The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-12-24 00:00:00

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Yesterday, at the close of the Polls for the cop
tatted EleAihns for Common Council, the nut,
bets stood

,CITIE Frzlevs. ••-

.013 as follow :
TOWER WARD.
Gi'.l3ol G 3 Get 4 Laing • 44,.
Samuel Hutzkinsan . 140 Jnn H • None** .
Thomas Fnt . 103 T'InTIVI BPAges . 11
Samoti Dixon . . 136 !Now Sky, err . . 12.
Jams Dixon . . 143 William Cauthortt . 114
Matthew Liieas . . Sareuri Wright . . 14
S imuel Welker . 9J Lawn. Udson. . D.
ehat:a4 Stew:ti4 . 113
WARD OF FAR It INGDON WMAIN.
Mallet . 14'4 C k. . . 13
John Smith . . 14 t W• 114 . . . 1119
. . . 149 Wh. . • 134
James Smith . . 136 Prior " and . . .1).
'Tema. Sm.th . 143 Walker . • . n's
Rnberts. . . i 46 Winer. .
L+ikh.A.
IRS Sc iteharrl . . . 111
Metc.ilf• . . . 142 Prie.t . .
Le.* . . . 14v
CORNIIII.I. IVAl.tp..
IFweh . . . 31 11...nard . . .11
Angel . . 41 kr ;pit • . . 44
3 tele. .

„ . .43 N.;tv4 . •
Chapman . .4t Caaikeker . • •
These Wards carry on their elkii-tn with real
spirit, and public hre.skfastc for this two days hay,
Dom given to t!of triends v.m.• of the can iidatr.
for Farr;ngdol Within. The Blue Last pub!;c-house,
in Cork-court. Ludgate-hill, has been opened by
the Latalord to all vor-rs for his friends.

NEI.SON.
The ribs", with the rem.ons of the lamented
Lori Mellor nn hoard, came in sight off S!,trrness,
on Sou !ay alterotwin. About et. hr o'clock, yester-
day morning, she was (.1I Grave send. Acute guns
seer:. fired as she passed. About twe o .Irwk, sh,.
teazhed Etith, a few miles below Blarkwall.
viot,so e.e tide left her, and she was able to pro.
ce i rfn (tether A great numher of pe ,p 1
r•- tt y. SIC jav, in expet-ation
of seeing her arr:ve, n$ ti. a place. and returne,i
;ere . TOP V 'toe was r XFO aPd
In c;reenti h List ni tide. She. pinl,,blv
arrive t ther - • :1r two a'auek. The hod w t
be immediately Jed, by torch-light„ and d p^si, ‘.
in the Recorder's h... amber, in Creenw.ch Hospit .1,
until, the time five! !or its lying in state. h
p •-paratinos in the Painted Hall are going on wito
J.i activity A Oatf; rn is el, eted along Or.
..rt atr, with two 4,visioas, one f er the ingress.
the o her for the egress of the co7o. any. It is co
'tied with black cloth A black canopy, with
ionble tow of ft ter, i, erected .t the upper end t f
the ro.,m, tinder which the body is to lie in state.
That pat of The cllarreser is iincd with black A
rail ng is to be fixed, at a distance of nine fe: t from
the ea:lily, to keep off the zr w.f. 'I he body WAS
to be land ,c 1 in the Admiral's barite, end the Yi tow
is to sail, with the first tide, for Chatham, to be re
paired.

LORD NELSON'S WILL.

