The Sun. — London, England, 1812-09-03 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOit OF THE SUN. Slit, - Having seen, in a . .. Morning Paper of this week, a most illiLeral and unfounded censure cast on the mo:ie adopted by the PRINCE REGENT fif recvard ing that truly meritorious corps, 'the , King's German Legion, a paragraph only tending to cre ate discontent throughout the Army; and produce ungeovrous suspicion against troops Atito have, on all occasions, distinguished, themselves by their gallant and loyal conduct, I am induced..t6 inclose you a statement of the number of, Officers of the German Legion,- serving in the British Army; with permanent and temporary rank; as taken from the * Army List for July, 1812, by which it appears that • instead of 1200 foreigners being placed above several thousand 'British , - as stated in the Morning Chronicie, only 20720fficrs. have been confirmed in-that rank which =their services have long since cleerved, .many of ‘vhom have before served in British regiments, and are ail 'liege-born subjects of our gracious Sovereign.— The German Legion being a distinct carps in itself . there is no danger of their interfering in prOmn tion with the British Officers, no more than. the Artillery Officers . interfering with those ,of the, A FRIEND TQ'THE ARMY. • • Statement of the Officers of 'the King's German Legion, with Permanent or Temporary Rank', 'before the late iteL gelation. Corps. TemPorary Heavy Dragoons. 22, Hussars 34. . Light Battalions: l6. .. Regiments of the Line... i 37. Artillery, &c - Depot and'Staff... Permanent. • . .'204 , 12 Total. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR, I am just come from Cheltenham, where your Paper has revived the subject of Vaccination, which was almost forgotten till the failure in an Editor's fan - lily there; sounded the alarm. In a company wicre the last Report of the Cow-pox National Establishment was'read, a per son. present observed, that tire signature of the President of that B'oard was omitted, and there foremuch doubt arose, whether the Report was to be considered as genuine or. spuriou. • The Paper is stated to be printed by order of the House of Commons, but as all former Papers of .the same kind had the signature of the President of the College of Physicians, it seems most ex traordinary that the present Repo,rt should have been smuggled„ through the House without any, Member li?oking into it, and noticing this defici ency of signature. There can . ).e no doubt of the honour, the abilities, or the integrity of Sir Francis Millman ' no doubt that his name has never_been prostitented to sign an untruth. It is not to be found in than mass of Medical Prac titioners • who signud the Advertisement in the Morning Herald, anno 1800, nor `affix,ed,to the Report of the Royal Jennerian Society for the extermination of Small-pox, in the year 1806, Where the names of more thaw fifty Medical Men, of all descriptions, from Dr. Denman and his fae roily to Mr. Fox, the Dentist, are placed under the following remarkable 'sentence : " That, in their opinion; . founded on their own • individual experience, mankind have'aleady de rived great and incalculable benefit from the dis- covery'of Vaccination ; and that. it is their full belief the sanguine expecWtionS of advantage and security, which have been formed from the Inocu lation of Cow-pox, 'will be ultimately and com pletely fulfilled !" We do not, , I say, find the name of Millman committed in either of these masses of evidnce, and therefore we hive sonic reason to suppose, that a Physician, of such caution: and judgment, a Physician so highly esteemed, and, employed - at Court, may have been consulted and listened to, on the question, whether the infant offspring of Itoyalty . should,be experimented'? and ha'6ng, on such . an occasion acted with the discretion worthy , his profession, lie may reasonably . be stippoged to have refused the dignity of his name to. sneli a Report ,as that. now issued forth for the ' public op _ _ The question, therefore, whether the pri n ted