A Treatise on the Jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty of England

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Preface

The compilation of this Treatise on the Jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty has been executed with the idea that some labour devoted to that subject exclusively might be useful to the profession. The assertion, that at the present day there is no work on Admiralty jurisdiction of practical utility, is one which is neither disrespectful to the labours of those who, in earlier times, devoted their talents to the subject, nor, when we consider the state of that jurisdiction as altered and revised by recent enactments of the Legislature, is it one which is liable to contradiction. It is a subject of some importance ; for, although it is true that in many cases which will be specified the courts of Common Law have a jurisdiction concurrent with that court, in so many instances it happens that a full remedy might have been obtained by the more summary and more secure proceeding of the Court of Admiralty, whilst that in the courts of Common Law has been worse than inadequate to the relief demanded. The necessity of a work of this title would appear to exist as much now as when this jurisdiction was less settled, its limits less ascertained, and consequently the more liable to controversy. To supply this deficiency, to point out the limits now assigned to that jurisdiction, and

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to illustrate the axlvantages of the proceeding in that court, is the object of this Treatise.

Notwithstanding that his anxiety to attempt this task has been greater than his competency to execute it, the writer hopes that, as an Index to the great authorities which are frequently cited in them, the following pages may suggest information to some, and that others may discover therein something wherewith to refresh their memories, — ament meminisse periti ; and with this hope, however vain, they are left to the indulgent consideration of the public.

Doctors* Commons, July, 1847.

TABLE OF CASES CITED.

Addison, Opy »., 136.

Admiralty, Peinston v., 160.

Adventure, 100. 102.

Agincourt, 155.

Aid, 191.

Alexander, 78. Ill, 112.

Alexander, Tate, 79.

Aline, 76. 82.

Ambassador, Spanish, v. Jolifie and Tucker and Sir R. Bingley, 159.

Angelique, 215.

Anglo- Sicilian captures, 249.

Apollo, 35.

Atlas, 52. 68. et seq.

Attorney General v. Case, 176.

Augusta, 57. 73. 79.

Aurora, 199.

Backer, Muloy »., 232.

Ballam, Justin t?., 97.

Barbara, Prodham, 102.

Bamardiston, Watkinson r., 61.

Barossa, 252.

Batavia, 129.

Baxter, Lister w., 65, 59.

Bellone, 251.

Benn, Brown r., 148.

Bennet, Buggen v.^ 136.

Bennet v, Moita, 177.

Benson, King r., 208.

Benzen v. Jeffries, 66 » 73.

Betsey, 190.

Betsey, Murphy, 253.

Betsey Caines, 182.

Blackburn, Le Cbrnu r., 187.

Black, Glover »., 72.

Blanchard, Baxter and others, 41.

Bombay, 103.

Bonsfield, Ritchie »., 177.

Boson V, Sandford, 36.

Bragginton, Sansum o., 73.

Bridgman's case, 66, 73.

Brown v. Benn, 148.

Brown and Burton r.Franklyn, 230.

Buggen V, Bennet, 136.

Burley, Leigh »., 98.

Busher, Rocher »., 113.

Buxton V, Snee, 108.

Campion v. Nicholas, 136.

Carew, Rex »., 27.

Carl Johan, 164. 178.

Carlotta, 256.

Carriethers v, Sldebottom, 176.

Cary ». White, 113.

Case, Attorney General v., 176.

Caton 17. Burton, 157.

Centurion, 156.

Chapman, Read r., 124, 125.

Chesterfield v, Jansen, 83.

Christiana, 177, 178.

City of London, 147.

Clay V, Sudgrave, 124.

Clement, Hoare r., 96.

Coe, Rich »., 94.

Concordia, 253.

Constable's case. Sir John, 10.

Constancia, 93.

Copenhagen, 235, 236.

Corier Maritimo, 235.

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TABLE OF CASES CITED.

Corset r. Husely, 55. 73.

Cossart o. Lawdlej, 136.

Costard ». Lews tee, 97.

Countess, 222.

Countess of Lauderdale, 234.

Courtney, 127.

Craigie v. OgUvy, 113.

Dale, Westerdall r., 95.

Dante, 77.

Davis V. Johnstone, 37.

Davis, Farmer t?., 94.

Day V. Searle, 137.

Der Mohr, 253.

Diana, 235.

Diana, Berthe, 244.

Die Fire Damer, 155.

Dixon, Wilson t?., 168.

Dobson V, Lyall, 88.

Don V. Lipman, 180.

Dorothy, 261.

Dowthorpe, 48.

Duke of Bedford, 58.

Duncan v. M'Calmont, 89.

Dundee, 169. et seq.

Eagle, 211.

Eaken v. Thorn, 148.

Eden, Le Caux v. 152.

