The Sun.
London, England, 1802-02-05 00:00:00

BERLIN, JAN. 23.

IN consequence of their former services,
KING has been graciously pleased to nominate 1*
ANDRErkS WILHELM HUMREI2; Private Seeretaf
of the Ministerial Cabinet, as also M. Luowl6
JOTDAN, Assessor, Private Secretary to the same
Cabinet, to preside over Courts-Martial, and 3r''
the same time 'to free them from the payment of al'
taxes,
The Hereditary PRINCE of ORANGE iS return.-

Our last Envoy to St. Petersburshi Count Los 6
has returned, and has already given in his
patches..- • • .
Count PANIN has stopped Jere for a fewa dais's, O s/Is":,'
his return 'from England.

THE THEATR4.

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• • - Dtm.-y-Ldfit,
TriE Play of Measure. r MetirwreztVid represelllo7?f:'
ed last night at this Theatre. •,:rhiS Drama
excellent, and its principal c:haraeters Were so
supported, that it Would have been disgraceful
public taste if it had net attracted a numerous 31'3'
dience.
The part of the Duhe was sustained with till!
dignity and moral force by KEMBLE.
Mrs St DD.ON,`; displayed all her pathetic
in Isabella, as well as all the energy of virtuous r;
dignation. Nothing Could be more dignified
her reproaches of Angelo, her indignant rebuke +`
Claudio, when desirous of purchasing life at the
pence of her honour, or more affeding than ".
gri.efAritythmeo.w did not e
brother.hvelorhexrp:ess.‘ a
B
craft of Angelo, or properly contrast his tirivare
pravity and austere affeClation of official Justice.,4,.
The comic parts of Lucio, Elbow, and the viii;
stable, were, at least, pidasantly supported by B/4
NISTER, SUETT, and Vigwirm. 'tut/
This Play, with all its poetical and achnolli ft ;
beauties, is objeCtionable on the score of moraolriii:
the expedient devised by the Duke to entrap Ailiak,
is accomplished by the commission of the Olio
fence which involved Claudio in his distress, an
the Main spring of the fable.

Mr. T., VIDDIN, and not Mr. CoLNIAI4' is
stated by mistake, is the Author of the Songs
-.
Mr.
.I,WCETT'S orth-coming Ballet of be,l
• The elegant mansion, in PiCcdilly; whieas
longed 'to the late Sir RICHARD LtrrLEToS,
yesterday sold for fel* thousandand twenty ;tll.
It is a noble and magnificent edifice, and well 1;,11
the money : but in these hard times, it require. ttic
the powers which Mr. CHRISTIE exerted (3r}
occasion, to disppse of it at such a price.
Arts,
. The Society for the Encouragement of
Commerce, and•Man.ufadures, ,at the Adelphi )0,0 !
terday. ;evening, voted their gold Medal and 3-1) of
of Fitty,Guineas, •to Mr. HENRY GREATHEO:ierIf
South Shields, for his very important improv%ir
on Boats, for the preservation of the Liyes Of
wrecked Mariners and Passengers.
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By their .own acknowledgment, of the rnise"`oa.
deficiency of their country in men of taletitiiiinc
knowledge, the CISALPINE CONSULT}, IP3:-liiit t
a provision for the DOTTI, 'or. learned orsici
men, have proVided for non-entities.
his a tartnot generally known, *that Sir It'', '
;11
ERCROMBY was dismounted from.' his hors-,',IP
the glorious battle in which he was mortally
ed; and at that period .by a' 'French Field- X 55
supposed to be General LANtrsst, who made 3 jive°
at: him .with his sword, which.. Sir -RALP H reCero
under his arm,' and instantly forced the telY
from the hand of his assailant ; he Was irmuccll;oJ
0 shot at and wounded, and was afterwards h
dead in the field. -Sir SYDNI-,.. SMITH rode IftV,
the British General at the instant,' and receiverved/
sword from him, which hi, of course, preseforto6 •
and brought over to England. This event .0 o'6
the most conspicuous and interesting grour'!iDit'"
representation of the Battle of -Alexandria, e:‘ p(`'• '
ing at Spring,Q svardens i 'and upon enquiry,-eopol'
that Mr. Arnold received all his information 100),
that anecdote from Sir Sydney himself, whtl'elovCl
knowledge, . and able assistance, mu-;t grcatlYoiov,
contributed to the astonishing accuracy of the 1
ing, and the' admirable effect it produces. fP3'i
Yesterday. was married, at St. Michaellsitocot.
sishaw, by the ;.Rev.•HENay. WARREN, q, 0
Ashington, Sussex, "EDVITARD WARREN, i!5/4,
Guildford-street, Sonof the late. Dr. WAtolsoiff4l.
Miss Louie SMITH, Daughter of Ros ERT
Esq. of BaSinghall-street. tovoc.l I
The Nordstih; Thompson, from Cll‘"i/ovel
to Altona, was totally lost on the zzd of •
bet' on the Coast of laollanch

LAW REPORT:

COURT OF KING's BENCH, Fzi. 4i

CITY OF LITCHFIELD.
A Rule had been obtained for an information in
.11` e nature of Quo (warrant°, calling on the Reverend
..Itoinas Harwood to shew cause why he claimed to
°e a Freeman of the City of Litchfield, upon
Several affidavits stating that this Gentleman, with
about seventy others,- were very irregularly and
c(l4.rruptly admitted and enrolled as Freemen of this.
(.It3r. Cause was shewn against the rule by Mr.
"'Bus, Mr. ADAM, Mr. CLARKE, Mr. DANCEY
441 Mr. JARv is, chiefly on the ground, that •the.
'ale, as .disclOSed by the affidavits on the part- of
the application, would not, if proved before a Jury,
Put these Gentlemen on their 'defence, it being
an matter of hearsay and belief, &c.
But the Court held, that as one of the persons.
who joined in the affidavits was an Alderman of
thii City, and who must be taken to understand
the. ..constitution of it, had stated fads which, if
true, proved these admissions to be irregular, and
a' he had sworn in a manner that subjeaed him to
the penalties of perjury, if he had sworn what was
and as there Was no answer whatever made,
.I,"Y affidavit, to any part of this application, :the
Party chewing cause only on the affidavits of the Pro-
secutors, this matter, loose as the affidavits were,-
t2rld they certainly were very loose, should. be put
into a course of investigation before a Jury, and
grunting this information
.was no more; and for
reason the Court made the rule `absolute.

