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4 In 1800 he commanded a division under the Army Swabia, whole famous retreat has immortalized the memory of bloasau. On this occasion VAN r..tmuz ordered one POHMIER, a Commissary, to put in requisition several heads of cattle from the Ger- Ltian inhabitants of Suabia, an 4 they to accept of lialf their value in cash. Postmen for this infamous transaction was shot by order of MOREAU in front of the whole army, and with his dying breath declared that VANDAEINE pocketted the whole of the money. MOREAU instantly sent VANHAHNE into the rear of the army, and deprived him of his command. After MonaMA exile, VANDAMME was brought forward by BONAPARTE., and made Governor of Lulle. There is a curious letter or manifesto e*tant of VANDAMMi s dated in December 1794, addresser; to Ueaage (then Hereditary Prince of ()RANGE, and pow KING of the NETHERLANDS) full of trash, superscrihed—" Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death," and signed—" VANDAMHE I General of thi: _fans Culottes. " VANDAMMS served at Hamburgh, we believe, during the memorable Russian campaign : and here, ia coajonction with a fellow with a name and nature RS beastly as his own, viz. Von HDOENDORP, he issued the elegant Proclamation which ordered all the Ladies 411 Hiniburgh to be flogged for assembling in the streets. In the grand struggle of 1813, for the liberties of Europe, VANDAMMX and his whole.corps were cutoff and made prisoners at Colm and Nollendorf, not far from Dresden. His conduct, when made a prisoner., was outrageous in the extreme : the too generous .7farnperor ALEXANDER sent him a carriage and a pprse t4oney to convey him to the Russian frontiers, but • 'to the. Grand Duke cONSTANTINE, who way the bearer - of the gracious message of his Impetial brother, he used the most vtligar and insulting language. Tae consequence was his banishment to Siberia. 'Ailoneau, -.hen lying at the point of death hom his .dreadtql wounds, on hearing of VANDAAINz's conducr, said to a RassianDflieer—" Take his sword from hint—that villain has too long disgraced.the name of soldier." In the extracts which we have.seen from the De fence which VANDANINIE leis published for himself, :re says, that after his reurn from Siberia, in 181 , 1, Ile went to Cassel to lire on his estates. He adds, that he offered his services to the KING on the land ing of BfINAPARIE, but they were not accepted. 4 6 BONAPARTE arrived at the Thuilleries on the 20th of Marc!, and when the n g had left Lisle and ance,l cria,led Cass , ,l, and app-4ted at the Elope r :4 1 5 L'.!VCC."-1!t• then rec,livt , ,t the corriniatiJ of di:. tiecond Ni..tary eieo..,, A th e f ote i st i t i oopy droned against Fiance as i),.fier the 3fi.lif f..r Ileums, 1;e was sent against Wavies, wiiil.t the .east of the F:eni.h army marched upon Wut.slmo. f:lte of that battle r!:iced him N‘lyi lir.d passed Wavr;:s in it theadful hitustion. elltn..ted hi. retreat will his army and water& to is. By the Military Cony ntl.iu he was dent beyond the Loire, sad whep thr. King eri:ered Paris, he was one of the hest G 7 sign the Act of Suhmi:,sion and hoist the white August he received artier;. to give up his commands and he retired to a country !tease at Limoges. )''rum Limoges he was flijeiCti to take f!, departure in twenty-four hours. He went to 011L,ns—anel received a similar order, directing him sq.) repair to Vier," where he now resides. So long as the Kipg was en iris throne, I confined, an) sal( within the circle of the .doties of a good chi stn. I evinced a blind and respectful obedience to, '!!f; I .AWS and aothority of the Government. Sum :stoned aftrtwards to the defence uS the French ter-, • i.ory against armed Powers, I still discharged the 11.1:tes tit a good citiz...n. I rallied nlytellto the brave lUD whose dearest taterest it was to cause their native ;oil to be respected." GeneralLAMAn.qt;E, whqcornmanded in La Vendee aganAt I,k Rorttr. itit Queuxt, liliss sere a Memorial . tr the Fiends &txo, cuLtainitty, the most curious