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London, England, 1808-07-30 00:00:00

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

Liar INTELqGENCE.
COURT OP CHANCRItY, JULY O.

ATTORNEY-OEXERAL V. WANSIM
In this case it appeared that a certain sum of MOOS
rini..iT
had been left by will for the purpose of put ' oat itt
apprentices the children of such members of it
terian congregation in the parish of St. Martin, 0 d
Sarum, as aught apply for the same. There did not
happen, however, to be a sufficient number of applicants
from this society to exhaust the annual funds arising
from the grant, and an application'was now made to
the Chancellor, in correspondence to the report of ,
the Master, for the purpose of receiving his directions
as to the future employment of the surplus funds. ,
In this case the LORD CHANCELLOR gave directions
that the benefits of the fund should be extended .to as
many members of similar Presbyterian cofigregations
in the vicinity as might apply for the same, and as far
as the funds would go, under the directions of the
Trustees; and also observed, that it might,be proper
to extend the application of the fund to to appren•
ticing of female children..

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 21.
LOWNDES AND ANOTHER, V. CtIRRIIi.
This was an action on a breach of.contract. The
defendant is a merchant in London, and contracted
with the plaintiffs, who are brokers in Liverpool, to
deliver to them, at that place, free of charges, (ex-
cept port charges), 200 pieces of French brandy, at
the rate of 2s. 44. per gallon, to be shipped at Cette,
on or before the Ist of January, 1806 1,, accordingly
they were put on board of the American ship, Wood-
rop, Sims, which arrived at Falmouth for orders on
the 24th of February. In the mean time an Act of
Parliament passed, laying an additional duty of Is.
per gallon on that article, and the defendant, who had
300 pieces more on board, thought if the brandy was
landed in England, there would be a considerable
loss on it ; he therefore proposed to the defendant to
send it either to Holland or Guernsey. "On this a
correspondence ensued, which terminated in the plain-
tiff refusing to accede to the defendant's proposal, be-
cause they had sold the 200 pieces to Messrs. Humble
and Co. of Liverpool, for 2s. 10d. per gallon. The
defendant, however, ordered the ship to Guernsey,
where the cargo sold for Ss. per Guernsey ga110n...-.
Verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages 765 L . I
JULY .29.0—TOLMAN V. mous. •
This was an action on a policy of insurance upon
the ship Adeona, which sailed from the Cape of
Good Hope to Buenos Ares at the time that set-
tlement was supposed to be in our possession.
Mr. Hoply the owner, who had directed insurances
be made on the vessel to the amount of 28,0001. per-
mitted three Spanish Officers, who were prisoners of
war upon their parole, to go on board the vessel, as
passengers to their native town Buenos Ayres. When
the vessel arrived in the River Plata, a mutiny took
place, in which these Spanish passengers appeared to
be ringleaders. This mutiny occasioned the lots of
the ship and cargo, and the present action was brought
upon that loss.
The underwriters in this case, with great liberality
and honour, as confessed by the plaintiff's Counsel,
abandoned the legal points which had been made on
the part of other underwriters of this vessel, in a trial
in the Court of Common Pleas (Toulmin v. Ander-
son), and put their defence entirely upon the merits
of the case, whether or not the permitting those Spa-
niards to come on board with arms was not making
the risk much greater than had been communicated
to the underwriters ?
Lord ELLENSOROUGH left to the Jury, whether
three men, under these circumstances, being taken on
board a vessel which had 22 other men on board,
could be considered as materially altering the risk, or
endangering the vessel ?
The Jury found a verdict in favour of the plaintiff,
damages 4001.
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GILARSZPD, loty t9..—Passed by the Phalle, Consume ;
Swift, Gibbon • Sisters, Edwards ; George, Hicks ; Richard,
Young ; Ann, Ball ' • Mount Royal, Durrell ; Jersey, Duval ;
=of Manchester, Hurry; Superb, Henry ; Mayflower,
tis nig ; Hydra, Morris ; Trlpn Crawly ; and the Robert,
Ford, from Malta ; also the SwW, Bryan, from Jamaica. Sailed
the Mal, Farrow, for Barbados ; Cynthia, Wayth, for Malta ;
Succe:,s, Bennet, for Oporto ; Betsey, bishop ; and the Margaret,
Bishop, for Gottenburgb.

