The National Register.
London, England, 1815-11-19 00:00:00

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" It is not, my Lords, merely in the name of the Kipp, that we
perform this office, it is in that of France, long since indignant and
eve • now btupifipd—it is even in the ilatile of Europe—and we
proach, conjuring and requesting you one fur all to judge Mar.
shal Ney.

" It is unnecessary, my Lords, to pursue the method of Magis.
trates, win) in accusing enumerate by &tail all the charges brought
against the accused—they arise from the proceedings which will he
submitted to you. This process subsists in full force, riotwithstard-
ing the incompetence, or even the cause, of it as pronounced, Tha
reading of the documents which we place on your bureau, will ac-
quaint YOU with the charges. There is, then, no necessity to define
the different crimes of which Marshal Ncy is accused ; the, are all
united in the words traced by the Charter, which, after the conv s:-
sion of society in France, has become its surest basis,
" We accuse before you Marshal Ney of high treason, and of an
outrage against the safety of the State.

" We dare add, that the ,Chamber of Peers owe to the world
on
signal reparation ; it must be prompt, for it is of importance t' re.
stran the indignatior which bursts forth fro►n every quarter. Y
will not suffer a low impunity to engender new rosettes, perhaps
grever than those wd encleav,,tir to escape.

" The Ministers of the King are obliged to tell you, that till,:
decision of the Council of War has become a triumph to the fac-
tious. It is ncce!sary that their joy be short, to. prevent its beiug
hurtful. We then conjure you in the name of the King, we rcquiru
you, to proceed. immedia ely to the trial of Marshal Ney, pursuing
proces,4e forms you observe in the deliberation of the laws,
saving -the modifications recommended by his Majesty's Qrdittance,
which sisall now. be read to you.

" Ey .t.his Ordinance ,your judicial functions immediately corn.
mence. ~.You owe it to yourselves, my Lords, to hold no langua4c
by which your sentiments towards the prisoner could be discovered.
" lie shall appear before you on the day and hour the Chamber
chai.l - .

TO Attorney- Generttl, as ,K ing's Commissioner, then read to the
Chasubi.l--rlst, The judgment lay whicb the permancrit council of
War ;he First Military Division, declared itself incompetent to try
Mar4ltal Ney. 94, The Ordinance of the Xing, of which the up,
tiye4 vicre just m inifcsted.

litre follows the decree;--
Louis, by the Grace of'Cod-,

Considering the ;11 article of the Constitutional Charter, and hay.
ing,heas4 oer Ministers, we have decreed and do decree as follows :

• •whe Chamber-of Peers st.all proceed, without delay, to the trial of
htarskalsley, •accused of high treason, and of an outrage against the
safoty,olthe State. •

It will-observe, on the trial, the same forms as on the proposition of
laws, without, hoviever, dividing itself into bureaux.

• The Prasidenb of tho Channher shall question the prisoner during
the audience, and shall repslate the debates.

'The opinions shall be taken according to the forms used in t;:e

Tribunals.

.

• The present Ordinance Mall be carried to the Chamber of Peers I.•y
eurMinisteray Secretaries of State, and by our Attorney. General cf.
the R.yal Court of Paris, whom we charge to support the aLcitt..l-
- and the discussion.

Done at the_ Palace of the Thil lerics, the 11th November,
1215, and of our reign the Slst,

I.OUIS,
RIOEIELIE
(Countersigned) lf.
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The Decree being read, the Chamber, on the motion of one of. the
Members, declared, that it received with respect tive communic*,o
then made to them by his Majesty's Ministers I that it recognized the
attributes which were given to it by the 4J article of the Charter,
and was ready to fulfil its duty in conformity with the King's
Ordinance.

The Chamber then adjourned. to Mondays at 11 (Aloe/F. in Oa
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