The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-24 00:00:00

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ranted to sail on iser voyage op or before the Ist
August, and that she did not sail from Torto-
la until the Bth, and that the policy of insurance
was at andirom Surinam, and all other the West
India islands except Jamaici ; but he submitted to
his Lordship, that as this ship had cleared out of
and sailed from Surinam before the Ist of August,
she must then be said to have commenced her voy-
age, although she afterwards put into Tortola,
where she was detaiued three days, in consequence
of the exigency of her convoy, and that therefore
she was under the protection of this policy, and
the true meaning of the policy was, that the war-
ranty to sail on or before the lit August, should
I he applied to her sailing from her loading port,
and that she had sailed from her loading port,
which was Surinam, before the Ist of August, and
that she was therefore under the protection of this
policy.
The ATTORNIT-GENEILAL contended that the'
meaning of this policy, which was " at and from
Surinam, and all other the West India islands, ex.
cept Jamaaica, warranted to sail on or before
the Ist of August," meant that she shoeld sail
from the West Indies altogether, and proceed on
her voyage homeward, on or before the Ist of
August ; that her having left Surinam before the
Ist of August was not sufficient ; that she did not
quit the West India islands until the gth ; that
she thereby lost the benefit of the proper convoy
to come from the We Indies homewards, which
always comes off on or before the Ist of August,
aid that this was the real cause of her loss, and
that, therefore, in this case, the policy did not at.
tach.

Lord Eter.avnonoven at first thought, that, as
this was a case upon admissions, and as it was a
point of law upon a fact that was novel, although
the principle that governed it was pretty clear, it
might, perhaps, be as well to put it into the shape
of a case; but on further consideration, his Lord.
'ship thought that as he had no difficulty in forming
his judgment upon the questron, the more regular
Course would be, to deliver 4hat judgment now, al
a guide to the Jury, and leave to the party, to
whose interest that judgment was adverse, to move
the Court against his direction to the Jury if so
advised—his judgment was, that the wordi in this
policy " at and from Surinam, and all other West
India islands, except Jamaica," were to be con-
strued for the benefit of the assured; and that
therefore, this vessel must be considered to have
commenced her voyage homewards when she sail-
ed from Surinam, and that her going into Mr-
tola, and staying three days there, was for the
exigency of convoy ; and if so, she commenced
her voyage in time, according to the warranty,
and that she was, therefore, under the protection
of the policy.
One of the Jary said, they had precisely the
same understanding of the meaning of this policy.
And the same gentleman asked, 46 Suppose this
vessel had been lost between Surinam and Tor.
lola ?" (meaning that then there could he nu
doubt upon the subject.)
Verdict fur the Plaintiff—Damages to be ascer.
talned out of Court.

'This was the only cause tried to-day. The
Juries were then all dismissed, tho business of the
Sitting, .eing over. Thus terminated the longest
S ttings evil. known in Guildhall, in which no less
than 356 causes were entered, and upwards of 200
actually tried.

The Mayor and Commonalty of York have of-
fered the following premiums to such architects,
engineers, or builders as shall, before the 2d of
nut month, present the hest plans for carrying
into execution the intended improvement of Oust
Bridge, together with an estimate of the expance:
for the must approved plan 1001.—for the second
60,.—and the third 401.

The Corporation of Lynn have it in confect.
pllsion to crept a new bridge leadiisg to St. Ger-
man's, W'isbeach, &c. on the seite of that now
called Lung Bridge, crossing the river Nar, which
has long been in a dilapidated state.
A public Dispensary and Humane Society has
beets lately established at Penzance. Its objects
are to mitigate the sufferings of the poor, in seasons
of sickness, by gratuitous medical assistance, nou.
fishing fond, and other needful comforts—to res.
cue the poor from the malignity of the smallpox,
by introducing vaccination—and the recovery of
persons in cases of suspended animation.
Dver.t.itto vtr GatavaLAnn.—Affairs of honour
are decided in Greenland in a manner very differ-
ent from that of civilised nations. When a Green-
lander is insulted, or injured by another, he COM.
poses a satirical poem, which he repeats and sings
before his friends and domestics, male and female,
till they hate all got it by heart. He then dial.
lenges the other to meet him in an encircled theatre,
where he sings his satire, accompanied by beat of
drum, and every line is re.echued in chorus by
his party. When he has thus discharged his
taunts, and raised the laugh against his adversary,
the latter steps forth, answers in the same manner,
and cheered by the chorus of his party, retorts the
laugh. The accuser renews the combat, and tries
to baffle his antagonist a second time : its short, he
that maintains the contest best, receives the laurel
from the whole auditory.
Saturday, at the Union-street Office, an elderly
man, who has long laid the inhabitants of the 110.
rough under contribution by the general wretched-
ness of his appearance, underwent an examination
as an impostor. On being stripped, it was found
that the discoloured bandages, which were artfully
disposed round his leg, concealed no wounds, and
that his right arm, which he pretended to have lost
the use of, was entirely free from malady. In his I
waistcoat fourteen guineas, the fruits of mendicityi
were found sewed up. The Magistrate gave his.
his choice, to go on board the tender, or be cons.
mitted to prison as'a vagrant : he chose the latter,
with expressions of gratitude, sad was immediate..
ly conveyed to his destination.
Friday afternoon, as two young wen in a wherry.
were coming from the Gallauns to Woolwich, one
of them, rather inebriated, fell from the boat;
his companion, in endeavouring to extricate him,
likewise fell into the river. Fortunately som♦
boats Came to' their' assistance, by which means
they were rescued from their perilous situation.