revs:— ::atinns relative to D4rot . sr and CAI:NnT, Ministers - 1( War loll' of the interior to RTC, doting his last usurpation. DAy.)urr, lie s.tys, sent Lun in 4teuaaiorsa to buts arol destroy every v;fl.igu in La s:ert•lre ; ark Ca IRNOT supp.ll ted this slstern I: y and devastation. The story of snipe Frenchmen havii.g devoured an )41 4 ;:i S horse, tel4tvi by (General 41,vtchauten • ¢a' as .I , tv.:g Insprned in Ene,latid, did actually t.4ke place closing the retreat. of the Trench Isom Mlsto.v. r 1 French general, ‘shorie stud had been xrdoced ; * rorn thirteen to one horse, had been riding beveral . hputs without a morsel to eat. On his jour. stet' he aceidentally beard the sovnd of jollity issuing front a barn ; he, consequently alighted at the door, .ar,:d found a merry groupe, devouring meat, &c. in Abundance. Having represented his famished state, )ie was desired to wait whilst a hut steak was provided for !Am, Having satisfied the cravings of hunger he eager to resume his flight, when, on enquiring f ur his horse, be was giVen to understand that he had • • .• • 4 at "ffis him selfregand upon it, Tenerable presike, WAWA 'Viclbi ignacemey of • life however, that Amos the bloody Roseamaan „voilld not amid bin) for trial, but allowed Aim to . e at !Argo, under the superintendence of a gens -j'armes. The day before VANDA/014 left Paris to resume tis command, • Baron. L'AuoLopi had the misfortune to meet him t " What," said Vatinasinan, es are you *live still ?—But you have not forty-eight hours more :o live I" L'Arrot.ots was denounced to the Revo, .%•• tunonary tribunal on the same day as an aristocrat, snd next day the guillotine ended his days. VANDAStstr, on his return to Cassel, purchased of he revolutionary banditti all the estates of 114 N. 3:,ors, and he has occasionally resided on them since. On VANDAMMIL'S return to the Army of the North. w found a demur had been made against a Decree , f Rom:menu. which ordered every English and morerian Officer and soldier to be shot when taken sri , :nner. VANDAMMI hereupon selected a Hanove i.to Officer from among the prisoners, and shot him a cold blood in front et Nieuport I The death of RoMisPinne was the signal for the .cizure of VANDAMMIL and many others of his slaves, he recovered his liberty in consequence of the I , imnesty of the Convention, and lived a few years in I kind of disgrace. In 1796, he affected to join the faction which lltted for the restoration of the BqunnoNs, and were ent to Cams* fcr their pains. VANDAMME was a acre spy upon them, set on by BONAPARTE and the acobir faction. His services procured him a cons .nand in the Army of Italy, where he served with little or no eclat. NING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER al, 1815. ile.Tweetes's Dom.—Holiday the leak. We have received the Paris Papers of Sunday.— They state that LAVALITTE 1146 been given to under stead that by will be pardoned. Abbe PaAny, who was Bonaparteis Ambassador to Warsaw, and who disclosed some of his Master's state secrets in an in- genious and sprightly Work published last year, has again made his appearance as an author. The title be has chosen is the 66 Congree{ of Vienna, " but be goes into a much wider Odd of political and philoso phical speculation. He brings under his view the changes, total as well as political, which Europe has undergope during the last sixty years. 64 fvery nation," he observes, " has in that period shone with lustre in its turn; and almost every idea in moral and political economy has been canvassed, and had its share of currency. Let us take a view of the progress of mankind— hitherto war and religion have formed the chief oc cupations of all nations : history scarcely mentions any thing else at length civilization has its day no person in particular has a right to claim the merit of this change, for all have brought in their contingent. The education of all nations has been, as it were, finished at once s formerly they understood each other without conversing with each other : of late years they have been conversing without understand in;; each other, and the organ used by them was the French revolution : this dreadful mon s trosity fright ened them all, but did tiAt disperse them. Here, as every where else, justice has been done; whatever there was of barbarism or injurious to the true rights of men has excited horror and has been finally re jected : whatever was good and conformable to the welfare of the people has finally Boated on the sur face, has been carefully collected, and now forms the richest treasures of every nation. 