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1 ,, cover, to know, from time to time, what the hopes of the Part,' are : ity private letters received from Gibraltar, dated the 19th ult, ‘ ,.,lave accounts of some interest. One of these, written by a Nember of the late Spanish Cortes, states that accounts are daily re coed of the dreadful state of Spain in the interior, and that large of the Constitutionalists had begun to show themselves on several points, waiting only for a favourable opportunity of again lt,Aing the standard of the Constitution. It further states that the rirrity of the people were ripe for revolution, that the expression f opinion was openly made, and that in a very short time the peo.l rig o f England would hear of a most decisive blow to the cause of t.e•putistn. The want of money is stated to be so severely felt at 11adrid, that even the King's immediate attendants hoped for same change, by which the poverty of the Government might be put an end to. This communication further adds, that • the money and arms remitted by the English nation, in aid of the Spanish cause' are so far from being lost, that they will (more particularly the Lit " ter) be very instru mental in the success of the approaching struggle.' Nothing of importance took place in Parliament last night. In the flume of Lords, the Lonn Cti NCELLOR announced that he had received his MAJESTY'S Sign appointing, Baron ( 7 IFFonn (the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of the Court of Common Deputy Speaker of the House of Peers. THE ICING. Brighton, Monday Afternoon, Feb. 9, Three o'Clock. We are rejoiced to state that his MAJESTY is now re tarded as free from indisposition. The appearance of his MAJESTY at the Chapel yesterday, is mentioned conlirtratoi yof that happy event. The public anxiety, coasequently, is now perfectly dissipated. The only ;0 .%e: given to ingniries at the Palace to-day, is, in &cr. That his 1114.rEsry is well." MAJE‘;TY is expected to leave this place on Wed nesday or Thursday for Carl!on House; from whence, r eport says, he will in a few days remove to Windsor. For the first time since his late regretted attack of eie gout, hi. MAJESTY took dinner with his attendant Suite yesterda y. We hear that the Rev. Mr. COLERIDGE, better known ail'oet than Divine, is to be the new Bishon of B.ahadoes. Yesterday nsornin.;:, about ten o'clock, the Duke of CLARENCIC left Bushey Park in his travelling carriage, and arrived in Lukdon at a quarter before twelve. Ilia Royal I lighness after wards received visits front the Duchess of GLOUCESIEIt and the . . p r i ncess SorMA. At two o'clock the Princess Sornia went to •isit he Duke of YORK, after his Royal Highness had traitsacttd tary business with Sir HE I 1 TAYLOR. At the la , t quarterly meeting of the Royal College of g4geons of Edinburgh, held in their Hall ott Nlonday last, Sir latter MiGamon, [kr cc lor G ener al of the Army Medical Depart-. went, was unanimously elected an Honorary Fellow ot the etAlege. The parataph in a Sunday Paper stating, that Miss RUM:NS is shortly to be united to Mr. ROWLAND STEPHENSON, is without any foundation. ot the establishment of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTEn are arrived 'at laulworth to tiny into effect the necessary arrangenh'nts previous to their Royal lkhneaises' arrival, and taking possession of that noble mansion. _ . The Countess of LISTOWEI.L has issued cards cf . in vitation Cot an early party on Friday evening, at Kings:on-house, Kcightslo idge. Lind alia Lady HOLLAND entertained Viscount and Viscounte‘s C totavii.t.p, and a distinguished party at dinner yester day, at Ifollmd Lord .tha.viLLE had a grand dinner party on Satur eay, at the Admiralty. Lord MILTON il;iS given £5O to the Greeks, beiner Lis second subscription. Lord AUCHISALD lIANIILTON is arrived in town, to attend his slinks in Pathan:rm. Ilk Lordship was accompanied Sy his nephew the :Marquis of Dot:GLAs oral (21.1 - DINDA LE, who goes to the Isle of Wight to complete his education. The young Marquis, before his departure from Hamilton, was presented by Sir J. Maiwitz.t., of Pollock, with a pair of beautiful greyhounds, ‘Nith massy silver collars, :Ind crimson covers, embroidered with the arms of the House of Ilamilton. _ _ . H. W. VINCENT, Esq. is appointed King's Iternem• tn.:neer in the Exchequer, vice Right lion. Mr. STEELE, deceased. WiLLIAM MARK, Esq. his Majesty's Consul for Ma , lags and the Kingdom of Granada, goes out in his Majesty's ship Pnarros, now at Portsmouth. 