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London, England, 1807-01-28 00:00:00

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From the LONDON GAZETTE, YIN. :7.

• ~ DOWNING STRFET, JAN. 27.
Difpatehes, of which the following are copies, have been received
by this Right Honourable William Windham, one of his Mi.;,-f-
-ty's Principal Secrztaries of State. from Lieutenant Colonel
Baekhoufe, commanding a detachment of his Majefty's Land
Forces in the River de la Plata.
0 Royal Charlotte, tranfport, off Monte Video, Odt. is.
1 "f Sir—Underfianding that a wild is to fail immediately for
England, I do myfelf the hotrour to tranfmit to you a copy of a
letter, addreffed to Lieutenant General Sir David Baird, in °be-
t
thence to whore orders I failed on the 29th of Augult latt, with ta
batt.47th regiment, for the purpofe of joining Major General Be-
resford In South America."
Royal Charlotte Tranfport, f ff Monte Vld:o, Ott. i 3.
Sir—l have the honour to acquaint your Excel-
lency, that, on my arrival bete. I had the mortifica.
tion to find the city of Buenos Ayres recaptured, and
that Major General Beresford, with the forces under
his command (after a molt able and gallant defence)
had been made prifoners of war, fo far back as the
I:th of Auguft halt.
Having arrived lan night, I am not, at this mo.
ment, fufficiently acquainted with the particithrs to
enable me to detail them, though I pref.ime due and
I full information of this unfortunate and important
event, mull have been tranfinitted to you loon after
its occurrence.
You are aware, Sir, that the command of his Ma-
! jelly's land forces, at prefent in this river, devolves
upon me, with which, in co-operation v.ith the fqua-
dron under Sir Home Popham, it is my intention to
occupy a favourable politico, until a reinforcement
fhall arrive, or I may be honoured with your further
inftruCtions ; and turd that, by an early opportunity,
I (hall be able to afford you a fatisfador y report of
my arrangements and operations in carrying your
defigns into execution. And am, &c. &c. &c.
To Lieutenant General Sir D. Baird, &c &c &c.
The immediate departure of the Chip for England,
and the flotation in which I find myrel, unexpec-
tedly placed, prevent anyfurther communication than
what is contained in the preceding letter. I have
the honour to be, &c. (Signed)
T. J. BACK HousF, Coki.el, Commanding
the 47th Regiment.
The Right Hon. William Windham, &c. &c. &c.
Copy of a Difpatch from Lieutenant Colnncl Backhoufe to the
Right Hon. William Windham, dated Nlzldonado, in the River
de 14 Plata, ()doter 31.
Sir—ln my letter of the 13th infiant, I had the
honour to tranfmit a copy of my letter, of the fame
date, to his Excellency Lieutenant General Sir David
Baird, apprifing him of my arrival in the river Plata,
and of my intention to occupy a politico on lhore, to
wait his further orders.
I, in confcquence, immediately reconnoitred, from
one of the frigates, which car vied me fufficiently dole
in (bore for the purpofe, the works of the place, and
the politions and defences in the vicinity of Monte
Video, from which I formed, as the molt eligible
mode of attack, the idea of being able to carry the
town and citadel by afrault, on the froth face edging
on the water, in co-operation with the (hips of the
fquadron, under Commodore Sir Home Popham,
which were to Silence the batteries on that face, fo as
to enable the troops to land and enter. The attempt
was accordingly c(.mmenced on the 28th, by the
navy ; but the water proving too (hallow to admit of
the (hips coming fufficiently near to cannonade it
with effect, a further effort was needfully given up.
Upon this I deemed it advifable, with the co-ope-
rative concurrence of Sir Home Popham, to take
poffeffion of the town of Maldonado, as a favourable
pofition for the purpofe of refrefhing the troops,
mounting my cavalry, and carrying on fuck other
arrangements as might thereafter appear molt ne•
ceffary.
Not a moment was loft ; and accordingly on the
evening of the 29th, I landed with about ant) men,
converted principally of a part of the 3801 regiment,
under Colonel Vaffal, and advanced toneintt the town,
!which feemed to be occupied by about fix hundred
regulars and militia, molfly mounted, wish one
howitzer, and one long four port:icier field pie.e,
both brafs.
Notwithfiandina we were without any artillery, the
enemy were loon d6rfperfed, with the lots of their guns,
and about fifty men killed and wounded. The lofs
on our fide was two killed and four wounded, of his
islajetty's 38th regiment.
To the cool intrepidity of our little column on this
occafion, much praise is due, as it advanced with the
utmolt Iteadinefs and alacrity, and without firing a
Thor, until fufficiently near to make a certainty of car-
ry*g both the gu.rs and the town, which was prin-
cipally done by the bayonet, notwitlifiandi-g the ad-
vance was made under heavy difcharges of grape and
mufketry.
To the well known gallantry and abilty of Coloni
Vaffal, I feel myfelf much indebted : and the con .
dna of every other Officer in the field has command-
ed my thanks.
At day-break yefierday morning I detached Co-
lonel Vaffal to take poffilion of the heavy batteries
on the beach of the harbour, and on the Peninfula,
which precluded any communication for the enemy
between the main land and the Itrong itland and putt
of Goretti, fituated in, arid much commanding the
Bay of Maldonado, and which, in confequence, in
the courfe of the day, furrendered at difcretinn to a
fummons font from Sir Home P, Pham, and thereby
prevented the neceffiry of carrying it by dorm, and
the conferment bloodfhed that might have enfued.—
During yefterday and this morning the chief part of
the remainder of the troops have been landed, and
I have already contrived to mount nearly one halt of
my cavalry.
The Wellington tranfpnrt being direeted to fail
immediately to England, I have taken the liberty
of addreffirig this lhort account of my proceedings
diTealy to you, Sir Hume Popham having reprefent-
ed to me his inability to difpatch a veffel at this rime
to the Cape of Good Hope, precluding me the power
of making my report through the regular channel of
Lieut. General Sir David Baird.
I ought not to omit to mention the very Ready
and praife worthy conduct of a (mall party at marines
and armed Seamen, fent on (bore by Sir Home Pop
ham, who joined and compofed part of our column
on its way into the town, and occupied Such pofitions
as were allotted to them, during the night, in loch a
corredt manner as to retie° the greatelt credit both
on the Officers that commanded them and their own
zeal and difcipline.
I fhould alto be wanting in juftice to my own feel-
ings, if I doled my difpatch without acknowledging
the Cervices I have received from Lieutenant Colonel]