The Te tamentary Papers if •the lamented lord
Nelsen, were, yesterday, proved in Doettie, Com-
nron%, by Earl Nelion an -1 Mr. f laslewood. the
executors.
The W;11 is dated May 10, 1303 ; and titere arc
seven codicils (al!, except one. in his Loratsh p's
hand-writing). the latest of .v rich bears date the
11th of September last.
An ai nuity or •-• e •Ii .-ord pnu s a year is
bequeathed te oarit:w Nelson, widow of the
decease:'.. ~:ate and Dekedom of Rronte are
ranite.f in s a a manner as to accompany the
LOW,' of Nelson (to which limi arrons the mew
creattoa of Earl and Viscount Nelsmi of Trafalgar
and of Merton, has been mate to orresp -rid) I'l e
insignia of ihr various oraws ivith wt'ich Lard Nel-
son wits itivested, aretlirett to he tr snsmitted to she
successive r.,sessnra of the Duki.dorn and BATO'V,
in the nature eit heir-looms. The most remark bl-•
of the present, which he received from diitingui.hed
pens les, and from public bodies, are dis.tiautoil
among his brother (Earl Nelson), and his two
sisters, Mrs. Holton, and Mrs NI itcham. An Ito
these, in mall thirds, is beq ieat!iecl t''e residuary
estates. l'he legacies are not nunierrus.- The only
legae.es to persons not ofl.eirdNelson's family, are to
Lady Hamilton, to Mr. Davidson, to Capt. Hardy,
to Mr. Ilaslewood, to Miss H Tams Nelson Thomp-
son, to Mr. John Scott, hi, Lordship's Secretary,
who fell by his side in the fatal action off Cape Tra-
talgat; and to the Rev. Alex. John Scott. The
house aad furniture at M not, and7Oacres of the ad-
joining land, are given to Lady riamileon, together
with a legacy of two thousand p nods, and a rent-
eharge on the Bronteestate, of 5091. a-year, during
her life.

A duel seas fnughcon Friday afternoon hetweett
Colonel B. and Major B. of Liverpool, in ivhich the
latter was shot through the head, and soon afier ex.
pired.—((wrrepoid .4dge, titer.)
A letter from Lisbon, dated !Li December, iv':
•—•• A few days ago, live of the convoy from Nrew-
foundland. which had sailed under the 7atm ar-
rived at chic plat.. Tiler report that the. Were.
separated, live (lays after they !At Neveloundi..n.l, in
a gale of wind. ;tad diJ .tot fall in together
The gomaiec, • is supposed, is gone for the Medi.
terranean French frigate Tvpnsr, it still
here refitting, !on talks of sailing ve! t snarl. When
she does, she tt ill, in till proh.thtlity, he c trecyel to
an Ktigiish for , as-several of our I rigat,:t arc upon
the look-out f.sr her. A few days ago she made it
grand display of a sham aEiion ; and, in the midst of
the smoke, let her yards and top-masts Conte il‘,•rn,
as it they were shot :i.e..: ; it certainly het a re v
Foci circa, and she w I,:t in the s.ime situ :t
al which. I have no douft,..". - will he, the fits!
Brit's!, cruiter falls in - rr. The row-!....i;s
are very thick upon the col,. • -een this and V ;
but have I:6v eV.7)c mach it I'vf Welt. 'l,,i-
Captaie of a T pa:c, the other s lid. in n plat•i-
lic connotive, that no one Enesh ate shad pri••
vent nos tail* as sadi As he is rea-iv. Povitsar
arcentelf to this-state-in. narrowly wtre.-es his mo
ti,insLand 'aid sal irnmectieely• Atm ti,r Toms;,.
The Viectchn! in • thAt,!;,t..5.11V11,, •,•01 Carr.
the Peirsoor -t Fsircelt port. tx, sir
different transit, should :nest ships f.a!l .1 c.tzt.
other."

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• wkr.vourn. Dee. tj.
('he Officers of the 15th (or King's) Light Dris
inns, gave an elegant entertainment their bar_
.cks at Radipole, on Tuesday las-, to Colonel .fin-
c, previous to his derartore from the regiment.—
er dinner. several a. pr toasts wcre, drank,
h that entirtsiasni and teeling, which cart :inly
;!.nered from ureeigned affeaion and sorrow. The
eiii.sz wt. synt wi!h to- ut'uost coovivitlity, And
•ifev mutually took leave with tears in theii eye,.
1.. e Colonel. and his family, left Weymouth, this
morning, for Bath; berwe he reached the bArnic
?s was met by the mm of the 15th, who took the
,irises from his carriage, and drew it nearly t•i
,3raadway, amidst reitericed huszas, and regret, f
Chi. loss of a good Comman.ler ; we understand, 'he
filice:s of the regime.q have's) ernted the Co!oti:
with a very handsome sword, accompanied with
aottu, indicating their unalteraede attachment and
ststeem toy the tirmless he has ever diapiayed in sup-
porting the honour of his Oiicors.
Ciirrks/SG.

