The Sun.
London, England, 1833-08-26 00:00:00

Mr. DYER could not avoid 'smiling, and then
inquired what the doctor did when a patient came to
him for advice.

" I write's 'em recipes," said the Doctor.
Mr. DYER—And what fee do you ask ? Doctor—
I don't ask a poor man far money, only for a little
of something to eat and a drop of something to
drink. I sees all my patients, for the sake of con-
venience, either at the George the Fourth public-
house, or at the Nag's Head, at Hampstead.
If I may judge from your appearance, said Mr.
DYER, you take your fee oftener in drink than in
food, and I suppose you and your patients have oc-
casion frequently to experience the efficacy of the
prescription you have just repeated ?—" Upon my
reputation as a physician," said Dr. Balburnie, " I
never allows my patients to get drunk. No. After
I think we've had enough together, I make my
patients stand up and do the balance' step.—
(Here the Doctor illustrated his meaning by first
holding up one leg as high as he could, and then
the ether.) If they can do it, all well and good—
if they can't, why nothing can ever prevail on me to
let them order in another pint."—(Laughter.)
The Doctor, finding the magistrate disposed to
listen, here entered into the details of a project
which he said he had laid before Govern-
ment for the erection of steam-engines at Hamp-
stead to furnish the metropolis with a supply of
pure water, and also a second project regarding the
transmission of pure air, which, he said, was for the
purpose of restoring people who had been poisoned
and suffocated by the bad air of the metropolis.
In consideration of the important services which
were to be rendered to mankind, the magistrate
allowed the defendant to go at large.
Dr. Arthur Balburnie bowed his thanks, and set
off with great expedition to visit, as he said, his
patients at Hampsteftl.

James O'Donnell, a hoy apparently about 12
years of age, William Hill, his father-in-law, and
Mary Hill, his mother, were brought before 11Ir.
DYER, on a charge of felony.
The boy was of very bad character, and his pa-
rents consequently refused to support him. He
went to his mother, a few days back, to ask her for
some food, and she told him she would give him
none, adding, angrily, that he might go and thieve
to procure bread. The boy took her at her word,
and actually went to a cellar, and stole a number of
articles belonging to his parents, which he took to
his aunt, and requested her to pawn for him, telling
her at the same time that his mother had given the
property to him to raise money for him to live upon,
as she had no money herself to give him. The aunt-,
doubting the truth of the boy's statement, made
some inquiries; and, on the truth appearing, the
boy was given into the custody of Hobbs and Hine,
two of the C division policemen. The boy imme-
diately informed the policemen that the articles he
had taken from his mother had been stolen by his
father-in-law, who was a waiter at the Orleans Ho-
tel, jermyti-street ; and if the policemen searched
his mother's room, they would find other property,
which had likewise been stolen. The policemen
accordingly made the search, and they did find a
quantity of property, which appeared to have been
stolen from the hotel. In consequgice of the boy's
communication, the father-in-law was taken into
custody for having stolen the goods, and the mother
for having received them.

Mr. DYER directed all the prisoners to be re.
mantled, for the purpose of obtaining further evi.
dence in this singular business.

MARYLEB ONE.

A very respectable-looking middle-aged man, who
gave his name Richard Jackson, was brought before
Mr. HOSKINS on Saturday, charged with having
desperately attempted to put an end to his ex-
istence.

Mr. HOSKINS, in the most feeling language,
pointed out to the prisoner the heinous nature of
the crime which he had attempted, and after an ad-
monition as to his future conduct, discharged him.