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NiUTIOAL INTELLIGENCE. le MAILS THIS •It. DUI. IAY.—WIND S. Ali. bin blllOl 2 t Hamburgh o VAncrfera 2 I Dutch PLvarourn, Aratt 30.-- , Came in the Pareatt,of a guns . Capt. LANIRORN, from the weftward, with impreffcd men. Sailed the PORT MASON. of 18 guns, Capt. Neva Lig, on a entire. Went up Hamoate the Hxcrost, of 74 guns, Capt. Swiss', to be paid of; and the PR [TOT ANTt (tore-lip, Capt. Blows, to unload bet hemp. Came in the Induftry, Of Tanfbers, Capt. floacason, from Dram, Wen with timber and deals, for this port. Remain in Cawf.uid Bay, DR ean - ',moat, of 98 guns; TONANT, of 8o guns; MALTA, of 8o goes; Man, of 74 guns; DRAGON, of yo guns; SPARTIATZ• tst 74 guns; and PLANTAGLNIST. of 74 guns..—An the Sound, Hatay, of 38 guns; floats, of 36 guns ; DASHER, of 18 guns; and HUNTeR. of guns. PORT/MOOTS. APRIL 30.—The Rossett, of 74 goat, Capt. WIL LIA OM is ordered to loin the fqoadroo at Torbay, and will fail on Monday. The 113$, of so guns, Capt. Lola, which came in yefterday, fell in with his litialeity's Dap UTISCRT, Capt Rocca., on Wednefday cheats's, and immediately Rear. Admiral Tkoassostouon edited his Aag froth the Isis to that Gip. The Isis loon after parted company, leaving off Corer the following thipst=4.lraccur, of 64 guns, Rear-Admiral TIKORNSOIORGIR, Capt. TMONAS ROORRI A?RICAIN, of 44 POS, Cipt. MANIC; LISA. of 38 guns, Capt. HON [TM*/ 11VORA. Of 38 guns, Capt. MINDS; ARIBLISCADII, of 38 guns , Car- Arians ; CONSTANCI. of $4 guns, Capt. GRIPPITIIS ; Mad two revenue cutters. There Were three French frigates in Helhoedluysohlsere,it was believed, the whole of the Louifiana expedition had difembarked. A letter teedvcd from an °Seer of the Ganges, ftates,u that the french troop" at Sc. Domingo arc extremely reduced by Bane& ; and all the Itch that were In the Hotpital at Cape Nicola Mole, were put to death by the Brigands. Their men tiara and Machantmen are nearly unmanned, and uothhig but a teat force from France will preferve the Aland. The Ganges has (prang a leak in her botn, and is exported home In ea:legume ; otherwife the mutt be hove down. The fqua &on In general are Wry bealtlty,CiPtaltlßATlllo ll h pro- Potted from the RACOON to the Sr. Masao AAAAAA Mr. GRANT. Pada OftIIeGoLIATII." PORTSISOOTN, MAT lA-Sailed the King's Hater, Ant, Swan, and Lord Howe Soups, with troop. for Jerky. it , MAT t..—Arrivotl tile Ma await getiabrigfrotes a cruife; alto the Until, li a, and BADOSR Revenue cutters: the fatale' left Admiral Tnoa use aeons *mulling 'Wm*, with Si frigates and two cutters,...Tbo amig o , of this poet, which was driven es Lomita Beach, is brought in hate, abd mutt undergo a titbit:ash repair.—lkanaha in tte Roads the Pah 'LOPS frigate, one gun-brig, and three cutters. a-The pref. continues here with the greateft vigour; treat war. rants from the Admiralty were delivered on Saturday to the Officers on duty at this port. 0 aaa a ea, APRIL agm-Tke Ai well, Robertfoo, from Savannah, fpbbe on the sth MIL the Medway, of Sunderland. , from Newadde for Norfolk. out 36 days, in he. 3& 30. bon g , 36 W. On the meth faw a large Dip to leeward, width Milted an ingliftjaek at her anima peak ; the Almvrell fpohe ibe was of mops from Antigua ;it was then blowing fo bard, that no further pardadars could be learned. On the I meth fpote the 1114 Lod Dansam, for Liverpool; bad Idled ' from Savannah four days bdbre the Almwdl; and on the t6th (poke the brig V/Mbm, from Olafgow, hug. sa. 30. The thip Am and Mary, 2.l.lwtag, from Mem for Montreal. was oa Tnddsy the toll left. (Ming then about 3otr miles to the weft. ward of Tory) !truck with a heavy fea, which carried away her bokitott. forewalt, and main top-maR, and obliged her to Mums to Loebryan, where the arrived on Monday Wt. The Harmony, late Ldtets, arrived at And's' from hence the drth Mammy, and failed from thence for Jamaica. soda the eam• Grand of Capt. Alesander. Arrivws—Tee Lay, Lang, at Liverpool, from Port Olafgow; Neer, Brown, at ditto, from bane; Neptune, Boyd, at St. Mu from Maples; Munk, M'Kelkr, at larbadoes from tha Clyde; Wei, at Tor.nla from Port Olafgow. FROM LLOYD'. LIST. Dist, Mao I.