The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-08-18 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN. destroy and carry away public property, but pillage and it is to enable Powers with whom we may be at uithout mercy the prislde individuals; that at Celle, mar the two day to obtain additional means of an on the grandroa d fr o m lo vers In Moulin, after • so' atlce th . at the I.lritish nation have squandered so baring carried away all ilte iron belonging to a mag moch of their money and their blood. The never l'ificent, but private manufactory for forging lameship's anchors, they sold every eking Os', and paid .ceasing cry of itolerucity is again raised—and even artificers to destroy the reonaindert, together with the Austria, fearing rivalry, no doubt, as much as some building. The French are particularlfdown-hearted. ot- - btr neighbours dread vengeance, and hungering —the mass of the people are threatening, the Federes . u . after a rst:lce, though the sceptre of an empire was_ conceal their muskets, and mertino are held to offered her cowardly hand, 19 already calling out Sod means to got rid of the- Farehtswe• - - - " When compfeinsare made to the Pressiato Cam. for ruaeitinity for the three Legations irlrich the Holy (asunder. against 41selv-asklieri. sim.y *elm ef—ts Que Crum-Evoofederacy hate restored to the POPE. Well kit Francais opreastent a tire imiciAr It is curious may it be :aid and beliesed that peace will not be the to see the printed orders at the doors of all the pob- immediate result of this termination to the crusade lie -establishment", directed _solely to the Prossian . 31ilitary, 66 not to touch, destroy, and rob," par. against BON APAUTE. Let not the war-faction ticularly at the Museum of the Jurdia de, Plataes. be down hearted. The elements of discord upon • 4 I ~ ru present at the review of the IttIISIAII4, and over the Engirt:yr . and hi; gia. A - few ► Vice Alexandre!' were hem!, but in general the thing was dull ; eery dull, and no croul." whose ebondant produce they fatten are not all . extinct. Ambition • iernot yet torn op by tl:e roots from the breasts of Princes and conquerors, though NAPOLEON, who seated them on thrones, mod gave them principalities with a better grace than they wapiti now tender to him the dagger of destruction, is far from th►•ir sight, and haunts them only in the vision of their fears. Let the cruel-hearted syco phants who prostitute the title of magnanimous and disinterested on the traffickers in human flesh, the destroyers of nations, and the tramplers en the li berties of independent States, moderate their dissua sive eloquence to induce the great Powers to check the exercise of their virtues, and not allow themselves to be led away by their excessive magnanity and the fine sensibilities of their hearts. It is qui'e unnecessary, Messieurs of the merciless and blood.stiring quill. The oppressors of Poland, the partitionists of Saxony, the barterer, of Norway, Venice, Genoa, —and the friends of the POPE, the Inquisition, and the FERDINANDS of Spain and Si cily, will not fail to afford sefficient grounds of con solation to these who tremble for the effects of their excessive sensibility to the best feelings of men and the rights of nations. By the German Papers, which are received along with the Brussels to-day, to the -11th, we find the Prussian and• Austrian troops are pouring so fast into France that there is not time to equip them—they are to be equipped in France, probably at the expellee of that country. This shows that matters are considered as far from. being settled, and proves that neither the object nor the principle of the war is changed. Such is the proof given of the sincerity of the Con• federated Declarations. NEKT THURSDAY. ALL - THE STATE COTTONY . WILL ME DRAWN. THE SCHEME WITH ONLY SXO TICKETS. CONTAINS A GRAND PRIZE OF £.0.000. ELEVF:N • OTlLkat CAPITALS, and 3,000 GUINEAS IN COLD. Doe O 1 .... Gotteshergh liantburgh 0 ...... Malta 6 0 O O PRICE OF STOCKS THIS r 41,84 3 per. Cent. Red. b6iii per lent. Coes. MO 4 per Cent. 71} 6 per cad. bevy 63“:4‘ HAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. L..ng. Aos. 14 5-16 i Indio Rood& 6 4 Exchequer RM. 5 2 par I Os►aium Fag Coohols for Acc. 561/ THE STATESMAN. LONDON: MOAT, AUGUST 18, 