The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-01-19 00:00:00

LONDON.

MONDAY, Jikosumtv 19.

RE-CAPTURE OF BUENOS AYRER.

On Saturday evening, a 1-tter, of which the fol-
lowing is a copy, was sent from the office of the
Right Hnnonrable THOMAS Omar:VILLE, First
Lord of the Admiralty, to the Right Honourable
the Lotto N•voa ;
Admiralty-uffice, January 17, 1817.

"MY LORD-4 have the hononr to iaclo,e to your
Lordship a Mewls ju.t atared at tLe Admiralty, by Tele-
graph, front Plymouth.
" I have the honour to he. Le. drc.
" THOMAS GRENVILLE."
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH.
(COPY.)

" Buenos A)res taken. and the Army prisonerc—Augu,t
12th. " WM.LEIGHTON, Mayor."

This cirumnnication was the result of intelligence
transmired by Lord Cocissowoon, by a vessel
arrived at Plymouth on Saturday, with dispatches
from his Lordship. His Lordship, we understand,
received it from a Spanish prize, ca!ltured by Arne
of the cutters belonging to hi, fleet ; and the 12th
of August is the day nn which the re-capture is
stated to have taken place. The telegraphic dispatch
was received at the Admiralty, at four o'clock, and
the communication reached the Mansion-House

about five. The LORD M IYOR, on the receipt of
it. recollecting the hoar practised in the Mayoralty
of Sir CIIARLDS Pans. deferred publishing it until
be bad made further-inquiry. He accordingly sent
a letter to the Admiralty, requestirg to know
whether the communication WAS genuine, and might
be reliA upon? Government being in possession of
advises from Monte Video, of a date so lung subse-
quent to the 12th of August. as made it probable,
that if such an event had taken place, it might have
been known there prior to that day, and these ad-
vices being silent upon the subje6l. a 1) 3.:c still re-
mained that the account might not be strialy true.
Whether it was owing to this circumstance, or to the
lateness of the hour, we cannot pretend to say, but
whatever may have been the cause, the Los o
Ma ton did not publish the Bulletin in the usual
manner on Saturday night.

The public mind having been lately much agi-
tated by contrary rumours upon this subjea, we
were disposed to indulge a hope that there might be
some &fed in the foundation of this intelligence,
and to suspend our opinion until the arrival of
Lord CoLLlticwoon's dispatches this day. It
was said, indeed, yesterday, that the Message to
the Loom MAYOR traS an erroneous construction of
the telegraphic dispatch from Plymouth, and that
the later easounced the capture of a Spanish vessel
near Buenos Ayres, not the re-capture of Buenos
Ayres by the Spaniard.. As soon as this discovery
was made, we understand, a message, cone Ling the
mistake, was sent to His M /OUT V', and the report
of the re-capture became generally discredited at
the Public Offices. Had the matter rested here,
we might have indulged a hops that th report wrs
unfounded ; but the intelligence of yesterday has re-
moved all doubt from the su'ejedt. A telegraphic
dispatch was received at four o'clock from
Portsmouth, stating, THAT A SMALL VESSEL HAS
ARRIVED AT THAT TORT, WI 1111 OFFICIAL DIS-
PATCHES, CONTAINING THE DETAILS or THE
RE-Car CURE OF BUENOS AYRES, aY THE SFA..
NIA EDI. The officer intrusted with these dispatches,
was expected in town last night. Should the par-
. ticulars transpire this morning, much earlier than
the usual hour of the riblication of the Evening
Papers, we shall .communicate the contents in a
SFe•rro Euirtorr.
The account of the capture of Buenos Ayres did
not arrive in England until September ; of course,
no reinforcements could have been sent out in time

to preserve it; and the merchantmen fitted out from
this country will only be disappointed i t their spe-
culation. and mutt seek some other market for their
treighta, or carry them bark to klnivland.

A Nlail, from Malta, arrived yesterday. It was
brcuiest to F.dmoutb by the Prime's Elizabeth
pAcket. The Liters and Pipers will be delivered
this day.

Saturday afternoon an American Gentleman ar-
rived is town, from Chethoutg, which place he left
on the tOth instant, charged by Mr. ARMSTRONG,
the American Minister at farts, with dispatches to
Messrs. Moseot and PINCKNLY. the American
Pienipotentiaties ::t this Court.
Mr. Assisi-ow] has received official
from the French Government, that American yes.
seis coming direa from America, or retutning from
England to the United States, will not be molested
Vv the French etuis':rs, and that the privatrefo