The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-13 00:00:00

HA7'TON-GARDEN.

Yesterday Thomas Hawkins, an elderly man, was brought
before Mr. floskiNs, in the custody of a policeman of G divi-
sion, charged by Lee, a constable of St. Sepulchre's parish,
with having caused an obstruction on the foot pavement, The
prisoner, who was deformed, had a large basket, containing a
can with hot eel pies.
Lee was appointed by the Commissioners of Pavements to
rnnove persons with stalls from the foot pavement. Yester-
day morning the prisoner was in St. John-street with his
basket and eels, slung round his neck, when he ordered him
to go away three times, but refusing to go he took him into
custody.
Mr. HOSKINS asked the prisoner what he had to say?Pri-
soner—That it is a very hard case that I am not suffered to
get an honest living. I have been in the parish for upwards
of 35 years, and was never the least burthen to them. I have
been convicted and transported, and here is a copy of my con-
viction. lam now trying to live honestly by selling my goods
in the street, but it seems that they want to drive me to thiev-
ing again. I always have my goods slung around my neck, and
never obstruct anybody.
rvir. HOSKINS-It is against the law.
Prisoner—Then what am I to do, your Worship, am I to
starve ?

Mr. HosKlNs—You must trade somewhere else.

Prisoner—But I have a right to be in my own parish—if I
am not allowed to get my living honestly I shall be driven to
do what I did before.

Mr. HOSKINS inquired whether it was the tradespeople
who complained of the nuisance ? Lee replied in the affir-
mative.

Prisoner—They do not complain. They allow poor people
to sell their goods in the street, but there is an arbitrary
power exercised over us.
Mr. Storey, a Queen's tax-collector, said that the trades-
people of the neighbourhood had complained to the Commis-
sioners of the Paving Board.
Mr. flosKiNs—The tradespeople are interrupted, and it
must be stopped. Will you promise not to do so in future ?
Prisoner—l will not promise. How am Ito get my living ?
It will be no good for me to make a promise to your Worship,
and deceive you ; I cannot starve.
Mr. HosKims--If you are obstinate, you must be locked up.
Prisoner—l cannot help it—l will not promise.
Mr. HOSKINS informed him that the law would not suffer
him to repeat the nuisance, and the prisoner persisting in his
refusal to promise not to repeat it, he was ordered to be
locked up.
Waddington, the gaoler, accordingly did so, but the pri-
soner was subsequently liberated by order of the Magistrate.

A Stockholm Journal announces that the King of
Sweden has issued an ordinance forbidding, pro tempore, the
distillation of brandy within his dominions.
Women are formed for attachment. Their grati-
tude is unimpeachable. Their love is an unceasing fountain
of delight to the man who has once attained it, and knows how
to deserve it. But that very keenness of sensibility, which, if
well cultivated, would prove the source of your highest enjoy-
ment, may grow to bitterness and wormwood if you fail to at-
tend to it, or abuse it.

The public cemetery at Naples is composed of a
large enclosure, having 365 openings or sepulchres, answering
to the days of the year, symmetrically arranged.
Wit is brushwood, judgment tinder : the one gives
the greatest flame, the other yields the durablest heat; and
both meeting make the best fire.—Sir T. Overbury.
The original difference between Emperor and King
was, an Emperor derived his title from the votes of the sol-
diery, a King from those of the civilians.
FRIENDSHIP OF THE WORLD.—When I see
leaves drop from their trees in the beginning of autumn,
just such, think I, is the friendship of the world. While
the sap of maintenance lasts, my friends swarm in abun-
dance ; but in the winter of need, they leave me naked.
He is a happy man that hath a true friend at his need ; but he
is more truly happy that bath no need of his friend.— War-
wick's Spare Minutes.
Saturday, at the Kensington Petty Sessions, the
sitting Magistrates were again occupied several holrs in hear
ing summonses against persons for suffering their dogs to be
at large, most of whom were convicted and fined. Among
them was a man named Lunnun, who, in addition to being
fined, was held to bail for threatening to murder an inhabitant
named Gilbert, who, having been twice bitten, has been most
active in endeavouring to bring the owners of dogs suffered at
large to justice. He is also suspected to be the writer of a
letter received by Mr. Barlow, one of the Magistrates, last
week, threatening to murder that gentleman and to fire his pro-
perty, in consequence of the recent convictions.
INDELIBLE WRITING.—The French Consul in
Dublin has offered 36,000 francs for paper on which writing
cannot be obliterated,—,Publin Paper.