The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-11-01
BALTIMORE, oaober &c.

Captain Manning, of the John and Jofeph, ar
rived laft evening. from Amterdam, via Portf.
mouth, Eng. politely favored the editor with
London papers to the 9th, and the Port6nomtb
and Cbiebeaer AdOerfijer of the 9th September.
The rumor of invaiion had fubfided, and the
troops encamped at Boulogne had marched to-
wards the interior. Rufiia and AuRria contin-
ued making great warlike preparations, but no.
thing Deceive has been received as to the mea-
fures they mean to adopt. The combined fleets
were at Cadiz the Esd Auguf-Adm. Calder,
It was expected, would arrive off that port by
the 25th or goth and join Adm. Collingwood,
and effect blockade ofthe French and Spaniih
fleets fhould they not put to fea before that pc
Rod. The London Jamaica feet had nearly all
arrived in the Downs.
The following are the mot intereRing articles
we could feleet at the latenefs of the hour at
which the papers were received. american.
LONDON, September 5.
This morning the following notice was tranf.
mitted from the Admiralty to the Mailer of
Lloyd's.
Z" admiralty Office, Sept. 8.
I" Information is received from Admiral
Corvallis, that on the morning of the soth
ut. his Majety's frigate the Melampus, with
the Wafp Hoop, and gun brig, cruizing off
the Penmarks, were chafed by a French fqua-
dron, conftting of 10 fail of different defcrip-
tons, which food S. S. E. and fuppofed for
Rochefort. A Gquadron of four line of battle
lhips, four frigates, and two briggs, are fated
to have failed from Vigo on the 18th, and APP
pears to be the fame as above"
September 4.
1t appears by the difpatches which have
reached government from Liibon, brought to
Falmouth on Sunday by the Auckland packet,
that the Combined Fleet lin, on the 18th ult.
on their patfage to Cadiz, with the Halcyou
brig, of Is guns, and fma'l convoy from Glib
raltar, confifting of three veffels. The Halcyon
efcaPed by ufing her fwecps, but the CONVOY
were captured and infantly burnt. They
were vef1els of no great value, having been en-
ployed as light tranfports, which had delivered
| their cargoes, and were then proceeding to
Lifbon.
We are happy to be able to announce that
the Prince of Wales packet, captured on the
| 3th ult. by the Prince of Peace, Spanifh pri-
vateer, belonging to vigo, was recaptured two
days afterwards by his Majefy' floop La Pou.
lette, Capt. Dunbar, and has arrived fafe at Fal.
mouth.
Letters are received from Gibraltar, of the Cd
of Auguf. At that time the inhabitants and
garrifon were in perfea health. The Spaniih
camp feemed to be daily increafed the tents
and marqsees within fight of the garrifon a.
mounted to about 700, and it was calculated
| that they contained about $4,000 men. No
fear, however, was entertained of any fpeedy
attack. Theft letters were brought by the Me
diterranean feet arrived at the Motherbank, I'M
der convoy of the Prevoyante. The vefIels ar
rived are the Juftina, Rookie; Mount Royal,
Drewe; Hope, White Providence brig, and
two light tranfports. Sir Richard Bickerton ar
rived at Gibraltar, on the 26th of Julv, with
four fhips ofthe line, his own fhip, the Queen,
included. Sir Richard, being under the ncccf-
fifty of leaving his ftation off Carthagena, for
want of water, went to Oran but was unable
to get any there, in consequence of the diturb-
ed fate of the country. The Carthagena
tquadron, eight fail frong, who never firred
from their harbour 70 long as Sir Richard con.
tinued in the neighbourhood, came out as foon
as he had withdrawn. On the 27th uIt. at FIVE
O'Clock divifion of II Spanilh gun-boats FORM
ed in line at fome dftance from the carlton,
threw two fhells and few fhot among the fl1p-
ping, which did no injury, and then retired.
1t afterwards appeared, that the attack was
conducted by the Spanih Admiral Don Bruno
de Ezefa in Perfon, in full hopes of being able to
burn Sir Richard Bickerton's fquadron, by
means of red-hot fl,ot but in loading with
rcd-hot fhot the fecond time, an officer and two
men were blown to pieces on board of the gun.
boats, which ftruck fucha panic into their whole
line that no perfuaions oftbeir officers could in
duce them to try any further loading with red
hot fhot, which was the caufe of their precip;-
tate retreat. The fame accounts add, that lince
their return to Algeliras, four men more have
loft their lives in praetiing the firing with red
hot fhot, which has 70 damped the fpirits of the
3, ews ofthe gun-boats, that it is very doubtful
wbef,. 'ert they will ever attempt that mode of
attack IN. M
The Fren. h corvette La Torche, is captured
bv the Goliath She is 6nce arrived at Ply.
mouth. There were found on board of her &C
of the gallant crew of tn, Blanche. The Coli
ath has joined the Channel Ia, 'et' having left the
Rationale of 81 guns, in chace or La lopaze
frisate, another of the fquadron when captur-
ed the Blanche.
September >.
We received yeferday the Paris papers to
the 2sth, and Dutch Journals to the sIft ult.
One ofthe latter ftates, that the troops were
dfembarking in the Texel, and that numerous
detachments from the army upon the coat
were Immediately to be marched towards the
Rhine. Bonaparte remained at Boulogne on
the oath, and no time appears to have been then
liked for his departure. From Ruffia and Auf-
tria we find the military preparations are CONT
nued with great activity. The troops of the
former are marching in great numbers, and the
Notifications of the latter are repairing, and re-
ceiying in every direction comfortable reinforce
ments of troops.--We have already ftdted, that