The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-27 00:00:00

CENTP,AL RAF?.

" TEE BRITISH MONITOR' of Sunaay 1,13t.1

. This General and Count of the BUONTAPARTEAN
fabric, lately died at Paris, in the 50th yea of his age. He
was a native of Colmar, in Alsace, and of low origin. He
was a servant before the Revolution after which he entered the •
army as a private. 110 soon after became :Liam-Ara 1.0.1-;.is
(a Serjeant) and advanced rapidly. Knowing the German lan--
gnage,- he became useful to General Dessaix, in-whose divi-
sion. he was a Captain. He was proMoted to the rank of Co-
lonel, and Dessaix appointed him his Aide-de-Camp ; he fol-
lowed him to Egypt, and returned with him to Europe. He
was at the side of his General when he was killed at the battle
of Marengo. Buonaparte made him and Savary (afterwards
Duke of Rovigo) who was also Aide-de-Camp of Dessaix, his
own Aides-de-Camp. It was Rapp who brought the
intelli-
gence to Buonaparte of Dessaix's death. It is said that he wept
bitterly, and was much affected, in communicating the news to
Buonaparte (who was never much moved by any tragical event),
who turning round, said to-one of his Generals, "1 never saw
a man cry so well in all my life." Judging of the hearts of
ethers by his own, he thought Rapp was joua7e_itt tomedie.
But from what I knew of Rapp, (and I was intimately ac-
quainted with 'him during my nine years' residence in France),
lam convinced that his grief was sincere. After the Conti-
nental Peace.of 1801, Rapp was sent by Buonaparte on mis-
sions to Switzerland aad. Hanover. • I never could conceive
the reason why he was so employed, as he was not at all fit for
such purposes. He afterwards acted as a General of Cavalry,.
in almost all Napoleon's battles ; he was Cominandant at Dant-
zic after the retreat from Moscow, and when he surrendered
that city to the Russians, he was sent as Di-ismer of war to
Kiow, where he remained till the peace. On his return to Paris,
he was well received at Court„ and Louis XVIII. created him
a Chevalier de St. Louis. When Buonapart.e. invaded France
in .1815' General Rapp received the command of an army to
oppose him, but he soon followed the example of others, and
sent his adhesion to Napoleon, who created him a Peer. He
was not at Waterloo, but commanded a corps in Alsace, under
General Lecourbe.' He was, on the Kinu's restoration, depriv-
ed of his command, and erased from the hat of Peers. lie was,
however, restored to that dignify, in 1819. . Rapp married the
daughter of the rich Contractor, Vonlerberg.. • Upon the whole
he was a very good kind of man, and had much -naivete about
him, as will appear by the following anecdotes. Soon after he
was made Aid-de-Camp to Buonaparte, he was in his room
when Salicetti, (a native of Corsica), came in : Buonaparte
made a sign to Rapp to withdraw ; he hesitated, the
Consul insisted, and of course he left the room, but' en cluit
ring ithe whispered to Buonaparte " to take care of Salicetti, as
he was a Corsican !" When Rapp came into the room wherethe
other aids-de-can-1p were, he said " I do not much like to
leave the Consul alone with Salicetti, but I told him to be-
ware of him as he was a Corsican !"---What !, said one of his
comrades, did you forget that the First Consul is a Corsican ?
Rapp immediately rufhed back into the apartment, and vocife-
rously exclaimed, " Citizen Consul, there is no rule without
an exception !"
Very lately his quondam colleague, Savary, on his return to
Paris, knowing that Rapp was in favour at.the.Court of Louis
XVIII., requested him to procure him an employment, and by
way of enforcing his demand, said, that he himself was a dis-
tant relation of the Bourbons.—" It is a thousand pities," said
Rapp, " that you did not think of that when you'ordered your
detachment to shoot the Duke D'Enghien !"

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-Yesterday morning,
about five o'clock, 'Mr. normEs, one of the firm
of Sour,sny and Co., coal-merchants, Essex
Wharf, was alarmed by the cries of a person in
distress, who called out " Help, help !" When
he first heard the cries, he could not distinguish
their nature, as the wind blew extremely loud at
the time, otherwise he ;night have been
,the in-
strument of saving the life of a fellow-creature,
this Gentleman having rescued no less than four
from a watery grave, who accidentally fell from
the same spot within the last two years. The'
deceased is apparently about 45 years of age,
and•of respectable appearance : he is dressed in
a pepper and salt surtout coat, blue pantaloons,
and waistcoat of
,the same colour, with. gilt but-
,
' tons. His boots are laced up in front, and he
has .a flannel waistcoat and drawers next the
skin, nearly new. His pocket-handkerchief is
marked R.N., No. 6, and his shirt R.N., N 0.7.
He is about 5 feet 7 inches in height, and has
the appearance of a respectable man: There
were found on his person ss. in silver, a pen-
knife, and pencil-caSe, and an old-fashioned
watch, maker's name, Charles Edmonds, 'Li-
verpool, No. 1214," to which is attached a steel
chain, and a-metal` seal and key.

DREADFUL AFFATR.-7---- On Wednesday last,
Mr. Wi.LLIAMTAntsn, jun., late of Stbneyleas,
in company with two of his comrades, went to
the house of Mr. A-RMSTRONG, in Glingar, parish
of liaifmorton DUmfriesshire, in order, as is
supposed, to sweetheart the lasses; but Mr.
AninsraoNG not relishing the company of, such
visitants, desired them instantly to depart, or, if
not, he was determined to make a public example
of any one who should, after such notice, remv.in
on his premises:. The two individuals above al-
luded to at once took the hint, and. departed ;
but the poor and unconscious F.taisn„ under the
influence- of a, stronger..passion, and seeming!),
regardless of the angry and cayseli;ss threaten-
ings of a neighbour, ventured to linger with his
fair one for a few minutes after their departure,
when ARMSTRONG watched the opportunity of
his crossing the. farm-yard, levelled at him a
well-charged fowling-piece, and shot him through
the heart, by• which he instantly expired 1—
(Carlisle Patriot.).

FATAL Accivoir.—ln consequence of the
high flood on Monday last, seven men, in the
employ of. Mr. Finch, at the mustard-mill, at
Staines, got into -a boat to go to their respective
homes to dinner. Unfortunately, one of the
seven was a new.-corner to the mill, and had that
morning been paying his footing, or treating his
new acquaintances with beer, which rendered
them more-wanton than prudent; for though the
part they had occasion to go over was not more
than leg-deep, they, by some playfulness, got in-
to the mill-stream, where the rapidity of the cur-
-1 rent upset the boat, and precipitated the 7 men
into a depth of 10 feet, by which accident four
were drowned. The other three would have in-
evitably perished,_ but for the intrepidity of a
man who witnessed the catastrophe. This
person, who had formerly been a sailor, evinced
the true spirit of a British tar on this un-
happy occasion : having a rope fastened round
the middle, he plunged to the bottom of
the river, whence he brought up, one after
the other, three out of the seven men, who
are by him, under Divine Providence, restored
to their families and friends. The scene on the
edge of the water, upon the accident being
known, was truly heart-rending. The families
of the unfortunate men rushed to the spot, and it
was with great difficulty that the wife of one -of
them could be prevented throwing herself into
the water, to share the fate of her husband.—
The names of those lost are—T. Fenner, Wil-
liam Warder, Robert Childs, and William Black.
We hear a subscription is set on foot to reward
the person that rescued the survivors from a
watery ,grave.—(Count,y Chronicle.)