pope: called , . " Report of the 'National Vaccine Esraidisqment," published without any signature' but that of Jaaies Harvey, Register, be a genuine Repcit ? must be answered before any ,notice can be taken of : it, If the Prt..iident of the College of Pbysicia!',s hesitateS to christen the babe with his respectable name, I, hull )et it pass fo r: a spurious offspring; of Dr. Harvey's, but if he comes for- Ward to legitimate it, I shall 'proceed to examine it, feature by featurQ, , and shall lessen that high opinion I now have of- his _proper under standing. I am, Mr; Editor,, Your obedient humble servant, The follow m; is au extraordinary instance & the - longevity of eel's the year 1781, Jobb, ,Meredith, an officer of excise, who resided in a cottage at LanVace, Brecon, put a small eel iii. a. well in his ga.rd :u, Which is about nine feet deep 'and three in diameter, but seldom contains More than two feet of water, except the neighbouring 'river 'l.ls'it ie 'swelled by floods, when the well Com pletely fills. On a recent occasion of . this nature, the eel above' mentioned appeared on the surface, and was caught in a pail, when, to use the lan guage of Margaret Price, '(carrier front Brecon:to Swansea), the . present tenant - of the cottage, it eras “ - as thick as her arm, ,and coiled round the pail from Vottoin to top.." It was replaced'in its former element, - where it has exisl'o:d for' thirty one years upon the animalcula; coutained in the water, which lattei:, however; is allowed.to be as pure as 4ny water.that can bc.desired. On Tuesday night, of 12 o'clock, a- fire broke out, in the piernises of Mr. Bower', Union -:street, All;ry : le-liune, which entirely destroyed the build ing 1. )(1 tne fnrniture. Mr. Bowen saved his life by nnking.his escape over the honks. MEINiOTAS or 31A.B.STIAL MAR3I6Nt. [PROM THE ANITMALLICAN IVIONTTOR.] When the biographer . is called upon to' record the lives of those. Generals: Whci have assisted in promOting the_ successes or supporting the usur pations of Buonaparte, he Will have to narrate, with but little intervention, a loagseriea of crimes of the itlackest - dye, and to complain of "many a foul and 'midnight murder thine ;" but hi trac jug the military progress of 6eneral Marmont, he will have the pleasant exception of dwelling upon acts which only acquire importance in a military point, of view, and which are not blackened by direct participation 'in that accumulated mass of guilts which stampa':infaany on the name of Buonaparte. Marmont appears to_ have been in;lebted to his good early habits and education, as well as to his birth (for lie is descended :from a noble family of the ancient regime) for his inculpability, when Compared with the other Generals of Buonaparte. Ile 'has. been engaged with ,Buonaparte itf many of that `General's most brilliant Victories ; he com menced under him his military career ; but al though he haS ever, been distinguished by the fa-, yoUr and confidence of his master, his career has not been, like that of Soult; Sachet ) and Murat, a career of blood. Whether this be owing to his own scruples, or whe i ,:her Buonaparte, in the , depth of his discernment, - saw that be .was not marked out by the hand of , nature • for a villain, and therefore did not employ him in the commis sion of any of his atrocious 'butcheries; it is be- yond '"bur province t o detail :—ce:tain it is, that has fewer stains on his moral, 4 aracterthan, any other of Buonapartea Marshals; and although he may b'4reproached with servility, infollowing the fluctuating fortitiea . ,of an' obscure adventurer, and in being instruinental' to usurpation and ty ranny, by assisting at .those battles which esta e Wished - them, soinething.. iriay be urged in favour of his 'predilection for an old school-fellow, to whom he was much attached—for a master to •tylioan lie oWeshis'advanceinent to his present ex- . alted station, as Well as his first patronage, when but a young .soldier. Marshal Mareamit is a native of Dijon in Bur= Bundy, and was born in the year 1768. , Although of a rich - and noble . family, he was intended ori ginally for the army, as be was educated at the shool'of Brienne, Where his intimacy with la'uonaparte commenced., Marmont, Buonaparte, • and l'hillipeaux were inseparable associates. at this academy ; the - latter emigrated at the period . of the Revolution, entered into our army, and was killed at the Siege of Acre. It is . an inte resting and singhlar circumstance, that Buona parte saw his old school-companion Phillipeaux, for ,the first' tithe since his departure from' school,'on the battlements/of St.