The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-29 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

EXTIOCT FROM THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVED
; AT HAVANNAII, RELATIVE TO THE RE-TAKING OF
3i./ENO; AyRES, BY DON S. LINIERS;

AUG. 11.—Last night a detachment of 500 Eng-
lish attacked 200 Spaniards encamped four leagues
from the city, and made them leave the field, with
four cannons and eight prisoners : few were killed
or wounded on-either side.

". sth.-Our Transports'.. crossed from- .Sacra-
mento to the River of, Las Conchas, with a fa-
vourable S. E.- wind, and landed 2700 men, with
. cannon, other arms, &C.
"-,6tlL—Very heavy rain from the 4th until last
night:..!.We. have this moment, received news that
troops are marching towards this city, suffering
great hardships from the many swamps 'that lie
between and. impede -the passage of the 'ar-
tillery. •. •
tnth,at 12 o'clock.—General Lrxteas sent the
Lieutenant of Infantry, Don HlLAttro Qt:INTTANCE,
fp ask the British General to surrender ininself in
the. course.of fifteen minutes; - but that Otfi.7er re-
turned without au answer, as he was denied ad-.
Miifahce into the Fort. At four o'clock the follow—
ing Letter was sent to the British General :--

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VERY EXCELCENT
" The fate of arms is varianle ; it is less than
;math s,nce your Excellency took this capital with-
oufany opposition ; attacking, with a very, small
number of troops, a multitude of people., who sure.
Iy ,4;vere more deficient of a good Commander than
courage to oppose your intentions. But at present,,
penetrated' with the enthUsiasm and valour,
they are ready to throw off a hateful: yoke. and to
demonstrate, that the courage shewn by the inha-
bitants of Ferrol, the Canary Islands, and Porto
Rico, is not a at anger to those of Buenos Ayres..--,
I come at-the head of well-disciplined troops, far
superior to your's. The maritime forces that occupy
the entrance of the River will not leave a retreat for
your. Excellency. Thousands -of inhabitants, well
armed,. full. of honour and courage, only wait for a
signal from me to overthrow the British troops. The
just esteem due to the courage of your Excellency,
the great generosity of the Spanish Nation, and the
horrors that inspire the destrU6tion of men, induce
me to give your Excellency this advice; and I ex-
peel; that as your Excellency is well acquainted
with .your perilous situation, without resource, you
will let -me know, in the precise term of fifteen '
ruinut:-s, if you are disposed to a desperate effort, •
and give your troops up to.total- destrudion, or sur-
render to a generous EnetnY.
" May our Lord guard your Excellency many
fears.. .

(SiAped) SANTI4CO Limelts."
Ar.my before Buenos Ayres, Aug. to, 18A.
To the very Excellent Sir W. Carr deresford.

-This ,Letter was answered with the following
Lines :-:

"I have taken this town after two viatories. Its
fate arms will decide.
... (Signed) " BERESFORD."

On the 11th of August our troops attacked' and'
entered by assault at the,'Retiro, where we took a
guard of five men prisoners. We entrenched, our-
selveS here;" and placed a 24-pounder facing every
street: All night several -skirmishes took place between
the. Catalonians and the enemy; our artillery fired 'also
on the British Shipping,, and did damage. Our long-
expeLiettlong boats, in which we place great hopes,
are 'not. arrived yet. • '

,3th.—Ai ten o'clock this morning, our brave
Caplonians, the Blandengues and Dragoons on foot,
attacked the enemy ou all points. Our artillery
was placed fronting the netiro, and several 24-
poseiders at every street, ialcing the enemy betvveen
o.vo fires. >The attack continued very hot till even-
-10g, when the English Flag was pulled down, .and
the Spanish hoisted. The enetny surrendereti.
,themselves Prisoners of War, but the -Officers are

to have the honours. The British General and
Officers are quartered in several house's, and the
troops locked up in the 'Corporation-house3. The
enenafhas had. manykilled And wounded ; and we
have also had gre* loss. On the 14th,. Te peurr4
was sung with great rejoicings.

