The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-10
LEHUEL T.QYLoR.
from TIE FLEET

Nv the abandonment Of Kent Island On
iaesday the 24.h ult. and TIE departure Of
hS invading and marauding fees of" u.
fdss-0nchored Isle" frcm their Ia { Station
oh Poplar Island, 1t appears that the inha-
otants OF the upper Chesapeake Bay am.
veheved from their late trouhles-The FIRST
departing division IF admiral Warren's
e., com70sed of - ships, S brigs, and 8
schooaers (twenty nne in all including the
frgate and brig which had remained many
days off TanGier Ber) passed Point Look
ou' on Monday he 3Ot' uit.-The remajn-
ing squadron VIZ. TWO seventy fourS (adu7i-
raj Warren's and Cockburn's Gag shiny
logelher with Shins mounting from SO 70
Cd gans each, with nine frigatcs; ore trans
bort ship not pierced s'r E,.ns and probably
!ienegro loaded ship for S lie in the Wesg
indies; seven brGs and nine schoousrs,
making IN the whole thirty three sail, after
ancheting one night between tine mouth Of
IN Pot mack aud Point no point, rassed
S"li rs Island Light House on the 3lst oft (;
= his squadron Of fifty four vcsehl5 in all,
ard great majority OF tnem large ghd for
miiabe ones, have not added iaurels 10 the
| British navy, neither have Shey depurted in
good spirits o. tolerahle good health: or
implied their wants, which are not tf;Anp.
OF fresh .tood or water nor have they OBJ
aimed fame or much plumber save in tha
captivity of some hundreds OF miserable.
slaves, to the ruin Of some # our indnstrjous
ens-And those miserable wretches will
experience change of tolerable slave con-
fort for the purgatory Of West India slavery
under harder task masters.
On the Goth August seine confident NJ
matters were communicated from lie ID
Quarters TO admiral Warren on board the
St. Domingo. by Mr.. Skinner the governors
agent at Annapolis, and Mr.. Digs, when
admiral Warren promised to restore the
two gentlenen Kirk and Hall taken from
near ST. inegoes in about .hrec weeks, as also
iew Diner prisoners would have been per-
nitted to come on shore in the then visiting
Cartel; but they had been unluckilv pre-
viousy shipped for Halifax in the Matlbo-
rough OF Plantagcnet.
The admiral, whose conduct has beer
marked with considerable temperance and
(; GOOD manners, gave the above gentlemen
his full assurance that Annapolis should
not be in any way molested, and be hereaf-
ter looked upon as spot for exchanging
prisoners Of war as well as the receipt n <
Packets, dispatch vessels, cartels, &c. ;A7d
which, upon its announce ment of the sanna
right to its long disturbed and anxious citi~
zens, gave them much satisfaction and CONE.
fort.
A corked bottle, with only letter in 1t,
vas P'Nf.cu w ny q INSStO On lljS Day SuOTE
on the 26ih August, dated from on board
the Marlborough "a gun ship. The letter
, vas from MIR. Kirk 10 his wife, (who had
made many exertions for her Husbands IL
beraiion) dated on the same day it was
thrown overheard and picked up by the
Segro--statihg he was we'll and destined
TOR Halifa%+Ihe wind being strong from,
the westward proyi1entially and speedily
drove the bottle 70 the beach not far from
Mr.. Kinks residence. .lieTdndria Herald.
The Letter of marque. schr. Expedition,
Chaytor, Of this port, has sent IN New
port the British schr Louisa, from St. VIM
cents, for st Johns. laden with rum, sugar.
&c taken after a chase of 81 hours. The
Louisa is a baltimore built vessel.
Bal. c. II. y.
The principal object Of England in cedine
Quad sloupe to 5we'en, has been c nceaie1
from public view. The cessinn was n ade,
without doubt, chiefly for he parrose os
neutrslizing 'hnt i'land, and Ivy this means
nabling the British " est Iudies to obtain
through ile ports those articles of American
produce which are essential 70 the comicr-
able subsiseuc of thoer nrid II so c.,ies.
gland kn~w that Il heleaf ~ she horld
ish 10 r. occupy Quad lonpe, her naval