Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-01-12

the transports, they got only the money
off. Sir Home PUpnam was In Buenus
Ayres When j. was Is.sken, and with great
difficulty effected his escape 10 a boat to
his ships; alter winch, with the exception
of one gunbrlg, leircrutzing between the.
Colonia and buenos AyIe., he brought
his squadron Consisting OF his own ship,
the Diadem, OF 90 guns. captain kiog;
Reasonable 81, csps. kawley; Diomede
SO, captain. Philipf. one trigase, Two sloops.
Of war, and several armed lransports)
aud anchored IN full view Of the havbos
Of Monte Video. Some days Ire would
have every ship under uSeh at osher
times only ope9or two Of easy draughs OF
water, who would stand in 50 close thai
the very inhabitants caad discern The
buttons Oh the officers unitsrr,. Sir Homs
had sens INFO Monte Vledo. upwards Of
thirty flags OF tsucs, demanding general
Brrresfora ADD his troops supply. otPfo
visions, aud some medicines for his sick
aud wounded. The governed tired oi
such bhsiaess generously SEPT SIR lone
PoPham supply Of fresh provisions and
twenty three English seamen, who were
broughs into Monti Vledo,a fev. months
pieyious IN an English Guiaeamau, sod
saying that he should aot respect any fmore
fsgsitom that time Sir Home Popham,
answered the governot's cis,hty by &C
ctPs'ng The fresh supply Of provisions and
receiving the twenty three seamen: but
contrary 10 the etiquette observed IN tine
of war about exchange Of prisoners he re-.
fused 10 deliver up the Ike number of
Spaniards, which he might very easily,
have done, as he had noreshan 80 10 his
possession, which yesetaken from small
town on the south entrance of the RI
vsr.
IS Several skirnishes had taken place be.
tween the Eoghsh vessels, and Spanish
gun boa;sand forts; and almost every day
they s4luei afoa;e Vsdao with II and 10
ID. shot. which, ,oshose people who were
peaceab!T afteading, t.. their business, and
especially the young ladies, who, BY their
rehgien were OIL ged 10 attend mass every
day, was extremely uugenseel ADD incon,
vsn:en,. For few DAYS previous TO Mr..
DIS d. par'urs an English big sent nun
Der OF l:eayy shot into and over the city,
some of VIII ch had the audacisy TO tear a
way the s. E. conner OF S FeIippe's church:
however, not many lives were lost, OF murh
damage done.
Ga the 1a.h July las, an embargo wss
laid en- all vessels in the port Of Mon;eVi
deo. and continued w,sh,n than usual
vigor when Mr., d, sailed. The reasons
ass gne5l were--ist. that they were going
toa out 40 expedition to retske Boenos
Ayres; when hat was accomplished. the
I'd was that they were going 30 expedite
four vessels with dispatches fer Spain /;
when that was done, and Ire four dispatch
vessels By upcommoo good luck hadesesp.
ed clear of the blockading squadron 10 the
liver. the governors st objecacn ta TAX
ing of the embargo WAS, iha, the Bfiaisl,
squadron was Starving for wan, of prori'
sions, which every body koew to the con.
trary, as the Reasonable man of war had
been dispatched to and arrived from Rio
B Ianeiro With so much Of a supply rs 10 be
obliged to caaik 10 her lower tier of gun
ports.
II was reported before Mr.. d. sailed,
that sir Home Pophan, had received a re-
infcrcemrn, Of $500 men from the CaPe Of
Good Hope, which he believes to be true,
as he himself eounted IS, sail at anchor S,
miles below Monfe Vtedo, BLOW Point
Carre,tas and the island Of Eloress the,
same. eeening heesaaied and twas kaowa
thar Is sail more had arrived off Maidona-
do. a cisy at,he, n . entrance OF Rio Plaza,
as the governor Of Monte Video had, the
zsd October, received letter from a
commando, at Male. who wrote to that
effect # has force has arrived, sir Home
will undoubtedly attack Nome Video !;
but whe Their he will be.abls totake posses
sion. even with 5000 men. 1stvery unctr.