The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-02 00:00:00

NAVA L NEW S.

PRIVATE. CORRESPONDEVCE
Between Giiiitenont-Gneral. Whiteloche and' Ceneial
Liniers,'commandin the Troops of Bfienay •

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formed that t havemade prisoners eighty °t teer,.
of different ranks, ' abOVe one thouiand Soldiers,
and, at least, double that number . of slain of
si ti• ~ - . , .. . : • • -•,-t- . your Excellency's troops, -notwithslanding .no at-
Tc. 211; EXCELLENCY SANTA )AGO titqlß.R3.l
" Cipra,
in ,
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of the 17th Dragoons, ,who I tack has',, aS. yet, reached the centre :of my ar,,
,
had the honour to dispatch this morning to your my. With a wish to prevent a further ef-
fusion of flood, . and to
.give . your Excellen-
Extellenoy; informs me, that it is your Excellency .
cy , a clear idea of Spanish generosity, , 1 hate.
wish that. I should 'comMunicate, in writing; the
proposals I had to
to propose, that your Excellency being willing to
niake to you, in consequence: of - .
which .I• have the honntir to inform you, that his re-embark the remainder of your army, evacuate
Excelle Monte Videb, and all the River Plata, leaving Lai:, • '
mly.Lieutenant-General Wfifiimoai4, aliii. ;
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ous to preyent any unnecessary effusion, of blood,
, only testore those troops I have just made prisoners,
has ordered me to intimate to your.Exceileney, that
but also those taken from General • BERESFORD, giv--
under the present ..:IccumstanCes he is willing to :
ing your Excellency to understand at the same time,
come to terms with the Inhabitants of Bnenos.Ayres, '
incase these terms are not complied with, I cannot
on the conditions hereafter stipulated. He may
answer for the rigorous treatment the prisoners in
pOssibly consent to some sinall attentions in their
my possession may experience from the exasperated
favour, but without changing the original purport.
ardour of my soldiers, who have the more reason to
Article 1. All SubjeCls of his Britannic Majesty,
detained in South America, are to be gitenup, and be so, since three of my Aids-de Camp have been
hostages placed in the hands of the British till their wounded after presenting-themselves in various parts
arrival at Buenos Ayrtls.
with Flag of Truce, and, in consequence I transmit.
your Excellency by a British Officer, and
. Art. P. Ail Militilry Officers under the Govern- • this to
iment of Buenos Ayres, soldiers, and other persons exped an answer in the course of an hour.
holding civil employments, shall be considered as • " I have the honour to be, &c.
" LINIERS."
Prisoners` of War, . .. '
P. S. • " After writing the above, General CitivAti-
Art. 3. All cannon, arms-, and ammunition, and . and
roms all his Brigade, together with Officers of
military stores, are to begiven hp in good order.
• other Regiments, have fallen into my hands."
Art. 4. Public property of all description will be • -
confiscated by. the British (General. '

Art. 5. The Inhabitants of Buenos Ayres .are al-
lowed the free exercise' of the Romati CatTiollc; Re-
ligion.
Art. 6. Private property will. be respeCied.
" Our fOrce is so considerable, that I flatter niy-,
self your Excellency can have. no room. tO.doubt the
ultimate result; and believe me when I assure you,
that the desire above Is to in'event a scene so/horri-
ble 1-,s that presented:in a town when. taken by
kotiu; and' it is the 'only motive which 'induces,
Cron. Wurratoctv..to,pertnit rue to address you in
this nurturer. , I have the honotir to
(Signed) • 4‘ J. L. Gowen."
reply to the Intimation dated July 3; 1 07,
". I am direaed by the Spanish: General, bon
SANTA lAGO LINTERS, to announce the receipt of
you letter by a Flag of Truce, reipeaing the sur..
Tender Of )3trenos Ayres,itind, to inform you in reply,
that. he will not pay atteution to any eOrrevondence
fegaiding'that point, aS he has a sufficient nuMber of.
4,,irsited trooPs,coniniandedbyGenerils ready to die
in defende of their dotititty)- and that this, is the'
Cm e taiiy their patriotitini.
. " Your obedient Servant."
.• •
7-Mr.'