In the course of la, ek, died, at the Wald
Cottage, the celebrated Grevhnund„ Snowball. He
,l'as /he means nt introducing, on the Wolfs of
Yorash•re, a species rn Greyhound very superior to
any thong :at had before been seen there ; all
became, i!i time, the are of all the ()est dogs that
are mow running. The style of his own running,
never, perhaps. had an equal, either for stl2e.l or
continuance. It is a forttmate eirclimstance for the
.toe 'taws of Coursing, that Mr. Cha!nn, the cele-
brated Animal Painter, nho has men in tl.is coun-
try for smile mrruhs past, taking port-ails ot
Horses, &c. beirmging Darlington. Sir F.
Boynton. Cl Theinton, R. C. Burton. Fsq. kc.
had taken a p:Eture o SonahNll a few days s..tore his
death. This piitur.-. ales oein eahibited,
is in-
t mdu to be Pnr.fore.l. as a memorial et his ea-
- 11 e rig I).

ARTHUR .rr. • Win

At the hte sale o he .tauscripts of the late
rthur.Nturrl.y. ;7,cci, the folluwing were purchases
t•• she foll•twing pn -es s
Translation of Fa'. - . CO g Innea•.
Pn,clias4 M M• Capenter
N Ales. trato,l.teti finis Crovle-. &c. 2 ‘...in as
Wit, r Wit, a 1 Go Con.* t• e Iftel;
l'arei% ker a Nubia .1.111, I k ,vu for his
tabu, 4 t.a..
Thre. ! PI, •s, rel by rattans Stasbna,

poLirE.

M ticMM4lot/St.
Yesterday, Motor, a prsvwe sat the West Mid-
dlesex Ntlida, and W rittc, a lab..urer at the
East-fitdfa Company's wareiousts, were brought
bef ire the Lin Msvon, on a charge of purloin-
ing a quantity of cinnamon and qoassi, the pro-
perty ~f the E eimpany. F rei.ter, a
Police-Officer, who tank the Prisooers into custody,
stated, that he obs-rved Mason go;ng drwn the Mi-
nnries with a bundle under his crut t on questioning
him rel tive to the way he came by the property,
which appeared to b. gag-India produce, he said,
he received it from Wokicridge, who pretended,
that he had just bought it of an elderly woman.
Toey could not telt, however, who the pretended
woman was, and the Offices took them into ens-
t dy.
he 1.,,xn Ms 'OR ordered Wolderidge to be
sent on board the tender, and Mason was con-
veyed to his reginiers.

BOW-STRZET.
Yesterday Lawrence Keene, alias King, was ehtarg-
ed Laving returned from Botany Bay before
the term of h i sentence had expired. The Prisoner
was fully c.:rumitted for trial.

