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bloodthirsty ‘conquest ‘of ‘South Ame- 
rica; ‘bythe Spaniards, the incalculable 
produce ‘ofthe niines of) Mexico, ‘Peru, 
afid 2Chilipowas? quickly odisseminated, 
thrdughe"Spain) to alb mations, «Tt\is 
possible (that the tanks of ‘the King of 
Visiapours!! and) of:cother hoarders. “of 
India) Contained ‘much of this treasure; 
while the preat ‘bulk “of thatowhich pur- 
chased the commodities of the East for 
the/Juxtirious/Romans, by some man- 
nériof. means found its way back again, 
forthe Romans would be ‘rich, though 
the rest’ of the world were sacked and 
plunderéd. “Now, more‘men than Car- 
dial! Polignac, and ‘the knot of Jews 
who negociated with the Pope for leave 
to~turn) the ‘stream of the Tiber, are 
impressed with the opinion, that no 
méan portion of ancient Rome’s enor- 
mous'wealth ‘and rarities are reposing 
inthe’ bed of that immortal river. 
More unlikely: things have come to 
pass, ‘and»more long-lost articles have 
been “discovered 1mder the waters, than 
manyhonest’ men have dreamed of 
finding.’ Less ‘than “twenty years ago, 
apart ‘of the’ Rochdale canal, in the 
vicinity of Bengal-street, Manchester, 
was let) off for the purpose of cleansing 
it of the mud. Several discoveries of 
immersed property were made; and not 
the ‘least’ extraordinary one was, the 
finding of a ‘bundle, containing the 
halves of two pound original Bank of 
England ‘notes, to the amount of some 
thousands, It was pleasantly remarked 
by ‘the» bystanders, that this was not 
the first) time that money had been 
sunk in canals ; but, that a canal should 
bei made into a banking concern, ex- 
elusive of its own banks, was truly 
original. 
jo Since that event; as some labourers 
were ‘cleansing a fish-pond at Hamp- 
stead, in» Hertfordshire, they found a 
bottle of sack; covered with mud a yard 
thick, Qn it were inscribed these 
words: ‘New Canary, put in to see 
how long it» would keep good, April 
1659, Ri Combe.’ The mouth of the 
bottle:was\ waxed over, and the wine 
good; but the, cork was almost decayed. 
Now; if it be; that there is nothing new 
under ithe sun, one fact makes the sur- 
mise: of another resembling it, very pos- 
sible)<and: another :to that so ‘strongly 
confirms it, and places speculation on 
so) rational aiground, that there cam be 
hittle fearcofrerrory butsin the cases not 
being similar;sand the: precedents: not 
correct. 9 Hadjothe probability of «an- 
tiques: and treasures! being buried \in\the 
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Bed of the Tiber. 
[Sept. 1, 
Tiber never entered’ the mind of*Car- 
difial Polignae; ‘and’ hadnot! “the Jews: 
followed" it “wp ‘by their’ ' pr boto 
tur! the stream and did them 6ut\on 
condition“of having them fortheirpains, » 
these! two little instances*of! the’Rechs 
dale “eanaly “atid ‘the! Hanmipstead’ fish) 
pond; wére“as ‘200d erounds to’ go upon: 
for cleansing ‘the ‘river, asaté any vor 
the ‘mining «projects ‘now’ so' prevalent; 
and which so inflame’ the ‘minds of our’ 
monied men’ of the city of Londons") 
Our countrymen at’ Rome have al’ 
ready ‘made atrial, ahd’ it was ‘said at 
the time, under the auspices “of! the’ 
Prince Regent, now Kite George’ the 
Fourth, but ‘their efforts were ‘Not stic- 
cessful. “Not ‘that’ any’ “attempt ‘was 
made to turn, but merely by a@'machine 
invented for the purpose, to dredge’ the 
river. The experiment was madeftom 
the bridge Molle, as far’as San Paolo} 
if our public prints may be relied ‘on, in 
their intelligence from Rome upon’ the 
subject. This machine was’ ready “for 
use in 1818, but, on account of the’ 
increase of the waters, the’ season was 
lost, and the work was not proceeded 
with, until the year following. 
From the flippant manner in which 
the failure of the experiment was an- 
nounced in the Courier, it is more than 
probable that His Majesty was not (at 
least the scribes of that journal were 
not aware that he was) a promoter of 
the project; for in a sort of an’ éxult- 
ing tone, and in excellent keeping, by 
the bye, with the language and manner 
of the Courier, the intelligence ‘thus 
appeared as an extract of a letter from 
an English gentleman at Rome, dated 
August 23, 1819. si 
“The famous scheme of fishing for'sta- 
tues, appears to have failed. “The re- 
searches in the Tiber have’ now contmued 
for three weeks, and nothing ‘has been 
found. The directors themselves’ allow 
that they have no indication as\to any parts 
where . their. labours, might be suceessful, 
but that they proceed entirely at, hazard.’?, 
To my apprehension, the ill success 
of the trial is, of itself, the: stronger 
argument for adopting the method sug- 
gested by Cardinal ‘Polignac, ithatoof 
turning the ‘river. _By\all means, the 
permission ‘of his" Holiness: should»be 
obtained, when, the thing not’ taking-in 
London, the proposal of the Jews should 
be entertained: by the ‘societies ofi Arts 
and ‘Sciences of the Europeans inigenes« 
-ral, «Those Jews who made thei'pro- 
posal have'long since slept withotheit 
fathers :«yet are they a people of such 
calculation 
