Star.
London, England, 1807-09-15 00:00:00

EXTRACT OF A LETTER, SATED

" Off Buenos Ayres, July 8.
" I fear our army held tbc enemy too cheap. They were fo
Pure of vidory that they rufbed into the town, and advanced fo
far, that their retreat was cut off. Never did trorpa behave bet-
ter; thty fought to a man. Buenos Ayres would have been taken
if we bad acted with common caution. Ido not know haw they
who bad the conduct of the operation will acquit themfelvea to
their country. Part of the army. lam told, return to the Cape of
Good Hupe, the remainder to India. We have been meeting,
for Come time, the 89th Regintetit. which filled from Portfmouth
four months ago, under convoy of a couple of Hoops of war. It is
Isppored, they have been obliged to bear up fur the 'eft Indies."
Upon the entrance of our troops into the town a
molt dettruilive fire WA: opened from the upper parts
.1-the !Inures, the lower parts of which were fo firong
I y barricaded with land, timber, and other cumbrous
materials, that they could not be forced.

Amoeg the Officers wounded at Buenos Ayres..ll
are, Lieutenant Colonel Ktensrom of the 6th Dra
goon Guards, who is wounded in the leg, clefe to the
bone, by a tnufket ball ; Lieutenant ScerAltß Y 9 of the
Royal Navy, nightly in the knee ; Captain Benoit-
wax, 71ft. mortally ; Honourable Major Id RING,
sth, nightly in the arm ; Enfign WILSHIRE, feverely ;
Volunteer H. de WAAL, feverely ; Captain PAYNE,
through the breaft ; Major MILLER, badly, but not
dangeroufly, in the thigh ; and Captain Ross, badly
in the eyes.
It is a remarkable circomnance, that the news of
the evacuation of South America, arrived on Satur-
day fall, and that it was on the corraponding Satur-
day of lalt year that the intelligence of the capture of
Buenos Ayres by Sir Hota II POPHAM was received.
With the tall India fleet came home the precious
remains of that fine corps the 77th Regimen!. Up.
wards of 20 treat s ago they went out to India a young
regiment, trot they greatly diflinguiflied themfelves
there, there lacing hardly an affair of conizquence in
which this very fine regiment was not engaged. So
high is the charatter of this regiment, that though
they have not been a week in England, a battalion
is almoft completed by volunteers from Game of the
finett Militia Regiments. Colonel WHiTILOCK, (bro-
ther of the General), Majors SPEY /lid bd.GREGORs
have-come home with the 77th.
It is with much pleafure we announce the fate ar-
rival of the 51ft Regiment, un board the Eaft India
fleet, after an abtence of above 17 ye... s from their
native country ; we undeittand they i.ave brought
with them the highell encomiums from his 'Excel.
leney the Governor of Ceylon, for their Ready, brave,
and foldier-like condua on all occaii ms during their
Itay in the Ealt ; and though this is but adding ano
they wreath to their ever memorable hovels; lo glo-
rioufly attained at the battle of Minden, &c. it cannot
fail of being highly fatisfatlory to obferve, how uni-
formly they have,preferved that chitinguilhed charac-
ter which has ever In par ticulatly and juftly marked
the corps. It is laid they are immediately to have
a ad battali^n, as a teltimony of his Majefty's and
the Duke of York's approbation, who never fail to
reward the merits of thole who have deferved well of
their country.
Yefterday the Royal Mid Lothian Artillery, enm•
manded by Major &owe, were to march for Stirling,
to do permanent duty for 13 days.
The third Lancathire militia are about to leave
Driliol for Plymouth. The Ninth Devon arc ez-
peCted in Briflol in their Read.
The twenty-fix foldiers, of the 28th Regiment,
lately iceufed of producing optlialmia in their eyes
by anointing them with a pernicious compufition,
were left week tent off from Maldon Barracks for
the He of Wight, hand-cuffed, two and two. They
are to be lent to the Eaft Indies to join fume regi.
• uterus on that flation.
Thole of the Shropfhite Militia who volunteered
into the 53d, now quartered at Shrewfbory, began
their a:aich for that town on Saturday laft.