The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-21

The following is copy o: biilet put on board the
prison ship Cro"O Prince Frederick at Chatham:
Hsy "a 1913 --agreeably TO instructions from
'ae comnander ia CHIEF, Il ismy dreetons that you
csose'a communication 20 the American prisoners
on board your respective slips, that >. any oF .hem
deliver theus NesGr hrJish sabitets they will be
3s'doned tor having deserted from the seryiee-ihst
IN respect to beir wages, each case, when brought
s.par ate'y before my iuls commissioners Of the Ar-
mwsy,wiil rsce;v" favorable Liberation as such
Usually do--snf thst such persons will irs
,e removed IRON the prison ships to the respective
hsutenants, &c.
(sisncd) ROBERT' .akaNSELL, Cap,au
he totiila under the command of com
modoro Lewis. have returned to this CITY ::
IS it is understood the Acas,a and A,alan,;,
have gone 70 their 70 sner station off Gard
er's Island. These ships were seen eff
New- E&vsncn Saturday noon. As there
~ two OF three Of the enemy's ships oil
the Hook, The Commodore, with his usual
premptncsf, will, no doubt, proceed to his
dy Hook.
The neSy t2ot,6aot schooner Zo-hedo,
Chahman, aohish saited from MS mort on
Fri9at s.o'riag far .New Orleans, laden
'c'h cheese, soaR, onions, duck, sc. 7pas
cIhfured or Saturday mo,Hi;:F, GBouf zen
OK, fgu"nty mites 10 The South7yard Of
SoRdy Rock. ~ a rain, 5g lhrce 6a, geo
rom fhc Rritish fyigUie efgs;.+ TIE
"affoin and c1czr eSca5. d 70 me shore in
their oTor boar, and haze reac.;fd togo1---
fh@ Hfaf'G 81 Ati tender "a tohSoa schoo
INK on S4turHuu
n letter from a naval officer AZ Rurlng-
to. received in this town, dated Sept 2
saws, On io'ce on Lake Chsmplaiu IS 5
sleeps, one = 70 guns. two Of 9, one Of )
'nd one ~ guns, long 12's and 10 palnd
'errena"es. Two row Galles. ncuhting
rS SIS, auC: four soows w,.a long 1925.
&c British are fitting out force t. cope
wit US. Gen. Hampton has about 5000
regulars here, and renforcencuts coming in
r. m different quarters. You may expect
'ohear something Of importance from this
qual"er IN 3 few days The army at this
' ace apoear to be we'll disciplined, and are
healthy locking fellows, I expect We
she'll have sorle hard Sighting on iris lake.
Tie Britl'h. it is said are D riding 4 brig at
M's>i que bay. to mount 90 guns; if tiiev
II her afloa', their force will b. vastly SUI
eerior to ours. We shall either visit them,
or they will US, in q few days. We have
large number cf batiesux collected here.
belonging tothe military, for III ir transpor.
,atiCn down the Lake"
September II.
Ali that mortal " the gallant and much Ia.
mented Lawrence AMI Ludlow, arrived in this city
about two oc'oGs yesterday morning Nv ian from
salem, aud was delivered ca board the United
St2tes sIoop Of war Atrt. lying OF the navy ward
Il committee OF the eSrreTation has been appointed
by the common counsiI to consider what arran.e-
mcns tor the final iUermcRt Of the remains os our
IameDted ie!low-ci,izens, would be appropriate or
advisable. We believe there has been no occurrence
on which the public sympathy aud esteem has bren
more generally sud sinct RELY expressed than they
Will he on the present occasion The culnrs 1T the
maynard, and or board the shipping at the doeks,
were hosied at half mast in respect the deceased
The fo'iila Of gun-b0Sts, under comgaaud Of CON.
rnodore Lewis, passed ny tI,is city ye9 rday at 3 p
NJ. on their wey 10 their old sta,ou ct Sandy Hook
The wind being a beaf, and the tide noud, the 40.
til's came to anchor last evening ftha battery.
About o'c'ocl: on Sunday evening sone alarm
was experienced in the city ar the report Of several
heavy guns Proceeding I!om Fort Richmond, at the
Halrcws. The particulars were not aceuratsly as.
eertGlned until yesterday morning, when the pilot
boat Unicorn in th" employment of government,
came up from the TX. Nv her we learn that
hr'ts' fiigate was discovered on Sunday afternoon
scout oc'ock stantiu; ia from the eastward, with
The Ninft south, IN cEscs of fJl: rg smack which
she pursued unt.i wi;ha reach az tie guns Of the
f'oe~ nouse in SPermaesti Gave. As soon rs she
was Judged within reach, fire was optaed upon
Ger iro'0 battery o two and thirty POWDERS in tue
biucS -house, sad from three puu.hoats A bcut %
shot were thrown at hes, two. Of which struck her.
and from tbs confusion discovered oa hev deck by
some gentlemen "ho were on IN. top OF the light
mousse wH Sases viewing the atta ck. 10 is supposed
much danage Was done her She soon put about S
stool out sea, without having been abie to make
prize o. The sih8ct. The fiigate fired several shot
&C the Block house and gun-boa,s, sli OF which fell
short. Ee,en;ne Po,f.
LATEST FROM LONG ISLAND SOUND.
oy PASSENGER IN a small sl0op from New-I.onion,
whch place Re II SaturCsy morning we Ieara that
therc were on Na"' london tVo 72s aud fIisate,
ana That lie passed IN the Sound between Newton
don and Nt"-iisvcn, also three slips OF war, with
20 sloons, their prizes, in company one of Which
Ere. The Sound is now free for market boats
rs usual.
E<trae, Of a ietert from O1,Oego, dqted Sep. 8.
on Suhcay last, our squadron left Saeketts
fiarhor on eruize, and on Tue sisy were III this
Pace, beating up the lake. On Tuesday night AZ
hal past eleven, General Wilkinson arrived IN gu o.
pen boat, attended only by oars.nen (hs ex,cllsncy
&c helm lie spe*ks Of the capture destruction
~ the bi1t sh hect as thiag of course provided
om'nohore Chauncey IS sght of them. Early on
"Wednesday morning he proo.ede, on his way to
n,,sEara we have no ne9s from Niagara up 10
wednesday morning. The British feet had been
In thst quarter several lays and captured several
boats and schooner (the Mary, capt. Eadusl load
e1 WITH pubhe property, on Tuesday they were ssen
staining to the northwari, and on "Wednesday
morning not 10 sight. Ou feet were WITHIN so or
10 miles 81 Niagara Wednesday nooa No move
luenis Of consequence ut Niagara since las, W ek
he enemy rctrcsted to their former position De-
sFTters state tsi Sir - Provost, aud Gen. de 4
tsnhurgh have gone 10 KH3stoE TO prepare for an
expected attack upon taat tiacc "
FROM burlington, Vi our correspondent writes
that toree Of 1000 troops ia battesuV under con-
vny OF Com. McDonough, with his squadron consis.
ing ni Shops and suD-bosts, left that place on
the nth inst and proceeded down the Lake Cham
plan towards Canada, bus met hy the British
ait1 returned tie game Tp,-