Edwin, 139.

Egglefield, 160.

Egyptienne, 37.

Eleanor, 188.

Eleanera, 187.

Eleonora Catherina, 256.

Eliza, 243.

Elizabeth and Jane, 37.

Elsebe, 217, 218.

Emancipation, 74.

Enchantress, 156.

Eole, 250.

Eolides, 182.

Experimento, 41.

Farmer v. Davis, 94.

Fergusson, King o., 251.

Fiad Oyen, 253.

Flora, 108.

Fortitude, 48.

Fortuna, 235.

Forty-nine casks of brandy, Kmg

0., 201.

Fox and others, 239.

Frances, 45. 50.

Franklin, 259.

Franklyn, Brown and Burton v.,

230.

Franklyn v. Hosier, 95.

Frederick, 129.

French Guiana, 247.

Fruit Preserver, 47.

Gale V, Laurie, 169, 170.

Gascott o. Laing, 88.

Gaze, 259.

Gibbons, Menetone r., 55, 72.

Girolamo, 178.

Glover r. Black, 72.

Goiubchick, 131.

Gooch, Palmer »., 113.

Governor Raffles, 256.

Gratitudine, 92.

Great Northern, 144.

Gregory, Mills »., 146.

Harmonia, 103.

Harmonic, 95.

Harmony, 260.

Harriette, 31.

Heart of Oak, 84.

Hebe, 81.

Hector, 197.

Helen, 255.

Hendrick and Jacob, 253.

Henrick and Maria, 253.

Hercules, 158. e^ seq.

Hero, 72.

Herstelder, 254.

Highlander, 48.

Hill, ex parte^ 95.

Hoare v. Clement, 96.

Hodgson, Simmonds and Loder v.,

18. 73.

Hoffnung, 215.

Home, Lord Camden »., 231.

TABLI^ OF CASES CIT£l>.

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Hope, Hepburn j 165i

Hope, Homcastle, 184.

Hosier, Franklyn v., 95.

Howe V. ISTapier, 136.

Hughes, Lecras o., 218.

Huntress, 256.

Husely, Corset v., 55. 73.

India, 19L

Jacob, 3l.

Jane and Matilda, 127.

Jane VHet, 84. :

Jansen, Chesterfield v., 83;

Jeffiies, Benzen r., 55. 73.

Jerusalem, 133.

Johan and Siegmnnd, 39.

Johann Frederick, 179.

John, 47.

John, Jackson, 99. 101.

John Dunn, 171.

Johnstone, Davis v., 37*

Joliffe and Tucker and Sir B.

Binglej, Spanish Ambassador v.,

159.

Juliana, 31. Il8, 119.

Justin V, BaUam, 97.

King V. Benson^ 208^

King V. Fergusson, 251.

Kmg V, Forty-nine casks of brandy^

201.

King V, Player, 124^ Kingt;. Bagg, 124. 127^ King V, Two casks of tallow, 202.

La Bellone, 25i.

Ladbrooke v, Crickitt, 72.

Lady Campbell, 140.

Lady Durham, 120.

Lagan, 41 «

Laing, (jasdott o., 88.

La Beine Elizabeth, 232.

Laurie, Gale v., 169, 170.

Lawdley, Cossart v., 136.

Le Caux v, Eden, 152. 225.

Le Cornu v. Blackburn, 187.

Lecras v, Hughes, 218.

Leigh V. Burley, 98.

Le Louis, 244.

Lewstee, Costard v., 97.

Lindo V, Bodney, 224, 225.

Lipnum, Don v., 180.

Lister v. Baxter, 55, 69.

Long, Miles v.y 127.

Lord Camden v. Home, 231.

Louisa, 258.

Lowther Castle, 156i

Lusitano, 50.

Lyall, Bobinson v., 113.

Lyall, Dobson v., 88.

Lynch and another, ex partem 261.

Lyons, Scarborough Vi, 55, 73.

Mackintosh ti>. Slade, 176.

Maitland, 101.

Malta, 122.

Margaret, 35.

Margaret, JSTunn, 130.

Mariner's case, 136.

Martha, 236.

Martin of Norfolk, 293.

Mary Ann, 87. 91.

Matford v, , 9<

M'Calmont, Duncan i^., 89.

Meg Merrilies, 184.

Melomane, 215.

Menetone v. Gibbons, 55. 72.

Mentor, 252, 253.

Miles V. Long, 127^ liillfl V, Gregory, 146^ Minerva, 197.

Minerva, Bell, 138.

Minerva, Bickstock, 206. 208.

Mitchell V, Bodney, 230.

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TABLE OF CASES CITED.

Mitchell, Raitt v., 95.

Moita, Bennet r., 177, Mona, 134.

Mulgrave, 190.

