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vigett4 him, and pledges) himself that the offending parties
•loorle be plesturhesil emit the intrust rieeror.Of,tbe law.
Tl'eariqlr lbe barkney.coash, .142, appeared to a sitm.
mous, ebiseglig hja with impluprrly driving, and violently
• "1",11$1, 'sr Geott:egian of the name of Hicks, 'a naval
Mew, wan4stateol that he was possum thioilev•llle Strand on
Trs,day night, joit.as the perforitiatice at the English Opera.
house had timed ; the Prisoner, he believed, had -taken
.0$ there, sod just as he had passed Exeter
...Chatette ,n the narrow part of the Strand. the pole of the
Pustules'. coach came against hla at filer which nearly
• It-tucked dawn. Ifejeas no the fool path, and the horses,
fie suppoaed, most also have been on it. He railed to the
Prieower Id mind where he was driving. bid in reply only re.
e rived a deal of low scurriloos altos., and in addition to
(hat gave ti,rn. several cute with bift whip on his head and
Ai. k
The Primmer wax convicted in the penalty of ten shillings,
tool coats fur the improver rtrivine, and the Privreentur de-
• Claed proceistlitte agast,st bins for the aviiiiislt,nin condition of
Lis togirng parsluo w all• Ohre, which he accordingly did.
- A young man of the IMP.' of she name of Flowerdale,
applied to Sir Robert Baker for protection under very peen-
;tar eircometonree. He wore a white bat, and in consequence
Is hail been afiachrot by a moli in St. Gile.'s, calling him a
Radical, ave. lie denied being one, and despised thl-ir con-
temptible "'aliments; he lye... Need the hat, and said it was
is ['remit one. It was lira rouitil with blue and strange
i /tst/OUll.
'1 he Magistrate suggested it to hr owing to the ribbon the
• witolt followed hint.
lie agreed to leave it off, and a warrant was obtained
tsgaiu:t a mail who had assaulted him.
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• DOCTORING BEER, OR. HOW TO MAKF. TWO
BUTTS INTO THROE.
Yesterday a man, whnse name we did not learn, hot who
• said he lived at IS, Sornerscistrect, ilsek•hill, wan brought
- vp for examination in the tinfoil) of an Excise Officer, Oil
sl•e following charge •
The Offirer stated, that he tereivril information that the
l'risoner was io the habit of mskiiig up a certain comp°.
...dim' made of -snot , roars.. sugar, and poisonous drugs,
which be sold in gallon jars to publicans, tor the purpose of
. husking two butts of porter Into three. and a hich the Pri-
er himself it Mies t" L its pet form with the addition of
w tier. He produced a came galion full of this minium,
iftrhich he found on the Prisoner When he took him jilt., Clii•
Wile, and at it was an ^deuce for which the Prironer was
..abject to a penalty of fiftol he (the officer) wished the Sla.
. gistrate weithl hold him is, em:lmly, or find astakient bill,
oath be (wild be legally pro..-ened against, as the conviction
• idol not rest wills the Magistrate.
• Mr.Goodiug, linsilloid of the Falcon and Compasses, Great
Russell-street, Bloomsbury, was called upon to prove the
lie stated, that sins. he came to keep that house the
Tritioner called oil him I times to purchase a jar of
compoaition, with which and some water lie•worold be
able to make two butts of herr (eta three, whereby witness
would goon •ccat moils OP o Nevi fortune, and that he, the
Prisoner, would himself rtform the operation. Witness
• Nine shear.; at so infainois• a proposal determined to tiring
the Prisoner tojtoiliee,aml fixed on that Jay for him to coral
and bring bis composition, and commence the operation.
•'ln the mean time witness went to the gentlemen at Meeqrs
Slena's brewery, and informed them of the circumstance.
hrushan Fader tinker was in waiting in the house, whit took
Cm into custody with the jar then produced its his pO4l/14.•
-witiii.—The Prisoner bring risked if lie ever made the cape-
:intent of making two butts of herr into three, answered
that be did on two jars of his composition, which lw sold-
to a publican in Osford.strart, and that it answered perfectly
its ell—this the Cerise oftici•r wrote down.
• The Magistrate, on referring to the Act of Parliament,
stated that there was on power veiled in him to bold the Pri-
wooer in custody for having such ingredients in Isis pow:es.
&ion; the conviction lay with :norther Quirt ,• the offence
lie which lee the Magistrate could punish him was not,
asommitted, that is., fur aniNing poisonous or improper
Jtigi_ clients in beer or ale to sell to the public, and he
•;lainykted he could dike Ills 4.llgliirilller of the offence.
'W'ic Magistrate thanked 11r Gooding for the part he meted,
informed him that the public were much indebted to
fur his conduct to the present case.
The Prisoner, after living severely reprimanded, war stir.
Pte Excise Officer kept posscsai of the jar, and pro-
mi.sed that'proeredings tor she rerun cry of the penalty would
lr ..i.stitolcd opium the Prisoner if be could be found.
WORSIIIP-RTRIPET.
.OPENING; I 1 E REGENT'S ('ANAL.
Cur Tuesday the *boars and pickpockets availed them-
. • meted of the opportunity afftri sled ale in to commit rolitse•
'woes, to consequence of the -immense tiunibrra attracted
- do •orsr the ceremony cut openiog the Regent's Canal. Many
-Gealtemen who were ettrieleJ, and who voileseoareil,
t e save their seals and watches, were throwii tutu the causal;
mi. • 1 with the greatest difficulty their lives bon Iron ssecil.
- The constables carte vets mach maltreated in the ears-it-
-Iton of their duty ; but note illistanding that, they succeeded
. tinalitcwring about 14 vary notorious characters, and brought
Cele infure the Magistrate. (Lie fellow bad M. ilium
person, which no doubt ar.is the cutdetsts or some pocket-
book tie bad stolen.
Wei. Caleb, Janie, Nkhol it, and Eliza Swirls, were sworn
ta being concerned in robbing a yottog Gridiron:lN named
Pirgb7.ot a silk hatidkerchief, atid were fully committed.
' Several gentlemen who had been robbed of their watches
' and seals, attended, but could not swear to the identity of
the inen fc, et:Molly; but they being u reputed
)thieies were committed to the Sessions.

