The Rotundity of the Earth

"PARALLAX"is not dead yet. His backer, Mr. John Hampden, has again brought his sophisms and his misstatements before the public in the form of a periodical called the Armourer, which has already had one period of existence, having been discontinued about four years since, "amidst the regrets of hundreds of its readers,"as the editor asserts. When Mr. Hampden speaks of the recent experiment by which the falsity of "Parallax's"views was exposed, as "the Bedford Canal swindle,"of Mr. Wallace's victory as having been obtained by "Scotch knavery and cunning,"and of the conduct of the editor of the Field as umpire as having been "false, unfair, and fraudulent,"we may well leave these charges to be replied to by these gentlemen themselves, or by the law. As, however, "Parallax"repeats unblushingly his assertion that he has for years propounded his views by lectures in various parts of the country without their having been once refuted, we may call to his remembrance a circumstance which he has probably found it convenient to forget. During the recent experiments at the Bedford Level, "Parallax "carefully concealed the fact that the very same test had been previously applied. In the year 1856, however, after a lecture by "Parallax,"at Norwich, two gentlemen challenged him to an experimental proof of his views. He accepted the challenge and was invited to witness the experiment, which invitation, however, he did not respond to, but prudently left the town in the interim. The nature and result of the experiment are detailed in a printed slip which was inserted at the time in the local papers, and a copy of which we append:-