The Sun.
London, England, 1813-04-15 00:00:00

lIAGGENDON V. REED.

This was an action on a policy of insurance,
front any port in the rivet; Elbe to .any port in tilt
United Kingdom. 'rile plaintiffs being unable to:
produce the license) proved that the vessel had
been visited by four English ships of war.; that. a
paper had been given to the Irtiate, which be be.
lieved to be a license, and. that he gave it hack to.
the captain after the capture, which took place,
by a French privateer, and that the Captain is now.
punt. It was also proved, that such a license
issue from. the 'Secretary 1.4 State's ofSce. This
Lord Ellenburou.* considered to he., a. stilllcient
-proof that the licetate had been on board. The
terms of the ILease were to lioggendon, or any,
other British or neutral merchant. The vesse,
was pro%ed to belons to a .per,kou of the a:one of
. Schroeder, an alien enemy. His Loididlip appeal-.
ed to think that the vessel noist be the property of
British or neutral merchant hot said he %co:di!
,reserve the point. His Lordship said, that it woulkl
he necessary to prove that the go(dfi.shipped were
the goods of British or neutral merchants.
The SotICITOR-QENERAL, stated, that toe tact
of the Lkcnse having. been sent to a person of the
name of Doorman, which was praved, and that
lie was a neutral) and loaded part of the' carv,
together with the bills of lading,, were sufficient
prima farie evidence of neutrality.
Lord ELLENDinioUGH stated, that bills of lading
were only presumptive evidence of property, not
conclusive, being the acknowledgment of a third
person, the Captain. The property must be
proved ;to be either neutral or .British . if
it, could .be shewn that Doorman was a neutraL
and had shipped goods either on his own ac-
count, or as agent for a neutral or British tiler-
. chant, it would be sufficient ; but. the license wmn
granted on a condition, which condition must be
complied, With. At present, there was no tact to
be.left to the Jury, and the plaintiff must be non-'
stilted.

FEIST,. V, ARMSTRONG.
This action was brought for the balance of en
account, the principal item in which Wus the pro-
claim; Of licemes. The amount paid at the pub-
lic otlices appeared to have been.l 2i. 3i. 134. for
licenses out and home ; the sum charged defeu-
dant, was 19/Aos. for single liceicei. The
amount paid at the public offices was S. 3s. Gd. ;
the saiti charged to the defendant 151. 155., leav-
ing it; each case 71. 6s. 6d for the trouble of pro.
curing.

"Mr. PARK stated, that be bad many brokers to
prove that the charge was .the regolar cliarge
lris Lordship remarked, that as it was a receht.
siness; there conkd not be any prescription, aPi.t
that plaintiff conk! only be entitled to a re:lionu-
hie sum; and were an attorney to dial* 11,65.60.
for the same tumble, he was confident it wonld be
rediiced one half in taxation. It appearedtbat the
only trouble was that of leaving a p44itioti
11114c:hall, and calling for it again..
It was agreed to refer th es eanba,

Arum It, 1813.--The backney-co4chman, ►ts
t/37490:vi.;.EtEceser tY:lo:l:tri:Net‘if:l:.tiltiSegtel itti
tllalollci eek'llaßGL
ooenn(tti illesetaie:tilit c fit
lcss he would consent to give him three or four
shillings, the Magistrz.te, very properly fined hiu
4as. and, in default of payment, be was ;se otericed
to 14 days' tnprisonment. This is, an eNumple
worthy of imitation ; the abuse is great, and cells
loudly for redress.—The Public are certainly under
great obligations to any individuals, Who, like thc-
Oentleman above alluded will come forward
and use, their influence to crush, the daring inpu-
si)ions which are constantly practi.ied by hackney
coachmen. We sincerely hope the above will viez.
role as warniu& to these men.

A'ALLIOcAN.-C.:OI'.'PON','WOQL

rwird from cur PaPs,r of April 8.).

. _ ,
ThiQ fzubjecl, itoo ioteresting to the eowiraerrhil
wor;!, II: we i 1 en, it.our duty ‘o contiptie our
ex r ri, fr :1,1 Mr. GLAnsToNE's iiiteiligent pain-
pier, p...,..rillariv in' chi precent state iuf Affairs
betwixii Great Britain .i,141 America. ,:.

"At Present we receive ,emittances, consisting
chiefly of •41ollars, for in intilactured goods sold
•through the Ined:um of the Bahamas, the flit-
vannalt, and Jamaica, to the merchants of. Mexico
and. tither Spanish settlements in the 8v.,. This
'mousy supplies fonds for our naval 'mid Military
disbursements in the West Indies against G;ivetn-•
oment Nils, and 'nffordi a coniiidenthle surplus lot
remittance in specie to this country, those, funds
would cease to pass into- these ehunin...ls, they
would be transmitted to the United States to put-
chase cotton, tral if tie necessities'''. of Go
vertimeat made such a supply imperative, Still
greater sacrifices in the ex-liange would be res
goired to 'obtain it ; already our West India Co.
lollies are almost drained of their circulating coin,
which has found its way to the United State.
to the great loss and inconvenience of those, Co-

