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 printed
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 for: 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 whei,: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 to detail :—ce:tain it is, that
has fewer stains on his moral,
4aracterthan,
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 estae
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 theffirmest 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 number of 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,daughter of the
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 general
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.
~campaign 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.