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crlit7; and, that a still .smaller proportion ,of them
are pac.,.,,6;utecl as prize; though the Law Officers
of the Crown in the Admiralty, in a great majo-
rity of the eases they`xeamine, have scarcely a doubt
that the property is hostile. They know by expe-
rience the fraudulent mature of the paiwrs but they
know also the artful and elaborate perjury by which-
those papers will he supported, and which, however
unsatisfaEtory out of Courti it iui.ll be impossible ju .
dicially to resist.—Even when disdoveries are made,
such as will clearly justify a prosecution, thepriaice
of letting in explanatory affidavits -on the part of
claimants, for the most part secures an ultimate ac-.
quittal, and frustrates the hopes of the captors.
" At the best, as every hattom, and every bale of
gotxis, is now infallibly claimed by the neutralizing
Agents, and every claim, however clear the detec-
tion of its falsehood may be, is pertinaciously prose-
cuted, the rare event of -a final condemnation can
only,be obtained through the medium of a long con-
test at law--o-an evil peculiarly unpleasant to the
sanguine mind of a sailor. It may be' safely affirtn-
ed, that one prize taken, as lit former wars, under
the colours of an enemy, and 'therefOre promptly
condemned and distributed without litigation, would
do more towards the encouragement of our Navy
titan three prizes of equal value, tardily, and with
difficulty secured, as at present, by the detMion of
Neutral Impostures.,
" Almost the only class of captures on which our
seamen On now with any safety rely, are those
which are founded on the breach of a blockade...,
Even those, :however, are rarely
.adjudged without ff
an ob,tinate litigation in ttia Admiralty, if not 'also
in•the Superior Court. But the ordinary value of
such prizes is small, and, on the whole, they are
so far from making' any amends to our Navy at large
for the loss of its legitimate prey in the colonial trade,
that they are a very inadequate recompense to the
squadrons employed in the blockades for the extra- .
ordinary severity of that service. Here also, a war,
barren again, is peculiarly produdive of hardships
and privations to our gallant defenders.
" These discouragenients have been very patiently
borne : our loyal and generous tars well know
,the
difficulties of their country, and are content to de-
fend it under every disadvantage that the eydgi*heies
of the times may impose on them. But if the 'pre-
sent commerce with the 'hostile colonies be plainly •
such as we have a right to interdict, and it the great
national considerations before suggested. concur in
calling for its prohibition, the-interests of our gallant
Officers and seamen may, most reasonably fortify the
call. They otight not, without a clear obligatkin of
national duty, or a plain and' strong tgeponderimee bf
public goodr to be" shutbut from their ancient ad.
vantages, td hejostled by kwery'nentral in tla chase
of their lawful game, and to sit cloken in poverty at'
t4e.nekt peace, after Sllttaillitig, during two long
wars, the dominion of the sea against three of the
wealthiest ofeenunercial •
" Far different is the ease wjth the Navy of our
enemies: •

" I.The'catalegees.of
,evils prodieed,,,tv the same
Miseltievous cause might be still further enlarged.
" Imightshew in it a powertill inducement to
that selfish neutrality by which one, at' least,ortte
Continental States has enhanced the common dan-
ger of Europe. The vaini-gloryand the popillarity
attendant on a Vast,- though, visionary, enlargement
of commerce, may naturally have charms for a Mo-
narch not ambitions of more solid rence.vii: • -
" I Might al.sn notice the great diseouragement
given to various branches of our own exterior core- ,
meree: and, above all, might insist On the permanent
detriment likely to be sutained by cur .cOrrunercial
marine. The forced artificial growth of neutral
shipping, both supposititious andreal, will no doubt,
shrink back acrain, in a great measure,,at a peace,
but will not be entirely lost.
In America,• especially, the vast excrescence
is daily absorbed into, and enlarges the natural body,
which, in various quarters, is peculiarly likely to dis-
pilaw,' by its extended dimensions, the maritime in-
terests of England.
