The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-27 00:00:00

SUIT FOR ANNULLING THE WILL OF

THE DUKE OF BOURBON.

THE PRINCES DE ROMAN V. THE DUKE D'AUMALE AND

THE BARONESS DE FEUCHERES.
Preeid►.ncy of M. de BELLEYME..-Hearing of the 23d of

December.

M. Lavaux, Counsel for Madame de Feucheres,
addressed the Court as follows .

It is now more than a year since the violent death
Hof the Duke of Bourbon spread terror throughout
his chateau of St. Leu. The fatal and unexpected
event was but too well understood and explained by
those who were witnesses of it. The view of the
body, the absence of all marks of violence, the state
of his clothes, the perfect order which reigned
throughout the chamber, the impossibility of gaining
access to the chamber from the outside, or from the
interior of the Palace,--all these circumstances left
no doubt upon the minds of his numerous atten-
dants. Every body was convinced that the Prince
had not been able to overcome the profound emo-
tions which had been remarked in him since the
events of July ; and this conviction was
strengthened, when they saw his own physician, the
physicians of the district in which he dwelt, and the
most skilful medical practitioners of the capital,
unanimous respecting the cause of the misfortune
which every one deplored. In addition, the inves-
tigations of justice, if they were severe and minute,
were at least not doubtful in their results. A writ-
ing of the Prince himself revealed his fatal design,
and the efforts of his faithful servants were directed
towards enveloping in mystery an event so lamentable.
Grief, however, did not absorb their minds for
any length of time. The Duke of Bourbon had a
Court, gentlemen, aides-de-camp, and squires, at-
tached to that Court, and he had also a large number
of servants. It was hoped that the future prospects
of so many families had been an object of the Prince's
solicitude; the knowledge of his last wishes was
anxiously expected; and, because the liberality of
the master disappointed the hopes of a few courtiers,
tears gave way to complaints, and explosions of grief
and attachment were succeeded by reproaches.
There was a lady who had been from her infancy
the object of the affection of the Duke of Bourbon,
and she had justified this high murk of favour by a
devotedness which has occupied her entire life. It
was desired that she should repair the wrongs which
it was pretended the Prince had committed, and
that she should carry to the foot of the throne the
complaints of the retainers of the Prince's house.
She refused to undertake a mission which the justice
and the equity of the heir of her benefactor rendered
useless; and soon the basest calumny was organized
against her.

It is now time to unveil this mystery of iniquity,
and to show with how much perfidy the Princes de
Rohan have profited by the disposition of ingenious
persons, in order to fatigue our criminal tribunals
with their unfounded accusations, and artfully to get
up the scandalous suit which is now before the
Court. This task is by no means above my power,
but I must confess that it is not without disgust that
I enter upon it. One is struck with shame when
one perceives to what a man may be made to stoop
by the workings of cupidity and party spirit, when
these vices are hidden beneath the mask of a chival-
rous devotedness; and one feels it impossible to
understand how the pretended revengers of the
memory of a Conde could have brought themselves
to lay open his private life to the gaze of public
curiosity, and, as though that were not enough, to
call to their assistance also the aid of libels and de-
famation.

I will candidly confess to you, gentlemen, at the
very outset of this business, that I experience a de-
gree of emotion which I am unable to overcome.
How many times, since the death of the Prince,
have I myself been witness of the despair which
has afflicted the lady who is now so outrageously at-
tacked. With what anxiety has she awaited the
day in which her voice might be heard, and she have
the happiness of publicly confounding her accusers ?
We owe many thanks to the Counsel for the Duke
d'Aumale, who has permitted me to be heard before
him. But we had a right to expect this from him.
My client was the person whom they desired to
crush with their calumnies, and she therefore chiefly
stands in need of a prompt and triumphant re-
parer ion.
Madame Dawes is of English extraction. During
the period of his exile the Prince selected her, while
yet very young, from the bosom of a numerous fa-
mily. He was struck with her attractions—with
her amiable dispositions, and it is from this early
period that we are to date a profound attachment,
and that tenderness which at once occupied, and
was essential to, his existence. Sophia Dawes
justified this glorious affection. Providence has so
ordered it, that an immense correspondence remains
to demonstrate the inexhaustible kindness of the
Prince, and the gratitude of her who was the object
of that kindness. It is by reading those letters, in
which one hardly knows which to admire most,.
the nobleness of the sentiments or the delicacy of

the lsnguage,—that I propose to repel the odious
insinuations which, in the criminal process, 'Madame
de Feucheits withered with her contempt.
In 18 i3s Dawes was at Paris. She desired
sittr ed those hopes of marriage which she

cherished in her heart. She consults him whom
she calls her benefactor, and here is the answer
which the Duke of Bourbon addressed to her on this
subject