A most terrible en .fitgrarioo took place at Bray-
ten, on Saturday last. About neon, a firs was dis-
covered in one of the offices belonging to Sir W t-
If II ID LAVIS,N, 4 Brayton House, Bart. which
raged with such fury, that, in a very short space of
time. notwithstanding every exertion, the whole set
of offices, the mo-t elegant and commodious in
Cumberlai .1, composing a spacious square (with
the exception of the coach-house, which was a little
detached from t►ae rest) were entirely consumed,
togocher with an immense quantity of grain, hay,
Scc. The flames ascended to an immense height in
the air, prexetrirg a grand and awful appearance.
We are happy to state, that all Sir Wi t.saio's vs-
litabie horses were saved—one poor ass Alone perish-
ed. It is supposed that the fire originated from a
servant haring lighted some shavings near one of
the cisterns, .n order to thaw the cock ; and that
the wind had conveyed some of the embers into the
premises.
On Friday, the 2*h ult. General VANsirr et.
tr2viewed the regiment of Oxtord loyal volunteers
upon Buffington Heath. They mustered between
S And 600, and went through a variety of evolu-
tions, under the command of Colonel SIILLOON.
Upon the couclusion of the day's exercise, General
VANSII rA AT exure,.ed himself to be particular-
ly gratified by the general appearance of the regia
inur.t. which, he said, was truly soldier-like.
He added, that the officers and men hid sheen
equal promptitude and steadiness in the perform-
anee of the nrivcenvres, and that he should have
}Meat pleasure is reporting to Government his opi-
nion of their fitness, in all respects, to act with any
troops of the line. On the late general Thanks-
giving Day, the tegiment paraded with side arms,
and proce.ded in too divisions to Sr. Martin's and
St. Peter's, in the Last, ehurches, and coatributed, in
common with tiirr outer fellow-citizens, assembled
upon the tame occasion, to the collections made in
~j 3 of the Patriotic Fund.

The cust-to of Cbititoos Boxes has a gond d,tal
swerve) .171 its original o'sjecl, which was the
1 fudable rewarding. at the end or the year,
latilal children, diligent schcilaf s, and I.itlfful and
icdustrious servants. Among tali the descriptions of
•;r*ts that can fv. presented for t'•is good purpose,
n be. p,rhaps, of a petlll.lll,lll. 11111 of s momen-
tary us?, is that of Ls /try Shore, which no ,y lay
♦ fulfOisition (or isideitencleace, and even all tenor,
:hroii.:h.,ur life a' Lottery Scheme was ever
well caleulat•d for this salutary enJ as thd one new
frlffre the Ptinhe, imasmuch as it must pr2re a prat..
`.tip• zeta to abore 9000 Iventurers.

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COURT or coussicErr, Dig. tt.
• LUNATJC PETITIOS.
The Court, this day, disposed of 27 Lunatic Pe-
titions, of which the following Was the only one di.
Serving of any particular notice. .
Ea-nnere re etc.. LT, ut the Mailer sf• essesrfa +I as -
In this c ,se, it appeared, that Mrs. Mary Chesre-•
man tad been for twenty-five years * Lunatic, m
whbm Mr. Metcalf Cerletnn was the Corasmittee,
next of kin, with an allowance of 5001. a-year, tot
the expenses of her care and maintenance. At t'
time when the Commission of Lunacy w
net, the inconr of Mrs. Chesterm m's esra-• s
amounted to 850 a. a vt•ir, which was since in.
proved to 1,30 th. and was expeaed to Is. still (weber
improved., to the stun of 2.5001: About three yea,.
since, Mr. Metcalf Catlett-IN, her Committee. placed
her, with the consent of the Petitioner, 'air. Met-
calf, at the house of a gentleman of die name of
Irish, who kept a receptacle fir such nevem., in the
county of -intrey, paying for her at the rare of 1401
a-year. Wishing, however, that she might has.
greater c mt art than could be forte I in any house
of 'hat kind ; and waders ending, t!;v report
of physicians, that it weilld he beneficial to nee.
health, if she could he induced to tak • exercise in s
cqriage, he proposed, that she shoal ha removed
Lo a h..114e of her own, situated .r Marsytte, near
Lich:mm.l, and inhabited at present by Mr. Carle-
ton. and that he sh uld be allowed, oat of her
estato, the sum of 1,2001. a-year, to provide IT her
a carriage, and suitable establishment, comM ring of
three maids. a gardener. coachman, and to .rman.
That Petition was reverted to the Master, who re-
ported in tavola of the application, all,, einc f.e- the
purposes above-mentioned, an atihnity of I .I(;01.
Mr. RU)4IIt.V 01. j Mt. BELL this day p. 40-red
a potation t•0..1 Mr. Metcalf, a nephew of the I.u.
nave ; and al.(' one of her hex, tit kin, praying,
that the Repent s'alald be sent back to toe NI astan
fast reviiion; ro greater all 'wane» should
he rude, than the sum of SUOL annually, as !tad
b,.tore been agre....l to. In order to so,tain the
'prayer of the petition, they produced the affidavits
of tw me fical geetlernen, and a Magistr ate, who
impeded tne premises of Mr. Irish, which they
repiesentes: as arranged with the bes. possible ac-
comm Klations for patients labouring under mental
infirmity ; that her room wis airy and wholesome ;
that these was a leltdell for her to take the air in;
that they did not tt.iek, in her present state of de.
rangement, caul!, he in fueed to make use of
earviAge ; that being expor,e,.l to the view of dif-
ferent ohjeas. woitid tend rather to distra'n tf.an
compm.e , t, es, Ina' dui did not tnink t e
proposed arratige:nent ut a ..ew and sole establish-
n.• would, at present, tend either to her benefit
ur comfort. It was strongly contended, on these
grounds, by the Counsel for the Petition, that the
proposed expense would only tend to the benefit
and convenience of the C3mrnittee, who wished to

