The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-05-24
LONDON, April S.


Bonaparte has been chefen King of Italy.
The DEGREES of government are now iiiued in
the name of Napoleon, by the grace of God,
and the contributions, Emperor of the French,
and King of Italy"
Intelligence is hourly expected respecting the
Brett feet, as by the latef accounts there was
probability OF partial action at lean being brot'
on between it and our Channel fleet.
The accounts received do not agree in every
particular, as our readers will fee by comparing
the fubjoned letters. They both bring down
the intelligence to the fame date, but the frit
iays our veilels had been drawn off, while the
icet, the Windfor Cattle, of 9S days, the van
fhip, was then actually engaged with the enc
my.
We cannot reconcile thofe accounts but by
fnppoing that the latter left the fleet at later
hour (thouSh on the fame day. than the former.
We ought to add, that our Plymouth letter is
from gentleman who has the beit means OF
being well informed, and whole communicate
ons we have centrally found to be perfectly cor
rect.
Esfra4 Of a letter .frov, an officer on board one
ofoMr .tfiIgate., dated the Sotb nit. off Ubant.
"I dare faythe papers have by this time CIV
en- an account of the Brett feet attempting TO
come out; the manner l will tell you. On
Sunday morning Taft, a convoy was obferved
under the lind, apparently bound to Brief,
which, after being attacked by two of our briggs,
took R,elter under the battery of ST. Matthew.
Tuefday, at day-break three fail were feen COM
ing out of tie harbour, as if to protect them in,
when we Immediately chafed, and with our
fmall fquadron, viz. three frigates & two brgs,
made them Ill take fllelter under the batteries.
of which we informed the Admiral bv cutter.
who fent us two line of battle fhips, the Colof
fus and Belerophon when we all got under
weigh, and food right in, with intent to cut
them out, when the whole Brett feet, viz. TWEEN.
ty-one fail Of the line, fix frigates, and brig,
immediately got under weigh, and food out.
A grander fight, you can hardly imagine The
cutter was ;gain dispatched to our feet, and at
half paft four, eighteen fail joined us, and every
one expected, and indeed longed to begin, when
the Admira made iigna to haul off. The G.
nemy were at anchor nearly within gun fhot of
us. They have all returned into port''
Plymouth, AorH 8.
"This day letters have been received from
the Channel feet, cruZing off Brett, by which
it appears, that on Saturday laf, the French
fleet, conffing of 81 fail of the line, five of which
were three deckers, befides feveral very heavy
frigates, were lying at anchor in Bertheaume
Road. near Brett, and that great hopes were en-
tertained that an action would be brought on.
between the two fleets, as the Britifh were at
that time very near them; and when the ac-
count came away, the Windfor Cattle, of 90
guns, captain Gould, which was the van fhip of
the feet, was firing at the French fhips from
both ides. The wind was at that time ftronp
wefterly, 70 that if the French were, as ufuai,
difpofed TO be very fly, they would endeavour
to Ruk again into Brett, as the wind favoured
fuch purpoic. We are hourly looking out for
further accounts from them. The Hibernia, of
leo guns, and the Ajax, of 80 guns, failed from
hence on Monday lat, and, no doubt, have re-
inforced the Britifh ere this"
This day we received French Journals TO the
25th uIt. and Dutch to the / 9th ult From the
latter we learn by a letter from Madrid, that an
attack is meditated againlt Gibraltar, in which
the Spaniards expect to be aided by fecret un
derfanding within the garrifon.
Price Of R0ekS ibis day at one o'clock.
Confols, for money, 1-4-for acc. 81 1s.4s
Omnium Id 2 l 2 prem.
The French Government the 18th of March.
under The fgnature of Napoleon, Publined new Ia