The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-02-12
to secure the gre alter part of the NUDE
crs, whom they rescued from the enraged
popalace and committed TO prison. 10.

s, tiiya,e after taking out her Cargo the
Charles was destroyed :; Captain Coltnn.
was put on shore in Princess Aunc county
about II miles from this place. 'lhe squad
ron IN cur bay were on Friday composed of
the following vessels:
st. Domingo. Admirai Warren, "a guns
Dragon, Capt. Collier, ~ H.
Statira, Sta' kpole, So
Junon, Saunders, So
Maidstone, DGrdeit, Sc y,
Syren schooner
pr Lhssf were I igi,sa on Saturday b the
Lauristi,,us, Ger'or, /, q
On thursday boats we're manned hy
the squadron and proceeded within or &
Miles of Old Poin, Ccn,tu,,. where they dis
Co, cred the Constellation frigatc warpiug
up Elizabeth River. If the wind and tide
bad served it was the intention Ut Admiral
Warren tohave attempted to cut out the
Constellation.
The San Domingo and Dragon, went to
sea on Saturday evening, the remainder of
the squadron remains i'll Lynhaven bay.
ADMIRAL WARREN has stopped! seve-
raj vessels bound to Spain & Portugal s. or
dered them to return informing the> mas
tiers that the Chesapeake Is in a state of ~
gorous blockade. The ships have aCcor-
dinghy returned. This measure is equally
unexpected antl'unaccounatble if the block
ade is intended to be permanent. If Great
Britain required supplies of provisions for
the Peninsula!which her permitting our ves-
selsto pass, unmoiested proves she did, how
is the conduct Of the Admiral to be account
ted for9 H
If we were permitted to hazard con-
lecture upon this subject, it would be-, that
| the blockade has been instituted under the
expectation ut a French fleet in the Chesa-
peake, and the vessels are prevented from
| sailing in order that information might not
be obtained. of the point where the British
force is stationed. This is however only
conjecture on our part. for perhaps the
character of the war is about to he chan
gea. Hitherto we have felt but hale of its
effects : our valuable coasting trade, which
is more Important, than many imagine. has
| a. vet been subje to but Slight iuterrnp-
tions. With the force, which from the
British prints, we understand is on the way
to our coasts we nav look for a blockade
from N. York to ST. Marys.
! We understand that Admiral Warren,
has addressed to a letter to- Col. FREE
NAN. commandment at this place, notifying
that the Chesapeake is in a state Of rigo-
rous blockade. (LeGrer
| CONTRADICTORY his morning arrived
the ship Emily capt. Scott, from Baltimore
bound to Lisbon.-.ln the 9th instant, the
Emily was brought TO by the squadron an
der Admiral Warren, and her register en-
dorsed in the following words al hereby
certify that the Bay, ard Earbors in the
| Chesapeake, were Yesterday put under
a strict and rigorous blockade. -,
| (Signed) J q. WARREN, Vice
| Admiral of the Blue: Comman-
| der in Chief"
! Salem, Jan. 2o.-Arrived, British shir.
Hope, from Marblehead, prize to the A.
merica.
Ne7v London, Jan. 2O.-Nrrived British
schr. Rebecca, from Trinidad for Halifax,
cargo of sugar and molasses, prize to the.
privateei Jacks Favourie--For the last S
days has been wholly out Of provisions &c
water.
24th-Arr. ship Jane, O'Conner, 10 days
from ST. Barts for N York. Passenger,
DR.. John p. SWEET, late of the privatcer
Yankee, of Newburyport, taken by tho
English.
Same day touched in, and proceeded for
n. York, British ship Rio Nova, of Lon
don. ahnnt $50 tons. prize TO the priva:eer
schr. Rolla, of Baltimore. The vessel was
driven out of Madeira, in a gale, without
her papers, and her cargo is said TO be
worth at least forty thousand pounds ster-
ling. She mounted Is guns and had thirty
men-no one hurt on either side. The
Rolla had only one gun, 12 FOUNDER Oh
deck, having thrown 2 of her guns over
board in a gale. and the other 2 were in
the hold-and only 40 men. The privateer
had also captured the ships Mary & Eliza,
of Bristol, T.. the former mounting IL twelve
pound carronades, and the latter 10 SKIES >
also. three masted schT. Brisk, OF London,
mounting guns, (burnt herr and schr.
Barbary, of guns, which was given up to
the prisoners.
The ship sent into N. London by the
, Rolla, was bound from London to Trinidad5
with cargo of dry goods, is coppered to
{ her bends, and a new ship, being on her
first voyage.
| Russid.--It is said (says tile George
town Federal Republican, I'll at the Russian,
Minister lately offered his mediation for
the restoration of peace between the United
States and Great Britain, but it was de-
clined by Mr.. Madison.
Wilmington, Feb. e..
J Arrived at Port Penn, schooner Dart,
capt. ii. kihl, from Hayti, cargo sugar,
, coffee, &c. was chased into the bay by
: the English squadron off the Dele ware -
had 15o shot through her sails, and 1 man
killed.
Feb. 1. British transport Lady Johnson,
. from London for Halifax, prize to the
! French brig Comet, of bordeaux. ]. NJ.
Bason prize master, reports that there are
t on board other 40 pieces of battering can
non 200n barrels Of large grain o,up t,ovder