Brownrigg, Deputy Quarter Mailer General, and
Major Trotter of the 83d regiment, :feting Deputy
Adjutant General to the forces at prclent under my
command. And I alto beg leavo: to acknowledge
the affifiance afforded me by Major Tucker, of the
72d regiment, who, by permiffion of Lientemn'-
General Sir David Baird, is with me on this occa-
lion, and alting in the capacity of Military Secretary.
I herewith have the honour to enclofe the return
of fuch ordnance, ammunition, and force, ab have
yet been difc,ivered. (Signed)
J. I'. BAC [HOUSE, Lieut. Col. 47th Reg.
Return c.f the Killed and Wounded of the Troops under the cum.
mind of I.ieut Colortl Backhoufe. in the Attack of Maldir
nado, on the 29th of October, 1806.
38th Regiment--z rank and file killed; 4 rank and file wounded.
(Signed) W. R. TROT!' b.R,
Maj. 83d Rcg. A dins Dcp Adj. Ger.
Return of Ordnance, Ammunition, and Stores Re. taken f-om
the enemy in the town and vicinity or Maldonado, and Wend
nt Gcretti, on the 29th of Odlober, 18c6.
Brass Ordnance—l 6-inch bow itter, with ten rounds damn u-
nitioo—t 6-pounder. with ten rounds of ditto.
Iron Ordnance-12 26 pounders on lea batteries-2024.1,0bn-
den on the tiLind of Gereiti-70.) mulkets, 200 pittuis, Jco
fvrords, 1..)8 barrels of powder.
(S'gned) A. WATSON,
Captain R. M. Artillery.
N. B. The above is the molt coned Return I have yet been able
to collect. (Signed) W. R. TROTTER,
Acting Deputy Adj Oen. -
ADMIRALTY OFFICE, JAN. 27.
Difpatches. of which the following are Copies, have been received
at this 0 fEce from Conuncalcri. Sir Home Popham, addreirtd
to William Madden, Efq.
His Majcily's Chip Diadem, Rio de la Plata,
Sr., Augult 25, au&
When the events of war ceale to he favourable to
any armament, I confider it the duty of Command.
ing Officers to Hate all the circumtlarces under their
knowledge or information with clearnefs and per fpi-
cuity, which, either progreflively or fuddenly, led to
a reveife of fortune.

