602 
merchandize in the king’s stores, 
principally Jesuits’ bark and quick- 
silver, and which is in the Philip- 
pine company’s stores, with the 
little that is retained of floating pro- 
perty, will amount, if it can be dis- 
posed of, to between two and three 
millions of dollars. Of the bullion 
delivered in, some is claimed as pri- 
vate property, and which shall be 
delivered in the same spirit of libe- 
rality with which, we trust, it will 
be considered we have acted here. 
The 61,797 dollars were yesterday 
delivered to the consulada, on their 
assurance only that it belonged to 
the people of this town; and they 
have a claim upon 40 or 50,000 
dollars more, which will be settled 
this day. 
Total amount of monies, §c. received 
in consequence ‘of an agreement 
on June 28. 
Embarked on board the Nar- 
cissus, 1,086,208. Remain in the 
Treasury 205,115. Total 1,291,323 
dollars. 
Dispatch from Commodore Sir Home 
Popham, off Buenos Ayres, July 6. 
Sir, 
In the letter which I had the 
honour to address you from St. 
Helena, on the 30th of April, I 
fully explained, for the information 
of my lords commissioners of the 
admiralty, the motive that induced 
me to press so strongly the urgency 
and expediency of undertaking an 
expedition against the enemy’s set- 
ilements in the Rio de la Plata. I 
have, therefore, only to give youa 
short detail of the proceedings of 
the squadron, arise congratu- 
lating their lordships, on his majes- 
ty’s forces being in full possession 
ANNAUL REGISTER, 
of Buenos Ayres, and its depen. 
1806. 
dencices, the capital of one of the 
richest and most extensive provinces 
of South America. To the com- 
merce of Great Britain it exhibits 
peculiar advantages, as well as to 
the active industry of her manufac. 
turing towns. And when! venture, 
in addition, to assure their lordships 
of the extreme healthiness of the 
climate, I trust I only hold out a 
cousolation that the friends of every 
person employed on this expedi- 
tion are justly entitled to, and which 
1 am satisfied will be equally grati- 
fying to the feelings of every British 
subject. As | considered it an ob- 
ject of material consequence to- ob- 
tain the earliest local information 
in the river, I placed the squadron 
under the direction of captain Row- 
ley on the 27th of May, and pre- 
ceded it in the Narcissus for that 
purpose. On the Sth ult. we 
anchored near the island of Flores ; 
and, after passing Monte Video the 
following day, we detained a Por- 
tuguese schooner, by whom the 
intelligence we had formerly re- 
ceived was generally confirmed. On 
the 11th, we fell in with the En- 
counter and Ocean transports, near 
the south coast of the river, and on 
the 13th we joined the squadron, 
It was immediately determined ta 
attack the capital, and no time was 
lost in removing the marine batta. 
lion to the Narcissus, the Encoun- 
ter, and the transports, for the pur- 
pose of proceeding to Buenos Ayres, 
while the Diadem blockaded the 
port of Monte Video, and the 
Raisonable and Diomede, by way of 
demonstration, cruized near Maldo- 
nado, and other assailable points. 
Our progress up the river was very 
much retarded by the shoalness of 
the water, adverse winds and cur, 
“rents, 