—Arrived the Re s AM of war, and 'sutra frigate, Irvin the Well-ward, and frfred to the North wild. With the Essexr gan.beig.s-Casse down the Dame Coon of war from the River, and famine with the J a !loop of war, Catalans, Arista, and MI frigaten Mamma-4a the Creek, the Realisadott. Stott. Ronk the actali of 4ab in tie Downs, the Eritannia, Rabid" from Wenirford; and Mita, Themes, frosts Cat. At 004 Diana, Compialli. from St. Vineent's At Lakk, Sarah. Dartmr. from Lams At Have, Elisabeth. from Clarkin. At a m m usi , hew India. At Antwejk PO* S. from ThfradApides At Duebbik. tr:Talmago. At thenhorgh. Arcade, Pram. from London ; Cart. Bard, from Chatiolion; and hos New York. At GonmbW Vann, Wegner, from Chmislies. At Scenic, Zephyr, int.froth Leaden. At Doldlo. Jobs IM.D o osid, ' from Gibraltar. At frareelson, Throe Friends, Williams. from Hall. At Tobago, La Pals. and Spathe front Drab's. At lurks, Hiley Addiar ton, Lacy . Lomita. - OF PRIZE MONEY. I.:OISaZ le t►e eaptere of eke Angefigse, and of the three !reel brigs Henrietta, Reunion, and one name unknown, will be paid sa SatcGf. the loth Mikan% at Na a, Little Scotland Yard, Whitehall. The Dragon, for re-taking the !Languor), will be paid, to gether with the final payment of la Coorageus, and for the St. Nicola Greek alp, on the a6th 'silent, at No. s 3, Surrey-floset, Strand; elf° the Alexander, for the St. Nicole, and final pay meet ails Connimm, will be paid at the fame time sad plate. THE BRITISH NAVY. Monthly Statement of the Diftribution of the Naval Britifb Force. Line. so's NE. Sps.efe.7... In port and. & ' dog sa 5 31 30 117 Guard Naps - • • 0 o • o Is the Sam and Ma Clumanele 14 t 1, In the DOSVIIS mad North Seas 1 $ 13 17 At the Welt India Mad% and an the Pillage • - • the Jamaica Olathe America sad Newisandland Cape of deed= Eat ladies, and on the . • Cosh of Africa • - Portugal and Gibraltar - - In the Mediterranean & on Pat 14ofpital and Prilto Mips 1 6 6 II 9 0 5 1 0 I $ 4 4 5 1 le • 0 1 1 I• 3 s to s re 7 s o o Tout in Comaddlso - 62 i 6 TO4 129 Receiving Rips - • 7 0 7 3 Serviceable, and repairing fee kr- vice - In Ordinary Duildien . '3 es $ 2 Es 9 86 64 14 a 11 9 Teta - NO ss St 7 101 I 'u STATS Or TSB OIDiNAILT AT Partinssali - - 31 s 13 13 1 Plymouth auultorn Sheer aefe River Total • - 33 1 so Si I 77 - 31 6 4! 4 66 3 o 6 7 I ii 3 0 19 z 6 1 4 sof 9 99 61 1 $74 CORN MARKET. MARK.I,4Ia I MAY 2. There was no very Material fbpply of Corn to day, nor any alteration of confequence in prices. Wheat has, for very bell famples of white, obtained about is. per quarter.—Barley, with difficulty, has gone off at the terms of this day week.— Rye has no alteration.—Oats, Beans, and Peas, alto may be quoted on the fame terms as this day week. Fnglifh Wheat, per gr. sos. 535. Fine 6is 63s I i Dantzie Wheat, sos. 565. Rye, 345. 365. Barley, 225. 245. (Superfine) 255. 6d. Malt, 425. 466. Oats, 15$. 20t. 213. 6d Horfe Beans, New, 3os. 325. Old 345 361 _ _ Tick Beans, New, 255. 275. Old 32; 332 Hog Peale, 28s. 3os. Boilers, 4os. 41.1. Carraway Seed, 445. to 475. per cwt. Coriander, zBs. to 3os per cwt. Canary, 71s. to 745. per qr. Rape Seed, 341. to 361. per hit. Flour, 431. 481. per fack. ►ROY TOR LONDON OAZ!TTS, SATURDAY, A►RIL 30. Average price of Corn in England and Wales, from the Re taros ending the sad dly of April, 1803. Wheat. I Rye. I Barley. I Oats. - " - s. d. s. eh s. 4. s. d. 56 6 35 11 23 z 1 19 6 Deans. Pears. s. 4 s od. 32 s 36 7 The average Pelee of Sugar. computed from the Return, made in the week ending tle s7th of April, 1803,6 Ott. 6id. per hundred weight. PRICES OF ONAIN. AT Tfft FOLLOWING 111 _ . Bostoortotte. , --Viheat 34s od to 62. od per Quarter. Barley aos od to 138 601 I Beans Sts od to 34s od Oats tos od to 23s od I Peale sos od to oos od MAI .--Wheat 381 od to 6ys od per qutrter. Barley 22s col to Iss 6d I Beans 321 od to 34. 6d Oats 195 od to 135 od Pea& 3/14 ad to 426 6d NtWooar.--Whait, 435. od. to 635. 6d. per Quarter. Barley 104 od to 134 od I Beans 301 od to 32s od Oats tBl 6d to iss od Peafe 22s od to 321 od Hant.ev.