" INTIMATION SECOND.
" ileact.Quarters of ;he Camp before
Buenos Ayres, july 4. 1607.
f, TO HIS !XCILLENCY GIN. LINIERs.

" )*(;kir Excellency will do Me the 'credit to attri-
Lite to humanity filmic, the information, which is,
That the chief edlumn of my army has effeeted.a junc-
tion with that part under-the command of Major-
Oen. Gowan. Your Excellency is; Without doubt, ac.
kitiiiinted that anothercolurrin is about one league from
tlilr capital awaiting my InStrilaions. I. have lilce‘Vise,
vatiotti reinforcemanti on board of Ship, together
With a Squadron ready to co-operate with.tho ope-
fatiotifl I inn. uow carrying en. It is tux
itterefote; altei; this 'statement, be ac-•
kvainted if Tour Excellency still persists in: return-
ing the samennswer. as that contained in yOlir letter
of yestefday io thc Icilajor7General,' who has my
authority to treat with you on that' subjea. The
bearer Of thisi, Captain Wnirrixottior, has orders
to wait half ruilour tor your Excellency's answer,
‘NvlieiherOE,no:

have the honour to be, ezu.'
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lieply to intimation Second.

•

" Buenos Ay !vs, I uly 4, .130?
His isx,CELiENCY GENZItAL WiIiTELoCKE.

" I have just received your Excellency':i Flag of
Truce) dated this dayi and have the hollow' in 're-
ply, toacquaint your Excellency, that a, long as
pqssep ammunition, and that there exists among
my Garrison and' 16 auxiliaries) the sable: g'pi.rit
which now animates them, I shall never 'agree to
proposals made to me to abandon the Port trusted
to my charge,. well persuaded.that I am able to cope
with all the forces your Excellency, may oppose to
concitter.me.. AS to the laws of lmmanitY to which
your
.Excellency refers, permit me to observe, that
whoever observes the right definition of them will
*Tee with nie, that it is your Excellency ,;(as ati
aggressor) and not I, who comply merely with what
justice and honour Vojnts out, that violates them.

" I have the honour to be, &c. &c.

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(‘ LtNiEits:'

AITER TIM BATTLE. Q. TOE tIIFTH OF JULY",
hrtimation.of the Spanish General.
Buenos Ayres, sth July, igol.
roars EXCILLINCV GINIRAL: WHITILLOCKf.,
• " sapie humane sentiments. which induced
your Excellenc to propose• a Capitulation 'to my.
troops, without. making yourself acquainted with
my 'esQurces, at present animate,..ine, Weil i/J-1

.
Plaza Del Toros, july.6, 1807.

TO HIS ERCELLENOY GEN. LISIERS.

, " I have the honour to answer the receipt of
your Excellency's Letter, and perceive you do me
the justice to believe I do not lend a deaf ear to
whatever may relate to !lie cause. of humanity; and
as during yeSterday's action the wounded of both.
parties are much dispersed, I propose an Armistice
of Q. 4 hoursfor each of us to take away,our respec-.
tine wounded. The post at present occupied by each
artny, to be the" ines of demarcation.
" With what may regard my abandoning the ad-
vantages I have already gained, it is altogether out
of my power, having taken a.oumber of prisoners,
a large portion of artillery, and gained both flanks.
I leave. it ,to your .Excellency's sincerity to draw a
comparison between the situation of.both armies.
—I greatly lament the circumstance of yo
•
cellency's Aid-de-Camp
.having been w
and can only attribute it to the errors which
so frequently occur at the' commencement of
hostilities. I shall take care to prevent its hap-
petting again, begging leave at the same time
to observe, that my Aid-derCamp, dispatched with a
Flag of 'Mice, was fired at RR the way parsirig your
Excellency'S }Mei.
" I have the honour, &c. •
" J. W."
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"TO HIS ZXCELLLNCY GEN. •
" Plaza del Toros, July 6, 1807:
" I have tijelionour your Excellency,
. that I only received your Excellency's Letter as I
was entering this post, dticl your Excellency:l4%ring'
restatned.the iirc of yotir artillery, I presurne,you are
,not. agreeable.to a cessation of hostilities.

