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ilitell Ooinit OF ADMIRALTY, WEDNESDAY, May 4.
(_Bisfoso Lord STOWELL.)
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• JUDGMENT.—THE SHIP GEORGE HOME,
This was *suit instituted by the seamen of this rend for lify,„
(*very of wages. •
Lord STOWELL pronounced judgment. The seamen t 0,„.•
this cause formed the crew of the above vessel on a voyage is Z,4
via, to the summer of 1823, and who entered into articles• by iii.:..";
they bound tihmselves " to navigate the vessel to that pen.. 4
back again to its final destination at any port or pons dEi,
rope.' These terms were uncommonly vague, and it WM awl.
impossible that the seamen signing them could know the 042„,e1
probable duration of the contract they were entering into. r,,,4',
which it also appeared that some of the crew c‘..ld not re,d.
nor was any evidence given to show that the articles sett re,
to them, or their tenor explained. It was true the antguo::
made by the seamen did not positively assert that the arai;
were not read or explained to them, and he could the*.
only say, that if they were not, the Captain had acted anew,
improper, as it was his bounden duty to have seen tlip ~...
seamen were fully acquainted with the terms of the articles th!:-
were signing. It appeared that the vessel on its return and•„„t4
of Cowes, in the Isle of Wight; and while lying there ,r•
'tractions reached the Captain to proceed with the vase' and ea ,
to Rotterdam. The seamen, on learning this intention, ~,J.,
to proceed with the ship, alleging that they had only erg
navigate it to some port in England, and they therefore dammed
their wages. It did not appear that they conducted them.'"
in soy respect in a disorderly =inner ; but that, aft( yk.....
lesslytionanding their wages, they quitted the ship in a I*, ;
and after a delay of about a week, a fresh crew was °Suited,
and the vessel taken to Rotterdam. In pronouncing the claei,i,t
of the Court, it was necessary to refer to the Statute which tor_
later the framing of a ship's articles. Now, by that at wit re.
quired than the final port of destination should be plainly Eced
in the articles, and communicated to the seamen. The owneti iz
1 this case had not so done ; and die Court was therefore dopier;
that the seamen were entitled to their wages, together with f;,
costs cf suit.

SHIPP I-VG INTELLIGENCE.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAT 3.
ENTERED INWARDS.—The St. Lucia, Rawlings, fig%
Lucia; Barrosa, Hutchinson, from the Isle of France and k
Helena; Hope. Patterson, from Corfu and Malta; Elisibd,
Dagnia, from Jamaica ; Prince Regent, Lamb, from Nea Sews
Wales; Tyre, Hooper, from Limerick; Upton Castle, Thade
from Madras, Bombay, Cape of Good Hope, and St. Ram:
Mercury, Brightman, from Leghorn; George and Mary, 'Fria,
from ditto; George and Thomas, Pratt, from Genoa; Hay
Brofrn, from Montserrat; Auguste. Grandin, from Hate; Astir;
Lundy, from Charente; Concord, Langdon, from Lisboa; Fran,
Churchward, from Flguera; Sappho, Smith, from Sierra Leon;
Rolla, Lee, from ditto; Nelson, Stokes, from Pernambses•
Wealeys, Tindall, from Bordeaux; Sappho, Notley, from Sroyros:
Restoration, Stobie, from Denia and Aires; Mercury, &intim,
from Oporto ; M itchel Grove, Seller, from Charente ; and the Est:r.
Dinkworth, from Oporto.
ENTERED Or Science, Allen, for flamburgh;
Matilda, Vann, for Malta, Smyrna, and Constantinople; Toward
Carle, Jeffery, for Teneriffe, Van Diemen's Land. and New
South Wales; Oporto, Covey, for Oporto; Georgians Warm,
Hayes, for Berbice ; Larch, Douglas, for Rio Janeiro; Friends,
Cunningham, for Trace; and the Commodore Hayes, 3loccrief,
for Teneriffe, Madras, and Bengal.
CLEARED OUTWARDS FINALLY AT ORAYESEND.—Bri.
tennis, Willett, for St. Michael's. Terceira, Fayal. and Quebec;
Belle Alliance, Wilman, for A tow' rp and Brussels; Sarah Mir.
garet, Sheadcr, for Ilan:burgh ; and the Mary, Mann, for Quebec
and 310:meal _ _ _

CLE•RINCI OUTWARDS.—MarAhaI Blucher. Colder. for Rot.
terdam ; Swallow, Davenhill, for Montserrat ; Richmond. Gado.
dale, from Hamburgh ; Emma, Jenkins, for St. Domingo:
Caledonia, Wrightson, for Bilboa; 'Frog, Gering. Broitrer.
Amsterdam ; and the Fortitude Increased, Manning. tor Pt.
CLEARED OrTWARDS TO IRELAND.—Triton, Owen..
Belfast.