-Jean' d'Acre, fighting under Sir Sidney Smith, and consequently against the .troops of- Buonaparte. '• Marmont, however ) though educated - for the army, did not enter it as a volunteer, perhaps on account of the RevOlution ; but was. sent to the army of Italy as a conscript,—which was most probably done to preserve his familyand their propeety from pio seription. When Buonaparte 'assumed the com mand of -the array of Italy, lie found his old .• school-mate Marmont there, as a lieutenant in the artillery, for which service be; as wet: as Buena parte and yhillipeaux, was particularly educated. At,the military school . they all belonged' to the same class., Buonaparte immediately took Marmont for one of his'aids-de-camp. His courage and in telligence soon-obtained him the confidence of his General, who employed him on many trying' oc-: casions, in which be completely succeeded. lie was _only a Captain when he was sent to Paris, to present to the Directory 22 stands of colours, take 3 from the Austrians under General Wnrco see.. On his• admission to a public- audience on the 24 of October,.l796', he recited a very long speech, on this occasion, 'Which had been dictated by Buonaparte ; a proof of which may be found in the following passage : "The army of Italy has, _ during this brilliant campaign, destroyed twq ar mies, and taken 280-pieces of cannon, and: 49 stands of colours. These victories afford you, Cltliett Directors, a sure guarantee of theie ,con aqua/ regard for the Republic ; they.know, as well hOW defend laws and to obey. them, as they have knoWn how to beat external enemies. Be pleased to consider them as one of the f firmest co luains of liberty, and to , believe that, as long as. soldiers of wh;ch they arc composed shall exist; Government have intrepid defenders." The President of the Directory had the conde.:. scension to reply to such haughty language with the most flattering compliments; he even went so far as to return thanks to the „superior genius who directed the army in Italy. Buonaparte's concep t . ton would have been very limited, not to have re cognised' in this interested adulation the mean ness of Anthony presenting. to Caesar the impe rial crown. Marmont bad the satisfaction of receiving, .on this occasion, the flattering fra ternal hug of L Citoyen President, who pre sented him with an elegant pair - ofpistols. Sometime after this Marmont • was nominated Colonel, At the epoch of the formation of the • Italian Republic,.he was appointed to carry to the .Congress of Reggio the determinations of Buo naparte ; ,and he made a part of the expedition which marched against, Rome. _ _ Marmont follOT.Ved Buonaparte into Egypt. At the taking of Maka he was charged with the com mand of one of the columns landed ; he repursd the Maltese, and at the head of the 19th demi brigade, seized the colours of the Knights of tUe Order. He was then made a General of 3rigade. Marmont rendered himself -useful in the attack of Alexandria, _and iu the march of the French upon Cairo. The 21st of „July, I§oo,- lie seized upon the entrenchrtentS• which covered the posi ; tion of .the Mamelhkes, and• contribtited to, the trowing into the . Vile a great n um be r o f those intrepid hdrsemen: At the time of the eXpedition of Syria, Marinont- was charged with the com mand of Alexandria, where he superseded Gene ral tcleher. This post was confided.to hirn, to put this part of the coast in a state- of defence against the debai]?ations of the Turks. Mar rout • was charged with