Where is the political ,providence whiCh
ed• that wise measure, the Register. Ad of .Lord Li
Verpool ? He justly called the Navigation A& " a
noble strain Of commercial policy and one which alone,
had fortunately outweighed 'all unr national follies
and extravagancies.*" Though rto indiseriminate'
admirer of his Lordship's commercial principles,' I
tio him the justice to say, that the Mt known by his
name was an eSsential'andwell4imed support to the
gre it law he justly celebrates ; and the best. preven-
tative that human ingenuity could have devised of
that decay with which our navigation 'was threaten-
ed by the independency of America:
" But vain was this and every other effort to
guard our maritime intereSta bylaw; if, by a surren-
der of our belligerent rights the 'tarrying trade of
the globe is to hethrown into the hands of our'ri-
Vals ; and a hot-bed made tar the navigation of Arne-
rica, at the cost of 'the -British Navy..
" In the contemplation, however, of thosenearer
and more fatal consequences, the fruitration cf our
hostilities against the' commerce and revenue of:
France, and the danger 'of 'losing our siTeriority
at sea, during this momentous contest, all minor and
distant evils lose their terrors. 1 will, therefore,
search no further into the extent of this baneful
and piolif:c mischief..
" The Ilse, therefore, of neutral bottoms, in the
colonial trade, would' soon he foiand 1w our Ene-
mies to yield them no proteetion. They. would'
hoist again their own connriercial,colOurs; and either
restore to us all the fair fruits of an unreisted.naval
superiority, Or, by sending out convoys fir the pro-
teetion of their. trade, open to us .again that antieia. •
field of offensive war, which we are, sUrc to be
victorious. our seamen would be enriched, our
ports Would lie eery `largely increaseds and cry
Western breeze would Waft into the• Channel, not
a neutral sail or. two; to furnish dipl'ornatie squalf;
blest, and litigation in the MMiralty, but nnmerous
and yalUable prizes, and sometimes entire Fleets
merchantmen, with their convoys, taketntmm open
Enemies, 'and under hostile' colours. The captive
flags -Of France, 'Holland; and `gip inn,- would min
be incessaotly seen at Pl'ymenth and Spithead,,-drooo-,
below,'.the. British ensigns
a,. and the spe6lacle:
would recitt)t for our Navy tar better than the 'pea
1 liberal bountieS.

field occapture to them is entirely open,
and as fertile as' British commerce can make
Whatever enterprize or courage they display has the
promise of a brilliant reward., and even when fly-
ing from the name of Nelson with nearly double his
force, they could stumble on and s,eize, a rich West
India convoy in their way. , Unless their cowardly
haste really led them to destroy the booty, they may
boast, perhaps, of commercial .spoils more valuable
than the hero, who intrepidly pursued them, has
Met.with in both his wars.
€f laranceperSists in her new system, if she does
not agnit quite abandon .the sea td us, strange
and most unnatural contrast will haye serious eifeas,
Our Navy wilt'still be, loyal and active, but the dif-
ficulty of adding to its force w ill be formidably in- •
creased j, while the enemy, when ,be begins in
earnest to assail, our commerce, 'Will be powerfully
assisted in manning his ships by the prospea of lu-
crative captures. The sea abounds with adVentnrers,
who have rid settled national charaeter, and these
men, in general, will naturally flock to his standard.
". Already the injurious influence of this cause
in one species of maritime war is very visible.
rrotn the days of Elizabeth to the 'present time,
mtieh has alWayS been done to'the annoyance of our
Commercial Enemies by the enterprize of private
,StiNeCts. Our own ;commerce, at the same time,
has deriVed no inconsiderable, though an occidental,
proteetion from the' same source, since the hostile
Crnizers have been kept in check or taken; and our
Merchantmen, when captured, often rescued from
the Enemy -by our private Ships of War.
