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London, England, 1811-08-30 00:00:00

BUENOS AYRES GAZETTE, JUNE, 15. •
LETTER FROM ins EXCELLENCY LORD STRANDFORD TO
• THIS MOST FACELLENT JUNTA.

Most Excellent Senor—l have received the letter of
your Excellency of the 14th of February, in which'
,you inform me of the proceedings of General Elio, in
' interrupting the commerce of Buenos Ayres, :old in
which (Attu- some observations on the supposed waiit'
of legitimate official authority on the part of that Ge.
neral) you beg me to communicate them to my GO-
vernment. On this point I will comply with your
Excellency's wishes, but I am convinced that I only
anticipate the opinion of my Court when I assure you,
that this communication will be received with the
deepest regret, and will augment those painful feel-
ings which must be inspired by the pr(, lit unfortu-
nate contest between Buenos Ayres and its depen-
dencies..
The confidence which your Excellency has placed
in me, and the conviction that 1 shall acquire a new
title to it by the proposal which I am about to sub-
mit to your consideration, encourage me to speak
frankly and without reserve.
Your Excellency, by constantly expressing a fixed
determination to adhere to the common cause of the
Allies against France, to respect the authority and'
preserve the claims of your legitimate Sovereign,
have secured an undoubted right to the friendship
and good offices of Great Britain, founded on a basis
much more solid and extensive, than that of the ad-
vantages and concessions which you have so liberally
and wisely panted to its subjects.
But it is nevertheless to be lamented, that while
these principles deserve every applause, their pracii-
caLresults have hitherto so little corresponded to their
saviour ; and !hat, in a crisis which requires mood-
efforts and undivided energy, the frisver. of the con-
federation formed against France should be weaksoest.
by the failure of those resources, %%hick might ra-
tionally be expected from those who are moo smail
degree interested in the event of the strizgle, but
who, unhappily, cannot contribote to its turttioate
issue, because they art plunged in all the evils ot
dissentiun.
Your Excellency knows too well the sefujinlons
good faith of the Cour: of London, the'saeied ties
'which connect it with SON and the great and poi.
versolly important object of their mutual alliance, to
-believe that Great Britain, without Violating that
faith, sacrificing those obligations, and abandoning.
Vobjects, can lend the sanction ot her approba-
oi measures productive of dissention between the
component parts of a coalition, the 'happy issue ot
which' depends upon a cordial co-operation and good
understanding among all its constituent members.
But though it is thus impossible for Great Britain
to act in opposition to her obligations, and the inte-1
rests of the just came which she supports, the just
claims which your Excellency has to her friendship
,inspire her with a sincere desire to become instrumen-
tal to your happiness and prosperity, in the only way
in whieh she can at present promote these objects.
I therefore take upon me to offer to your 'Excel:
lents-, in the most ample manner, the good offices
and friendly interpositions of the English Govern
ment, tor thy purpose of facilitating an amicable set-
tlement of the differencesWllick at present subsist be-
tween the Spaniards of both hemispheres, and deli-
-.veriag them Isom the greatest of all calamities, civil
-discord, as the origin ot tneir ruin, and of the greatest
!-:clanger to the C0E1111)011 cause.
I offer this.rriediation to your Excellency, in the
lYirtn• confidence that it will be undertaken with
promptness by the English Clove, nnient, and in the
Atnewledge ot shat has been already proposed and
Accepted by other parts of the Spanish Monarchya
l which were'in circumb:anceabintilarwthose in which''
ISisenos Ayres is now placed. •
I beg your Excellency clearly to understand, that
the'proposal which I make &cant* involve aivy dis-
position on the part of my Court to interpose it's the
isolitital affairs of,the Spanish monarchy, or to sup-
pint any syitem inconsistent with liberality and jus-
tiCe,• and %with the permanent prosperity ot Spanish
• America.
It does not appear poisible
.that..your Excellency
can confide yogr antics us better hands than those of
England. Every Motive of interest and of policy
Mutes' in declaring that the prdaperity• of Buenos
Ants must be to et an object 0 .inapormacel and
'this consideration. Liunded imidentity of interests; is
'calctilated to prodOce die most unlimited confsditsca
on-the of your Excelleney.
Shbutti the pIOpOUNi winch I bitve had the honour
to make be Adopted by your Ezielleney, I would
suggest to you, as the tirst step to its actual CIPKII-
tion, the adoption of measures for an armistice . be-
tween your Excellency and General Etio ; nothing
can be more simple than such a negociation. The
withdrawing of your Excellency's troops on the one
side, and the cessation of the blockade tin the other,
would be just measures of mutual concession. It
might be stipulated, that this, armistice Ithollid 63,
fill the final adjustment, under the friendly mediation
ot Great Britain of tee points at pre.ent us discussion,
between the Government of Buenos Ayres and that
of Spain.
A proposition of this nature, so analogous to the