In purluing this courfe, I feel confident I limit be
able to falisty the Lords Comrniflioners of the Ad•
miralty, that the libel al and beneficent principles
upon which the Govt rnment of General Beresford
was condudcd, do more honour to his Majeay's
arms, and the charader of Great Britain, than if he
had retorted to expedients completely within his
power, which would have effectually annihilated all
the efforts of the enemy, and wrelled, probably for
ever, thefe counties tro.n the Crown of Spain.
Poet idon, one of the Municipality, appears to have
been the great ell ot gait of the revolution. He applied
himfilf with peat ai t and addrefs in preparing the
peoplc fur a general inturredion.
The arms in the town were fecreted, ready for the
moment of adion, the difcontented aflembled every
n'ght, and attended to his inftrudions, and he railed
all the rabble of the country by the ample (upplies of
money with which he was furniihed on the Nurth fidc
of the river. Colonel Liniers, a French officer in the
Spanifh fery ice, and on his parole, fucceftfully em-
ployed himfelf in collecting people at Colonia.
Terror was ettablifhed, and every perfon who re-
futed to cnctliblite his affiflance to this confpiracy,
was threatened with immediate death.

I have traced this from very unquellionable autho-
rity, and fo rapid was the progrefs of the revolution,
when it firft 11.zwed itfelf, that it was not until the
3 t It of July that I learnt by a difpatch from the Ge-
neral, which reached me at Enfenada, on my return
from Monte Video, that he was apprehenlive, from
the information he received, an intonation would
'Lord), be made.
_ . _

I heard at the fame time from Captain Thornton,
that feventeen of the enemy.% veftels had jolt arrived
at Colonia, and, as it was reported, that force wa,
11111 to be increafed from Monte Video, I fent orders
for the Diomede to be brought to Enfenada, and for
Captain K:ng of the Diadem to come up with the
remaining few marines, the two companies of ➢lues,
and as many other men as could in any degree be
fparei horn the (hips, for the purpofe of arming fome
veffels to attack the enemy at Colonia, as it was im-
poflible to prevent his croffing from the north fho-e
whenever the wind was fair.

On the ill cf Auguft, in the afternoon, the Leda
anchored off Buenos Ayres, about twelve miles dif-
taut, and on my landing on the ad, which I did as
foon as the weather would admit of a boat getting on
fhore, 1 found the General had juft made a very loc.
cefsful attack on about fifteen hundred Spaniards
under Pueridon, five leagues from the town, with
five hundred men, in which he took all the enemy's
cannon (T think nine pieces) and feveral prifoners.
On the 3d, I attempted to return to the Leda, in
the Encounter, which Captain Honyman brought
within a tew miles of the fhore for this purpofe, as it
blew very Itrorg : but the wind frefhened fo confi•
derably from the eaftward that we could not get to
windward.

On the 4.h, in the morning, it was very thick
weather, an.i. the gale increafed to much that it uas
01 weigh.

About noun Captain ling arrived is a gallivat
with ( ne hundred and fifty men from the Diadem,
for the purpole of aiming and commanding the
few (mall veffels we had collated in the harbour
but he was not able to get there till the following
day. '

On the sth, in the morning, it moderated, and I
reached the Leda, when I received a report from
Captain Thornton that in the gale of the preceding
day the enemy had croffed from Colonia totally unob-
ferved by any of our (hips except the fchooner under
the command of Lieutenant Herrick, who was ly•
ing in the narrow gut leading to Couchas and Sr.
Ilidro, but the eafterly wind had thrown fo much
hater in the river that the enemy were enableJ to
crofs over any part vf the Palmas bank wi: iu.ut the
necetlity of making a greater detour by going bights
up the river.
On the 6th and 71h it blew a hurricane ; the Leda
was lying in four fathoms, with two anchors down,
and her yards and topmalls (buck.

On the Bth I heard from Captain King that fire
of our gun boats had foundered at than. anchors :
that the Walker had loft her rudder, and that the
launches and large cutters of the Diadem and Leda
were loft.

