Star.
London, England, 1830-11-16 00:00:00

PUBLIC NOTIC&

llf consequence of the very increasing demand for I)AY
1 and MARTIN'S BLACKING, the Proprietors have erected a
Manufactory on so extended a scale, that they will be enabled to
eaecute all orders for Foreign es Home Consumption at a day's notice
and, to secure the Public from imposition, an Engraving of the New
Building will appear on the Label.
Ist May, 1830. q, High Holborn.

ORNERAI. VAN CHASSE, GOVERNOR OF ANTWROP.

From a Dutch Parcr.

Lieutenant General David Hendrik, Baron Irsn e1i...5.1, now in the
6.10 year of his age, was born a soldier, for his faller wis 31.ijor iu Oar
regiment of Munster. He was born at Thiel. in Guild:J.ll4. and vs
refined a Cadet in the Dutch army at the early age of 10. sitter a hiNtel
has passed through every rank, and has never relinquished iiiilirey
service. In the year 1781 he obtained a lieutenancy. Having, as a
Pardee, emigrated in 1787, he took service in the of the French annt.
in which he soon distinguished himself by his courage, and in 179.1 we.'
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. The battles of Nlouipte-
roa, Stade, and HochledenZ afforded him opportunities for givilLi
prig fs of his courage and enterprise. In the year 1795: be turn. d, with
the army of Pichegru, to his native country, and in the following he
served in the German campaign, under General Daendeh. Three years
stir, on the invasion of North Holland by the English, he commauded
s carp of Ysgers, at the bead of which he made for several hours a
sr4sb, brilliant defence a greatly superior force of the enemy. Upon'
the retreat of the be was again sailed upon to make a tea-,.
paignin Germany. e had a command at the -siege of Wurtsirstit
and in one of tbe• micas which conned them, he took an A
battery, and made 400 prisoners. In 1806 and 1800 he served with
the Dutch General Dumonceau in the war against Prussia. But it was
chiefly in the Peninsular war that be 'constantly distinguished himself.
The dauntless manner in which he made repeated charges on the
enemy procured for him the honourable title of the Bayonet General. in
consequence of his meritorious services in that six years' war, in almost
every part of which he wok a part, and in particular of his conduct at
the memorable victory of Deana, so glorious for the Dutch troops, the
then King of Holland, Louis Napoleon, raised him to the dignity of
Baron, with a donation of 3,000 florins; and as a still further)
mark of royal favour, he was also appointed commander of the Order '
of the Union. In the passes of the Pyernees he had the good fortune,
by the exertion of the most extraordinary intrepidity, to rescue from
destruction Count d'Erlon's corps. For this brilliant military feat, he
received the decoration of an officer of the Legion of Honour, and
Marshal Soule, requested that he should be appointed Lieutenant-
Gomm], a rank, however, which he did not obtain, until after he had
left the French service. Nevertheless, Napoleon set a high value on
his courage and military skill, and by a decree dated June 30, 1811,
created him a baron of the empire.
In the month of January, 1814, he received orders to join the grand
army in the neighbourhood of Paris. He also displayed extraordinary
courage there, and was wounded in an action with the Prussians. In
the campaigns of 1813 and 1814, he bad three hones shot under him,
and• two wounded.

lifter the first capitulation of Paris, be returned again to his own
colliery, and was appointed by his Majesty, then Sovereign Prince of
Lientennnt-general of the army. In the battle of Waterloo,
he maintained his character as a valiact soldier and able commander.
The old Imperial Guard made a movement in advance, on an English
battery, the fire of which, in consequence of want of ammunition, had
slackened, General Chasse, perceiving the importance of preserving
that position, ordered. Major Vander Smiasen (new, alas! an abettor
of the insurrection), to hasten forward with the flying artillery, at full
gallop, to the support of the battery, and by this promptitude the
movement of the enemy was not only rendered abortive, but he was
obliged to fall back in disorder, after leaving a number of killed en the
spot. In this celebrated battle his execution with the bayonet contri-
buted also not a little to the splendid success of the day. The Duke of
Wellington did justice to his services in that battle, in a letter which
was subsequently made public.

