Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-25
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N the ps eseDt mp rtans crlsss, A''u 49, -
,;cl ',Ssn al the political reiauSns pc
tween the United s szsrs add Great i5rfsain
!; . naye drrsrs q ii porsicn u ovf du'y,
! 10 draw the alson'ion af4obr msfeans'iS
aft,ends is 4 osasss Ill worthy os shsas Sc
nous coessdsfssiQn-
The ycsy la slitruns q q lnsI fSsoI q !,
nsssvs i hsca IS lnsnredin England Is wsii
iao VI, 70 every mercantile map. ltis tnefe~
iore worth 40 spqa,;y intoshe probable lac
III 4ts Sc iusasances IA the scns os a. e.
. between The two counties. kis verySciear
thasby special scs Of parliament Q ipsurTs
ance made on The properly OF an sisH J IS
aid, bar I, has not yessbseD decided wns.
!. ther iussr aace made prior 10 the conmenc
.men, of war, does not become yo'd. y 3
very clear that such insurauces cacnos be
recovered by sas during Tie z7ay.
Nor. Leag.
The fcilow:ne extract from work 81
eassisaraiag Var. on lbs P. SO may DC
scsspsab's 10 our mercantile trends. nc
lea4asd author having stated The law as 10
,hc insurance upon ecrmy's properly, and
added some arguments upon the lmpoiiey
of pxrsniuiag such insuiansss, tnas pTo.
eceds:
g But be this as il may. two cases nave
occurred during The present war, 10 Wfion
a.s,oughithas not been expressly determine
ed hat these ,nsnrsnces are illegal, yst It
has been decided, that no action can be
snain,ained on any policy az the suit or on
the Behalf, Of an alien enemy, asleast dur,
ipg the war, whether the insurance. be made
before or after the commencement OF TIC
war, ard though the goods insured BE- Of
British manufacture, and shipped before
5 The war began. These cases, independent
Of asy parliamentary restraint, must IN ia
ssstnrs, throw . grratimPediment, at least,
Z in the way Of such insursnces.
1'he frs, cf them was az action on
policy upcr goods on board the Grey
hound. 20 American ship, effected bsfare
the passing Of The stat. SO, G. III. c. ~,
s. al and from London 10 Bayonne.n 1t
WIS averredia the proclsmatlsn,gs THAT the
spokIcy was effected on accouns ct certain
psrso:ss ,nSrei1 named, who were iSter.
es,ed 10 the goods, and tha. the ship was
cap.ured by the English. The defendant
pleaded hrst, that the persons Interested
were aliens, born 10 France, within the
allegiance Of the French king; that before
the ship sailed war broke out.be,ween the
king Of Great Britain aud .he persons ca
srcisipg the powers of government in
Fsarce that tht persons interested @s-s
~inhabi.iDg aud commoraus 10 FRANCE, IN
lsI thu government there; and thar they
were enemies ofour king, and adhe,iag 10
his enemies, &c. Secondly, That the de-
{ Pendants were living in France, aud ene-
mics OF the kiog; and that the goods were
sent from London, after The commence
sn,eut Of the war, for the purpose of being
landed 10 France. and delivered in ACQUIRE
of trade 10 the kings enemies. To<a<
! first Of these pleas. the plaio.if replied,
Z That the persoas interested were Indebted
20 them in more than the value of the
goods Insured and TO the second, That,
the goods were not prohibited atthe time
when the policy was Elected, and ,hat they
we're shipped before the commencemen,
sSsof the war. Upon demurrer TO earh eff
these iepIcasions. the court gave iucg
4 meut FIR the defendant. being clearly Of
: opinion, that 40 action whatever could be
maintained by, or in favor of, an alien
enemy. Lord Kenyon said, s rhas the
case Of Anthon v. Fisher, proceeded on
The same principle Chat there was no case
! in which the action had been supported 10
: fayor of an alien enemy; for though it was
held 10 Richard Y. Bss,ingham, that the
action By IN enemy on ransom bill nigh,
b. maio,ained, the actionSwas rot brough,
till psace was restored"
s The Insurance, 10 this case, having
been made before the commencement Of
the war, was perfectly legal, add the insur.