The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-03-20

Iop. Cap, Hitchcock Was obliged 70 pnt In
10 ST Bar,holomews for provisions, where
he landed his passengers.
We understand the ma mes of the frigctss
are the Andromache and Herald. beth G.
ID guns. anu Mamaluke corvette vi ciyht,tn
guns.
Ersraes offs ietnr.trom Port an Prince.
dafed Fr6. 10, 1919.
1.-The South. Hampton frigate, SIR James
Lucas fe0 CommanGer, in running down the
Coast near Marguane, fell in with "a frigate
a "A guns, corvette ship e II guns, and a
brig of Is guns, with 100 men, troops and
sailors, OH beard, under the flag of the Pre-
siGent Peticn, and commanded by Admiral
Casper. On hailing the fiigate. to know
under what commission they sailed. the an
swer was. Under that of Gen. Borgc!la -
SIR James then sent boat to say, the Bril-
tish government knew of only two parties in
Ilaytl. who were authorised To send ships of
war and added, they must so with him to
Jamaica saying, also. he would land the
troops. To which Admiral Casper replied,
he could not. Five minutes were given to
abe Haytian ADMIRAL to decide; before the
expiration Of which a broadside was fired
into the English frigate. A desperate acti-
Gil then ensued fer two hours and a half.
and ended in the Haytan frgatc striking her
ed by Sir James, but got under the guns of
the Batteries near Mariguane. On board the
iiaytian trigate were 1875 men killed, and
l42 wounded, most of them severely. How
MANY were killed and wounded in the Cor
vette and brig could not be ascertained -
The South-l1ampton had one man killed, x
one midshipman wounded. The South
Hampton arrived at this port on the 9TH inst.
| with her prize, mere wreck, and rugged
I'm ucta ~l...l r..
Inc lndlgene fleet was part of Chris
topics. and had mutinied few days be-
tore, confined their officers, and carried
them into Mariguanc. 1t is reported to day,
that all the foreigners in the South Depart
ment were imprisoned, English,ncn and A
mericans. The Thalia and South Hamp-
ton Irigates, and FREELY gun-brig, will go
to Aux-Cayes, and demand the release of
the British subjects, leaving the poor Amer
leans to get out as they can"
NEw-YoRK, March II.
Ihe secret manner in which the sloop of
war Wasp has departed for Europe with
dispatches, has given rise to various con-
lectures and thus far, conjecture only can
be INDUCED. But, if our Ariel at Washing
| ton, does not, in a day or two give us a
peep behind the curtain, we are much mis-
taken. We were first advised of the inten-
| some important business, and--for asserting
the tact we have been abused by some of
the underiinSs who pretend to be in the Sc
crets of the cabinet.
The Wasp, it Will be recsllected, was
formally announced in the southern papers.
as having departed from Hampton Roads
WITH men and provisions, to cruise on the
| coast in quest Of vessels in distress. For this
apparent act OF humanity, every body con-
l hat \ 4
GARD tor the toiling, suffering mariner !; but,
1t has turned out otherwise. In few hours
| alter this vessel of the government left
hampton Roads, she appears of Sandy
HOOK receives pilot, is brought into the
Bay, where "for fear of ice in our har-
bour, She is anchored--a pilot boat is en-
ployed at so dcllars day to ply between
the navy-yari (ih- Waiiabout) and the
Wasp--Ihc vessel, at last, receives her
supplies, her dispatches, her messengers
| and it it had not been for US, the navy agent
1--WE ask his pardon) would not have been pes
tered with application to forward letters by
her" Letters to go by the Wasp she
IS only going on short cruise on the coast"
mo letters were thns got on board-some
however were forwarded by her, in the
hands of MIR. b. and Mr.. B. both B
Cadiz papers, comprehending FL Conci-
so, Ell Redactor General, Gazette Marc an
til, and some others have been received at
this Office to the Bed Jan. inclusive, and
some private letters. These papers contain
no inform alton which refers to public trans
| actions of importance which can be at all
relied ON. We find that q new regency has
been elected, at the head OF which is that
identical duke del Infantado who formed
| one OF the cortcs at Bayonne, and who sub
scribed to the rejection OF the Bourbon dy-
nasty the very same duke who afterwards,
when Joseph Bonaparte was compelled to
| abandon Madrid, fed to the Bourbon party.
| and was received as a returned predigal at
lSevillc--thc same duke. Of whom the re-
gency at Cadiz afterwards became iea!ons.
and in order to get rid of him, sent him on
an embassy to town called Couentry in
the island Of Great Britain-these chan
ges are lncomprehensible to all but the ac-
tors IN them. We shall give some extracts
from private letters translated for this pa
Iper .---.4urora.
| Henry formerly lived in this city & mar
ried lady related to the celebrated Parson
Duche-he was appointed an officer of the
United States artillery by President Adams.
and was IN our revolution a captain of ar
tillery-he is a man of fine talents, and an
interesting person.-Hurora.
FEDERAL MERIT.
We are gratifed to find the following in
| production to Henry's disclosures, in the
Philadelphia Register" edited by ma