The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-02-05 00:00:00

ItOPIITSOX TRENCH.

Mr. Gus moved for a new trial, upon the
ground that the Verdi& was contrary to evidence.--
As this case bath been fully befog the public, it
-will be mai necessary to state the grounds of the
Motion, which wits this : That the evidence oT
Smokes. the Captain of the Clesterfield, and Mort-
lock, the moo, had been totally contradifted
by that rattrinElphinstone, and Lieutenant
<;wyer,•ef the 'ometle ; from which it appeared.
'hat the Chesterfield was engaged in a contraband
trade or a cruize ; either of Which circumstances
would ha•-e vitiated the Policy of Insurance, and
consequently the Verdi ft for the Plaintiff w.t
-wrong.
Tite Comt grar.ed aThile to Oievr Cause.

tnnVIDS ?LEAS. Tie. 4.
VOUNGHT:SBAND V. ILAD.

Pfr. Serjeant BAILTY moved for a new trial in
,7tis cause, on the account that a verdid had been
,given contrary to evidence. The ;teflon wasirought
by the Plaintiff, who is a rope-maker, to reccver a
sum of money he was toreceire, aLeerrding to a.m..
gular engagement.
The Defer.dant kept a rope-yard, and made a
contract to allow one guinea per month, fir twelve
months, on condition of giving tip certain privi-
leges attached to their trade. Soon after he told
them, that he had received an order from the Ad-
-miralty Board, stating, that if he continued to allow
his men one guinea a momla, the contratt for Go-
-veanment -would stopped ;he would, however,
.give them Ike abill v.: a week, which was as much
Ins they could erpeA. The Learned Counsel made
4everal remarks span the evidence, to chew it had
•been given sguir.st the Jeciion of the Jury.
The Court were of an opinion, .the venlia should
_not be alte.-ed. •

In a historical sketch of the reign of Louis the
Sixteenth, by Citizen de Sulks, the characters of
Malesherbes, Target, and MachAult, are •thus de-
.c.sibed
Staleiherbes, of pure manners, the friend of'
• order and the arts, would have been a man, in every '
point of view, agreeable to Louis the Sixteenth, tilt
-the Court was not his clement. Among the abject
?beings which composed 'it, lte.eotzll have resembled
An old imrresiion of Aristides, found among t;:e
Sayrs•cd kaprea. He did not court power, neither 4
did power solicit him. Louis did not find him out ,
till a late period of his reign. and never knew his
real character till he quitted the Temple to his exe- '
-cation.
Turgoehaa more drfatgenius of adniinistratitm,
and more of energy, than Malesherf.es. .He began '
-by speaking, publickly of his own plans of reform,
-of his paradoxical ideas of forcing men to be bene..
wolent, of his madness in throwing the gauntlet of
Tancrod to all the prejudices of a long-established
-mt natchy. The young king, at the timeof his ac-
.ecssien, did not believe the nation sufficiently pre-
.pared tolse restored by tae vigorous 'hand of the .
:Sperm, .and•wished to employ the service of Ma- •
Inchault.
64 Machanh, Minister of State under Louis NV.
massed for a person possessed of c::e of the most
•visorous understandings in the kingdom. Born
•widt a capacious mind to plan, and a spirit of perse-
nerance to execute, the friend of order and morality,
• c.:ekir.g that glory- Which .consists in the love of intel-
oligent men ; tie wonld have become-the Mentor of
ttlie-now Telern3chusa 13tt an unconquerable fita-
Ilitx .which hurried the Monarchy to dissolution,
dispelled these high expectations, at the moment
.they were on the point of being realized."

fall of a Litt, frcot the Contm'nary of Como:Pried
I.Rtiotii at Philadeftbic, dated Nov. 13, 1 bt.d.
biloz no time in in.rorming.you, that the disease
• which afflicted this city, and that of Wilmington,
• ..1 thei Delaware State, and s% hich has become
vele alarmioF at the end of October, and .the be-
:pi...using of November last, has entirely subsided.
The 01Ecos of health .have begun to 'issue new
.-ertincates to such ships as are preparing to sail
•: .31 thoce two places—there is no lo,er any
..,er in admitting those vessels into the parts of
•
...C.
IS:gr.ed) FOL.XCRuIi.

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