'lwo Arabian horses, intended as a present to his MA am, have arrived, accompanied by an Arab and an interpreter. Tl:e Rev. WILLIAM BucKLA ND, Professor of Mine rgliigy and Geology in the University of Oxford, was, at the Anni- ' vq.dry Meeting on Friday last, elected President of the Geologi cal Society of Landon. REV. EDWARD IRVING.—It is reported in Fife that this Rev. Gentleman has been offered the Church of Leslie, vacant by the translation of the Rev. WitroAse Gam, to St. Ninian's. We love also heard that it is probable Mr. !ovum will accept the living, which is in the gift of GEORGE Lassie, Esq. of Leslie, and one Of the beat in Fife.—Mrs. lavixo, we believe, was Governess in Mr. LEsiat's family. The SPEAKER'S Parliamentary Dinners commenced on Saturday, as we have already stated, when the ltight Iknour able Gentleman had about thirty of the most distinguished Minis terial Members to dine with him, in the grand old fashioned dining-room, which is as large as the present House of Commons, and which is directly underneath it. On Sunday there were the rime number of Opposition Members. The SetAKEn will thus, pursuant to the general custom, have the whole of the House to dine with him, inviting about thirty at a time, and having the dinners on Saturdays and Sundays till all have been asked, and that these dinners may be disposed of previously to the Easter recess. On Saturday next Mr. DALY, the seconder of the Address, and his friends, are invited; and on Sunday, Mr. PLuNerrT and Sir H. PARNELL, &c. The invitations to the subsequent dinners will be made without any particular reference to the side of the House to which the Honourable Members are generally supposed to belong. —The present Siscaran surpasses any of his predecessors in the sumptuous character of his dinners. He has several French cooks, 20.bpletidicl plate. It is said, that the opening of the French Chambers it tired for the 7th of April—the day on which the Bi ,asioa was passed.—L'E.loile. Sir TuomAs AITLA ND,WhOSe sudden death we had yesterday the regret to announce, was a G.C.B. and G.C. lie Was Colonel of the 10th Regiment of Foot, Gover nor ( , t Commauder of the Forces in the Mediterra rean, and Los d High Commissioner of the lonian I s . hcidi. Ile had always distinguished himself by his zeal Er the public service, and by his filAnness in situa zwns where the exercise of that quality was called for. Ills death is a loss to the con y, and will be sincerely deplored by his family, and by those friends who had th,.! pleasure of his private acquaintance. Shortly after the arrival of the dispatches, Mr. WA I..str, the King's Alessenger, was sent off with the melancholy tidings to General's bioz'ser, the Earl Of LAUDERDALE, at bulbar, in Scotland. C.tptain Coen RA N, who had undertaken the arduous ta:k of a pede•a:ian tour through Russia and Siberia, ior the purno-e of inintittly exploring that inhospitable region, and al,o far ascertaining the disputed fact of 1" e sePa . 'Aion of the Cortinents of Asia and America, alter a two years' survey, decided the question in toe atlimative, lime being a continuous channel be twt2ert !llft Continents, though frequently blocked up ice during great part of the winter. SHERIFFS COURT-THIS DAY. MALICIOUS ARREST.