CONFLICT' WIT!! A PRIV ATEE R.
An article dated Mont Bay, May 3, in a West
Indian Paper, contains the following statement :
Off Mussels', un Saturday, at half past 10,
A. M. Captain Muirhead, of the ship Royal Ed.',
sued, saw a schooner and a brig standing with
their heads to the northward upon a wind ; shortly
after he perceived the schooner
.bear up, as
make -all sail alter him ; he continued his!
course, all sail set, the schooner in ebase—he
clearly made her out to be a privateer, full of men,
with one very heavy gun in her midship. She com-
menced a heavy lite of ustisketry, frequently dis.
charged her great gun, and hoisted French co-
lours. Capt. Muirhead shoved his colours, but
was unable to get a gun to bear without heaving
to, which he did not wish to risk. Having a
round-house on deck, he could not get a gun to
aft ; the only small arms on board were two
fowling-pieces and two blunderbusses, and with
these he returned the fire of the enemy. A
running fi.Tht was then maintained for au hour
and a half: the schooner coming' up sheer-
ed alongside, hooked a !Trap-line end chains in
the mizen chains, and were prepared to board
with a number of hands horn the bowsprit : uroii
one of Captain Nluirhead's people crying out,
" they have boarded," he instantly rushed aft,
at the head of his gallant crew, to resist them,
and ordered the helm to be put hard-a-port—the
ship was going eight knots—the sudden jerk bro!se
the chain and carried away the schooner's bow-
sprit, which was full of meu, ready to baled ;
this manoeuvre sheered the schooner round, mot
she Caine immediately under the larboard broad-
side of the ship, which was discharged right into
her, lusided with round and grape, and before
they could recover from the evident confesion
they were in on board the schooner, a second de-
structive broadside was poured into her, with
three hearty cheers from Captain Muirhead and
his brave associates, which completely sickened
them, as they sheeeed off much cut up, asseno'
doubt with a heavy loss in killed and wounded,
as her decks were full of men. Capt. Muirhead
was unable to pursue her, fearful of his masts
going user, as all his standing and running rigging
was cost to pieces. The privateer hauled to the
southward, anti Captain Muirhead continued his
course. I went on board on his coming to an
anchor, and never did I see a vessel so dread.
fully cot up in sails and rigging ; there are up.
wards of 500 shot-holes through her suits—all her
rigging cut to pieces, and her stern must corn.
pletely peppered—the mizen is a perfect riddle,
and, wonderful to say, although there are several
shuts through the round-house, not a soul was
hart."

SMULAR CONDEMNATION.—A physician of
the name of Gertz was publicly executed last
month at Berlin. lie was a man of extensive
practice, and hail acquired considerable reputation;
in his profession, as well as a noble fortune. The
circumstances, however, which led to his disgrace-
ful end, are briefly these :—The only daughter a
Baron Crueler, of the Prussian Board of Finance,
was placed under his care for the eradication of a
MerOptiftiOllS complaint. His skill sown relieved
the young lady ; hut after a short time the disor-
der returned. Ho then declared to the fattier.
whose confidence he had acquired, that unless the
I daughter was more immediately under his eye, he
could nut answer for her complete cure. The Be.-
runs upon this representation, agreed to her resid-
ing fur some time in the house of Gertz, who was
a married man ; and in this situation the latter
I (wind means to abuse the confidence reposed in
I him, by seducing the young lady. Dreading the
manifestatioW of his guilt, and sensible that his pa-
tient's sittration.wonld not admit of much longer
'concealment, he prescribed a medicine which ope-
rated with much violence, and after a few days ter-
minated her existence. Previously to her dissulu.
tion, however; she made knonn her shame. Gertz
was immediately apprehended and examined—he
•denied the crime imputed to him, and declared that
his prescription was intended to relieve her pain.
No evidence could be adduced of his guilt. The
deceased. did not exhibit any appearance of being
poisoned, and the medicine, on bCing analysed,
was found to contain no ingredient of that nature.
But several physicians having given their opinion,
that they did not think that a man of Gortz's ex.
perience could have given the merliciue for any'
other than a malignant purpose, the Judges &Tid-
ed against him. His family has been banished the
Prussian territory.
A shocking murder was committed on Friday
night at tit. Peter's-hill, Westminster, in the neigh.
bourhood of Tothill.fields, by a woman on her
husband. The parties had quarrelled whilst in
bed, after each had returned from daily labour,
and the wife stuck a knife iii her husband's fore-
head, which caused almost instantaneous death.—
The
woman was taken into custody, arid will be
examined after the Coroner's Jury has sat on the
body of the deceased.