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nioderat;on. which has characterized the cnmmence.
meat of your Excellency's proceedings, *ea! cOver
Buenos Ayres with honour ; and even siruf.4t

rejected, the very fact of having Made so equitable in
offer would prove, that you had left no means untriel
to'avert the calamities of civil seT, while the patty
that refused to accede to so just a measure would be
in a great degree responsible Methyl'.
Your Excellency cannot fail to perceive the various
immediate advantages which would result -from this
Proposal. 'Flie•restoration of commerce would is.
stsntly follow—the termination of the diffictiltiPs nn.
der which British Agents have lab lured • in this part
of the world—and the removal of every dis,posittne
to interfere in the affairs of Spanish America, which
n%ay have been felt by any other St tes • under the
influence of the jealousies excited by the military
movements and political proc..eClings of its .neigh.
hours.
• I think it proper to apprize your Excellency, that
.I have also written to. General Elio ois the subject to
which this letter relates, and that I have laboured to
produce in him a disposition corresponding in that
which I confidently hope and believe is felt by your
:Excellency.
I conclude by again requesting your. Excellent I's
attention to the proposition which I have bacltbebo•
to f to make, and that you will favour me with ytur
•ieltithents upon it as soon As you conveniently. ;
and to believe that I am solely actuated. by a sincere
d s:re for your peace and prosperity, and tor the pro.
wens: issue of the just contest in which we ire
equally engaged, and in which we cannot hope/to
conquer if we are divided Among outselves.
I have the honour, &c.

STItANGFOIII6

• • ,THE

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AVEIIST 30.
44 His Mnsl,3” is. to-day nearly as he has been for
some days past. (Signed)
LIALYORD. W. HICURDEN. R. WILLIS."
At intervals his MAJESTY is very collected. He
takes for his breakfast chocolate, and eats very hear.
tily ; he also eats a hearty dinner : his refreshment in
the course of the day, besides, is very little, except
some c,iffee, which is made very strong ; he also fre-
quently drinks lemonade, which has always been a
favourite beverage with him.

The answer to the inquirers, yesterday, at Ken-
sington Palace was, •, The Duke of Sussex is much
better."

LONDON.

TRIDAY. AUGUST 30.
PAIOE OP STOCKB TIM DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK..

S per Ct. eons. for money deii.,-.Ditto fer account otii
I per Coat. Reduced 44.1...Navp S pee Cent Stsl
4 per Cent. sti—Senda ISs. pre.-d-Oniniunt prem.
lActs.BlUs W.) par to It. pre.-.Ditto (Sid.) elk 5. prem.

His Majesty's ship LayDEN has arcked at Ports
mouth, from Lisbon, with a fleet of merchantmen
and transports.

By the Lisbon Mail of yesterday we have Portu-
guese Papers and letters to the date of the 18th inst.
One is dated from Larnego, whither the writer had
just arrived, after a rapid journey of 280 miles from
Estremos. Orders had been given to prepare 200
waggons and teams at that place for immediate ser-
vice. It is said that the number of sick in the army
during this year, has never exceeded 6000, and that
it is now considerably less. It is observed, that the
supplies to the armies have been greatly impeded by
the desertion of the waggoners, who were impressed
to forward them. The natives drove away their oxen,
and left the waggons on the road. An intercepted
letter from BULLARD to MARNIONT is adverted to, in
which the Qovernor of Madrid asserts, that without
a reinforcement of 4000 men he cannot keep the po-
pulace in subordination ; and that .the skirmishing
parties communicate with the citizens under the walls
of the place.
The Cadiz Mail, which arrived yesterday, brings
intelligence that General BLAKE had landed in safety
with his whole force at Motril, in Granada. At Cadiz
it was supposed that BLAKE was destined to Valencia.
The most distressing part of our intelligence re-
spects the interior situation of the Isla and Cadiz.—
Serious dissensions and total distrust prevailed be-
tween the Government and the People, and what com-
menced in secret brooding; has proceeded to open
complaint and accosation. The following is a Copy
of a Paper posted in the principal streets of Cadiz :