-SEWELL V. CLIFFORD. In this case a Jury was impannelled before the Sheriff of Mid dlesex, to assess a compensation in damages for a wanton and ma licious arrest. Mr. ANDRZWI, Counsel, opened the ease to the Jury, and stated it was one which,if not visited with the severity of the law, might be the means, in a great degree, of annihilating the liberty of the subject. In 1821, the plaintiff and defendant, being both men of the mercantile profession, agreed for their mutual benefit to exchange commodities, and soon atter the plaintiff gave the defendant a watch, value £l5, and £3 in cash. for thirty-six hats of a certain quality : a sample of two were sent for, and found to answer the description ; some other property W3B to be given to make the amount £l4, so that upon the hits being sent in £6 would have been due to the defendant; but on the other thirty-four hat► arriving, they were found very inferior to the sample hats, and not at all answer ing the agretnnent. Mr. Sewell offered to return them, but the defendant would not take them back, and vowed he would have the money. Three days after this, the plaintiff was arrested upon an affidavit of debt, for £2O, at the instance of the defendant,when if any debt had existed, it could not have been more than £6. The defendant did not content himself with the arrest only, but before a company of thirty or more Gentlemen, called him (the plaintiff) a swindler, refused to accept bail, hurried him off to a " lock•up house," and there kept him in durance upwards of five hours.— This was the case which the Jury had to decidt upon, and he (Nlr. Andrews) hoped it would meet its just deserts; the result of that vroceeding would be better described to them by the Attorney who defen.led it. Mr. John Escacks, Attorney, deposed he defended the action for Mr. Sewell, and nonsui:ed Clifford, against whom he had an execu tion for the expenses attending that arrest. Expenses have neces sarily accrued since to the:amount of 116, exclusive of those in the present action. Mr. W. Metcalf deposed, he knew Mr. Sewell as a man of high respectability, and saw the defendant, the day before the arrest ac tual:y took place, go to his house in search of him ; he called him a swiadier ; said it was a swindling transaction, and he would not he " served out" by any man. The following right witness was in company with Mr. Sewell at the Leopard Tavern, and twenty other Gentlemen ; the defendant came in and pointed out Mr. Sewell to thy officers by the epithet of " Swindler." Bail was im mediately offered to any amount, but the defendant would not take it, and Mr. Sewell was sent to a luck-up house, and kept there above five hours. Witness is aware that Mt. Sewell was arrested four years ago, on some rnercanile affair, in Malta. Mr. William Harris, proprietor of the Leopard, saw Clifford first enter his Coffee-room and then return to the door and give a whistle, when two other men entered and took Mr. Sewell. Clifford then said, with an oath, he would have his revenge. Witness offered to become bail, but Clifford would not take it. A number of other witnesses were examined to the same effect. —The Court was excessively crowded. - After an address front the Sheriff, the Jury retired for half an hour, and on their return assessed the damages at 301. upon the writ. ARCHES COURT, FEBRUARY 7. TIIE REV. ROSERT FITZIIERBERT FULLER (CLERIC) AND OTHERS, AGAINST LANE. In this case, which arises upon an application by Lane, Esq. of Lingtield, for the giant of a faculty, ap propriating to him and his fatuity a certain pew in the church of Longtieid, an allegation was this day offered on behalf of Mr. Fuller. Dr. J ENNUI stated the origin and proceedings of the cause both in the Court below and upon the appeal ; and he now supported the allegation, pleading the facts upon which Mr. Fuller, and other of the inhabitants of this parish, relied, as the grounds of their opposition to' the grant. D. LUSIJINGTON, on behalf of Mr. Lane, contended that the facts now pleaded, though stringent ones, ought to have been brought forward in an earlier stage of the cause; and he imputed a want of sincerity to the other pal ty, for now first assigning grounds of opposition, which they cnlit to have possessed the Court of before. Sir J. NICIioLL, in considering the admissibility of this allegation, adverted to the