46 The people have acquired a sentiment of their rights and dignities. They know that they are the beginning and the end of civil society and of its pqwer—that these powers exist only for same indivi duals, but that these individuals exist solely for the good of the people. Hence the necessity of a go vernment by which the people shall interfere directly ia the management of their own affairs. Let us re. gulate, by all means, the forms of Qovernment y which nations are to be distinguished; but let this popular intervciition be permated ; it is indispensible." A fine contplimete. is paid to the Iress, and we think its inviolihility is clearly demonstrated as cssen• tint to the ex'sttnce of every tationai Govarnment, in fi,lowing passage : 66 A new power has reoently started up in every country, which is c4lled public opinion, from the empire of which no person can withdraw himself, and to whose tribunal Governments themselves inces santly app;.al ; for there is not one of their actions, which is not A petition or rather an appeal to that power, which beats gently along those who go with the stream, hut which eogulphs, as in a torrent, all those who tn.tke head against it. It is this power nhich has introduced into Europe a change which, by caaioliclating all these changes which had been Aready even (acted, will give an openiag to many It is (.6:fently its wot 4. Every whew Sovorolgsts are promisinr, free Con stitutions to thcir stt!)jectsi ev,try where, in setting out lion) the s.:cial contract, at nearly equal distances, homage is dune to it, and it is now its turn to reign.' 1-IPre then we we the European nations in po.session of the full exercise of rights of which, one hundred years ago, they had not even an idea. 4 . In future it will be as impossible to establish an error among nations as to their trtte interests, as to maintain an error in geometry. The people have ac quired a face so sure and so delicate, that should go .vepments place their foot on a wrong read,.the people will instantly draw them back. It is a great error to suppose that people consent because they are silent: wait an instant, and you will see that it is then they complain most loudly. 4 . 4 It is also equally certain, that nations will be come much easier to govern the more they are en lightened : they will merely insist on being governed in a different way. 1)o not propose the same Con stitution to the learned and the unlearned : do not put the same bridle on the wild colt that you would ,on the Lady's nag ...inch has been taught to measure all his steps. It: order to govern nations which have eklightened ideas, you must govern them by enlight ened idea : if you do not, they will overturn you." We regret that our time acrd limits forbid us to cuter truce at large into this most ingenious and uuly publication. New• York P.tinrs have rcncliecl us to the 2.th ult. Boston to the gith, and Quebec Papers to the 1 ith. The i most interesting part of their contents relates to a scurespondencc between the Comoicdore DECATUR and the BUS of TUNtS and TRIPOLI, which we gaye a few days since. The Princess CIIARLOTTG of WALES is expected from Weymouth at Cranbourn Lodge, in it few dayr. It is expected the Pi ineeFs will spend her gbristMas with the QJJEEN and P - RI R CESIII4. Tl:ii morning dii:d the Rev. Dr. VII PINT, Suka. Almoner to his Majesty and Dean of Westminster. great bell of the Abbey Loki on the cscsioa. Argut waLiciska MMUL *l*. Dux. . . . AU DIM. Dublin • •. 1 0 badls •. . 0 0 Waterford .. . 