Mr. ERSKINE made an application for leave to
file a Criminal Inform4ion against Magistrates
'whose names he suppressed, with a view of avoid;
log the inconveniences that might result from. their
publication before they had an opportunity of shew.
ing cause, or for the purpose of avoiding the in-
jury they rnight possibly sustain by their names
being published, although the application might be
being . He-moved this upon an affidavit which
t:tated; that a Publican had a certain quantity of
! Ho!lands geneva Which he desired to be taken an
account of in the usual way by an hydrometer by
an Officer of Excise, fke. which was done according-
ly. These spirits were afterwards
:,eizure, and they were the objeft of
brought before Ma-
strates ; the rule upon these occasionsthese was notgi to
Condemn, unless the spirits were
of. Here, he five degrees be-
low pro
degree said, the spirits were one
above proof. The Officers of Excise were
stared to have induced the
these goods, Magistrates to condemn
thews ; that by saying, that no favour ought to be
the they should lose their offices, &c. if
goods were not condemned, &c. and had im-
Pri?perly interfered, &c.
The Court, upon the ground that these spirits
`sere a. degree above proof, had ordered a rule to
Thew cause, but not upon the ground of the OiLef4
bf the Revenue insisting that no favour shOuici be
. Ihewn, They had a ,rioht so to insist, in every
rase ; but MI:. ERSKINE ilafterwards, upon looking.
further into the affidavit, thought it would not
ventually support
Qiould not draw the rule, and. therefore said,' he
it :up ; for he should be sorry, he
said' ro
input these Magistrates to the trouble of
arto defend themselves against an accusation
*bleb could not be supported.
didt, justice CLOSE' said that this was very can.
• d rut_
1 :HI *Tire ERSKINE should take nothing for his
emotion,

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PRArTz CE.
Upon a question of Praftice .a Rule ha 4 I?C.Cn 7.
tamed and Mr. MARrtyArr shelved. Cause against
the Rule.
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Mr. Esr INASSE objeded to she Wing Cauge, b
cause the Affidavit on Which CauSe was sheWn, did
tot set forth the Christianc names of the Parties, it
thting such
.a one and another, without naming
that, other ; for Which reason he insisted that the
-Affidavit could not be'read.. . ,
Mr:MARKYATI: said, he waS obliged to Mr.
totzutssE fort aking, this objeaion, because it ay-
Plied equallY to. the. Affi-clavit upon which
Was obtained. _ ' the tule
, .
This being .so, - -
Mr. Justice- GRost said, to IVIr. Esi I NAssi—,
4‘g The Court allows your objeflion to be right, and
therefore orders y-our Rule to be discharged."

--- _ Mr, DALLAS moved the Judgment of the court On
P4ekt Holding, who stood.convided at the zes
for the county of Dorset, for obstruEting an Officer
of the _Revenue in the due execution of his duty. •
The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, he understood
the Defendant had no Counsel.: he was, at the re-
quest of seine Magistrates of the county where this
ConviClion took place; and some of the most- re-
speetable persons in this Kingdom, to state on be-
half of this man such cirCumstances.as had induced
them to desire, and him to support that desire, that
*tot.withstanding' this was an aggravated offence, a
lenient Judgment might be pronounced on the. De-
fendant in this. Case.
service of his He had lost an arm. in the
Countrv---=he was in extremely indi:-
g en t circumstances, and previous to his being mis-
led to the commission of this ad, his Character was
PerrealY a good one. It was therefore the wish
of the most good
men_ in the county, antl•the
ATTORNEY GtNgRAL saiiii that he supported that
wish, that the Court would pronounce on this person
le"ient a Judgment as they could think consistent
:with the demands of
in custody ever si ce the I ith of April last ; but,
n public Justice.
He had been
ion of Tu' as it would be dangerous for the future Administra-
tst that a mild punishment should ap-
pear on. 'Record to have been inflicted. for 90 great an
Offence, he took the liberty of submitng tat e
better way would be to let the Prisoner now goth at
large upon his own
recognizance,- to appear
when
called upon.
Mr. Justice GROSE said, that .would certainly be
the better way, for the reason assigned by the AT-
TORNEY GENERAL. In-the mean time the Decend_
ant wculd do well to remember how much he owed
to the mildness of His Maesty's ATTORNEY GE Fv-
RAL, and h.: hoped a du je
sense of it woulct have
an . ea& on the Prisoner's future life. He should
leme m b e r aho, that he_ would continue to be liable
to punishment, whenever the ATTORNEY GENERAL
Should CliiiSe to- call him into Court.

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The Prisonei then entered into his own recog_
nuance to appear in Court whey tailed upon:--
But before he went out of Court

Mr. -Justice GRosE said to hini, he hoped he
would not let any of his neighbours tempt him to
go into this way of life again..
The Defendant promised to take care they should
not.