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F
= : ' " The English vessels at Barragan Bay have ail
''. e'scaped-; Of fetir- 'Ships of the Line that present-
, ed tnemscites before this harbour, one was sunk
t-Ify the forts two - were stranded,- and the other
kaOcaped.
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tyPtiAe4 b'P A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF Tim
7 i UNITED STATES GAZETTE, DATED WASHINGTON,
t DECEM PER 27. -
2 1
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-; 1 t‘-• Official letters have been recently-received from
General Wimcmsrmand• Lieutenant SHAW, both at
,New Orleans.. • General •Wittaxsox has left the
.Sabine and.gone to -NewaOrleahs to defend that-
:place. Colonel CUSHING and the troops are march-
' ihg after burn.: with all: possible speed. General
WILKINSON. writes, that unless he is- reinforced,
New Orleans will certainly fall before Col; BURR.
44 attack is apprehended from. below. Theletters
catpe brwater to Charleston; and thence by land.
"They refer -to other letters not yet received, and
hence it is supposed, either that the mail has been
stopped ,or that some tread) !row Postmaster opens
-all suspicious. letters. Grzeral .WILKINSON and
'Lieutenant SHAW give the same infermation. The
letteis ire ciaied- November 2 8 . " ' - •

ivrttkiiviar A: LETTER PIiONI THE CITY HT SVAgli.a
INGTOW, TO THE EDITOR OF THE PHILADELPHIA
• *RUE AMERICAN,: DATED DEC.,I7:
have received :from a Meniber of Con-
kress, the following interesting
That, he,bad just been informed by the Seere-
taily at War, that he lad received information from
General WI LKINSON, of an acconirtiodation. of all
differences taking place on our Frontiers, with the
Spaniards, the result of which was, the aatial
re-
turd of our troops to the IVssissippi, where General
WILKINSON intended to remain, and observe future .
operations, none. of which, however, were appre.-
tended to be hostile. Mr. Buita's projea might
consequently receive an additional tab towareig its
annihilation. '

COLODIEL BURR AND Gt.NERAL JOAN ADAIk,
• BEFORE THE FEDERAL COURT.

, .
FRANKFORT, 2.--=This day, after the open-.
ing of the Court, the names of the Grand Jury were
called who were sumnioned in the Case of Colonel
! Burr; His Honour, Harry Inne., • then addressed.
them in a charge appropriate to the subjea, which
occupied about a quarter of an hoar. The Federal
Attorney afterwards expressed a.desire not to pro-
ceed, until General Adair and Mr. Luckett, two of
the witnesses who were summoned, should be pre-
sent. , Some discussion took place on this subjet be-
tween Mr. Clay, the Counsel for Colonel Burr, and
the Public Attorney. The Judge, however, con-
gentiles it was late in the day,- that the Jury
shun} adjourned until Wednesday morning, at
ten o'clock. - Before the Court rose, the Public At-
tomey 'Moved for 'an attachment against General
Adair; which was opposed by Mr. Clay, on the
-grounds that the day for which General Adair had
been Stiannoned, had not elapsed ; and that the at-
taehment could not .issue until next ,morning; which
was agreed to by the Judge.
DEC. 3.-This morning, after the. names of the
jury were called, the Fetteral Attorney delayed pro-
ceeding in the case at Burr, on account of. the ab-
senceof General Adak and Mr. Luckett but laid
befbre them an indiarnent against . General John
Adair, late Senator of Congress, on similar charges
as those alledged against Colonel Burr. A debe
asinine length then took place between the Public
Attorney and Colonel Burr, and his Counsel, on
thetillewing question :—Whether or not the Fede-
ral Attorney had the privilege of exarnining the wit-
nesses before. the Giand Jury which . was decided
in the negative by the Judge.
The Grand jury retired, and the witnesses in the:
caseof General Adair, were examined before them, .1
with: the exception of Major, CaldWell, ,who was..
unableld at tend.by sidkuess, for which reason the
Grand-Jury were adjourned until this morning, at
ten o'clock.