keeping up the correspondence tvith trance and Syria, and thak Ail tae netes sary preparation' for tuonaparte'3 departure at the ctmvez:lient time this eirdumstance sUdices to give a - just idea of the intimacy of the relations be twe'Cn MarmOnt and his master. Martnatt returned to-France with Buonaparte, at whiCh time he Tarried the only,daught er o f th e rich banker Ferregurix. She was beautiful and accomplished, and her father left'her at his death three millions:Of livres. Half this sum she per mitted to remain in the. banking concerp, and is now (what is tern - led) a 'sleeping partner in it. In the revolution of the 18th ,BruMaire, Mar- Mont assisted; he.was afterwards appointed.Go verhor Of L'Evole Militaire, nominated a coun sellor or state in the-Section of war, and g e ne ra l of division ; he:was employed in. the army of re serve, destined to reconquer Italyovhich had been overpowered by. the Austro-Russians in the single. ~ c ampaign of 1799 ; he obtairtes,l the chief com mand of the artillery of that army, which formed itself in the environs of Dijon, and united at,Ge, neva at the.commelicement of May, 1800. Mar .mont evinced, '• Qll this occasion, a ()Teat deal of (genius and resolution ; he dismounted the cannon to convey them over Mount St. Bernard; he. caused trees to be prepared to receive them, in the form of troughs, corresponding to the size of the calibre; the wheelS, carriages, and, waggons were either carried in litters, or drawn on siedges• very 'ingeniously constructed ; the ammunition was carried on . the backs of mules. Marmont was to be found wherever he judged his presence most necessary ; .and Buonaparte was delighted, in such difficult circumstanees, to see himself so well seconded by his aid-de-camp. Not to retard the movements of the ,army, which could not ad vance with success without its artillery, Marmont, instead of having recourse to, his farmer .ina neeuvres at St. Bernard,.. to get over Mount Alba redo, determined to detile his artillery tn - ,4er the fire of Fort de Bard ; the road was strewed with 'dung, and the.wheelscowredwith hay; they ex perienced,losses, but the passage succeeded. ,When'Gneral .DesSaix defeated the Austrians on the day of the battle of Marengo, Maxmont •contrimrted much to the success • of that attaelz, by the well-directed,fire of the artillery, *hkh he caused to advance nearly within fintsiiet:shot of .the enemy's line. ,At the c'rosing of thel'qinciti; ;on the 26th December, 1809,. efe,...Aed by Cenera i_rune against the .Austrian General ißCLiegarde,' the artillery commanded by Alarmont, rendered great services. The passage of the'Adige, which was supposed to present great obstacles, was -nbt disputed. Prince Charles had just been appointed Generalissimo of the Imperial troops ; he resolved upon proposing an armistice, which was signed at BteyerAhe 25th December, 1800, .and 'became General to the army of Italy by a coyiventictil, which General Marruont, authorized by General Brune, concluded with the Count Hohezhollern, who represented General Bellegardc, At Treviso, January the 16th, 18010 In May, 1802, Marmont'proposed to the Legis latirre, jointly with ROederer and-Dumas, the for illation of the Legion of Honour on the'3otlr of August he vas made Chief. Inspector-General of the Artillery.- In July, 1803, he'accompanied , the First Consul to Brussels ; shortly after which, ire obtained the chief command of the-Gallo-Batavian army assembled in Holland for the purpose of in- , vading England. He had - underlis command in the Texel , 25,000 men, which - he was to have lauded at Yarmouth or any prt of - Yorkshire or Scotland. During his command in Holland he acquired the gpod-will and respect of its inhabi tants by his mildness and gentlemanly derneandur,, very unlike hispredccessoN in the command .of that country, Augereau ard Victor. In 1805 he was nominated. Colonel-Genera.;, of the Horse Chasseurs (an office revived from the ancient re 4-,ime, which was then filled by the Princes of the Bloc,d), and he was at the sometime invested vcith the grand cross of the Legion of Honour. When war with Austria broke out. afresh; Ge neral Marmont . was nplOyed in the Band army : his troop§ were in the-drganizationcemprised,.ip dtr the mune of tht.. , 2d.. corps - . After having passed the Rhine•at Cassel, 'Marmont Tenetrited into 13avarie; assisted by his daring Measures - and well-chosen posts in the taking of Ulm, 'and. -de feared the Austrians at Weyer on the Bth;' and at Leoben on 'the 10th November. • 11.