But , the, unparalleled license, of the Neutral
Flag has so discouraged privateering,that the prataice
of it is nearly extinguished. It may be safely at
firmed:, that in any war with Spain prior to the last,
end of ouriV ice Admiralty ,CoUrts.alone could have
produced a longer list of commissions' taken out, not
for.arened Merchantmen,' but for efficient Privateers,
than all those Judicatures and the 11101Ceurt.,of
Admiralty together can, now tolle6lively farnish:rr-.-
The (leelitte of this cheap and. useful, though .inte-
rior species of Marine, is so natural an effili of the
great surrender which has been made ofo ar belligerent:
rglits, that thu:only,groend.of surprix is. to rind
single Catiter- still ' in connuisskni, • Few though
they now are, and very.iticonsidevable in force, their
can only be influenced by' that excessive sm.,
tat of adventae which will sometimes prompt men
to Play ,the most - disadvantageous and ruinous
game. 7 /
enemy,' on the other hand, abounds, as has
been already noticed, in this. irregular species- of
force.

• Discourse on the condo iti of the Government of cr:at
Eritain, in resp;:ci to Neutral Nations,

POLICE.

MAIKTinIiCkIIGH-STREe.T.---Yesletthy Mr. Charles
Berm.. .deg, a Gendeman of respatability in Berkeley-
, street, Berkefey-square, appeared before the Sitting
Magistrate, to answer to a charge of a nuisance pre.-
fermi against him byn Surveyor in the. Parish of St.
George's, Hanover-square. The nuisance complained
of was the building of a clories. arched portico at the
Defendant's house, which projeaed three feet eight
inches from the level, contrary to the .A& of Parlia-.
ment. In sup} of the Prosecution, the SurVeyor
and two other.Gentleinen were called, who were of
opinion that the building in question wa4 a do3e
one, contrary to the it. The Surveyor also stated,
that the projeEtion added. to a building of a se-
cond rate.
The evidence on the part of the. procc,cution being
• gone through, Mr. ADf..E.V, in an ingetijow meecb,
submitted to the Magistrate, that if . any nuisal;c,
existed, before the Defendant cotabe convieled, 'kr
must be proved in 'evidence, agri.../table to the Aa of
Parliament, that he way the owner, iw the builder of
the projeation in•question. No such. evidence had
been offered, and the Defendant was therefore en-
titled to .an acquittal. The .Learned,.enonsel. took
several other objetilions, and was about to ,call wit-
nesses to prove that the portico was.an opeii one,
and not such as 'wasmeant to be provided against by
the Legislature; when the Magistrateintoferea, and
stated Ilia opinion, that it was necessary, before he
could go farther,. to proVe,iltat the Defendant
either the owner or ti.e builder. No Stich evidence
tuns adduced, and theretbre the case, was diAtharged.

* oa T N.C; AR D r.t4.—Yesterday
two old Men, of the'narnea-of :Vetertan,
r.'cre put to the bar on' st4icion $ the latter of strai-
ing a gold watch in the Golden. Cross Inn-yard,
Charing-cross, on the 2d, of September, three years
ago, the property of George Rivets, Esq. of Norfolk,
sent by the Yarmouth coach, to he delivered to- Mr.
Hallam, of Bond-street, to he repaired which never
cam&to his hands till within a few days since, when
Coxen came to his shop to dispose of it, and it was
recognized. to be the watch sent from Mr. Rivas
seat, and made at Mr. Hallam's shop ; up0:1
which he was detained, and given in charge of
Officer. stated, that his • fellow prisoner 11::,
pledged the watch. in Bulstrode-street for two gt:-
neas, and afterwards'gale Licl;et fora dcoz
of Jive shillings. Not knowing; it was stoien, -he
made no secret :ibout the posse. 11.1 of it. Furth
evidence. was adtfueo3 to p, -
C.
thatNcompan atzen,t,pit t,",te -
hits'
where the ,1.1 t: :1
hi 3 defence Licit ht. bad foun,i, 'de
‘va;
Lat (fetaplat' iti cuBtotly for hint
4nd th,_ other tionnti over
(o'r ef&r tilLl 14 indOttent.