" Graon, Sept. 3, 1817.
" M. Barry tit pir'f.4.ll:-.'eri your commission with great
punctuality, hil, as you may naturally suppose, we have
chatted ttgether about it a good deal; there are so many
details in such an affair that it is very difficult to give de-
cisive advice, and, indeed, on such a subject, no one, after
having examined the for and against, can pronounce defi-
nitively, except the parties intetested and their relatives.
M. B. has been more aniions than I have to be acquainted
with your inclination on this subject at the present mo-
ment, and will sorely have said to you all that: biro heart
has ilvviiya dictated to him for youi io,4)iness and your
interests. Entertaining towird You the same sentiments
of interest and friendshi'r Which you necessarily inspire by
a demeanour whk'a does you the greatest honour,—em-
bracing every opportunity in your power to please,—it is
im•tessible for me to do other than yield entirely to the
gond advice which he will have given you. We can
neither of us do any more in an affair of this importance.
It reonitts, then, for you ali with a pretty person and
a well-regulated and enligh mind, to weigh carefully
the enjoyments on one side the troubles on the other,
which may attend a marriflaarely of inclination. Now,
my dear Madame Dawes, lbeejlt about rain and fine
weather ' iv,
This project, t f hia f t successful, and
in a hee"..nd letter of tta ovember, 1817,
tht Prince says further on ect,—
" I see with pain that your e not been realized
for the present in their full extent; ut you do not enter-
tain any doubt of the interest -
may contribute to your happiness.
yon have known me to entertair
which you so well deserve wher
and of your mind ate duly apps
your person, your looking gli
what must be thought of that
I read this letter, gentle,
ject ; because, in the midst of an immense corres-
pondence, it was necessary to fix clearly the con-
nexion and intimacy which existed between the
Duke of Bourbon and Madame de Feuchcres. When
I spoke of a benefactor whose advice was begged, I
see that this letter is the most complete demonstra-
tion of what I advanced. The remainder of the cor-
respondence will throw the fullest light on this
position.

The Duke of Bourbon returned to Paris in 1818 ;
he brought back with him his sister, who, as you
know, came to continue in France that austere mode
of life which she had so long led in England.* A
man of distinguished family, and of a military re-
putation, which had been long appreciated, sought
the hand of Sophia Dawes. His affection was
great, if I may estimate it by a correspondence, the
entire of which I cannot read. Who could oppose
such a marriage ? The Prince was again consulted.
The marriage took place : it was celebrated at London
in the month of August, 1818. The Prince gave
Madame de Feucheres a dowry of 7,200 francs. It
is a fact, notorious to all the inhabitants of Chan-

tilly, that during four years, this marriage was one
of complete happiness. Madame de Feucheres fol-
lowed her husband wherever his duties called him.
He had become aide-de-camp to the Prince.
It is sought, by the most odious attacks, by the
most perfidious insinuations, to cover Madame de
Feucheres with calumny. More than 200 witnesses
have given evidence. Nothing in the world, in the
examinations, was capable of raising a supposition
of the truth of these perfidious insinuations, which
it was difficult to tell how to combat.

In the mean time, at the end of four years, M. de
Feucheres, who had been made a Colonel, as he de-
served to be, conceived some jealousy. An impru-
dence committed by one of his friends had the effect
of disquieting the whole interior of the family. Dis-
closures, which I know not how to explain, brought
about one of the most painful condition of affairs.
Madame de Feucheres offered to place herself at the
disposal of her husband, and to abandon the Prince.
I will not enter into the details of these deplorable
disputes. What, however, is to be deplored, what
is certain, and what, therefore, I think I may say, is,
that M. de Feucheres, in this conjuncture, had not
courage enough to treat calumny with the contempt
it deserved. On the contrary, he succumbed to it.
He abandoned his wife. He abandoned her, and
made it notorious that he had done so—in order,
probably as he thought, to save his honour. The
notoriety of this step was such, that these are the
terms in which he wrote to the Prince in 1824:
" Paris, March 6, 1824.

" In the position in which 'I voluntarily place mrelf,
and intending to prove to the public that the most com-
plete disinterestedness accompanies my resolution, I re-
nounce entirely the favours which your Royal Highness
has bestowed upon me ; and I have the honour to beg that
your Royal Highness will receive nay resignation of the
post of gentleman of your household (gentilhomme ordi-
noire de sa (A. R.) maison), together with that of the
functions of Aide-de-camp to your Royal Highness. As
a soldier, I address an application to the same effect to the
Minister of War.

" I consider myself, Sir, from this moment, as ceasing
to form part of your Royal Highness's household, which,
for the honour and repose of all, I ought never to have
entered."

There was something in the last phrase calcu-
lated to wound the feelings of the Prince. His
answer shows the real situation of his mind.
" March 8, 1824.

" My dear Feucheres, for I shall never speak of you in
any place, at any time, or under any circumstances, ex-
oept as the most sincere, the most frank, and the most
loyal friend I have in the world—in the name of God, in
the name of your mother, in the name of all you hold most
dear, come and see me for a moment. That engages you
to nothing ; and you will, at least, enjoy the satisfaction of
having, by this step, solaced the heart of a friend, oppressed
by the misfortunes of every kind which overwhelm him.
Do not he afraid of meeting your wife in spite of your-
self. The poor unhappy lady is i❑ her bed ill, and knows
nothing of the letter which I am now writing to you.
Come, come, my dear Feucheres, come and talk with
your friend."
_ .

It is impossible to understand, gentlemen, how,
with such a letter as this, couched in terms so affec-
tionate and so pure, any one could have ventured
to suppose that dishonourable connexions had ever
existed.

These explanations not having satisfied Feucheres,
and the Prince having found him immoveable in his
resolution, wrote to him thus :
" It is with deep regret, my dear Feucheres, that I accept
the resignation you have sent me, having always been
satisfied with your good and loyal services. Rely, my
dear Feucheres, upon the constant and sincere friendship
which I have professed for you."
Immediately afterwards Madame de Feucheres
quitted the Palais Bourbon, and took refuge in a
convent. She had taken the firm resolution of flee-
ing from the Court and the world. It must, how-
ever, he acknowledged, that the instances of the
Prince pursued her in her retreat. It is, moreover.
a notorious fact, that Madame de Feucheres yielded
but to these instances.