facts of the case. Mr. Lane had married a descendant of the Ferrender family, to whom, upwards of a century ago, in consideration of their having pre,ented the church with the communion plate, a pew was appropriated and allotted for ever in Liugiield church. Toe estate of the family was called Battlers ; and the present proprietor of that estate, Mr. Kersey, Asserted a pos:.essory right to the same pew which Mr. Lane claimed in virtue of his marriage with a descendant of the original holders of it. Now as to Mr. Fuller's not bringing forward the facts now pleaded before the present trine, he might very naturally have been awaiting the result of a legal decision as be tween the civil right thus claimed. by Mr. Lane on the one hand, and Mr. Kelsey on the other. But with reference to the facts themselves, the Court would say, that generally speaking, it would be unwilling—looking to the incre..sing population of the country—to support the grant of such exclusive faculties ; but if the circumstances or the parish were so peculiar that the population was a decreasing one, the Court might Ue induced to adopt a very dif ferent view. Now the allegation stated the population of Ling field to consist of 1710 persons; that the parish contained 325 families; that the church accommodation was very insufficient,there being only 85 pews to accommodate these 325 families. It was further alleged that the Churchwardens were under the necessity of seating several families in the same pew; whereas the family of Mr. Lane (con sisting only of himself, his wife, and three children) were claiming the exclusive occupancy of a pew just double the dimensions of the others; and moreover, it was stated, that when the cause corn menced, Mr. Lane was not even a parishioner, though he bad sub sequently built himself a house within the parish, to which four acres of land were attached. The Court considered that these were material facts, if they should be proved, to guide the diseretion of the Court as to whether or no it would ultimately grant the faculty, and therefore it admitted the allegation. JOHNSON V. JOHNSON. Dr. Lusimc.eroN, on behalf of the Lady, said, this was a suit instituted by Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, against her husband, for divorce, by reason of adultery. Dr. J. ADAMS, as Counsel for Mr. Johnson, stated the nature of the libel. The parties were married in 1818, and they cohabited together till the end of Octo ber, 1822, for the last two years of which cohabitation they resided at Liufield, in Sussex, the scene of the transactions charged in the libel; it states, that from March, 1820, until the 22d of October, 1821, the de fendant Henry Leach Johnson, endeavoured, by entreaty, as sell as by force and violence, to have criminal inter course with his own servant ; from October, 1820, to March, 1821, a female, names Elliott, was employed as their servant. and from March till August another female, named Fleet, became their servant, both of whom he solicited on many occasions, to consent to an adulterous intercourse, while his wife was absent from home. lie pursued the same conduct towards another female, named Watson, subsequently to that period ; and these persons all depose, that but for their strenu ous exertions, he would have accomplished his purpose. He (Dr. Adams) said, that whatever might be the in tention of Mr. Johnson, still it did not appear that the charge of adultery was sufficiently established, and it seemed, that instead of the women crying out for as sistAnce, they resided in the house a considerable time Alter he had made these attempts. The Learned JUDGE, in delivering his judgment, said that it appeared Mr. Johnson for a long period was as , sailing the cha,tity it his servants, but from their re sistance was unable to accomplish his intentions. He ' then formed a connexion with loose women, after he , had been mar r ied three or lour years, and his wile had ► borne him teo children. His Lady had separated limn him, and it was then that he wrote her a letter, solicit• ing her to reside again with him, and promising amend ment, so that the adultery WAS not only very fairly pte- sums]; tux his letter seemed to admit the charge. He (Sir John Nicholl), therefore, decided fdr the aainin of the libel. