The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-06-25

LONDON,
Authentic Information is 1T length received REF.
pecting the French G.et which ricaped from lo,on.
IL conIilted as we before Rated of III fail Of the
line, irigatr., aud corvettes; they paled the
traits Of Cibrater the 9th ut. and Immediately
bore up for Cadis, before which Sir John Orde was
cruizing. When SIR John trft received intelligence
Of their approach, his fquadron was buly in over
hauling their rigging, and had their topmaffs truck,
and their yards down to have il al new fet hut
iueh was the diipateh uied to put the fquadron in
Rate To inert the easny, that in four hours it
in perfect order. The French Admiral did not,
however. think il advifeable to attack Sr John,
withdrawing his great fuperiority Of force, for the
Br,h fquadron only confRed Of fix fail of the line
and two frgaes, and had alto the disadvantage Of be-
ing encountered with tranfrorts. The French acct
food directly into Cadiz, where it remaised when
the lait dispatches were fent of.
! The Sirius frigafe, capt. Proves, is arrived at
Plymouth from Sir John Orde, ard brings intelli-
genee of Lord Mellon having paiIed the Arat. in
pur(uit of the French feet, and of his having arriv
ed before Cadiz Although there is diree au
thory for this report, yet very probable there
! can be little doubt but Lord Mellon very foon
informed of the falling Of the French neet and We
have very ftrong reaon to believe that they had not
above two three DAYS fart of him. IF il be true
that Lord Mellon has arrived before Caiz and that
the blockade of that port has been renewed by the
united Britih fquadrors, the enemy will be placed
in mott dflrelIiug fituation for the fcsrcity of
provitions, particularly bread, has been very great
at Cadiz, and the arrival of 70 large hcet, with
numerous body Of troops board will of coure great.
iy increafe the calamity
| The enemy's fquadrons feem to he on The alert in
aimott every quarter. Lord Gardeners dispatches
fate, we undcrhand, that mutual degree of aeti-
witty had been obferved among the BreR Acct.
The preparations for another expedition upon
fcae OF force about equal that which lately failed
| are nearly ready at Portfmouth
| Letters Of the 2eth ult received yefferday
from Holland. They mention, that NJ. Schimmel-
penuinck propofed the next day tn meet the Men,
beers of the government for the purpofe of receive
ing their acceptance r@fufai of the Jew Conifi-
| tuition.
Among other rumours ut Paris ii is iaid that Boz
naparte intends to create Madame I.apagerie, who
redes at Martnico, and is the mother Of his wife,
Eniprcfs OF the Wefi-iudes, to De fucceed.d by
her grandlon Eugenius Beauharnois, and that this
accounts for the numerous troops ent by him to that
part of the world, where many think both the Brea
feet and ST Min ornaments defined.
| PRICE or STOCKS THIS DAY.
Cons. for nuney 5s--Omn. 2 s 4 prem.
! GRErNocK, May 6.
The following note was tuck up at Lloyd's on
| Thurfday lal at 8 o'clock:
LLeyd's I'd May, 1905, balfpaa 3.
Information has been received at the Admi-
| raty that the French fquadron which appeared off
Cadiz the 9th ult. longer there on the 10Th
and that the number of Spanih fhips in the harbor
was dniinilhed. On til lth and l2,h, five fail of
the line fuppofed to be Spaniia, feen beating
to the wefward."
Our correspondent fubjons," the above commune
cation has made very ferrous imprefion. It is now
fuppoled that part Of the Spanh quadron is ert TO
reinforce the fleets in the Welt Indies, while the
French fleet proceeding along the coat to raiie the
blockade Of the ports Till ome Deceive Intelligence
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can be placed on any Information which has hitherto
been received and that till poftive afrrances are OBJ
tanned of the views of the enemys fquadrons, con.
ffant fucceiiion of alarms muft be fubmtted 10.
II is certainly rnch TO be regretted, that at pc.
ricd of 70 much danger and alarm from without par
ty fpirir fhoud run 70 high at home paramen-
lone time paff, demonilrares. .--
a Lnbon mail arrived on ThurIday, in Ia DAVIS
per the Wellington packet, in which came pafengers
Lord and Lady Holland. Jerome Bonaparte las jet
on Tor France and his Lady and her brother by (ea
| arrived at Liibon.
Since preparing the above foreign intelligence, we
have been favoured with Greenock papers 70 the
10th May, containing London news to the 9Th in.
cluiive, Of which the following is brief ftmmary:
| AE.,<. -&Gv.
| An expedition for the Weft-Indies, eoniff;ug of
5000 men, under the command of Sir Eyre Coo,e,
is nearly in readnef. for fea
Private letters have been received from the Chan
mel Meet, which lae that the BreR feet i. perfectly
ready Tor iea, and have recently made two attempts
to get OUT but were prevented by the vigilance Of
Lord Gardner. Our feet were well off Bref on
M nday. having been joined by the fquadron under
command of Sir John Orde.
An mutual degree of activity has been recently
marked among the enemy's 1otiila at PouIorne.
The fecret expedition under Gen. Craig. is fa;d 70
| be defined againf FerroL
We underftand, from unqueOionable authority
that his n,ae1y has ued orders for eraing the name
OF Lord Melville from the lii of the Priv Council.
tiis LoTdlhiP is now removed from all places which
he held at the p!eafnre Of the Crown.