foreign intelligence.
L' NDON. June 27.
1 rial of j. i mils had field.
- -
£ Continued J
, —»
THE other cafe, which probably the
jury anticipated, was the cafe of Lord
Ferrer*. He waa vilited with, occfifioiiil
infinity i Cf that fadt there could be no
doubt. He h urdercd a ptrfoh deliberate*
ly in his own house, of thfc name of John
son. The radfcs were clearly proved, ai d
it was alledged in defence, hat the confc-*
murder did not follow, because
he laboured under a (late of mind which
rendered him incapable ,of knowing what
He did and therefore not capable of judg
ng the conf.que ce of hig a&ioftS* AH
O— - ,
the authorities iel;Uivc«to that point - wtrt
introdu< ed'by the then Solicitor General ;
and as ,every afiiHauce was then had what
faffed upon the trial mttft be co-.fidered the
law of the fubjeft. !he Judges fat as as
sistants to the house, heard such tlatcd to
be the law, and adopted it. The Lort's,
with one voice, found Loid Ferrers guilty,
judging from the capacity he had at the
moment he committed the aft and not from
, any former periud. In this cafe whatever
the (late of the prisoner's mind might beat
former, periods of ime, yet, at that pre
eife moment, he posse ed understanding
enough to know the natu e and consequences
of the aftion he was ab> ut to commi:. and
a competent degree of recolleftion, to war
rant the infercnr of guilty, acc< rding to
the law as laid down by L*ord Hale. It
was true that he had been difihsrred from
the nonary, and for the cauf of in anity ;
but that degree ff u d mind, which was
necessary, .fur the difcharding of a regular
duty, was very different frow that degree
only receffary to distinguish tie boundaries
ofgdod anil evil* j There are different de
grrei bf infanlty which operate ac or ing
to the nature of the aft performed. If a
contrast was to be concluded, it was ne- (
ctfiary that the party fhouW be able to
weigh hII the c- fequenres r. fuh ng from
it. If a dilpofitiVn by testament was the
quefh'on, it w s icceffaty that the party
should have fcfficiciit sanity of mind to un
derstand ( ,e nature of the aft : but it had
been r.t ,-atedly hehl. (hat person with a
ctgrei of furic js r.( ity, y<t (horfly re
cov iuffici tit underpaying to k/ow
wh ,r be wr.s uoing, might legally m-jke lef
difpofi ion. He conceived that
v "Id be necessary to make out a cafe of
urnc greater in fan ity to warrant a Jury to
pr n'-unce Not 0 utlty upon a criminal aft,,
btcaule the tmctw.of wripht and wrong
V>'ere much harder t.q be erased from the
wind, and rrmaii ed as long 'is* the mil d
t ey heard the evidence they would find
, the prifoi.er afting as other men did on
such occa'ons ; procuring piitols ; leaving
•orie for a reason whieh he assigned, purcha
sing gunpowder, ffating his intention of
going to the piay, cho* *li"g a place Seft fit- ,
ted t*r his purpose, waiting patiently for
the proper moment until he discharged the
pistol at the R yal Person. Tht rc was
thought, mind, and contrivance in what he
cid. ft? lie w s Jinrried over, the arche
ftra, they would find that by his confeffian
he knew what he had done, and what were
she cnnfequences, that his life was the for- j
fe;l ror the deed. There coiih) be no doubt <
bur vh t the eider ce would convince them
that he had adied a j dgment, which
ena' led him toibrm ihe plnn and to know 1
the nature arid cons quences « f the he !
was about to commit, and had committed
Whatever the (late of his mini w?s at other ,
times, the law said he was ref r onfible for
those a<3s which he had uftderilanding fuf 1
ficient to know the nature of This was the
evidence, and such was tht-law as he un i
derllood it. We must all rejoice that the i
deed was not - |
denfrially the life of his inaj sty wa& pre- J
served, it was important f. r the purj ofe of |
general lafety and the fecuity of ju It ice,'
that it (houid be kn >wn periods who had
under ov cafional ififtnhy were not
e*- - nfeqtience of such crimes !
as they r ight commit having (ufficient |
ec<*ilan 'i to ju -ge of their evil tendency ; '
so-thought th- Jury, and so thought the'
C un in the cafe which he had alluded to, j
a n d !<•» thought t; ' hit l heft. Court 'n lie '
kingdom, when they condemned Lord Fer* j
rers to die. He trusted, that he had not J
over ilated the
mi (taken the law. The jurj would correal
him lfihc had c) ne the firft ; a d, with all ;
Jebtniffion, he submitted the laiter to the I
j
[The evidence on the part cf the profe
cutir n being cloted Mr Erifkine rose and
addrefled the Jury. His fpesch will occu
py four columns at le ft : We are compelled
to omit it.'v's day for want of room.]
