The Sun. — London, England, 1815-12-13 00:00:00

Itti prisonet•, anti to the Chamber, for thd;i' ,of Bence in granting time sufficient for preparatlOttot He drew a picture of the rapid progress of Rattl-! naparte, impelled by the blind enthusiasin of the People, and facilitated. by the reads; defections) the soldiery, and founded on - tbati - the prestunptrivii that the Marshal, far from being able to direct the current of opinion, was hurried "fOrsrard by its irresistible impetuosity. Far from being Infln6 Med by that vanity imputed in the act of accu sation; he shewed, that, honoured as the-Marshal Lad been by the Royal fa4our; and proudly emi nent as he then stood in general opinion, it dust have been his interest to consolidate that authority under which he then flourished. • 4 ` Why then," asked the Counsel, " should the. case of 'Alarshal Nev stand isolated from the mass 4de :feet/on 1" . He dwelt on the sentiinents 'expressed .I.!'y the Plenipotentiaries for the internal safety . ot . erance ; these were - particularly addressed to. the Marshal. He uudertook to prove, first, that the Marshal had not acted, with premeditation; and, .secondly, that, there was no law 'applicable to the-. ..crime imputed to hint. • He arrived at the facts; - 811 11 first those which preceded the 14th of Mareh.. Ile represented Buonaparte marching from Ca aims to Lyons.; traversing the space, in ten days, sin.- •rounded by a blind but enthusiastic multitude, lie cited the JOurnals of the day. They stated, :that Buonaparte's emissaries •bad spread thethselves ':every where, that they eiceited the people to re volt, and the soldiers to sedition. This state of 'things was what the address of the Deputies called, •en the Ifith of the month, an alartuitig crisis.• It Ott be denied that the Marshal was at Lyons, in the midst of a frightful amass of Ills sention and anarchy. He afterwards asked, if,. subsequently to the 14th of March, any cul pability could be attached to the acts done tind er this fatal influence—under this fright-, fill empire 2 It is proved that the side of unit ing himself' with Buonaparte was that for whiCh. the Marshal had 'the greatest erepogoat4e;-,-.-.' ale recalled to mind that the Marshal had ot`r the April, 1814, said to the Tyrant that the : ; • troops Would no - longer fight for him, nor follOw hint beyond the „Loire. He cited a letter o the [UarshatWhich• recalled the soldiers to their duty "to the King. It was in this state that the-Marshal 14 all karat the return of Buonaparte. M. de lournront, WhO, said the Advocate, does not up -19"F• a very propitious. wittress -for the Marshal, said.hicnself that Buonaparte Would not have par doned what he. bad done, and tbat the Marshal replied; Perhaps befOre six FM - friths he will ofd "with my head. lle piissed the act . of accosa 7 *jou, disatissed it. He proved that Buona parte could not elevate the Marshal to greater wours than the King had done. . . • He -recalled the services .orthe'Marslial, and asked it he could longer have risked his glory With • Madman - (incense).- He then went into a 1'9114 4 , detail, a ll ten di ng to prove t h e g l o ries of - t4 and his 'zealous fidelity to the.King4 9g to , th e 'light of the 13th. He then arrived ;Mai' this period. 'There are, in political, a's,7i . it! f atal Inotal nature,. events whose inexplicable caUses 4 etnS to be 'reserved. for the disceroment -of Posterity , alone ; such were the circumstances ' g ar - MMshat .'Ney 'at that time. - Buonaparte • aped irons the. Isle of Elba ; those • who --4 :44.eht._ _to have wie.!clied this audacious matt' t eemed to h ave f o r got t en bin—they had not seen I ni had touched the French soil, all Eu.- . tope was stripifted; and how could Marshal Ney alone defend himself from this sentiment 2 On the 14 th of March, the chance of Buonaparte's sue- . tess was •oulv an enigma for Marshal Ney : he lineup the entry into Grenoble and to Lyons: . 