The torrents of rain that fell during the 6th, 7th,
and Rth, had rendered the roads totally imprataica-
ble fur any thing but cavalry, and confequently Ge-
neral Beresford was moll ferionfly difappointed in his
determination to attack the enemy at a difiance from
the town—in which, had it taken place, I ehrertain
no doubt that his army would have added another
trait of its issihciblo (pink umis; his difpofitions.
[Tam (men

The tnemv, however, by his inexhaullible fupply
thorres, (offered little inconvenience from the (tate
if the roads, and he was therefoie enabled to ap•
roach the town by reveral direltions, without giving
She Bsitillt army any opportunity to attack him. •
On the toth, in the evening, the calk was fum-
Tanned, and on the following clay landed, while
our remaining veffels were firing on the Spatial] posts,
and I learnt that, excinfive of the Spanilh army,
which was divided into many cdumns, occupying
the various avenues oldie town, the inhabitants were
all armed, and theltered on tops of the houfes and
ehnrches, with a defign of carrying on a war of
ambufh.

Under thefe circumflances, and the manifell difpo-
fition of the enemy to prevent an engagement, it was
determined to embark the wounded that night, and
eras the Rio Chello, for the purpofe of moving
wards Enfenada ; but this meafure was in a great
degree frufiratcd by the weather, which became very
violent dining the night, and confequently retarded
the pro7tels of embaikarion, though the enemy ad-
ded a conti,,let able number of men to the honks and
churches near the cattle, and advanced by all the
erects not under the halo... Alec of its fire ; in fhort,
Sir, his object was to avo;..: Ly ever y means a general
aEtion, and to place his men in Inch a filtration that
they could fire at our troops while they remained in
perfeo Scent ity themfelves.
On the t zth, at day-light, i underfland a fmart
fire legal fr m the enemy's advanced polls, but was
form returned with great etfea fry our artillery,
which was pltinre,.: towards the principal fireets lead-
ing to the rte a Equate ; and for a Short time the
enemy by his lll,zuenfe numbers Ihewed a greater de-
gree of firmuls than on any other occafion, and pufh-
ed for ward with three picces of artillery, which Co-
lonel Pack of the 711 t foot; charged and took from
him. During titis time, however, reinforcements
crowded the tops of all the houles commanding the
great fquare fr.,m the back Shreds, and our trlops
were foon conlidt at noyed by people they
could not get ar. The enemy cormanded the cattle
in the fame way, with the additional advantage of a
gun on the top of one of the churches, which I cr,nfi•
r an indelible fligma againfl the charaFler of the
bAtop, not only (torn his fituation, but the prolLf
fi, 4,i be made.

I can ealily conceive how the feelings of General
rt:rt,ford milli, at this moment, have been on the
rick difappointed in his efforts to induce the
eaorty to a general engagement in the great ftiare,
hia gallant little army falling Litt by (hots from invi-
perfons, and the only ahernative which could
prefent itfelf to lave the ufelefi effution of fa much
valuable blood was a fl.:g ~f truce, which was hoiaed
at the cafile about one o'clock. _ _ _

and feamen, who were =Randy employed in the
(mall veffels and boats, under almoft every privations
in the very fevere and trying weather which we ex 7
perienced the 'aft ten days.
I molt fincerely regret, however, that my fituation
has impofed on me the painful duty of making this
report to their Lordfhips, e(pecially as it is dame prin-
cipally by materials colkEted from different Oople,
which they probably in many inflances deduced from
vague and uncertain conclufions ; iF, however. it
hereafter appear that 1 have failed in any in-
i (Wee to do ample jullice to the conduit, energy, and
prowefs of General Beresford, and the officers and
folders under his command, it has been owing to the
limited fcale of my communications fince the t zth,

