Star.
London, England, 1803-12-06 00:00:00

I'ION OF PRIZE MONEY.

To ITgyptienne, fur t►e capture of the French brig l'Eperrier,
will be paid on board FEgyptitnnc, at Portfmuuth, on the i4th

o the Therein, Orion, Tonant, Franklin, Aq nano, Spartiate,
and Compierant, a diftribution of a runittance from Lillian, on
account of a capture by the above veleta, will be paid at the
Crown and Cuihion, Winehrlter-street, London Wall, on Wednel.
day and Thutfday the ratb aid tith instant; as will, at the fame
time and place, the Vanguard, Orion, Alexander, and Mutiae brig.
Alfo, at the fame time and place, the St. George, Clear, Dread-
nought, Warrior, Vanguard, ?unlike, Powerful, Superb, Zeal•
ow, Spencer, Ramilies, &liana, and Voltigeur, for the Mary and
her cargo.

The Hindoflan, SMITH, an American velrel, lately
failed from the Elbe fur New York, with cos men,
women, and children, paffengers. They are all Ger-
man emigrants, and for the molt part Hanoverian'.

During a gale in the middle of IA week, feven
pilots, belonging to the Ifland of Agnes, pealed
near the Land'. End. A Guernfey cutter privateer,
with a Dutch Eaft India fhip, her prize, approached
the Elands, but having loft her rudder, it was not
prafticable the day the pilots got on board, from the
wind and tide not being fufficiently favourable,' to
bring her into either of the harbours, at thefe ;lies;
fhe was, therefore, brought to anchor as near as pof-
fible on the outfide. During the night, the wind
became more adverfe, fo that they were copftraiaed
to flip or cut; but as each veffel had a pilot on
board, the boat, with the other five men, kept there
company ; but the gale increafing and Ihifting to a
different point, they were all driven off the harbour
of St. Ives, (where we hear both fhip and cutter now
are in fafety.) The menithen all took the boat with
hopes of regaining home, but the weather growing
wor.e, and they not being perfealy acquainted with
that coati, were obferved from the land all to perith.

Pasza Cans R....A very important caufe was roma
days fince decided by the Lords Commiffioners of
Appeal. It was a claim of joint capture in behalf of
tire Royal Admiral privateer, for conftruftive affif-
tance afforded to his Majelty's chip the Trufty, in
feizing the Nancy. a neutral veffel, bound from Ba-
tavia to Europe, and laden Dutch property.
Againft the claim, Sir JOHN NICHOL contended.
' that there was no inttance whatever. in which a pri-
vateer had been admitted to the benefit of joint.cap.
tore from the mere circumftance of being in fight....
That the Court itfeif had, on a former occation, de.
dared, that capture, by conftruCtion, had already
been extended beyond the limits of the Aft, and
ought rather to be narrontd, and brought within
bounds, than allowed a farther extenfion. That in
this cafe, there was no previous concert, nor was any
actual affiftance afforded to his Majefty's (hip, as in
fa& the boat of the Trufty was in poffeffion of tha
prize, before that of the Royal Admiral came up.—
On thefe groui.ds he contended, that the privateer
could not be admitted to those lieu which would
have arifen from joint capture. the Attorney Ce-
ntral followed on the fame fide, and Willed that
there was no ground whatever fir afferting the exift.
once of previous concert. So far from it. that tha
Commander of the 'Crotty, in anfwer to a propofal
of offing in coneer t, had declined complying with it.
alledging as a reafon, that the Admiral was equally
entitled with himfelf; and that he was not compe•
tent to treat concerning any right which might sc.
true to the Admiral.

Dr. LAWRENCE. for the claimants, admitted the
extreme importance of this caufe to the Officers of
his Majefty's Navy ; but contended that the crew of
the Royal Admiral is fully intitled to all the benefits
of joint capture. As to the affertion that there was
no previous concert, and that there was an athal re-
fufal of ailing in concert, he obferved that this refufal
was grounded on a mere point of delicacy refpeaing
the dafpofal of the Admiral's intereft ; for it appeared
in evidence, that the Admiral himfelf had difpatched
this very 114 with the intelligennce of the prize its
queftion, and had directed her to of ft in the capture.
'The refnfal, therefore, could pot invalidate the claim.
In reply to the arguments of failure of proof; as to
adual alliitance on the part of the privateer, hc quot-
ed an inftance, in which the crew of et frigate claims('
there of a prize cut out by the boats of a privateer.
and on the fame good fortune happening to them-
hives, refuted a participation of the tame advantages.
though the privateer had never been out of tight.
He Itrongly urged the maxim that aitual chace has
always been conftrued to be atual affiltance ; in this
cafe, both Chips were prefent, and both difpatched
their boats at the fame Lime. The prior arrival of
the Truily's boats was merely accidental, and there-
fore, be contended, could not vett in her the mitt-
five benefit wiling from the capture.
The judgment of the Lords was referred for the
following day, when the allegation for the Claimants
was rejeited, but their expences allowed, and the
Nancy adjudged to be foie and lawful prize to his
Maieity's Ihip Trufty.
• bow s .—A Banker's clerk was coma months
ago knocked down in Fleet ftreet, and robbed of notes
to the amount of near 30001. Thee could not for
fume time be traced by any effort. A twenty pound
note offered to a holier in Holborn, has at length
furniffied the defsred clue. They have been traced
to a gang of fwindlers, the principals of whom. are
/tamed Ford and Wheeler, both well known at the
Public Offices. There are hopes that all the parties
will be brought to the Bar of offended Jufti4.. •

LONDON: Printe.laod mibliesed by LEVEL KEN r. (40 Can-
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