Afterwards, it became necessary to regulate the
interests of the parties. M. de Feucheres mani-
fested that he was embarrassed; and it is here, gen-
tlemen, that you will listen with the deepest interest
to a letter of Madame de Feucheres, when pe-
cuniary transactions form the chief subject of consi-
deration.

" March 10, 1824.
" In the different propositions which have been made
to me to bring about a separation between my husband
and myself, it would have been most pleasing to me to find
that they were worthy of a man of honour ; but, unhap-
pily, since the day on which he abandoned me, I have
found, on his part, no other recompeuce far years of affec-
tion than persecution and falsehood. Now, to finish the
matter, he makes me dishonourable proposals. I would
rather die than ever consent to recover my liberty by vile
concessions. What ! when lam innocent, and when I
have nothing to reproach me with, ought I to suffer my-
self to be falsely accused? No, I should prefer to be
reduced to beg my bread.
" As to my income, if my husband has so little delicacy
that be will hinder me from touching it, and desires to
appropriate it to himself, well. I sacrifice it rather than
vilify myself.
" I have thought it necessary to make this answer in

• The sister of the Duke of Bourbon had Liken the veil, and
occupied a convent in England. On her return to France she
built a convent on the site of the Temple, where so many cruel-
ties were committed during the Revolution. Thither she retired.
Pie was often visited by the Duchess of A nouleme,

writing; leering it to the pleasure of M. Tripier to coin.
raunicate it or not to the person who is charged with the
management of the affairs of M. de Feucheres."_

Here, then, gentlemen, is what, up to 1824, was
said and written between the parties; here is what
was destined to remain a profound secret ; but here,
gentlemen, you see the real position of the parties.
M. de Feucheres complaining, yielding to the blows
which calumny has dealt, not being willing to pro-
tect his wife, and not being able, from his military
character, to encourage perfidious insinuation :
the Prince, ccAvineed of the purity of Madame de
Feucheres, making useful efforts to protect her,
trying by every means in the world to bring back
her husband,—the husband persisting in the resolu-
tion he had taken. I have nothing to add to this
picture. The letters I have cited are sufficient to
avenge Madame de Feucheres for the accusations
which have been brought against her.
The Duke of Bourbon remained deeply hurt by
these manoeuvres, which were for the time unre-
venged, and from this period the benevolence of the
Prince naturally began to increase in favour of
Madame de Feucheres, who sacrificed to him even
her consideration in the world. He was desirous
that that consideration should at least be protected
by a sort of freak of fortune : he put into her hands
in April, 1824, the will which I am now about to
read :

" Palais Bourbon, April 1, 1824•

" I give and bequeath to the Baroness de Feucheres my
property at Saint Leu, consisting of the chateau, with all
.he furniture therein, and the other buildings which apper-
sin to it.
" I also give and bequeath to the Baroness de Feu
)erea my house at Boissy, with all its appurtenances, such
they are set down in the contract of sale, by which it
,as made over to me, and moreover the wood of Boissy;
.he said chateau, buildings, house, and wood, to be pos-
sessed by the said Baroness de Feucheres, from the mo-
ment of my decease, as her full and entire property, and to
be delivered and made over to her free from all duty what-
soever, which the said legacies may carry with them.
" After having read my present holograph will, which
I have written entire with my own hand, I have approved
of it, and have signed it."

The following year, Madame de Feucheres made
a journey into the south. Her health had been in-
jured by the torments with which you are ac-
quainted : she could not resist the pleasure of see-
ing Italy. I must here read to you the delightful
daily correspondence during the period of this jour-
ney, in order to make you acquainted with the na-
ture of the connection which existed between Ma-
dame de Feucheres and the Prince.

At Florence she met with a very singular adven-
ture. It is related in the two letters lam about to
read to you :

" Florence, July 26,1825.

" There is great truth in the saying that one must
travel i❑ order to see extraordinary things; for, assuredly,
nothing cao he more extraordinary than what has just
taken place here. Can you, dearest, figure to yourself
the Archbishop of Paris coming to make me a visit, with
two of his grand vicars, in an inn at Florence !—(General
laughter.) It must he confessed, dearest, that it is only
to me that such things happen. A man who has even re-
fused to come into your Palace because I was an inmate of
it ! For the rest, dearest, I should tell you that he be-
haved very charmingly (qu'il a ete fort amiable)—(Re-
sewed laughter.) He remained here only 24 hours : he
is returning from home, and hastens to reach Paris before
the feast of the 15th of next month.
" When M. and Madame de Choulot learned that the
Archbishop had arrived at the inn, they went to see him,
and then it was that he was informed of my being in the
house. After all that had passed at Paris, you will easily
imagine, dearest, that I would not make him the first
visit. At last, all that was well settled. When he took
his departure he came again to take his leave, with a nose-
gay in his hand, which he left us as a little remembrance
of him (un petit souvenir), he said.—(Renewed laughter.)
You will say, dearest, what is she doing at Florence on
the 26th of July ?' I feel as well as you, dearest, that that
is not as it should be, but I have not the resolution to leave
this country without seeing all I can. What, however,
gives me most pain is to forfeit my word."
The Prince replied :

" Chantilly, Aug. 7, 1829.

