The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-02-11
NORFOLK, February S.

NORFOLK, February 5.
BY the arrival Of the brig Wbeeitr, eaffain Brfen,
from Guadaloupe, learn that advces had Been re-
ceved Barbados that fourteen fail OF the line OF the
ByeR FL 1T, had got ont, and fuppofed to he def
tined for the eR-lpdes, where, however, they had
not arrived when the Wheeler failed, which was on
the 18th Of the ,at month In confequence of the
expectation that the Brc Fleet defined for the
WeG-Indie,, Adnirals Duckworth and Louis had
beer dispatched FOR, aud arrived Barbados the l3h
of iaft month with Fix fail of the line The whole
Brth force to windward eonliI,isg Of eight fail of
the line, and twelve frga,es, under Admrals Duck
worth, Lewis and Cochraue.
A gentleman who paEenger in the Wheeler,
procured at Guadalupe Barbados paper ot the It'll
January, which he has favoured us with, containing
London advices to the-7th of December, ten days
later than the aivces received at NewYork, its con-
tents are given in the lucceedipg columns
The moll prominent article that attracts our atten-
tion is the En.ranee of tie French into YeaAa, which
event took place on the 18th November.
Bonaparte with his ufual activity and enterprise,
appears determined rurfue bis good fortune, and
was advancing into Morava. The arrival of the fe-
roni RufIian army with fome advantages lately gain
ed over the French, appear to animate the allies.
The plan Of B,napaTte will he no doubt TO bring on
general a1aon, while his army hufbed with fuc
GELS, and it will be the policy Of the allies nlake
0and, hence we may expect fhortiy 70 hear, O.! a
battle on the iGue Of which the fate of Europe may
depend.
Several articles will be feen, fpeak of che co>opr
ration Of Pruiia, but they are too vague and sbfeure
TO attach full confidence in themno, that they ar,
to he entirely dfcredted.
The anfwer of the emperor Of Aufria to the con-
dtons of armifiicc offered by Bonaparte, furnilh
fone reafon believe that he is afured of the aff
tance Of the king Of Pruia. To preent atisfat9o-
ny view of the difpotons OF armies would require
copious detail than make at this time,
and withal more competent knowledge of the topo-
graphy of the countries in which the parties con-
teplng, than coifefs ourfelves poileiled of. 1t
mutt however appear evident that Bonaparte is play
ing the boldef game that any commander has ever
done before-one deeat of Importance would perhaps
terminate the war, and end in his ruin.
Having received but enc paper from Barbados il
is very probable that feveral nerefng occurrences
tanIpred between the 9th of November (,he date of
adviees by way of New-York) and the 7th Decern-
Der, the date of our London advices.
Lager
BRlDGE-TOWN, (Barbaclos) January ii.
The Windfor Cattle Packet, in so days from
Falmouth, arrived Yesterday evening with the
hrit mail for December the contents of which
Is by no means of that confolatory nature
which we were led to hope for from recent re-
ports RON Dominica, corroboratedshy an arti-
Gle IN an American paper, ofthe defeat of Bo-
naparte, and the complete deitruetion of MaGe-
ma. Indeed it cannot be difembled, that with
very little exception, the whole tenor of the
continental news is mott difaftrous to the allies,
while the progrefscfthe enemy continues to be
asrapid and unchecked as before, notwithaand-
ing the Auitro-Ruiiian armies have achieved
Tome partial fuccehes over them, which NAV
he the forerunner of ftill greater victories. The
London papers are to the 9TH ult. inclulive, but
leave us IN anxious fufpenGe for the next mail.
which we muf regard as being likely to give us
fome refults of the firmnefs of the Auifrian mo-
march on the one hand (who, although driven
frcm his capital, has decide dly refufed an ar.
miitice, on the bard terms of putting Venice
and the Tyrol into the hands of the enemyl&
the commanding petition of Bonapar.e's ar
mics on the other, AS far as we have been A.
Bile to teleet extracts from thefe papers for this
days publication, they will be found highly
lnterctiDg--in our next a more extenlive ar
raneement will be made.
HE majefty's brig Wolverine, on the 18th inn.
cut fma fchooner out of St. AIMS Bay, Mar
Unique, under the fire Of three batteries, and
tent her in here on Tnefday Iah.
The ihip Eliza, Pafey, one of the Cork fleet,
lately captured by the enemy, has been RECAP
tured and arrived at Antigua.
The hip Sir Charles Hamilton, from the coat
o. Africa, with $50 aaves hound to Trinidad.
was captured on the Sd inf. by the French
1chooner lmperialR of gun and so men bcine
Incapable ofmaking an efFettnaI relfance, al
Though mounting Is guns, having had mott of
her crew mprefed by one of our men of war.
She, however, has fortunately been re captu.
red by his o'aieay's flip Alligator, and arrived
here the eth int.
A brig from Halifax, with fin, bound TO Su.
riuarn, was alto captured by the above privateer
on the 9Th inf. but was re-captured yeGerdav
morning, ninety miles to wndward of this in
and, by the Carysfort frrate, and fent in here
the Carys'ort being left in chafe of large arm
ed ihip ffardog to the northward, fuppofed to
be captured griReaman.
According TO the reports of American veifels
arrived iiuce our lat, the enemy Riil have fe-
veral privatesrs TO windward of this i(land,
which continue to eude our crlIizers, although
there arc fcveral looking after them.
Rear admiral Cochrane gave tsht dej.uue
on board the Northumberland, on Wcdnefday
lsft, TO lord and lady Seaforth, fir Eyre, and
LACY Coote, and a fele6 party of faaionabes.
Sir Eyre Coote, with his family, failed for
Jamaica the following day, having experienced
every attention their rank and elegant manners
gave them juf claim to, during their fay
here
The Fisgard conveyed the Jlmaica trade :
the Northumberland, for Antigua, failed in COM
al Al