PRICES FOR GAPING.

yg Some short time ago, I observed a making the kacknird
viand of all the papers--with all the of original concoction in
each, endued" Prices for Seats at Coronations.' Now, every tyro knows
that the passage in question was extracted from the "Minute/ of N.
billy;" and besides the deep offence of plagiarism, it was so twisted,
cut, and carved upon, that all its original value was lost. Ido not state
this with the view of repeating the passage; but merely to refer the
fascias of your inestimable miscellany. to the true source of information
on this subject, so as to assist their memories and understandings
contrasting the economy of our ancestors with the extravagance of
present generation.

bur=l aught to place greater strength, not only on the " wisdom"
44 economy* of our ancestors, than I feel myself as ,y
constrained to do. In one instance, I can positively say that the pure
manners of these venerable worthies have descended, uncontaminated, to
certain individuals of the present gummiest. I know, for example, $
man, who; within these few years, could breakfast, In this crowded and
extravagant metropolis, at the reasonable rate of oar penny ! by
gaining access to the parish pump, and soaking his pennyworth of stale
bread, with a quantum sugleit of cold water ! ! upon which he afferk4l
to have made sumptuous repast !!1 My own manners, not having
been so exquisitely pure, I cut him at once; and although be mar
probably sail survive, I trust I may sever be cursed with his presence
again. Ile was no relative of mine, thank GOD j though, with regard
to my relotives, past and present, I feel myself placed In a case of
siderable difficulty ; and will proceed to explain this difileulty to you :

I am, Sir, the only remaining " scion of a venerable mock ;" I have
plenty of relatives who look up to me ; but none to whom I aus look
up. In five lines I will expound to you my:pmentage, and my paten.
*ions to anceatorial dignity, and patient expetiasoe:—

1. Age of my great-great.grandfather
2. Ditto of my great-graMfather (old Pars) .... 144
3. Ditto of my grandfather . ow . 139
4. Ditto of my father .... . .. . l•]b
6. Ditto of myself

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Here you bare .. 621
Six hundred and twenty years, in four generations ! You need not
laugh at it, nor attempt to deny it—for you know it, now that I give you
my name, to be the fact.

Now, Sir, you know, that it is no very unusual circumstance for a
great-grest-grand-child to be cognizant of the transactions of his vene-
rable ancestor. Indeed, for my own part. and after the experience of
dna-fourths of a century, I declare I would place more reliance on the I
statements of my great-grandfather, than upon those of my own sun.
To proceed, my great-great-grandfsther told my great-grandfather,
who told my father, in say own hearing, that the faker of all us, was
present at the coronation of Henry 111. He was not a privileged par.
son; yet he was able to obtain a good seat, " in a highly respectable
and eligible situation"—as the advertisements of these days set forth—
for the sum of one dodkin. What the intrinsic value of th& detain
might have been, is more than can very accurately ascertain ; but I
have good ground; for believing that it was something about afierthiny ;
forst the subsequent coronation of EDWARD 11. the price of a imtl
Place really was one jai-thing ! At that of EDWARD the 111. • half
penny was very generally given; the coronation of Ricamtn the
was witnessed by all and sundries, "at the reasonable price' of use
penny ; HgaT the V. was the insment of raising the IlegOeiatiOn
ea a real ;and at the coronation of "good Queen Bras," an " advan-
tageous situation" was readily to be had ; • at a talon, tester, or six.
pence." At the coronations of James I. and CHARLES I. a shilling
was given; JANIS H. was witnessed at hata-ersion—tbe present sae
M
of gaping at an .P. WILLIAM and nun could be veiwed far
Jive shiitings—ao could Geonon the First et the caronissira of
(limiting the Second. some extravagant folks gave *Olf ; bat
such was the price set upon the heads of the immediate parcels of our
present beloved Sovereign, that, at the joint coronation of-Gnostic
111. and Queen CstaatoTrit, I. myself. was induced to give. lot a
single scat, the sum of ten guineas ! This is no matter of tiction.
nor exaggeration: you will fad aU Sheer facts faithfully recorded,ahhougb is
different language, in the ".ifauttai of Arability ;"and you may believe
it. upon my trued and honour ! The man in the play asks What
I will live. UROWDY say p" sail I ask a more pertinent question:-
1 " What would mygreat-great-grand.father—he who paid one rierikin—.
say, could he see his descendant pay, for a similar sight, the enormous
sum of ten thousand, four hundred, and Arley deditins—vslang his
coin at one farthing ?"
I was in the way of explaining all this to 'ay to gaol o$ my own
unaccountable osockiet, ht cmpging's Seat-Naafi+ a torestaiita—but
for a sight of .the Kure, going to the Lana Adaxa,a's feast at qui*
I hat Forth* I was about to pa ,at the corner of gt. Paul's Climb-
yard, the slim of least, •dodkint t but, wasi foonlairlY, that
melim of public record and vision—the rinses—suede its ap.
pearance, just as I. was edifying you with this ankle; and net only
spared paned the liberal bequest el soy ileauguatimaadAtber-4has
proposed to be extravagantly iatroniltted an also had tae
effect of disarranging my ideas so malt, that I have only time to say,
that 1 will woad ens wbasthe Lem die Lod- Myer, and the. /IL
sisters are 1. oiler doing ;" so as to qualify me foe a deliberate Essay