" Yes' dear Sophia, having so good an opportunity of
seeing that wonder of the world (Rome) without forgetting
altogether to kiss the foot of our Holy Father the Pope, I
should have done exactly as you have done ; and then
Blanche would nay, we must see these beautiful pictures of
all the schools, and then St. Peter's, the Capitol, the Tiber,
&c. ; and then dear Sophia will he satisfied, and then we
can talk about it all : I may say frankly that this pro-
longation of the journey had already run in my head ; I
am very glad of it on your account, but I wanted courage
to advise it. Let us now talk of the gallantry of the Arch-
bishop, who has acted like a preux chevalier, and I con-
gratulate him upon it ; the bouquet given with such ex-
quisite grace ! Clumsy as he was at Paris, he was every
thing charming at Flcrence."—(A laugh.)
Something has been said about the difficulty which
the Duke de Bourbon experienced in walking during
the latter years of his life. This allegation in the
process has been one of the expedients of the ad-
verse party. The Duke de Bourbon, however, was
at Rheims at the time of the coronation ; the throne
was placed upon a very high platform. This is
what he wrote :
" Rheims, May 30, 1825, 8 o'clock, p. m.
To-morrow I know not whether the poor
dear will get through the business with credit. Figure to
yourself the ascent of the throne, ascend and descend three
or four times, as steep as a parrot's perch, with 28 very
narrow steps, with a famous mantle to carry and to manage,
still uncertain whether I should take my cane, for what
would become of me if it failed me, being obliged to us both
my hands to prevent my legs twisting,—an event which
would be the most embarrassing of all. However, a mi-
racle, like that of the sacred ampoule, may perhaps come
to my relief."
Next day he wrote again.

"June 1, 1825.

"The great day is over my dear Sophia, and the poor
dear got through it charmingly, prancing up the steps of
the throne like a chamois, descending them in the same
manner, without tottering, without a stick, and all to the
satisfaction of numerous spectators who were astonished at
his agility. James, who had an excellent place, and not
far from me, complimented me upon it. He told me he
would also write to you, and give you the particulars : all
went off ♦ery well, and in perfect order : it lasted only
four hours. At noon we were in the house. I lay down
an hour after taking off my mantle, and returned at one
o'clock for for the banquet, where we all, the four crowned
heads, pretended to eat, and our family-dinner took place
at the usual time. My head was a little distressed by the
crown, which was too narrow; but, after a night's rest, I
hope I skall to-morrow be in a condition to redouble my
efforts for the ceremony of the cordon bleu, which they
tell us will last much longer."

Allow me, gentlemen, to make a few more quota-
tions, which will enable you to perceive the ties of
affection which subsisted between the Prince and
Madame de Feueheres. She was in London in
1826, and in her absence a man who will play a
considerable part towards the end of the affair, the
physician, Boni, brought to the Palace a female whose
presence was very perplexing. The following is the
account which the Prince gives of it :

" Chantilly, June 29, 1826.
" Boni has paid me a visit ; he always has a great deal
to say about the Baroness; there is always something
running in his head about placing his lady in the chateau
when he visits it. He pretends that she is necessary to
him for his arrangements in pharmacy, &c. Under these
circumstances, knowing that this is not your wish, I cry
scandal, and have consequently broken off. Nevertheless,
having lost the thread of this intrigue, I conceived a
brilliant expedient, and told him he ought to marry her.
But, Monseigneur,' be exclaimed, how am Ido this?
She has a husband and I have a wife.' Consequently my
advice fell to the ground, He might have added, You are
a great ass, Monseigneur.' "—(General laughter.)
I quote, gentlemen, another letter of the same pe-
riod, which will be found of great importance.—
You will see by it that times are much changed.
This letter is from Prince Louis de Rohan.—
(Symptoms of curiosity.)
" It is only a few days since, dear Baroness, that I re-
ceived your charming letter of the Ist of May : it has
been following me in all the journies I have been obliged
to make, but has happily reached me, and I hasten to ex-
press to you my gratitude, that you have not forgotten me,
and that you have given me a proof of it with a certainty
which I dare not hope. You give me good news of him
for whom my attachment can dispute with yours only on
the ground of antiquity. Be careful of him always, and
if you believe that during your absence 1 can be of any use
to him, write me word, and I will set off, nothing shall
stop me; if I can be of no use whatever, I shall probably

"*ft ,

remain in this country till the end of August, to endeavour
to arrange my affairs here, which is as difficult here as
elsewhere. But I perceive that I think more of the plea•
sure of talking with you than of the vexation which you
may experience in deciphering me ; I therefore say no
more, but request you to communicate my regards to
those to whom they are due, and to keep a large portion to
yourself, if you will accept of it.
" From an old Chateau in the midst of a deep valley

in the Botena, June 8, 1826.