For Baltirpore,
_ t—THI BKIC
dispatch,
Jam's Vahsek, Master.
T > ffil on Saturday or Fuefdiy
'. . ill take in irrigbt fin ri.> :»rat« to mr
next
.Application to beimde to the captain on board
* at Jefle and Hubert Wain's wharf, cr to
Levi Hillings-north S:n.
Wiro HA»K FOR SAI.E,
84,000 ib. Gonaives Coffee, and eight
tors of Logivpod imported in said brig, the
Coffre entitled to duwback on exportation.'
August 20. dst. j
BV THIS'DAY'S MAIL.
NEW-YORK, August 25.
ThijPhy.ficinn ot" New-York in a letter to
liis frjjjt'pa. ni PhilitcLrlpj'ifl- upon the-
Fevers in vhis crty, is miftiken refp>-<ling'
the cafe of Mr«. Tuttle's son. I attended
hiifi, and do un;C]t)ivoc;.liy affrrt, that his
fever was identically the fdinfc that preyailedi
in this city, in the autgitlns of '95, '53 and
'99. lam willing to give said pliylician
any information relating thereto, on proper
application.
JOHN ONDERDONK.
N. B. I allure the public that the
cafe is the only one I have seen this sum
mer. *
The body of a man decently drefTed, was
tafctn up last Friday in the North River a
iiTiall diflance above the State Fiifou. The
only j>acer? fouud on hinl r were two letters :
tlif mir Bo ft on June (or January) 7th
'799) signed HmzenFulTer.'aini direiVu to
John V\ uHThagen., merchaut, Hamburg.
I his letter was in Hie h Dutch, and purpHt
ting to be a recommendation and introdtlfr
ion at the Hiram Lowenfteln —the other
was in Engliffo, signed Eliphalet Birtheley,
and Jiretfted to Hiram Leburfline, Elq at
Ni-w-London, at Capt. Dunton's. The
l.ift letter wasfo much injured by the water
as to be nearly illegible—the b?>dy appeared
to have been a considerable time in the
water. T'.t- coroner's jury brought in a
which venlift, accidental death by drowning.
BALTIMORE. August 22.
Reports, without the leatt foundation,
were (pre d to day immediately on the ar
livalof the packet from Norfolk, that the
American Envoys had arrived there. By*
paffonger we have been politely favoured
with the Herald of the 79th and lift inft.
from the following articles are copied.
Norfolk, Augujl 19.
ExtraQ of a letter from 011 board the Uni'ed
States (hip Baltimore, cap(. Cow per, to
the editor* dated 7th August, 1800, io
lat. 27, N, long. 69, W.
" I enclose you a lift of veflels, under our
Convoy from Martinique, Antigui, Si.
Kitts and St. Thomas, convoyed to this la
titude.
'• Exclufiveof this convoy, the-Baltimore
has convoyed 130
fels to the. fame latitude ; (he, has captared
the French privateer Brilliart Youth of 8
guns and 65 men ; the bri.; L'Efperance,
loaded with sugar ; the polacre fltip L'Ema
nurl, loaded with fu>:ar and dye woods ; re
captured the American fcljooners Jolly Ro
bin and Sea Flower, both laden wi ti pro
visions and dry goods."
[ v lifl of the v dels convoyed by the Bal
timore, amounting to upwards ot 100 fail,
(hall appear in our next J
Tfce only paragraph worth nothing by dif
ferent arrivals from the Weft-ludies, is
the following :
BASSETERRE, (.St. K'tta) July 4.
This morning the United States schoon
er Enterprize John Shaw, efq commander,
brought in the French privateer fcliooner
Flambeanx of Guadaloupe.. She engaged
the Enterprize three quarters of an hour,
ai.d h; d 37 men killed and wounded ; the
Enterprize hsd only two slightly wounded.