convert such an addition of her property to his ov n
purposes. They argued, that being exposed to new
and strange attendants, wculd be likely to produce
an injurious effat upon the Lunatic, which that ir-
ritAtioe, caused by the appearance of new °Netts,
Generally occ 'sinned in the imagination of persons
thus dreadfully afdil.id. They admitted, :hat the
whole produce of the estste of one M that
tion, ought to he expended in aey thing e hich
might tend to give her all the ease and commit
which she was capable of receiving, bin that would
not be the erTea of this new estaoliwie eat ; as it
appeared, that. for the present, at leas:, there w As no
prospea of be: being prevailed upon, viiliin*Arily, at
have the exercise of a coach, aad even it she could
be so induced, there weied be strong nhjeainns to
the populou neighbourhood of Richmond, where
she mast be unavoidably cxpuse t to the irritating
gaze ai d intrusion of new objets. If it wcie thought
necessary teat an experiment should be made, whe-
ther she could be brought to use a carriage there
was an easy mode of eoing se, by mems of a hired
coach. ehich would not be At ended by any thing
like the same expence as her Committee here ap-
plied for, principally to have himself the benefit and
enjoyment of an establishment and conveniences,
which would not air eel any Additional comfort to
his charge, who was, at present, disposed of in the
manner best suited to her situation. They, conse-
quently, urged, that the MAsexa's Report ought
to be amended, and that the Committee of the lady
*mild not be Allowed to enj•iy so many conve-
niences at the expence of that property, part of which
was to descend to the Petitioner, as one of the next
of kin.
Mr. RICIIARDS and Mr. Heat opposed this ap-
plication. 'I hey fully admitted that the house of
Mr. Irish was not deficient in any of the aceinnoto-
dAtions which could be expeaed in receptacles of
that kind ; but it was no disparagement of it to say,
that it did not afford all these comforts which the
fortune of this unhappy lady entitled to enjoy.
From the affidavits nt peysicians and tellers, it ap-
peared, that her apartmeet cons.sted only of a two.
bedded room ; and though she was not confined to
it, nor debarred from air and exercise in the gar-
den, yet nothing could be more improper, thin
teat, in doing so, athe ul.jali she was hk •ly io
meet, would he persons under the same melancholy
afiltaion with herself. The impression which that
mode of life seemed to make upon her meld was,
that she was living in a workhouse, whereas, by
the establishment propose.) for her, she would tied
herself surrounded by her own servants, and under
the eyes of a person who must be supposed to have
feelings of :mural Affeaion towards her, and in .t
house of her own, containing spacious Apartments,
as also a garden inclosed by a wall. The pope' s.
Lion of the neighbnurho id of Richmond, the) •
to be no solid ebketion to the arringtimere ; t c,
as the physicians alleged, that the exercise of a car
riAge may become beneficial to her health, they.
was no place where she could have it without the
necessary exposure of being seen ny Samo pervins
but it by no means followed. that so mensal
circumstance would produce the irritation that w e
sugeesree.
The Loa° CuAriceetoa said. what most pressed
i'selt tidies :MS mud in this case was, that the coronae-
tee of the Lady who applied for this increasel
allow-
ance, was A pees ni win, was is open or the sts.
pima of wishine to make a personal adieu' age 0
his trust; at the seine time, however, nethine etas
mere, equitable than that, as fir as the fortune 0.