from the extreme jealoufy of the enemy, and not
from any difpofition to appreciate their merits in the
molt liberal manner; a fentirnent which I have held
on every occafinn,, and publicly marked it in all my
former difpatches. I have the honour to be, dtc.
(Signed) moms POPHAM.
Here follows the Capitulation we inferted on Mon-
day ; alfo the return of the killed and wounded.
Dildent, Rio de la Phta, On. 9, iBc6
Sts—On the sth inikant, off Lobes, we fell in
with the Robe, having a detachment of the 38th on
board ; (he failed from the Cape in company with
the Melantho, which was to the weaward of her.—
I took the troops out of the Rollo, and fent her to
Rio Grande, for the put pole of purchaling any fh,ur
hifcitit, and afcertaining whether any quantity of
the latter could be baked there.
On the 6'h we returned to ass anchorage, where
we found the Proteaor, with the Adamant and Co.
lumbine tranfports, having on beard detachments of
the 38th, and the Diadem viaualier. I 101 l no time
in ordering all the men of war to complete their pro.
vilions to three months, for fear of any accident
happening to the vietualltr.
,On the 7th, in the evening, the Medufa joined, with
four of the Lancaller's convoy; and Capt. Bonverie
reported, that the Lancaber was to the eatiward,
with the remaining two (hips, having the preceding
night parted th:ir cables. The Leda joined the lane
evening, and Captain Honyman reported, that he had
detained a Danifh (hip, bound to Monte Video, bay-
ing on board the Governor of Valdivia.
-I
intended to have difpatched the Wellington this
evening, but Colonel Vaffal particularly requested I
. .

would detain her till the arrival of the Lancatter, as
Colonel Backhoufe was a fenior Lieuttnant-Coknel
to himfclf, and fucceediog adventiti,ufly to the cum•
mand of the Army, h.: would naturally he deli.ons
of making a report to the Duke of York, of the hate
of his force, and the arrangements he had made.
The weather was fo hazy, and the current In flrona
to the fontitward, that the I.:meatier did not j'•in till
the t zth, in Ole evening, on the following day ; as it

