The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-11-01

Naiad, and was the cause Of the terrible fr-
ing that we have heard here. Lord Ten
pie is gone otto the frigete to learn parti-
cnlars. 3onaparte's being present will make
this action memorable"
GALLANT ACTION
.1nd CAPTURE Of one Of the enemy's LARGE
Praans, in the presence IF Bonaharte
The cause of the incessant firing on the
French coast, is now ascertain + to be an
engagement between the Naiad, three sloops
| and u cutter, and seven large Praams each
as large as a fligate, gun briggs and other
small craft, 81 in all. The following letter
gives an account os the ngagement:---We
tool. the port Admiral in his praam, but he
afterwards run Off However, we took an
saw the cngagement-he was in a boat
with Marsha! Ney.
Ertract cfa,othey letter.
During the latter part of the engage
ment, the French Admiral, and the rest of
his fleet, made towards the harbour of Bou-
lognc, which SO enraged his Imperial Ma
jesty, that he ordered the guns of the bat
teries to be turned on the inyincible ilotilla,
to drive them to sea again, but it had no
effect for as the French Commodore
said, Their master sent them out to fight
men, but they found devils.'
DEAL, Sept IS.
The praam which was at anchor off Do
yer this morning, was one of seven sail of
do. and II sail OF briggs and schooners, 81 in
the whole, which were sent out to take the
| Naiad ; and so confident we're they of sue
cess, that they brought pilot to convoy the
| frigate to Havre de Grace or Cherboure
The engagement the first day was at long
shots, but the second day these vessels be-
ing selected were sent out. Three shots
! we're fred from the French batteries, it is
said by Bonaparte himself at his own YES
sells to make them engage closer, when the
French Admiral, seconded by the large
| praam, came very close (; but having lost n
number of men, his fire was silenced, and
his colours hauled down The captain Of
the praam taken, gallantly ran down be-
tween the Naiad and the French Admiral ;
and either by design or accident boarded the
trigate, she being filed with soldiers picked
men, under most calling fire of musketry,
attempted to carry the Naiad by boarding !,
but being repulsed, she was boarded in her
turn and taken the French Adm who had
commenced firing again, was again silenced
and struck, but owing to the praam being
dashed fast to the Naiad he effected his es-
cape. She has 20 long brass guns (38 poun
ders) cast to throw shot further than any
other ordnance, and crew of 800 men, sal
lors and soldiers /; it is a very long low YES
sci, draws but little water, and is ugly look
ing. The French own to have seven killed
and wounded the Naiad has two killed and
Is wounded-the loss of the others is not
yet ascertained. The French must have
suffered very severely and the upper works
OF their admiral were shot clear away, and
several others much damaged. Bonaparte,
who was on shore at first in the batteries,
was afterwards rowing about in long new
boat; painted green. The firing was the
most tremendous which has been heard along
| shore Tor Some years past.
| The advices from Gottenburg inform us,
that the homeward bound fleet, consisting of
about 200 sail, were weather-bound in the
Bay, on account of the strong gales. On
the subject OF Northern War, the letters
speak with as much confidence as any pre-
ceding ones but they all conclude, that if
| Prussia should venture upon hostilities with
france, she would be heartily seconded by
Russia. 1t was reported, but contradicted,
that acts of aggression had commenced on
France. The passengers by the Anholt
packet, one of whom had been in the Prus-
sian States, are all positive that war will
| be commenced.
a new arrangement has been made with
regard to the shipping, in consequence of
| the extension of the Baltic licences to the
| 25th Oct The convoy from Hanno Bay is
not to sail until the 18th of that month, and
instructions have been given by the Admiral
accordingly and further, that all ships in
Russian ports intended for the convoy, should
| leave the harbours on or before the LIST OF
Oct unless the mildness of the season
should enable the British ships of war to
| afford protection in the Eastern Baltic few
| days longer.
| Bread rises Id per peck on Thursday.
! Sir Samuel Hood hoiNed his flag on Fri
| day at Portsmouth, on board the Owen
Glendour frigate, thirty six guns, Captain
| HOdgSOn, and was expected to sail yestci.-
| day or this day for Madras, to take the
command i'll the st-indies.---Admira
otoptord returns to tire Cape of Good Hope.
September %.
| Capt Cartaret's account of his action will
appear in this nights Gazette.-It was
most gallant one, and not the less welcome
70 our tars by it's being fought in sight of Be-
napartc. Several letters describe him as
being quite conhd-lt of furnishing his mis-
trcss, who, il is said, is at Boulogne, with the
spectacle cf the capture of a British frigatc.
Our readers will rccoiiect his last visit to
Boulogne, whcn she put him into such rage
by the uniucky question Why his fictliie
did not go out and take an English fiigitc at
! anchor before the port! His rage, We
dare say, has not been less violent now
When the hotilla returned the first time,
| he is said to have ordered the batteries
to fire upon them, to make them go out
again.
The Naiad alone stood the whole biunt
the first day, remaining quietly at anchor G.
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