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43.'S Ifs •sir 7,- • 1...
die,bainde wonrd ulaiib of it. no coiiideritiori •of
• svinge, whatever should be siatiiird intertere •.eth
a .y paiAle corafotts slits c..pA01.-4)t.
-vjoying. No imputation hate-,er.a id he wish', tt,'at
acct ire.sly 'll :et stn, •,Loul atthch •te.
nodv 4ns ef ; bur it *al ntiy
happened, that iwesous AM 3ed with the llorraelyaf

4tuffre:ltovere n -ca.ionaliy capable ,t e,.r sent.
tlsern,el-e.c. t seirselsp.s, as 1Ne1t%.., of pesfeetly
sane mind If such, then, Were th • taatssia of this
'atly, and the impresii sn no her mind was, that 4he
1411 a pauP-r, in a woricio.i.e, he sr b. west tine of
to next of kin, would be ashamed to tabjeet In any
sp ore by whit's s e •ni :hr he r-lieved-frnm it.
--01 the other :lan I it was jus!and eti 'Stable that
sv.nces of this ksnt should use he iacureed merely
.or the benefit of the Ono n.ttre; though if they
were deemed necessary, it WAS fair that he ibmtild
!save from them w:satever advartage Was i soder/Ai
so them, and which he was pro,larly
Upon the whole, therefore, he should °NJ-v. she tbe
report be sent back to the Masten, f sr revision: with

a datedion, that, in the view lie was to rake of rt, he
should attend to what nn:ght Ire produhive of come
:art to the lady, ratl.er than to the ymaarunr of ex-
pence which would result f m the indulgence
COURT OF CO ‘StsON ‘s,Gutassaissa, Dee. /3.4
Sittings at Prier kre? Lord Chi?! fattier Mae*.
al.°, and a. Special Jury- •
:mous 414 OTHERS O. gLIPISI•i0T011.
Thu was an 'Elkin which excited much interest
in the mercantile world. A turn ,if no leis than
5.C.V.)1. depended upon the decision. !ACM,.
G \RROW and Pant, were specially retained upon
Lae occasion.
The anion was !smelt aril'st the u •derwriters.
wino a policy of insurance, I ,r 0.101. upon the Spa-
u,sh Culp Heeler, from Havana:4h. or riatanwts, tit
any port or p,ltt. in the isl•ind t.I Cu )a, to Nassau,
in New Providence, and for dry gods etipped by
the assured in any nth. r sh:o-s_r s tips. &nos 010.
her 1799, until the Ist of -lune foll.swi•T with an
enlarge.nent of that period, to Co- 1 t of August.
In this vie Plaintiffs we-e mercy the gents of
Mr. Robert Ker.', of Ni s,l is, in New Pn v-I..news
who V 1.45 a native of Its •.4.1/, and haJ car tied on a

very gunsidei able trade frets oh &kids Wes:. In ;ra
Islands to the flavannah, jontly wit's a Mr. Fraser,
who since has become a baiskrip-, nit!, at that
time, resided a- Havannah. roils in trtestmn
were contraband by Ely laws of Spain. is ie erma
teed by Great Britain, and consi.ted ~t I ;
sugar, TAW 1114ieS, and various other articies,bui p
col irly dollars, the exportatirm of which, ex ere re
pay hei,tht, or purcistse slaves,was pen heth•
.nish w-, under the severest penalties; :rd. its
CAC! Of d eteiftion,i he witote cur was corifiscateJ: one
third went to the informer, the party w.ts • mplism ir.to
during pleasure, or sent to labour at the plink works
fOr a I I idt finite p rind. In order to enable the subi-fas
of Great Britain, belonging to the t% infr i can islands,
to traffic with the wiled: nfipain, it was necessary
to procure • licence horn the Governrtr (property
au h 0 ised) of such is:and belonging to the king of
Ea.g: ind, as the party resided in; and, in order to
prosecute eiis branch of trade with eftf Et, the