The 'following article was yesterday exhibited at
Lloyd's Coffee-house :
His Majesty*: gnu vessel Martial, Plymouth, July 45.
Gurrszusw—l beg leave to inform you of the capture of
the ships Rosa, ilsowo ; and the Atlantic, CRAzo, from Jamaica
lee London ; the former on the 14th, and the latter on the 15th
of hase,by a Spanish Schooner privateer, of 14 guns, on her pas-
sage from Ls Guayra for Spain. I fell in with the two ships and
the schooner on the 19th ult. of Car Villona : the Rocs got into
ealtiranos, and the Atlantic and the schooner into Lava, where
',Owed, and took possession of the Atlantic, and. curried her
Into Comma, (where the senior Naval °Seer on that station is)
where the Iles for decision • but I feu will be given up to the
privateer. The masters and crews of the vessels are all well, and
are waiting tbe event. (Signed) " JONIN IMIMIRLTT."
" To the Underwriter, of Lloyd's.-
The Eclipse and Andersons, arrived at Plymouth
from Jamaica, parted from the SPARROW big of war,
and 14 sail, on the 11th inst. in lat. 43.30. long. 43.
da which day six of them separated with the Eclipse
and Andersons, and parted again On the 18th, in
lat. 49. long. 24, in a heavy gale.
The Vindad Spanish packet, from the Havannah,
detained and sent into Plymouth on the 23,1 inst. by
I'Amz.a frigate, has been liberated.
The Science, HOWARD, from London to New York,
was taken on the Ist of May, in lat. 47. 40. long. 27.
by the Admiral Martin French privateer, of 18 guns,
and carried into Gilboa, on the 13th, where the cargo
Is landed.

ADMIRALTY COURT, DOCTORS' COMMONS.
FRIDAY, JULY 29.

f.

GORDON VAUGHAN.
This was also an action on a policy of insuran-e,
on the Danish ship Neutrality, bound fresn Barcelona
to Vera Cruz, in Spanish. America, and from thence
to some port in the United Kingdom:
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that the plaintiffs,
Messrs. Gordon and I‘.ltirphy, were most extensive
merchants in this city, and for the purpose of export-
ing British manufactures, and of bringing Spanish
dollars to this country for the public service, they had
in virtue of Orders in Council received-licences to
carry on this trade with the Spanish colonies. The
Neutrality sailed from Barcelona on the 28th of
May, and arrived at Vera Cruz, from which•sbe sail-
ed, on her return, upon the ith of November, hay.
ing on board a very large quantity of dollars. Soon
after she left Vera Cruz she experienced bad weather,
and some of the water casks were started by the roll-
ing of the ship. The Captain passing near Charles-
ton, put_ in there to get some water ; but, being Sun-
day morning, was told by the pilot that no water
could be given him on that day. Tke wind turning
fair, he did not choose to delay another day, but
sailed without the supply he had expected. The ship
met with very bad weather afterwards, and sprung a
leak. In this situation it was met at sea, and captu-
red by tl:e Caledonia letter of -marque from Liver-
pool. The Captain of the Neutrality never mention-
ed a word of the licence at the time, as he at first sus-
pected the Caledonia to be a French privateer, and
afterwards he wished that she should consider it as a
capture, in order that his ship and cargo might be
taken care of. The Neutrality was lost the next day.
—He would.prove the licences from his Majesty, and
he was not aware what defence would be set up to
the action.
Mr. Capper, from the Secretary of State's Office,
produced the Orders in Council, in pursuance of
which the licences were granted.
Ellison, the Captain of the vessel, proved the
circumstances of the voyage, as stated by the Attor-

This day the Right Hon. Sir W. Semi. proceeded
to the adjudication of the following cases :
Defiance, Lissom master.—h appeared that this ship and cargo
bad been already restored, and the present question -was, respec-
ting the account of saks of the cargo returned by the Commis-
sioner, which was asserted to be false and erroneous. Sir Wl4.
SCOTT gave judgment in the above case, which has been of much
importance to the pasties, and who he acquitted /lithe least sus-
picion of fraud, as.from the documents it clearly appeared that
the error originated in the Actuary's substituting the appraise-
ment for the account of the sales, and after censuring all the par-
ties for their negligenc,e and inattention, he pronounced that each
should pay his own costs.
Tigu, Clarke master,—This vessel, under American colours,
with public dispatches and passengers on board, was captured in
the prosecution of her voyage from America to Eourdeaux. Ship
condemned.
Unice, Maxwell master,---This American ship was laden with
Dahlia and cotton. The Court pronounced freight and expences
to be due to the neutral master ; restored the cotton as claimed,
and ditecu-d further proof as to the property of the bunts.
Romeo master.—This vessel sailed under the
Ameri-
can flag, laden with wine, and was at the time of capture, in the
proAcution of a voyage from Calais to London. Ship condemned,
and the cargo restored.

