Star.
London, England, 1801-12-22 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIUMICE.

' COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. at.

DEURY•LANS THEATER. .
The LORD CHANCELLOR, fat this morning on
Caufe Petitions, but nothing material or interat-
ing to the. public occurred, except an obfervation
which feU from his Lordthip, refpeCting the Peti..
lions in the above matter, which Rood for to-mor-
row. His Lordlhip laid, that feveral of the affi
davits delivered in fupport of thefc Petitions, did
not appear to have been filed, confequently they
could not be read at the hearing. In order, there.
fore, that the parties might be apprifed of this cir•
cun:ftance, his Lordlhip direfted, that the matter
should Hand over till Welinefday next, and that
they might be at liberty to file fuck aidavits as
bad been (worn to, on or before Saturday laft.

COURT OF RING'S BENCH, DEC. at.
11.0111a$ V. anotsorom.
The ATTOIVILT-GBIIIIIAL Rated, that this was
an adlion upon a Chatter piety, by which the de-
fendant covenanted that his (tip Mould procied
to St. peterfborgh, and there take in a cargo of
mans and Raves which the plaintiff had provided.
In breach, however;' of" this covenant, Captain
Stevens, the relater of the defendant's (hip,
when he had paled the Sound, thought proper to
go to. Dantitc, jolt cad of proceeding to St. Pe.
terfburgh. What his reafons for doing this were,
it was not very eafy to dircover. He gave fe-
veral in his &stens, firft alledging that at was
&els of weather. awl next, it was by reafon of
the embargo. It Owned, however, that the
Gentleman did not much relifh the voyage be-
fore he fat out. He was rubjee to a great once-
fines at the prorpee, and was diftnthesi with mid-
night VirlOVS. Like foie birds that final the ap.
proaching torsi, he feemed to anticipate the hot.-
rota of a Ruffian embargo. and thought it lareft
to keep out of the way of danger. The Jury
would alfo find, that be raw a (hip, whom no one
elle ever law, that gave him a fignal to put back ;
aid, as foxy are very alert, when thi bear a retreat
fogiwkdr fo be hifisdfisfi rawadb an made the belt
of his way into Datum t
" He beard amine that Hole so lamer Ray."
" He law a bead that heehawed !the, away.
If be bad pulsed his voyage, be would have ar.-
rived in fufficient time to have taken in his lading,
and to have failed before the embargo took place,
which was not till the 3d or 4th of November, as
he (boutd thew was done by reveal other Captains,
who paled the Sound later than he did. In this
breach of covenant, he raid, they were entitled to
damages for the lots of the fate of the cargo, which
they had provided. •
The Charter Party beinrtead,
- Capw'n Baker, of the -Progrefs, and Captain
I,owtherington, of the Suffix, Rated, that they
pafred the Sound on the 26th and a7th of &peens.
ber; that they proceeded to Peterlburgh, took in
their lading, and failed homeward on the 26th.
They net no King's frigate going to Cronfeadt,
and had not any very ftorrny weather.
Mr. Scotland, a merchant, then refiding at
Cronftadt, proved that a cargo was ready.
Mr. EatLiws, for the defendant, Rated, that
the Captain could not purfue his voyage, from
firers of weather, but was obliged to put back to
Dantait, where he heard of the embargo, and then
he judged it molt expedient to take in a cargo
there for England. To rapport this cafe, lie called
the Mailer and Mate of the veffel, who raid, that
they got through the Sound on- the myth of Sep.
teentser, and proceeded on their voyage on eta
It began to blow hard, mid when they were off
Gothland, the flip became leaky. They kept
two hands in the hold, contently balling, Wide§
the pumps going.. In this (late, upon a confutes.
tion, they determined to make for Dantaic. Oa
the 2sith they few an Enna man of war, with a
white flag at the fore top gallant matt head, which
is a Cartel for (hips to windward to•therten bill
but they were in filch a Rate that they could not
(peak with her. When they reacjied Dantrie, be
fide heard of the embargo ; and then eight of his
crew, who were Danes and Swedes, applied to
their Conful to be dircharged, and he was obliged
to give them up. He never heard there that the
embargo was taken off 1 and after repairing be
took a cargo for England. It was not fo profita-
ble a one by yooL as the one at Peterlburgh would
have been.
Lord Whitworth raid, that as loon as be, at'
agen, heard of the Ruffian embargo, be
d' patched his Mbaltentr's (hip Vigor, to (top all the
merchant (hipsthither.
Lord Rearms raid, that the tingle queftion was.
Whether the Captain. Sterenfon, had judged se

