The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-20

!i.y yn.y 'ais, determined me to haiten my return
France and not wait till October, but the nun,erons
iqnadrons OF the enemy cruifng in the CuIph ard be-
lore our principal ports induced to continue OFT
during all the long days Of fun,mer A ten month,
erae would have proved fuficent to ruin fails and
rigging, had they been even new when fra failed
eHf ned net tbs baydiait to eonvinee e/fbemiseya-
Die equipment Of fte tguadros to eommond, foe
scarcely lad bis Imperial fsjyays sgxsd,sn put 70 ..a
9ss'e ~cy proved eshy ~Sdagft'r se~-- ms fai.fM /,
10 me 10 'eprn 10 you, at bis late day, f51c sE,a.
BILE eqEpmeaf', dsubf very contrary your rfet,.,
and toe svjS Of bis Imperial NIFTY, believed upon
my Waels, relative which ! fhould have mad.
Vrong approximations could have known il ,b,l,r.
ny-deParture from France bur twas not permitted
me to demand any thing, neither to enquire into
what was requse for the ircond iquadron before the
trR completely unarmed ordered to ,fva nor was
1t till after falling dfcovered the very bad condition
OF my fhps. Notwit hnaudiDg which dilrefIiuy cir
cumitaDees reck0ned upon returning Fortunate to
France, and OF convincing you my Lord, by The re-
ports you would have received. arriving in
port, OF the lanentahle la,e Of my fhps Since NV
arrival at thrBavanna, have, by the moi fccr., 5.
careful means, for arded orders uch of hi, Inner
al maeRys ftips, faid be arrived in ,f,r
eDt ports III America and Porte Rice requiring rcn,
their commanders immediate repor: nf the ,,a,e p
condition of their hip., with orders to tl,rm ~ ION
me at the earief moment in their power. The fon-
no
this place three morth.. have read in the nul,i
more Gazette of the Sd If this MONTH of the arrival
OF the Patriot at Annapolis, of the Vaereuie - New
Cattle, and of the Cyber. belonging to M. lie Her
nts diviIion at Norfolk. All th-f- three hi,s we're
coniderably damaged. Whenever all the hi,, ,f NV
eattered fqnadron of men Of war fhal have reoinei
me here, iha', hope, he able perform fuch fer
vices as his maj-Gy ha, entru(ted ME with Mean
while fome few Spaniih men Of war, if ordered Ia
proceed 10 Tea with me, mig ht effect fnn,e good +
hnd the Sraniards well difpoi.d to forward every
thing for the good OF his n.eitys fsrvee PARTICULAR
y Lieut. Gen. Villavaxaro, who fuPerintends the de-
partment OF the navy. IL has been prupoied TO
to go Vera Cruz for treafnre; the value of COM
MERGE there, being efiinated 90 millions and III.
riches of the place it is well known are withou,
bounds have obtained afIuranees, that whou, de-
lay all the needful repairs board my fp iall he
exped,ioufly put in hand, and nun fay all the peo
pie in power, have united in ,iemonGra,;ons IS
yea! for his Imperial n,sjeitys iervice, and kind
nefs for evety bearing the name of a
Frenchmau. Be pleafed my Lord TO repreient to
the king. my fncere affeiion for the dilabled con-
dition to which have been reduced by tempea a,d
allure his majehy of my utnoh continued efforts To
firmount all difficulties which can pofbly happen 70
interrupt ME in the execution of his will and pIeai,re
and pray allure him of my unbounded devotion 70.
wards his auguh perion.
Accept, my Lord, lisewife, the ailurance of nv
mon rrIpe afu attachment.
(Signes)
lie c. A. p. WILLAUNiEZ.
To General TURRFAU, French dmLaH,dor a,
Hsy;lngton,
My LORD,
You have learnt by the arrival of fome of
my fcattered ihips in America, the unfortunate
event by which they feparated from me.
(Here admiral Willaumez gives the detail of the
tempeft in nearly the fame words as in his letter
to the mIniiter of marine at Paris, to which he
adds) that at this date the Foudroyant was
then nearly new matted, and proceeds TO en-.
force to general Turreau, how neceGaryit was
that the fhips which had put into the American
port by diltrefs, G,ould haftru to join him at the
HAVANA, where his fquadron, if collected and H..
nited to the Spanifh force at that place, would
in effect oppofe ftrong fquadron, and double
to that Fof the Englifh, who at Jamaica. he
Rates, have only two line of battle fhips-Ad-
mlral Willaumez further fays, that he puroo
LED gong to Vera Cruz, agreeable to the profpect
otthe government of the Spanilh COLONY of Ha.
wanna, to bring fome million. of dollars. which
he ftates will be the more apropos, as the French
Emperor, had right to the payment of one
million of dollars, of which the fc arcty was We.
ny great at the lfand of Cuba. Admiral Will
launeZ then continues 4: ! have juff apprebend.
cd Tour ieamen, deierters from the Valarcuf.
trIgate, which Hound on board an American
brig where they had been engaged at II dollars
per month Now, Sir, if you can fucceed in
making the American government pay downa
compensation for this mifconduet, in feducipo.
thus our ieamen, you will punifh it by making
tt imart in that point in which it feels mott, viz.
its avarice IN money, and with 70 much the more
ultice, iince thofe people (meaning The Ame-
riean merchants have for three years Daft been
continually injuring our marine by leducine
jour bett feamen from W.
(Signed) ~-e
LIE C.Ad. P. WILLAvnsz.
On bard tie FoRdroyaaf.
HaUanna, 25tb OG7ober 1900