The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-12 00:00:00

been kept with as much regularity as the ledger of a trades-
I man. - UpOn the mantel- piece he found a cheque upon a
banking-house, of which the following is a copy :-
1 " Pay to David Francis Jones, Esq., for the use of Mrs.
Williams, the sum of 2/." _ _

The cheque was signed by Colonel Wood, the Member
for Brecknockshire.
The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday : when she
Lis to.be broUght up again with Daniel Frederick:

! UNION-HALL.--On Saturday the Magistrates were
occupied some time in hearing informations against pub-
licans charged with keeping their houses open on Sunday,
the 4th of November, during the hours of Divine Service.
Mr. Thomas Pilcher, the landlord of the White Horse,
Brixton, pleaded guilty (his first offence), and was fined
in the mitigated penalty of 40s. and costs.
Mr. John Hamilton, of the sign of the Stag, Wands-
worth, was next charged with a similar offence, to which
he pleaded not guilty.
Hammond, one of the officers, stated that he went with
Gill and Johns, two fellow-officers, to the defendant's
house, and
.found two men in the parlour, and 10 in the
tap-room, drinking. It was then 17 minutes past 11, by
the defendant's clock. _

" My deck," said Mr. Hamilton, " is always a quarter
:oo fast."

Gill here observed that he had set his watch by the toll
clock, and when they entered the house. it was a minute
more than the quarter, being a difference only of one
minute between his watch and the clock. _

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Mr. Hamilton observed that the chapel bell was tolling
for morning service when the officers entered. He then
continued—l have been 25 years a publican, and never
had a single information laid against me before. With
respect to drink being supplied to the men who were in
the house, I deny that they had had any for some time
before. The men were waiting to be paid by their master.
The defendant was told that, by an order of Sessions,
the publicans in that district were directed to have their
houses closed at 10 o'clock on a Sunday morning.
After some further remarks, in which the defendant
complained of the hardship of his case, he was fined a
similar penalty.
Mr. Robert Flowers, the landlord of the Bull's Head,
Clapham, was also fined 40s. and costs, for having his
house open during the hours of divine service. He pleaded
guilty. It was his first offence.
Mr. Robert Eldon, of the Black Horse, Brixton, and
Mr. Henry Smith, of the Crown and Anchor, Brixton-
washway, against whom similar informations were laid,
pleaded not guilty, and the cases were then gone into.
They having proved that the 'persons who were in their
houses were their own servants and. persons employed by
them, no convictions took place.

BALI, AT LINCOLN.—The annual county
fete (the Stuff Ball,) which took place at Lincoln, on the
night of yesterday week, at the elegant Assembly Rooms,
was both numerously and splendidly attended. Upwards
of 400 of the first families in the county and city being
present.—Doncaster Gazette.
THE ORIGIN OF HACKNEY-COACHES.—
The village of Hackney, about three miles from London, was
anciently inhabited by persons of distinction, for whose ac•
commodation, to convey them to and from the City, a coach
was set up, which, being the first of that kind, it was de-
nominated the Hackney-Coach. This being found ,a pro-
fitable speculation, it was imitated in different places of
the vicinity, and in time throughout all Britain, and the
original name has been appropriated to the present day.

Crowns are 'generally allowed to be of great
antiquity. They were originally only used by the gods,
and came to be used by Kings by virtue of their being
Priests as well as Kings. The first Crowns were only a
bandelet, fillet, or string around the head, and tied behind,
as appears on medals upon the head of JUPITER, and the
Kings of Egypt and Syria. Another bandlet being added,
they were decorated with branches of trees and with Rowers,
and in progress of time were made of gold and assumed
the present form. This gem of honour was not in' use in
Britain until after the conquest of the Picts, about the
middle of the ninth century.
THE GAME LAws.—Our readers are aware,
that a few weeks ago, a young man of the name of • Wm.
Ridding went out with three or four others, snaring hares
in Clifton Lordship, when one of the gamekeepers of Sir
ROBERT CLIFTON, Bart. shot him in the back, so that for
a time his life was despaired of. The young man's friends
caused the gamekeeper to be apprehended and committed
to prison, for the felony ; and immediately afterwards, Hick-
ling, with his unhealed wounds, was taken to the County-
hall, convicted in .penalties, and in default of payment
thereof, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment in
Southwell House of Correction I —Three weeks had elapsed
since his conviction, and he had been suffered to remain at
home, from which circumstance we had hoped, that his
prosecutors were satisfied with.the punishment he had .al-
ready received, in the shape of 12 gun-shot wounds, and
had some ruthless relenting' about them ; but we, it seems,
had miscalculated in our ideas of their mercy ; he is to be
punished to the uttermost; not only has his life been put in
imminent danger, not only has he suffered under the inflic-
tion of 12 gun-shot wounds, but the full vengeance of the
law is to be poured upon his head, for he was on Mon-
day conveyed to Southwell, to undergo his sentence !
We shall recur to this subject in a future paper.—Notting-
ham Paper.

The affair of the Lord Bishop of PETER-
BOROUGH and the Rev. Incumbent Of HAMBLETON, in
Rutland, which has twice been alluded to in the public
papers, has of course excited much interest, and a strong
desire to know the particulars of the disagreement. We
can state, from good authority, that they are as follows :
—The Bishop was holding a visitation and confirmation at
Oakham, when some children of the Rev. C. COLLIER'S
parish of Hambleton were presented for confirmation with-
out their having obtained the Minister's certificate. Mr.
COLLIER represented that be had refused the certificate as
deeming the children, on examination, not fit to come to
the ordinance. The Bishop requested that the Rev. Dr.
WiLicnis, of Nottingham, who happened to be present at
this visitation in Rutland, would examine the children
from Hambleton. The Rev. Doctor did examine them,
and granted the usual certificate. The children, and a
large number of others, were already at the altar? when
the Bishop addressed some strong observations to Mr
COLLIER, repeatedly called him " a tyrant in his parish,'
and declared that he was unfit to examine children, and
should not do so for the future. This led to some langnag
in a loud tone, and a declaration by the Vicar of Hamble-
ton to his Lordship that he would -" drag him before the
House of Lords." Besides holding the vicarage of Ham-
bleton, the Rev. C. COLLIER is also Vicar of Riby, in
Lincolnshire, and both livings are in the gift of the
Lord Bishop of Wrimixsum.—Lincoln Mercury.

DALKEI