Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-04-02

msr;,s "a The ma liberal manner /; senti
ment which have held on every occasion.
and publicly marked tia all my former dis
j patches.
have the hoa or to be, &c.
| H. POPHAM.
Diadsm, Rio de Ia Plata, Oct. 9.
SIR,
On the 5sh instant, off Lobes, we fell
| in with the Rona, having detachment OF
the 2ssh Oh board she sailed fremy she
Cape ,n.company with the Melanthe, %Shis a
was to the westward of her. took ths
fssoeps oet. of the Rclls, and seat her to
Rio Grande. for the, purpose OF Purchas-
ing any -four, or biscuis, and aseersalning
whether aay aaantityeas tks.slasssr soald
/ be baked there.
On the 9Th we returned to this anchore
sge, where.Ms found:she Proaslter, with
the uAdamans and Colaslbine transports,
having Oh boasd aesachaenss of the sssh,
anSr,hs Diaoem yietusl!er. Il lost nd time
ia ordsriae all the men of war 80 CORR
plate their provisions for three months for
fear Of any accident happening to tbs VIE
tualle7.
.yCn she 7,h, 10 tie exsning& eas' NJ edu.
ga iSined, with tour Of the .Lansaasst's
sonvoy; and captain Bsuverls reported,
@thae the Lancaster was &C the eastwad
with the re maining swo .skips, having the
preceding night parted their cables. s5t,ae
.Leda Joined he same evening and caps
Hosymap reported, thas he had detained g
Daussa chip, bound to Monte Vidse,
having ON board the, governor of Valid
vis. p
intended to have dispatched thssWei.
.ingten this evening, bat eol.sYassel parsi-
cuIarly requested would desain her till
the arrival Of the Lancaster, IS col. Eae1
hesse was senior lieut.. sol. to himssk,
and sucesea,ng advensi,iously to the coz.
nand Of the army, he wosld naturally be
desirous cs making report 20 the duke
Yf York Of the stats Of h's foxce,. and tks
saa gs nen,s be had made.
The rs,hcr VISA so hazy ao& the cay.
rent SO strong ,o,the ssusaward. thar the
Lancaster did nor join ;il the 18Th Ia IN.
evening" On the following day. &c it sp-
pears5 10 me shat the commanding o6car
of the troops Intended to make ais asssss:.
,cmpe-on Monte Video, and Sgas aa9iss@
TO see ,ha, place, directed captain Raw
ley to take all the transports 50 Flarse
Say, and proceeded on the 18th oh taon
&c Viaso, and then to FLORES, where We
arrived en- she i5;h, in the morning.
.Fren the 10 h to the 57sh, 1t blew &C
hard, that nothing could be attempted. =.
On the ash in the morning, the wind wss
eas,srly, and every circumstance ssfavora
ole as possible to try the experiment; snd
as ,hs p,loss sssu,. ed us aas rsn OF frara
the rocks OF the town for mile making
precisely the same water Leog side OF
them "a a, that distance, ordered captain.
Edwards, who very handsomely qpestee
10 remain till the experiment was tried,
and to command the leading transport, not
60 attend to the osteasible ord, rs in leading
down in shree fathems water. .tb,r
10 haul in till he had small quarter less
three, 20 ascertain whether the aat really
run off az described, or not. eeCaps h d
monds will explain the circumstances tnlly
20 their Iordshiss; he anchored as near Ibe
shore as he csald for the SAFETY Of she FRI
gates, aud .hsn was ealy within random
shot, and therefore woald aot Jet the. he
ia ro dowa second time for nnlsss the
shios could have got within poin' blank
shot, there was I'D chance OF making a
breach for sks array to land ia town. a.
though the enemy 'ared for more ihaa an
hour on eur ships 10 consequences OF there
being bat little wind I an happy to in
form ysu that onlytoas msa Has wound
Cd.
cow saw it was impossiele.es ges close
enough in to make any breach 10 che seuth
wall with men of war, / proposed 60 col.
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