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MORAL CONSISTENCT.

A report having been cir;ulated that Mrs. Des-
p:trd is at present under the protedion a;,cl patronage
of \ iscountess Nelson, we have authority to state
that the circumstance is entirely groundless, and we
much fear the rumour ha: originated in mo!.vel extreme-
ly injurious to that vi;tuous Lady.—Morn. Chrotvele.
March 2.

Sunday died, at her apartments, in James-street,
Oxford-street, aged 21 years, Harriet, the wife of
Thomas Newman, now respited during his Majesty's
pleas we. Her death was occasioned by a fever, which
camt:on shortly after child-birth, and which, together
with anxiety of mind on her husband's account, ter-
minated her existence. She was a handsome young
woman,the daughter of very respe6lable parents, who
had discarded her on account of her indiscreet union
with the man she loved; to whom she had been Mar-
ried not quite 8 niontils, when he was apprehended
for high treason. She never knew of his conviZtion,
being in a state of delirium when it took place, and
the circumstance was not mentioned to her at the
time she recovered her senses. It perhaps may be
some eatisfutVion t 9 the put& to inowahat this miserable
young creaure was afrded every necessary reinisite in
her pitiable situation, by some &mane and charicable /w-
-ren:, who e:epptd forward in the tuomerm of her anguish
and distress, to render her the assistance and :on:forts so
ryas: h wanted by a person in her eleftweleis add forlorn
co Chronicle, March S.

We learn from Munich, that on the 12th of Feb.
in the afteruo:ln, General firft ALCH, the Austrian
Commandant at Passau, received definitive orders
from the Court of Vienna, to evacuate that fortress
and deliver it up to the Bavarian troops.
As the Gait:l/ILIA PARTY in Parliament,
amounting only to about thirty persons, induce Bo-
NAPARTE to keep five hundred thousand men under
arms, should they increase to an hundred, they will
render it necessary the CHIEF CONSUL should have
nearly two millions of soldiers; a number France
will not be able to support long. Hence, if the
G a Ex v 11.1. Es do but gain strength, 13oteAr.t RTE must
be vetrhrown.

The city, presenting their Address at ere Levee
on Wednesday, at St. James's, aura/Lod a great
concourse of people about the Palace ; and Towns.
end, Savers, and Macmanus, who are very properly
engaged to attend on rhos: days, to prevent dapre.
dations being committed by the disgraceful gang of
pick-pockets went among the crowd, and disco-
vered two . well-known charaCters, whom they se-
cured—Both of them have been transported for pick-
ing pockets.

It is generally supposed, that from the great ci-
vility and consideration which has been shewn to..
wards every individual sending Stock to the Shew
of Cattle at Barbican, that there will be a consider-
able number of Candidates 14 the Prizes of the en-
suing year, as Lord Sas: EsviLLE has liberally de-
clared his intention of continuing them. in order to
discourage the over fat Slim Meat, and to intro-
duce that description of Beast and Sheep which will
produce the quickest return with most plenty; an
()Ned highly laudable, as it will wad ultimately to
! lower the price.

L.MV INTIL_'.ICIfNCE.

cougT or KING'S RENO?, GUILDIIM.I.,.I/I.terai :3.
SITTINGS AFTER TERM.
I •
Before Lord ELLENSONOU..;34 m:d a Sp cial Jury.
• TUFI.I.tiSSON V. CURLINtI.
This was an anion on a policy of insurance on
the ship Male 1;8;-, from the Isle of France to Tou-
lon.
Mr. Gists opened the pleadings in this cause,
with remarking that it had already occupied the at-
tention of two Juries, who had decided in favour of
tl:c Plaintiff: the Defendant, however, had ob-
tained agaile for a new trialainder the impression of
having the former verdi,tt set aside. The learned
Counsel then proc:oded to state the particulars.l.e-
speaing the captu:e of the vessel, and the conduct
of her captain, he contended was the effect Of
sound judgment, direfied towards the safety of the
ship; Vie omit going into a repetition of the docu-
ments, as they have so frequently been laid before
the public. The same evidence, was adduced as on
the former trials, with very little variation ; namely,
;that the ship put into Cadiz, where she was taken
possession of as a prize.
Mr. EitsisisE replied, in behalf of the Defendant,
observing, - that the decision of the present cause
was of the highest importance 'to commercial per-
sons, as it imposed a future line of .condat on the
part of merchams, which would necessarily be ad-
hered to; he was therefore determined to have the
question investigated in the fullest manner. If he
thought the Jury would say, that the 'Plaintiff had
acted wish sound judgment in carrying the ship into
Cadiz, he would solicit fur a special verdisc.t. It
was the effect of A weak judgment, and the conduft of
an ignorant man, who had speculating, instead
of making his way to his destined port. They had
armed their vessel ort hearing that a war was likely
to take place. I: they had heard a large dog bark,
they might us well have rr.ounted ordnance. Upon
the whole, there had appeared nothing sufficiently
alarming, to urge the vessel of the Plaintiff into a
Spanish port. If the Spanish Ambassador and the
French Consul had come out and invited them in,
promising all kinds of refreshment, with whatever
might be necessary, they would not be justified in
going in,as it would deviate from the policy. If it was
proved the vessel had gone into Cadiz, without as-
signing a sufficient cause, the policy was deviated
from, consequently the present action was void.
The Learned Counsel then pointed out several cases,
in which vessels were justified in seeking refuge in
foreign ports ; the whole of which, he argued, was
contrary to the present instance : and should a Jury
again declare for the Plaintiff, it would afford a pre-
text, in future, for every vessel, that had signed a
policy, to go into such ports as she thought proper,
upon the smallest probability of a war. It would es- .
tablish a general rule thr fraud and imposition, and
vessels would go (horn one port to another all round
the world. Under such circumstance, he hoped the
Jury would think the Defendant justified in defend-
ing the a6tion.
Lord ELL F. NBOROUGH said, that it appeared to
him the ship, in coming off her voyage, had run into
the port of Cadiz for safety—She had reason to sup-
pase, between the time of receiving the intelligence
respelling a war, and her arrival off the mouth of
the Mediterranean, that an armed force might be
lying off Gibraltar, which would inevitably have
fallen in with her passing through the Straits.—
His observation on the general condua of the Cap-
tain of the ship was, that he had waled from rational
jud,;:nent, with intention to provide for the safety of
the vessel. 'the Jury, therefore, returned a veraisa
for the Plaintiff.