greatest caution and secrecy in the shipment of dol-
lars; or any other specie of biesin, from any of the
Spanish Settlements in America, WAS necessary is
be obs:rve I ; the orrliars were th •refore uruallr se•
creted in the mid tie of boxes of sugar, molawes.
or hrniey. and :It .!eby the vigilance of the SpAnisn
liercnue Officzes was evaded.
The real P arntiff in this case (Mr. R-id), as ap.
dared irons the evidence and depositions on his
part.' had carried on every ext melee trade in this
way ; and havfng a very corraider e debt due to
hifn at Havannah, ha went there, armed with the
usual licence granted for the voya e, from :enerAt
Dowdesveeti, then :over r of New Providetice,
a-id shipped on bu d the Nc or tqu rntity of r.tw
hide!, roAwood, and 210 b es or sonar, 200 of
which cr•ritained one thousand d la each, made
up in roils, called cartridge is and anninnting,
in the whole, to two hundresk tnou.an:; which,
at the currency of 4s. 6d. p-r dollar, would
amount to 45,0001. and io.truct oa. tv. re sent to
London, to make insurances for that sum, as well as
the ship, which was accordingly edified. Mr.
Reid sailed in the .11,A,5, comma•Aled by Don
Juan Dc Vrilers, with this cargo, from Havannah,
for NAVIAII, in New Provider:ce, anti, in going
through the Gulah cf Florida, upon the f urth
day's voyage, shout two ol•Its•k in the morning,
while the weather V.:AS petfe4ly calm, the vessel was
drove by an adverse current, w:iieh deceived the
pilot, upon a reef of Midden rocks, off Cape Flo-
rida, called Martyr's Reefs, she was again got off,
but a Itneeic springing np, site'struck upon another
rock, and the crew were &Aged to Abandyrn her,
and to take to their boats. with what little provi-
sions they were able to ca-ry. • Having stood to sea
awile, they descried a brig, known in those seas by
the term of a Wrecker, trom attending wrecked
vessels, and saving what was recoverable. This
vessel, however, upon p:rceiving them, tuck them.
for an enemy, and bate away, and they were obliged
to tak: refuge from the violence of the wt a. ~es,
upon a desert island. here they lighted 3 large fire,
AS a signal, and the next day they were discuyete.l by
two brigs (one of whica ran away from wens
the Might before). aoci.they w.rataken en ho.asi. On
the following day every exertion was made by Cie
wreckers to raise the ship, which then appeared
with orrly let gunnel above water. and to save
the cargo, but to little Furpose ; diving belle, and
every other apparatus was made use of in vain,
and a viiilrnt gale coming on the next day, the
wrece he? station, aid iretnt to pieces, a rd
out of so •aluable a cargo, only a leaf lodes, some
piece. of lighvond, and about sisi weight of wet
sugar were recovercd. Tie bottom came out, and
all the sexes cnntai inn the specie, vent down with
tile ballast ; tots a.tion wts therefore brouglrt to
recover au Average los, against the underwrrters.
Me. •II OW, for tne Delendanrs, in All able ad.
dre s to eh- Court, eon'-ode r. in the Ma instance,
visit he Plaintiffs 'bowl be no • uire.i, n the
ship to goesti.,n being cn Sri :web
perty, and therefore coital nra he the swhjett in*
tamer by the - ham, 1"
podgy being open
lima%
, Stl r, art
s
113 a Learned

labioas of ' reat BC:::len, and the
tpr.ri ship and .ods. was tturtetare
t qtr tanitan, in amuter.sa;dl that the
tikk ts Out at that Objenin:l.
tni Judge thought. that as treat 1.