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court 1 01 LING'S BENCII. WESTMIN',TEII. MAT 9.

PF.R.IITRY.
Tlit KING C. Perot, arm TYE KING V. CRRECE.
The Defendants in these two cases were tried the
Sittings after last Term, at Westminster, and con-
viCh•d of perjury,,,,,haviog voted upon the late Mid-
dies,x Eleftion for Sir Francis Burdett, under feign-
ed names, were this day brought up for judgment.
As we have given full reports of those trials in for-
mer Papers, we do not think it necessary now to
go into detail.
Lord ELLENBOROVGH having read the reports of
the trials;
Mr. ERSKINE, on behalf of the Defendants, said,
he had little to offer in mitigation of punishment, he
had not been retained upon the present occasion.
but having been Qounsel for them on the trial, he
begged leave to make a few observations to the
Court : he considered the present eases not at all like
those where the Defendant had been convitled of
perjury in giving evidence in a Court of Justice. In
such cases, the oath was always administered with
so much awe and solemnity, that the Witness must
be willingly and premeditatedly perjured. In the
' present cases, the oath was administered in the harry
and bustle of a popular eleftion, without any so-
lemnity at all attached to it ; and, in such a case, a
party might criminate himself without any wicked
or unlawful intention.
The Sotictroe Gen ER, t. and Mr. GA RROW. on
the part of the prosecution, thought these cases were
not like the common cases of misdemeanours ; but
it was very important to public justice, that exam-
ples should be made of these Defendants, particu-
lary when it was recollected, that no less than thirty
indiftments were on the records of the Court for
similar offences, all springing out of the late Mid-
dlesex eleaion. It had been said, these Defendants
had committed this crime unawares, in the hurry
and buAle of an eleetion ; but, they contended,
these persons not only committed the offence, but
repeated it—they not only boasted of it, but, in one
instance, had complained of not having received a
sufficient sum of money as a reward for their per-
juries.
The Court, after a short consultation, ordered
them to be re-committed, and to be brought op
again for judgment on the 25+ instant.
Colonel John Gordon Sinriair was committed to
the custody of the Marshal of the King's Bench. un-
der an attachment, for not paying a sum of money,
pursuant to the order of the Court.
The greater part of the day was occupied in hear-
ing law arguments, of no public interest.

D:4latches were received on Wednesday from
eie Channel fleet, brought by the Beagle, which left
it all well last Monday morning; the enemy at sin-
gle anchor, ready to put to sea, and our gallant
sailors impatient to meet them.
A vessel from Charante, arrived at Plymouth,
brings an account that a ship of the line and a fri-
gate have got out of Rochefort, with troops.
The Jaion,Manstn ; and the Somerset, NMI",
from lioverpool, for Surinam, have been taken, re-
, taksio, arri e
• • arrives. ns cou s_!tytte, ..as spore vino ur a darter
about fifteen leagues from Tory Island, who put on
board Captain PRINGLE, of the Nile, of London,
from Liverpool, bound to Riga, which vessel was
captured on the 25th ult. off Barra Head, by a
French brig privateer, of 16 guns, anA 100 men,
out five days from Dunkirk. She bad also taken
and sunk a brig belonging to Sunderland, the
-, of Kirkahly, bound to Riga, and a
brig belonging to Clyde, from Liverpool, for New
Brunsufick, supposed to be the lifetivi, Capt. SCOTT.

