Star.
London, England, 1830-09-24 00:00:00

NT GER 111 D. THE PRESENT FRENCH MINISTER

OF WAR.

t .e •iffictT sass !,om in Lorraine, in 1774. He served the early
:!,s of the Frric'l Revoitition. as Aid-de-Camp to General Her-
. is: •!:e. n,,w King o's Ssetien, and reached, through his extraordinary
•or, the rink of Brigadier General, during the Prussian cirnpaign
in 1801;

Vert ',ion after this, he was made Commander of the Legion of Flo.
t•,(411% AT..I placed v the head of the staff of the French army in Den.
'link. In 1808. he obtained the 1/anish Order of Danneberg. In the
,atitilaier of 1809 he distinguished hintselr at the combat of Urfar, in
front of the bridge of Lintz, and particularly at the battle of Wagram,
.:1 which he commanded the Saxon cavalry. His conduct in 1812, at,
:he battles of Valentina and lloskwa, and,indeed, on every occasion, In.
thiced Napoleon, who was considered the best judge of real military
to ;ire him the command of the division of General Gudin, who
had been killed. At Frankfort on the Oder, General Gerard, with a
small iitsly of troops, dzfeated 2,000 Russian cavalry, which attempted
to hitt te-pt. his passage to Berlin. In the campaign of 1814, he gained
teptravon at Dienville. at Nargis, and especially at 31onterean, at
t high p: :re he took 5.000 Austrians prisoners. After the restoration
of Lan, XVIII. Gerard wax sent to Hamburgh, on a special mission,
brin; hack the French troops. and on his return to Paris was made a
Knight •tf St. Louis, and received the grand cordon of the Legion of

When Napolcon returned from Elba, and re-ascended the throne,
4;er Irit %maimed true to his former master, who appointed him General-
in-Chief of the Army of the Moselle, and at the head of that army,
(Lanni carried the position and village of Ligny, near Gemappes, on
.he 16th of June, 1815, and contributed greatly to the defeat of the
Prussian-General, Prince Blucher. His corps next formed a part of
the army of Grouchy, which manoeuvred on the Dyle during the
battle of Waterloo, for the purpose of preventing a junction bettreen
the Prussian troops under Blucher, and the British under the Duke
of Wellington, and in this service he was wounded. On the retreat
et Napoleon he returned to his country seat in France. On the mato-
ration of the Bourbons, Count Gerard remained tranquil until the
Royal Ordonnance of Nov. 12, when the Chamber of Peers were di.
acted to try the unfortunate Marshal Ney, Prince of Moskwa, who
WAS executed on the morning of the 7th Dec. in his 47th year. Gerard
was so completely overcome at such inhumane conduct on the part of
a monarch towards one of his old comrades in arms, who by the law of
nations and of honour was included in the amnesty, that he wrote a
violent pamphlet, and hell up to public scorn the cold-hearted part
sohich he stated the Duke of Wellington to have played in that unfor-
tunate affair, after promising his interference to the widow of the valo-
r, %IR and most persecuted victim of political vengeance, whom he al-
lowed to be shot, notwithstanding her heart-rending supplications,
mostrated upon her knees before him with her two orphan children.--
Since then Count Gerard had never been employed by the Bourbons,
and lived in retirement with his wife, the daughter of the Count de Va-
knee' whom he married in 1806.
On the late Ordonnance being Issued by the infatuated ex-King,
Charles X. and the glorious days of the 27th, 28th, and 29th of July,
which restored liberty to France, and caused the tri-coloured flag once
more to wave in his native country, the one that he had fought under
th his earliest days, Count Gerard immediately took the oath of elle.
giance to the Citizen King, Louis Philip I. and, at the suggestion of
his old friend and comrade in arms, the Marquis de La Fayette, this
Monarch, who well knows how to appreciate valour and talent, ap-
pointed him as Minister of War, in which situation no doubt he will doi
his duty to his Sovereign and restored country.
Although General Gerard bore the greatest enmity towards the
British nation, in consequence of the conduct of the Duke of Welling-
too, it is said that, since the recent events, and the liberal manner
this country has shown itself, by his Majesty receiving General Batt-
drar.d (who was sent over here by Philip I.) in such an affable manner,
that un his return it caused that feeling which, no doubt, will be the
means of promoting more and more the mutual intercourse between two
.t :he rust nations in the world.

UNCIAL INTELLIbENCE.

NEWARK, SEPT. 22, 1830.—The market to-day WAS
~_a attended, but there was a dearth of business. The prevailing
mc•lples were Old Wheat, and generally offered by those who bad over-
stocd their market. Some prime samples of New were produced, but
IN looked upon suspiciouslyy, arising from the great rains that have
t..llen. Barley remains in demand, and rather at an advance. Cur.
rt.-,ey as under :—Wheat, 60s. to 675. Ditto, New, 575. to 655. Barley,
Ne,., 36.. to 30s. Oats, 24.. to 30s. Ditto, New. Ns. to 265. Beans,
s. to 40s. _ _ _