'He then painted the Marshal as a stranger to:poli tical calculations, as he always has been ; ,he only. knew to fight against exterior enemies, and to de r : fend the territory. The Marshal no longer 'was. brasie r o f his resolutions, .and every writer of tounno n sense agreed that all actions Clone in this state were not to be attributed either to the good or ill of him who did' 'TheAdvocate then commented on various other points of evidence, and scouted indignantly the ter- is L. in whi c h b e h a d been reported to have • spoken o f th e Ki ng . Th e first p ar t o f the defence tl ee!' terminated 'the Advocate continued t believe,! have "u 4 Pletely justified the Marshal.from. all the anterior and posterior to ;the 14th of March last: you have seen him, in April 1814', Iliet "thlg an abdication to the most absolute mein ---ate abdication which we could hardlyitave -taped. You •have 'seen him, finally;• the up light accuser of the faults of the 'Usurper at the battle Or Waterloo, and afterwards, in his letter ..t!) M. Fond le , o b e yin g t h e gove.t.ionent, i2ing hid coontry." He:then .proceeded to. del-, . 'iclope the legal arguments of -the Case . . After V arious remarks, he recalled the Treaty of 1814, and the resolution of Congress, of 13th M.lrch, Which 'commenced with these word,s,t' " The wers, firmly resolved to maintain the Treaty. of Faris, Bt., . are resolved to lend- to.-the King of •rranc e all the alas necessary to re-",establish tran 9ninity in his States," & c . consequence, the ; il44 "ee was' renewed, with the King. On the s 25th, they corroborated this. new Treaty—ail the • . 9,Wer e concurred iii it liellart.--4 cannot suffer that another scan ' tlal shall be yet •added to' this canoe,: We are French—we proceed according to FrenClLlaw: ; all the rest is useless and scandalous. They would • ,bltild upon a Convention Aloneita raris, ht which • the King partook not, • . Tire Chancellor• Stated that the Peers had de . treed that the Military •Conveirt ion was not to he • admitted in the defence. The Advocates were invited to keep themselves within these bounds. 111: Dapiti.—" To prove to you the high respect • 'We entertain for the decision of. the Chamber, we shall Mot speak in opposition to.the arret now ino tiounced but I supplicate the Court to receive _ one. observation in• point of _fact. The Marshal is not only under tio protection of. the French tarps, but also nnder that of the rights rfnations. relia man' in heart, the fklarshal is no longer so, "Y the Treaty of the 20th November. Saar-Louis !s Ito longer our territory. 'the Marshal may' (h) what he pleases, butt!'thus acquit toy conscience." ' shal Ne ith vehemence)-- '' Yes, I arm a ftenclonan—auth I die a Frenclonan I—l rtittest, under favour, that . you tvitl hca' 4 Uf' l . .bare to say,--(lIe opened a isaver.)-:,;-§o'$:att my tlefence seemed free---t receive that they shackle it. .1 thank my 4dvo'cates for what they :have done; for what they Are - ptepai•ed still to butl etlerkat thehr to cease, "rut her than de fend tne imperfectly. I , w!ottld preter not being at de!entled, than only the semblance of a defence.. . _ jam accused. against the . faith of Treaties; it-is not permitted 11)4'1 claim them: 1 will act like 'Moreau, and appeal to Europe and posterity.". ' He was interrupted by the Atto6f6y-General. • M. Bellart.--If the Ministers and fhe sinners of the King deserve to be reproached, it is for having suffered too lOng what.,their duty as subjects ought. to have matte thent put an end to. What 'After having used, not theliherlyot de fence, but a real licentiousness , --aiter having established principles destructive of all civi lized society, 'principles that would induce A belief that a General of an army, tit the head of the troops he commands,. is bound duty to desert with- his whole troops, and to pass over to the enemy rflther than preserve his fidelity to his Sovereign, if .he find too many ob lit'acles to the fulfilling his duty as . a subject; af terall this, I say, they bold this intolerable lan- . ' inane. We have suffered this out of respect to the liberty we would allow the Marshal. lint under pretext of defending him, ought it to be allowed that notions most foreign to the trial should be introduced . ? We have-given the -accused all the time, and more than the time,. necessary to bring forward his means of defence. The President.