Muloy V. Backer, 232.

Napier, Howe v,, 136, Native, 209..

Nelson, 72.

Neptune, 96. 98. 103.

Neptune, Clark,. Ua. 121, 122»

Neptune the second, 177.

New Phoenix, 148.

Nicholas, Campion v., 136, Nicholas and Jan, 253.

Nostra de Conceicas, 235,

Ocean, 115, 190.

Ocean Queen, 66. 116, Ogilvy, Craigie »., 113.

Opy V, Addison, 136.

Osman, Wells v., 146,

Palmer v. Grooch, 113,

Panda, 204.

Partridge, 42,

Pearl, 148,

Peggy, 36.

Feinston v, the Admiralty, 160.

Pensamento Felix, 258.

Piratical vessel, name unknown,206.

Pitt, the, 42.

Player, King v., 124,

Pomona, ^31.

Prince Frederick, 139,

Princessa, 23^.

Princess Royal, 141.

Prin25 Frederick, 198,

Protector, 177.

Queen Mab, 193,

Racehorse, 236,.

Raft of Timber, 189, 190,

Rahn, Scares v., 54.

Raitt V, Mitchell, 95. ' .

Ranger, 191.

Rapid, 184.

Rayne, ex parte, 172.

Read o. Chapman, 124, 125.

Rebeckah, 254.

Recovery, 239, 243.

Rex V. Oarew, 27.

Rhadamanthe, 54. 56, 61.

Riby Grove, 120. 134.

Rich V, Coe, 94.

Richmond, 164.

Ritchie V. Bonsfield, 177, Robinson v. Lyall, 113.

Rocher v, Busher, 113.

Rodney, Mitchell c, 230.

Ruckers, 154»

Saint Jago, 218.

Sandford, Boson v., 36.

Sansum v. Bragginton, 73.

Santa Cruz, 224. 256.

Saracen, 32. 173.

Scarborough r. Lyons, 55, 73, Searl, Day v., 137.

Seekamp, Webster t?., 113.

SeC'Reuter, 40.

Serhassan Pirates, 206.

Shippen, Johnson v., 55. 73. 98.

Sidebottom, Carriethers r., 176.

Simmonds aiid Loder v, Hodgson,

Slade, Mackintosh t.'y 176, Smart r, WolflT, 284.

Snee, Buxton t?*, 108.

Snellgrave, Clay v,, 124 Snipe, 242.

Scares v, Rahn, 54, Sophie, 113.

Spanish Ambassador v. Joliffe and

Tucker and Sir R. Bingley, 159.

Star, 235.

Sudgrave, Cky »., 124.

Sydney Cove, 134.

TABLE OF CASES CITED.

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Tartar, 73.

Thoin, Eaken v., 148.

Thompson, Wheeler »., 127.

Tobago, 235.

Trabacolofi, 232.

Transit, J77.

Tremont, 91,

Trident, 64. 93.

Tritonia, 199.

Triune, 165.

True Blue, 190.

Two casks of tallow, King r.,

Unity, 103.

Vernon, 180.

Same case, 183.

Tlbilia, 78, 79. 86.

Volant, 30. 165. et seq, Vrow Mina, 129.

I Walsingham Packet, 243.

Warrior, 44.

War Onskan, 256.

Watkinson v. Bamardiston, 61.

Webster v, Seekamp, 113.

Wells V. Osman, 146.

Westerdall v. Dale, 95.

Westminster, 191.

Wharton, 102.

Wheeler v, Thompson, 127 WhitCi Gary v., 113.

Wilelmina Eleanora, 236.

Wilhelm Frederick, 130.

WiUiam, 253.

William Beckford, 186.

William Money, 144.

Wilson V. Dixon, 168.

WolflE; Smart r., 234.

Woodrop-sims, 183*

Yorkshireman, 182.

Ysabel, 62. 65.

A TREATISE

ON THE

JURISDICTION

OF

THE HIGH COURT OF- ADMIRALTY

OF ENGLAND, '

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Chapter I. Op The Antiquity Of The Jurisdiction Op The

ADBORALTY COURT.

The Jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty, resting, as it now does, upon a basis so firmly established by our statute law, and independent of that authority which it has derived from ancient custom, renders any inquiry respecting its origin a subject more fit for the research of the antiquarian than for that of the lawyer. The object of this treatise being to illustrate the extent, more than the origin, of the power of the Admiralty Court, exonerates the writer from any lengthened inquiry into the antiquity of its jurisdiction ; but as much has been copied into our standard law-authorities from either books which were written at a time when the present was a subject of irrational jealousy and angry controversy, or from opinions which were conceived in prejudice, and brought forth in the warmth of violent disputations, some inquiry into the truth of the matter may not be entirely useless.

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