The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-06-22

nat;on can DC SAFE which nodrishes such vi
pers III its bosom.
OF the other lamen;ablc event aboY,. ailud-
ed to- we arc inclined 10 Judge more favorably,
Il appears from accounts by his Maiest, : sim
EonnC2, arrived az crTsmouth f,Cr,i PASSAGES,
mat On "Wednesday, the 18th insA SIR i,hn
Ilope, received instructions 1--WE prosu.lc rom
Lord CastiereaSh) t. suspend his operations
AGAINST bayonne, and 10 send a flag Truce N
70 the city, informing The Corimandano of the
opposition or hCnaparte, ard inviting lirl 10
adhere to The Provisional Gov crnrT ent. The
me sage was ACCORDINGLY sent--but ii is IL BE
considered ulat, strange and incredible aSthe
Information must uCc,s sarilv appear 10 tl,e
commandment, he might not unnaturallv coz
C'ude II to be a mere rli8c de elu17s NOW
especially If Ec had heard of the means by
winch gen. Copons, obtained possession Of L.
r''''1 and NeqWnenzS. Under this i'm preston,
we cannot louch wonder at his resotine To the
principle ot}tsr conr- r08e. The circ,m-
stance isindeed greatly 20 be lamented nor
ave we slinciently acquainted with the facts 70
CeteFhine now lar u ought TO excite other SEN
S'rohs than tEose OF sorrow. 1t appears, how
ever, that whist the English troors, in conse-
quence of the news thew hat, learnt. were re-
posing i'll entire security, the French earris-
ON MADE sally, and of course takine. ot.l, men
uawares, occasiol.ed them the loss above stat
ed Among the casualties N1ert. gens Hay &
Sullivan said to be Killed, but which we iTope
may prove an eXaggoraticn, and that they are
only wounded or prisoners. Sir John fIope.
surprised at the firing Of musketry, caiIoped
towards the spot, but his horse being shot and
falling with him he was unable to escape. and
thus became 9 prisoner
PoRTsMcUTH, April 90.
The Comus, So Capt. Dickens, is arrived in
days from st. lean dc Luz he brings accounts
OF OF an attack that was made on the night Of
Wednesday, by the French garrison of Ba-
yonne, upon our out-posts, in which General
o'r j. Hope was taken prisoner, and the Rri-
tlsh lost IN Killed, wounded and prisoners, be-
tween and 600. Among the Killed arc gen
Hay and colonel Sir Henry Sullivan
Sir J. Hope, on the morning prior the attack,
had received instructions TO suspend hosriliries
and to inform by Gag OF truce the French com.
mandant at the garrison of Bayonne of the ex
listing state Of affairs at Paris, and to invite him
TO the provisional government: in COMPLIANCE
with his orders, Sir ]. Hope on that day sent IN
MS proposal the answer returned 70 ', iiich by
the fchCh commandment was that on tie foi-
!oWlnS morning reply shouid be given.
notwithstanding che cessation of arms which
was supposed &c exist between each 1>a7tv m
til the time when the French Generals Gecisi-
On was to be made known should e,srirc. he
made sortie on our out-pcsts, and gained al
vantages which, under other circumstances ne
would not IN al probability, have acquired. Sir
John 5cPe, Il IS SAID, surprised at the Ere of
Inusketiy, suddenly mounted his horse and gal
topped to the spot from whence it proceeded:
ms horse was killed, and in fallinc Sir John was
severely hurt and taken prisoner.
The official accounts of this cruel affair were
sent home by the packet on the Iav previous to
the Comnss sailing