The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-06 00:00:00

THE KING V. JOSEPH HAN.sov.

This. was a conviction brought up by certiorari from the Ses.
Mots,. for selling ale without a license. The conviction set forth
negattvel!ithat the defendant tray reA an excise license; without
stag that fact to have been psoff,a.it, and mcrelystateahat tbe
11,1faThan: had sold gle., without going on to state any prookhai
he had.no license. The question. Was, whether it was incum-
bent-on the part of the informer to prove the negative statenier-t
in evidence?

WALT° N • contended that it was not, and relied upon the
King V. Stone, 1 East, 639, and the King v. Turner, 5 Maule
and Selwyn, 26.
Mr. ALEXANDER endeavoured to combat with the latter
authority ; but

- The C'ciunT were of opinion that it was decisive in principle
with the present case. There it was held upon a 'conviction
under Stat. 5 Ann, c. 14, s. 2, against a carrier for having*game
in his possession, that it is sufficient, if in the information and
adjudication the qualifications mentioned in Std. 22 and 23 Car.
2, c. 25, $. 3, be negatived, without negativing them in evidence.
Rule-discharged for quashing the. conviction. •

" Bisit sold them all." This is the wind-up
of all 131sH's advertisements. When alluding to
the Three Thirty Thousands of a former Lot-
tery, it `was," Bisn sold them all !" and mention-
ing the Capitals above e2OO drawn last Tuesday„
it was " Brut sold them all!" In fact, as Brul-
gruddery says in the play, " This man has got
the philosopher's stone," for he has sold the only
X 30,000 drawn this Lottery, and the odds are
mote than even (as sportsmen would say) that
he'll bag the other two.

Yesterday, being the anniversary of the Popish
conspiracy, commonly called
,the Gunpowder
Plot, the Park and Tower guns were fired on
the occasion. The Yeomen of the Guard, and
his MAJESTY'S servants at Carlton Palace, receiv-
ed their customary gratuitrof Wine, it being a
pitcher day.
A general battle took place yesterday morn-
ing in Shepherd's-market between the populace
and the peace-officers, the latter having removed
Gag Furoke's gibbet, and replaced the pavement
which.
,had been, torn
,up -_to erect It.. After
a smart affray, the constlbles kept the ground.
SnoCiilNG:Accinri4t.==-SundaY n►ght, between
ten and eleven a young man named
JOHN CARVI4, driving . his father's hackney-
coach along Bernard-street, Russell-square, by
some accident was thrown from his box, and the
wheel's passing over his body, he was killed on
the spot.

We understand that a sermon has been an-
nounced for next Sunday morning, at the chapel
in Hanover-square, in this town, to be followed,
by a collection for the survivors of those %%hi)
have suffered in the late dreadful accidents in the
collieries; and although we are informed that
MATTHEW RUSSELL, Esq., with a munificence
highly creditable, has declared his intention to
take upon himself the sole charge of maintaining
the families connected with Wallsend, yet it can-
not but be gratifying to them to find that their
distresses have thus excited the public sympathy,
and it is probable that the circumstances of indi-
viduals, even in that colliery, and more especially
of the sufferers of Newbottle, may render the
exertions of the benevolent far from unseason-
able7—(Neweastle Courant.)