BRJWN U, THILLUSSON.
This was an action upon a policy of insurance,
on the cargo of the ship Hannah.
Mr. GA IL LO stated, that the Plaintiff was the

Captain of the ship.—He sailed from the river
Thames, bound to Surinam, and arrived there in
April 1501. According to the policy, he was to
apply to the Agent of the Defendant, who was to
furnish him with a freight. On the arrival of the ves-
sel, the Captain went on shore, and communi-
cated with a Mr. Verrelle, who came on-board with
him, and afterwards sent several small vessels
to deliver the ship, and sepplied him with goods,
f'or his homeward-bound cargo. Ten days after
the ship had,arrivcd, Verrelle came on board, and
ordered Captain Brown to prepare for sea, and to
join immediately with a convoy that was to sail
on the 26th of May. The Plaintiff remonstrat-
ed. against going, as the ship had not got half
her freight on-board. He was told, that circum-
stance was of no consequence, the cargo would be
paid for by the Defendant, in the same manner as if
the vessei was fully freighted.. Verrelle immediately
sent several persons on-board to assist in getting her
under-way, and attually forced her to sea, with her
hold only half-fall—The Captain then went on-board
an American ship, and sailed for Europe. On his ar-
rival in England, he represented what hehad done on
the part of the Defendant, who was then satisfied
with his conduct.
Mr. Easitins, in reply, stated, that the ohjedion
which the Defendant had to pay the policy, pro-
ceeded finding but half a cargo in the ship,
when he expelled to-have received her deeply laden.
The Plaintiff, by the policy, was to provide a full
eargo ; he had been instructed by the Defendant to
apply for assistance to Colonel Fredericke, the Go-
vernor of Surinam, and to several other merchants
resident at that place; this he bad not done, ccnse-
quently he had forfeited the policy.
Mr. GAR ROW proved, that Captain Brown had
been authorised to consider Verrelle as the nomi-
nated agent of the Defendant, by the following
letter sent to the Plaintiff at Surinam.
"SIR,
" The enclosed is a letter for our friend Verrele, who will
give you the caw fur London. In case of need, we requeit
that you will apply to Governor Fredericke and G. ILOWII, our
*gags at §urinain, who will asshs you to providing a freight.
" Youi's," Ac. •
-The evidence given corroborated the statement
of the Learned CouLsel who opened the cause.
Lord ELLEN BOROUGH observed, that no person
had been pointed out as age.tt for the Defendant hut
Verrelle. The Plaintiff h td gone by his instruc-
tions§ and was justified in so doing.
The Jury therefore gave a verdid far the Plain-
tiff,.
MALLITNIE ecotarom.
This was also an action on a policy of insurance
an the ship Fortiturk, flntn ilamburgh to Hull. It
appeared that the ship left Hamburg!) on the 24th
of October, ancl dropped down the Elbe, to Crux-
haven, by the :ist of November. On that day the

Captain went on shore, and wrote a lean. to toe
u‘vtiers, informing them, that he was prepared t,
sailing to F;ngland when the wind was ravorai,:e.
directing them at the sank: time to insure the ♦e:s,
in case of danger. On the m )raing after Le wro..e
the letter, a bard gale of wind CAMe on, and tLe
ship, after parting from her cable.,, wot on shore.
where she remained :ourteen days before they coul.l
get her off; the vessel was soon ;tiler repaired, and
she sailed for Hull, on which passage she was lost.
It was contended, on behalf of the Underwriters,
that the policy had not been signed previous to the
accident. It was however proved that the Plaintiff
had no knowledge of the loss till after the in. trance;
in consequence of which, a verdia was given for the
Plaintiff. '