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. KEAN appeared last night in the part of Macbeth. It, never was considered by unprejudiced judges of dra matic power to he one of his great effort., yet there are points in the pelf .rmance %%hid) nothing less than KEAN S genius could achieve. I-k gave there last night with much force, and they were applande.l to the echo. Considerable talent was diTlaved in Mrs. lluszx's Ladli Macbeth. WALLACK plays Macduff with great spii it and ability, and he was rewarded by applauses not le.s hearty than well deserved.—Don Giovanni's escape from the infernal regions seems to have made him eternal. Madame VESTRIS ran through his course 01 gaiety last night with her accustomed spirit. LORD FdRNII,43I. KING'S BRNCII, DUBLIN, FP.In1:11IY 7. Counsel was heard in; belt.ilf of lord F.,rnit un , to -et t.idr the Com.itional Order ob:Aitted sg.iitist hi; Linddlii, on the ‘.:411t nit for a breach of his magisterial authority, in the ca.... of Mi. Lynch. 'llle SOLICITOR-GENERAL detailed the al.; ttion in Lis Lord ship's affidavit. Mr.WALLACE and Mr. llocstits followed on behalf of the plaintiff. Mr. JoirNsoN, King's Counsel, W./3 heard in reply, assiited by Mr. BLACKBURN, King's Counsel. The Court deliberated some time, when The CHIEF JUSTICE said, we are of opinion this matter ought tu ' b inquired into, and thererore shall abstain front ntaltin,, , , any ...b -servations. It the t the be made absolute. Tice Court was crowded to excess in every part. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Mr. CstAnt.rs T.tsTon is appointed Surgeon of the PHAETON, and Mr. TitomAs - . 1 / 1 1.1.EK to 1).• Surgeon of the 131.asette. The Pii.avroN frigate, Captain STOKE, is preparing for the recep tion of C 1111 l tni,,ioner Lr.wis and family, who proceed in her to Malta. She is expected to sail from Portsmouth in the course of this week. We are sorry to say, the brig Sylvia, of London, stranded on the shoals of Rio Grande, and the whole or greater part of the cargo is lost ; the crew were saved. The loss of this vessel is a serious disappointment to our merchants and to individuals not in trade, as she had (from being a regular trader), more or less for almost every individual of this community. The Elizabeth may be ex pected daily.—lloyal Gold Guest Ga:lette, Nov. 9.9. hlis Majesty's ship Cirarsiz, Captain PERCY GRACE, anchored at Spithead on Saturday last, direct from the Western Coast of Africa; she left, Sierra Leone oa the 127th of October, and Cape Coast on the 14th of December. The Cravats experienced the very worst description of weather from her entering into the lati tude of the Western Islands—a constant succession of gales, with heavy rain. On the 51st of last month, in about latitude 45.50. N. and longitude 44. W. it blew extremely hard from the S.W. with a high sea. The wind shifted suddenly to the N. W. blowing with much additional violence, equal to what proved so fatal to the Ville-de-Paris, Centaur, and other ships on their return to Eng land, after Sir G. B. Roo/ice's action in the West Indies, and the result was very near being as fatal to the CYRENR, as all hope of saving the ship had nearly fled for the space of four or live minutes, and it was only by the judgment and coolne:s, and the activity and exertion displayed by all on board, in throuing her guns overboard, and clearing her deck from the quantity of water which she had shipped from several seas, that the ship was saved from foundering. FALMOUTH, FEBRUARY B.—Wind S.V.—No arrivals or callings. The outward-bound vessels remain as before. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY B.—Wind S.W.—No arrivals or sailings. Remain the outward-bound as before. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 9.—Wind S.W.