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them cheap, &c. " Well, John, you must 

 go with me before the Mayor." When 

 brought before him, the Mayor ordered 

 the man into custody, and the several 

 things to be advertised in the newspapers. 

 The newspaper came into the room when 

 I was present; and the old gentleman 

 took it up to read, and there saw his 

 sconces advertised. He sent his ser- 

 vant te the place : they were imme^ 

 diately brought by the police. Mr. 

 Boadley called the servants into the room, 

 to prove them to be his ; wrote a note to 

 the mayor, and made the policeman a pre- 

 sent for his trouble : and so the thief got 

 off for that act of theft, If he got off 

 for all the others in the same manner, he 

 would escape the proper punishment to 

 which criminals of that sort are liable in 

 England. After the people were gone, I 

 took the liberty to expostulate with Mr. 

 Boadley, and ask him whether he did not 

 think that sort of lenity improper in a 

 gentleman. As he had held thirteen pub- 