—What 325 od to 641 od per Quarter. Barley lls od to 16s od I Bates ills od to 311 od Oats z7s od to 143 od Peck 315 ad to 37$ od Rsaosmo.--Wlteat 525.64. to 645. od. per %tarter. Barley sos od to aes 6d Beans 315 od to 331 od I Oats spa ad so ass od Pare oos od to 009 od At Warminfler, on Saturday, the prices of Corn were as follow : Wheat, by the quotes-, t6s. od. to 31. 25. od. Barley, H. 35. od. to 11. 6s. od. Oath tl. to tl. 3s. Beans, tl. 145. to al. On Monday let, at the Curragh of Kildare, Mr. Wu at ar's herfe Buffer beat the Marquis of Do. et GALL'S hods Curb, over the four mile courfe, for the Gold Cup. King jobs, as altered by Dr. Vatry, and per fortned by his pupils at Reading, is fliortly to be performed, for a benefit, at Covent Garden. At Munriam's benefit, on Friday, there was a new Farce, intitled, "All': fair or Love," in which a lawyer is tricked out of his daughter by his own , legal confent, obtained refpeaing a cafe in which he does not conceive himfelf to be a party—an old joke, but well managed. The fun of the piece lay principally v jth lilusnan and Fawcavr. LONDON YASNIONI TOR MAT,PRODI C Dauac s— Round elrefs of blue Cambray muffin, with a long train, large lace yell, flowing look. Round muffin dirsk,with an embroidered lart.handherchief. A muffin or lam thaw!, lined with coloured 01k, and richly embroidered. Straw hat with dome crown, adorned with oak loaves and wheat ears. Muffin doers Large orsoge-coloured filk French cum, with a pale bue border. Straw glpky hat, tied with blue. Drtfs of ;Rae Cambray muffin. Shawl cloak of patent Ilse, with arm-bola, and worn with the point behind Bon net of draw and lilac-coloured Gensaat. 0 ton Ihawl cloaks and fhawl pellet.% worn with the paint behind, and with arm-holes or Owes, and alto the large plain muffin and fait iltawb of va rious colours, have lately been very generally worn. Straw ham of various patents, particuluty of the dome crown and Liffey form, are as prenknt uin former Springs. The co. loured and figured Cambray muffins, chWy !late, lilac, and blue, are becoming general. ROYAL. ACADLNY —The members of the Royal Academy gave their annual dinner on Saturday, preparatory to the opening of the Erhibition,which took place this day; at which were prefent, amonglt others, General Andreoffi, and seed of the other foreign Ambaik. don; the Dukes of Norfolk and Leinßer ; Lords Hawkdbury, Pelham, and H ob an ; the Lord Chancellor, the two Chief pillion; Lords Riverdale, Roam Spencer, Barrington, Moe peek, Naos, the Lord Mayer, ke. the Whops of Durham, Norwich, Linosia, St. Mogi; &leaks Pot, Grey, Sheridan, Wititbreaddke. The CWASCIILLOR of the Meet:Kyle was not prefent.—The Committee has made a confiderable alteration in the arrangement of the great room ; they have cut off the corners, and by placing Tome of the moll attrative pkteres in the angles, have added greatly to the beauty of the amp trait The artills who have molt diftinguaed them felees on the pedant occafion are Horttat, Seal, Lawasuce, Clio., and Bracer, in portraits; Fu ses., Timm peon. and Tsasseast, rn hifiory ; and FAIIIIIL and SirFamicts Bow:tato:l,in lanlfcape. In oar fucceeding numbers we (hall enter more fat:the merits and demerits of the different =CS. We onderaand the difpute at the Royal Acade my has terminated in a drawn battle. The Prefi dent has admitted the power of the Council to re jell his picture, and they that he did not infringe on the rules of the Academy by fending it for ex hibition- The following are the Capital Prizes fold and Blared at bleffrs. HAZARD, Elms', and Co.'s Of. face, N 0.93, Royal Exchange, in the three Lotteries foe the year tlios t the laird which fiaillted draw. ing oo Thurfday the seth alt.: SHAIRS, Mows; _ amp iodic November Loamy - . - kss,ooo 1943 lo the late MP - . . so p = tist6 ditto ditto . ' WOO 31,03 ditto ditto . • - - Bosco 21107 la Amok ditto • . . 1000 111 #45 in Plawaber dim • • • tOOO 31,173 ditto ditto - . - • moo 33,473 is Aura ate . . So ) . Anglo WHIOLS TICKETit 308 lo the hte fesoo tow II is Nam& ditm . - • tomio etiot la the N4Priablit Akio • • • Bosco Owes dkes ditto - - • - jolt ri,tbg la the Anvil ditto . . . 