The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-12-07

buried in Oblivion, that no less liberty was
takon with tho governor Of tho bank, the
chairman OF the East Iudia Company, lord
chief Justice, cabinet miuister--aboye all,
| with the Archbishop OF Canterbury, and
his royal highuess, the commander chief.
They all obeycd the sumnons-every pious
and patriotic fcoliug had been most NOV
| lngly appealed to. IL is not certain that
they all reached Berners street; but the
Duke of York's military punctuality and
crimson liveries brought him to tue point
Of attack before tho bcleaguered widows
astoaishment had risen to terror and dc.
spair.
Perhaps no assassination, no conspiracy,
no royal demise or ministerial revolution
Of recent times, was a greater Goi.send to
the newspapers than this aud ,oious piece
Of mischief Among Hooks theatrical
friends he was instantly suspected but no
sign escaped either him or his oonGdants.
The affair was, beyond that circle, a serious
one. There ar0so a fervont hue and cry for
the detection of the wholesale deceiver.
Hook found it convenient to be laid up
| FOR week or two by severe til of Illness,
and then promoted Reconnaissance by q
| country tour. BY and by, however, the
storm blew over, as it would have done had
Derners street been blown to tho ground,
and the lord mayors coach blown up.with
all its cargo, aud then the great unknown
reappeared with tranquility in his accus.
toned metropolitan haunts. The gambol
once shown, il was initiated, dd RdUSednt.
in many English towns, and also at Paris,
with numberless unmeritorious variations.
Some two or three years later Hook per.
formed another hoax, more limited in scale,
but perhaps quite as ineXcusable. The
prince regent gave fete of surprising
maguihcence at Carlton House. Romeo !"
Coates, London dandy, who fancied him
self gifted with dramatic talent and had
taken to numbering Shakespeare at the
| lIaymarket theatre, was at that time acous.
toned to drive about the streets IN q bright
pink cockle-shell carriage, bedizened with
lifosrgo chantioloers in gilt brass. Theo-
dore, who could initiate any handwriting,
contrived to get one of the chamberlain's .
tickets into his possession for al hour, ami
produced fac-simile, commanding the
presence of Signor Romeo. He then
equipped himself in some scarlet uniform,
and delivered in person the Hat or ny mis-
svo. The delight of tho dandy must be
imagined Hook was in attendance when
the time for his sallying forth arrived, an
had the satisfaction o. seeing him swing
into his chariot decked in all his fnery,
with diamond-hilted sword, and the air of
grand moharqne. He was also present to
witness the ameteur's arrival at the regents
residences, Romeo passed iuto the interior
without remark or question; but when he
had to show his ticket to tho private score
tary, that eye caught the imposture. Mr.
Coates was politely informed that u mistake
had occurred, and had to retrace his course
to the portico; and, as the blazoned char
lot had driven off, he was compelled in
wrath and confusion, to pick his steps to
the nearest hackney-ooach stand, with Hook
at his elbow well muilled up. When the
prince heard of what had occurred, he OK
pressed his regret that the trick should
have been discovered, as Mr.. Coates was,
he said, an inoffensive gentleman, and his
presence might have amused many of the
guests, and could do harm to no one. The
next morning he sent his secretary to apo.
ogise, and signify that, as tho arrangements
and ornaments were still entire, he hoped
Mr.. Coates would come and look at thom /;
and Romeo went.