Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-20
BOSTON, November 70.
From the River Plate.

Ass sstbe 1shiip Arrow, Mr.. Thomas Brewer,
s.l.,,s, Of this town, supcrcargo,
San the Cd Of Sept. the Arrow CAME cut Of
n,,bor Of Monte Video, and anchored a.
s.. - INC. n,encf war. Ontae Sd, violent
'S. .Ss,., came ON, which continued until the
which prevented the embsrkation OF the
'.us.S and also prevented the merchantmen
transports from moving out of the har-
The morning of the. 9Th, being nloder-
and the day on which, by treaty, the
q s. vss to be restored to the Spaniards,
yVhitelocke and staff sent all their bag
81 board the MedHsa frigate, which was
ssoayey him to England Gen, Cover and
s q sent their baggage on board the African
s.nof war. Atl2 o'clock, on the seventh,
!. Spanish collector calledh on the Eng
q collector for the keys cfthe custonl house,.
- eSseryed, nc had no orders TO deliver
..m a.. The Spaniard asked, !" have the
k.gEsh then obtained leave to stay longer s
Sss English collector answered, Ne. but
II lave taken It, The Spaniard retired.
3 n Sanish troops, amounting to about 20Qc,
4 4 arrived and eneamped about miles from
fts.s yideo, ready TO take possession ofthe
I'm. Many offhe troops had rode into town
nm teeis uniforms and with their swords,
tich had given the English cause of COM.
lint against the Spanish governor, who IS
led an order forbiddipg any to enter the city
kept in citizens dresses. The Spanish
n,es and citizens, from the time of the.
EIme OF the British expedition against Bu-
has Ayres. behaved with much propriety
.namoderation towards the English, and did
III shew that exultalen and ipsolence which
snyht hare been expected: The English
ssSchants and adYenturegs had re-shipped the
hos they could not sell some-to America,
rns 10 the West indies; to Botany Bay
2eCa2e CT Coed Hope and to England
immense sacrifices had taken place of articles
4 ahalky nature, and heavy goods, such as
|aml stores, cordage, iron, lead, crockery,
bass, porter, sc &c, Very few English
hschantnen had taken in produce, as. those
hat we're not taken into the transport service,
kac freighted to different parts with English
iNds. They were all ready to join their
kspectiye conveys, which We're expected to
Ialin a day or two. The general was to en-
bark the day that the Arrow sailed, and
I'D said that ali vessels which wished convoy
bust be ready for sea that day. The prison
|mof the list regiment taken formerly at
'susnos Ayres) and others, had all, except
bout 500, arrived at Monte Nideo. Some
the wounded remained at Buenos :Ayres.
Gen, Whitelocke had appointed Mr.. w. 2.
White, conmissary or agent fer the prison
rs that should remain at B. A. He was TO.
cave NJ v the Sth, in government trans.
|Otior B 4, The English had burnt in
|aeharbor Of NJ. ". mostof the prize vessels
Il force; the remainder, and the merchant
pen, small craft and boats, to the numberof
y or 10, the prize agents had sold TO Mr..
|R.P, w. for a very inconsiderable sumo
laOut the 10th of August, admiral Murray
Ilsdlnlovmation Of a felucca that was about
|Oaii fronlB. a. for Spain, and sent captain
|'oObst, IN the Nereid, to watch her, who
|A& her and brought her In. 1t appeared
|ssre was on board dispatches for the court
n Spain f-om gen. LINERS, and from the ca.
eco of B. A. also specie and lesuits bark to
Y value of 25c, zoe dollars. The Spanish
p'ernog demanded her release ofgeneral w.
4 20 sent foEthe admiral !; but the latter said,
Fas no infringement of the treaty, las was
ea'snded by governor Eltol for that said
,Hstilities shall cease on both sides of the
atr Pste," but made no mention Of the
sasatie 1tafg of the sive,,,; and that he would
1tgive the vessel up. He took the proper
% board his ship, the Polyphemus,7 and
ent The felucoa. 1t was expected the rulers
H. A would have resented this affair, but
aPpears they were so DESTROYS of getting rid
stheir enemies, that they were very 10th to
'Saara new quarrel with them. L was ex-
sslsd all foreigners would be ordered out of
country, except Frenehmsn, after the
iasa had left the town, and that ell goods
Sna in possession of the Americans or be-
Nsng to them, or any other foreigners,
$0ad be confscated; or at least that they
'ud be Obliged to pay the Spanish duty OF
0N SO percent. The Spanish shop-keep-