—No arrivals or sailings. The outward-bound remain as by last letter. DLit., FEBRUARY 9. —Wind W.N.W.— Came down from the River and remain, with the outward-bound as before, the Lavinia,' Monarsos, for Faro ; Bee, WISHART, for Constantinople ; Nep tune. WALDER, for New Orleans; Sir Joseph Banks, BLAKE, for Jamaica; Dart, DOUGLAS, for Sierra Leone; and Mary, Il•CLuaa, for Jamaica. Lorzaroor., FEBRUARY B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Mexican, CnatsTurnaallox, from Ilavannah 5 Alfred, GORDON, from Charles ton ; and Dickens, PROCTOR, from Bilboa. WavbtOUTII, Fits ROA ay 9.—Wind S. I .V. —Olf the port, the Voyager, RICHARDSON, from the Cape of Good Hope. GRAVESEND, FEBRUARY 9.—Arrived the Kingston, Leone, from Demerara ; and Henry Wellesley, —, from the South Seas. Sailed the St. Mary's, BurzoN, fir Jamaica; Syrnmetty, DAVISON, for Demerara ; and Britannia, Hone, fur Lisbon. STANGATE CREEK, FESnuAItY 9.—Arrived the Ssiltan YEOMAN, from Smyrna; Simpson, —, from Odessa ; and Ariadne, Pirr, from Ithaca. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Cape packet, Kellie, from the Mauritius, has arrived in the Downs, sailed from thence the 26th October, front the Cape Ist December, and passed St. Helena the 13th December. PASSENGERS.— Colonel Conyers, 62d Regiment, Mrs. Conyers, and four children ; Mr. Pye, Governor of Roderique ; Miss Prior ; Lieutenant Thomson, Royal Engineers; two soldiers, one woman. Arrivals at the Mauritius, October 12.—The Rambler, Powell, from London. October 14.—Tbe Alexander, Surflen, from London; the Enter prise, Thompson, from Gibraltar ; and his Majesty's ship Delight, Hay, front the Cape. Sailings from the Mauritius, October 16.--. The Margaret, Hen derson, for Gibraltar. October 18.—The Olive Branch, Kind, for the Cape. The Speke, blacpberson, was to sail treat the Mauritius for Loudon the 12th November. Arrivals at the Cape.—The Hercules, Vaughan ; the Janes Sib bald, Forbes; the Asia, Reid; and the Asia, Lindsay, from Lon don ; the Sun, Anderson, from Bengal; the John, Mercer, front Rio Janeiro; and the Olive Branch, Kind, from the Mauritius. Arrivals at Batavia.—The Diamond, Strout; and the Houqua, Nash, front London. CUSTOM-HOUSE, FEBRUARY 9. SHIPS ENTERED Irma ans The Perseverance, and Deception, front Calais ; Kingston, front Demerara ; Neleus, and Saxony, from Hamburgh ; Windlu.t, front Antwerp ; Lady Combermere, from Rio Hache ; George, from Leghorn ; Vrow Alida, Elizabeth, Queen, Britannia, Esther, and Neptune, front Lisbon; Marmony, from Charente; and Malvina, for Saloe. ENTERED OUTWARDS—The Lord Amherst, for Madras; Charles, for Rouen ; St. Lawrence, for Quebec ; Welton, for Elsineur ; Sy ren, for Venice; and Onyx, for Honduras. CLEARING Ourwasuns—The Flying Fish, for Ostend; Jane, for Lima; and Alliance, for Havannah. ARRIVED—At Halifax, the George, Daugherty, from Rio Janeiro ; Armenia, M'Kenna ; and Earl Dalhousie, Darrow, from Deme rara ; Matilda, Delton ; Phenix, Skinner ; Halifax, Coventry ; and Friends, —, from Trinidad ; Ariel, Clark, front Jamaica ; Coun tess Dalhousie, Cunningham, front Gibraltar; and Salisbury packet, -, from Falmouth. At S. John's (New Brunswick), Victory, Gray, from Trinidad; Mary Ann, Howard; and Frances Ann, Westcott, from Demerara; Trial, Holmes, front Antigua; Danger, Al' Lean ; Olive, Stinchcombe; and Robert, Dewar, front Jamaica. At Gibraltar, Flying Fish, Raeburn, fhim Trinidad ; Resignation, Saunders, front Valparaiso; and Star, --, from Guyaqail. At Bahia, Atalanta, Dewsbury, front Liverpool ; Fame, M' Neil, front the Clyde ; Heroine, Tapley ; Fame, Anwyt ; and Swiftsure, Cad dy, front Rio Janeiro. At Demerara, Hawk, bl`Lea, from the Clyde ; Saguenay, Hall, front Quebec ; Queen, Nicol, front Hali fax; and Rebecca, Lovett, from Lunenburg. The Essequebn, which arrived at Greenock on Thurs d.ty last, from Demerara, brings advices to the '26th December, but they communicate no intelligence of im • portance. The colony was then in a tranquil state. General Nltrit.RAv had received from Government at home, an entire, approval of his conduct, and that of the soldiers, in suppressing the revolting of the Slaves in that island. A rumour was in circulation that SMITII, the Missionary, was to be sent to England.