The National Register.
London, England, 1815-12-03 00:00:00

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myself, I thin,: it my ditty, at the moment that the jury is about to
decicle On my fate, to give a succinct accomit of :ny conduct since
kfter having received a brilliant education, I wits inspired,
the sage eatiliciN of M. Imiscaa, with an attachment for the
a-gust ftinily of the Bourbons, and gave a striking proof' of thi.i on
the 1..tal tOth of August. lat tl:at time belonged to the Naiional
Guard, anil went with the chassears in order to defend the Palace
of the 'rbuilleries. The same morning we were reviewed by the
nem talate. hionareli, and did not leave.the palace until we had
reed d his omit rs to that en'eet.
" I served .as 9fticerund!,,r Cirstine, in 1n 3 ; aftcr.vir.-1; in Pals-
as Aid-cl2-Carnp tc Genpalßaragnay 4•lllliiers, and it is to liiin
owe my fortune. 13gnirparte, Who liaq 'heard of nie, named irn?..
his Aid-de-Cvn.p, the day after the battle of Arcole, and I have
-fo w r 1-I;ted.lr:s rcrson sin-ce.that time. •
,'Abent h!'morith bethre tlic e‘pedition io Egypt, he oTered me
hie wire*.; nit ee, Madeinclsctle-r elnharnais, fa marriage, R3'll proof'
of his c teem 'When licit the military service, he named me Di-
rector Oeneral of the Pests. It ii fot these who haVe had any re-
lations with me while in that sitizat.on ; it is fur air coilcagned, and
even those cinf.loyc,l by me, to state v. hat 11:13 been my general
co-di;ct ; far nn-'self, I can affirm, .that my conscience dots not
ii k" me the leapt reproach."

M. Tripier, tbe prisoner's Counsel, made a most eloquent de-
fenee. He instrueed several coLtriulietions in the evidence given
against the prisoner, and attetnpted.to justify the stoppage sof the
ministerial dispatches and journals, by the itb,enec several office
clerks, and its consequent absolute impos-lhility.--He conchuted
by citing several instances -of M. La...a'ette's impat tial conduct re-
specting those persons who had einerace3l the royal cause.
•At o'cloA the Jury retired, and at Ira past eleven returned
into Qoart, and .gave in their verdict of Guilty—Death.---The The ac-
cused heard his sentece with the greatest courage and calmness.
The law allows hiai three days to appeal from this scutcnce.

775

The four horses arc of a brown colour, pretty stout Normans.
The harness is very little worthy an' imperial-equipage, and is
but to he recognised as be!oeging to it by the bees, which are
to be seen at several places.
'lle two articles which were found in the carriaze most wor-
thy of a more accurate description, are the neress iire and the
liquor case of the Ex-Emperor, The former is an e/efant ma-
hogany box, like the English writing- desks, and has the imperial
arms most beautifully engraved ott- the ei,ver ;
.the whole con-
tains a multitude of articks •both of necessity and lusturv, made of silver, and strongly gilt ; au elegant tooth brush, razo,a
of mother-o'-pearl, an elegant •shaving lme, a small iok stand,
and sand box, a tea pot, with the sugar box in it, two eleant
candlesticrics, some small plates for. breakfast, and even article;
rarely to be met with in a thycs.laire ; as, for instance, a giinblet,
is to be met with here. '1 the Ex-Emperor did not forget to
make his toilette comme
.find is to he proved, by several hot;• tics with eau d,lCologrie, eau de Lavende, satt spirit, &re amt
hough he endeavoured to exclude all the products of E.!ghsh
manufactories horn France and the Continent, he allowed him-
self some W intkur soap. All these several articles are arranged
in so very. compact a manner, and in the lirnits of a box hardly
one foot and a quarter, by eight inches, that it will excite the
admiration 'of every observer.
The liqnor case, made of mahogany, like the neeetsaire, con-
tained two bottles, cue of them tilled with tuns, the other with
a sweet wine, now quite ea aporated. There are besides to be
tiernd in it, a pepper and salt box, with the contents, a mus,ard
box, and an oblong case for sandwiches, all of gilt silver, some
silver knives. forks, and spoons, and some silver breakfast plates. in a small compartment of the case there was faund a musket
tall reduced to the form of a thin lead medal; inliaps a ball
by which one of his favourites was killed, or which had missed
himself and hthl been &tape! in his clothes.
tesides these two cat*sities, the contents of the carriage
consisted of a pair of red morocco slippers, a gren velvet cap,
probably to b worn in the carriage, a silver chamber p rt, a sil-
ver bidet, and his bedstead made of iron and lidded together,
so as to form a machine about 94 feet long, and a large silver
watch,with a silver chain to it, to haul it np in the carriage:
it has an alartnn, and on the whole, looks like a silver pocket
watch, of uncommon size. A saddle cloth of Jerome Napo.
Ivor, „f crj ingot] velvet, with his initials, 'he eagles and the bees,
embkoidered iu gold, complete the whole.