1815. . ilia Paris Papers of Tuesday last, the 15th, ar-. rived this forenoon. The principal articles of intel ligence which they bring are some particulars of the trial of Colonel LASEDOTESE, which commenced on Monday. The case of this brave young officer is ■ oast interesting one. He appears never to have take• the oath of allegiance to Louts, and had come to Paris when he was arrested, to consult with his friends as to the best means of escaping to America from the consequences of the King's Ordinance, which in cluded him among the proscribed persons. lie has ' been found guilty, first of treasonable defection, se condly of rebellion, in aiding the invasion of BODIA 6AUTX, and thirdly of not having profitted of the eight days allowed by the Ordinance for giving in his submission to the King. The paoihllioeut is death, 1 but t 4 hours have been allowed for revision. It is pot supposed that he will be •shot, as i the people %mi. versally pity him, but that he will merely be stript of 1 his honours and exiled. PARIS. Aud. 13. SECOND COUNCIL OF WAR. TRIAL OF EX-COLONEL LABEDOYERE. It is not before a Military Commission fqrmerl of Judges devoted to, and appointed for the esamino tion of a single affair, it is before a permanent Council of War, and before his Peers, that the &- Colonel Labedoyere has been brought. • The process having been. terminated on Saturday last, for bringing him before the Council, by M. Viotti, Prosecutor to the Second Council of War of the first Military Division, it assembled onder the Presidence of the Adjutant Commandant Denier de Sauvigny. In military tribunals they do not revise the act of accusation. More arrests and trials are mentioned. NET is , to be brought to Paris for trial, and Gen. 1... s Bonus is also said to have been arrested in the environs of Rennes. In the midst of all this show of vengeance against treason, DAvousr has voluntarily come to Paris, and appears noway. threatened by the storm that is boating over the heads of his less fortunate -companions in arms. Unto sr, we believe, violated no oath to boon, and tendered his submission. ft is impossible to reconcile the severe measures *now adopted by the Government of. France towards the military instruments of the late Revolution, with the continuants in the highest offices of the State of persons who were no less active In bringing it about, and officially declared it to be " the most just and necessary of Revolutions." The King appears to be compelled to adopt measures pregnant with danger to his very existence, which, if his Ministers do not or 'cannot avert, France and the Throne of Louts must again speedily suffer the greatest of convulsions. We are much mistaken if a double game of deceit is not at present playing in France, which will ter minate in that sort of uproar which usually attends the discovery of the manceovres of one set of cheats by the other. It appears certain that there are al ready great dissensions among the Ministers, and that from the pretentious put forth by one Power for territory to swell his kingdom to a proportionate size — by suother for security against the vi•itings of retributive justice for the scandalous conduct of his troops, and by a third for indemnity iii return for cessions to uphold the POPE, that Lours XVIII. nit! either be under the necessary of going to war with his Allies, or of co►npromisinq those interests which it is his duty to maintain, and the sacrifice of w hich must be the ruin of his authority. The Sitting opened conformably to the law, by the reading of all the documents tending to throw a light on the charges. _ The' principal documents were the interrogatories put to the accused by the Prefect of the Police, be. ore the Prosecator, and afterwards the declarations of the witnesses• The accused Labedoyere having been arrested at Madame Fontery's, a friend of his wife, half an hour after his arrival at Paris, was interrogated by the Prefect of Police, as to the circumstances of his orney. His answers amounted to this, that he had followed the army of the Loire, without at taching himself to any particular corps. Ile was billetted at Hiom, and was there at the time when the submission of Gen. Excelmans took place. He .then prepared to quit the country ; he had already procured a passport to go, to the United States of America, and a lett* of credit for 5500 francs upon Mr. Parish, a Philadelphia merchant. All at once he was informed of the ordinance of the King of the 24th of July, which sent him before a military tri bunal. This event changed his plans : he saw then no other resource but to come to Paris, and advise with his family. 