NOTTINGn i, SEPT. 22.—The weather has been such
AA to render the price of Cora most uncertain. Factors and farmers
4tt id more from the intention to feel the pulse of each other, than to
..,.sane purchasers. Notwithstanding, the sales that were effected were
do-e at an advance of from 2s. to 3s. Much New Wheat was brought
t., market, but the millers found it not so dry as was expected ; and
cl later harvest will be found still more damp. Barley is not so
bright in colour, nor so heavy, as was expected, and much still remains
urcut, which caused it to be upon the advance. Oats in demand, and
bnsk. Currency as follows :—Wheat 645. to 725. Ditto, New, 695.
to Cts. Barley, New, 365. to 41s. Oats, New, 21s. to 265. Beans
3t;,. to 41s. _ _ _

lIETFOED HOP INTELLIGENCE, SEPT. 21.-During the
gin: week, the backward plantations have progressed towards maturity
un-.: than the most sanguine could have anticipated, and will be ready
to cull in a few days. The forward penis, however, have already lost
pc.:l of their lead, and the pullers arc busy in securing the remainder.
We have seen some samples which have been dried off, and they cep.
tainly have a viewly appearance ; but, according to our opinion, they
WC deficient in point of strength front what we have observed them to
t'.. in years which were more genial for their growth. The planters al.
rist:y complain that they come down lighter than they had anticipated.
071 arc different from most other descriptions of plants, for when they
a light crop they are always deficient in strength, and when a heavy
me eke rcrsa.
LINCOLN, SEPT. 23.-The market was tolerably well
atte-ded, and the samples of wheat were larger than was expected. The
London market had not to-day the effect expected; whether from the
repot of the wheats being generally housed, or from the anticipation of
a gut of foreign wheat, the market was dull. The quotation for wheat
IS rot an advance. Barley is reported not to be generally good, and the
price increased 2s. to 3s. per qr. Oats in proportion. Currency as
un er :-Wheat, 60s. to 67. Ditto New, sf3s. to 665. Oats, 255. to
Mts. Ditto New, 20s. to 265. Barley, 355. to 38s. Beans, 38s. to 40s.
itETF'ORD, SEPT. 18.-The weather during the past
week. has been of an unpropitious kind, and very detrimental to harvest
; in consequence of which, we had a good attendance at this
day's market. Good Wheat commenced at the closing prices of the
im-ious market, but presently advanced Is. per load ; this observation
wi:l apply equally to both old and new parcels : inferior descriptions
ter. ain nominally the same. Old Barley is scarce ; but at present being
in I .t.le or no demand, we cannot notice any variation in price :
of goad new obtained an advance of full 2s. per quarter, with every
• pre •ability of a still further advance, should the latter part of the bar.
t not he more favourable for securing that which is still at large in
:et fields. Old Oats look up, and Is. to 2s. per qr. more was obtained
,1.1, day ; new ones remain nearly stationary, in consequence of the
moist condition in which they are brought to market. The unsettled
,•at. of the weather has had an effect upon the prices of good old Beans,
f,e• which Is. to 2s. per load more was obtained ; and though the crop
.!,is description of grain is uncommonly heavy, yet prices of old
,atr.les are likely to be higher, without a favourable change shortly
,ak:s place. This observation will equally apply to samples of white
Ind tray Peas. Rye and Blend-corn are in demand at a tifling ad.
*any e. on the prices of this day se'nnight. Wheat, old 265. to 28a. per
104. Do. new, 245. to 258. do. Barley, 265. to 345. per qr.
new, 325. to 38s. do. Oats, 245. to 325. do. Do. new, 228. to 28s. do.
lira is, 15a. to 176* per load. Rye, 14s. to 16a. do. Peas, 12s. to
14,4. ditto.

lln the night of Saturday last an armed party attacked
the dwelliukhouse of Thomas Madden, at Knockroe, near Boyle, and
demanded his arms. On being refused by Madden, they broke his
wi:aiows, and endeavoured to enter the house by breaking the door with
a h ocher ; they fired several shots through the windows, which were so
ester tgeottsly returned by Madden as to cause the party to disperse.
The following night an armed banditti of about 200 men paraded the
nails near Croghan, and fired several shots through the country as they
passed along —Roscommon Gazette.
MYSTERIOUS DIbAPPEARANCE OF A CHILD.--MOSt Of
out readers will have some recollection of a very active officer of the
Nlanchesta police, named Bianchi, from our having had frequent occa.
sum to mention him in out paper. On Thursday last a female child of
his, about twenty months old, was lost in a very remarkable manner.
Bianchi has a lad of rather obtuse intellect, between tea and eleven
.t•ars a age, who generally takes out the child into the streets to play.
Ott Thursday morning, about eight o'clock, he carried it out, and
accompanied by another little girl of Bianchi's, about four
years of age. Soon after eleven the little girl came home crying, and
told her mother that a woman had taken the child from off same
steps in the market : and added, " You will never see it again."
HaFpily a woman, a neighbour of Bianchi's, and to whom the
citiitt was known, was yesterday, about noon, in the Smithfield market.
the place from whence the child had been stolen, when she saw the child
in the arms of a dirty looking girl, of about 15 years of age. She in.'
stantly apprised Hull, one ot the street-keepers, who chanced to be
near the spot, and he took the girl into custody, restoring, at the same
time, the child to its anxious parents. The girl, who calls herself Mary
r-gory, ft times to give any account of herself, or how she became pos-
seuatti of the child, as, trout the description giver. of the woman who
was seen on the steps with the child, she cannot be the same. It has,
however, been ascertained that she took lodgings on Thursday night in,
the house ot a poor widow woman, named Jane :IBC-arty, living in
l'homson.s.reet, Salford, but which she left on Saturday morning. She
. there represented that the child was her sister's ; that their parents were
dead, and that she was endeavouring to get a pass to Ireland, in order to
leave the child with her friends. She will be examined berme the Ma.
gistrates.—Alonehester Mercury.