The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-25 00:00:00

4 EXTRACT OF A LETTER 4' ROM. MALTA.

". I =St tiolk inform you..of the death of C.
PEARL E, principal Commissary- for The Foreign
Army, late under the Prince de .Coicin„ while on
71-11-S passage from Egypt to Malta ; he' \vas attacked
by a fever, which, '4l few,days after he landed, ter-
minated his exis'tencer-lis deAn-t;' which kappencd
on the 3 tit of November last, -4;A :followed by- the
regret of aThin this garrison kvhcilknew him ; and. to
whom his unsullied manners and virtutius mind-had.
justly renciered him dear."

Sitting's appointed in IVliddiesex-aOI London; be-
fore 111&."Rig14..Hon. RICHARD PEPPER_ Lord AL-
vAigt.4.l-,.• Lord 'Chief Justice sf HiS Maiesty's
Court of Common Pleis, at Westminster, in and
after. Hilary Term, I °oz.
TERM. •

MIDDLESEX.
Monday -

Monday,
Saturday

Jan. 25.. ! Tuesday

Feb. Tuesday.
_6, Mouday

AFTER TERM.

LONDON.

Saturday

13. I Monday

Jan. 26.
feb.

SMEN SHILLING PUCEa.—Thq counterfeit
Seven Shilling Pieces 'of the date-of acio, now in
circulation, differ from the good one in the follow-
ing particulars ; they,are paler in colour, and they
ring more shrill.; the milling is more wide, the eye
in the head. seems swelled, the crown is not so ro-
tund, and appears cut off at the edges ; the A's in
the itiSeriPtion ‘vant the bar across, and have the
appearance, of course, of a, V reversed ; and the
bo.toms of most Of the letters are more Curved on
the whole, they are every well executed, but,their
weight will detea them at once.
.In consequence of the fight that took place some
time ago at Cockpool Green, in -Berkshire, between
Belche, and Burke, the Magistrates of the county Of
Berks dire-led an indiament to be preferred against
then, and Harry Lee and 'Joe Ward, the seconds,
for a:riot and breach of the peace. The 1,-1;11-.aent
was found, at the last Quarter Sessions at Read-
ing, and Warrants have been issued- for apiiTe_
hending the narties. Burke • has
,been taken into
custody. by. Sayer and another Officer of Bow_
street, and.. was, on Friday brought before the
Magistrates at the Office, and being linable to find
sureties for his appearance to answer the indictment,
was ordered to be• sent to Ihe common gad of Beck_
shire, to remain until the next Session. The Ma-
gistrates proposed sending an' Officer to Bristol, to
apprehend Bekber ; but, we hear, his friends have
undertaken for his appearance , to answer the indid.
rnent.---Lee and Ward have not yet been taken.

Last Thursday a farmer at liolipway was robbed
of all his pigs, to the ,value of 301. by three country
looking fellows, who were seen driying them,acrOSs
the fields. to Maiden-lane, and from 'thence to the
bottom of Battle Bridge, near which • place they
were supposed, to have been slaughteicd. ScVeral
gentlemen and farmers, about Bow •and Stratford
have been lately plundered of poultry and pigs to a
great extent, which are sold at the London markets
at as high a price as if they had been fairly. obtained.
The average Price of Sugar, computed from the•
Returns.made tor the week ending the zotb day of
January 18oz, is Fortj:ta,4:o Shillings and One
renny,Tbree Failhings per hundred Weight.

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LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCII, JAN. 23.

TH IS being the first dad, of Term, the Court did
not sit until one o'clock.
Lord.KENYON was not present.
A report was made; in the usual form, of• the
state of the Conviets at Woolwich and-,other places,
after which. the Court proceeded to take the justi-
fication of Bail-and the other business Of course. .

The 'ATTORNEY GENE.RAL moved fora Rule to
chew cause why a Mandamus should not issue, di-
reAed to Richard Watts, Clerk of 'a division of the
County of Sussex, commanding him to-deliver up
certain books in his hands, and to render account to.
the Duke of Richmond of certain- fines imposed on
those who had been balloted for Militia, &c. the
being Colonel of the regiment, and ,which by
A& of Parliament Mr. Watts was, to pay. over to
his successor, to 'spew cause granted. •
Mr. OIBBS moved for a Mandamus to be direft-
ed to the Bailiff and Aldermen of the Borough
of East •Retford' (we think), , commanding them.
to proceed to the eleCtion of Senior aid Junior
Bailiff according to the forms of the t;orough,
which, it was alledged, they had not done.--=-Writ
granted.
Mr. WOOD moved for leave to exhibit Articles of
the Peace against George Johnston, Esq. of Hanover-
square, at the suit of Christopher Saville; , of Park-
street, Esq. The Articles stated, that Mr. Saville:.
met Mr. Johnston in the Committee-rOom -of the
I-loose of CoMmons, when Mr... Johnston . demanded
. personal satisfaetion for a Letter -which Mr. Saville
Wrote to his Constituents at •the Borough of Hey-
. don, in the County of York, in which Mr. John--
stOn conceived himself alluded -le, although not
named. That Mr. Saville.deciined taking .notice
of the language of Mr., Johnston; That on the
of December last, Mr. Johnston sent a Letter by a
Gentleman of the nathe. of. Forbes to Mr. Saville,
-requesting satiSfaftion by granting him a meeting,
which meeting was to fight a duel. Mr. Saville
having sworn that these Articles were not exhibit-
ed from malice,: hatred, .or by blip,. but
merely 'to save )tis person from harm, the Court.or-
dered the usual surety, &c. -

Mr. Scoirr moved for a writ of Habeas. Corpus,
to' be direaed to the keeper of Ne.vgate, com-
manding him to bring up the body of Allan Ll' Li'bd ,
on .Monday next, to the Court, in order to make an
affidavit, on which he meant to "ground a Motion to
the Court. He was now a prisoner_ in. Newgate,
in execution of a judgment.
Mr. Justice GRoSE—" This quite irregular,
Mr. SCOTT, because it is the common course, where
it is necessary for a party in custody to rmike affi-
davit, to send for
_a Commissioner to come and
administer the oath, and it is done without difficul-
ty."
i
Mr. SCOTT—" My Lord, he is n town, your
Lorclbhip. sees."
Mr. Justice GRO3E—" We
.11, Wilnt then ? There
are Commissioners enough and enough to go and take
the, atfidavit, if he require it."