—Gentlemen, defenders - of, the accuied, continue the defence by confining yonr selves within the circle marked out fOr you. The. Chamber 'of Peers in its wisdom will appreciate the means you shall deeneto be most suitable. . Marshal Ney.—l forbid my Connsel'frolu say ing a woM more. Your Excellencv•will give what orders you please. The Chamber may judge me; .hut I forbid my Counsel to speak unless they are permitted to make use •of all the means in their pnWer. CA profound silence reigned for a short. time in The ChanibM:. M. Bellart, - after a conference with the King's MinisterS, •rose.—We have a right, and it is our duty to refute the captious means that have been resorted to ; but since the. I\larshal renounces all furiher . defeoce, we renounce the tight of reply. I 'shall' now present the requisition, upon which. Ithe Chamber will retire to deliberate. Tli E SENTENCE. -:President.,—The Camber having deliberated ; Considering that it results from the process and the Pleadings, that Marshal Ney, Prince of . the Mosk.wa, is convicted of having, in the night be tween the- 13th and 14th of Mara, 1815, read on the public place cif Lons-le-Saulnier, in the de partme,Jl of the 3 lira, at.the head,ot his army, a Proclamation, tending to. instigate to revolt and - ,defection, of having immediately issited orders for joining the enemy, andsof having himself, at the of his troops, effected that junction. That he is consequently convicted of the' crime of high treason, and an „attack on the safety of the State ;. en ;attack the: object of which was, to change.the.fOrm of .Povertimeat, and the legiti mate order of succession to the throne; _ _ Declares him guilty of the crimes:•provided against by Articles', 77,87, 88;'102 of the Penal code-1 and 5 of-Tirk Ist of the Law of the 2 1st Brumaire, year 5 ; and Article Ist of Title 3d of the same law.—[Tlese Articles were here read.] Therefore, in application of the said Articles, condemns Marshal Ngy, Marshal of France, Duke of Elqbingen, Prince of the Moskwa, late Peer of France, to the full punishment of death, and ;the expellees of. the trial. Orders that the Decree shall be executed con fOrtnablyto the dispositions of the law of the 12th of May, 1797, ,by . the care of the King's Com mis-,ioners : .Marshal Ney was not present when his con demnation was i►ronounced. The Secretary was charged to notify it to him. PLAN OF TFD AMNESTY LAW [Proposed by . Due , tle Ric:3lEl,lEu, whose.prelimi- .- naq remarks appeared in THE Su N of Lours, by , the Grace of God, King of France and.No varre, to all Rre.sent and to conic, greeting, &C 4 Art. 1. Full and complete amnesty is granted to all those Who, either directly or indirectly, have taken partin the re;- hellion and usurpation of Napoleon fluanaparte, with the un dermentioned exceptions. 2. The . Ordinance of the 24th July - 'shall continue to he executed iii regard to the persons comprehended iu the Ist Article of that Oe'dinaner• -; • . Toe persons included in Artiale 2 of the said Ordinance shall quit Franck: in the two months which shall follow the proudgatiln of the pro , ent law. They shall-not be at liberty tai return without the express permission of the King, the Wh6le upon pain' oltransportation. ; • , 7 4. All the Members of, or persons allied to, the rattily of Iluonaparte, and their .'desctudants, to the degree of uncle and nephew, inclusively, are.exelttded for ever from the king dont, and are required to leave it withih• one month, under the penalty dented by Art. 91 (.4 the Penal Code.. They shall be incapacitated from enjoying any ci . eil right there, or possessing any property, titles, annuities, of - pen sions, granted to them gratuitously in that country ; and they shall be required to sell•wit hit; six months the property, of all kinds which they shall hive obtained, for a valnable:cousi detation. 