The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-08 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

Yesterday a Jew, named Lazarus, a dealer in old clothes,
residing in Cutter-street, Houndsditch, applied to Mr.
RAWLINSON for his assistance, under the following ludicrous
and extraordinary circumstances :
From the statement made by the Israelite, which drew
forth continued bursts of laughter, it appeared that about
an hour since he was wending his way along Bell-street,
Paddington, with his bag stuffed with old clothes, " so better
as new," when he was called in by a man named Peter
M'Crill, who keeps a shop at No. 1, in the same line of
" piss.ness." Peter then whispered cautiously in his ear,
that his wife being out of town he was determined upon" a
spree," and in order to raise the needful for that purpose,
he had a bargain to dispose of, such as he thought might
tempt any Jew. He then drew from a drawer a large roll
of glittering lace, which he asserted was silver, and offered
it for 2s. 6d. Complainant thinking it an eligible offer,
paid the money, and left the shop with his bargain, which
he tried at the next pawnbroker's shop, and found it nothing
but copper-lace, thinly washed with silver. He returned
to M'Crill's shop, complained of the imposition, and de-
manded the money back, but M'Crill refused to return it,
saying that it was a fair bargain. The Jew here exhibited
the spurious article, which he said was not worth 2d.,
amidst much laughter and merriment.
M'Crill having been sent for by the? Magistrate's order,
shortly arrived ; and in answer to the charge, denied that
he had warranted the lace to be silver. He merely called
the Jew in and told him that among some old clothes which
he had recently purchased was some lace, which he would
sell him for 2s. 6d. The Jew cast a hasty glance on the
lace, and whetting it on the ground, as his prototype Sky-
lock did the knife, no doubt taking it for silver, put it has-
tily in his pocket, and having paid the money, walked, out
of the shop highly elated with his bargain. So far from
his wife being out of town at the time, she sat in the little
parlour behind the shop at the time, and could scarcely
help laughing at the extraordinary eagerness with which the
Jew seized the bait. The lace, if silver, would be worth
more than 20s.

Mr.. RAWLINSON, upon the extraordinary instance of a
Jew being taken in, told the complainant he could not in-
terfere. He must get rid of his bargain as well as he could
among his brethren in Hounsditch.

LAMBETH-STREET.
Yesterday William Ruddell, a private in the Coldstream
Guards, and Mary Jones, a common prostitute, were
brought before Mr. HARDWICK for final examination, on a
charge of robbing a gentleman, named Haynott, of three
bank notes of 10/. each, and three or four sovereigns.
The prisoners, who offered nothing in defence, were fully

committed to take their trial at the ensuing sessions at the
Central Criminal Court.

W OR SHIP-STREET.

Yesterday A. liutchins (advanced in years) was placed
at the bar, before Mr. GetovE, charged with stealing three
quart pots, the property of Mr. William M'Pherson, pro-
prietor of the Rosemary Branch.
Mr. M'Pherson within the last few months had lost as
much as 20/. worth of pots. Not only he, but Licensed
Victuallers all round, have been considerable losers. The
prisoner, who used to bring him saw-dust, was the last per-
son he suspected. He brought the dust in a sack, and he
(prosecutor) supposed he used to take the pots away in it.
Brown, an officer of the establishment, looked at the
" Newgate Calendar," and found the prisoner's name there,
having been convicted for stealing timber.
Mr. GROVE told him that there was no doubt of his suf-
fering transportation, as a record of his former conviction
would be produced against him.