The Grand Jury, about one o'clock this day, re-
turned, in the case of General John Adair—Not a
true bill.—( ifiesiern World;)

A letter, dated Batavia, Sept. 14, 180 G, says
The Dutch Spice Fleet, from the. Moluccas,
bound for thiS place, has he►;n captured by an Eng,
lish country ship and frigate. This fleet is valued at
three or four millions Spanish dollars, a loss which
must be most seriously felt by the Company at, this
moinen t."—(Phil. Paper.)

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, DEC. 20, 1806.
• " -Sir=-•i - 'have the honour to inform you,-that
the President of the United States did yesterday ap-
prOve an Ad suspending, for a limited time, the Ad
of last Session, prohibiting the importation of certain
goods IRO the dominions of Great Britain, The
At remits all penalties and forfeitures alreadr in-
curred under. the Prohibitory Ad, on payment, by
the parties, of the costs which may have accrued.
A copy of the Aiit will be transmitted as soon as it
shall have been printed.
" I have the honour to be, respeOßdly,
" Your obedient Servant,
••, (Signed) • " ALUM' OALLATI.N.".
" PetetMethlenburg, Esq. Colleaor, Philadel." • ,

COLLECTOR'S OFFICE.
Philadelphia, Dec. ix, iSo6.
- The;above is a copy of a letter just reteived from
the.ficinourable secretary of the Treasury; all goods,
iherefore,-whose entry has been suspended, way
now be entered:

JOHN GR A yr, Deputy C.9lloigr.

Copt4in ATWATER, who arrived on the ;:?7th, in
g 9 days froM Trinidad, informs us, that MIRANDA
was still at that place—that he had dispatched his
principal Officer, the-Count DE ROUVERQY, to the
Court ofSt. -James, to solicit a reinforcement from.
the British Government; and that' it was the general
opinion at Trinidad, that 116trvEnoys would
.succeed
in his mission.

The Grand Jury,' summoned in. Kentucky to in;
quire into the conduct of ea have returned
the Bill, ilynoramus. One of the Western Papers
.ivei the Charge of Judqe Ibtpuls to the Grand Jury.
LI 01 . &ma was present in the Court.

A fire, which caused a considerable degree of
.alarrn, broke out.
.a little before one o'clock yester-
day morning, in Margaret-street, Cavendish-square.
The flames were first discovered, by some persons
in the .street, issuing from the back shop of Mr.
SCHEYPE, a vender of mineral waters; soon after
the fire spread to the adjoining premises; kept by
Mr. MAUDESJAZY, tool and agricultural instrument
maker. It was upwards of an hour and a half after
the, fire had been disceveted
,that, the engine was
supplied with water, the only resource being, during
that interval, fiom a pump in 'the shop of Mr..
MAIII;kESLEY, by whichthe Firemen kept the flames
from ipreading, until the engines were ready to
work, and thus prevented a dreadful conflagration.
After a 'supply of water had been obtained, the fire
Was soon extinguished, as there was a Nile& open-
ing on every side. the flames. The shop where the
fire broke out, was completely destroyed, -and that
of W. MAUDESLEY suffered partially, as did also the
pl'emises of Mr. Taoust;brick-layer, in Castle-street.
Another fire broke out about the same time, at
the house of-Mr. Simms, in Pit-street; Tottenham-
ceurt-Toad.,`which destroyed the interior before it
was got under..

On Tuesday afternoon what is called- the Rocket-,
house at Wootwich-Warren, was discovered to be on
tire: The gates of the arsenal were immediately
closed, and by the exertions of the artificers and la-
Wirers insidei. and the playing of the enaind kept
on' the, spot„ the lames were extinguished 7.lvitholit
-doiho* any material dainage.. •
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