9 4 Malta .. • -Q0 Cueraaey and Jersey 0 ; Hamburg* • - a o Hollaod . - 0 t Flanders --- 00 France . - 0 4 raw York - 0 0 Gottenborili • 0 0 C oruna -- - 0 0 Usooll .. - 1 9 Halifax -. . 0 0 ZAST4H . I3IA SHIPPiNG. The ship Sortfaav arrived yesterday cff the Isle of Wight: she sailed from Bombay the 23d August ; from the Cape the 2.lth October, and from St. Helena the 12th November. Off the Land's-end on Tuesday last she spoke the LADY CARRINGTON ' all well. 1 FALMOUTH, DE9EMBA. Arrived the Duke of Kent packet, Captain LAW Rena, with a Mail from Lisbon in eight dais. — Sailed the Swiftsure packet. Captain CADDY, with Mails for the Brazils.—Wind from W. to N. light breezes with fiequent showers. 1 PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER ID. Arrived the Enighetenot Swedish ship, from Stock. holm. put in by contrarrwinds. On Sunday last the Prussian ship Swesten. Kos., Master, from St. Martin's for Antwerp, sprung a 'teak, and foundered ; two of her crew were picked up. by the Swedish ship abore•mentioncd. The Captain and gie remainder of the crew went dawn with the ship. DARTMOUTH, DECEMBER 19. Arrived the Indiana, Knit., bound v.) lkivifound• land, from Liverpnul, having been at sea since the Bth October last, and obliged to put hack after being •.ut 105 days ; the Commerce, Iv ..I‘SI3OItROW, 11r0.11 13i itain for Newfoundland, her water and provisions entirely exhausted. FORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER 20. It has been blowing very hard all this day from S.S.W. to W.S.W. hut no damage h•is been done among the shipping, exceptia(z, the Regalia transport, xhich drove on shore on the bpits, but the tide flow ing she has been got off and brought into harbour, having slipped her cable. The ships in the Roads have got their top-masts down, and appear to ride in safety. 4 brig and schooner have gone through Spithead to the West ward.—W ind W.S. W. moderate. RAMSGATE, DECEMBER It has blown esceedingly hard all the night at .S. W. and has to-day increased almost to ahurricane, with heavy rain. Several vessels have come in from the Downs for shelter, three or fotir with the loss of anchors and cables ; we shall not have an opportu nity of getting their names before post.—Onarter past three, P. M. A brig, in attempting the harbour, has missed the entrance, ansi must go ashore on the Bathing Sand, where it is f.ared, from the violence of the storm, she wile (if not Ito entirely to pieces) sustain considerable damage. The Lord packet for Ostend, was unable to get to sea Lt night as insencled, and to night, from the present threatening -appearance of the weather, it will be ut terly for to attempt it.—'our P. N. Have just learned the brig mentioned above as having missed the harbour, struck some '.tones which are thrown up at the back of the East Head for the preservation 11164, and has ,;one all to pieces. It is feared many lives V 4 il l he lost, as several of the boat men hare, on the hrig's comiog near the outside of the pkr wall, jumped on bz'afd to afford astist:tnce. All is conlusjon and painful anxiety on the pier at this moment. The departure of post preveliti; n y sen:Jing further particulars to-day; the vessel!ll name is pot known. P. S. [On the outside of our Corrysponden's let- Le:l—The brig wrecked at the back (4 the liead proves to be a ciil4r, but we do ncr )et know her name. Several poor fellows have been drowned from her. ANOTpill LETTIM--SANIZ DAT". It has blown a most violent gale frog: the South. wi.rd. Malty vessels have arrived here with damage, among which a:c the to!lowing, but we cannot get paracrilars to save post :—a colder brig has just struck. the East pier', is gone to the backs of the head, And ail to ptc4—several of the crew, and some of our boatmen, drowned ; ship William, LEDEKER, With loss of anchor and eagle ; ketch Mgerina, Ilea- KM., with ditto; the brig 8411 . 