You see, gentlemen, that at this period, Madame
de Feucheres was not an object of that reprobation
which it has since been attempted to cast around her.
Observe at what time she is written to, and remark
that the warm affection of the Baroness for the
Prince is denoted there by Prince Louis de Rohan.
I —(Sensation.) We now come to 1827; here two
great events, in which Madame de Feucheres is about
to play a more particular part, require, before they
are detailed to vou, that her character should be well
understood. You have been told the last day "Do
you see this proud Baroness with the Duke of Bour-
bon at her feet ? &c." It is well that these demon-
strations of feeling on the part of the audience should
be appreciated at their true worth, and brought to
the test of facts. Let us again refer to the corre-
spondence.
(The Advocate here read to the Court certain
letters relative to the sale of the Palais de Bourbon,
and the removal of an individual who scarcely
deserved to be admitted to the Palace of the
Prince ; these letters breathe the deep interest which
Madame de Feucheres took in whatever concerned
the honour and the satisfaction of the Prince. Corn-
ing to the private character of his client, the Advo-
cate continued thus ;—)
It has been said,—it has been repeated,—it has
been printed in libels circulated every where, tha•
Madame de Feucheres was the terror of the Prince's
house,—that every one trembled before her—that
she regulated despotically the will of the Prince.
Well, we shall see by the evidence which passes suc-
cessively before your eyes if these extraordinary as-
sertions are entitled to credit.
M. de Surval who made the will, who subse-
quently has circulated such injurious statements
against Madame de Feucheres, entered the Prince's
service by her intervention. He began by inspiring
M. de Gatigny with the strongest repulsion, to use
an expression which I heard at the last sitting.
Observe in what terms on tke 23d of May, he
wrote to Madame de Feucheres to testify to her the
pleasure he experienced at the appointment he had
obtained :
" On my return from Chantilly I have just received the
letter which you did me the honour to write to me on the
21st. You overwhelm me with your kindness, and I
know not how to express my gratitude to you : it is as deep
as it is durable ; and I shall never forget that it is to you
I shall be indebted for the new favour which Monseigneur
has appeared disposed to grant me," &c.
The Counsel then cited the letters of M. de St.
Jacques, M. de Belzunce, and M. de la Villegontier,
all of which speak of services performed, and end by
an expression of the most lively gratitude. After
these quotations, M. Lavaux proceeded in these
terms :—I might have cited other letters to show
you the character of Madame de Feucheres, her de-
votedness to the Prince's person her kindness to-
wards all around him. It would be easy for me to
refute the odious calumnies circulated against her on
account of Madame de Reuilly. • I have letters ;
but Madame de Reuilly was the daughter of the
Prince; I will not reveal secrets confided to the
discretion of friendship.

In 1827 the health of the Prince began to excite
some alarm. The desire entertained at that period
by the public was no new thing, as well as that it
wus also the wish of the Royal Family to see the
Duke de Bourbon adopt one of the sons of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans. Meanwhile
you understand, that in this Court of St. Leu every
body could have his own secret design, his own pri-
vate project. The dispositions of the Prince were,
as you will see by and by, a matter of the highest
importance : for, in the first place, there was to be
settled the nomination of an heir ; and, secondly, the
fate of all those families who surrounded the Prince.
As to Madame de Feucheres, her destiny had been
decided ever since the year 1824. Every body at
the Court of St.Leu appeared to wish to be busy re-
lative to the Prince's will.

General Lambot, first of all, had conceived a
strange idea with regard to the choice of the heir of
the Duke de Bourbon. He could not certainly
point out the Duke de Bourdeaux, for whom a
throne seemed destined. He took it into his head
to go as far as Naples, and to seek in the family of
the Duchess of Berri whether he could not meet
with some person who might have merited so bril-
liant a favour. His choice fell upon a brother of
that Princess. He thought that this brother might
be induced to come to France; he even thought
that it would be possible to instil into him constitu-
tional ideas—(Laughter)—and to place him near
the throne as a supporter of the Duke of Bourdeaux.

He did not address himself to Madame de Feu-
cheres; he betook himself to Charles X., and be-
hold how he recounts this interview in the work he
has published :

" .1
attended according to the King's orders. In a con-
versation of considerable length, his Majesty communicated
to me the desire he entertained that the Duke of Bourbon
should adept one of the song of the Duke of Orleans. The
King charged me to speak specially on this point to Ma-
dame de Feucheres, and to tell her that she would do
what would be pleasing to him, by engaging the
Prince to decide upon this adoption."—(Emotion amongst
the audience.)

The design of General Lambot had preceded
every idea of the will. He had thought, and it was
according to etiquette that he ought to speak re-
specting it to the head of the family ; he accordingly
solicited an audience of the King. The first thought
of Charles X., you see, was to testify his desire that
the Duke of Bourbon should adopt one of the sons
of the Duke of Orleans.

The opinion of King Charles X. was speedily
known ; how, then, could Madame de Feucheres
refuse to employ her influence towards deciding the
Prince upon an adoption which united the wishes of
the Royal Family ?
Who could inherit with dignity the name of
Conde ? Was it the Duke of Bordeaux, whom a
throne then awaited ? Was it the Prince de Rohan ?