Yesterday the following Gentlemen's Pleasure-
boats started from Blackfrtar's Bridge to sail for a
Silver Cup, annually given by the Proprietor of
Vauxhall Gardens, viz.
Caroline, Capt. J. FILLON, Larnbdth, Tons.
St. George, J. GONSTON, Paul's Wharf, • VW
Daphne, —M. Bow, liattersca, IV
Pion, —G. Drum, Old Barge House, V
Mercury, —J. ASTLLY Lambeth, VII
The Mercury and St. George arrived at Westmin-
ster Bridge at the same instant, but the former quick-,
ly took the lead, and retained it till they arrived at
the appointed goal, when her commander, Mr. AST-
LEY, jun. of the Amphitheatre, Westminster-bridge,
was declared the victor, and in the evening received
the prize, (being the eighth he has won in the course
of a few years) with the accustomed formalities, in
the Garden. The Flora soon after starting, by some
accident, was dismasted, and of course gave up the
contest.

ney-Geneval.
Mr. PARK, on the part of the Underwriters, rested
their defence on objections in point of law ; first, he
argued that the voyage was illegal, •:s contrary to
the Navigation Act. and not within the power of dis-
pensing with that Act given to his Majesty by a sub-
sequent
act, as a considerable part of the property be.-1
longed to Spaniards, who were at that time alien ene-
mies. His next objection was, that the voyage inter-
fered with the Charter of the South Sea Company,
and was on that account illegal.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH suggested, that if the defence
vested merely on these objections, it would be the best

