The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-04-16 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR,

II thiak thefullowini narrative of facts, respecting
the kind treatment of the late gallant Colonel KinKinn, of
the 6th Dragoon Guards ur Carabineers, by (ventral Liam,
and his fanny, and the peat humanity of an old Spaniard, in
saving his life, cannot be made too publie--you will, there-
fore, when convenient, give it a place in your excellent paper,
of which I isia a constant reader.

Col. Kington having advanced a considerable
way into the town or Buenos Ayres, on the morning
of the stii July, received a musket-ball through his
right leg, which occasioned him to fail, whi6t cheer-
ing and animating his regiment to follow him, and
endeavour to take ta,o pieces of cannon, opposed to
them in the centre of the street ; refusing any as-
sistance from his men to carry I off, he desired
they would march forward and do their duty, under
the emninand of the brave and much-lamented
Captain Burrell, who soon received a mortal wound.
In the Jousts time the Colonel contrived to ronove
from the centre into one of the cross street', and
there remained till the Carabineers had been or-
dered to retreat, when the enemy advanced and
Used him in se most brutal manner ; they were upon
the point of dispatching him with their bayonets,
had not an old Spaniard rushed from his house,
and, throwing his cloak over the Colonel, and his
person between him and his countrymen, besought
them to spare his life, and net take advantage of a
fallen hue. The old Irian then dragged him into his
'muse, and having bound up his wound,. laid him
on his own bed, and watched him during the day
and night with the tenderness at' a parent.
On the 6th he was conveyed to the citadel, where
General Linters ordered every attention to he
paid his wounded prisoners. The General told the
Colonel a relation of his (Madam O'Gorman) had
offered to accommodate one of the wounded officers
at her own house, and requested he would be re-
moved to her dwelling, where he should have every
potsible care taken of his wound. In this hos-
pitable mansion the Colonel lay seventeen days be-
Are his dissolution, receiving foam the hands of his
kind hostess and her relations all kinds of nourish-
meut and medicine directed by the Faculty. Ge-
neral Liniers attended him daily, and visited him
always before he retired to rest. He shewed as
much interest for the Colonel's safety as he could
hair done for his own sea in a similar situation.—
The old Spaniard was constant in his inquiries for
the state of the Colonel's wound ; and though
pressed by him to receive a sure of money for Ins
great humanity and tenderness, he could not be
prevailea upon to accept the least pecuniary re-
ward, though by no means in affluent circuta-
stances. _

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General Liniers' generous behaviour continued
after the Colonel's decease ; he directed the body
to be removed to the Viceroy's Palace, and there to
lie in state till the interment, which took place on
the 23d July ; the funeral was conducted in the
English manner, and all principal Military Officer!.
and Civil Magistrates attended, with four regiments
of infantry to fire over the grave ; • tablet, with a
titt;table inscription, was ordered by the Genera: to
4 placed over the remains of the deceased.
To hear that this gallant young hero, cut off in
the prime of life,received south marked attention, and
experienced every comfort from his enemies, in his
last moments, must be highly gratifying to his
afflicted widow, the Marchioness of Clanncarde, his'
relations, and numerous friends; and should another
expedition to South America prove more fortunate
than the hut, his brave countrymen may have an
opportunity of convincin.the enemy they are not to
toutdone in generosit3 earl humanity, the rata
amcterioatics of the Britian nation.

I an, Sir, your ebalimat knit,. Orricra a' Buenos Art.
and soot se/were Friersti the tate gal:
hoot Colonel.

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