In an initant there were near ten thoufand men in appeared to me that trie Commanding Officer of the
tire Great Square, preffing fra werd in she molt ret• troopsintenchaltamakehisfira a:tempt onalonteVideo
rageous manner to get into the Fort, And even firing and was anxious to fee that place, I direCled Captain
at our men on the ramparts, fo much fo, that a was i Rowley to take all the tranfports to Flores Bay, arch
with extreme difficehy the troops were pre- I proceeded on the lath off Monte Video, and then to
vented revenging this intuit ; indeed the General was t Flares, where we arrived on the a sth, in the morning.
obliged to tell the Spanifh Officers, if their men did From the to the zoth it blew fo hard, tl at
not retire it, the comic of one minute, lie mull, as whine, could he attemated. On the 28th, in the
the only tnealur eof tafety, haul down the fl of I morning, the wind vats eagerly, and every ca coon-
truce, and recommence haitilities; tlri firmnea le td fiance as favourab'e as potlille to try the caper irteez,
the defired effea, end he theta lent his evndaians tOe f and as the pilots allured ue a flat ran off from the
Siaralle Genera, and they we: e inflantiy acce.:ed la. rocks of the town for a mile, making preciaay the
I inclole a Copy of the Capitulate en, and itrtitt the i fame water alungfice of them as at that dill-thee, 1
high and independent language inwhich it is couched, ordered Captain Edmonds, who very handlornery
and the terms diaated by General Bertsford to an requetled to remain till the experiment was tried,
officer atahe head of myriads of people, will do him and to command the leading tranfpurt, not ta attend
infinite honour in Eaeland, old obtain for him his to the ofieolible orders of reading down in three fa•
Mojefty's mitt geaciote. approbation of hes condota. alone, ho; to haul in till Ire had lanali qtartteracla
have received, arid annex a return of the killed, three, to afrerlain whether the flat ieally ran off a..
weurwle,h. and mitfinto be which it appears that there defcrihed, to nut. Captain Edmonds will explain
are two officers, two ferjeants, one drummer, forty- I the eircorregance fully to their Laud/hips : lie bor-
three rank and file killed, eight officers, (even ler- I roved as rear the fame as he could tor the litlety of
jeants, 92 rank and file wounded; and nine miffing ; the fr igate., and their was wily wiarin random (rot,
making a total of tiSs ; and leatee any of thole and therefore 1 would not let the. Leda go down a
foto' ea. were occafioned, except horn the inhabitants fa and time, ha unlea the (hips could have got well
on the tops of die hordes and the churches. we bin point blank flint, there was no chance of mak-
The enemy cenfeffes to have 101 l about 700 killed ing a bleach for the army to lard in the town. Al-
and eantairled, in the flair t coalita in the !beets; and though the enemy fired for more than an hour on our
if it bad not let en for the inhabitants, I have little (hips, in confequence t I there being but little wiaa, I
doubt that the Spann troops would have been corn one happy to inform you that only one man was
pletely defeated, although (even times the number of wounded.
the Be ;title farces. As I now few it was impoffible to get dole enough
Nothing is more difficult than to give their Lord- in to make any breach in the loath wall with the men
nips an idea of the number of men in arms; but from of war, I propofed to Colonel Beckhoule to take
the befl accounts we can obtain, it is thought Pueri- • Maldonado, which 1 thould have attempted early in
don, and the other principal people esegaged in this t the winter, if the matines had not been left at Baanos
plot, had colleted from eight to ten thoufand men Ayres.
In the country ; that Liniers may have la ought over Maldonado is an excellent harbour, where the fl-et
from eight hundred to a thoufand ; and the town fur- can water, and Act builocks, which row really be-
seilhed, titouph armed in various ways, about ten comes very necellary to recruit our men.
thoufand, under the lecret arrangement of the Ma- The ifland Griretti, which forms the harbour of
Orates. Maldonado, is very Itrong, and after the troops are
When every veffel that could efcape from Buenas I landed to take the village, and the batteries un the lea
Ayres had j! hied, I proceeded towards Enfinada, to I coati in revarfe, I than propofe to take the Mated by
retire the detachment of Marines ; Lieut. Groves, I the navy, provided it does not futreader to my Cum-
of the Diadem, was obliged to quit the Belem r mons. . I have the honour to bc, &c,
eeirooner, at the would not work out ; one gun boat ' (Signed) Id,.ata ?OF::
and a felt ee, a prize, were all left in tire harbour, Piadem, Tl3ldonade Harlmr, Rio de la Plats, Oct. so.
ith the Patina, a fmall Farglifh merchant fhip that Soc-1 coniidercu it right to take• polfelliat. nt the
lard fel-towed the Expedition. from St. Helena. Capt. r bath. or of Maldonado, as a fate anchorage for the
Thomplcn, of the Neptune, who was in the cattle, !hips now in the river, and thafe expc&ed to at rive,
yea, matte a palaver, ...old Lieutenant Burr, of tire independent of the firpplies which that diatiet could
Railonable, with Mr. le amlay, a raidthipman, and lo abundantly hernifh us with.
(even men, e. ho were in the fence, as her boats could I therefore sewed} that you will ;alarm my Lards
not held deem. Lieutenant Herrick, in the Delores, Commigioners of the Admiralty, hit the moment f
the other armed fchreerer, worked our, in a manner I-misfire' Brigadier Gencral Backhome of the expedi-
velli:h. coupled with his condriEl on the whole of this ency of the meafure, no time was log in moving part
altae,eat, dies hien great credit. of the 38th regiment to the Leda and•Medulia when
On the t 3th, in the morning, the detachment of they accompanied the Diadem to this place.
Marines, under the command of Lieutenant Swai:e, The frigates anchored about five o'clock yeflerday
was embarked from Enteneda, and his two Spanilh evening to the weltward of the weflernmoft battery ;
field pieces flaked and thrown into the river. I and CaptainHony mail informed me by telegraph that
On the lath I failed for this anchorage, where the beach was (month, and that the debarkation could
I arrived the following day, and immediately ad- be eafily covered.
dreffed the Governor of ;Monte Video on the lubjeat I At lix, the troops from the Diadem affembled
of our troops. ilenot de the Leda, and a landing was immediately
On the tatb, in confequence of receiving by Colo- effected without any oppolition ; but as I thought it
reel Lilac's' Aid de Camp, a letter from General pcffible that the enemy might have a greater fotce
.11eresford, I difpatched two of the tranfports to than he (hewed on the 4ills, and as the neateft tranf-
Deena); Ayras, where one arrived on the t 7th, but ; port was yet fame diaance from the roads, 1 ordeiedi
from the prevai ieation of the Governor ut alenre the marines of the iledufa, and'a company of blues,
Video in the fit ft alliance, and his fublequent diflio- from each (hip, to be lauded, fupport the army,
nourable conduEt, no troops have yet been eenbaiked, who entered and took poireflitin of the village alMal-
Whiia I had the honour of being an board the dorado before eight o'clock.
Le la, I had every :talon to be fivistleal with the This morning I fent a fummons to the fortified
zealot's attention of Captain Hon.yman, his officers , ;nand of Gotetti,.. which forms this harbour ; and I
and (hip's company ; and I cannot but eller& my indole, for their leordfleips' imformation, a copy of
wrong approbation of the conduit of all the officers it, with the Commandant'} anfwer, and sny reply,

