16 MARCH 1839, Page 15

A curious specimen of mechanical ingenuity, called the Aellopodes, is

at present exhibited at the George Hall, Aldermanbury. It is a car- riage for travelling without horse or steam, propelled solely by the traveller's own weight ; and it is the invention of Mr. Nevis, a native of Cambridge. Its structure is light and elegant ; and any persons may, on common roads, propel themselves at the rate of between twenty and thirty miles an hour, and on railroads it might be worked with incredible velocity. The chief object of its inventor is, that it might be employed to take up the cross-mails.—Courier.