She had been on a cruise 70 days, and had
taken only two p niards 011 the Main, load
ed with dry goods, which /he taok out of
t em. he mounted 10 four pounders and
j 13 men. •
We I ad a refreftiing Fall of rain about 1
o'cleck this afternoon, with cne or two
(hocks of thunder, in one of which tlie new
lofty house in North Gjy-lltee:, belonging
to John O'Donnell, esquire. was ("truck by
the ligl. ning, and futtuincd conitderabie da-
COFFEE.
A QJJANTITY
of remarkable Jine
Green Coffee,
In Hogsheads, Barrels and Bags,
FOR SALE BY
! JAMES YARD,
august 23 diot
The Subscriber,
M ASTER of Himhurg Sh'p A urn, for
wirui til Prtfum from uuftiiig or harbour
ing *nv of rhc :rrw sffiii it he wilinotptp
U.J dafti soatr*&cd bj ileal. ■ .. '• ■
fAN JUROBNS.
. JUguft U V . .iiOt'
& Young Man,
PERFECTLY vetfed m Mere nttlc accounts,
and brought up in one of the firft coantiog
hrtv.fes in this »ity, wjfncs employment as Cjcrk.
He i» at present *bfent Irom Philadelphia, bat a
lira left at :he Office of the Oiz-tte j f the Uni
ted Sta'ct he will receive, arid it Hja ! he Imme
diately actc:.ded to. Salary a feccndaty 01-jed-
Etnpibyment hi* metivc.
augnfl: It dtf
Bank of the United States,
August 23d, 1800.
WANTED,
AP P noKED
Bills on Amsterdam,
fit sixtv dpjs sight;
1 OK WfTTCH
Cafli will be paid,
At the rate oi' Forty Cents per Guilder.
d 7 t
Gazette of the United States-
P tjfL dDELPHIA,
-Tuesday rvknivg august 26.
TO READEHS AND CORII IiSBt»N DKN TS.
' 4l TrilUatn" isTha'li&ed for Ac repetitiqi
'1 his favours. The Apologue of " Tin
ving and Ins Bs-i.ri" is well f.inr.ied, and has
' pre tty moral. .
To the fair- redufe of Mew Jerky we are
ndebted for many papers. Our of
ice offeledliug nerutii'ul poetry h-.s bee -me
;«>oi! taiie to 'lie ; athetic, and the brilliant,
rlc-r seclude.! I'.uii'tion is mofi propitious to
uch (huhes. In the vales on the banks of
he Arno, and among the val/ies of EfUa
nadura, '.he mules have m ide many a delec
able haunt, and carolled some of the moll
larmoi.ious of their longs.
The £(Tay, li.ried "A Student," is too
:rude and pedintie for Luf-rtion. The an
lior Jias evidently read many books, but di
alled none. He belongs to that tribe
ihara&erized by Charles Churchill,
" Pale ftudjr by the tapir's lijjht,
Wearing away the watch of right,
Sate reading—hnt with o'er tbar-'J lead
Remember'd nothing that he read."
" Gayville," from the levity of his flyli
it the toilet than to teach, as an author
rir i'eeirs designed
" To caper nimbly in ivy In '.y\ chamber
To ihc Llcivlou- pUaiing of her Into.
»Vr think he had better mingle among giddy
oquettcs, than among solemn fcliolars, for
" Hi can dec ive the hour?
With chat or butterflies and flowers,
Can tu:k ol patches, powd«r, paint, - - -
With the fame zeal, as of a faint,
And females aye th« charming man
V/hilft their hearts flutter with their fan."
The Trial of the Americar) fliip Pigou in
•"rar.ee, ar.d the remainder of the Attor
ley-Gercr.il's pleadings in the cafe of Had- ;
ield, will be found in this day's Gazette. J
[OFFICIAL.]
Lxtraft of a letter to the Secretary of the '
Navy, from captain MuHowney of the
United States Ihip Ganges, dated on
board the Gauges, July 30th, 1 joo.
<S,R,
I wrote you on the 22d inft. wherr
-11 I mentioned having.a French cruiser con.
ined 111 the harbour of Matanz-s ; he came
>:it on the morning of the 281(1 inllant. '
\t 3 P. M. lie was descried from the tnafl
icad, when I gave chacc to him • at fever,
n the evening of the lame day I was about
1 'lf a mile from him, I fired some (hit (not
ntending to effeit) he still endeavoured to '
-lope, I was under tlr necflitv of firing
into him, which did some damage trt the;
veflVl and wounded tlnee men, after which i
lie hauled hi; wind and run alhore, where '
all the ciew Ipft her. I have the l'chooner
with me, her name is the La Fortuna of fx
6 ounders, and 70 men. lam happy to
tl ink the co.ill is clear once again—'I kn w
of no privateers here at present ; this fel
low was going off Cape Antonia. I hope
:o serve every one like him in the fame man-
L
1
{
N. B. The prize had no damage done her
while on Ihore." ,
Two frtot-pads flopped Mr. J. Hitfe!!,
ofiNew-York, three miles from that city,
on Friday evening lad about 10 o'clock.