Siayar,Li lit a'lp.tw.:tfitSoz,ic:ty were

(4 In no former War,,perhapi, were so many Pri
Nateep titttct out from thc Colonies of France and
Spain as riow ; and their is daily increas-
ing ; tbr not only the ,Mariners of tlite Colonies,
hui:. all the fre.bootL'is in their neighbourhood are
a,;ily induced to rtml them.. 'They are in general
vvry ; but the litter raft that act:Ulna in the
West India seas, acid in the narrow channels'of the:
Antilles, to esci'tpe from tlw pursuit of our Frigates
nor arcs they the less able ,to' seize; on our Mer-
chantmen, who, having now nothiog better than an
escape to e.fi,peet from the expellee of sarryinv gun
and a letter of illtrtiue, are generally
leis. The navigation a thme seas was,; perintps,
never,k) dangerous to British Alerellatatourt
./ithout convoy as at present ; Initt eYell our
Paaets ate sometimes taken r „ Fxt;oQh Privateers
ore their paiU4-re frotti 10
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spiry; and that a still .smaller proportion ,of them " The'eatelegeee.of prodteeesteper ate sane
. . .
Blur/8H REVIEW , are pecseeuted as prize; though the Law Officers • mischievous cause might be still further enlarged.
of the Crown in the Admiralty, in a great melee- 'tl,might shew in it a powerlid inducement to
rity of the cases they al...amine, have scarcely a doubt that selfish neutrality by which one, atleakt,,ortte
IN DlSGunt ; oP, FIAMS oP Vitt Intl-
that the property is hostile. They know by expe- Continental States has enhanced the common den-
Tam, I'LhOot. - rience the fraudulent nature of the papers ; but they ger of Eurepe. `llle vahr-glory =anal the poptgarity
-e is se much important mitter in thisV4rork, that know also the artful and elaborate perjury b' which': attendant on a vasts•• though visionary, enlargement
.1 it our duty to submit further Extracts from it those papers will be supported, and which, however of commerce, may naturally lent cletnne for a _lllO.
aders. The Author has clearly proved that unsatisfactory out of Court, it Will be impossible ju- . north not ambitious of more- solid renown.: • •
.•
,to complaints which bare been mad te eon cially to resist. —Even when disCoveries are made, " I 111i:slit also notice the great discouragement
et Violations of the Neutral Flags, Great such es will clearly justify a prosecution, thepradice given to Various branches of our own exterior corn-
.
,s more einn'd against that sinning ; of letting in explamitory affidavits -on the part of merce: and, above all, might insist on the. permanent
he conduct of other Maritime States claimants, for the most part secures an ultimate ace detriment likelyi to sutttutee bs our commercial
red by our Balers, and particularly quittal, and frustrates the hopes ()fate captors. marine. The forced artificial geewth of neutral
has presumed to represent itself "At the best, as every bettom, and every hale of shipping, both supposititious and real, Nvill no doubt,
our Commerce and Naval Con- goods, is now infallibly eleittied by the neutralizing shrink back arrain, in a great measure!',' it a peace;
calculable injury. Agents, and every claim,
N however clear the detec- but will not be entirely lost.
this spurious Neutral Corn- t
ion of its falsehood may be, is pertmactously peose- .“ In America, • especially, the vast excrescence
a rent diecuuragement to
tatted, the rare event of -.A final •cendemnation can is daily absorbed into, and enlarges the natural body,
g
onlyebe obtained through the medium of a long con- which, in various quarters, is peculiarly likely to dis-
licacious pacer of this test at lawseean evil peculiarly anpleasent to the place,' by, its extended dimeesious, the maritime in-
`Property of maritime- sanguine mind of a sailor. It may bc r safely allirm tercets of England.