" When the question of the Prince's will was agitated,"
says M. de Lambot, in page 68 of his pamphlet, " I tried
to sound him as to the sentiments he might feel towards
the Prince de Rohan, and I said something to him with
this intention. The Duke expressed himself in these
words, ' When a man has been all his life-time without
seeing some people, and when all at once they come to
you, and do not quit you'_He then stopped, shrugged
up his shoulders, and left me to draw what conclusions I
pleased."
Now let us examine whether it be true that the
Prince of Conde felt towards the Orleans family
that repulsion which was spoken of at the last sit-
ting of the Court. Let us see if it were not usages
of etiquette, which were the subject matter of those
family relations, which have been disfigured with so
much indelicacy. Read, then, the correspondence.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Orleans was
on the eve of her lying-in. A courier arrives at
Chantilly. See here the details which the Prince
gave to Madame de Feucheres :
" Paris, July 31, 1824.
" As I was about to sit down, dear Sophia, to break-
fast, and then to set out to a buck-hunt, the courier ar-
rived with a letter from the Duke of Orleans announcing
that the Princess was in labour. Immediately I counter-
manded the hunt, and was at eleven o'clockin my car-
riage with James on the road to Neuilly. Near St. Denis
I met the Baron, who was coming with another letter
from the Duke of Orleans, announcing that her labour
lasted only half an hour, and that the Princess was very
safely delivered of a boy, to be called by the King's order
the Duke of Montpensier. I did not for all that stop my
journey. The Baron expressed a wish to accompany me;
and James, who was well pleased with this circumstance,
as he could do some little business at Paris, took the Ba-
ron', cabriolet. I found the Princess as fresh as if no-
thing had happened ; the child a superb one, the Prince
content, the godmother delighted : walked about for an
hour in the garden, and returned to Paris at five o'clock."
Some time afterwards the Duke of Bourbon
came to the King's cord party. The Duchess of

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Orleans kept him at her table ; she lost, the Duke
won, and here is his letter :
" The assembly of the King's card party was conducted
with much order : no crush, no inconvenient crowd, in
snite of the 1,700 old friends who surrounded us. The
Duchess of Orleans kept me, in order to talc* a hand at
reversi with Madams de Blacas and the Sardinian Am-
ba•sador. She fixed the play at a centime a fish ; I won
300. They came to hasten us, sayiug, that the King's
game was finished. She searched for her pure, amidst
her diamonds and trinkets ; but seeing that she did not
find it, I told her to pay me with a smile, and so the affair
was settled admirably."

Are these, then, amongst those letters which con-
tained an invitation that could not consistently be
accepted ? Was it Madame de Feucheres that added
to these letters every thing that was obliging or af-
fectionate ? Is there not, on the contrary, to be
discerned, that warmth of attachment, that delicacy
of feeling, which animated the Duke of Bourbon to-
wards the Orleans family ?

" Say particularly," again wrote the Duke of Bourbon
to Madame de Feucheres on the 6th of February, 1327,
" to the Duke of Orleans, that I shall look upon it as a
real mark of friendship upon his part to put off his journey
hither until the weather is more mild, and that I can have
a little the use of my legs. So be it, Sophia, I embrace
you from my heart and soul."

What could then prevent Madame de Feucheres
from accomplishing the wish of Charles X. ? She
ought to fulfil the will of the King, and communi-
cate it to the Orleans family. Listen, now, to the
answer of the Queen to this communication so inte-
resting to her :

" Neuilly, Aug. JO,
_1827.

" I have received, Madame, through M. the Prince de
Talleyrand, your letter of the 6th of this month, and I em
anxious to testify to you myself, how much I am touched
by the desire which you have expressed so positively to see
my son, the Duke d'Aumale, adopted by M. the Duke of
Bourbon. I was already informed of your intention to
advise the Duke of Bourbon to make that adoption ; and
since you have thought it right to address me directly on
the subject, I, in my turn, feel it right not to let you re-
main in ignorance how much my maternal heart would be
gratified by seeing perpetuated in my son the illustrious
nasne of Conde, so justly celebrated in the annals of our
house and in those of the French monarchy.
" Every time that we heard this project of adoption
spoken of,—and that has happened more frequently than
we could have wished,—we have formally declared (the
Duke of Orleans and myself) that if M. the Duke of
Bourbon was himself determined to realise it, and that
the Is deigned to approve of it, we should be very
eager (empresses) to second his views; but we have also
thought it due to M. the Duke of Bourbon as much as to
ourselves to stop there, and to withhold ourselves from
every proceeding which could have the appearance of pro-
voking leis choice, or of seeming to press it. We have
felt that the more advantageous that a !option would be to
our children, the more on that account it became us to
observe that respectful silence in which we have enclosed
ourselves to the present moment. The painful reminis•
cences of which you speak, and which it is so natural our
excellent uncle should be tormented with without inter
mission, furnish us with an additional motive to preserve
it; notwithstanding the temptations that we sometimes
experience to break it, in the hope of thereby contributing
to sooth his anguish ; but we think it better in every man-
ner to confine ourselves to trusting to 11,s excellent heart,
and the friendship which he has constantly evinced to-
wards us as well as to our children, for all that can be
hoped for on that score.

" I am very sensible, Madam, of what you say of your
anxiety to bring about this result, and that you exert your-
self as before to fulfil the intentions of M. the Duke of
Bourbon. I assure you I shall never forget it ; and he
3ssured that if I am so happy as to have my son made hi,
adopted son, you shall find in us, upon all occasions, and
in all circumstances, for you and yours, that support which
you would ask of me, and for which the gratitude of a
mother ought to be your surest guarantee.
" I thank you, Madam, for the communication you
make me with respect to the marriage of your niece with
the Marquis de Croi. The King and the Princesses, my
seniors, will, no doubt, receive her presentation with all
the respect due to the family which she is about to enter ;
but I must inform you that we cannot depart from the
rules established at the Court for presentations. We can-
not receive them in any other way than that in which they
have been received by the King and the Queen, when
there was a Queen, or by Madame the Dauphines.; and by
the Princes and the Princesses, who precede us i❑ the
order of primogeniture ; and it does not lie with us to
choose the ladies by whom the presentations are made.
Believe, however, Madame, that the forms from which my
situation forbids me to depart, make no alteration in those
sentiments in your favour which I have not expressed, and
of which, Madame, I beg again earnestly and sincerely to
assure you. " MARIE AMELIE."