Mr. H. knocked one down, and he in his
turn was knocked, dewn by the other ; af
fiilance came, the villains fled—one was
caught, anJ again made his escape.—He
fud'ho belonged to the frigate. Adams.
A New Theatre, called the " United States
T. tatre" was opened on Friday evening
last at the City of Wafhitlgtirt ; an Occa
fmnal Profogue wasfpe/ken by Mr. Wignc;ll.
The performances cf the evening were
" Venice Preft-rvcd, or a Plot Discovered,"
and the " Spoiled Child." The Company
Is composed of the Performers of the new
Philadelphia Theatre.
from the 17th to the 24th infant, thfcre
were 44 death* in the city of New-York.
For the lnfl 24 hours preceding Saturday
morning' at fun-rife, there were 17 deaths in
Baltimore and its vicinity.
congratulate the firm, loyal, and con
fhnt friends to government ort the probable
eleftion of Mr. N. Read to the feat in
Congress, lately filled by Judge Scivall. Mr.
R. is ffrenuoiifly and deservedly recommend
ed in the Salem Gazette, and we know from
other finrces ttiat he is an intelligent, con
fident, and welt principled cha rafter.
The Editr-r of the Baltimore Fcd-ral Ga
zette fays, >n the 1 ship Defiance, capt. Smith,
39 day? from Cadiz, arrived here, came paf
tc-ger MV. Iznardi, American consul for,
the port <f Cadiz. The chat of the town
on the arriv 1 1 t the above, jrrntlcrtian, was,
that our conimiffioners had concluded h
treaty with France, and that he was the
bearer of thr articles ! Oil waiting on him v .
we learnt that his latest advices from Paris
wre only to the 22d June, which said the
envoys had embarked on board the Ports-
accamplifbed the objedt ps
their million. [This we know from later
information, n»t t<> be accurate.] A Cir.
cumlknce which- induces him to think tlje
nejjqcia-tion was favorably propfreffintf, was
that about a week before failing, he'applied
to the French consul for a palTport; but was
refuffd unless he, fhonld take patTage on
'>'iard an unarmed veflel—oll these terms it
was A few days afterwards apalT
po;t cklivtrtd- ty him by tlie corifol,
with permiflion to embark on board an ar
med due ; ar\d lie obfeived at the fame time,
that he haped the two nations would fliort
ly 'oe friends again.
Mr. Iznartli left Cadiz on the 14th n't.
at which time the blockade of that port was
continued by a squadron tffidtrthe command
of Lord Keith, who, it appears, had left
Genoa ; and fcveral American, Danilli and
SwedHh vrffels, bound to and from it, had
been captured by them.
Ex'raft of a letter from a gentleman lately
from New-York, to his friend there dated
at
Ha ifax, l%th j ly
" The vcffcl sent in here by the St.
; Albansjuft before file came last to New York,
; was not as r ported an American— (he was
; originally "an American taken by the French
, and at Gaudaloupe, where (he
was fold to an American, who proceeded
| with her to St- Thomas's and 1 there got
J Danith papers liom whence (he went to
f Philadelphia and loaded there as a Dane
for Amsterdam. The owner of her was an
■ half pay Britilh officer, unnaturalized in
America, who ssed as fupcrcargo in
Philadelphia. Whert (he was taken the
captain could not, nor would not (how any
clearance, but when the trial came on, he
produced it. and the; owner who before
pretendei here to be only a paflenger and
owning some part of the cargo then claimed
the (hip. The (hip is condemned, the cargo
| will be tried this week I fird the com-
manders of the British fliips arc more cau
tious of fending in our vefitls than I ex
pedted, suspicion at lead mull be very strong
indeed, before they vrviture to carry them
in."
Extract of a Utter from Curracea, dated zd
4uguft, 1800.
