Star.
London, England, 1807-08-19 00:00:00

ARRIVED.

At Drifted, the Nelfon, Summers; Maria, Thomas ; Conn, Car-
ron; Kingfton, homer; Edward, Powell; Ives, Arkinfoo ja•
mica, Walker ; Zephyr, Paffmoree St. Elizabeth, Loveli; and
Union, Gardner, from Jamaica Liverpool, Lottery,
from Jamaica; Mary, Flaherty. from New Orleans; William,
M'Lean; and the Eliza Ann, Stevens, from New York —.-Off Ire-
land, Duke of York, Friar; Eclipfe, Author; Purfuit,
Brilliant, nonstick' ; Cygnet, Smith ; and Carlbury, Drifcott. from
Jamaica.—At Newcaftle, Young Sufan, —, from Virginia —At
Newfoundland, Bella, Stable; and the Brother*, Duuley; from Li-
verpool.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY.
The Amethylt, for the Spel, Nov. it, and the Irene, Nov. 14,
1E433, was paid this day, at No. p, Net► Broad•areeet, and will be
there recalled on Wednrfilays and Thurfdays.
The Exertion, for the Charlotte Loulfa, March tp, t 87.6, wIY
be paid on board, in the Downs, and recalled at the fame times and
place as the aforementioned.

La Topaze, for the Henriek and Marie. April s 7, i 830, will
be paid on Tutiday neat, at No. 63, Lamb's Cooduit.itreet, and
there recalled on Tuefdays and Fridays.
The Stately, for the Nicholai and Martha, May s, 1806, will be
paid on board, on Saturday text, and recalled on Tuefdays and
Fridays, at No. as, Norfolk Area, Strand.

ADMIRALTY COURT, AUGUST IS.

THE SHIP SAMSON.

Sentence was pronounced this day in this interefl.
ing mill. It was a cafe of falvage between the
captors, who were Englifh, and the American owners
of the Averican Ihip. Sanfnn. The Ibip had failed
from Baltimore as a neutral trader, and was captur-
ed off the coati of Spain by a French privateer ; and
as the captors were conduOing their prize to the eve-
my's port, one of our cruizers recaptured the Ame•
rican, and brought her into an Englifis port, to
which country the was originally bound. The captors
contended, that they were entitled to falvage from
this neutral valet, inafmuch as the re capture took
pl ice fubfequent to the decree of the French Empe-
ror, Wiled in November left, againit all realms on
the Continent who fhould carry on any commerce
with England, until the Government of 'England
timid be brought to their fenfes, and induced to
abandon their fyflem of defpotifm over the ocean,
and their claim to the power and praßice of •iolating
the laws of nations, &c. This decree was dated, on
behalf of the owners, to be a nullity, and not in-
tended as
.againit certain powers, and more efpeci-
ally as not intended againft American (hips, as the
Government of France had ailed no orders fur fit-
ting out privateers to ael under the decree.
Sir WILLIAM SCOTT laid down the law generally
and fpecially upon Inch cafes. He Paid, in general,
neutrals, by the law of nations, were not liable to
falvage, without particular orders or dilations from
the refpative powers, grounded upon peculiar cir-
cutnftances. which excepted thole fpecial cafes, of
which he did (on molt mature deliberation) confider
the cafe for judgment now before him to be one
decree of the French Government was, in words
and meaning, arch an unprecedented decree, as mull
firike every man's mind with convitaion, as an un-
qualified hollility againfl the maritime commerce and
conilitution of England. It required no explanation,
nor admitted of any doubtful conftruCtion or interpre-
tation.• Orders had been iffued to all the Maritime
Prefeas of the French Empire, and the Allies and
States under its dominion and influence, to execute
the decree ; and General Arm arong had remonftra-
ted with Monficur Andreffo, the French Minifler for
Commerce, and from him could obtain no more fa-
tisfaBory explanation or information on this fubjeB,
than je jenfe, think fuch or fuch fisould be the proper
conitruaion This je penis was not an explanation,
or an official communication proper to iffue from any
Government, or to be at all regarded by any other
Government in the world, and leaft of all by Eng-
land ; which, by this firange decree, was pronounced
to be thenceforth in a flare of univerfal blockade, an
idea never before entertained by any nation in fuch
unqualified and unlimited terms. This decree was
not intended as a nullity ; it was nothing like to a
bruturn fre'rens I and as the captors in this cafe had
refcaed the fhip from danger, and in fo doing bad
rendered the owners cannel fervice, be fhould ad-
judge the owners to pay the captors falvage. He
was not acing without a precedent, for it came fully
within his judgment upon the flip from Denmark,
where, in firnilar circumtlances, he granted falvage
to the captors.