5. The present Amnesty is not applicable to all the persona against whom procedings have been instituted, or sentence* passed, prior to the promulotion of the present law :• he pm , - cce , :Ligs shall be continued, and the sentences executed agre.ably.to the . laws. 6. The present amnesty does not extend to the crimes or offences against individuals, at , whatever period they may have been committed—dhe persons . who have been pithy of them shall be liable to be prosecuted according to the laws.. Given at Paris, at the Palace of the Tuileries, the 7th day of the month of December, in the year of Grace 1815, and of our reign the-21st. • (Signed) • 33y the KING, (Signed) *The two Lallemands, Dronet d'Erlon, Lefebvre DesnmietteA, Arneihl, Brayer, Gilly, Mouton Duvernet, Grouchy, Clattsel, Laborde,. Debelle, Bertrand, G'ambrone, and Savary, are compre : !tended in the Decree of the 24th July to be tried for their lives, in the same class ‘iitti Ney,tava lette, anti LahcdOyere. Among the second class for banishment its two months front France •for • ever, are Soult, Mix, Excelmans, Maret, (Bas ; Salto), Marbot, Ectix Lepelletier,.Bottlay (de la Meurthe), Melme; Fressinet, Thibadcau, Carnet, - Vandautmei Gtteral - Lamarque, Lobati, Harrel, Aire, Barrere,. Arnanit, P‘Antnereol, Regnault vie St. Jean d'Aneely), Arrhigt (of Purina), Dejean, Garran, Real,, Bouvier-Ditinolatd, Merlin (ile Douai), • Durba\lh, Divat, Defermont,'Borv-St. - Vincent, Felix Desportes, Gamier (de•Saintes), Mellinet, Hullin , Cluys, Courtin, Forbin-Janson, ' • Lglorgne j a nd Dideville. - LOUIS. *,o l ` Mauy Articles arc unavoidal,ly postponed: liollantl, 3 • Giterncey end Jerse.y,•-1. a Waterford. •D , Gulf eplitirgll, Guorincy a4dJer :tt:nt ilitanburgh, I Waterford. PRICE STIICKS TFIES DAY AT 4iYFAX£ ti CLOCK. noildS, Is. dis. Is. pr. , rxelleq. Bills, 2s;dis. 3s. pr. Oinnititn, 141 pr. Ditto for Poymetit, 14t- pr. Cuns. for Openisig, qt 62 Rank Rtnelt, 3 rerCent.Reti. Iper Cent. Cali. shut '4 pei• Cents. 74 5 per Cent. Navy Ann. shat 137-st* L. Ann. 11, 1.-16tti wAnut, gilla;uts after I Ertning, 2 3 rri u.ut,p 'aftet rriltl su- t tOLEM 411/13 131CtRE FAt.llOl O 4 Ati6eAT? boNno.N. #l:7l,tvEsbtitY, 1125cleorl ER 13,,1810. We.this day complete our extracts from' the vo, !tune of Paris Papers reeeiVed yesterday, 'by a full report of NEV's Speech.of Count Con- VETTO on proposing- the Finance Plan, for gua ranteeing and liquidating the French-Contril4a tions,—the Plnnof the Late of Amnesty and List 0 4 ; the r.,.etscrihed,with various other matters of ioferior importance: ..Our columni are thtiSaiioaCtipieet, as to leaVg us. little' space for comment. 'The Execution of k E y is a terrible blow, to the Revolutionary Fac-: tion in France. Many a wicked heart has quailed at • this salutary and indispen;ible example. In the: person of NEY Jostice has been satisfied, and Mercy consulted :—a few more inStarices - of the punishment of guilt,—and treason, rebellion, and murder will not retain so many supporters among the demoralized population of that country. For who shall dare to expect pardon where one so rich, so powerful, so brave, so high,,and, may We not even add, comparatively so little guilty as : • the PRINci of the MoSKWA found noire ? We have said " comparatively so little guilty," for.liis crime was simply a single, though a • dreadful-, and- most 'treacherous act of treason to the ICING, who had placed confidence in him. In mitiga. tion of this however, it might be urged,-that NBIt seas a soldier of fortune, ignoble in his 'origin and educated in a School where Honour has .ob teined no place ; flint he had received the highest favours from the Thurper . ; was a distinguish etl and valiant commander, .under a state of things displaced and dimmed by the restoration than he was not among the most sangoinary of the Villains who have led the ruffian hands of Gaol inte-riarzie.7. ~ - " ountric..-s, but an the contrary, humane to prisoners, and merciful to persons in hiS power. All these merits or apologies availed him on the first return of•the I3ounnoNs, and Rll these he destroyed by the mad and matchless ingratitude with which he requited his lawful Sovereign. He therefore suffered most justly th'e fate of a Traitor, and while his death has im parted to the Nation confidence in the Throne, it has read an awful lesson to the Leaders of the Re volutionists, who have more et-imes upon their heads than those which brought down judgment on Marshal NE I', t►ncl fewer pleas to extenuate their guilt than he had to urge in his favour. Martinique and Guadaloupe are to be given up,,, so soon as