And you triumph, you smile, at the reading of
this letter ! You, doubtless, discover in it the prin-
ciple of an odious traffic; and you do not perceive
the delicacy and sincerity which prevails in the sen-
timents which it expresses.
In 1828, the Duke de Bourbon placed in the
hands of Madame de Feucheres, or rather directed
M. de Surval to do so, the very ran who now at-
tacks us, the project of a will. M. de Surval, man
of business as he is, does not appear to be quite at
home in the drawing up of a will. M. Robin, the
notary, who had come to St. Leu, was the person
charged with the drawing up of this instrument.
It had been said that in 1829, Madame de Feu-
chetes wished to have the Forest of Montmorency,
and that she had urgently asked it of the Prince.
Chance has furnished us with an answer, for to
chance we owe all our documents. Madame de
Feucheres is an Englishwoman, and did not under-
stand the importance of the questions which we
asked of her. The English, by whom she was sur-
rounded, said to her,' What business have you
with papers, documents, and 'justifications ? There
is the testament : the law is for you ; what more is
necessary ?" It was necessary to reply to an atro-
cious calumny, the object of which was to deprive
Madame de Feucheres even of her defender.

No hesitation has been shown in stating, in an in-
famous writing—" See her agitated to find a de-
fender in the new process, which is about to burst
upon her; consulting every one who has a cele-
brated name, and offering him all that he could de-
sire for his assistance. Instead of enjoying the
liberality of the Prince, she doubtless proposes to
share it with him who has the eloquence and address
to get it ratified; professing her confidence to all,
arid yet disguising the truth from them."
I consider that in a matter involving such serious
consequences, zeal must be allowed to take the
place of talent.
We found in 1828 this project of a will. In this
project the disposition in favour of Madame de
Feucheres appears to receive a remarkable extension.
In the will of 1824, the Prince gave to Madame de
Feucheres, Saint Leu, and Bsissy. Saint Leu was
only a place of pleasure; it cost the Prince 40,0001.,
and contained his domestics. He doubtless was not
desirous that Marianne de Feucheres should at the
moment of his death be reduced to the necessity of
selling the object of his generosity. This explains
the new disposition made by the Prince, without the
solicitation of Madame de Feucheres. It was then
that M. Robin drew up the following will.
" This is my will
" I, the undersigned Louis Henry Joseph de Bourbon,
give and bequeathe to Madame Sophia Dawes, Baroness de
Feucheres, first, the demesne of St. Let!, with all its ap-
purtenances and dependencies ; 2d, The pavilion of
Boissy, with the park adjoining ; all the furniture of the
chateau of St. Leu, and of the pavilion of Boissy. 4th,
The wood of Boissy. All the possessions proceeding from
the extra demesne, purchased by me in 1819, within the
hereinafter named forest. And, 6th, The forest called
D'Enghien, or the High Forest, such as it is, and such as
my ancestors and I have enjoyed it. All these possessions,
in such manner as they shall be found at the day of my
decease, without exception or reserve.
" The abovementioned legacy is made with this condi-
tion, that—first, neither the property bequeathed nor its
produce and revenue shall be added to the property which
Madame de Feucheres and her husband enjoy in common,
on the contrary it shall remain expressly apart and be ap-
propriated to the legatee exclusively ; secondly, that
Madame de Feucheres shall administer to the property
alone, and after my decease, and shall receive the produce
and revenue upon her own discharge.
" (Made at St. Leu, the ----")
M. Lavaux then read several letters, which prove
that Madame de Feucheres was far from imposing
her desire upon the Prince.
All these letters, he stated, precede the signature
of the will, which was afterwards executed without

