The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-15

capt. King Rationale 81, tis.t. ,sic-: r.o-ne6e
81, capt. Philips freate, .o.rs ri war, and
ievera armed ,rnufports down ~. river ard a,chor-
ed m fnlrvew,os the harbour o. Nios,tevideo Some
days ne would have every hip under weigh at OTHER
times only one two of safy drarsht Of water, who
would 0and in 10 elofe, that III. very inhahiran,.
could dlicern the buttons on the oil,ers uniforms
Sir Home had fsnt into Monte veo upward, Of thirty
Hays OF truce, demanding gen. peres:erd and his
troops, afupply of provians and tome medicines for
his iiek and wouaded The governor, tired of fueh
bnlinefs, generouify fspt Sir Home Popnam fuppiv
OF freih proviiions and twenty three Enyh franen
who were brought iu;o Monrevi!ra a few months
previous, IN an Engl;h Guineaman; and iaying, that
he thoId not refpea any p,nre flags Of truce from
taat time Sir Home Pophan, arf~sr-d tine COVER
nor eisty,by accepting the ireih fapplyaf pfovii-
ons, and receiving the tweuty-three fcsn,en but.
contrary to the etiquette oberved in tine Of war A.
bout exchange of prfoucrs, he reiuied u deliver up
the like number OF Sr an,,ris, which he mi.ht very
esilly have done, as he had than ninety in his
poiirlion, which taken from imall town OIL the
touth entrance of the river.
Several fkirmh-s had taken place between the
Engiih veiIels and Spanh g',,-boa,s ard forts and
aih,oit every day they fauted Montevid-o with ~
and 8 Id. ihot- which, TO ,hafe people who were
peseeably attending their huine!s, and efpeciaIly
the young ladies', who. by their religion were oby.
co 10 attend MATS every day, extremely ungen-
.eei' and Inconvepient--for few days previous To
MIR. DIS departure, an Eugh brig fent number Of
heavy hot into and the city, ion,e of which had
the andaeity to tear away the fouthea corner Of ST.
relqpes church :---however not many lives were
loft, or much damage done.
On the 9th July Ian, an embargo was laid on all
Veiiels IN the port of evideo ard continued with
more than uiual rigour when MIR. ID. failed The
reaions aiiigned H. that they were going to
ut oItan expedition retake Buenos Ayres .-.when
ar nf,,t, u>,,f C. Il.
ng 20 expedite four vetls with Jifpatehes for Spain
when that was done, and the ocr dpatch vciiels BY
uncommon good luck had efcaped clear OF the block
as iquadron in the river, the governors lar obiec-
ZION 10 taking OH the embargo, was that the Brith
iquadron were ffarvng for the want of proviiious,
which every body knew TO the contrary as the Raj
ionasie, man war, had been d;(pa,ched to and
arrived from Rio aneiro with 70 much of fupP!y as
TO be Obliged To eaulk in Ter lower tier of gnn ports
Il was reported before Mr.. D. failed that fir Home
PoPhani had received reinforcement nf 500 men
from the Cape of Good-H Hope, which he believes 70
be true as he hirief counted IS fail at anchor miles
below Montevdeo, between Point, Car.ttas and the
iiiand OF Flores the fame evening he failed I and i,
was known that fail more had arrived of falda.
nado city at the north entrance of Rio Plata as The
governor of Monte vleo, had the esd Oe ober, re-
ceived letter from the commandapt at Malo. WHO
wrote 20 tina, effect. If this force has arrived, fir
Fome will undoubtedly attack Montevideo Blu. whe-
ther he will be able to take poeon even viii, 5000
men, isvery uncertain, the spaniards have nearly
10000, and in high fPiri,s Among the 50 fail a, an.
eho: Oil Foreit inand, iome Spanfh, fcne Por-
tugueie and Tome Americans detained or captured
Sir Home PoPham about the e9sh September, ent in
flag of r,ce the governor of Monte yideo decla
ring the port in nate of blockade but alto ment-
oned that all neutrals might have leave to PATS his
iluadron, provided they did it in days. and in bal
iait oniy--after that he would keep up rigorous
blockade This extraordinary determination was no.
titled to all neutrals by te governor after Two days
had sapied our of the feven, ione few fhips. pyrtu-
gueie and Danes, endeavored to avail thenfelves of
the opportunity and go out in baaft, but Were aop-
ped by the SPaniih government. The America vef-
feis not being roady go in the limited time, the
captain. petitioned the governor take OFF the en-
barge, out without iaecefs,