3000 st.liol is the tote ditto . . . . tote 536! le the Aosta ditto • - - • Soo / MN* 1111111 • ! ' • OM LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OP RING', BENCH, APRIL 30. ASTLEY, BART. O. HAILWOOD, ESQ. : Mr. GURNEY moved the Court for a rule for a new trial, in a caufe in which Sir Jacob Miley, Bart. was Plaintiff, and W. T. Harwood, Efq. Defendant. It was an anion of flansler tried be fore Mr. Jullice Grbfe at the Lift afEzes for the county of Norfolk ; and the declaration Rated, that in the 'aft Parliament Sir Jacob Aftley had been Knight of the (hire for the county of Norfolk, and was, at the time the words were fpoken, a can didate to reprefent the county at the elation which was then approaching : and that the Defendant, contriving and malicioufly intending to caufe and procure it to be furpedled, thought, and believed that the Plaintiff was an affallin and a murderer ; and moreover, that he had been guilty of the moll horrible crime of murdering his own father, and as much as in him lay, to lubjeft him to the pains and penalties provided by the laws of this realm againft lath a horrible crime, (poke thefe talk, malicious, and defamatory words--. , Sir Jacob Ailey Is a fcciandrel, a coward, a liar, an affallin, and a murderer; he murdered his own father." On the part of the Plaintiff's cafe a witnefs had been called, who proved the regiller of the burial of Sir Edward Ailey, and that his death was fome months prior to the time of tittering the words.— Another witnefs had Rated he was prefent at a ball, given at Norwich on the eleEtion of Members for the city, and a week before the eledlion for the county took place ; and that at that ball the wit. nets uttered the words Rated in the declaration. The witnefs added, that as loon as thcfe words were fpoken by the Defendant there was a general hiffing, and he was pulled off from the table. The caufe did not turn upon the queftion whether the words were or were not uttered by the Defendant ; but whether they were uttered with the intent and meaning charged in the declaration, to impute to the Plaintiff the commiffion of the crime of murder in the legal fenfe and acceptation of the term ; or whether they were meant to impute that which, however injurious to the charater of the Plaintiff, could not be made the fubjeft of an anion, he meant the fhortening his father's life by unkind and undutiful conduit ? It did not appear that the death of Sir Edward Miley was fudden or fufpi. cious, or that there ever exiited in the mind of any man a doubt as to his having died a natural death, or an idea that Sir Jacob Alley could be criminally refponfible for his father's death. On the part of the Defendant, Mr. Gnaws v raid he had offered to prove, by perfons who were pre fent, when the words were uttered, and who heard them, that they underftood them in the latter fenfe ; namely, not as imputing to the Plaintiff the murder of his father by violence, but imputing unkindnefs and undutiful conduit towards his fa ther, which had battened his death. When the queftion was put to the witnefs for the * Plaintiff, who proved the words, it had been ob jefted to by Mr. Erskine, and the Learned Judge allowed the objeBion. LordEct. am Boaoucn anted what were the terms of the queftion ? Mr. Ovum Paid, the terms of the quettion were, 4 , whether the witnefs underftood the De. fendant meant to impute to the Plaintiff the mur der of his father by violence ?" and this queftion had been objedied to by Mr. Ertkine. The objec. Lion was full:tined, but the witnefs intimating awn to anfwer the queftion, Mr. Erfkine withdrew his °Nation, and the queftion was put by the Learned Judge. The anfwer was, that he was (truck with fo much horror , that be put no interpretation on the words at all." • _ _ _ On the part of the Defendant three witneffes had been called to prove, that fubfequent to fpeaking ' the words, by the intervention of others, a recon• ciliation had been effeeed between the Plaintiff and Defendant ; the evidence was liable to this obfer vation, that it was not accompanied by any apo logy from the Defendant, but it was attended with this