Herald Of The Valley

A New Velociped.--A man upon a new sort of velocipede attracted a number of people together as the Elephant and Castle, London, on Thursday, to witness his activity and the swiftness with which he travels. He is a shoemaker by trade, and finding the trade bad at Newark-on-Trent, in Nottinghamshire, of which place he is a native, he built this mechanical horse, as he terms it. It is on a different plan from the others; it is worked by two handles, which set two wheels in motion, and cause two levers in front to be put in action, which set the machine going at the rate of at least six miles an hour. It is the completest machine of the kind that has as yet been invented. He has travelled in fine weather sixty miles a day. He has two iron stirrups in which he places his feet--they keep him steady on the saddle.