Mr. Bosasiquez, to whom the sedation cause.
Hooker v. Spencer, brought on at the Lewes As-
sizes, was referred. has made his award, and given
one hundred pounds damages to the Plaintiff, and
without any relation whatever to the maintenance
of the child, the fruit of the Defen.iant's illicit love.
When Pius If. visited the Imperial Printing
Establishment, at Paris, he was not a little surprised
on being shown there, 152 Puler Nosierg, in as many
different languages and types. Maecsa, the In-
spalor of that Institution, is about to prepare this
polyglot collation of Pager N.atera. for publication.
M. lite r etstir, the inventor of a new musical
instrument. called, 1 ile Mttodica, not long since
gave a public conceit at Copenhagen, greatly to
the satisfaction of the public. His invents°e is pa-
tronised by people of rank and opulence.. lhe
greatest advantage of this instrument consists in
the prodation of the rrereeptdo and derrcyrcnds. In
tone, it bears the greatest resemblance to the organ ;
but its notes are not so loud, and far more agreea-
ble ; for which reason, it is much better suited to
common apartments. It is best adapted to music in
slow time ; and is played by a particular method,
which is soon acquired. The in. entor has it in con-
templation to establish a manufactory of these in-
struments, each of which, at present, costs at least
300 rix-dollars.
The lately deceased Couniellar, Haunts. of
Norway, has bequeathed to the Norwegian Society
of Sciences at Drontheim, not only Isis library,
manuscripts, &c. but likewise a sum of about twenty
thousand rix-dollars. Conformably with the regu-
lations of this Society, its revenues are employed
in promoting the study of Natural History, and in
defraying the expenses of tours undertaken for that
purpose ; with the exception of one-third, which
is appropriated to the increase of the capital. In
179, the sum of 8000 rix-dollars was left to it by
another private individual. Besides this, the library.
which, in 1781, consisted of 12,000 volumes, has
been augmented by the collations of several native
Literati.
M. BEAUMONT, a prisoner in the castle of Fried-
richshafen, at Copenhagen, has made five different
kinds of paper from straw, four of which are whits,
and the other yellow. From the trials made of this
paper. it appears to be equally fit for printing, with
that in commas use. The same man has likewise
produced a specitten fur bank-notes. The peculiar
property of this invention consists in a coloured in-
scription, in the paper, and a coloured ornament
round the border. Besides this, there is a stamp
made in the paper, and a great number of other
embellishments. which resemble the impressions of
enslaving', and app.rar alike 011 boa soles.

NAVAL INTELIJOLNCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY a.
Arrived the Lela frigate, and the Sitlay pin brit,
from off the French coast.
Sai f•d. His Majesty's ship peiluv Geeree, or 98
guns, to join the Channel fleet ; and the Peder, gun
vessel, on a cruise.
His Majesty's ship his has made a signal for a
convoy to Newfoundland.
This day an embargo was laid on all shipping is
this post. Wind N. W.
PLY 401,1 11, MAY 7.
We are anxiously looking out for pews from the
Mediterranean, where, report says, the 'combined
fleets are returneJ. The arrivals, &c. since my
last. have not been worth communicating.
Arrived from Portsmouth His Itlaj ..y's ship
Aryan; also the and llo..•., armed vessels.
Sailed the W I IdSOF Coale.
Arrived from the ticet the Neptune,. of 98 guns,
and the Dolphin tenier.
The British &Ice off Brest is now 21 sail of the
line.

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FALMOUTIII, MAY 6
A line of battle ship passed up Charnel this aven.
ing, under a press of sail.—Wind Westerly.
°FAL, MAY R.
Arrived the Tnlwnter• and "frriwr gun.brigs, ant
several others from off the Fiench coast, and r -
main in the Downs, with the rest,of Hia
ships &c. as per last, and several outward-botmd
♦essels.—Wind W.S.V.

INDIA.

