Star.
London, England, 1825-10-13 00:00:00

THE BIRTH-PLACE. OF BONAPARTE.

AJACCIO.—The general plan of the town is very siss-
pie. One broad street leads from the sea to the bar-
racks; another nearly as wide, but much shorter, cuts
the former at right angles ; besides these, there are many
subordinate streets, extremely narrow and dirty.
The house in which Napoleon Bonaparte was born
is among the best in the town : it forms one side of
miserable little court, leading out of the Rue Charles.
It is very accurately given in the recent work of Las
,Case;. At present it is inhabited by M. Itamoulino,
one of the Deputies for the Department of Corsica.—
Among other curiosities which this residence contaips,
is a little cannon that was the favourite plaything of
Bonaparte's childhood. It weighs, according to M.
Joly de Vaubignon, thirty French pounds. This toy-
cannon may have given the first bias to his disposition.
As Ajaccio was his birthplace, so was it the scene of .
his first military exploit. In the year 1793, Bona.
parte, then Chef de Battalion of National Guards, was
sent from Bastia to surprise Ajaccio, at that time in
possession of the Corsican rebels. Leaving the fr iga'e
in which he had entered the Gulf, he headed fifty men,
and put off to take possession of the Torre di Capitello,
a tower on the opposite side, nearly facing Ajaccio. No
sooner was this point carried than a dreadful tempest
arose, which rendered it impossible to return to the fri-
gate; he was forced, therefore, to fortify himself against
the insurgents, who assailed him on all sides ; a state of
great danger tnsued, and he was even reduced to feed
on horse flesh ; whilst in this condition, he is said to
have harangued the rebels in that strain of empbatical
eloquence which prevails amongst the Corsican,, and to
have succeeded in gaining over many of the opposite
party. On the fourth day, before he abandoned the
tower, he attempted to blow it up, without success.
The fissures, still apparent in the tower, are attributable
to that attempt.—Benson's Sketches of Corsica.

Sir WILLIAM HEATHCOTIE, who has lately succeeded
to a title, has announced himself a Candidate for Hampshire, on
the resignation of Mr. humus
An Inquest w'as held yesterday at the Perseverance.
William-greet, Somers' Town, on the body of William
Williams, a youth, who was suffocated by sleeping
upon one of the brick-kilns in the Hampstead-road.
The unfortunpte deceased, in nearly a starving condi-
tion, took refuge, during the inclemencies of the night
of Saturday last, upon the brick-hurdles, close to the
burning kilns, and made an agreement with a compa-
nion to watch by turns the changing of the wind, as, if
it veered to the leeward, or over the part where they
slept, most inevitably they would be suffocated. He
went to sleep, and his companion,becoming exhausted
from the heavy rains, removed under a hurdle, fell
asleep, and, on awaking, found his wretched companion
lifeless. He informed the brickmakers, and the dead
body was removed to the public-house. A verdict of
4, Died from Suffocation" was returned.
Another inquest was held at the Lord Nelson, in the
Kent-road, on the body of a new-Loin infant that had
been found buried in a field at the back of Thii za.
place, opposite the above home. The Surgeon said
there was no doubt the child had breathed fteely—...
perhaps was twelve hours oid ; proper care of it bad
not been taken, but there were, no marks of violence,
and he 'Wetted from the body being clean, that the
child was ,dead before it WAS left in the field. Yenisei
Found Dead."

CAPIA GIL OF THE UNITED SPATES.