circumftance—that at the time it took place the Plaintiff was in the mida of the county elettion, which was f ly contefted ; that Colonel Har wood had voted againft the Plaintiff, and was, at that moment, an aßive partifan in the intere ft of his adverfary, which, upon this reconciliation, he ceafed to be. The Learned Coonfel Paid he had alto tendered the evidence of perfons who were prefent at the meeting when the words were fpoken, in order to prove the fenfe in which they underßoOd them, but Mr. Ertkine was not difpofed to wave his oblation as before ; he had abjetted to the witnefes being a&ed what their opinions were as to the fenfe and meaning with which the words had been uttered. The Learned Judge being of opinion the oblation was a good one, he was deprived of that evidence. He bad other witneffes who would have proved, that there was not one perfon in the ittremb i l x i s : which the words were uttered, who nude them in the fenfe charged in the declaration, and in which it was necefary they thould have been fpoken, in order to fupport the alias. He there fore humbly fubmitted to the Court. that their evidence ought to have been received. The injury which a party in an anion of this kind came to complain of, was, the malice with which the words were fpoken, and the fenfe in which they were meant to be underßood. There was no context to explain there words ; for immediately after they were uttered the Defendant was pulled down, and one of the witnefes fur the Defendant had Paid, that the Defendant appeared to be about to explain them when he was pulled off the table. He bad confequently no opportunity of adding that context which would have explained their meaning. If the witnefes he had offered had been examined, it would have appeared, that however aaionable the words in them lees were, they were uttered in ■ fenfe which made them not aaionable. Lord Ext.anaosouon" Was it (worn, that as the Defendant was pulled down from the table he was about to explain the words I" Mr. Guavas' Paid he would give his Lordihip the witoefes words: Mr. Ward Paid, es that the Defendant wasinterrupted and pulled off the table, and that be appeared to be going to explain theroton, that whore s partibad ousrodatioaabie words, and all poffibility of explaining them was denied him, he ought tribe allowed to giyeevidence of the fenle in whitii they had been underftwid by the perfons prefen:. "Vie w:,: d, were uttered in ix place notextremely fit for loch a fiihjeCt to be men tioned; and therefore whatever the perii•ns preterit might think of the words, and of their truth, they probably conceiv.:d it was an aR of indecorum to wards the affembly to make ufe of them at all in fuch a place, and therefore they would not allow the perfon who made ufe of them to proceed, and to explain them as he was going to do. Lord ELLEmunanucH—" Was he aelually fpeaking at the time when he WAS pulled down from off the tablet" Mr. Guattav —l. Certainly." Mr. Juflice GROSE" It may be fn ; but I do not remember that there was any evidenc: to that effetct." Mr. GARROW Paid, there was; for it appeared the Defendant was !landing on the table in the a& or fpeaking to the ci ropany. Mr. GIP:NLY Dated that General Money laid (heti words were received by the company with a general hifs ; that Colonel Harwood was imme diately pulled down; and what (hewed that he was fpeaking, was the refittance he made to being re moved from the table on which he was fpeaking, and his pufhing down one gentleman who at tempted it; a fait which was confirmed by Mr. Ward's evidence ; that when he was pulled down he appeared to explain himfelf. LORD ELLEN soitouc it —.1 Did he fay any thing after he was pulled down." Mr. GUILNIT believed nothing was raid then. He addel, that Dill further to flow the words were uttered in the fenfe he had given them, he had tendered another body of evidence of fuch tranf aftions between the Plaintiff and his father as would have eftablifbed the truth of the words in the fenfe he maintained they were fpoken. M Juflice GROSE" I under flood you to offer evidence of what impreftion the words were meant to convey. I was of