The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-03 00:00:00

A ROGUE UNMASKED.

A gentlemanly. looking personage, of good address,
presented himself on 'Wednesday evening last, at the
boot establishment of Mr. Llewellyn, in John-street,
Bristol, and requested that some "oxonians" should
be shown him. Having selected a pair of costly
make, that fitted to a miracle, he desired that his
own boots, (which were silk, with patent leather
goloshed) should be new clothed, having been
damaged that afternoon whilst he was " engaged in a
game at cricket on the Down." When repaired,
they were to be forwarded to his apartments, at the
Moon Hotel, North-street, and then the bill should be
paid. He gave the name of Lawson, and walked off
in the oxonians. The smoothness of his customer's
tongue so far captivated Mr. L. as to put him some-
what off his guard ; but a little reflection made him
fear that in this cricketer he had a swindler to boot.
Fortunately, the police had just received a caution
respecting a sharper, whose description answered that
of the said Mr. Lawson; and Mr. Llewellyn becom-
ing acquainted with the fact, early next morning took
his " little bill" to No. 17, at the afore-named hotel.
There he found the gentleman, who received him with
unembarrassed air, with a sumptuous repast before
him. Briefly introducing the subject of the oxonians,
Mr. Llewellyn requested payment. Not at all dis-
concerted, the guest very blandly rejoined, " I shall
pay you, of course, when my boots are repaired, for
the whole." " Not so," said Mr. L., "if you mean
fairly—as I begin to doubt—pay me at once ; or I
will call a policeman." "Oh ah 1 yes," was the
rejoinder, "I can have no objection to go with you
to the magistrates—l have several relatives in the
commission of the peace." "This, then, confirms my
suspicions," replied Mr. L. ; " you know the magis-
trates would treat the matter as a debt. Now I cau-
tion you—l am not easily to be swindled. Take off
those oxonians, or expect such a castigation as shall
make you unfit to be seen in public for some time to
come." "I am a gentleman,' said the other, getting
alarmed, "and cannot cope with you at fisticuffs.
Mr. L. rang the bell, desired the waiter to bring up
a pair of slippers, and giving them to his customer,
took the boots from off his feet. The worthy host
was then summoned ; and his suspicions being
aroused, had his account forthwith prepared. Now,
completely chop-fallen, the gentleman confessed, that
he had "no effects" to pay the bill. He was then
searched, lest any of the plate should be concealed
about him, but the whole contents of his pockets were
—a dirty pair stockings, an old tooth-brush, a hair-
brush without a handle, and one pocket handkerchief,
very dirty ; but not a single piece of the current coin
of the realm. Being now ordered to decamp, he
pleaded that his boots were at his bootmaker's. But
the landlord, having by this time lost his patience, as
well as his payment, insisted on the gent's immediate
exit ; nor would he consent to any further loss,
not even to the small matter of a pair of slippers ! and
so, without a leg to stand on, or rather with nothiHg
but his legs to stands on, this worthy had to march
the streets for nearly a mile, till he reached the shop
of his boot repairer—followed by a crowd, boisterous
in its manifestations of delight at the sorry plight of
" the swell." Arrived in John-street, it appeared that
the old boots were in the hands of a workman, who
had not yet returned them; and it was intimated that
they would not be given up, when repaired, unless
the cost of repairing were first paid. The sorry
plight of the scamp, however, ultimately excited feel-
ings of commiseration ; and he was presented gra-
tuitously with a pair of old boot-feet, and in this
condition, his dirty heels protruding from behind, he
took his departure, carefully avoiding the Moon on
his way thitherward —Gloucester Journal.

BANK OF FRANCE.
The following is a return of the situation of the Bank
of France up to Sept. 27 :

ASSETS.

f. 266,701,234 17
. . 139,598,696 00
... 85,007 12

Cash and ingots ...
Ditto in branch banks
Bills past due •.
Bills falling due in Paris, of which
18,223,C00F. are from the branch
banks ••• ••• •••
Bills in the branch banks ..•
Advances onsoins and ingots... ...
Ditto by the branch banks ...
Ditto on French public securities ...
Ditto by branch banks... ..• •••
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tr6sor...
Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ...
Itentes of the reserve fund ... ..•
ilentes, disposable funds ..• •••
Investments of the new branch banks in

45,251,122 66
76,219,876 00
7,401,800 00
354,136 00
20,125,536 10
1,664,543 00
50,000,000 00
50,000,000 00
10,000,000 00
42,581,488 13

the public funds ••• •••
Hotel and furniture of the Bank ...
Real property of the branch banks ...
Interest in National Discount Bank ...
Ditto branch banks •••
Bills protested at Paris •••
Ditto at the branches
Expenses of administration of the Bank
Ditto of the branches ...
Miscellaneous .••
Advance to the department of the

12,779,541 39
4,000,000 00

2,587,000 00

200,000 00
230,000 00
3,481,312 30
2,416,716 00
196,646 14
232,171 00
140,103 47

Stine ... •• • ...
Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar-
seilles ... ...

3,000,000 00

1,075,000 00

4..740,322,174 48