> afterwards took possession of Coratz and the whole of Styria, aid continued to, distinguish himself till the end of the campaign. In February, 1806; after the Peace of Presburgh, Marmont repaired with the French troops under his orders into the Frioul, to guard the.frontiet of Italy.. Buonaparte, always suq)i -' crqus, had carried his mistrust so far, as not- to distribute cartridges to the Dutch. FronrTrieste, Marmont moved to Ragusa, of which Republic, when Buonaparte, incorporated it with Italy, he Was made Duke, and created.a Marshal of- the Empire. On the. renewal of hostilities with Austria, in 1809, Marmont commanded the Army-of Dahlia tia. After having fought the battles of Montkitta and' Grodschatz, he arrived with his army, on the 2Sth of - May, at-Fiume, where he made a junc tion with the" Army of Italy. In his reports from this quarter, Marmont gives verytreat praise to General Clanzel, now his successor pro tempore in the command of the Array of Porttigal, When Buonaparte resolved to attack the Aus trian Army at - Wagram,• he united all his foeces. The Duke of Ragusa's corps was consequently' called for; and it crossed the Danube on the night between the 4th and sth of July, and funned a , part of the reserve. On the Gth, it was placed in. the centre, with the corps of General Oudinot, and on the 7th it pursued the Austrians in the di rection of Znaim. After the 'armistice, Marmont quartered his troops in the Circle of Kornneuburg, • and when Buonaparte wished to appear tp intimi date Austria, by Making the whole of the Grand Army take possession towards the latter end of July, Marmont's troops encampedupon the heights of Krems. At the peace which succeeded, Marmont re turned with his army to•his former station in Dal matia. But on the recal of Massena from the - , army of Portugal, Marmont was appointed to su persede him ; awl his movements in that king dom and in - Spain must be still in the recolleCtion -1 of the reader. - iiirecntplete- tliscomfitnre at Sa - amanea, by the Marquis of Wellington, is so recent date, and is so highly appreciated thrOtigh - out the country, that it is not necessary for us, in order to enhance its value,, to dwell long ol; great military talents of the General which the Noble Marqnis has so signally defeated. Mar moot, however, is-allowed to he one of the' first Commanders of France—as a General of Artillery he is without an etpial - . The:celebrated victory of the French at Marengo owed its success principal ly him, as haYing the command of the artillery, -he conveyed over intricate passes anj zuotmtairm, never explored since the days of Han nibal.. The several services on which he has been, eMployed, since the outset of his military career, as. Aid-de-Camp to 13nonaparte,nrove the high Confidencel.which his master placed' in his talentfi . the tommands with which he has been entrusted have been great and important ; and' although it Lis not been his lot to command at so many great •battles as some of = iiis brother Marshals, -none ever pretended to dispute either.'his courage or .military skill. • illarmont,' in stature, is about-the middle size; and in person very Much resembles Mr. Holland:7 ,of the Lyceum' Theatre. his manners, unlike -those of Most of Buonaparte's Marshals, are gen tlemanly and condesctmd - ing ; and during the short interval of peace, he mixed much with the , English in Paris,. to whom he frequently gave parties ; and we are convinced that there arc many of them, besides ourselves, who can and are willing to testify the general urbanity of his eau: , duct towards them. FRENCH TROOPS IN SPAIN. LONDO' Printed by TI-10:1IAS wooD,, o f N 0 .3 5, m a id e n-la ne , Covent-garden ; and Published by. WILLIAM ARMIGtilf SCRIPPS, South Molton-street, Grosvenor‘square; At the SUN OFFICE, No, 112, Strwad, where 444ettisements, Orders for the Paper, Lctters for the Zclitor, 4.c. (postpaid), must be addressed. The enemy's present force 'in the Peninsula, niuler CLAUSEL, SUGUET, , SOULT, and Jes Eric. 113LioNAr.unin, may, we apprehend; amount tr, abut 130,00(1 men : to these are to be added, the forces and garrisons in Catalonia. 