The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-17 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

fortunately lost, and my conscience tells me this
was a voyage and a trading with the enemies of
our country ; and God forbid I should assist anv
boil/ to do a thing so wicked. And though tie
, King, by his licence, thought he hail been able
to permit me to do this, yet my conscience will
not.ollow me to pay a loss contrary to the 14th of
Charles the Second, chapter 18th. This licence
was not worth a farthing, and my conscience will
not permit me to pay." Such was the ground on
which the case was first argued. Another objet.
lion that was made to Messrs. Gordon and Mur-
phy was, that they had not complied with the
terms of the licence. The voyage was from Bar.
celona, in Spain, to Vera Cruz, and those gen.
tlemen were to send out a certain quantity of Bri-
tish manufactures, which, in truth, became im.
possible, and they were to bring home dollars
for his Majesty's service. Mr. Vaughan haring
succeeded in resisting the payment of the loss on
the Neutrality, had now brought this action for
the premiums on insuring it. The Learned Coun-
sel entertained no doubt that every thing which he
had stated of Mr. Vaughan had been communi-
cated to that gentleman by his own Counsel. The
grounds on which the Attorney. Genera/ insisted
that the Plaintiff had made out no case were, first,
that the policy which Mr. Vaughan had subscribed
was illegal on the face of it, being for a voyage
front Barcelona to Vera Cruz, with liberty to
touch at the Havannah, and to bring home pro-
perty from that place ; this voyage was illegal fur
two reasons ; first, because it was a trading with
an enemy ; and, in the nest place, because it
was bringing home, in foreign ships, that which
could only be brought into this country in British
bottoms. All the ships on which these policies
were effected were either Americans or Danes.
Mr. ATTORNEY-GVIERAL took another oh.
jection; which e as, that the policy itself made
uo stipulation fur a licence, and therefore it was
void, because it purported to protect those gen-
tlemen without a licence as well as with one.
Lord Ettarrsononcir observed, that that point,
to a eertaiu degree, was new, and asked the
Learned Counsel, on both sides, whether they
were willing that the question should be reduced
to that point.
The Learned Counsel observed, that that great
point never was argued, and agreed to put it into
the form of a case, for the consideration of the
Court of King's Bench.
Lord ELLENBOROVGII thought it a very mate.
rial point, and the question would be, supposing
policy to be effected in the common terms, at a
cettain premium, which on the face of it was a
void risk, as contraveniug time Statute, whether
that might be made a good policy by any thing
that could be dune subsequently, but prior to the
commencement of the adventure. That would be
the question fur the consideration of the Cour'.

service; and, considering the resistance met with,
and heavy fire of grape-shot from batteries and
'gun-boats in the retreat, the loss is comparatively
small, being five wounded, whose names arc in the
margin*.
It is the opinion of the Officers, the loss of the
enemy in killed and wounded was considerable.
I am, Sir,
(Signed) SAM. WARREN, Captain.
• Griflth Grilitlia. Quarter-Mailer. badly "tin". --
Pete; Jeat. Royal Marine. dittn.—sonon Nl•Letue. 4eamao,
PE lay wounded.—John Butterfield, Ro)al Marie, ditto.—
hi‘Carthy, Royal Marine, ditto.

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