Star.
London, England, 1812-12-25 00:00:00

GENERAL DE BAR.

The Journal de PErntire charges the British Go.
vemment with landing General de Bar, and two
other emigrant officers, on the island of Honat, in
order to execute certain missions which had been en.
trusted to them. The charge is destitute of founda-
* tion. General de Bar, tired of a state of inactivity,
applied very long since to Government for permis-
sion to go back to France. The urgency of his pri-
vate affairs was the motive alledged for wishing to
return to his native country. Apprehensive of the
personal danger to whic:i he might be exposed, it
was judged expedient. peremptorily to refuse his re-
quest. His applications, however, were often repea-
ted, and with an importunity which manifested a de-
termination on his part not to be refused. At length,
the violence and intemperance of his conduct induced
the Government to yield to his solicitation. In or-
der to try one more effort to discourage his return to
France, he was distinctly apprised, that the pecuniary
assistance which, in common with many other union.
tvnate emigrants, he received from the British Go-
vernment, would be altogether withdrawn ; and that
neither himself, nor the two officers whom he had

prevailed upon to accompany him, would have this
_ allowance restored, or be permitted to return to any
part of the British dominions. As they still persisted
in their determination, it was proposed to them, in-
' stead of cintveying them clandestinelylo the French

coast, to accenunodate them with a cartel to Mar.
Tait ' • and orders, it is stated, were given to the Trans-
: portOftice for this purpose. This offer they thought
proper to decline. They had-the option either of re.
mAining i this country, and in the undisturbed en-
joyment of the liberal provision which they derived
Isom the generous and protecting hand of due Eng-
lish Government, or of quitting the British Islands
for ever. They chose the latter, and have falleg vic-
tims to the rashness of their determinatioi. The pa-
ragraph in the French-papers, to which allusion has
been made, was probably intended to divert, in some
' measure, the public attention from the calamities and
disi;sters, which have nearly annihilated their armies,
t and brought grief and wretchedness upon almost
every family in France. Can the French Govern-
ment for a moment imagine, that, in the present state
of public affairs; when the tide of prosperous war sets
so strongly against them, it is necessary for us to
have recourse to the puny agency of General de Bar?
No ! There is a more powerful agency now in ope-
ration, which canr rt tail_ to produce the greatest and
, most beneticial effects. The voice of humanity is
every where pleading-44 trumpet-tongued"—for the
subvel sion of that execrable tyranny which has en.
tailed such unparalleled miseries on the human race ;
and we at length hope that it may not be heard in vain.

The clothes of one of the female attendants in the
entertainment of Midas caught fire on Wednesday
night at Covent-Garden Theatre, and she was in-
stantly enveloped in flames ; but by timely assistance
, she sustained very little personal injury.
On Tuesday last, between the hours of nine and
Lten in the ever.ing, a gentleman was robbed of his
v. atch and money, on the Edgeware-road, by a single
aeutkad, who made his escape towards town.