The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-09-26
COURT OF KINGS BENCH. GUmDHALL,
July Ii.
PARR U. ANDERSON.

This was an action on policy of infurance, and
the following interelhng and lan,entable fatas APP
peared IN evidence. The Plaintiff was owner of the
HIP Mercury, bound Tor Liverpool the coat of A
trca tor dawes, and from thence the WeR-Indies
for market for them. For this voyage fhe was in
iured and having firit obtained letters of maroue,
proceeded on it accordingly. While falling for the
African coat, fhe fpoke the Swallow armed brio.
whole captain came board the Mercury and
while both captains were taking fome refrefhment,
French corvette appeared in fight, with yeiei of
ours (the Rachael of BriRo bound to ST. Kitt'A
which the Frenchmen had recently captured. The
tecond mate OF the Mercury and four of her crew
were lent back to Liverpool with the Rachael
which the Mercury took poIeiion of, while the
Swallow purified the corvette. The Mercury after
this affair, which occaioned lome though not very
comfortable deviation from her courfe proceeded az
cordiug TO her original detlaon and took in a car
go OF 2i6 ilaves, with which jhe failed to the Wet
Indies
Failing OF the expected market for them at BARBRA
does, Demarara, ST. Vincents, and Santa Cruz,
where The iucceflivey touched he bore away for the
Havannah but in the Bahama Straights dreadful
form, which in thole feas they call North came on,
ard the Mercury went to the bottom 245 Of the
poor faves periihed. The crew, and by lonne acci-
dent which did not appear negro girl were faved.
The defence et up to this a6on was the deviation
and Lord Peterborough obervei to the Jury, that
her regular courie permitted to make captures
GU. forfeiture of the policy but NUT not 90 out of
her WY to cruiie.-Verdi4 for the Defendant.
PARE (fms i'iaieiig as in he foyeeoiar)
wINsrANLEY.
The iniuraHce in this cafe being made to COM
nenee rom ST. Yncent's only, the deviation in the
former cafe did not apply to it, The defence WAS.
that me underwriters were not fully apprized by the
'ii';i t',e following circuntance, viz. ;ha the
Mercury had lPung naG IN the oou,fe of her voy-
age. Iorebut tins 1t proved that the man was
refte1 and repaired, and fuficent for its purpoG.
Il wasaio contended that the Mercury was not fuf-
loieny proyiiioned for her voyage, and out Of fifty
hands Ten had deerted, whole places were filled bv
negro illves II appeared in evidence that on her
way from Santa Cruz to the Eavannah, the Mercury
ieii III with Spanih ihip, with hch ihe failed i'm
company Tor Tonne time, ard being iAort Of provii-
ons required iome from the Spaniard WHO ad yifed
tie Captain of the Mercury not to venture at tbat
ietor into the Bahama Straghts, as the hurricane
called the North was likely 20 come on. Ills fcanti-
nei OF Proviiions, and esgernefs ~ get ipply cau-
fed him to dii7cgard this advice AID tie dreadful f1a
hty before mentioned ~ the at caut took place The
jury alter some cuniuitation, found for the Plain
DiED.--At Paris, Mr. Nauchc Prefd-r, of the
Gllyluic foeiety lie fell victim to his thirR for
the licences, being burnt death by bottle of phol
Phorus which he uled for his experiments
Il rev method Of purifying water has lately been
invented by III. Deyeux. 1t confas Of nply collect
ny nia pieces of charcoal, but moi reduced to pow
Der and the water which pafes through IL will be
rapidly purified. At the School Of Medicine AZ Pa
rls, the experiment made with water in which
earcies had lain for three days it fpeedily paned
through the charcoal, by which it became perfectly
lmPid, and had neither taite nor lue1
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