the British Government is satisfied on the score Of thc guarantees for the contributions, inscribed in the Great Book of Prance. There is nothing of interest in our Naval News mornin , * F,xtract of a Letter from Dover, clated Dec. J 2. " The Weather having moderated ; several yes leis have Arrived from Calais, bringing an account of the death of NEY Notwithstanding the clemency shorn by the English to the French, tire. latter take every opportunity to insult them. On Sunday night last, at the 'theatre at Calais, some drunken Frenchmen insulted several Englishmen; end one Frenchman, presuming on his great 5ta . ..., titre and strength, was partienhirly aetive ;: he at length fixed his arms across the shoulders of Co lonel Nl‘CLoun, who having desired him to . move -'l!ent away, which Was not coniplied with, he .trucktheVrenclinnin, and a battle ensued, when the latter got two. black . e'yes, and was se'verely. beaten. M. BaaNAtib, the Mayor Of tatats; or;. tiered the French aggressor to be committed' to prison, and gave orders that he should not in fu ture be admitted to the Theatre. Such an inter ference on the part of M. BERNARD does him great credit. Several vessels have been wrecked' on the French shore, and many lives lost." The MINCE REG.ENT * arrived at Brighton at one o'clock yesterday. morning. The inhabitants . of loyal town, so highly favoured as a royal residence, have resolved to meet her MAJESTY and, the Pat ,, lcassas on the road, and conduct them in. procession to the Palace. A letter signed J. Cebbin has appeared in a Morning - Paper, justifying the outcry raised , against the Bourbon Family ou account of the Murder of M. DEsmotib, which has not been committed. lie says that ".the death of one of thelliuisters of. Nismes very plainly accounts for the mistake." Now we say there ought to be no mistakes in Matters of this kind, and that persons should be sure of their groupli before they enter into a course notoriously calculated to disturb the newly-cemented Peace of Europe, by exciting a civil .and religious war. Al.r CjBBIN. thinks MONA kaTE: kat. 'i\rov. 10.—A merchantman arrived iatett at Kiel, : xyhich was intended to convey,, LEON to America, A _French Ciptain, had tnarricd the daughter of a - miller Holstein ) and afterNAPOL;gbDrS tatttn SCVved under CLACSEL at Bourdeanx, vesolved to sa , e BtioNAPATITE on hoard; this vessel, while he was Rochefort'. For this putpose he hind casks - lined with mattrsses, incirdc:r to.ecinceal NAzoi,EnN,:!Aviini., and BER TRXND,, in case of need : he had every•thing nea cess ! ay;onhopled . : - The ihip:w.isro sail as soon as is had - got into the open seato New York, insead of ; lint the . 'scheme was ba&d , by .BOoNA rAnresicriptstiente, and sill - render. "1 he ship ier 'DOW at. Kiel, tvbere the lined casks are to be 'l'llE TriEATizE. extraordliniry pressure of interest4tA . eittl-important matter - übfiges us to he very ...,,it.Ni#fjp, poi- account of tlfe new l.3iiniettv whickt.i,gps, bp :night: forth last at this Theat re, under tlye l pante of smites and Tears, or the 141- - dow's Stroto&eni, This Comedy, as the title im plies,,consists of a double plot, but. they •tre . set well interwoven,tbat the author may pride him.dt on his success in this respect, as'DitYLYEN dol on his Spanish him-, though in tact the e,t ious and camid parts of that play are wholly distinct front each Other, That .part of the new Comedy which re lates to Tears, arises from the insanity of 4-4a , -• Cher, •occasioned by ;he seduction his daughter. The part which relates to Smiles, or the if dove's Stratagem, is occasione d by a c.:lo!ncery suit tween. a Lady and a,Gentletuan who have never -seen each other, and . tire.Strutent is to bring them together, and effect a ter minittion of the suit by inarriage. This purpose is s happity.effeeted by the' introduction of the Gentleman and Lid) , to each otyii'utider borrowed-names. .The F'a:hcr, in• thelitrietts letrt, Is gradually broug!tt to:reason. iattention of his Daughter, who had rlitiiNtlilW?llS'educer. The fatter, ,io atone for his criMel,' offers--..her .his hand, after succeed ing -to a 'title and:: fortune, and it is to be sup poseil that a union is• •to