The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-26 00:00:00

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train notrly exiettailt
of receiving Dispatches from Lord, FlurcHlNsotc,
which will, we trust, enable us to lay before our
Readers the official details of this glorious vi&ory,
which again opens to us the prospect of seeing Eu-
rope rescued from the tyranny of the French, and
its independence restored. ,

WE have received private letters from Holland
which state, that ail Neutral Vessels which had been
detained previous to the late Decree have been suf-
fered to leave that Country.

WE are extremely concerned to state, that the
reports which have lately reached this Country frOm

so many quarters of the Re-capture of Buenos Ayres
are at length confirmed by the receipt of Dispatches
from. Sir HOME POPHAM. The Dispatches were
brought home by Capt. EDMONDS, of His Majesty's
Ship Diomede, who came a passenger in the
ilmington Transport, and arrived at Spithead on
Saturday evening, and about twelve o'clock at night
the Dispatches reached the A-lmiralty, and the fol-
lowing Note was immediately transmitted to the
LORD MAYOR :

" MY LORD,

" Admiralty-Office, lan. 25,
One o'Clock, a. m.

" I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that Dis-
patches are received from Sir Home Popham, dated from Rio
de la Plata, the 3ath of Odobet, by which it appears, that
the Town of Buenos Ayres had been re-captured on the tath
of August. —I t further appears that, on the arrival of the
Reinforcements from the Cape, His Majesty's Proops had
taken possession of the Town and Batteries of Maldonado.
" I have the honour to be, &c.
" THOMAS GRENVILLE."
" To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."

(A True Copy.)

(signed)
WM. LEIGHTON.

It appears that a considerable Spanish force had
been collected, consisting of near 12,000 Men of
various descriptions, which arrived in the neighbour-
hood of Buenos Ayres on the gth of August. Some
skirmishes took place; but the troops under the com-
mand of General BERESFORD• were too few in num-
ber to face the Enemy in the field, therefore Gen.
&RESFORD retired into the fort ; but the Inhabitants
having joined the 'Besiegers, he was compelled to ca-
pitulate on the 12th of August. The terms of the
Capitulation were, that the Garrison should be ex-
changed for Spanish Troops, upon their parole, and
that they should be embarked for England. We
are sorry, however, to add, that the Capitulation.
was violated by the Spaniards, and that the British
Troops and Officers were marched into the interior.
The following is astatement of the number of
Officers killed and wounded :

Killed
Wounded - 8 one of which is Lieut.-Col.
PACK, of the 71st keg.
Total - to
Privates— Killed - -
Wounded - - 9z
Missing - 9

Total - 144.

At the time of the surrender, Sir H. Poru
with the Vessels under his command, had been forced
• by violent gales down the river, and could afford no as-
sistance. He, however, continued cruizing until the
arrival of the reinforcements from the Cape, on the 3d
of oa. consisting of the 38th and 47th Regiments,
the Flank Companies of the 54th, and part of the
2oth Dragoons, commanded by Brigadier-General
BACKHOTY sc. Upon the arrival of these reinforte-
ments, it was determined to make an attempt upon
Monte Video; which accordingly took place on the
28th oa., but the Ships of the Line not being able
to get near enough to batter the Fortifications with
effea, the attempt was given up. It was then
resolved to attack Maldonado, which is situated at
the mouth of the Plata, and which has a fine Flar
hour ; it was taken with very little loss; and at the
time the Dispatches were sent away, the whole of
our Force was congaed there, waiting for the rein-
forcements from England. It will be recolle&ed that
Admiral STIRLING sailed on the 30th August, with
the Sampson, of 64 guns, and several Transports.—
On the Bth of September capt. DONNELLY sailed in
the Ardent, of 64 guns, with a Frigate, and two
Sloops; and in °clic:her Sir S.AcutthPry. sailed with a
very considerable force; there is therefore strong
reason to hope that by this time both Buenos Ayres
and Monte Video are in our possession. Maldonado
being at the mouth of the Plata, the Merchant Ves-
sels which have sailed for Bt,:.nos Ayres will be
prevented from falling into the hands of .the• Sp-
aniards.

The following is an Extra& of a private Letter
which we have received from an Officer on board
the Diadem, off Monte Video, dated October 7,