opinion the objeflion was well-founded, and I would not allow the queftion to be put. Ido not remember the latter body of evidence beingrendered." Mr. GURNEY laid, he would bring it to his Lord(hip's recollection. In the courfe of his ad drefs to the Jury he Rated, for two purports; one (hewing the words were true according to the fenfe in which he contended they ought to be under flood ; and the other, for explaining the meaning of the Defendant in ufing them ; a deed of null in which Colonel Harwood, and a Mr. Jones, the attorney for the Plaintiff, were truftces ; and he had alfo Dated unkind and infulting treatment of Sir Edward Aftley, under that deed of truft, by the Plaintiff Sir Jacob, upon which he fhould have laid before the Court fuch a body of evidence that not a doubt could have cuffed as to the caufe of the death of Sir Edward /Utley. Lord ELLseamtooc H.—" You could not have proved that for the purpofe of Chewing the truth of the words. You could have ufed that only as a medium of proof of the fenfe in which they were fpoken." Mr. Gutless faid he did confider it as a medium of proof that the words could only have been ut tered in the fenfe he had attributed to them, and , in the fenfe in which they were underllood by every perfon who heard them. He had (fated at the dole of the evidence, which had been received, that he had evidence to prove the deed of truft, all the tranfaElions fubfequent to it, and the ill ufase of Sir Edward Alley by his fon the Plaintiff. It appeared, he Paid, that Sir Edward Alley died at an advanced age, and had been ill a con fiderable time. Mr. Juutice GROSt" It was admitted in Court that Sir Edward Miley died a natural death." Mr. Goa ms z Paid the Plaintiff's Counfel did not infill that their Client killed his father. In truth, no i)er On ever imputed to him the killing him by violence, there never had been a death more free from imputation of that kind. Mr. Emma' obferved, it was the very ground of the anion, that it was free from imputation. Mr. Guamsv infifled that no witnefs . could have been found who underftood the words in the fenfe imputed to them in the declaration. He could have produced many who underftood them differ ently. He had feveral perfons of the family of Sir Edward Miley attending who would have proved fuch fails as would have convinced every body not only that the words were ufed in the fenfe be con tended they were, but that they could not have been ufed in any other fenfe. The learned Judge had thought the evidence he had tendered ought not to be received, and he was obliged to dole - his cafe, when the Jury found a verdi& for the Plain tiff, with aoool. damages.—Damages which, un. der all the circumftances, were moll exceffive. , Lord ELLsmatmouou— 4 , Take a Rule to fbcw cattle." attirsans. ti tow, IA IMAMS. Mr. Miss moved for a rule to thew caste why there mould not be a new trial in this cafe. It was an adios brought on the Bribery AR, a 4 Geo. 11. cap. 24. to recover a penalty of sooL againft the defendant, for having offered his vote to a Gentleman for iol. When this cafe was brought before Mr. Jolliet Laminae' and a Jury, at the lan affises for the county of Hereford, the jury put their heads together, and thought it was a joke ; they, therefore, found a verdia for the defendant. _ _ _ _ _ Mr. Kinnaird was the Brit wi:nefs called, and be being afked, whether a writ had not been fued out agatinft himfelf alto for bribery ? be anfwEled, Yes; and whether, if a verdi& went againli the prefent defendant, he would not ere that verdia for his own indemnity, as being a difcoverer of bribery in another? He laid, he did not know: he probably &odd ufe that or any thing elfe in his own favour. Mr. Jußice LAWRIMCI. therefore, thought Mr. Kinnaird was intereßed, and could not be a vritnefs. But it aftewards appeared. that another Gentleman, of the name of Bradley, had orerioolly communicated to the plaintiff the cit+ cimilances of the bribery, which was fuppofed to hive been committed by the defendant; and con. -quently Mr. Kinnaird could not dircover that w.sich bad bees difaavered before ; and, therefore. Trench T. PI d- p-