Etao bad expelled from Monte Video about 40 fa.
milies, and all the Friars of the Order of St. Francis. '
This severe proceeding had added greatly to his
popularity.
The Simplon French sloop of war, the vessel which
Captain BRINBANE supposed he had destroyed in the
harbour of Parenzo os the sth of May is stated in the
French Papers to have arrived on the 144th of the same
month at Trieste, after being refitted.
On the 9th instant, as Captain Warsom, of Alston,
in company with several Ladies, was proceeding in a
boat towards a sloop which was at anchor a short dis.
tance from the shore, in the bay of Allonby, he no
fortunately stept on the gunwale, in order to lay hold
of another vessel, and his weight causing the boat to
heel, the females were thrown upon him, and they
were all precipitated into the water. Assistance was
immediately procured, and the Ladies were all saved ;
hut Captain WarsoN, together with the boatmen, un-
fortunately perished.
A suit brought on in the Recorder's Court, Bom-
bay, on the 23d of June, in which a Mr. Kitson was
plaintiff', and a Captain J. Sterling, defendant, dis.
closed a case of most singular infamy on the part of!
the latter. The object of the suit was to stt aside a
' bond of 20,000 rupees, executed in favour of the
defendant's wife. Perhaps a case of more coot-
mous infamy never came before a Court of Justice—
a husband suborning his wife to swear herself an adul-
tress with different men. It appeared, the parties were
married to two sisters. Sterling had repeatedly ac-
cused Kitson of having been criminally intimate with
Mrs. Sterling, previous to her marriage; and, at jj
length, under a threat of completely ruining his cha-
racter, by making the charge public, extorted from
him the bond in question. Though the accusation
was wholly unfounded, Sterling, for the nefarious
purpose of intimidating Kitson into a compliance
with his demand. had compelled his wife to sign a
, confession of her supposed guilt. It came out in
! evidence, that, tinder the influence of terror, she had
I brought similar charges against others. The wife
was in Court during the pleading, and upon receiv-
; ing an assurance of protection, made an ample dis.
closure of the villany of her husband ; and having
sworn that she was in fear of her life from'him, the
result was, that the bond was declared void, and he
was committed until he should find sureties to keep
the peace. In pronouncing judgement, the Recorder,
Sir JAMS MACKINTOSII, expressed his regret that the
honourable uniform of his country should still be
disgraced by remaining on the defendant's shoulders,
and that he was not standing as a criminal instead of
appearing as a defendmit.

`THE Anil!.

The Litndon and Edinburgh Company'l 'Mucks
Trusty, Captain BALLINQMS, and Fifeshireo captain
%Lunt, arrived at Gravesend yesterday forenoof►
from Leith, having on board part of the gallant 42J
Regiment. The Eliza, Matchless, King George,
Swift, and Caledonia smacks, having the remainder
of this fine regiment on board, were in sight when
our accounts came away ; their disembartation would
begin when the Matchless arrived. having the Staff
oliboard.
Transports with the remains of the wounded and
sick from our army in Portugal continue to arrive.
We regret to hear that General Houma has come
home very ill—he has gone to Brighton.

