About a twelvemonth after, there appeared in the public prints the following paragraph:—"Married, Edward Henryson, Esq. to Alicia, eldest daughter to H. Montmorency, Esq. of Martinvale." By a singular coincidence, another column of the same paper recorded banishment against two notorious criminals, who, Edward afterwards learned, were the men that lead formerly committed the outrage on his person, and to one of whom, he used to remark, giving a laughing look to Alice, he was very particularly obliged.
THE THIMBLE AND PEA.
At this season the public roads are often infested by a set of vagrants, who entrap unwary travelers, by means of a Thimble and Pea.—On the 8th of June, 1825, a publican in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel was charged at the Public Office, Bow-street, by, Mr John Francis Panchaud, foreigner, with having, in conjunction with seveal other persons, defrauded him of a £10 note, at Ascot Heath race-course, on the Thursday preceding. J. Smith, the officer, gave the following description to Mr Minshull, in order that the worthy magistrate might perfectly understand the case:—A gang of seven or eight, or more, set up a table, but they all appear strangers to each other, and unconnected with the game, except one who conducts it, and who appears to be the sole proprietor. This master of the ceremonies has three thimbles, and is provided with a number of peas, or pepper-corns. He puts one under each thimble, or perhaps only under one or two, as the
