the proceeding - s i of several Courts Martial, for his approbation. Soon after five - o'clock his MAJESTY set off on his return to Windsor. . • The tew opponents of Lord PERCY, who are still attempting to excite a cot9petition for the vacant seat in Westminster, manliest more industry than prudence 3 for howcan it he suppo se d t h at t he y have any chance of. succeeding ; when we see that he is supported by some of .the most distinguished persons in the-Country, and when it is universatly acknowlpdged that the Noble Candidate has evely claini that can arise ,from private worth, elevated rank, and property that places trial fir above the slightest suspicion of .any inter; Lett - tisalptations to deviate from that ::Liependent r.,;_ rd t o puo li c d uty which char a Ct er i z :s the true fife .d of ;iis King And Country ?