'rhe President hating asked the accused if he had worn the white cockade on his departure from Mom, he replied, I did not, because I was dressed as a simple citizen; if I had been in uniform, I should haso worn it as Gen. Facelmana He was interrogated as to the names Defter. and Boner(' which were inscribed on his papers. Ile OM he did not know bow they came there. The first was formerly a Chamberlain of Madame Hortense ; the last he did not know. Prussia we see, true to policy which wres t e d Silecia and Saxony from t lawful Sovereigns, is determined to profit by the present recession of the French strength. Brussels Papers to the 15th, re ceived to-day, inform us that the fortress of Phi lv Lich was pressed so furiously, has sur rendered to the Prussian arms, after the town was in flames by the bombardment; and that the most hor rible scenes followed the entry of the Prussians late that town, acknowledging the Ally of his Prussian M a jesty as its Sovereign. The Treaty of Paris, add these Papers, is to undergo several changes in•favour of tie Allies, and France will lose several great Pro vinces. Yet., yes, this is what the magnanimous Al lies went to war for—it is to obtain these Provinces For the rest, he refused to explain himself relative to the events of the month of March, and said that he should do it before the Council of IVar. The accuser had him brought before him on the 12th inst. and interrogated him particolarly as to ohs( passed at Grenoble on Napoleon's arrival there. The accused owned that he had disobeyed theposi. tire orders of the Adjutant.Geweral Devi'tiers, hi. superior Officer. The latter, who had coma front Chamberry with his brigade, was struck with sir. prise ou learning tbat the 7th regiumeat had quitted ha bivouac—upon-the ramparts, and had been led away by its Colonel to the cries of Vive I' Einpereur ! The accused confesses, moreover, that Gen. lievilliers galloped after him, reminded him of the family con nections, and.every interest which could pitrient the violation of his oaths. 46 I answered," continued Labedoyere, 46 that the connections of which he spoke were very dear to me; but that I sacrificed all to what I regarded as for.tlie good of my country." At the end of this interrogatory, the accused asked permission to bring forward witnesses to prove what he calls the kgilirnoc.y of the motives which in duced. him to act in the manner for vilticla he is re proached. The reading of the documents Imitig terminated, the accused was brought in by gendarmes. lie was dressed as a citizen, n ithout any decoration : his be haviour was calm, his voice firm ; however, a pale ness which one is authorised in thinking not natural, overspread his countenance. Interrogated as to his Christian and surnames, Its. he said, his name was Charles-Angelique-Francois Iluche de Labedoyere, aged twenty-nine years, General-Officer, Officer of the Legion of•lloouur, and Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. The public laterrogataries were nearly as fol lows: What was your rank in the month of March last? —I was Colonel of the 7th regiment of the line. Who appointed you?—The King. Did 3 ou take the oath of fidelity to your colours ? —I was absent when the colours were restored to the regiment. I imagine that the oath was taken by the other Officers. Were you not a Chevalier of St. Louis ?—No. By 'Wue of what order did your regiment rejoin Napoleon ?