BOXPItS.
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ne watch between Spring and the Gas-lighl Man is off,
'as neither made his mercy good on Tuesday night, acme-
. Ably to articles, and each rcceised back the 51. deposit
. 4101iwer challenged Spring fur a hundred or two, but it was
node. Belsaco-tharrneed Joshua Hudson.

•CO 114 i N ER' S INQUEST.

'Yesterday ae inquisition was taken at the Swan. Hoorn.-
fora stairs; before Mr. HIGGS, Coroner, ou the body of tia-

!noel Coe, aged 21.
[t• from the evidence, that. the deceased was
the as of Mr. Cloe, Ireland-yard, Blackfriars ; that a Isar
days ago lee ;41111 two other young men lined a skiff
of Ms, Doe, Ohl Barge-bouse, boat.builder. they look
'levet) ritbera into 'the Air afterwards, and went to Put-
prey fa (be itWeiriag they were returniug home; none
orf the party had hero intoxicated, and at Wtstminster-
bridge the deceased Intik else rudder and steered till tiny ar-
ri v.. 41 al the road of.t (Priv opposite Hongerford:stairr, %Iwo,
by some occident, he fell ovei board' and was drowned. The
644 y Otad not being dragged for at the time, and was not
!Mind amid Tuesday. It wac discovered floating by a water.
Insaavialsa carried it to tire Swan. Vesdirt —Aceidevially
dr'ottyned.

On Saturday evening a gentleman, his sire, and win, a
Arne led shoat eighteen yew', of age, at rived at tintresenit in
a cbsisejaed on Sunday morning they proceeded to the bath.
in maillarom, foe the porpuve of bathing. It wag a aiming
cod the current was eunsrcpreitill running any strong.
The lad, who, it seem*, ryclA owl SWIM, .was unfortunately
tarried out of hie depth by the stream, and instantly gave on
alarm by his airs, in which he was assisted by hi. agonised pa.
went. Themaitatteuth lig the machine raw lu lender as.istance,
and with • boat-book endeavoured to. reach the incautious
- youth. In bishumane 'fru rts he forgot his own danger, sad woe
bitneedfprecipitined into the riser, and being unable torecorer
his footing, iffai. with the object of iii, truhritudt, drowneid
within sight or the persons vu the head; The feelings of tat
islher may be more easily conceited than described. The
what", mother was at the instant immersed in the warm'
balk, and alarmed by the cries v rich she heard, rdshed forth
to aflame bee toe slab, for the last kilt, beneath the ores-
ewe.. uhrommt. The event bay excited the greatest slow.
Mis the tiara of Grorensad. Pear Einasitigion has left
e sad these Whiten torlirplore his loss: His 'Wilma
pink./ .p is the claim of the day, but that of the youth.
bag 41,1 get beta /canted.
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