294 Stnteof Public Affairs in September yUOG. [0^.1, 



frovinciil, with a confiderable proportion of and figned by Sir Home Popham and myfelf 



veteran olficers. Tlic numbers that were I have the honour to annex, 



afl'empled to difpute our paflage of the river, I alio trjiilmit a return of the killed, 



I have been fince informed were about tivi) wounded, and milfing on the '26th and i/th 



thoufand infantry ; I had noreafon from their of June, a3 well as the return of the ordnance 



lire to fuppofe their numbers fo great, the taken. 



oppofition was very feeble ; the only difficulty 1 cannot conclude without afiuring you of 



was the croffingtlie vivcrto get at tbeni. the unwearied zeal and aliiJuit^' of Coinmo- 



I cannot omit reporting to you that I had dore Sir Home Popham, in whatever could 



the moft juft cauff to be fatisfied with the contribute to the luccefb of this expedition, 



conduft of every Officer, and all the troops and of the cordial co-operation and j,reat af- 



under my command : to I-icutenant Colonel liftaiice which I have received from him. I 



Pack of the 71ft every prai:e is due, as well iiave the honour to be, &o. 



as to that excellent regiment. The bat- (Signed) W. C. Beresford, M^j. Gen. 



talion of murines, commanded by Captain Major-Gemral Baird, 



King of the Royal Navy, not only behaved commuiiJcr in chief. 



•witli the utmo'f goad conduiS, but with a Account of .Vioaies, &c. received in confe- 



difc'p'.i e in the field much beyond what quente of an A'.;reement on r:!i..- !; J,l June 



could have been exp.'tied, tliough every ex- lf)>)(5, and that brought fioin and near 



ertion to ciTeft it had been ufed by Commo- Luxa.n. 



tjore Sir H. Pophom, and every Officer ofthe Buenis Ayres, 'July 16, l8fT) 



Royal Nary durijig the \,.\\\i^t. E.r.larksi on hoa-J His Majejiy i ioi^ N^tr^ijus, 



A corps of feamen, who had been diilleJ Royal Ireafure; brought in by IXiUars. 



to fmall arms, Vvtre alfo landed j thev were Mr. Caiamajor ..L'i>f!,.i>19 



between 80 and 90 in n;)iil)cr, and I was un- Phlli|>pine Company ; ditto lL>.i,0;)O 



det the neceflity of attaching them to draw l-'oil Oihce ; diti.o 5o,ii72 



the guns, which they did with a cheerfulnefs Tobacco Adminiitrati^'.n ; ditto . ...91,^l:i<> 



and zeal that did them great credit; andl Cullom Houfe ; ditto ST/JOO 



■was under areat obligations to Captain fimg From the A^ent o." the Pnilippiiie 



for iiis aftivity in preparing rafts, boats, &c Comp.in/ lllO.OOO 



to pafs the ilio Chueio. llilkins, containing each o'JJO 



Lieutenant-Colonel Lane, and the St He- dollars, biouglit back from Lju- 



lena troops, alfo merit n.y thanks for their am by C.ipt. Ar'jut;.nut'j party - 3-;12,000 



good oondiift j as does Captain Ogilvic, com- 2 box-s, di:to .>,3.J2 



manding tiie artillery, for tlie manner in Gold Ba: ; ditc.i 50-i 



.wdiichthe guns were condufled and ferv."d. 71 Ingots of silver j dilt-j ....■>• il,i,0'JO 



Captain Kennett, of the Royal Engineers, 



was particulaily fcrviceable by his intlli- l,0.;6;i!D8 



. gence and zeal; as ucrc the Hon. Major Remains in the Tre^fury. — 



Deane, my Brigade Major, and the Hon. From the Agent ot tiie Pfiilippine 



Enfign Gordon, of the 3d Guards, my A'd- Company 30,000 



de-Camp. Confulada ; brou^nt back from Lux- 



By eleven o'clock A. M. Iliad got fome am ijy Capt. Arbuthnot's party. 64,r90 



guns and the greatcft part of the troops acrofi R2^ Linen Bags ; ditto ...iiijODO 



the river, and feeing no fyrr.ptums of further oti Boxes; brought oack troni Luxam 



oppofition, and learning that the troops in by Captain Aroutanoc'i party . 76,000 



general had delertcd the city, motives of hu- Boxes found in the houfe of a pricft . . 4,ti;i5 



manity induced me to fe.id, by the Hon. En- ______ 



ijgn Gordon, a funimons to the Governor to 20.j,115 



deliver to me the city and fortrefs, that the — — — 



excefTes and calamities wluca would moft pro Embarked on board the Narciftus 1,0UC,'208 



bibly occur if the troops entered in a hoftile Remains in tiie Freafury 'i05,115 



manner might he avoided ; informing him — 



that, the Briti/h character would infure to Total l,'291,o23 



them the exercife of their religion, and pro- Narciffui, off Bucr.os Ayres, July 6, 1806. 



tetlion to their perfons and .dl private pro- Sir, — In the ietrer wliich 1 had the honour 



perty- He returned to nie m ellicer to a(k to addrefs you from St. Helena, oji the ;50tli 



fame hours tu draw up conchtions; but could ot April, 1 ruUy explained, l r the informa- 



not conftnt to delay my m^^rch, which I com- tion oi my Lords Commiliioncrs of the Ad- 



jr.cnced as foon as the whole had crofted the miralty, the motives that induced me to prefs 



Rio Chueio; and, on arriving near the city, fo ftrongly the urgency and expediency of 



an officer from the governor again met me uridertakuig an expedition againft the enemy's 



with a number of conditions to which 1 had fettleraents ini-iiodela Plata. 



i:ot time to attend ; but faid I would confirm 1 have therefore only to give you a fhort 



by writing what I had promifed, when in pof- detail of the proceedings of the fquadron j 



feflion of the city} and the terms granted pievioufly co.nLratulatjng tlicir Lordlhips on 



bis 



