Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-12

few pieces Of waste paper! This discovery.
led 10 fur.her search. and many other hc,i'iauS
pledges were found; for ins,ance-a parcel, pur.
porlinp 10 have been pledged for ST., was found
10 contain nothing bat an old pewter TEAPOT,
not worth one shilling; in another, purporting
to contain two gold nsck chains, pledged Tor
ST., nothing was found but ii',le tin snutf-ooA,
filled with old nails: another 81. pledge ticketed
"diamond cross, Sc" turned out to be pen
nypiece and two or three rusty screws; anu an !,
other, purporting 10 contain "24 briiilan'''
and to have been pledged for lol., was iouho
to contain nothing but few grains oil gum ara
bic! Thes curious pledges had all been ucSe'>
ed and pu: up in the warerooms by the prison.
er, who, upon being questioned, confessed tnat
he had practised this trick for some time, ana
TO great exten.; and be himself poin'eo OUT
number Of other fictitious pledges, when
were now produced before the Magistrate; out
whether these were the whole OF his depreda..
tons in the same way could not be ascerlaihed
without opening the whole OF the pledges III
his masters possession-amount.ng 10 nearly
twenty thousand; and, OF course, there had MOI
been time to do that. /, also appeared thai ne
did not confne his frauds upon his master 10
this fictitious pledge system only; ior many
small tradesmen being in the habit OF bringing
country notes, silver and copper, to his mas
ter's shop, as sort Of banking>house-it was
proved that from one person he had received
lsl and 2ol in this way. Mr.. Ryalis, a
hardwareman, in Fleet lane, had Tor years sent
his small change to Mr.. Fleming, to whom 1t
was useful in his business, and who gave notes
Of large amounts for it whenever required, the
deposits sometimes accumulatng to 1901.
Two memorandums would be produced, in the
Axl,,.., q a If,t
from Mr.. Ryalls Of 2ol. on the 23d Of February,
and Isl. on The 18th Of March; aud it would be
proved BY the books that the prisoner had neV>
err accounted for these sums. During the ex-
animation he stood leaning on the bar hiding
his face with his hand, and when asked by The
Alderman whether ne could give any reason
why he. should not be committed for trial, no
replied-sI cannot, it is useless saying any
tbing"-He was committed for trial
PALpaBLE HoAx.-On Wednesday week, a
bout Two o'clock, in consequence OF notices
pretty literally distributed, great crowds OF
persons assembled on Westminster bridge and
in New Palace-yard, in order 10 see "the SsIgn-
or Giacomo Novella, known on the Continent
as PAquila di Milano, fly across the Thames
after the manner Of Icarus," and tumble like
pea on pipe. shank above Westminster hall,
by means Of wha: The SeiEnor called the Mem
brane kGrie: there was provision in the mott,
ces, setting forth that If the dav proved tempes'
tuous, the feat would, "of course" be postpon>
ed ill tomorrow (next day. Al the hour men
toned, the rain began 10 descend copiously,
and The multitude, after waiting till completely
drenched, quietly departed without seeing Ell
Their the Signor or his leap. A similar hoax
was PLAYED about a year ago, upon the folks of
,DfE a ~,
gave out that b. would fly from Arthur's Sea!
on that OCCASION, which had the same 9snoue>
msnt as the present, with this difference, that
once was enough for Sawney, but the metropo
litans had stomach for repetition of the dose,
and congregated second time 10 an amazing
number on Thursday, to see whether the gen
tleman would not really keep his word. One
worthy, al loss 10 account for the default, in.
Quired OF a neighbor "who is Icarus? and the
otheris said to have answered 81 believe he is
a son of Didde-us''
DEvIL's WoRKs.-There are in the Murg-
thai, in Beden, devils mill, DEVILS bed, de-
vil's pulpit, sc. immense stones upon which
the hand of the Romans is perceptible. The
works, of the Romans passed, among the ig-
norant barbarians who succeeded them, for
those of the devil; as in Switzerland, where
every lhihS lhd' appears oiu, OF QlnCuIt, is
ascribed to the Prince Of Darkness, or 10 Ca
sar. Once upon time, the devil standing on
his pulpit, an angel came down on the angels
pulpit, in the Murg- thai, and drew all the pro>
pie from him. Upon this, Satan built The De-
vi's MILL in which he made such deviish
noise, that no one could understand the angel:
wherefore The Lord shu: the wicked one up in
il, and there he is haunting to this day.
London Weekly Revis,c.
ANTIauARIAN REsEARoH.-A traveller, lately
returned to London, after making the tour Of
England, and part of Scotland, Gas the result of
his inquiries observes that Air shire, in Scot.
land, was once famous for Poets, Fife. shire for
Musicians, Bed-fordsnire, for Lazy people,
Bark-shire, for curious breed of dogs, Buck
shire for race of Fops, cheshire for
'xcellen, players at Chess, Cumberland. for
Mortgaged Estates, Cornwall, for MiIlers,
Glos-tershire for Varnish, Monmouth shire,
Tor Men with large Mouths, Ox-fordsbire, for
fine breed Of Horned Cattle, Rutland shire for
Impossible Roads, Summer-se,sbire, for Fine
Staff ordshire, tor Cudgel-players.
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