, • " It 'grieves me'mnch to sec the suffering of the
wounded, Who require assistance, and I therefore
propose, to your Eligellency to stop all tiring what-
ever, and I will send,you an Officer of rank, Major
General GOWER, who will eSPlain. le your Excel-
lency how far I can accede to. the, proposals
pressed in your letter.
" have the honour to
w.,,

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TO HIS 4.CILI.LENCY GEM.
,‘ • , • Plaza .Del nros, July 7.
Wis lisve the- honour to inform your Ekcel-
fancy that alone.induced by moOves pointed out to
you by Major-General G. we consent to the cone
ditions proposed' by you, and have in celisequ6nced
appointed Officers, Who, together with t1i0....•cf yoty
Excollericy, may take their measures for receiving
the prisoners, re-embarking the troops; and settling
relulsite 1)&11.10. We have the !ionour to be, &c.

. . . ,
(Slimed) . " • JouN IViIITELOOKE.
• ~" "GEo. Mum Ay."

Letters from Cotk Mention fliejetriVal there of a
valuable Danish Brig, with two hundred torts Of gum
on board, prize to the Lion Privateer;Of i f..Li guns, be-
!tinging to Plyinouth.
CATALASII haS been judiciously advised to per 7,
'fbrimat the Opera House, Without insisting upon
the stipulated guarantee, as she has announced by a'
public letter. She is' now content to receive a ra,
liable proportion of the salary, on the two' nights a
week when she is to perform, but positively de-
dares; that if there should' be the least failure in
punauality, 'she will relinquish her engagement.
In .conclusion she signifies, with a laudable genero-
, sity, that she Shall requtre permission to sing,tt~ ice
for the benefit of a Pithlic Charity.
BRAHAM and SToroce linVe-been lending their
assistance at the Annual 'Coneerts of and,
we Are glad to find that the respeolable veteran who
has been so long in this country, and has condua-
ed himself with such uniforin propriety, had the
same liberal proteelion which he has heretofore en-
joyed, on similar oceasinns.
There is no truth in the report of the' death of
COOKE, 'the Adoi, as he was announced for
• •• •
ar*oa.Wednesday last at the Ginigaw Theatre.

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PLYMOUTH, rsßc. -,l.—Arrived the schooncr
.Mm
cy , of Dartmouth, JAMES HARVEY Master, from
Newfoundland, bonnd to. Dartmouth, laden with
and oil : she was captured, on Sunday morning
)ast•,off the Lizard, by. a French Cutter Privateer,
and re-taken by the Dragon Man of

By Letters received here this morning from the
Westward, the unfortunate • intelligence is received
of th© loss of the .40o*n Frigate, of 44 guns, Capt.
LITDIARD, in Mounts Bay; on the coast of Corn-
wall, wherein it is stated, that some of the Officers,
and many of the crew, have perished,

A heavy gale of wind atsouth came on again this
afternoon, and blows most tremendously. The
Portuguese Ship Fanza, from the Brazils,, laying in
Catwater, made .signals of distress this' evening,
which was repeated by the Coqfiance Sloop of War,
laying near her, who fired minute guns until five
o'clock every assistance that could be rendered has
been given, bUt it is feared that she will go onshore
before morning.

PORTSNIOirtH, JAN.. I.—Arrived this day the St.
A/bans, of'64 guns, Capt. AL's.Tem, from the East
Incites ; and Wady Gun brig, Lieut. STOW, flOlll
Monte Vidios.last
.from Kinsale.
Sailed the Ha/flax Sloop of War, IM., Lord
TOWNSEIEND, with a Convoy of about thirty Sail,
fur the Downs. '

The whole of the Transports which arrived on
Tuesday last froin the Mediterranean, were this clay
'Tele:lied from qUarantine.
The Aldrandria Frigate, arrived here yesterday,
parted with 32 Sail of Vessels seven days ago,
which sailed from Tortola about seven weeks since
_under her protection.