'Another murder was committed al Drlyrot,
Bucks, on Friday, by a youth of t 7, of tht name
of Hawes, un the body of a woman of the name
of Ludlow, in consequence of jealousy. The
horrible act was committed with a knife, whilst
the woman was asleep, and Hawes afterwards at-
tempted to destroy himself.
Two publicans, on Tuesday, hi Edmund-street,
St. Pancras, after drinking together for sonic time,
quarrelled and fought: in the scuffle they fell,
when one of them kicked the other in thu
and knocked out one of his eyes, and materially
injured the other.
Last week, the child of a shoemaker, named
Farmer, fell into the ditch at the side of the
Small-Pot Hospital, and received so much injury
that her life was despaired of.

The new. Mr. Wright, curate of Long Sutton,
in Lincolnshire, returning on Wednesday se'n.
night, from [anion, where he had been burying a
corpse, was violently attacked by a hull, which
was grazing in a pasture through which the font.
road to the church posses, and was so dreadfully
gored by the furious animal, that his life is des-
paired of.

POLICE.
Mawatom.fititritt.--;Saturday Wm. Bland %% is
charged with stealing 30 printed books, the pr
per'y of Mr. Lucklane, a dealer. The Pri-ori r
sold part of these books, tit- waste paper, :it
fun:voice per pound, to a cheesemonger. 1:e
appeared quite deranged, and seemed insensible, to
his situation; his whole attention was occupied
with a knife, which had been aken from him by
a Police Officer, who appr.:hendt..ll him; he in.
listed, with much violence, Out it should be re.
stored, but was pncifi • , u:ont its being handed
over to the gaoler, when the unfortunate mart
contentedly said, " That's right, you can give it
we when 1 caw to your priwo." His wife at.:
tended, and declared him to lie a niani.o., ow),
discharged from Bedlam a fortnight. He wa,,
however, committed tor trial.

On Wednesday morning, as one of the stage.
coaches was coning down Osprins,e.hill, near
Canterbury, the fure.wheel unfortunately broke,
wlttch occasioned it to immediately overturn, and
caused the following melancholy disaster :—One
of the outside passengers, who was respectably
dressed, fearing the result of the accident, at.
tempted to jump from the roof, and unfortunately
broke his neck ; he was taken up a corpse, and
villains at Ospringe without any tidings as to his
name or situation. Another of the passengers had
his leg • broken, aced a third was very muds
bruised : thu • inside passengers e,caped unhurt.
TIIIVATEVED I YVAIII.O,I. —At no period of our
history, has the efficient strength of our brave suf.
diem and s uilurs become of .'lore importance
than at this eventful crisis. The uar of Vein's,
as well as Mars, have not unfrequently obstructed
' their exertions on the ocean, and in th • "haled
.field."— It may, therefore, be deemed a national
good, that a REMEDY is now discovered, which is
an absolute preventive of Venereal Infection,
and is likely, in time, to exterminate it from the
.face of tke earth.—The ARCA NU re, or MEDICATED
Su Alt, according to the opinion of the most re.
spectable of the Faculty, will be found a per.
feet sarrou ARD in every climate, and is !old, with
full directions,' in boxes, at 4s. each, (wholesale
and retail), at the Medicine Office, No. 8, Bed.
ford. court, Covent-gar:len. Any Gentleman re-
siding in the country, inclosing in a letter a one
pound note, may have five boxes conveyed in a
small package (by coach or otherwise) to any part
of the United li.infdim.

517-
01 Thursday last, the lAdy of Robert Butler, F.sq. of Ta-
ist.K:k-sqlutre, cif a rtaujiter.