The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-26 00:00:00

SCENE IN A WATCHHOUSE.

-• Christmas-eve : Time, midnight—place, Blackhorse-
court watchhouse—circumstance, rival waits, and fight be-
tween the first fiddler, on one side, and black trumpeter on
the other. Great uproar in the watchhouse. Sundry
watchmen, in red night-caps, belabouring the most obstre-
perous. Night constable ascends the justice-seat and calls
out, authoritatively, " Silence in Court—shove 'em all in
the hole as kicks up sitch a blessed row ; number 8, bring
up your charge."
Watchman (bawling to the gaoler)—Bring forrad them
there two gemmen, von vith part of his nose eat off, and
tother vith von of his hies bung'd up.
Enter first fiddler without a nose, pretty considerably
drunk ; also black trumpeter, ditto.
Night-constable—Now, watchman, what do you know
about this here consarn ?
Watchman—l seed an hinflammatory mob in Poppin's-
court, making the gallusest rumpus—
Night-constable—Stop. Vot you seed is ony hearsay
evidence, and can't be taken. Tell us.vot you know'd.
Watchman—Vy, ven I got into Poppin's-court, I seed
the vite gemman a top of the black 'un.
Night-constable—And vot did you do ?
Watchman—By my virtue in my hoffice I took both
men into custody. _ _ .

-Night-constable—Hold your jaw—that's enough. Now
then, blacker, what do you say ?
Blackee—My gentlemen, I vas blow my instrument in
Fleet-street, for alvay at Christmas I splies de 'spectable
habitans wid music, ven de gentlemans vat plays de
fiddle come over and swear he shall knock my top over
my bottom if I not go vay. I play on, yen he gib me
wery great knock.
Fiddler—l was knocked down first.
Blackee—l knock down myself, dat I sal swear. I
loose my piece for my mouth.
Night-constable—Lost a piece of your mouth ? Vich
side on it? _ _ .

Blackee—No, no, not my own mouth ; de piece vot I
blow my vind through.
Fiddler—l deny the inference. I'm the reglar waits.
I can give plenty of references, and my father's Common
Councilman of Castle Baynard ward.
Night-constable—ls he ? Hah ! that alters the facts of
the case 'ferry materially.
Bltickee—lf he pay ten shilling for my mouth-piece, I
go and say nothing no more.
- Night-constable—Take five shillings.
Blackee—Too littel money, my noble gentlemans.
Night-constable—l'll send you to the Counter, if you
don't.

Blackee—Den I take five shilling.
Night-constable (to the Fiddler)—Fork out five shillings.
Fiddler—See you d—d first.
Night-constable—Then you shall go to the Counter.
Fiddler—There's five bob (pulling out the money) ; but
mud I repeal agiu your incision ; an'4as for you.(turning
to the.trlimpeter), if there is law or justice to be had,- I'll
ruin you. I'll take the black swan from you—l'll take the
horns from you, and you shan't never blow another note
afore the Chapter.
Night-constable—Them as won't turn out, shove 'em in
the hole.—[Excunt ontnes.]
Common-Councilman of Castle Baynard bustles in,' ap-
parently in a passion—How ! Where ! What When
who charges my son ?
Night-constable (graciously)-oh, the gentleman vith
part of a nose—he's discharged.
Right ; quite proper. Good night.—(Common Council-
man of Castle Baynard bustles out.)

A MATRIMONIAL ADVENTURE.—A few weeks
ago, a pair of lovers sick of freedom, presented themselves
at the altar of St. Margaret's church, that they might be
united in the bonds of marriage. But the Reverend Gen-
tleman having learned that , the banns had been pub-
lished in the parish church of one only of the parties, he de-
clined to perform the ceremony, stating, that as they lived
in separate parishes, it was necessary that proclamation
should be made in both. Reluctantly they withdrew, to
pass a few more weeks of tedious courtship, while the banns
.were duly published. On Sunday last they again presented
themselves, and were buckled together hard and fast. The
Gordian knot being tied, the " happy man" refused to pay
the fees, as he had been subjected to extra expense in the
publication of the banns ; whereupon he was locked up in
the chancel, in company with his new made wife, who, (as
all " better halves" should) refused to desert her partner in
his adversity. Imprisonment made no impression on his
resolution—he persisted in refusing to pay the charges
(perhaps for a szjicient reason)—and the relenting sexton
liberated him in time for the wedding dinner.--Leicester
Chronicle.
Such is the infatuation of some of our farmers in
favour of restrictions on French produce, that the circum-
stance of the whole of the local press being opposed to
their iniquitous and foolish demands has not at all cooled
their ardour in the ignoble pursuit. The refutations and
the arguments employed against their false and silly peti-
tion, as well by ourselves as by our contemporaries, have, it
would appear from information upon which we can rely,
actually inspired them with a wish to establish a news-
paper of their own, in order to set forth the beauty and
loveliness, the equity and sound policy, of restrictive and
prohibitory laws on the trade and commerce of this island ;
The paper is to be written in what is commonly called
Jersey _French.
Two of the coaches travelling the Worcester and
Gloucester road have broken down this week under
the weight of presents which they were conveying to
London,