—Greenock Advertiser. Yesterday a Gentleman, mounted on a spirited horse, called at Nn. 3, gustnn-square, and left the horn: in the care of the servant, who ninuott-d it, when it immediately set off at speed, and, ou arriving near wattle Bridge, threw its rider, whose head came in such violent contact with the kit h-stone, as to fracture the skull. He was immediately taken to the Maideuhead public-house, where in a short time he breathed his last. TIM ARMY. • The payrnent of tine! months' Half-pay to the Reduced Officent of his Majesty's Land Forces to the ' o 4th of Dit*inber last, in cluding those heretofore borne upon the Irish Establishment, will be payable, after to-ntui•row, only on Monday, Tuesday, and Wed nesday in each week. A-letter from an Officer of the 93d Highlander's, at Bartadocs; dated 2d January, mentions the safe arrival of that regiment there, and at n..-nterJtJ, 41:er a very pleasant passage from Cork. They had been thra• weeks on the island, and all in good health. There had not been the least appearance of a disturbance in that island during the holidays. lit the transports which took out the 9.3 d, another Regiment, the 4th, was disparehed•iront Barbadoes to An tlgua, :it. Kitt',, .111 d (11c-r islands to leeward, and returned to Bar badoes with part or the sth Regiment. Wednei.lay se'nnight, a party of the t st Dragoon nares arrived at (.•upar Angus, to replace the other party, which have returned to head-quarters. i PROJLC I ED LSCAPE OF BONAPARtE. It is not generally known that a vessel was under taken to be built at Battersea, by the renowned John. t!:e smugu,ler, 14 the purpose of lil‘erating Bona parte from the island of St. Helena. The vessel was ahont ninety feet lone. and of the burden of one hun dred tons. It \Vas built of h ill-inch plank ; the grain of two such planks was placed in a vertical, and the other two in a :,o• izAutal position. Ilte,e planks were so well caulked and cemented togethet that the thickness of the sides of the vessel did not exceed that of an ordinary wadting-tob. The masts were so contrived that they could be lowered to a level with the deck, and the whole I vessel might be sunk in shoal water with the crew on board, v, ittiont danger. Ample means were provided for supplying the vessel with fresh air. The plata was, to sail up at night, %%Orin a shot distance ol St. Helena, and sink the vessel until the next or some subsequent night, when Bonaparte would he enabled to mike his escape to the beach, at which time the vessel was to be raised, llonapa:te to get on board, and sail away in the &ilk. I happened, however, that Bonaparte died be fre the vessel was quite tiri,hed ; and it is a curious coincidence that she was to be coppered the very day the news of his death arrived. Johnson was to have re ceived £lO,OOO as soon as the vessel had got into blue water, exclte,ive of the reward to be given in case the enterprise succeeded. This Johnson had previously offered his services to the Admiralty, and affirmed that he could blow up any ship without being hurt. Accord ingly, a trial was givenlriut in the Thames, accompanied by a boatswain of one of his Majesty's ships, *who had been mai tied only a week before, in a boat of a similar construction to the one befwe described, to a barge moored in the middle of the stream. They sank their boat, made fast the torpedo to the bottom of the barge, and lighted the match. Johnson then perceived that his vessel remained fast, having got (as the sailors ex press it) his cable athwart hawse of the barge. Upon which he pulled out his watch, and having looked at it attentively, told the boatswain that he had only two minutes and a half to live.—Upon this the boatswain began to make grievous lamentations—" 0;), my poor dear Nancy !" said the boat,wain ; " what will she say ?"