00 1 Howe, with ditto; Integrity, WILSON, with ditto; Friends Goodwill, WILbON, of Sunderland, has gone to pieces ; the Nottingham, Er.Ltor, with loss of anchor and cable; sloop Portsmouth, got in without damage. DEAL, DECEMBER sec). The Milford, &ins, from Bombay, last from Fal mouth, ran on shore early this morning off the South end of Deal, in which- situa - tiotr she continued up wards of three hours, during which she beat off her rudder and sustained other d image, but by the great exertion of the Deal boatmen they succeeded in get. wig her off, and brought her up into the Downs, where she is now riding in salety.—Wind S.W. • Four o'Clock.—Blows hard.—The Milfera has drove considerably. Halt-past Four.—l have jest made a most strict inquiry respecting the shipping in the Downs, and I am happy to say I do not Ic4ru that any ocher has suffered. Fire o'Clock.—The gale increases—the boatmen are preparing to take off an anchor and cable t• the Milford. CARDIGAN, DICEPARRII 11. The brig Helen, of New-York, rrrmanar.tt mas ter, from Dublin to New-York. was drove .to leeward by a heavy gale from the Westward last evening, to New Quay Bay, and brought up with two ancbers: she was obliged to cut away her masts. We hope to get her round to New Quay pier, if the weather mo derates a little. MILFORD, DEqMitER te. Attired the Swedish ship Medborgerett, Bcou, from Dublin for Cork ; Speculation, Iron] London for ditto; John, MATTUIEWS, from Waterford for thiS port. The Francii, of Liverpool. fruni Lisbon for Glasgow, was spoken with in lat. 55. by the Maria (ntentooned in my last) in great distress, having lost several of her sails in a gale, and short of provisions; unfortunately the Mar ia could not supply her with mare than one huttdred weight of bread, from having on board 135 papengers,:..Sailed his Majesty's r 6• venue cutter • Datums, on a cruise; the Charles Mvisfield and Gower packets. with meos Pd Pas sengtrs for Waterford. 41uotort 42eviggit Her Islaissirt and the koyil Family bad AAA Bening party yesterday, at the Pavilion. n thte tompany retirilg, the Duke (it . Ironic itely set off for Landfill, in order to transact of a4l dtries it his office this day. The weather, this marling, Is again inunfrnurable Oat the ROYAL FAMILY will not leave die Pavilion. Baron PaohL, the Dutch Ambassadoi, Arrived at the Castle Tavern, and transacted official business with the Panics Rimy: yesterday. Sir Goorttnr and Lady WaSTiR t of tattle Abbey ' , are at the Steyne Hotel, and, with Lord Mold:is:Ar o were at the Pavilion last night. 2t1.8 AK Mr. Saturday ana Monday two str4ng detachment: of 200 each, raised by beat of drum, arrived :it Ro chester and Chatham, for the West Essex now stationed at Sheerness, kr which placc they are destined. The ;readiness of the Brier Tronpg may be atcer. tained by the fact that at the battle of Watt:lino, same of our I.,fantry Regiments wlre drawn up in fre.” , : of standing corn, and in this ti!n ttion recr.ive4 ceverAl charges from the Preach Cavalry. ,rso firm were out troops flit the corn, excret on ihe put which the occupied, di.l na in die L.4st !.t , fr...r, but was found to he F;1 1 ,1 var.di.ig ' i f nothiog 1:a. uccturtd. The filllowing eulogy oa the ch.;racter of the trig. s‘;ldier will be read with equal pride and Ova sure. coming as it doe; iv= the pen e; x Fr,meluan. The extract is from the Journal Jcs Prials : marl fass, Dec-intpr " The English and Italian treops who landed here on the Eith of July last, quitted us on the 4th instant. Both officers and eohiiers regretied their departure, and many of them shed tear; when they were obliged to tipliark. Thirty-two. line transports had been prepared for their reception. In traversing the streets, the B.inifs of these aegiments played the air 6 , Yee Henry IV." and were followed 14 crowds of the inhabitants. " Miring their stay at Marseilles, many English soldiers had married servant girls, and the latter cm, barked very cheerfully with their busbandr,. It may be justly said in praise of these troops, and of the officers who commanded them, that they constantly observed the strictest discipline. The slightest infrac tion of military regulations, even iptoxication, was punished with some 11nm:heels of