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tended humanity, give him a shil- 

 ling, or in cases of extreme ne- 

 cessity a 3s. token. The first 

 place to which his necessities 

 would lead the wretch to whom 

 this bounty was extended would 

 be the baker's shop, or the eating- 

 house, or the public-house; but 

 as soon as the supposed value was 

 tendered, a police officer started 

 into his presence, seized the 

 money, maiked it, and handcuffed 

 the poor creature that offered it. 

 Upon being brought before a 

 magistrate, the story was just 

 sucli as is usually told, and no 

 suspicion excited. In other in- 

 stances this ingenious Jew, with- 

 out pretending to be influenced 

 by any com])assionate motives, 

 would merely propose to poor tat- 

 tered sailors to purchase certain 

 articles at a slop-shop, or marine 

 sto-es warehouse, uith a promise 

 to give them a drink for their 

 trouble. Upon proceeding to exe- 

 cute their commission, they v.cre 

 scented by the otTicer, who was 

 sure to let them go just as far as 

 was necessary to make them guilty 

 in the eye of the law upon his tes- 

 timony. 



The Lord Mayor, w ho has had 

 for some time intelligence upon 

 this subject, went, accompanied 

 by Mr. Hobler, to Newgate on 

 .Sunday morning, and remained 

 there till six o'clock in the after- 

 noon, and took the depositions 

 of eighteen persons, all of whom 

 were lixcd in their piesent situa- 

 tions tiu'ough the instrumentality 

 of the Jew. 



They were convicted of uttei'ing 

 bad money at the Old Bailey, some 

 of them at the last April Session^ 

 others at the October Session of 

 last year. 



The Bank presented the officers 

 with the sum of lOl. for each 

 conviction. 



23. An alarming fire broke out 

 about half-past five o'clock at a 

 warehouse in Bow Church-yard, 

 occupied by Mr. Henderson, a job 

 warehouse, which communicated 

 to the upper part occupied by 

 Messrs. Bell and Broderick, solici- 

 tors, which shortly consumed the 

 same; as al.so the adjoining back 

 warehouse, and damaged the house 

 occupied by Mr. Meyrick, com- 

 municating to a large stack of 

 warehouses of Mr. Harkness, an 

 Irish factor, whicli consumed the 

 same, and the whole of the im- 

 mense stock of Irish linens. The 

 spacious premises of Messrs. Stirl- 

 ing, Brothers, and Co. for a time, 

 were threatened with inevitable 

 destruction ; but through the most 

 prompt and persevering assistance 

 of the firemen, and friends of 

 j\Ie?3rs. Stirling-, at the risk of 

 their lives, the premises have only 

 sustained a partial damage, and 

 the very extensive stock of not 

 less than "200,0001. saved from 

 the devouring element The Lord 

 Mayor attended in person, and 

 was very active and useful. The 

 several houses on the west side of 

 Bow-lane, in the occupation of 

 Messrs. Sadler, Sutton, Gore, 

 Everingham, have sustained con- 

 siderable damage, as also one of 

 the windows of Bow-church, and 

 the fire-ladders were consumed. 

 Tile loss cannot i)e estimated at 

 less than 40,000l., which is in- 

 sured in the various offices. 



23. Camhray. — The review and 

 grand manoeuvres took place yes- 

 terday in the plain of Denain. 

 The ground was so soaked with 

 the torrents of rain which fell 



during 