—By mine alone. Had you not destroyed the white cockade, and taken the tri-coloured in going out of the fausbourg , —I deny it. The tri-coloured cockade was not taken till the next day. As to the eagle •f the re giment, it was preserved from curiosity, and was de- posited at Chamherry with my other effects; my do mestics conveyed it there with other things. I repeat, said the accused, my demand of calling witnesses, as to the motives which governed me in the circumstances which are the object of my accusation. The Council of War, after having deliberated up on his demand, refused it, and the witnesses against the Prisoner were successively called. Count d'Agoult, Major-General of the Garde-du corps, deposed, that he was at Grenoble on the 7th of Nrarcli. He witnessed the defection •f Labe doyere, and sew him re-enter the city by forcing the gates. Adjutant-General Ik.viiliers confirmed his written declaration. Durand, advocate; Courat, proprietor; Gagnon, a young man, aged 19 ; Docroy, royal Amours, aged J 7 ; Randon St. Marcel and Masini, deposed only from hearsay what had passed ou the 7th of March. The young Decroy declared that lie had seen the eagle of the 7th regiment carried at the end of a branch if ; also, thatiAllstojm o kad or dered a drum-head to be broken into, in which were 16-coloured cockades, and which he caused to be distributed to the soldiers. The examinations having terminated, M. Viotti spoke as follows : • . It is to the defection of (he Prisonet (hist we must impute all the other defectieni: The revolution 'of the Roth of March, thedefteitt,Of Waterloo, and the invasion of our provinces. In vain does the accusrl invoke political and moral considerations; ;they - must give way to the necessity of • maintaining !disciriline.. The accused has violated all military laws. What signified his intentions being pure—have we not heard of Generals who expiated their disobedience , by the forfeit of their lives, although this disobedi ence was, perhaps, the cause of a brilliant vicfory. The accused, unfortunately, is not in this predica ment. Let him look around him at (he evils which his defection has produced, and let him judge him self ! Generals Marchand and Devi!liers had assigned him a post, which he ought not to have abandoned I even at the peril of his life. It was only over his body that Bonaparte should have entered Grenoble.' Without the treason of Libetloyere, the 7 1 1 1 regi. meat had remained faithful as did the 11th, vrbich did . not abandon Gen. Devilliers. For these reasons, the Prosecutor concluded that he should he pro nounced guilty of the clime of treason and rebel lion, for having aided and assisted the invasion of Bonaparte. M. Boxon, the offi , -i:11 defender of Labedoyere, said, that from the grandeur and nobleness of the soul of the accused., he thought it best to leave his defence to Labedoyere then rose, with a paper in his hand, and said, that were only his life compromised, he should distlaiii to make any defence; hut that he wished at least• to leave his honour untarnished, and not to bequeathe to his widow and infant son an in heritance of infamy. Giving in a few words the tory of the facts, he then entered into a justification of his motives. France, said he, beheld the return of the Bourbons last year with enthusiasm : she hoped that the paternal Government of Louis !WM. would heal her wounds ; but through a deplorable fatality she was mistaken. The intentions of the King were pure; but the outrageous zeal of faithful servants had done him much harm. These men, forming an erroneous opinion of• Franc— e the President interrnpled the accused ; and • 7 "";*"... iur , ^ot..• A. r. I 4-- f.,llLAilms . r pr..7J...2...1.-- •..•• ,iiii -.-'.. , :'! , , I,.:; / s - --- . ^ .: - •••••• , .7...; .7 . --. ..... • d • i • • ? . - FAA a~. i_ ~~ informed him that such abstract reasoning Ws % use to his defence. You are, said he, acctned crime, and it does not belong to human jost i ,,,, weigh motives. Proove that the crime does not ec , , , but we cannot say that a crime is innocent. The accused did not insist on finishing the r e v. of the passage, and concluded his defence in theme affecting manner, when abjuring :his - error; L em l pressed his wishes that France might rill) i n pol faith round Louis XVIII. " May, " said be, " the acknowledgment of m , fault be useful ! May my Son, after my death, t i l„: not at the name of his father!" The Council retired to &liberate. The siw cl ,,l tors, who were numerous, remained during the uh o 4 of the deliberations, w hich !wed for an hour a il ,' 4 half. The sentence, according to the custom of M. tary Tribunals, *as pronounced in the absence c 4 the accused. The Council declared the . T:.Coloot I.lbedoyere guilty :-Ist. Of treason; 2d. pr o. hellion; and 3d. Of not hawing profited of the &i t of eight days granted by the Ottlinance of the to return again to his duty. In consequence, he is condemned to suffer deli, The condemned has 24 hours to provide for sisal of the sentence. From the Dutch ■nd German Pews received ( I . diy Bansms, AUG. 13.