' hence much of the ed, that one prize taken, as in former wars, under " Where is the political providence which ditant-
that have so long,
the colours of an enemy, and eherefere promptly ed. that wise measure, the Register. Ad of Lord Li-
condemned and distributed :without litigation, would Verpool ? Hejustly called the Navigatioit Act, " a
plant Officers do more towards the encouragement of Our Navy noble strain of commercial policyond one which alone
that love of than three prizes of equal value, tardily, and with • had fortunately outweighed 'all onr national follies
ens of mi• difficulty secured, as at present, by the detection of and extravaganciesaa" Though no indiseriminate
eoeseesee Netetral Impostures., admirer of his Lordship's conunercial prinCiiiles;
emenitie " Almost the only class of captures on which our do him the justice to say, that the AEt known by his
the seamen Can now with any safety rely, are those name was an eesential'andwelletimed support to the
His which are founded on the breach of a blockade., gre it law he justly celebrates ; and the best. preven-
m Even those, :however, are rarely adjudged without ff tative that human ingenuity could have devised of
an oh-einate litigation in tlese Asimiralty, if not 'also I that decay with which our navigation was threaten-
in the Superior Court. But the ordinary value of ed by the independency of America: ,
such prizes is small, and, on the whole, they are " But vain was this and every other effort to
'o far from making any amends to our Navy at large guard our maritime interests' bylaw; if, by a surren-
- the loss of its legitimate prey in the colonial trade, der of our belligerent rights the 'carrying trade of
they are a very inadequate recompenser to the the globe is to bethrown into the hands of °uteri-
'eons employed in the blockades for the extra- vials; and a hot-bed made, tar the navigation of Ame-
`r severity of that service. Here also, a war, rice, at the cost of 'the -British Navy.:
gaio, is peculiarly produdive of hardships "In the contemplation, however, of thosenearer
ens to our gallant defenders. and more total coesequencee, the frustration ef our
'iecouragenients have been very patiently hostilities against the' commerce and revenue ofs.
'vat and generous tars well know
idea-
• France, and the danger 'toeing our sueeriority
eir country, and are content to aesea, during this momentous contest, all minor anti
ey disadvantage tliat the eeigaecies &valet evils lose their terrors. 1 will, therefore,
'cuPose on them. But if the `pre- search no further into the ex.teot of this baneful
the hostile_colonies be plainly and pi ollec mischief..
st interdid, and it the grceit " The Ilse, therefere, of neutral bottoms, in the
before .suggested: concur in colonial trade, would soon he foiend by our I ,
theainterests of our pliant mies to yield them no proteetion. They, would".
lost reasonably fortify the hoist again their own conneercialeoleure; and either
int a clear obligatkin of , restore to Us all the fair fruits of an unresisted.naval
-one; preponderance Of superiority, Or, by sending out .convoyi for the pro-
ni their ancient' teetiou of their trade, open to us ligaM t IDA eetieta
entrel in the, chase field of offensive Was, tit which WO- are, sure: to be
in psoterty at. vietorious. Our seamen would be enriched, our hit-
'ring two lone ports Would be very :largely hicreeeede and 'trierys
three of the vy'estern breeze would Watt into the. Channel, not
a neutral sad or. two; to thrnish diplomatic squali;
isey of our blest, and litig;ition in:the AdMiralty, but immersers
and yalOable prizes, and sometimes entire Fleete of
epee, merchantmen, with their convoys, taken-from open
Enemies, and uucler hostile' colours. The captive
it
the flags -of France, 'Holland; and Spain, W(nAld Min
v be incessantly seen at Plymouth mei Shithead, :droop-'
ing belotee this British ensigns ; and. 'the spedacle
would recittl)t for our Navy tar better then the nioet
ribeialbountieS.
'Discourse on the condua of the Government of cv-at
din, tai tesp;:ci to Neutral Nations.
POLICE.
cnoUGH-STREF.T.---Yestertiay Mr. Charles
alentlemae of respeatability ita Berkeley-
ey-square, appeared before the Sitting
'newer to a charge of at noisanciprea -
se by u Surveyor hi the.Patish of Sr.
•square. The nuisance complained
of a chitiee arehed portico at the
bleb projeaed three feet eight
canary to the Aa. of,Parliae
Prosecution, the SurVeyor
were called, who were of
question wee' a Close
Surveyor also stated,
a building of a se-
nroseention being
tenious epeech,
any nuisatte
the Aat of
`milder of
sce tied
e en-
sook
it-
deist%
gain A 1:
• wits: tile
East ier.W
pcalt it and
)w-'l
infi.ortip4 it
nervous systclxt
important org.oiL
cid worts, nuirtatp
tltzirosctilar
as it is catcoir:tcit
any of
'lona -;, ..t.,
cies 01
"rite t.: e 1 It
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