TOOT-WILLIAM, Ilex. 4.
A dispatch. of which the following is a VIM,' has
been this night received by His Excellency the Nl•xst
Noble the Governor-General, from His Ereelleney.
the Commander in Chief, and is published for 2,eire-
ral information.
TO HIE 'sett Laney THE MOST NOBLE NASSIVIE
MTLLESLZT, GOVEMNOII•43IIIOEIAL/ Bcc.
MY LORD,
have much satisfiCion in informing your Lord.hip, that
since my arrival on thi. ground, 1 have .e.wived of
Jestrunt Ran Holkar, with the remains of ois esvalry, having
crowed the Jumua at a ford in the •winlty orlitalmhma.
The flight of Holkar out of the Dona`, has bona noun rapid a
sod, by every account, the number* that %offered ou the 13th
instant almost exceed belief ; nuinlarra t.f w ...Mad are still
with him, and niany others have been left 111 the 'Macre.
The enemy is said to be proceeding to Doeg 71 shall lobe we
time in rejoilivig the army before tl.at plaoe.
1 have the honour SO by. my Lord,
Your Lool.h.hi't nioilt faithful !rumble wevant,
G. Lift.
Head quarters, Utah, Moe. 14, 1504. •
C•LCUTT4II, DEC. 17.
Letters received from the camp at Galnah, sruhe
20th ult. mention that the forts of Chaii.:ote sod
Galnah, lately captured by the army under the
command of Colonel Wal}ace. are two of the
strongest places in India. Chandote is irnt,revahla
by nature, and Galnah extremely farmed:olle both
by nature and art ; we are, howeer, extremell
sorry to find that the cousttey exhibited all the mi-
set ies occasioned by the ;"and that a vii
• • • • 4111 Gt•sews is vh
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On Talky bot, the Rev. Weave/ By _
Sidney College, Cambridge. lotely appointed M.
ter of Harrow School ; and the Rev. C. T. Hasso:
noTE, were admitted to the degree of a D. the
former by Royal Mandate.
Yesterday at noon, three boys in a wherry, were
run down, near Barking Crick, by a loaded collier,
as she was tacking about; immediate as.istancew.s
given, when two of the lads were saved. the other
sunk,. was drowned, and dragged foe without
effcB. , „„I
The .bsrants of Bristol Hot-wells have, Ivies
very Ispirit, offered one hundred guineas re-
ward for the discovery of some miscreant who has
disturbed the peace of their neighbourhood by

anonymous letters.
One hundred and ten valnable horses, many of
them stallions of the first breed and celebrity. se-
lefted in various parts of this country ; some Eng-
lish cows, a few dogs, and a number •f game cocks
and hens, were sent out to Russia, in the fleet which
sailed from Hull on Sunday list.
On Friday last, Jan 1)n", alias Gorden, convia-
ed at Lewes Assizes of the wilful murder of the
bastard child, and who had been respited from time
to time,_ on account of derangement of intellect.
was executed at Horsham. She had been, for the
last week, in a sound stare of mind ; and, we un-
der.tand, conduded herself at the gallows in a man-
ner becoming her unhappy situation.
A Boy, only 13 years of age, from a provincial
Theatre, has appeared as the Curiae Rewire, anc h
really made good his claim to the appellation, if the
title of a Racier
may be applied to one lineof ad.
ing ; but, as it is allowed to Master Bz.-.•••v, who
only performs in tragedy, it ought not to be denied
to the suhjed of this remark. He is, we understand,
perfedly a self-taught genius. His voice is strong,
musical, and of a very peculiar charaeter ; his face
and manner extremely expressive. and he evinces as
strong and judicious a conception in the humorous
cast, as Master EtYTT does in the serious ; and the
Managers of S,dlet's Wells have been very for.
tunate in obtaining such an object of public curso-,ity.
NETT MONDAY, iO,OOOl.
floasser and Co. beg leave to remind their friends,
and the public, that the present Grand State Lottery
commences drawing on Monday. n..t Tickets and
Shares are on Sale in great variety of numbers, and
at the lowest prices.—N. B. Prizes paid on de.
mand, whether a 201. or a 30,0001. at their Office,
26, Cornhill.
Many calculate that no more adventurers acquire
opulence in a Lottery, than just the number of Ca-
pital Prizes; whereas, if the Capitals in the present
momentous Scheme should be sold in Shares, as in
the two last Lotteries, many scores of individuals
will suddenly rise to wealth and independence. Do
such - - consider that the two 3c,0001.
Prizes with
nearly
little
only .
cord(
dreds s
no less .
astaber.

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calculators consider that the two 3u,uttin.
es may alone bless above thirty Sharers with
ly Two-Thousand Pounds each; and for so
a stsloilio• from each as Twenty-five Shillings
! Suck is the Lottery which can pessent a
fortable competency, not to a few, but to bun.
sof adventurers, which opens on Monday, wits
:Is a Prize than 10,0001. to its very arst•dzaws
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