The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-08-02

ton /; ana that the Com mof'orc informed
him his ship would convoy the fleet as far
as Gottenburgh, where six sail oftac line
would take them under their protection ana
proceed with them as far as Dagherorie,
pert in an island at the entrance of the
Gulph OF Finland
Bas. Erehangc C.H Books.
a. NORFOLK, July 90.
The ship ACENr, Capt. Eddy, arrived
here yesterday from Cadis, which place he
Lett the Goth of June, at which time. 1t was
daily expected to hear of the surrender OF
Badajos. A reinforcement of 5000 British
troops. had arrived, and landed at A!gesras.
with view to cooperate in an attack upon
| Marshal Victor.
The communication between the army
before Badajos, is BY way Of Ayamonte;
from Badajos to Ayamunte is about 80 miles,
IRON whence passage boats pass daily to Ca
diz, in from IL to Is hours.-Flour l4a dol
iars-Ledger.
The Governor of Trinidad has issued
proclamation, appointing aperson to have
smiling cutout OF each o. IS COO dollars, 6
making the dollar thus Gu, current al shi-
lngs. This regulation was occasioned by
the scarcity of Change.
/ (. The Referfed nopai engagements
| Capt. Berry, who arrived here last eve
ming, was boarded BY the British Shop Of
war Atalanta, the officers of which gave
not the Sigh, estintimation of their having
had an engagement with the French .rigate
intcrpre;a ANTE nor did the Atalanta exhi.
bit any sigos of having been in action. The
BrafIsh sfooh y 7ror is zuaifing for severai
! Dessels here bound 10 France one OF winch
mas returned in consequence of information
furnished her. by capt Berry
They know the vessels captains and
| shippers, as vel as the on ners do them.
| selves. 1t is highly probabi howevcrthat
she viii be defeated in her object, as il is
understood that the President, u 5. and
Argus, will co',voy Them out of the reach
ct the cruisers on our coast
| W y. M Post Juiy 26
| From the ST. Bartholomew hoher.
| (Received at the Norfolk Herald office.l
TERRIBLE HURRfCANE!.
! GUsTAvIA, July IS.
1t has been the fate of the. Charabean rs-
lands, ever since their discovery to be liable
IN certain season of the yea, t. vioem and
destructive scmpesrs. called Hurricanes,
ou' the dangers peculiar to that season were
never accounted tobegin before the 25th
OF july, nor to Continue longer than the
sameo DAY IN &c ODER.
( On sunday last the 9TH inst. (when we
oounse9 on 10 days more OF security we
were visited by one of those scourges O. the
elements, which have been SO often and so
severely felt. II began about O'Clock in
ne fnornins to blow very fresh from N. NJ.
4. increasing as il came round further
north At N. it blew from to III. very
thard' ousnot without some appearance tina,
would moderate at noon. which it indeed
seemed 20 90; but alter ~ O'Clock, the
WIND got to the westward, until il reached
to N. w. from thence it ragged with dread.
tui fury Qnei,ning further westward) until
midnight, when 1T suddenly shifted to the
southwark aid eastward, and then abated
lhanext morning exhibited to our anxious
e affrlshted minds, an affecting scene Of the
destructive effects of the former day and
''Sh' ana 81 wrecks and remains of vessels
were counted -
| The damage done TO the shore was uut en-
material as was prehended---Seyeral
~haTves were injured, and four Of them
en'ire!y swept away by the sea, and the
force OF vessels driven against them. No
houses were blown down--bu, one Of Mr.
Winhed's sores was unroofed, and one Of
Mr. iiarvey's nextto it, was removed cut
oil us place, and very much shattered.
The cultivation of the interior has suffer-
cd, AMI the toll and industry of the husband-
man tell equal victims to the relentless v;o-
lencc the wind.
The damages done, and loss sustained on
this melancholy occasion, are estimated ar
one hundred and sixty thousand dollars
We learn that the cultivation at ST. M.r-
tins has suffered materially, and that SIEVE.
raj roofs were blown away Nothing heard
from any OF the other islands
NEW ORLEANS, july G.
Extract q a feHer from a gentleman at
D1o6Rs, dqtcdthe son Of lime.
II letfer frCm Coz. Claiborne oddresscd
IN Coz. Fofch the comnandant of Mobile.
7v0s receiUed His a| ernoon 1t minated
fhaf the commander oFIhe gun boats zyas
instructed 40 be as careful not 10 commit
aggression as fromft to rehci any Insult
thai might be altered him" That ihe rtehr
@he U. States toMe free and naintrrrnht
ed use q the zc1ferS Of A1o6iie zoas indubi-
fable, and he, G1U. Claiborne, felt il 10 be
his dnty 70 maintain those rights.
Gov. Fofch, e ofcoursc our comnanFauf
haUe received fosifivc orders from The can,
tam General Of Havanna, 10 heruit tie nae.
sage ofno armed force or mktnrz stores bu
ms flace--fhis order 7OaS ain vel in.
lormrd some time since, Communicated TO