This immense pile covers an extent of one and a half
acres and 1826 feet. Its length of front is 350 feet ; the
depth of us wings 120 feet ; the projection of the centre,
including steps,6s feet ; west projection 83 feet, making
the whole depth of the centre 268 feet. The height of
the wings to the top of the centre dome, 140 feet. The
greatest length of the Representatives' r oom in the south
wing, is 95 feet; its greatest height is 60 feet—greatest
length of the Senate Chamber in the north ss mg, 74
feet ; greatest height 42 feet. The great central room,
whose top is the dome, is 96 feet in diameter, and 96
feet high ; the library room is 92 by 34 feet, and 36
feet high. In the Capitol likewise are a variety of rooms
for committees and officers connected with the two
branches of the national legislature; on the lower floor
is a large room where the Supreme Court of the United
States hold its Sessions. The grounds of the Capitol are
inclosed within an iron railing, and embrace more than
20 acres. Now that the work on the Capitol is not
completed, these grounds present the uncouth appear-
ance of temporary sheds and buildings in their rough
state, and rubbish, stones, and other materials for
building.—Washington Paper.
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The Members for Devizes have each given 1,0001.
towards the paving and improving of that town.
Friday se'nnight, Captain Jon Rona arrived at
Camborne, flow Mexico, where he had gone to super-
intend the mining operations recently commenced there.
Lately, an apple of the Hawthornden species was
pulled in the school garden of the parish of Craig, near
Edinburgh; which weighed 14- oz. avoirdupoise, and
gitthed sixteen inches.
A family near Petersfield, having been several times
amused of late in the evening with fine chromatic runs
on the wires of a piano when closely shut, at length di:.
covered that a female mouse with her progeny had
made their entrance at the holes of the pedal, and taken
up their abode under the sounding-board.
The following is a simple and efficacious remedy for
the bite of a mad dog; cat, snake, &c.—The wound
must be instantly washed with common salt and water :
take inwardly a table-spoonful of salt in a glass of
water, and apply a poultice of wet salt to the wend :
make a fresh application of the same every two hours,
three or four times.

In the year 1803 two original letters of SHAXSPEARR
were found among the Dorset papers, which the late
amiable Dochess of Donset signified her intention of
depositing at tle British Museum ; and shortly after a
third letter was discovered in the same archives.

Tuesday se'nnight, a Coroner's Inquest was held at
the Leopard public house, Weaman-street, on view of
the body of Isaac Weston, a youth about twelve years
of age. On Sunday afternoon, the deceased, with three
other boys, about his own age, went into a stable in a
court in Coleshill-street, and commenced some dramatic
spectacle. The hero of the piece, however, could not
sustain his character with any credit without some soli
of weapon, and the party commenced a -search about
the stable, in the hope of Ending something that would
answer the purpose. Unfortunately their search proved
too successful, for in a corner, deposited under some
bags, they found a gun. Having become possessed of
the weapon, it was agreed that each one should have it
in his turn, while the others were to stand at a short
distance and be fired at. It fell to a youth, named
Nicholls, about fourteen years of age, to have the first
fire. Unfortunately the gun was leaded and went off,
and the contents entering the left eye of the deceased,
lodged in his head ; and the Jury, after a short consul-
tation, returned a verdict of Accidental Death.

W I ME3.—The value of the wine grown in the Medoc
this year, is estimated at about thirty aiillions of francs ;
3350 franc: per tun is said to be the price at which the
wine of the estate of Larose has been sold. In the Cote
d'Or, the weather has been very favourable; the wine
is said to be excel', nr, but not in great qtiantity. The
favour which sparkling Burgundy has found with the
wine-drinking public has led to a large increase of this
delicious eine. Above 800,000 bottles, it is said, made
of the choicest grape, gathered with great care, will be
made this year.
BOLD COUP-DE-MAIN.—The great Comle speaking
of the intrepidity of soldiers, says, that laying be-
lure a place that had a palisado to be burnt, lie pro-
mised fifty louis to any oac who should carry it by a
coup-dc-main. The danger was so apparent, that the
reward did not tempt any one. " Sir," said a soldier
more courageous than the rest, 44 I will relinquish the
fifty,louis that you promise, if your Highness will make
me serjeant of my company:" The Prince, pleased
with the generosity of the soldier, who preferred ho-
nour to money, pla,mised him both. Animated by the
reward that awaited his return, he resolved to gain it,
or die a glorious death. He took a flambeaux, descended
into the ditch, reached the palisado, and set it on fire
in the midst of a shower of musketry, by which he was
slightly wounded. All the army witnesses of this ac-
tion 'sting his return, cheered him, and heaped on him
loud praises; when he perceived' that he had lost one
of his pistols. A soldier offered him others. " No,"
said he, 44 I will new be reproached that these rascals
got my pistol." He went to the ditch again; exposed
himself to a hundred discharges of musketry ; regained
his pistol, and returned in safety.—rerck Anecdotes of-
Enterprise.