The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-28 00:00:00

STANDARD.

WE bave good reason to believe, that the State..
ment which appeared in a Periodical Publication of
went date, respelling the capture, in the Battle of
Alekandria, of what has been called the "
Standard," will
:not escape obser%ation from

thoSe whose badness it is' to notice it and that it
will lie clearlk did incontestably proved that the
RegiMent did take the Standard from that body
of men termed the Invincible Legion, whom they
engaged in the tomniencenieht of the Anion ; which
Standard was, in a subsequent attack by the Fn
my, lost by Serjeant SINCLAIR, who received it
in charge from the Officer of the 42d Regiment, to
whoni it had been surrendered : nor will this fart be
foUnd inconsistent with the Docirmenti adduced in
the ?tiblication above-mentioned; however contrary
td the reasoning and insinuation of the Author:

The English Frigate the Medida, entered the
Port of Genoa in the latter end of November- and
left that place for the Levant on the sath Of the
same riionth.

Mr. EstEri is appointed Attorney-General of the
leimud4 islands and Mr. HARVEY judge of the
Court of Vice-Admiralty.

As several of the Officers of the Otiardi who
have lately amused, themselves with Theatrical
perforniances; have shewn very respetlable talents,
it is not ithprobable that they may be invited to
take part in the Histrionic pursuits of the Pic 'Vic
Club, which is likely to be one of the most
distinguished objets of fashionable attention
during She winter.
If there was oo room in the British Museum for
the Antiquities from Egypt, something better should
have been eretted for their protection against the
severity of our climate than the sheds under which
they are now placed, which look like a couple of
cortv.bouses

Should the British Ambassador in France, before
be grants Passports to persons of that Nation to,
visit England, be instructed to require testimonials
similar .to those at present demanded by General
ANDRROSSI, the Alien Bill, in such case, may be
very safely repealed.
The Rev. WILLIAM COPPARD, M. A. RcElor
,of Hastipgs, in Sussex, formerly Fellow and Ser.icr
Tutor of Jesus College, Cambridge, is presented
by the Master and Fellows of that Society to the
valuable Rectory of Gravely, in Cambridgeshire,
void by the Cession of the Rev. JACOB COSTOBA-
DIN.

Yesterday 7ohn Hatfield was brought to the
Public.OfEce, 'Bow-street, and underwent another
examination before Sir R. FORD a0...d THOMAS Ro-
BINSON, Esq. The certificate of his marriage with
Miss Nation, and also with Mary Robinson (the
beauty of Buttermere), were read, as was likewise
the Letter from Miss R. to Sir R.' Ford. Sir
Richard Ford asked Hatfield what he had to say in
his defence to this charge ? The Prisoner said, he
would. not give him, or the Court, at the time of
his trial, any trouble, but should plead gUilty to
thi; charge.
John Foster, who is charged on suspicion of mur-
dering his wife and child, by
.pushing them into the
Grand JunCtion Canal, about three miles beyond
Paddington, was also-examined. A number of per,
sons attended, at whose houses the Prisoner, in com-
pany with his wife and child, had been on the even.
ing previous to the morning they were found in the
Canal. The Prisoner's defence was extremely con-
tradiaory. He has a most excellent.charader with
respea to his sobriety, humanity, and good-nature.
He was committed-for further examination,