The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-02-17
EUROPE.
~PHrLADnLpH1A, Feb. 10

PHILADHLPH1A, Feb. 10
e~elisi, ..ovp Nooert, capt. Henry Is days
from St. Bartholomew, has arrived in the
Delaware. Capt. Henry has favored US with
West India Gazettes of a late date, from
one OF which we copy the following:
BARBADOES.
Bridge Town Dec. 24-While we have
been looking with solicitude to the block
AIDE of Martinique, as collateral with other
measures neditated upcn.i it is with regret we
see, either =" from the superior good fortune
of the enemy, or by Il fatality attending the
efforts of our navy the object almost frus-
trated. The fact in few words is-Consi-
derable succours have been thrown into
Martinique !! and this too. notw ithstand-
ing we have been long apprized that the e.
neriy was expecting the arrival with others
OF the very vessel which has now GUIDED all
our vigilance and given him a supply of
1900 barrels of provisions, and a reinforce
ment OF 200 troops. But we shall tell this
more in detail as we have heard it -
The Amphitrite French frigate sailed
from Cherbourg on the 18th Nov. in com
pany with the Juno and Venus 1.-TWO other
frisates) all with troops and provisions. On
the Sd Dec. in lat. %, the Amphitrite hav-
Ing previously separated from her coasorts,
ten in with the ships Lord Cranstoun and
Lydia, of and from Liverpool, bound to ST.
Kits and st. Croix. The Lydia was imme-
'diately captured and the l.. Cranstoun after
a Short but spirited resistance soon after
surrendered. The Amphitrite having al
80 taken a Portuguese schooner from Lis
bon bound to Liverpool, which she burnt,
put her crew with those of the two British
vessels (amounting in all to $50 persons in
rlt,l ~ a. III roA i,A,,e Ct n
Lranstoun) on board an American brig
bound to Baltimore: and having also burnt
the Lydia, kept the Lord Cranstoun in COM
pany, with the positive Instructions to the
officer given in charge of her to avoid by
every possible means a separation ; and in
the event OF doirg so by subsequent orders
or front unavoidable accident to proceed
without delay to Martinique but any dan
ger appearing ON her arrival off that island.
he Was then to endeavor to get into Gauda-
failing there to proceed to St.
Domingo; observing, at whatever port he
arrived. Immediately to put this valuable
prize under the especial care of the provi-
sional governor of the place. These pre-
cautions have however been unavailinr:-
the Lord Cranstoun parted by accident in
a squail, on the night of the 18th. inst. and
On the Goth proceeding according to ~instruc-
S'S ~ '1NNb 80 III Oh AIilllY Wltn
Of our blockadirg squadron, and was,
W. are happy to sta.e, re-capturad by the
Pornpce and the Fawn, and sent in here.
where she arrived N Thursday.
Dec. IL.
The facility with which the enemy CONT.
nucs to eiude our navy adds still increased
TO that which, already, we have had
too much caase to express. We canno.
contemplate the uninterrupted success with
which he daily, as 1t were, throws succors
into his islands, without a conviction of
Il ere being either a want of judgment in the
disposition Of cur biocEading squadron. or
q too great negligence in carrying it into ef.
feet. To one or other of these Causes. or
toa fecufariy.f aUoring Providence. we can
alone attribute the Uninterrupted succes-
sion OF arrivals at Martiniqse and Gauda-
when we have been previously ap-
priced, not merely Of their being previously
expected, but OF their actual approach -
Thus has II been with the Juno (~consor,
with tic Aihphitrite) which has slipped into
Gaudaloupe, and there as the other did AT
landed both troops and provi-
Information OF this is derived from
Dominica, where, on Thursday last, a
cartel from Guadalupe gave the in.
te~iiigence; Stating that the Juno was safe in
Poiht-a-Pctre, having on board 600 bbls. oil
SDhos VI
provisions, a large supply Of ammunition,
and GO troops.
Ii evidently seems, too, that other suc-
cor5 and supplies besides the above. aud
we have before known to have been
into those islands, are now actu.lv
near at hand. if rot already arrived. The
ST, Christopher sloop Ut war, capt. Hall.
day, having the packet lately from hence
convoy fell IN Oh the night Of the 10Th
irst. wifh a small squadron TO windward Of
Tons.serTat, the headmOst of which aftpr
ssYeral tir,es without receiving an
answer, She exchanged broadsides With,
both pursuing tneir coursej the enemy more
Iutert to gain his party, than a~tcliicve a VIC
tory /; end The St. Christopher, avoiding the
unequal contest with 50 superior an advcrs-
ary-t1e vessels (fcu. 10 nuirber) in COM
pany viii the one engaged On PEASANT also
appeafcd 10 be frigatSs. although from the
darkness OF the night it could not be dis
tjnctiy asccrtaiued. 1t is however ina
glued here, that this ftigate aud conpag
mons &c VOYAGE are tie CONVOY from Cher
bsTgii, which are understood to be expec.-
ed ainoHg o,h1rs at Martinique ard a
Icrsc report states tAem so have since arrj-
we'd.
Nor are these, according 10 reports which
gain confidence by thcir frequent repetit.on.
Only succo!s stas ,he caemy is aaxiously