take, place after the concussion of the play. It. w t as . a hold attempt . itt the Author of this pie& to introduce !pathless Conzedy.,- ail 4 the Prologue_ (written by Mr. TAY - IMO,. therefore ; attempts•to peep ire the audience . fOr scenes Of too serious a description for that pro vince of the drama, ..The complete'sueeess of the Play, altogether, has frilly justified the mea -sure. The first , tw;) acts re . t.pi;re shoiteoiog , or enlivening. The .reinainin' _.tnrce are alter nately amusing zuni.pathetie., and excite ;merriment and deep inter.es.t.. 17ile'pieee was; announaed for repetiti®n to 7 lnorr..of :with the unanimous and 'hearty•tbacurroce of a numerous audience. It • was mos.t. ; 4mirahlysupported'by thePerforna;:rs. Mrs.t.Kliol,E,,Wllo had been absent three years, eeceive&sttch warm and reiterated applause from the audience? H as. evidently implied their surprize that so excellent anActreSs should have been absent at all. the way, the Play itself is reported to be her production. YOUNG, C. liemELE, Faw- CETT, JAMBS, ABBOTT, Mrs. 'FAUCIT, MN GIBBS, and Miss Fool's, exerted themselves with great zeal anttability. • - The Epilogoe,• written by Mr. JVQES SMITE, one of. the ingenious authors of Rejected Addresses, was spoken mitlnmost divert ing effect by LISTON, in the character of The Poet. We observe, from. the Dublin Correspondent, of the :9th;• that the llnelling troubles -in Ireland fiave, not• yet entirely subsi‘led.. In ;his piper there is .alretter from Colonel Baowls:',.. complain ing of'a ptiblication by Mr. LinwELL, respecting his apology 'to Mr. PEEL, further than ivas agreed upon - by his friend Major LIDWELI., .and Mr. PEEL'S triend Colonel 13i-tow/N. • Yesterday his Royal Highness: the Commander in Chief held a Military Levee, athis Office at the Horse Guards. This day- hip Royal Highness in tends leaving town for Brighton. The Aurora arrived its the River yesterday, from .Bengal, which she left-On the 17th This ship is the bearer of the latest advie.!s front India. It was apprehended, ft'Ontthe , aplwaranm of•thitts; that the Company Woald. have been in volved in dew disputes with some 'of the Rajahs ; 'but 'the distinguished skill and bravery, recently displayed -the Napatdese by the British troops • - h' deterred others from entering into netss einifflexVitls them. The Madras • army had Ole Inibantonments, and the Nairaul army were AWAY to do the - same. A misunderstanding: stilt stibilsti•libtlfeeti the British and . the Chinese Go vernatent:' The country trade with China is ''t - sehfly abolished; in 'consequence of the existing 'differences. Memorials have been sent home by the ,Itlifora' to Government, soliciting their ih .terferenCeon the subject. Died oh Saturday last, at Cud - desk!), after a long:and padnful illness, • the Right - Rev. Doctor WILLIAM JACKSON, Lord Bishop of Oxford. , . TOFFEE and Son, at Maidstone, accomplished. .65 - iiiiks'vesieuray, their 9tl) day. CORN tXdfIANOR, DEC. 13.—We . had but fe‘r arrivals this morning ; those we recc.ived were principally with Barley and Bean's, t;ve saie of which teas rather dull, at Monday's. prices. The. bnsinedone,hoth in Wheat and Oats, was at otiffaeykStOto,ps ;other articles remain the t“sme. ..)17 4 . - cyfiti ,, r. - .-- , The execution of William Brad f4; 10, 1 ;!fAirgery of 8691. 9s. Gd. on the Victual -44,-'!piilt place at the Old Bailey this morn ing.—tioni' the periiid of his condemnation until the hour when his death-warrant • art ived , his conduct was most exemplary ; and since that pe riod, the Only iegret he was heard ,to make was, than of not suffering with BilWead and Halliday last week, with whom he had Been confined Itt one cell.—Yesterdayevening , hi took leave of his wife, brOthers, and friendsl scene' truly affect= ing, but which he bore with his usual fortitude. After remaining a few moments in prayer, he was launched into eternity. Dec. 12, 1815.—HAZARD, BORNE, and Co. re-. Sp - C'rifOPY inform the Public, that they have this day , contracted with Government for the ensu ing Lottery, and that in a few days they shall. hare the honour of submitting a Scheme, which . they trust will in al, its leading features give ge- Perali SatWactiont