The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-10-05

Britain .or the capture OF toe Chssspssse, when
irend, who occasionally has the perusll Ut Feneh
Gazetteer furnished With the following, as trans
iation from a French paper; for the accuracy OF
watch. however, we do nc youch. Ii viii be recoi-
lcetst that i'm nodore Proxies account OF the bat
re toad s way si. country, in the hrs, inItn,ce,
through the Par, Monitcur. The French nation
sppesr 60 tskea deep nteres, in our ,oaritme SUE
cess. We cheertliy substitute the asdgei o0ser-
vattons OF the foreign lournsst for those We uten
ed to make The reaier will doubtless prefer t,lera
60 any thing we could present h'in. "a .Lsas
Translated from "a French I'rter.
The BRITISH, who hal t,iumphes in mary naval
conbats previously 10 the prevailing anaer,csn war;
had long reluqoshed the practice ct rejoicing Tor
victories obtained over single frisats. Ii n
Enforcement OF that sort tovs plase against "a
the European powers, tbe dets, OF th- action MAS
merely inserted in the London Gazette, the papers
OF the netropo's echoed tl,e narrative, pad pss
sing oo; pii Lent to the o!hcer sud the affair en
of, being recorded, pro mie1torta, IN t,e Naval
Chroncl as "a thing Of Votes OF hon a
fropa ths corporation VI London, sword ot hun-
dred gaireas value, anu parliamentary encorsiuss,
were reaerYej for tue hero who should destroy
I!ert. The battle oi the Nile, that OF Trafalgar,
and the like, were, alone, brilliant enough to sx-
cite the sppauses o. people grown es,,nus to
conploa Eeats of. renowu, snd' who, accustomed
10 vanquisA every thing the ocean, believed
themselves onpipatent that element. In the
Americans TIE British have found enemy that
has obsurustcd the agreeable train ct their mari
sine lsas The e:t.LsHs of the United States are
the lsat sesmen in the world Their olfieers are
msn Of nautical science, Of great experience, and
gsner.I.y in the prime of life. The first naval
combat Of the marked, not simple equality
of eki,, aud sDursge Ia the of the two cuun-
tries, but decided superiority in favor of the A.
rerissns II the English pride was mortified at
this sudden reverse IN the case OF ths SGsrr'ere,
the ~holr BGtlsh government was thrown into
oouSterueton at tbs csptnre ct the Macedonian,
the Java, she Eros, aud the Peacock. Srch
rapid aut seeeessive defeats made the cabinet
Of st. James bris.le again: IL seemed as il all
shs English captains were doomed 10 pass, one at
, tar the other, under the yankee yoke, or TO the
regions OF tee dead. The terror of the London
ohgarchs was Increased 10y peouisrity which at
:. tended these conba1; for 1t so happened that the
officers who commanded the vessels thus beaten
the ,Americaas, ssre se,erat.y OF some one OF
different races or which the population OF the
IN Of Great Britain is comPos d. Dacres was
6rlrlgss ITishmsn. H. would drink with
.lH with you, in the civillest mariner 70 he
lie was the bosst of the British cruz
|.st Indies Garden South Brtpn, sao
,rkat,e for that suriy vanity O. raind that
AID the modern English, who, after subdu-
o'ch and the Irish are now aetu lily gov
them. Garden astonished at the
ice O. Captain Decatur's FIRE, inst he lost
uy of command, and did not recover him
his decks screamed with blood and Lis ship
.rely disabled Whiayents was & Weichman,
ugit with courage worthy OF the natives
ient Brittany, from whom the WelGh
P.hed. But he oontended iu vain egsissi the
lcan Jones, who has mad himssf IL
bus than his name sake panl OF desperate me-
Lambert Seotshmsu, o. Scotch des
and evinced tie heroism for which that peosle
been celebrated ever since the days OF the Ro
is peaEs native of the West Indies. aud
shi with warmth of courage derived from the
aseratofe ct his climate. He could not, never
eless, resist the pro-esss of Lawrence who over
Fhei,ned the Peacock with n blaze Of fge IS If sho
adj ~heen pierced )! sent to the bottom by stream
&c ishtuing.
