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gion of the Magi and difeiples of Zoroafter. 
The benevolence of this man’s difpofition had 
been manifefted on many occafions in works 
of public utility, conftruéted at his expence ; 
and, during a time of fcarcity, he daily dif- 
tributed provifions to upwards of 2000 poor 
people. 
Killed at the battle of Aufterlitz, General 
Roger Valhubert. He commanded a brigade 
of the divifion of General Suchet, which, af- 
ter fuftaining, during five hours, the attacks 
of the principal part of the Ruffian and Auf- 
trian cavalry, feveral attacks of infantry, and 
@ dreadful fire of artillery, was, by a judici- 
ous and daring movement, placed between 
the centre of the Ruffians and their wings, 
which, by this maneeuvre, were feparated 
from the main body, purfued, broken, and 
the whole either killed or taken prifoners, 
without being able to rally. Valhubert, hav- 
jig been wounded at the commencement of 
the aétion, did not furvive to witnefs the 
fuccefs with which it was crowned. 
born at Avranches, the 28th Ofober, 1764, 
and ata very early age devoted himfelf toa 
military life; and having received an educa- 
tion iuitable to the profeffion he had chofen, 
in due time prefented himielf for examina- 
tion to pais for an officer of artillery; but 
had the mortification of being informed, that, 
in confequence of an. edi excluding perions 
not born of noble parents, he could not be 
admitted into that corps. He now left his 
Native place in difguft, and entered into the 
regiment of Soubife-Rohan.. Havingreturned 
home at the breaking out of the Revolution, 
he was appointed chief of the firft battalion 
of the departmentof La Manche. From that 
time his talents and his courage were diftin- 
guifhed inan eminent.degree. At Pelimberg 
the battalion under his command made feveral 
vigorous charges againft the Hungarian ere- 
nadiers, and cut them in pieces. Being ap- 
pointed colonel of the 28th regiment, he was 
covered with glory at Montebello, Marengo, 
and the Mincio, and Bonaparte decreed a 
fabdreo: honour, and two years aiter promoted 
him to the rank of general of brigade. In 
this capacity he was employed at the camp at 
Boulogne in the twelfth and thirteenth, in 
the divifien commanded by General Sucheft. 
‘The grand army having croffed the Rhine, at 
the pafflage of the Danube that divifion formed 
partof the van, under the orders of Marthal 
Lannes. At the battle of Autterlitz he was 
at the extremity of the left wing, and cover- 
ing the principal route from Bruna to Olmutz. 
At the firft fire he paffed along the ranks, 
exhorting the foldiers to pay a ftrict attention 
to the orders of Eonaparte, which forbade 
them to quit their ranks for the purpofe of 
carrying the wounded: while thus engaged, 
a howitzer bail broke his leg. Several men 
were immediately detached to carry off their 
wounded general. ‘* Stop,” faid he; “I 
can as wel] die here. It is not proper that the 
fervices o; fix men fhould be lof for the Gke 
‘one. Attend tothe orders of your Em- 
or,” A few moments after he added, 
Deaths Abroad. 
He was > 
[June t, 
‘¢ Why is it not my arm that was broken? { 
might ftill have fupported myfelf, and re~ 
mained at my poft.” Delirium foon coming 
on, he was removed to Brunn, where he ex- 
pired foon after the battle. His comrades 
aid the laft duties to his remains, and the 
regret of all followed him to his grave; over 
which was erected a monument of black mar- 
ble, with an infcription expreffing a hope that 
the Auftrians will refpe& the place where the 
afhes of a brave man are depofited. 
At Paris, Jofeph Bernard Chabert, ci-devant 
Marquis, chef d'efcadre of the navy, come 
mander of the orders of St. Louis and St, 
Lazarus, infpeétor of the depot of the ma- 
rine, affociate of the academy of iciences, 
&c. He was born at Toulon in 1724, and 
was the fon of an officer in the navy, into 
which he entered in 1741. He failed, in 1746, 
with a French fquadron to Nova Scotia, where 
he was convinced how defective the charis of 
America were: he witnefled the dangers ta 
which the French fhips were expofed, and 
drew up a report on the fubje& after his ree 
turn. Le Monnier prevailed on him to-afk 
permiffion of the minifter to remain at Parig 
for the purpofe of ftudying aftronomy, to ap- 
ply a remedy to the inconveniencies he had 
difcovered, and to induce the officers of the 
Navy to pay attention to a fcience on which 
depends their glory and even their fecurity. 
In 1748 a brilliant aétion obtained him tke 
crofs of St. Louis, which he preferred to a- 
-penfion. Qn the return of peace, in the 
month of Auguft 1748, he prefented a plan 
of a voyage of obfervation. M. Rouillé and 
M. de Ja Galifioniere provided him with in- 
ftruments for that purpofe. He fet fail, in 
1750, in a frigate commanded by the Marquis 
de Choifeul Praflin. He drew achart of the 
coafts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and 
of the banks and iflands in the gulph of St, 
Laurence. The account of this voyage was 
printed in 1750, and contains obfervations on 
the loadfione, on the currents, and particu- 
lars relative to calculations neceflary for na- 
vigators. In 1758 he was received into the 
Academy ; and in the month of April of the 
following year, he read his plan for executing 
charts of the Mediterranean, to forma fecond 
volume to the French Neptune, publifhed in 
1695, and in continuation of the labours of 
Chazelle and Feuillée. He fet out in May 
1764, and determined the eaft coafts of Spain, 
thofe of Sardinia, Fez, Aigiers, and Tunis. 
In 1767, after vifiting the coasts of Sicily, he 
proceeded to Tunis, thence to Tripoli, and 
afterwards to the Adriatic Sea. In 1768 he 
was appointed to the Hirondelle 3 in 1771 to 
the Mignonne ; and in 1776 to the Atalante, 
on board of which failed M. de Choifeal. 
‘The American war obliged M. de Chabert to 
refume the military fervice. In 1778 he was 
appointed to the Vaillant, one of the thips 
under the command of M. d’Eftaing ; and in 
1780 was promoted to the St. Efprit. On 
the 5th of September 1781, he diftinguifhed 
hinelf greatly in the action eff the Chefa~ 
peak, refcued the Diadem which was on the 
point 