On Wsdnefday the 23d ult. an armed
forte arrived herefrom Guadaloupe, coufift
ing of 2 and 3 fthooners bringing
with them abeut 1500 f Idiem, sailors, &c.
which together with the Vengence's crew,
make ab*ut 2®oo men. To this moment I
cannot learn that they have made any
other demand than the government to be
given over to them, which the governor
has refufed, and has taken measures to repel
force, if that ffiould be attemptedT~'l%c
burghers are under arm< day and nitjht. It is
said (and it appears probable to me) that
their view is to raise money, but to what
amount Ido not know* They have landed
the troops on the opposite fide of the har
bor to the fort some diys igo ; but I do not
learn that they have dope anfy thing towards
fortifying tl'emfelves. Thpy are yet very
quiet, and excellent discipline is obfervcd
by the officers.
'' The Vengeance is ready for sea."
Extraft of a letter from Port Republican.
Perl Republican, Jmy 30, 1800.
" We havejuft received information, that
bears every flamp of authenticity, that the
inhabitants of the Southern parts feting
the neceflity of making terms with the com
mander in chief, have opened the gates of
Aux Cayes to receive his army.
" It is further addrd, that Rjgaud find
iri£ himfelf abandoned, embarked with all
his ilaff on board a small pilot boat fckoo
ner from Let Irois, but where destined is
unkn/iwn.
" I have jult had an l'ntervieW with the
commandant of this town, who afiurcs me,
that though he has not received the official
details, the news comes in such a manner
as to merit belief."
Tinmr r«tTnnr»\tm
PRICE CURRENT
AT PORT REPUBLICAN,
July 13, 1800.
Sugar 6 to 6 1-2 dollars per hundred
toffee 24 to 26 sous per pound
Cotton 22 t 2 to 23 1-2 per hundred
( ampeche (wood) 5 to 6 dol». per thoufard
Cordage 26 to 23 dollars per hundred
MolaflVa 2-. to >3 livres per hundred ,
Rum 28 to 3« dols. per hhd. of 50 to >52
gallons 1
Tar 8 to 9 dollars a barrel
Nails 16 to 18 dollars per hundred
Flour 13 to 14 dollar? per barrgl
Rice 4 dollars per hundred
American barrel 9 (o 10 dollars
Pork 18 to 19 dollars per barrel
Cod Fish 6 to 7 dollars per hundred
Salmon-t 1 to 12 dollars per barrel
Herrings 7 to 8 dollars per barrel
Butter per pound 22 ro 25 sous
Hogs Lard do do
Gammons do do
American CHeese 45 feiu per pound
Claret per hogshead 45 to 48 dollars
Do. by the cafe 6to 7 dollars dozen
Porter per hogshead 30 to 32 dollars
Sweet Oil 16 to 11 dollars baflcet of 12
bot its
Fish oil 4 livres per gallon
Calttel Soap 10 dollars per box
American Soap s8 dollars per hundred
Fnglifli do. 21 to 22 dollars do
Wax Candles 5 livres per pound
Spermaceti do do
Candles 42 sous 6 denisrs to 45 sous per
p und
Tallow 2 livres 10 sous per pound'
Madrafs. Handkerchitfs 16 10 18 dollars per
piece
Db. DcGree 10 to ladolhra.
Lord Hugh Seymour arrived at Kingflon
the 26th July to take the command on that
Ration, vice Sir Hyde Parker, going home
in the Trent frigate
The U. S. frigate Insurgent, c ptain
Fletcher was spoke with the 10th cf Aug.
in lat. 39, leng. 69.
INTERESTING.
DECISION of the COUNCIL of PRIZES
Between John Green, commander of the
ship Pigou, of Philadelphia, aftin; by
Henry L. Waddel, fupcrcargo and Co
proprietor of laid Jhip, of the one p ar .t ■
the Commissioner r.f the Government at
the Did Council, ading in his capa-iiy
for the Captakis.and crews of frigates of
the French Republic the Bravaur and the
Cocardt- of the other part, after havi„ ,
read, &c. (the papers produced on both
fides.)
After having read the' opinion of t !i e
GommiHioners >'f th ( e Government, left in
Writing on the sable, which is as follows,
It appeafs that a judgment of the Tribu
nal'of Commerce at L'Orient, had granted
captain Green the replevy of his velTcl and
part of the goods and specie whiph composed
the cargo; and that on the appeal entered
by the Comptroller of Marine at I'Orient'
against that judgment,, tire Tribunal of the
Department of Morbihan declared the ve f.
fel and cargo a good prize.