—" Avast blubbering," s;lid Johnson, " Doff your jacket - , and be ready to Fttlff it into the hawse• hole while I cut the cable." Upon saying this, Johnsol seized an axe, and cut the cable. The boatswain stuffed his jacket into the hole, and they got out of fte reach of the torpedo, which blew up the barge.—Morning Pu. A Bill has been introduced into the American House of Representatives, providing for bringing the Marquis DE LA FAYETTE to that country, and returning him to France again, in a national shi . ), provided he wishes, al it has been reported, to pay a visit to America. HuNT.—Since the transmission of this fellow from Hertford Jail to the Hulks at Woolwich, several appli cations have been made by relatives and others desirous of an interview with him, hut hiOlerto without effect. The inq roc:ions sent wilh Mint xe a dictated in a style of ininuteuess seldom attended to in the ordinary ti ars. mission of ccivict;, aad have bee❑ as scrupulously fol lowed. his intercourse with the rther prisoners is as limited and nnfrequent as the natne of his employment will ret mit. He has been allowed the use of pen, ink, and paper, a privilege not always conceded to the convicts, but the letters he has written have been invaiiably sub mitte, to the perusal of the person who has the conttoul of the Woolwich convicts. The Countess of Harcourt transport, in which vessel it is settled that Hunt and many others shall proceed for their final destination, is not expected to be completely ready for sea until the latter end of March. Last week a needle an inch and a quarter long was extracted from the arm of a Miss FISHER, of White haven, after having been swallowed upwards of two years! This is another instance to the thousands already given, of the injurious practice, common among fe males, of putting pins and needles in the mouth. Sunday evening, a party of pickpockets, in very fashionable attire, attended at St. Johns Church, Clerk enwell, where a Charity Sermon was preached. After service they commenced their depredations ; and the call for the constables became general throughout the Church. Out of the whole party but one was secured, who was yesterday brought to Ilatton-garden Police Office. He was there recogrised as belonging to the higher class of fashionable pickpockets. After a good deal of hesitation, he gave his name as James Mortimer, but most impudently refused to give his residence, or any account of himself. He was ordered to give forty eight hours' notice of bail. The Private Correspondence of the amiable Cowriert has at length appeared. It will afford infinite pleasure to a numerous class of Readers. The Rev. ROBERT HALL, of Leicester, has already paid these letters a high tribute in one to the Editor, in which he says, " I have always considered the letters of Mr. CowPER as the finest specimen of the epistolary style in our language; And these appear to me of a superior description to the former ; as much beauty, with more piety and pathos." Although there has been some misapprehension of what the Miniver said respecting the discontinuance of Lotteries, whin he brought in the last Lottery Bill, he certainly announced officially that Government did not intend to apply to Parliament for anotitur ; this some people misconstrued, and imagined the Lottery then ensuing would be the laa, is hereas the 20,000 'rickets now on Sale formed part of those allowed by the pre vious Year's Act, but this is the last Part, and it seems, from the eaFerness with which Peope buy, they ate fully aware of the few .spportunitits which remain, and a brisk Sale would probably have occurred with one of the usual Schemes, but when we consider the irresistible attraction of SEVEN 1'20,000 P. izes which Mr. SIVE WRIGHT has introduced, being more than double the number in the last, it would really be surprising if there was nut a brisk sale. • MINING Iwrut.unens.---Copper Ores sold at I:edranb, Feb. 5 1718 tons. Average produce,e). Quantity of fine Copper, 116 ton oru Ave v. l 9 "sta le u t d b a u tt £ll4. 14s 15 cwt. o Jl r n e l s ou t r o l r t .oafles3thlei,s£46e7ko.: • . 1 i