lashes. " It was observed that a hospital ticket ey.ta giveq to the culprit before undergoing his punishment, and that a Surgeon attended in order to prenounce whe ther he was in a fit gate for receiving all the lashes to which he was condemned. Some cif these unfortu nate men have been seen brought out of the hospital to receive the lashes which they were unable to bear the first time, and this has been repeated cv.n a thir4 time, that they might receive the full complement I fez these higher punishments sometimes amounts to 90.1 lashes. is The it7lians were anbje,cted pi the same disci pline ; but among them slighter faults were punished by a military promenade. The delinquents, loads 4 with their arms and baggage, were cemptlled to walk backwards aini forwards in a very confined space, for from ion: to si; hour; at a time, under trice orders of a cot poril. Besides the ennui, it 1.41 be readily conceived how paintul their march mutt bar. been in the time of great heats, and in pai-rovi roads confined within lligb Walls like those in [lace vicinitr of Marseilles. 4 ! In all the howes where the Erigrish tolliers were lodir,ed, they sought to enaice thilthe;.ves uzet,d, and were alwa;..s distinguished h 7 very great They hAd a particular pre , liitxtion fur little inf Ants, whop they often carried in their arms, to the great satiytactiou of the norses. I:Jlions, on the con: trary, ibeie al.w.ls very F.lo.iy, and ie6S 1A1;4144/," At a Mce:ing of the Society ior the Ent:curitellt of A,tt , Ilinnufailura, and Cf.minerce, held ,esti:tclAy evening, ;he death of the late Po esident, I ace the Duke at . Noni.z.lLE, was hirtnaliy annotince.tl S.eretary —when an order was g;ven by the Vice- Pivsiolent in the Cuair (Dr. Powete), in comishaii:e wi:h the wishes of the Mem;Jers, , 6 that op ac,;..oott of the recent death of the President, ar i d to chew 'he re. gird of the Society entertain for the memory of his Grace, yho had, with the most sincere attachment to ;he ii,,terests ol the Institption, presided over it ups 4rds of 20 years, all business, except reading the ntii.aites of thelast Meeting, the flopsekeepers' Report, the names cf persons proposed as Members, and the Correap o n • dente, be Postponed till the next meeting." The remains of the late Duke of NoRrOLK are to be removed on Saturday next, from his residence in St. James's-square, for interment in the limi)y vault, at Dorking, Surrey. PEDIESPip sisu.--MaidsiOne, Dec. 20.i17a1 Day), Tui,ree completed 00 miles last night, and suited at two o'clock this morning, the weather being extremely boisterous and wet. At 20 minutes before nine is the evening he was entering on hisi . .iith mile, having. with the assistance of his boy, completed 1006 miles of their task-1200 miles in twenty days. COUBSINII—The West Lothian Coursing Club met at Westcraigs, on Tuesday, the 7th Novemlrr; when :evert dogs were entered iikr the Cup, and were patched as follows s • Has; CLASS. Mr. Johnstone Hope's W. and wh. bitch peppy Minx Lest Mr. F.nkinea N. dog Spring—Hare killed. Major Sharp's litiodled dog Orange Boren be Sir J. brie. bitch Fly-i-Hare Mr. G. I lapoittan Dounialio bl. bitch Yes; beat Sir I. Datitire 'LI. bitch DiaLluits.;—Hue killed. Mr. loglis's M. bitch Flying Muscovy ran a by chart against Major Sharp's hi. bitch Speed. Won by :. , peed—bare Wirt. mops) CLASS. • • " Mr. Monotone Hope's bath ast Maier Sharp's dog, Unckeide4. Huy killed. Mr. Ingl:o's bit* beat Mr. Hamilton pundas'a. p.'s bitch fell—Hare killed. • Th e Meeting wijoirsied tpl Tneeday, 6th Mangier, when (her met at KitHistan. Major Sharp's *a ba l ing li e/ with a severe accident, did not appear. Mr. Johnstone Hope's Melt blot Mr. [nth's, and won the Cep s Hare Wiled. • MAlTCatsi Major S.hup's *Usk Spod e boss Mr. J. Hope's bl and white dog, Osaka. Mr. J. Heves bdn 4og. Sydfc, best Mr. • dog. Pdar—Haro L Mr. J. Hdte's 1114 d v dog, Osdan, boot Sooty. ratilosrp's H. e ie r. 7-11118 Mier pores trot puitMs4Taitries! 1 !4 14. . tkl aad whiff b e g ?dr. Taylees dog. r. IRA's bi MP% Plyfaf agety.llBl