The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-03-04

Capt. Peile, of the Refoution, of Liverpool.
"nlcn Veiei arrived on Wednefday at Port Mo-
rant, has favoured us with the following extract
from his log-book, from which we have every
reaion to hope that Brtiih fquadron of equal
force, is coiely treading on the heels of the e.
nemy:
son the 10th December, in lat IS, 90, long.
IL, at day light, perceived French fleet. in
two divllions, one in the S. Z. quarter, the other
IN the N. w. About 8, A. NJ. the commodore
lthe Arethuia) made EgnaI for the fleet to
nrave too, which was Immediately oheyed.
AT half palt s, the commodore food in for the
fleet with the fgnal to difperfe, and for an enc
my IN light. He then food to the N. N. w.
with about 10 fail, accompanied by the Boad-
cea ti'gate and the Wafp Hoop. At 10, the
whole ct the enemy's fquadron, confi(ting of
"a line OF battle ikipS, frigate, floop of war,
and brig, purified the commodore. Atll.
food TO The s. T. Crofing the haufe of the enc
my i9adiog ihip, 7Ipof within gun fhot to
t's ieeWard, when The admiral, making lignal,
TWO on fhe en:my's two deckers food after us,
Snd GHaied US till 3, M. only the ffernmoa
iRlps OF their feet being in fight to the N. ".
The two ihips then tackled, and Joined their
heet we iteered a S. s. Z. courle till dark, 8.
due w. all night. At day light on the nth,
law Ia or Is fail of large Gps a-fern, fome lv.
ing to, and others fteering different WAYS, an
parently as if they had loft fcent of their nsr-
in't, which we conjecturcd to be the Engliih
fleet" ''''
Inc Ellen IS rs days from Angola. and IL
rom Dominica. She has ego fiaves on board
and was bound to New-Providcnc- brt b,s mt
in here in ditrefs. At Dominica IN. Ie,rnt
that IN coHequence of information of ID fail of
the line having eicaped from Brett, martial law
mad been proclaimed, but on the day of the Ell
lens departure 1t was taken off, two friystes
having arrived at Prince Rupert's, with an ac
count OF the arrival of Sir John L. Duckwortb.
at Barbados with five fail of the line and feveraj
frigates.
wee Admiral lord Congwood, on the 18th
uit.was off CarthageDa, blockading the Spanilb
iqnadron In that port, with the following ihDs,
viz. '"F''
Britannia, 100 guns, rear admiral w. Earl oe
Northeik, capt. c. Bullen; Queen, os, vice
ad'"'Fai lord Coiiingwoud, captain Z. Fender
Dreadnaught 90, capt. J. Conn Prince os. r.
Grindaii; Mnotaur "a, c. J M. Mansfield ::
ihnnderer n. lieut.. J. Stockham, (aetinr y
ano'bcr "a, name unknown frigates. and
Hoops Of war.
IL is fupPofed that the fiips that were off
Cadiz would proceed to join lord ColIingwood
ofCarthagena. "O0N
In consequence of information received from
captain Langford, of the Lark noop of war. of
the capture by the Rochefort fouadron of tbe
yeneiS Tor Africa, under his convoy, or John T.
Duckworth had failed in queA of them. win
the following fhips of the line, viz.
Canopus, 80 guns, rear admiral r. Louis.
captain +: w. Aulten; Donegal, 80, p. Nal.
colin; Tigrs, 80, B. HaIioweli; Powerful. ID.
X. PidmPin; Spencer, -, hon. r. Stopford
Agamemnon, 81, FIR T.. Berry, Knit. and anotber
"a. fuppofed to be the Ajax, lieut.. J. Pilford,
latting.)
This is the fame fquadron which called a,
madeira tor information prior to the falling OF
the Defiance, which arrived here lait week.
The Jealous, II, capt. John OIks HARDY.
was AZ Gibraltar on the 9th ultimo. Captain
Hardy we are happy TO fate, was in good