The skeleton of the ‘2d battalion of the 88th regi-
ment, commanded by Major DUN, has come home;
and the 2i battalions of the sth, 31st, and 39th are
1 The Duke of Statue i
Statues violent attick was a compli- coming home.—A considerable part of the 9"th regi-
cation of disorders; his Royal Highness had violent . ment has likewise come home.
attacks of spasms, arising from a bad digestion. 1 The 2d battalion of the 57th regiment, under the
The Dooms of INIANTADO arrived at the Cla- ! command of Colonel M9DoNatas, have marched into
tendon Hotel yesterday morning, about half-past ten the elegant new Barracks at Winchester.
o'clock. On her arrival at the Clarendon Hotel, her
Grace was immediately visited by one of the Under ' Yesterday, that spirited regiment the Warwick Mi-
: litia embarked at Portsmouth for Dublin : they go
ilecretaries from the Foreign Department.
nut under the command of their Colonel, Lord
Tuesday se'nnight the trunks, containing the wed-
i iWICK. Embarkation of the English anti Scotch
ding clothes, &c. of Lady PLY
MOUTH, and a large Militial regiments, for Ireland, are going on at Ports-
qnantity of wearing apparel belonging to his Lord-
mouth, Plymouth, and Bristol.
iship, were sent from the seat of the Duchess of
Dottser, ib Kent, to his Lordship's residence in Wor- Several transports have arrived at Plymouth with
cestershire. Their contents were taken out, but the the South Cork regiment of Militia ; theyare to pro-
empty trunks have been received safe. teed to the Eastward.
Yesterday the friends of Mr. HENRY THORNT(IN, The Nottingham and Cornwall Militias are still
who are Elect-rs of the Borough of Southwark, dined detained on board the transports at Plymouth, wait-
at the Horns Tavern, Kennington. Mr. FLORENCE ing (or a fair wind.
YOUNG in the Chair. Mr. THORNTON addressed the ' A considerable number of volunteers for the 4th
Meeting in an elegant speech, in which he thanked Battalion of Scotch Royals (at present lying in Stir-
the company present for their support. About 6(K) ling Castle), have lately'sail,4l from Miller's Wharf,
sat down to dinner. Mr. Ctiantata GRANT, the Mem- to join that regiment, which has nearly completed its
her for Inverness, was present. . numbers.
The c tndidatcs for Southwark are a Banker, a ; MADRAS APPOINTMENTS, &C.
Lifutenant William Kelso of the 13th regt. N. I. to be Brigade
Brewer, and a Lawyer, all in their respective ways' Major to the British auxiliary force at .Goa.
very well calculated to promote a concert I Lieutenant James Gorton of the sth rest. N.C. to be Quarter-
Government has not received any official account Muter to that corps.
tenan.tttcCu.loinel.Hil isdremo:ed
ifrom the 9th to the 12th
of the captive of the Euitreprelante frigate by the Ata- 11'"
tihset
Ist :ILI:La:
91
Lk .resti.m.(Ziouisesi
!ante. The New York and H ilifax Mail throws no • regiment
jts,ev,wo an'reom the'l' infantry,
i light on this subject, butt conjecture is hazarded in a rive infantry.
Thomas to be Chaplain at Gna.
Boston Paper of July '29, that it is not the Enrrepre. The Rea. Wtis. Thom
1
nante frigate that has been taken, hut a letter of
marqae of 14. guns, of the same name, which was at ,The Rtv. John 11,4notirir to he Chaplain at Wallajahbarl.
l'he Rev. Charles Henry Simpson to be ditto at Cananore.
Captain E. Hay, of the iSth regiment of N. I. to proceed to
the Isle of France in December list. ; England on sick certificate.
We have received Buenos Ayres Gazettes to the ' Lieutenant R. Young, ut the 25th regiment N.I. to proceed to
end of June, which enable us to communicate to our sea on
axsvell, of the fhl battalion artillery, to proceed
Readers some interesting intelligence from that part to Bengal, on leave of absence for six months.
of South America. These Papers contain a great • Mr. inrgeon Pritchard to proceed to England, ou leave of ab-
, number of official articles, both of a political and : StACC for three years.
military nature, among which is an important corre-.
spondence between Lord STRAsaseonn and the Junta
of Buenos Ayres. In the Gazettes of the 13th and
13th of June, there are lvng accounts of actions. near
Monte Video, between the troops of the Junta and
those under the command of ELIO, in all of which
the Buenos Ayres Army appears to have?had the
advantage. A battle was fone-ht on the 18th of May
at Las Piedras, in which ELio's force was completely
defeated; and a number of European Offi:ers, who
had directed the military operations against the
Buenos Ayres troops were made prisoners. The
event of this action induced ELto to apply for a tuts.
pension of hostilities and an exchange of prisoners;
the latter request was granted, but the former was
refused. name Video was afterwards summoned by
General Amman, the Commander of the Buenos
Ayres army. Etto declined to surrrender ; but the
siege was closely pressed, and the place could not hold
out long. No account of its surrender had,. however,
been received on the Ist of July, when the vessel which
a
brought these papers sailed.

NAY4L lATJELLIG_7NCE.

EAST-INDIA SHIPPING.

The purser-or the Indus arrived at the india.house
yesterday, having landed at Bridport on the preceding
day, and left the following shipsoff that place, stand-
ing for the Downs, under convoy of his Majesty's ship
Hamadryad, the Diomede having parted from the
flttet off the Western Isles : viz. Astell, Lord Keith,
anti Diana, fro.a Bengal ; Harriet, Sir William Ben-
sley, Earl Spencer, Indus, Anna, Sir Stephen Lush-
ington, and Tyne, from Madras We are happy to
add, that they passed the Isle of Wight yesterday
afternoon, on their way to the Downs. The ships'
from Madras sailed from thence the I.7th of March.

FALMOUTH, AUOUST 27.
Arrived his Majesty's shipWooLvrloN with a fleet
of transports, hottiki to Portool.—Wind W.

PLYMOU AUGUST 29.
An Officer and King's Messenger arrived here last
evening, with diipatches for Cadiz—they immediately
went on board the AlptOW schooner, which sailed
with them at seven p. m.— A small coasting sloop
upset this afternoon in Hamoaze, in a sudden squall;
she has been weiAlied up, and no lives were lost.—
Arrived the Scru.a from a crttize.—The Pv.t.ortus,
Favouturz, and STORK sloops, and the WurriNo
' schooner, have come up harbour to relit and repair.