The Museum of Natural Curiosities of the
late Mr. HAY, of, Portsea, has been opened to
public view (by tickets at two shillings each)
this week, and visited by many of the Cognos-
centi; but the collection is so varied as to aGrd
not only gratification to the scientifically curious,
but to all who contemplate with any degree of
pleasure the more Uncommon productions of
nature's operations,—ln the department of Con-
chology, the collection is the most perfect ever
exhibited, as it not only contains every unique and
rare shell, but the greatest variety of specimens,
possessed by any individual collector.—The spe-
cimens in Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and
Zoology, with the Fossiles,, and other curiosities
connected with these subjects, contribute greatly
to increase the interest winch this novel collec-
tion offers for a short time to the public's inspec,••
tion.—(llants Telegraph.)),`,
A very daring attempt at highway robbery
was made on the night of the 31st ult., on the
person of ROBERT, ORMOND, Master of the brig
Britannia, belonging to Montrose. As the indi-
vidual in question was walking between the
Hawk's Nest and Felling. Main Colliery, near
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, about nine o'clock, two
men sprung suddenly upon him, and made an
attack with drawn clasp-knives. One of the
miscreants struck his weapon with great force in
the direction of his throat, and the other made a
slash through his coat and waistcoat. The ample
folds of his neckcloth luckily, protected him,
from injury, although the neck..handkerchief,
was nearly cut quite through. Being a stout
man, the Captain in his turn made the attack ;
one of the villains he kdocked down, who in his
fall brought down his comrade. At this parti-
cular moment a' third bandit leapt out of the
hedge. The odds of three to one being deemed
too great, the Captain took to his heels, and
being a good runner, luckily made his escape.

Turtuq, OCT. 23.---The following ordinance has
been published against secret societies :
Charles Felix, by the grace of God, King of Sar-
dinia, &c. &c.
" The convulsions which have occurred in our
States and in other countries having all one origin
or common cause, namely, the introduction of
secret associations, which have for their object to
disturb
.public tranquillity, to overthrow legiti-
mate governments, to:orrupt morals, and to in-
cite to the contempt of our holy religion, we are
convinced of the necessity of adopting measures
necessary for correcting and removing the fatal
consequences which these societies have already
produced. Therefore by the present decree we,
of our own certain knowledge and royal Who-,
rity, hiive determined, and do determine, as fol-
lows
. .

renew the prol4bitign.of illicit and
secret meeting, of whatever denomination, old or new.
" 2. Ever; association having for its object to meet on a fixed
and determined day, or by means of Private notices, at periods
not fixed, for the purpose of treating or conferring on any lite-
rary, religious, or any other subject, without our previous au-
thority, or contrary' to the rules, statutes, or Constitutions by
us approved, shall be considered as an illegal meeting or as-
sembly.
. " 3. Our subjects are also prohibited from becoming mem-
bers of secret societies in foreign , countries, or of corresponding
with them.

" 4. If it be discovered that the object of such societies tends
to excite sedition, to change the form of government, or any
other design contrary to the saf;ty and tranquillity of the State,
the members of the said societies shall be held to"he guilty of
the crime of high treason, 'and punished by-the penalties pre-
scribed by the Taw, book iv. title 34, chap. 2.
" 5. The founders and directors of the other-societies, reput-
ed illegal, shallbe punished by an imprisonMent of nOt less than
one year. They may be sent to the gallies to the extent of ten
years, in case the object of the society should be the diffusion
of irreligious maxims, or the corruption of morals. Persons in
the employment of Government shall, besides, for merely being
present at these assemblies, be deprived of office and declared
incapable of serving again.
" 6. The members of the societies mentioned in the preceding
article shall also be punished with an imprisonment of not less
than six months ; and if they are employed by the Govern-
ment, shall lose their places. This punishment shall alSo be
inflicted on those whO, without having been present at the
.nieeting,s, have held correspondence with the societies. •

" 7.. Proprietors of buildings who, either for hire, or gratui-
tously, knowingly permit secrct societies to meet therzin, shall.
be punished as members of the said societies. They shall be-
sides forfeit one year's rent for the use of -the charitable fraterni-
ties, if the societies be such as are referred to in article 5. If
they be members of the said societies, they shall be punished as
founders or directors.

" 8. Public functionaries, or any persons employed by the
GoVerninent, who, On obtaining knowledge of a secret society,
shall not denounce the same, even though' they may be ignorant
of its objects, shall be punished by imprisonment for one month
or three months, and loss of office. .
" 9. Foreigners not naturalized in our state shall be banished
after undergoing their punishment.
" Given at Govima, October 5, in the year of Grace 1821,
and of our reign the first.
" CHATILES. FELIX."