I Tbegtoundson which relied the deciHon
of tf • Tribunal of Morbihan. were that the
vessel was irmed for War Without any com.
million or authorization from the American
government ; and that tliere wis on hoard
; no role dVquipage attested by the public of
ficers of the port of his departure.
The captured, claim the null ty of the
prize, and that die velTel be neirdated in the
lituation she was in when captured, and that
(lie be delivered up as well as her cargo, and
the dollars which were on board, and alio
the papers, with damages and interest ade
quate to the U-ffes they had fuflained.
To be able to determine on the refpei&ive
demands, we raufl firft fix upon the validity
or invalidity of the prize, excepting the
cafe when a prize is evidently and atually
enemy's property, all questions about the
validity or invalidity of prizes, come to the
ex mir.ation of a fad of neutrality. '
In this cafe was the Tribunal of Morbi
han authorized to determine that the ship
Pigou was in such circumhances as to be
prevented from being acknowledged and
refpe&ed as Neutral.
I It is said tbe vefTel was armed for war,
1 and without any authorization from h?r
government : that 3ie mounted lo guns of
differtiM rates, and that mnJkets and war-,
like (lores have been found in her.
The captured reply that the veflel being
bound to India, was armed for her own de
fence, and that the warlike ammunition, the
mulkets and guns, did not cxcerd what is
usual to have on board ft r ! 'tig, voyages j
for mypart I think it is not for having
arms on board only tr.at a re/Tel can be said
to be armed for\var. The warlike arma
ment is m rely of an offenfive nature ; it it
deemed so when there is no other end than
attacking, or at least when every thing
(hows that a:Lack is the main poiitf of the
armament ; then a veflel is reputed inimi
cal or pirate if (he has no coirtm fli n r pa
pers which may remove'ihe fulp cion. But
defence is of.i natural rig ireans
ol defence are lawful in »oyages at sea as
in every other dangerous occurrence,of lire.
A velfcl. confuting but ot a I'mall c.,ew,
and whole cargo in is amnui-t/td t n a
confiHerable luni, was evidently intended foe
trade and not tor var. 1 lie yrmsf-junti 011
board wars not to commit plunder and hosti
lity, but to avoid thern—not for attack but
tor deence.— Ihe pretence i.f ifmaroept for
war in my opinion cannot be founded.
I am bow to discuss the second argument
against the captors on the want cf a Role
d' Equipage, audited by the public officers of
the plafC of! er departure,
I'o support the validity of the prize,
they alledge the regulation of the 210
October 1774 of the. ;6of July 1778, and
the decree of the DirefWjr f the liil.'Ven
tofe, jth year, which require a Role d'Equi
page.
1 he captured on their part claim the exe
cution of the Treaty of Commerce between
France and the Unitrd States of America
of the 6th Feb. 1778; they .contend that
general re ulations Ci uld not derogate to
a special 1 reaty, and that the Diredlorv
could not infringe the treaty by an arbitrary-
Decree.
It is a faft that the regulations of 1794.
and 1778, and the decree ef the direftory,
require a role d'equipage affertfd by the pub
lie officers ol the place ot the departure.
It is alio as.i&, that the role d*equipape is
not mentioned in the treaty of the 6th.
February papers requilite to eftahlifh neutra
lity, but I believe T am not under the ne
cessity of diffulfinjj whether the treaty is
fuperi or to the regulations, or whether the
regulations :-re fnperior to the treaty.
I will begin with . the principle that all
quellions about neutrality, are what are cal
led in law questions bona fide, in which due
regard is to be had to fa£ts, arid weigh them
properly without keeping to trifling appear
ances. >
Neutrality is to be provd—for this rea.
fori, the regulation of marine of 1681, art.
6, on prizes fta es ; that be confidced as
good prizes the vefTels with their cargoes
which shall not have on board charter par
ties, bills ef lading, nor invsices.
From the fame motives the regulations of
1744 and 177 1 » P l " 'he commanders of
neutral vefTels under obligation of proving
at sea their pr. perty being neutral, by paft
poits, bills of lading, invoices and vessels
papers.
The regulation of 1774, whose ena&iug
parts have be n renewed by th - Dire&ory,
literally expresses among the papers reqr.i
fi e to prove neutral property, there mud
be a role d'equipage in due form.
But it would bc'agrofs eriW in believing
that the want of, or the least irregularity in
one of these papers coulj oper. te so far a?