1%.1 tti AN D JM OF TTIE FRENCH TROOPS IN THE PENINSULA.. [Emtracttti from the " Envilacenzeili - des 7'roitp6 de Prancaii," of the Ist of July, 1810.] , 1.. L'AIQ,I.EE D'ESPAGNE ET DE PORTUGAr.... . . FIZENCII INL'ANTIRY, Infautry of the Lin 6 177 Battalions. Lint - I.:nfa&try 42 Ditto. 7 Ditto. 2e6 Battaliods. 155,10' FitENcti CAVALRY. • Cuirassia3. 4 Svadeons. Dr goons. 96 Ditto. • Chas,:eup , 29 Ditta. Tlui*ars 20 Ditto. 149 Squadrons. V.,` 439 163,06/ FonEIGN INFANTRY. Swiso Infauti - y , 6 liattalionsi. • Gernms 9 Ditto. Wariaw ditto ... 6 Ditto. Dutch • 2 Ditto. Chastisrars do Montagne ,3 Ditto. Legion do . , 1 Ditto. Hanoverian Lc ion 2 :Mitzi_ • Poles . 8 Ditto. Irish 2 Ditto.. Prussians 2 Ditto. D'Yssemtiourg .1 Ditto.. 42 Batts. 25,200 FOREIGN CAVALRY. Chave....r.y of the Confedera tiuri of the :thine I Squadron. Dutch liussats . 1 Ditto. qaval.7 3 Dittd. Tianoverian Gliassetir , 3 bitto. Polish Lancenaftc:. , 4 Ditto. 9,4r0 Grand Total of -the Army in Spain and ?0rt0ga1.....0.3,94. 12 Squ Total Foreign 'lrons L'AIVAIEE DE CATALOGNE. FRII:7W7-1 Jtirf AN ERY. Lifa.itiy or the Battalions Li ht Iniantry 6 Ditto. Fpßulos IN:ANT!!I'. Swigs Infarrtry 'ltalians l5 Ditto. • Ntapotitani 6 Ditto. COilfederittioti of the Rhl:.,. 8 Ditto. West'phalians - 3 Ditto. • Duz...hy.of Berg — • Ch.liseurs de Moutague I Ditto. La Tour,d'Auveri,,-zie. -1 Ditto. • 55 Batts: •SSP* l'E,Nett CAVALRY. nlitspons 4 Squadrons. IleaVy 4 Ditto. Foliatu.); CAVALRY. • Italians S Ditto. . Neapolitans 8 Ditto. 22 Squads. 44 Army of Qatalonia....s 7,o° Tye Armies of Spain and Portugal.. 193,000 • The Army in Cata10nia........87,400 Grand Totarof French Troops in the Pe! , 4146.1d, July '20,40111 The trumilers are calculated at 600 men to each BattaliOn of Infantry, 'and 200 the u to each seli' - dron of cavalry. /, . . MARRIED.' On Thursday last, at Maxi:borough, James Alex-nider o° T: don, : Esq. Captain; in the ?,.oyal Navy, and son of CapW Gordon, Paymaster of the Recruiting Staff at Glaur.ester, "' Miss Ward, youdgest daughterof ibini Ward ) Esq. of tme former place. On Tuesday, at St. Mary's, Islington,Nir. NathanielDa n .l e : of Dal-hy Terrace ) to Miss Langston, of York , place, C. l `; - road. .Yesterdity, at St. George's, Queen4.nuare, T. White, , 1 : . of the.lnner M - Temple, to rs. Mary SCarbrow, widow of late Stephen Scarbrow, Esci.. of New North-Strect,• square: • • • of Lately, the Rev..A. C. Onslow, 'second son of 'the Des",, i ,, Worcester, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late ward Winningtun, Bart. of Stamford Court, Worcestershire! DIED. On Monday last,. Mrs. Fanny Bubb, relict of the late sir; James Bubb, of the Strand. On the 31st ult. at her aunt's, the Hon. Mrs. Tumour s, in York-street, in her sth year, Miss Louisa Elizabeth MOre'7 land Richardson, second dauy:hter of Robert Richardson , of the Hon. East-ludia Company's Civil Service in Bengai.: Yesterday morning, Mrs: Blunt, of Friar's-place, nea r 13° ton, in her 74th year. BI r... 12.1-17. 61. - . On the 1 p 1,1 h .ult. at: Arlinthnot-it.ase, Edinbnrgb, - Arbuthnot, of a Sin. , -0 Ix the e, , ii,h , ult.--th , Lady of Williath aulton, Esq. a a: . ton Park, til A 'Daughter. .: : 3, , at Davelish, Lady Frances Ley; On Friday 4„ornii L'i * ..._,, Som. On Sunday last,. at Bath; the Lady' of Sir John Gore, °f; Son. ' The same irwraiqg, in Charles -street, Berkeley-square, t l* Lady of Colonel Os'e ~rn,* of a Daughter. On Monday last, the. Lady - of-the Itf.w: John Connopr c ' Bradfield-Hall, "Berks., of a still-horn child. - ____„---- . .'