The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-06-17
EUROPE.
Continuation ofForeign Ievs received yia
Ne7,- York, with London Dates 10 .sts,1f
LoNpoN. April %.

| LONDON, April %.
The following account of the course of the
| squadron of Admiral Duckworth, from it's
departure to its return, in search of the Roch-
effort squadron, is given in letter from an
othcer OF the squadron, dated Cawsand Bay
Plymouth, April Is -
=" Having run down the Bay of Biscay, and
called off Capes Ortegal and Finistcrre and
Lisbon, we arrived off Madeira, and found
Sir Samuel Hood laying in Fuhschall Roads,
where We remained for two t'ays-On the
Inornlug OF the Sd February, his majesty S
ship Conius gave us intelligence of her ha-
wing been. chased two DAYS before to the n.
NN1:s'f Madeira, ana it-.hen bsearr. nhvinns
that the destination of the French squadron
was the West Indies, for which we procee-
ded with all expedition, and made the Islands
OF St. Lucie and Martinique in 81 days. OF
the east end of Martinique we saw six sail
OF the line: we cleared for action, and form
ed the line of battle, but on exchanging sig
mails, we found friends instead of enemies ; it
was Sir Alexander Cochrane, with his
squadron, who was waiting to give that en-
cmy reception which we were in chase of,
conceiving that he would take refuge in that
port. Finding that his feet was sufficient
to cope with them in those seas, we passed
all the Windward Islands, and anchored on
the 10th February in Bassaterre Roads, ST.
Kits, where we remained only Is hours,
just long enough to take IN water, but no
provisions, nor even linen washed. We then
proceeded to St. Domingo, where it was sup
posed the enemy had proceeded for the pur-
pose of landing troops; but on our arrival
there We found no ships. After crnising in
the Mona Passage for seven or eight DAYS,
we made all dispatch for the American coast,
and arrived off the Chcsapeak on the 18th
March. We communicated with tho Stati-
ia trigate, and found our Ambassador MIR.
Rose was at Washington for the last time,
to determine whether it should be peace or
war with England We should have gone
in, but the YANKEES would not let MS have a
pilot, nor supp!yus with water or provisions
which forced US to be content to live upon
half orr usual allowance they would not
give us single pint of water or a cabbage
stalk. We left the Eurydice, to bring us a.
ny intelligence that might occur as to peace
or war with America and quilted the inhos-
ipitable shores OF America for the West In
dies, where we procured all we wanted, af-
"a very long and very ANXIOUS cruise
The Governor of Flores "a Purtuguese),
came eff to us, but not being able to give US
any information, the Admiral thought It most
Iexpedient to proceed for England, where we
arrived this morning, after having been up
| wards of three months at sea, and made n
complete ClfCulL or the w eSteI'D and Allah
tic Ocean, journey of UPWARDS Of $4,000
miles"
April %.
The most active preparations are making
to fit ont the expedition destined for the as
sistance OF Sweden The whole force will
probably exceed 10000 men. Orders have
been given for the horse transports to pro-
coed from the River 10 Ramsgate, there to
take the horses and men ON board, the NUM-
Der of transports thus ordered will be suifici-
ent for four thousand cava!ry.-Part of the
troops will, we understa d, embark at Har-
wich. They comprise 1000 German Legion
| The 4th, 28th, SD, 18th, 92d, and 95th, Bri-
fish regiments. have already received orders
for this service. Two brigades of artillery,
with proportionate number of drivers, will
accompany the expedition.
| The naval strength of the expedition con-
sists of seven sail of the line, several frigates
gun briggs, and some boats of a particular
constitution, built for the purpose of en-
terprize. The whole WILDE under the COM
mand of admiral Keats and Sir James Sau-
marez.