itditted in ;Jos it *as nth' to be jt.
stow by thole who felt not the clingers end ippre-
henfions that operitted upon his mind, and think-
ing coolly what would have been bell to be done;
but what it man of ordinary nerve was likely to
do at the moment, furrounded as he was by thefe
circumftances ? In other words; the qneflion was.
Whether the Captain had ailed bona
,irk or not ?
Now, the Captain had (worn, that he did in the
bell way be could. He thought himfelf bound to
believe a *inlet's in what he (wore, if be had no
Intereft in the fubjea (and the Captain here had
no intereft, for he was releafed by the owner) ;
/At, however, a Jury would difmifs the teftimony
of the witnefres, if they raw any reafon for think-
ing they ought not to be believed—but if a man
came with a fair aortae?, and without intereft
in a queftion, and he gave his teftimony fairy,
and nothing appeared on the other fide, (as was
the cafe here); common charity, which we all
carried about us, ought to induce us to believe
what we heard from him.-Superadded to this,
there was the circinftance, that this man was
aging againft his own intereft in returning to
Edgrand inftead of going to Peteriburgh. for it
made a difference of Soot. Such were general
obfervitions. It was raid that ten or &dozen (hips
that came after this veffel got into Petertburgh
fuppothig they did fo, without inquiring, whether
It might not have been better if they had not, that
could not decide the cafe, for this yard might be
iffetted when the others were not; and the Cap.
tain (wore., that he was not able to go to Peterf-
burgh, and that hi was obliged to put in to Dant-
sic, where fix of his crew were taken away from
him, and allowed to go back. only on condition
that they thould be delivered up at Elfineur. ft
was Contended that auntie was one of the Hank
Towns, and that our Conful might have made a
reprefentation there in the Bnoth name, which
would have had the effeft of giving back to this
Englifli Captain, thefe fix Swedes and Danes. It
became every Englithman to (peak of thatnation to
which he belonged with pride, wherever its navy
could come into action ; but ruppore we tbould be
a little land-locks, and could not get to a place
whcre fome things were done which we could not
with. Perhaps there was a Monarch' among the
States of Europe, who would not have taken ex-
aCtly the courfe he did, if our (hips could have
reached the molt important part of his dominions.
The King of Priam and the town of Dantric did
not think alike perhaps, but from fome little furs.
poled influence, they afted a good deal alike, and
ti•erdore there was no .probability that after the
Caotain loft thefe Swedes and Danes at Dottie,
he would have been able to fupply their places
there. The Captain, in this, cafe, never thought
of t cargo for England until he had loft thefimen.
—This• was a cafe which was peculiarly for the
jury to judge of altogether; there was no law In
it, other than what the rules of trade required
for the common convenience of mankind, for the
decifion of which the Jury were infinitely finer
than he was; or Pretended to be ; be did not fay
this from the common affeetation of praifing flack
he fpoke to, but from real feeling; he knew and
he felt. that without loch alfitiance as he was in
the habit of receiving- from that box, he Mould
be obliged to give up his fitnation, for he would
not go on upon commercial affairs without the
affiltance he. had from Juries of the City
_of Lon-
don: they aided him in his weaknefs, and (up.
plied his defies. So their fuperior knowledge
would difpofe of this cafe : that fuperior know-
ledge not only.would, but ought to guide In this
cafe.. - His unlearned obfervttions on it made him
think the defendant was delivered, in this cafe.
from his engagement. The Capttinappearod to
have afted bona fire ; and if fo, the defendant,
whore agent the Captain was, was not refponfible.
But if the Jury thought otherwife, they would
find a verdiel (or the plaintiffs.
Verdid for the defendant.

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The Daher. of Yong, we are fotry to hear, is
at prefent ferioutly indifpofed.
Loid FOLSY came of age yeßerday, on which
oecafion great fe fti skies and rejoicings were to take
place on -his eftatcs in Worcetterfhire.
The houfe of Lord TtION SIOVTIIs in Portland-
place, has been purchafed by. Mr. Hussar.
Sir Jona Mrrroan has received his Slab Service
grin" as Speaker ofthe Houle Commons ;it
is very fuperb, and coil pool.—The CMANCIL.
Loa's ferrite is alto gone home •, but, Rrange ta
fay. the price of this is only 30001.!
. The Ipfivieb Journal of Saturday gives the fol.
rowing Ratement, refpnaing the property left In
Mrs. Norman, who lately died in that town. Oa
her death. 25# guineas were found fewed up in het
Rays, and two guineas in the fillet tied about ho
head, which, from appearance, had been then
Tome years, betides 71. in the honfe, and fecnritie
to the amount of upwards of 7001. The decimal
dealt in diftilkd peppermint, was known by man
to have property, bat fo very penurious, as aloof
1 to deny herfeif the neceffaries of life.
Mrs. Norman poffelfed a memory fo remarkably
retentive, that the was not only enabled to recap
tolate a croon after having Lend it, but in re
pealed inftances was fo extremely accurate di
be nearly verbatim with the preacher : as a poet
though comparatively very few productions of be
mole were fubmitted to pnblic attention, the wa
juftly entitled to conliderable merit.
The following aft of generofity, which doe
the bigheß honour to the Princeilof Lica:am
erste, is Rated in the German Papers. On he
birth-day the gave a The at Feilberg to fame c
the inhabitants of that place, Thofehnufes had
short time before been deßroyed by fire. Wbs
the gaiety of the suets bad been *little raifed b
wise, the Princefa went into the Hall. and tali
44 you owe me 45,000 florins, which I lent ye
to enable you to rebuild your houfes." The eon
pang role, and, interrupting her, raid immerruutil
*. we acknowledge it, but we entreat you to has
a little patience." She replied, "No, I will nc
wait any longer." She then ordered a fervent t
bring in a citafing-dills. and immedistely bun
aU the fectirlties ilia they had given her.

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