The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-10-04

ING to a very great onilIion Of the s, cretary.
~ho, from indiipotitiorI, and an nteriincation
in nv fri letter, neglected to infert the name
of Rear Admiral Charles Stirling in nv public
thanks; am therefore 70 requeR You will be
pleafed to caufe the mifake to be corrected as
early as poflib'e. have the honour 70 he, &c.
(Signsd) ROBERT CALDER.
-AngxR I9.
We have already ftated our opinion rcfpea
| ing the probability of fome attempt being foen
| made TO invade our flores. The country is al
| ready warned; the necefiary meafures of pre-
| caution have been adopted, and the country,
may wait the event with patience and with con-
idence. To dwell on all the rumours and o.
pinions 10 which moment like the prefent
gives birth. would he an nfelefs talk, and Ia
hour tor which our readers would not be difpo-
fed to thank us. They with TO know, and they
hall know. every movement of the frnaIleit inn
portance: hut we will not abufe their patience
nv detail of idle conjecture and fpeculations.
The number of men embarked in the Texel,
| we underfard, exceeds comfortably the uum
b~r OF $4,000. which was the number Gated i'm
the accounts of laft week. Every vefltl from
80 to 500 tons has been impreHt1 10 carry men,
| and the greater part have been fu-r;n,ed with
fweeps 70 facilitate their movements. r,onId thc
French coaR, preparations are in equal ACTIVITY.
and every thing gives thew a, leaf of an irten
| ton to invade us.
| II is certainly pofibc that the whole nav he
only feint intended to turn the attention of
this country and of Europe from other plars of
the Coriican ;-hut- it becomes us TO be on
our guard-and TO Be 70 without alarm. ufeIef
hurry, and precipitation.
Our different fquadrons have been reinforced,
and the neceiary orders have been fent to the
diftereHt maritime counties to prepare vipo-
rouS remittance. Sm.
Lord Melton, when he failed to take his fta.i
on of Cape st. Vincents. had with him eleven
t1'l OF the line and two frigates: namely, the
Victory, Campus, Donegal, Tigre, Superb,
Spencer, SDartiate, Bellifle, Conoueror, Levia
than, and Swiftfnre Amazon, and Amphion.
Sir Richard Bickerton, with four fail of the
| line, was blockading the eight Spaniih line of
battle fhips in Carthaecna when the Decade fri.
gate joined admiral Collingwood, with def
| patches from Lord Mellon, of the return of the.
Combined Fleet, and the Bittern floop of war
was Immediately fent to recall Sir r. Bickerton.
| The expected junction had not taken place at
| the date OF the lateit accounts. The expedition
| under SIR James Craig, proceeded to Malta I'M
| der convoy of the Lively and Seahorfe frigates.
Merlin Hoop, and Childers, Cameleon, Fervent,
and DextArous bries, and was feen to the ean
ward of Mnorca early in July.
| The combined feet, during their fight from
the Wet-lndies. compelled every veiTel they
met with TO fand on their courfe, and detained
IT day or fometime longer, in order to prevent
Information of their track being given to Lord
| Melton. The Fanny, Bouns, and fome other
vef1els, they took in tow.
| II is Aated bv the prif,pers taken on hoard The
Spaniih fhipS. that as foon as Villeneuve faw the
Brith fleet, he fent off feveral of his finallvef
ie's to different ports OF France ard Spain, to
announce his arrival, and TO dsfire that the films
winch were ready for fea might fai! to Join him ;
and II is probable that he waited 70 long wiz.
| from the 92' 70 The 26th of JULY near the foot
where the acton was fought, in the hope of be-
| ing reinforced. This conjecture is frengthened
} by thu intelligence that French fqusIron of
three fail0fthe line andthree figaes were feen by
the Pickle tchooner cruizine of Cape Finiferre,
evidently for the purpofe of Joining fhe COM
bIned Heet, hecaufe if they had failed upon any
expedion, they would naturally have continued
their courfe.
letter from the feet of Brief, dated the 18th
init ftates, that two ihips of the line and two
trlgates lately came on. pf Brett, with the ap-
parent intention of putting to Tea. The enemy
brought to in Bertheaume Roads, and after
man9uvering there for four DAYS, returned TO
port. Our in-fhore fquadron which certified
| ofthe Indefatigab'e, Arcsha, Santa, Margaret
ta' Surinam, and Rambler, kept nearly With
gun-fhot of them.
On Saturdayfeveral letterswere received from
our fquadron off Rochefort, brought to Ply
mouth by the Triumph, of "a guns, which has
been obliged TO return to port in conftouence of
the damage her mats fuftained in the late aefi-
on. Admiral Stirling has now with him the
Glory, WarrIour, and RaifonabIe. The French
force IN the Charante was double his number,
but had not ihewn anv difpoftion to put to fea.
NpxIy vopn g.,