Had sIe;, an event occurred in the days of Heath
n Mytscogy, the Greek and Latin poets sond not
have failed eelshrate it under the person6catoa
ct 3dpiter destroying with stroke of thunder, the
favorie bird OF his Jealous oonsort Juno Such in
eject waa the -senSation throughout Great Britain
the uaFarYing OF Am eIiesn navs victories
tat enquiries was set on ioet Ivy Id. Dar3cy ia the
House of Peers In the of the British failure
the crews Of English ships OF war were increased
81 number, & the officers furnaHded TO keen
iheir il constant exercise. Shins OF tn. lin
were down, still boaring heavy batteries, rs 10
pssI for frgtes seventy fours sailed disguised,
20 veil thor fSree Hl sorts of a'ratsgems were M,
in practise hy the British officers deooy and take
advantage OF the Americans Frigstes even
htted out and called privateers IL wasin this way
that English pride sought to restore It's reputstion
There etb1s ridiculous in siI these
ces, especially when we cons der that taey the
Inventions of B-itons who l,sd often and nso-
lently boasted themselves the Ioyds Of the ocean
at length cal tain of the OF Broke, who went
I'm the frigate Shannon 10 watch the port of Boston,
succeeded in bringing the u States, fTigste Chesa-
peake TO premature engagement Broke was vet
commanner, near 90 yesrs Of age, and hsd pre-
pared his ship for action ia very extraordinary
manner he had choice rev, PICKED from different
vessels OF the British navy snd he lad borrowed
from Com Hardy at least 90 sharp shootsrG who
had been Approved under the eye OF Nelson; titese
stationed ia the SaaEnono tops in order to take
oil early the chief officers OF e American fcigate.--
Thur prepared, Capt. Broke took favorable oppor-
tdnty to invitc Cap. Lawrence, then Just appointed
to the insnd OF the Chesspsake, 20 hostile en-
counter. THE Chesapeake Of the worst
saips the Ameriesns bad; her first lieutenant who a.
lone we vel acquainted With her trim OF sa ag was
sick ashore Lawrence himself WIS stranger 10 tie
crew and they had-never been in battle. 1t must
be confessed there something eowardy in this
jnvitatton Of Broke for he had not only the cbcise
OF his ship to rshtin. bu, he had the selection
Of the slap Of his adversary that he woaId fight
That this vas deliberate selection is obvious, as
Broke, aitho' the Tenedos frigste accompanied the
Shanpon, kept aiDof from Com. Rodgers, who, with
Capt Sgith Of the Congress, put as free from
nioeststo On IL there had been British squadron
near Boston. CAPT laurence, with that callantry
natural to the truly brave, and which, at this day.
ia clrastersc 1t ts svairy e France, had scarce
~ ssep the yessei clear from loose e1-dage when he
sailed fo tl to light. lIe shareholders Of the Shan
shot him sod his prncipd Cfiesrs down 1T the
frst FIRE, which produced confusion boar! the n
merriam fTigats, when Broke put hi aself ~ the head
~ nearly aii ms crew aud preoi-tstcl himself upon
the ChesGte0ke 4 he result 10 vri kroVn. 4 ~.
omyh, gained by eomethirg very IKE an artihec. has
given occasion ~ the most exrayagsu; dernousirst,
Of ioy ia london. A member Of y .rlspe.t.
whose nRne Is Crolfr, which IN IT,, F,nsEeh tongue
si},i' e a uusy. bet s-Li~~iptihe reptile, has pro.
nlA"" 01 tae DeeAsiOH most preposterOps eulcgi-
I'M x a. corparsi9p of IpndOu hVc treated thr sf-