“Libel for mariners’ wages and salvage, certified from the District Court on account of the interest of the District Judge, pursuant to the statutes of 8th of May, 1792, ch 36, § 11, and of 3d of March, 1821, ch. 51. The original libel was for mariners’ wages; but as amended it wore a double aspect, asserting a right to wages, and if that could not be sustained, claiming a right to salvage equivalent to wages.

“Assumpsit on a policy of insurance dated the 2d of June, 1821, whereby ‘Robinson Potter for account of James Barker, or Robinson Potter, or both, made assurance,’ &c. ‘lost or not lost, arrived or not arrived, 4000 dollars, at and from Bristol in England, to a port of discharge in the United States, on cargo on board the brig Tom Hazard.’ The loss alleged was a total loss by the perils of the sea, in foundering at sea. Upon the trial of the case upon the general issue, the following facts were admitted or proved.

“This was a bill in equity brought by two of the heirs at law of Comfort Wheaton, deceased, which charged, that on the 9th of May, 1805, Comfort Wheaton was seized of certain real estate in Providence; that he was then infirm and weak, both in body and mind, being very old, viz.

“Leave having being granted to amend the bill under the intimation of the court at the last term, the plaintiff now filed an amendment to the bill.

“Bill in equity brought by the United States, as trustees of the Newport Bank, against the defendants as administrators of the estate of Lewis Rousmaniere. The bill in substance states, that the Newport Bank is a bank of deposit of the United States for the revenue collected in that district, and agent for the collection of such revenue.