lOnies. ' •
" If this system of import is adopted as a per-
manent measure, it follows that British ships must
be_ excluded from it, and that it will be carried on
in others under peened flags ; but as the avowed
object would then be to obtain the supply of cot-
ton, it cannot be expected that much discriminat-
ing attention would be paid to the description of
vessels employed, provided the flag. was correct
'and, corresponding With the license : we may,
therefore, in this eveet, expect to
,ee those Arne.,
Titan ships. that ate now laid up •and decaying
by the svall•, transformed, as was practised dui
iog the non-intercourse, into Spanish and Portu-
guest?, to carry on this cotton trade ; and the sea-
men of America, ,otherwise in wont of employ-
e- Meet, representing themselves of any nation, that
they may be the navigators ; this trade may he
. fairly expected to come forward in these, channels,
.for the freights will be lower, and the charges less
, than would be required by,those who 'were really
,neutral, the superiority of theesbips, the facility
of finding them on the spot, and their habits of
dispatch, would increaee the indheement. .
". Y think, my Lord, it cannot be deeied, that
inch a system of import would produce important
advantages to the United States, and that it would
be necessary to Counteract these by a correspond-
'leg pressure, to be produced by additional duties
to he levied on -the import here, or by prohibition
whiCh leads to. the consideration of my second
view of the subject. It has been proposed to in-
. crease the present rite of duty from 3d. to 6d. on
the direct import uticler a neutral flag, and from
2d. to aid. on the import from a neutral port in
British ships. I have no hesitation in declaring
that this measure appears tome wholly inadequate
to the purposes proposed, and I hope that I may
Succeed in impressing your Lordship 'with the
twee opinion. -
" 1)y the last 'ad vices Pit prices of cotton in the
&Where States of A.merioa,. including the loss by
• iltehange, or transmission of bullion from hence,
were equal to between sd. and &d. per pound for
upland, or what is commonly called bowed ; and
14d. or 18d for Sea Island ; the first sells here
from 21d. to 2s, ; the second from 2s. 6d.
.to
3s. 6d., average 22nd. • and 3s. the freight. In-
surance and other charges on the first might he,
equal to sd. ; on the last - hear 6d. per. pound
which added to the proposed .ditty if 6d, would.
make the cost of bowed delivered 'here liVed.; of
Sea Island 2s. 4d.; leaving-a difieeeece of 6d. per
pound in favour of the first and.Bd. of the last :
which (Wert-meet being prOtit, would. go in part
.Into the porket of the American planter, pro-
'demi by an advance in pciee, and acting thus us
a fa; User bonus ie place of a pressure, a part Would,
gd'as-a profit to the importer . (who. may also he
ilateiiricen) and some part ,inie lit saved. to .the
sphoier by reduction in the prices here but 7am
. ' of opinion that if there vas reductioo, it would
• not be-material, and that in such a result, it would
not be perioaueni, bet that the chief part, if not
the syliole of the dithrence between the cost and
the salewou!,l ILIA tollic American phinter and
intimate t: I will sotto the reasons %shy I entertain
these' sentiments.
The unfortunate planters in the late Dutch
and British colonies, deprived, of that, choice, Of
market which the foreign planters enjoy, ere com—
pelled to send their cottons to this country; their
supplies, whatever they may cost, must•be drawn
frem hence • their,poverty pets it out of their
power to ho'el back their crops, however much at
times it migi, r he for their inter:St to doe so,-
end doe h aow loaded with. additional freight
and in eo-vice, onusequebt elm') the American
War, tt,,:y le iv th m e.sae duty here with the oeutrel
fort:ignvr, ,41) is eXcollpted from nil these coese-
qaences ; toeveroee„ from them) thus.depressed
tool lo:otea throtvn on the mercy of their
colierry, yet-. treated' worse .titan o strangers, no
is'to kt apprehended.; but it,
1,3 :ie.: ,e hit the plotters of the 13rezils, ar the
eel!i,r.tt o. end inerchents of I ode', they have the
e,oece te! markers, and the powt r of withhoUing
t-,eir as circumstances may induce or ine
flecece them, they have alreetly.expprienced the
consetpitev:es of a competition with -a heavy and
te,limited of Antericau cotton into this
eounf ; that ewe: depeession price has in such
}
eae. cam. prtelaced, P. :j thlt the 'events have
they would beea injurioio: or fate! , h
there-
fore look wit ► jealouey and apprehension to the
Atneran s a uplies , tearing that m ean :n s ight be
found to bring tli em in . conSidere!le quantity;
they seould, consequently, purrim' their fuea.'"res
•• owl diminish their suepliei to this market, which,
with die prospect of security, %..-bit:tl otherwise be
corned to a !rat. extent,
s' t I 6'4 other
_ioted, I apprehend-that the ex-
treme tin-14:114y of: procuring in sufficient-
trae:itleto pty tot the cotteeie; c,f Awerica, would
Lees, 0,, Jetport from theoce much lower than it•
et 'w. he, and that in the rel..eit the an,'
gre44tt thus Palsieo, er prove ytttell.

LonNDON 7
Alf tLe SU IN 01.1.