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runes IA tie Swedes, and scan, er, it-. this rtsper
they were only amenable to the Laws of Sweder
•• here the Legislature was exceedingly anxious I •
the protection of their mariners; and there wet
several well know Laws on this subjea, with wine
seafaring men were perfealy conversant. Eve,.
Captain, on his return from a voyage. was ob!;ge .
by these Laws, to present himself and crew befor
an Officer, appointed for that purpose, and to rem
der an account of their absence or death, ne am
other circumstance that might have occurred plat
ing to diem. lie is further obliged to rem bi- 1!
similar account to the Svrtdish Consul, at. every. pea
he touches ; and if w seaman should desert 4K *4lll
his shin, the Captain is preventetby lbw. Laws, to
pay him any past of his wages g which, in such
cases, are forfeited to a fund, upon the same plan as
Greenwich Hospital ; and not only that, but the sea-
man is also deprived of any future right of inherit-
ance he might otherwise be entitled en, and it is
forfeited to his relations. A breach of this Law, on
the part of the Captain, subje&s him to severe pu-
nishment also. A Captain, therefore, dare not con-
sent to a seaman leaving his ship, or receiving his
wages, under such circumstances. In the present
case, the Captain had been obliged to golds the va•
riot's places already mentioned, for the true prose-
cution of his voyage, according to the diredlions of
bis owners ; and, when the Defendant left the chip.
he was about to proceed to Sweden, but was obliged
to touch at St. Übes for a cargo of salt. He ad-
' verted to two similar anions tried in the Court of
Common Pleas, where the one was nen-suited, be-
cause he was a Swede, and the other recovered bis
wages, because he was not a native of Sweden, nor
amenable to her laws.
Mr. Claus Grill, the Consul-General of His Ma-
jesty the King of Sweden, being sworn, explained
the laws of that country in respra to sailors, nearly
as stated by Mr. Parke. The Plaintiff had applied
to him to procure him a part of his wages; but the
witness refused to interfere; he explained to him the
nature of his offence in quitting his ship, and the
consequences that must ensue therefrom ; at which
the Plaintifi appeared extremely sorry for his con-
chal ; but declared that he was persuaded by one
Sydenham. who told him if he would only brine Hs
anion, he would get his money in three or loos- days.
Mr. G•estow called for the Swedish L iws upon
this subject ; as evidence had been given upon them,
they should be produced : this not being complied
With, be, in reply, said,.that whatever might be the
case with the Captain, in his own country, 11.• seas
then before an English Court of Justice, whet.. Le
tights of every man would Ile fully Itiaint9;sied.
Lord li.t..ttsaoac..st:Git observed to the iu: y,
that the question was (d they believed the Plain-
tiff's witnesses, whom he considered to stand under
very suspicious circumstances, one of them having
brought a similar :salon against the same Defend-
ant), whether the contra(, if there were any vial, '
at Lisbon, was to be a waver of the stri. lans of
Sweden, of which the party seemed perfealy cogni-
zable, from his going to the Consul-General, and
expressing his sorrow at disobeying them ? The
same facility and assistance we give to their laws,
the same we may eapea in return from them.
I After some consultation, the Jury found a ver-
di& for the Defendant.
--
ULU LOLA r.

Yesterday, an Admiralty Session was held before
Sir WILLIAM SCOTT, Knt. Sir GILLS Ronne, &c.
itc. for the trial of offences comadtted on the high
seas, within the jurisdiaion of the Admiralty of
England. There was only the following Prisoner
for trial :
Captain Marmon was capitally ind;aed on two
counts; the one for assaulting and wounding Gib-
sou Mason, on the Ist of ()Sober, 1804, with intent
to do him grievous bodily harm, and far a similar
offence on William Nelson. The Prisoner was
Captain of the Walker defence-ship, lying off Deal,
and Mason was the boatswain.
It appeared by the statement of the Prosecutor,
that a misunderstanding had arigi. ated in the vessel,
in consequence of part of the crew having gone on
shore, with Mason and Nelson, the latter of whom
was the ship carpenter. On their arrival on board in
the evening, Mason went to his birth, when the chief-
mate put out the candles. and a scuffle ensued.
Witness went on the quarter-deck, when the Pri-
soner stabbed him under the arm, which deprived
him of the use of his arm ; and the violence was
repeated by a blow on the nose with a sword. The
violence offered to Nelson occurred at the same
time, in consequence, as was stated, of his abhor-
rence of the cnitdat of the Captain.
On the Prisoner being cross•ezarnined by Mr.
GLEAD, he prevaricated in a way that de-
prived his original statement of credit.—He also
stated, that an attempt had been made to find
a Bill, at the late Maidstone Assizes, which the
Grand Jury had thrown out. The hurt the Prose-
cuter had received, originated in a scuffle through
his own imprudence, and the Judge direaed the
Jury to arras the Prime!t without hearing rtother
-.evidence The Prisoner, who had been confined
since August last, was stated by the Judge to have
heal very ill treated. He was arraigned on tlie
second count for assaulting and wounding Nelson,
and also

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BAIA!, INTI.LLIGANCE.
PORTSMOUTH, PEP. IS.
Arrived the ()Juba. frigate, Captain Ml'Kinley,
from the Downs; and the Hardy gun-vessel, from

a cruise.
_

Went out of harbour the Revenge, of 74 guns.
Sailed last night, the tran,potts which were lying
at the Motherbank, hin'nd to Cork and Guernsey ;
but they put back to St. Helen's this afternoJn.--
Wind Westerly.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 12.
Came in the Guar 11.:r1., Bakker, from Cadiz. .
Sailed the Femme inao of war on a cruise.
TORBAY, PIM. 11.

Sailed last evening, after dark, His Majesty's ship
114 rnia, Captain inglish, so the Westward, sup-
po,ed to joitt the Channel Fleet, at Falmouth ;
the 1(46r:4M gun-brig.
Remain His Majesty's ship Idle de Peril, Ad-
miral Cornwallis ; the Celpwit brig ; Cherielt
schooner; and A emrud cutter.—Wind N.W.
Deal., CZ/. 12.
Arrived the evpiat sloop of v..ar, from a cruise ;
and sailed *via for t'..e French coast.