This new Boney on being
conveyed down to the water's edge was driven into a boat, his
countenance eliciting laugher by its almost comic display of the
remorse of fallen ambition. A pair of his _soi-disant_
supporters leapt in and affected to aid his escape, and were
followed by pursuing boats in every direction, which had a most
pleasing effect. At length, being hemmed in and made captive,
he was taken to an island near the shore, supported by two
officers of the Troy Volunteers, who affixed a board over him,
upon which was printed, in large letters, 'ELBA.' We regret to
say that in his vivacious efforts to reproduce the feelings of
the fallen tyrant, the impersonator--who by latest accounts is a
seaman recently paid off and impressed, almost at a moment's
notice, for the _role_ he sustained with such impromptu
spirit--slipped on the wet seaweed and sustained a somewhat
serious injury of the hip. Being with all expedition rescued,
he was conveyed ashore to the Infirmary, which, founded by the
late Major Hymen as a War Hospital, henceforward will open its
doors to those diseases and casualties from which even Peace
cannot exempt our poor humanity. By latest advices the invalid
is well on his way to recovery. In the evening there was a
grand display of fireworks on the Town Quay, conducted by the
Magistrates, to whom every praise is due for their efforts to
promote conviviality and order.
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