Star.
London, England, 1824-02-10 00:00:00

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
oruAvev.l9"staleutdbautt £ll4. 14s
15 cwt.
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.oafles3thlei,s£46e7ko.:

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