—The following are the m. tents of a letter which has been sent us from Ibs head-quarters Of his 'Royal Riahness Prince As. gustus of Prussia :—" I inform you by this letter, that the trenches having been opened in the ni;htot the 7th before Philippeville, at the distance ot t or 300 paces from the nails, the bomhardmetg begun four o'clock, and the place sur►endered to me to wards the evening. The capitulation is the sank those of Maubeuge and LandreOes., To-day one o f the gates is occupied by my troops. Notwithstanil. ing the short duration of the bemliart!ment (betook has suffered considerably, as well by the violena of our cannonade as by a terrible lire' which broke out in the place. " From the head-quarters befOre 9, 1911 •' AUGUSTUS Prime of PRUSSIC '• T. the Editor of the Jouriptl de In Belgique." General Tauenzein passed through Liege on tit 9th. The 6th corps, which he commantln, is Welty composed of new levier, made in the Intelpacquitet possessions of his Prussian Majesty on the 1.1a4 Rhine; these troops are not fully equipped, bat ti.er ig ill receive what is necessary in France. Su - tura/AND, Ava. s.—The Bureaus of tho Austrian army, which has been hitherto at !Arnett, passed the Rhine yesterday at Basle to proceed into France, under an escort of 12 or 1500 men, bott horse and foot. . The batteries of Basle wereap4 violently cannonaded in the night of the 4th. VIENNA, JULY 29.—We are here daily more s more persuaded that the Treaty. of Pariswi'l suf several changes in favour of the Allies, and France will lose serer:' great provinces. Threw. ration of the three Legations to the Pope, is corai• dered as a proof of this, since it leads to a sup*. Lion that Austria will obtain aniodesunity elsewhere. the Duchess of St. Leo has undertaken a jitney among the:glaciers in the siting* of Cbatemsuny. Tbe Duke of Rasiano, who has smutted the name I Prince; de Betujean, after his estate in Freud COn s ite, .has gene from - -Getteva to Lausanne. . . • : . . BY.s.n arrival, at Portimouth from , Cherborgh, sf r iArn,:thit .on Sunday afternoon a body of atwe 124,000 Prussians and Russians presented Abesselves before Cliktstireh, and demanded admission into OJ town. Gen. Pet.niE, who commanded, refused to give entrance to-any other than French troop, intl -in consequence the town was declared on Saud/ evening in a state of siege. It is almost without de. fenCes cif the land side. To rIIE EDITOR or TR z .STATESMAS. T Sr a,—T h e letter io your Paper or yesterday, lg . 'der the signature of 'lllmtrooenou, displays Wong and abilities of the . very first rate, and effectialli vindicates the character and conduct of Nnrocros. while, at the same time it consigns. the Billingr wilier of tl'At Times Newspaper to ineffable roe' tempt, at least such must be its effect on the mi,.(1 4 every unprejudiced Reader. It at once sweeps so! all the filth which has been thrown qn the elm° of NAPOLEON, for . the sole purpose of concealing''' native lustre, and brings forth the:pure gem to pit' lic view like an 'unclouded sun. It is in my o"i° the best defence of NAPOLEON whit!) has yet appor' ed, not even excepting the justly-admired and answerable argionts of Aceeasose, Lorry, 101 Con;ETT; I acs Truly happy .to find that so able se advocate for truth, justice, and humanity, has tato his seat on our side of the House; and I loPe trust his admirable address on, a subject, which I ' 4 l be considered of the first importance, will W published in all the independent Journals of the lot'l sent day, us I am persuaded it AM da more to re' der the rause of truth and, ustice triumphant, 2 ,'' d awaken the nation to a sense .of the degradatii .3 which it i, attempted to be reduced, by the um;enemel and unwarrantable treatment of an Must:ion, re tire, thaw all that has been yet said or mar the subject. Ten thousand thanks are due to rlL:' ROPIION for so brilli.int a display of his talents just a cause. Temple, Avg. 18, 1815. ALrltEl' V. • • . . _ - 1 . ~—L- a i ,)./ "I. . ~~ i •1