which was accompanied by an afferance, through
Lieutenant Wifeman, of the Diadem, who was em-
ployed urn -thisfervice, that I would not hold any
further communication with him, until his Majetty's
colours, which I fent fur that purpofe, were !wilted
on the tort.
This propofition was acceded to, and the S?anilh
painers were immediately embarked, confining of
• one Captain, two Lieutenants, one Enfign, and one
hundred and four men.

Groreri is a very Itrong pofition, defended by 20
twenty four pounders in four batteries, in placed as to
command the roadttead, the eallern paifage between
it, and the peninfala ; and the only two praelical
beaches for landing.
The troops were difembarkeri as they 'arrived, and
the traufports ardered to be watered as fait as poffible.
and held in readinefs for any other fervice.
It is impoilible for me to conclude this difpatch
without affuring their Lord(hips that I continue to
receive the moil cordial a ffillance from every officer
and man in the fquadron under my command,
nor conic' I obferve the lealt abatement of their
zeal under many cotaiderable privations which they
experienced during the whole of this winter.
I have the honour to be, &c.

(Signed) Home PIPHAM.
Return cf Ordvarce taken in the ghoul of Goretti.

so Twenty four pinoider3 mounted on field carriages, fide arms,
and ammunition complete.
4 Twenty-four pounder. not mounted.

ioo Stand of Aims, and various other fmall article.

(Signed} nom! roritaat•
His Betantfc Majcfty's thin Dia !em,Rin la Plata. O&2:10!
SIR—Hi. Pititannic Majeuy'b Forceb are in pacf
fion of Maldonado, and m lilt a ri:w to five time, as
the General is on flmie, I Common you to furtender
the 1114nd of Goretti.

Any oppofnion on your part to fuch a force as is
now in this bay muff be fluitlefs, and if you do not
allow the officer uho is charged with this letter to
hoifl his Mi.jefly'J colours at the fort, a!:d truft to the
known liberality of the Brit ith nation, y: u will have
to anfwer for all the ferietts and ine‘i:.thle confe-
gnences of an attack, whenever the Gcnet al and my-
fell think it expedient to make one.
(Signed) HOME POPHAM.
To the CommancLint of the Ifland of Gored.

His Maki Ibip Diadem, Hiode Is Plat tO R ,ber 3c, 18c.6.
Si a— The Mind muft furrcndcr immediately.
The &lath nation always trcats is prifonors with honour and
.iberality. • 4.
Private property is held lured tiy.Britifh Officers.
The Spanifh Officers and Men at Guretti fhall immediately
join the prifoners already taken.
• (Signed HOME 10=.PNAM.,
To th: Commandant of the Mat 4 of Goretti.
TRANSLATION.

Sit-The honour of the.Spaniih arms not permit-
ting me to furrender at difcrt:ti )n. as you defire, by
y cur -fetter which you fent me; dated the 3oth
I trt:i yon will *grant me the terms which acc,,mpa-
tic thi,, to viAiicate my honotty with my faperiors.
Oar Lord preferve you many years.

liLoa of Corrii, O'clober 0..76.
TPA 'VS niaJc i.: the ISLAND of G ET ?c6.
I ffc (I:irrifni to march out:sstjth ,all roilirery honours keep
in;; :rats, ;old the Officers, Scri:autg, and Corpora their
f ord 4.

it..irl their rfr-as to he embarked, and Carrie,' to the nt-1.1 by
the nth ifh boats, tltert• IJu. :tein3 any in the ifinnl.
It •I'lte Gardfoa to i.e rrnlltted to rocced to Monte
d:t ion of not lwaring at nts until ear:fringed,
IV. The retrains of at tillt.ry and [torts mall laithatlly be deli-
v••roll.p
V. Nn pert= to be permitted to enter the iiland before it is
evacuated, except thoCe intended to take potlifiion.
(Sigurd) AUGUbfIN DE LERGS.
To the General of Great Britain.