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warns put them in dst Wm of) special can, which D THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
could be better decided by the Court after reading
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chase differeat laws more-attentively. . . . . fine—Those of your Readers who recollect my ob-
This was acquiesced in by both parties. servations on the Copenhagen Expedition, will be
It etas somewhat remarkable that this defence rest- coneiliced;lf they were sceptical before, of their truth
ed entirely on those legal objections, which the defen- by the late events. It now appears that the French •
dants in the former waves did not think it becoming have thrown a force into Zealand, which, if followed
their character as Underwriter's' to take advantage of. ! by reinforcements, will give them the complete poe.
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LYONAND ANOTHER V. StINDITYS AND ANOTHER. i session of the island, which might, with the greatesk
This was an action to recover the amount of two ease, and ought, for the most obvious policy, to hay*.
bills of exchange, value 26501. each; drawn by Alex. I remained in our hands. We may sately
Sheriff, the partner a the defendant, Mr. Sundius, ' the sentiments of the King of Sweden on Vb•
A).
payable to Robert Sheriff,' his father ; and accepted ject ; but the expedition of Sir JOHN Mower shall be
by Sundius and Sheriff, payable at Messrs. Hatkey's the object of aluture letter.
and Co. at eight months date. In the year 1804, Mr. i At present I beg leave to draw the attention of
Sundius, who is a ship-broker, took Alex Sheriff into . your Reader; to Egypt. I justified, in my last, the
partnership% the latter, at that time carried on busi- I 'conduct. of Administration in seizing the Danish
mess under the firm of Alex. Sheriff and Co. ; Mr. i fleet ; but that justification was qualified by condern-
Sutellus, at the time he 'became connected with Ais ! nation of the cruel delay, which destroyed the inha.-
manehed 11,0001. in the concern, and, having a high I bitants and the houses of Copenhagen, and of the
opinion, of, his partner, seldom troubled himself with I ruinous evacuation of the island. In my present in-
-1 the business ; he was, however, astonished one morn- vestigation, I fear no justification can be alledged for
ing when one of his clerks informed him, that he the measuirs of the present Ministry. I shall be
must provide'for bills, amountieg to 29,0001. which glad to see their defence undertaken by some of your
'Sheriff hid drawn unknown to him. It appeared, that Correspondents. •
his partner was,bailf owneeof a ship called the Queen, Egypt, which hal been the scene of British energy,
and had borrowed. money from the Plaintiffs to the bravery, and success under an ARP.I.CROMBIE and a
I amount of these -bills for his own separate. concern, Hirrernesure has seen the British flag tarnished on a
and had prevailed on his partner to accept these bills, late occasion. The late Administration had sent a
to put them in the hands of the Plaintiffe as a tolls- force more than sufficient to tale and to keep Alex-
teral security, as they were to be paid• out of the andria: •Major Misserr, our Consul General, had
proceeds of the freight of the Queen; chartered on a been indefatigable and successful in preserving the
I voyage to Surinam and back to London. The plain- attachment of the Egyptians to the British. Our
who were agents for the ship, received the freight, Commanders have been blamed for presumption in
tiffs,l
which did not cover what they had advanced to he- their attempt to conquer Egypt with this force. That
riff ; they, therefore, brought this action for the ba- force appears to me to have been fully adequate to
lance. The Jury retired for half an hour, and returned that object, if measures had been taken to improve
with a verdict for the Plaintiffs—Damages, £1606 every advantage, which fortune, and the exertions of
i lie. Rd. Major Mtsererr had thrown into our bands. On the
sThe other Defendant, Sheriff, has since these bills ,march of the British detachment to Rosetta, the
were drawn, become bankrupt ; and, therefore, al- Sheik of Dessook voluntarily offered to join our troops
lowed judgment, in this case, to go by default. with 2000 men. Had this most advantageous offer
ANDERSON AND OTHERS Si. TI SAME. • been accepted, other Chiefs were ready to follow the
This action was brought against Mr. Sundius and example of that Sheik ; and there wanted 'nothing
the other owner of the Queen, Robert Sheriff,' for but a wood understanding with the Beys to make the
6591. 14s. 10d. being the amount of the Plaintiffs' reduction of Rosetta the prelude to the conquest of
demand for coppering that vessel previous to her voy- all Egypt. This desirable eventwas frustrated by the
age to Surinam. It appeared, that Alex. Sheriff had rejection of the proffered assistance of the Sheik. The
transferred his share of the Queen, and other securi- consequences arc well known : Rosetta was taken ;
ties, to Mr. Sundius, to indemnify him against the but through circumstances, with :which we are not
losses he might sustain by his (Sheriffts) misconduct. 4 perfectly acquainted, the attack of the Turks and Al-
The defence, on the part of the Defendant, was, that banians was successful, General WAUCHOPE was
as a mortgagee only, he was not liable to pay the ne- killed, General MEADE wounded, and our little army
cessaries supplied to the ship; but, on the deed being pursued to Alexandria by Mohammed Ali, who,
read, it Was clearly seen that he was made the real however, halted whenever our troops faced about,
owner. The Jury, therefore, found for the Plaintiffs and pursued at a guarded distance.
--Damages, 6591. 14s. 10d. These disasters, ceresinly, merit investigation. The
I • Officers have been blamed, but justice is due to them,
and a Court Martial should decide on their conduct.
However this may have been, the evacuation of Alex-
andria is an act completely unconnectedwith it. Out
troops remained in unmolested possession of the
town. The Egyptians supplied them with provisions;
a communication with our naval forces was perfectly
open ; and the whole power of Ttirkey was unable
•to dislodge the garrison. Nor was this all. The
alarneeecited.by the unfortunate affair at Rosetta
had subsided ; confidence was restored, and the
British cense was daily receiving new strength in
Egypt. The whole of the Arab population was
firmly attached to us. All the Sharkiek had de-
clared against the Turks, but wanting protection,
they retired to Syria, to wait for a more favourable
oppoitunity of Acting in concert with us. In these
circumstances, With theseadvantages, and with this
certainty of success, the present Administration or-
dered Alexandria to be evacuated, and* every 'hope
frestrated. To avoid the fury of the Turk'', the
- Shiek Mohaumted el, bfisk, . and many "other
Egyptians of every cline ..~M. • with our forces.
Slut thousands necessarily fined, whb were put to
a merciless end cruel deatilbl the Turks and Alba-
nians. One etatriarchal characier, among others,
whose sanctety of jefseend beneficent character had
received the veneratipriof his countrymen,, shared the
general slaughter for his attachment to our cause.
Of the unfortunate termination of our expeduson to
Buenos Ayres, no roan. can speak in attenuation. But
there ,we
_only lest, our own countrymen : here we
fixed an indelible spoton our character, by sacrificing
out feientis.and allies evithOut necessity, and without
an apparent motive. .
The pessession of Egypt would have given us a
decided advantage -in a negociation with BuoNA-
PARTE, who would have purchased our evacuation of
Egypt at. any price. Or; had the Turks been inclined
to join the glorious flame of resistance so widely
blazing in the South West of Europe, we, had, in the
possession of Alexandria, the means of chewing our
cordiality and disinterestedness in their. cause.
.- • . I am, Sir, yours, tee.

1 , COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 29.
WILLIAMS AND CO. V. MILLER. •
This was an action for damages, brought against
the defendant, a calico printer, for pirating and pub-.
lishing a spurious edition of a print, which the plain-
tiffs, eminent calico printers, had published originally.
lJn the month ofSeptember, the plaintiffs issued from
their manufactory, a pattern of a fashionable nature,
which was. printed on fine calico. The defendant
shortly after issued the same pattern, 'printed on ca-
lico of a coarser kind. For this the action was brought.
i The defendant alleged that he had, in fact, pub-
lished this identical print in 1796, and that therefore
! the ingenuity was all his own. It appeared, that the
'1 time of the continuance of the patent is limited to
r three months. After evidence had been adduced to
Trove the case, the Jury, retired, and founda Verdict
for the plaintiLfS;,--Damages; One Shilling. - ,

July 25.

FAIIIUCIVS.