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

PARIS PAPERS.

TRIAL OF MARSHA.T, NEY.
INT AMBER OF PEERS, /4671:M8ER 21.
. The Ordonaances Of the King of 11th and 13th inst. were read,
and afterwards the act of accusation had been gone through, the
action- adduced were as follow
That Mich::! Nev, Nlarsh.ll of France, Duke d'F.lchingen, Prince
of the Mosko Ffx-Peer of Prance, is accused before the Cham-
ber of Peers of France, by the 7.linusters of the King, and by the
Procure:lr General of the Royal Court of Paris,Conanissioners of
his Niaies,y
Of liacM,7 kept up with Buonapar.te an intelligence, with the
view of facilitatMo to him and his bands an entrance on the French
Orritory, and Ovine., up to him towns, fortre!,ses, magazines and
arsenals, furnishing him with assistance in soldiers and men, and
seconding the progress of his arms on the French possessions, and
more especially of !-,lvukin,, the fidelity of the officers and soldiers :
Of having put himself at the head cf aimed bands and troops,
and lrivinsr, e':creised a command to invade towns in behalf of
Ronaparte,, and for
„baying made resistance to the public force
acting against him : •
.0t having passed over to the enemy with a part of the troops
sunder his command : •
Of having, by Fre:chrs d:livered in pahlie place, and plaeards
al3..ixed to then, and printed documents, directly eticited the citi-
zens to arm again•t other:
Of haviag exci!ed his comrades to pass over to the enemy :
Lastly, of having connnit'ed treason towards the King and the
state, and participated in a plot, the object of which was to de-
steroy cl,a ge the Goverimient and the order of succession to
the throne; mid also, for es;citing civil war by arming, or inducing
the citizens to arm, one against the other.
All of which crimes arc provided against by the articles 77, 87,
89, Ffly 91, VP2, 03, 9-1, 96, and 102 of the Penal Code, and bv the
lit and sth articles of Title I. and by the Lit article ofTitle 111.
of the Laws Of OW 2lst Brunra4e, year
Done in our Cabinet, at the Palace of the Chamber of Peers, at
noon, the 30th of November, 1815.
(Signed)

RICHELIEU, &c. &c.

(iECOND vir.)
The Court assembled at nine o'clock. The namcs of the Peers
being called, only three were absent, viz. Missy d'Angias, and the
Counts De Rielie!)ei:rg and Larjuinais. The two latter suit writ-
tun excuses, assigning ill health.
Five ohjections of nullity. were urged as fiillows, by M. Berryer,
a Ivocate for the prisoner.
First, that the chai e was not sanctioned by the signature of
all the Members of the Clamber: the law requiring all the Judges
t.,) sign the resolution.
Secondly, that the law, which requires that the placing in ac-
cusation shall precede the order for apprehension was not com-
plied with.
Thirdly, that the copy of the indictment had no date.
Frun•thly, that the indictment hail not been legally ri:,nir,cd to
t 7.0 accused: wliereas the hilv rf'quirtil it to be cumrrnnii~ uteri
three thys, and this did not set forth either the &Ito of the
day or the month.

The fifth eras twfoht ; tae first ati,4ng from the omission to
!ignify to the n"cnsed, that he might avail hirrvall. of his ?rounds
ex' ; and the second, feom Iris not having been allowed time
to smnmon his w:tnesz.z.3.-----The 1%-hole of these were ovefruled.
The Chancellor then put the folim% low.; iiim•tiolts to M, Berrycr:
Q. Are ycrir %%itncsses sommoned . Those rejaleut at Paris
arc, but the summonses cannot yet ha% e reached those that reside
at Dole, Besancon, and ether diatant trim:es.
Q. State summarily the it;lport. of their evidence?--A. M. Dc
Prcehamp, chief of Marshal•Nly'S Stall, win; at Lou:;-le-Sardnier,
the tlth of and can give imporburt evidence touching the
OCcUlTtnees of the day.-2. The Matqais de Scran, Aide-de-Camp
of Monsieur, arrived at Marshal Ney's head-quarters on 11}, 12th of
March, and the .Marshal eaveldin a note, containing a specifica-
tion of his iutcndrd ineasurei of defemx ; it is of the utmost hu-
pollance that this note, deposited at tie-r. °nice of the War
Department, should he r:.;o1 tsefore the court olfice4.s.--3. M. de
St. Anreur, of tree Staft et the NI of bionght Li; Mar-
shal Ney, at his scat at Caudreoux, orders to go to Besancon ; it
is of the mniost importance that lee should be heard bcfo:v the
Court.--4. 31. de Montgenet; Camp-Marshrtg4r artillery at ticsan-
cam, can prove that Marshal Ney did nut cause the citadel Of that
place Übe di:3anued, as he has Vten accesed of has.ing done.— r).

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