The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-05-25

'ooao a ~. sc "dtISooc SSdHuiGS IN tiic pas
sage. all ia fame. William PinSney,
who was with her, and two ct the marines
by great exei tions saved the house--but
some OF the wre,ches. after that. took the
cover .rom the sofa in the front room, and
put Goals in it, and il was in flames before it
" as discovered.
.. a beautiful Madona. which the COM
,nodore had been oRered one Thousand dol
lars tos. they were about destroying, but the
ordered them to desist; at which
they were SO angry that they wrapped itup
III the burning sofa cover, and lett it as .
mark OF their yalor. .fr 9,y
90 An officer put his sword through a
large elegant looking glass, attacked the
windows, and cut out several sashes. They
cut hogs through the back, and some partly
through. and then let them ran.- SuciI wan
ton barbarity among civilized people. have
never heard Of.
e" The whole squadron left our waters yes
terday to our unspcakable JOY"
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
rTr' NEw-YoRK, May 1918.
ErtT0ct Of letter 10 me Editors Of the
Mercantile advertiser.
Boston, May Is.
The ship Brutus has arrived at Newport
from Liverpool. She brings 10000 letters,
dispatches for government, and London
papers to the 9TH April. Affairs continued
favorable to the Russians on the continent,
and there were agitations In some OF Bona
parties provinces. The British were pre-
pairing an expedition to Hanover.
The Austrian Envoy had arrived in Lon
don. 1t is SAID, his object was tomediate
a general peace. Britain requires that
France shall evacuate Spain. 49,,
A new squadron is named as being ready
TO depart for America with 1000 troops and
10000 rockets.
Ernaet Of another letter to the same, da-
ted S O'Clock in the epening.
Z Arrived this evening. brig Charles, OIL
nard, so days from Cadiz. Sailed April
IA. On Wednesday, (May 10y lat. ~.
long g. 80, the Charles was boarded
from La Hogue, "a; detained some time.
piundered, and threatened t. be burnt,
Notwithstanding she had licenSe) and at
last liberated, to bring home. the captain
and crew of the ship Action, Rogers, from
Cadiz. for Boston, with license. The
Acteen had just been taken, plundered;
and set on FIRE. The captain of La Hogue
said, his government had permitted the Ii
censes long enough, and if it did not put
stop to them the Navy should that he
had been cruising on this dangerous coast
long time, and almbst every vessel he
chased and brought to had license capt.
Capel. of La Hogue, treated the Ameri-
can captains and passengers very i'll. tax
ing their private property, and permitting
the vessels to be plundered. Every prepa-
ration was made for burning the Charles
but at length she was released, as before
stated. =. 49,,
The officers Of the La Hogue said they
had taken the privateer brig Montgomery
of Salem, from cruise. and the brig Do
mede, from Manila for Salem, with a
rich cargo. Not knowing of the war she
run down to La Hogue. The officers, and
crews and vessels had been sent to Halifax,
under convoy of the Nymph frigate.
Last night MAY l4,) about leagues to
the N. E. of Cape Cod, the Charles wa.
boarded from the Tenedos in company with
the Shannon--treated politely, and the of
fcers appeared much surprised at the con
duct of capt. Chapel-said they had been
cruising about here some time. and had
not molested any coasting vessels. but ex
pected orders every day to destroy all they
met. Knew of Commodore Rogers being
out-said they supposed he had passed
them in a fog off Cape-Ann. Had heard
the Curlew had been chased, and greatly
out-sailed the President and Congress.
The ship Action, spoke May 8, long. 81,
Com. Rogers squadron, all we'll, had Ia
ken nothing.