The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-05-24

~ LONDON, March so. s
A few days since general sweep was made
Of all the fishing boats which had put to sea from
the French ports up Channel, and, we under.
stand, general order has been issued BY go
vernment for the capture of this kind of craft
whenever they may be met with.
The following, important notice was yesterday
posted up at Lloyd's -
"By letters from Holland dated the 18th Of
March, it appears that French prvateers cruz
ang ON that coast,pay norcspect to licences grant
ed by the Dutch government for importing goods
from England" tS
Five hundred g1m-boats have already been
built in the Dutch poFts at the reqlusiton Of the
French government, and tie utmost activity pre-
yails i'll getting them ready for sea.
The squadron destined for The Baltic, and so
long detained at Portsmouth, by contrary wind,
sailed on Wednesday. 1t consisted OF the Mars
of ~ guns, capt. Lukin Orion -, Sir A.
Dickson; Polyphemus 81, capt. Haywood Sal
aette, capt. Bathurst, and Daphnes frigates, capt
Mason; Mutine, capt II. Stewart Insolent,
lieut. Morris Hearty, .hei,. Wickham Pro-
tector, lieut.. Mitchenor; Redbreast, lieut. Har-
yison; Steady, lieut.. Stow; and the Thrasher,
iieut Dornford The sailing Of the squadron at
such moment shows the urgency of its object.
The Orion, Salcette, and Daphne, have stores
and provisions on board sufficient tor foreign
station, from which tits inferred thatthose ships
are for special service.
Sir Samuel Hood sailed from the Downs for
Che Baltic yesterday, i'll the Centaur--the other
ships going upon the same destination only wait
ing for piIots--the force in the Downs is encrea
sing daily; two more scyenty-fours and sixty
four arrived there OH Thursday. The Triumph
and Implacable passed Portsmouth yesterday
they are all destined for the Baltic.
We have received further particulars OF the
negotiation between France and Denmark res
pecting the equipment OF fleet OF French ves-
sels to be manned by Danish sailors. BoIIaparte
made the first cverturcs and proposed, that the
required number of Danish mariners of every
rank, from the Admiral TO the cabhrboy, for TWEEN
ty sail Of the line, should repsir to the several
ports in France ard navigate them home; but
they were still to remain in the service OF France.
This, however, was fatty refused, even by the
government of Denmark and the Danish OIL
GERS and men openly refused to fight under any
other than the Danish Aag--Measurcs were then
taken to reader the project as little repugnant as
possible to the national feelings OF the Danes It
was proposed that the vessels should be sold TO
Denmark and should proceed from the ports of
France and Copenhagen. Under such circum-
stances, tits highly probable thatthc Treaty will
be finally completed, and that means will be found
to crafty the sense Of resentment which the
Danes feel against this country, without offending
their notions of national independence and honor.
The Seine and Itslienne French frigates, which
carried troops TO Martinique, have got into L'o-
rient.
a March S.
Marshal Brune has retired from the army, and
Is living in disgrace fornot having possessed him.
selfof the island of Rugen, previous to his at
tack on Strasund, by which means the retreat Of
the King of Swedep from that fortress would
have been prevented.
Bonapaite has left Paris for Spnn>