DEAL., JAN. .—Arrived the Cygnet from Ports-
mouth, and the Bloodhound from a Cruize.
srhe American Ship fiesolu' :ion lost an anchor and
a cable. last night in a ,heavy gale -of vAind, 'and
another this'clay, and afterwards run for Itamsgate
, Ha rhon r.

The Flag of True stilliremains.in4he Downs—
Blows a gale of wind at S. W.

FA L MOUTH, c 30.--Arrivird 'the' alp • George,
C:1 pt. LOGAN, and anothe'r Vessel (naine unknown).
They parted from Sir CH ARLESCOTTON'S Fleet.eight
days since.

M L FOR 13, DEC. ah—Last n'ght the ship Ani ope
(a Transport), Capt. Mota.Eritrv, With part or the
38th atki:goth' Regiments' On, board, from
month, bound to Cork, was avert on shore in St.
Bride's 'Bay, and totally lost, 'With seven of the
peOple), she parted from the (3.citavoy on, the 135th
inst. near Cork, in very thick,weather; on.the.27th
thOy saw two Sail of the convoy, and on the
night heard several guns.

, SHEF,amEss, DEC. 3c)...,-Possed by for the River
three East lodiatneo.

• Came into harbour,• from the Greit Nore, the
Glory, of 98 guns, and proceeds to Chatham to be
paid Ott :
Went out of harbour, and brought up at the
Great Nore, the Hyacinth Sloop of War, Cyr.
DAVIE ; also arrived from the River, and brotitht-
dpat the Nore, that beautiful 'Frigate thuitninkd, of
38 guns, Capt. .1.:1P, MALANG' 'land lVoo/wich Ten-
der, Lieut. Cox, with -forty impressed men .and
volunteers for the Fleet-
Arrived the Cruizer. •

A report is prevalent at this place, and in which
We ,Ittai.e reason to place a great degree of Confidence,
that, Capt.• flAautS, at present commanding the'
Barracenta Sloop, goes :out to the EaSt Indies in
• apt Vessel, and hit:atrival in' the country, im
mediately succeeds Capt. 'PELL:aw in the command
of the Sir, Rands Dnike, a nets 3A gnu Frigate,
built at Bombay; and the command of the Bnrra
comidwill be given tip a sou of Rear-Admir: I Wri,Ls;
who is' mv serving in' the Bi4'lndies,
•I*orritias is expeaed i‘o'coMplete her com-
plement of men to-Morrow ; she this day receir 'a
diaft of-itoi and' the ttOitient site iq completed, is
expeeted to sail forPort'smotith, and them fit for a
foreign destination •
The crew of the:Pomp, 4tr6-to bt, turned over to-
the- Pielory, , 'now in l)bek at fNith!nn, and that of
the (Very are to be att,the disposal of Bear-Adiniral
WELLS.

DEQ. ititti Harbour the Pt,nipee, of
80 guns, Capt. J. R. likcit-gs; And precceded
Chatham to be paid oti:
An' 'American Merely:it $l4, which got on
hltoie"off the Buoy of the- Petoose, disrnasted and
nearly:lost, was towed in here by'two fishin
Sitlacks fortunately, no live i were lost.; and the'
ettrgo; .of whit., 'is all _ •
The Peocoek Sloop of. W#r, Capt. W. PEAKE, is
paid op to:six ttiontio, 'flodiaailed- for Plymouth.

lipt.spoge, Ditc.-28,0 I send you 4n ncount of
the 10S5 of the AIISIM Frigate, on the. Bar Sand, two
tri.les and a 11.:1 fr,Jtn ti,i, town.,—Shne all well,
on Thorklay the 94tb, lrotiaalmouth---just gut the
French Coait„.and 4iVen off by aS. W. with
'•
encloavoured to weather the Nzatd,' fitit could not;
Hand after being vtnhayed,--itrid loSt every anchor,
.csarue in before. the gale. ()opt. LxutAttn and the,
First Lieutenant are both 105 t....-whether any other
Qificeti are lost I 'caritiot rightly learn. Ervin the
irregularity of the arrival qt the Crew, n 4 'muster
can yet be made—teliait says 1 t.ii are missing.—A.
person just come frQUI the wreck say.., she is in
, shivers."