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the intervention of Madame de Feucheres,
unacquainted with the dispositions until
death of the Prince (it was M. de Surval
qualinntseielp‘tveimthbethr,emlB.24,
alone who knew them), and who was yet
M. de Surval, then'
dant of the house, was directed by the Fri°
draw up his last dispositions. This drawing tli
rise to much discussion, for it was necessari
solve several questions. The choice of the
was agreed on, but the Prince was very
about adopting the Duke d'Aumale. He 11
notwithstanding all that was said, to petpettls
name of Conde by the aid of an adoption.
lawyers, whose names there is no reason to ee
M. Dupin, Counsel to the Duke d'Orleio
Tripier, Counsel to the Duke de Bourbon'
consulted, and they decided that the adoption
not take place. From that time the mind c
Prince was greatly embarrassed.
The Advocate gave an account of this port'
cause, and read some new documents, and l'
larly a letter of M. de Surval, of the date 0'
August, which proved that he was also ell
with Madame de Feucheres, in drawing up tbt
of the Prince.
The Advocate, after pointing out all the its.
ance of the marginal notes written by the 13‘,4;
Conde, gave some details of the illness whir
tacked him in 1828, and during which Se:
Feucheres showed him the most tender sites
He read a letter dated the first of May, 1829';
we have already published, and in which )1k
~,
de Feucheres mentions to the Prince the Pe'
of making his will.
It seems, continued M. Lavaux, that in lq,‘
this letter, Madame de Feucheres foresaw the,
nate process which now occupies us; and
tion has not failed to be seen in this letter;
at the same time, an obstinate blindness is sb°ll
all the noble and generous sentiments it C 0 °s
Does Madame de Feucheres ask any thing `'
self? Does she want money ? No. What
then she desires ? The affection of the Prioee,
his high and powerful patronage. I would 0'
more on this point, gentlemen, if I had to e%il
the matter only to you ; but, for some time i
public opinion has been cruelly deceived, it bas
misdirected by the publication of infamous libe:d,
scribing Madame Feucheres as a woman e -
covetous and criminal.
M. Herinequin—l may be allowed in mf
interrogate my a lversary. The Court, wi"e;o
the last sitting, heard him when he interrupte,:,
will hear me in turn. I was prepared for tn",
sults of Madame de Feucheres' defender. I
expect such indignities, but it is important n°o
direct your attention to a fact, in order to pot
you from falling into a snare. During the 115:1
weeks a writing faithfully drawn up and sign
me has been circulated, and has now reached °0
cond edition. It is circulating at the present
ment France and throughout the whole °EP:it
It derives its power from its impartiality.
was a fair mode of answering me, not by erl;
rated denials which cannot be verified in.th's tr
but by a calm and dignified reply worthy of oure
fession,—by a written statement,—by doeuTil„p
calculated to enlighten public opinion. This
has not been resorted to, and it is hoped th3ld,
lence will do in its stead. I say now that Mita,
Feucheres' defence was powerless from the ol°7
beat to art
that no reply was given to a writing under the
of which she remains crushed.—(Applauses
from the corners of the Court.)
President—lf the Court shall be disturbed
marks of approbation or disapprobation, I twill t'
it to be cleared. In an affair of this importanc°o
in the most trifling affairs, the greatest latitude ri (From tl
be allowed to the advocates; and the utmost silekl it, aals, Dec,
is not less necessary for the freedom of defence ;contai thl
We
for the dignity of the Court. iktill,tr,
of have
M. Lavaux—These plaudits which you havfid, tt ;',oa tbtehlet3
heard are the strangest possible condernnali e scr`t city and
the pamphlet in question. They afford prol,:es r;,-ari prepared
ehsichwhpiucbhl calumnyic opinion h
hasas mbaedeen, amnidsleodf :„141'01 e bills had
thetentrtaova‘gv
publication of such a writing, I will declare it ,DoE fed not to t
constitutes a cmplete dereliction of the dut'e 110 u fact' at
our profession. Pending the criminal inforatece teeounot Al.
Tht-ohooks
parties to civil suits are alone allowed to olalceol#
detael
servations ; but these cannot deceive the magistrill ;tiled 0
who have the pleadings before them—who heir, 44 foructebein°
report of the Age d' Instruction and the iiil,P„d4 4e4,`1". arm's. I:
conclusions of the public prosecutor, who, defer b 1 red into the I
the interests of society, states the steps b!, if/ li:Thia morn
taken to elicit the truth. If the accusation c44l°,llalGuard
jected by the Court as calumnious and unfound l, Sti.ou now un
the observations and the statements presente sqq4rei4g niquets
the civil parties to the magistrates constitute °Poi the 4' and
piece of inoffensive declamation, since it rellito' tses.-0`)OP. is ea
secret ; but after a solemn decree of acquittaltViio Since the Wkill Pa
the civil party publishes his case, how is it Pil?. Ivee Pu
z
a the 2
for the accused to answer him or to defend hilt". fif 4toro
Since the original information is secret and unic°°lie P (Prom th,
to the accused party,—since that information, s. DEC,
ther defamatory or otherwise, is for ever conceli I 2i14",e grand he
by the law from him whom it attacks,---sti,dri t4tl2'euge yest,
proceeding is not only an attack on the indiv' .ofo at, are fit
but tends also to bring public justice itself °el,,`LclaY the 'I
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contempt. 4 tcounsel o
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The President here requested M. Lavaux to
adjutant
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robes
this his argument, M. Lavaux conelotor h
tlis, -as
this part of the subject,—namely, as to the,4 L.l's;'" at Lye
tion of free agency of the Prince when he moue, FuNo
will,—by reading the following examination 01 Jf 97f.
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draught of his will ? Was it the Prince alone vo'b° 1:0 ti,":l),L'e 58'.i
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purpose? I C(
" Answer—No other person but the Prince direct'lito
timated to me the matters which I was to insert
will. It is true that Madame de Feucheres ex re- to
ti
wish that such and such matters should be bequeaths
her ; but it was the Prince himself who gave the Pliot
instructions to iuclude them in the draught 1 was 'V' cile'
Did you alone draw up the will, or had not 3','01,"
vallot, one of the principal persons of the Prince's R"nP
hold, some share in drawing it up?"-_" I alone deep,
the will, but as I write a bad hand, I had a fair copy
out out by M. Chevallot. 0 Or.
" Did not the Prince make several 6001
tainly, several were drawn up before this, but
draughts were not adopted by the Prince." aid
" What were in general the notes and documeo-h
in making out the draught of his will, and from 11..."'W
were they obtained ?"—'cl have never had any °°"'. .10
that purpose given to me, but those which were (itc-
hy the Prince himself."
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" Do you not know of your own knowledge that
~tat;
were meetings and conferences concerning the tester:oV
disposition of the Prince's property at Madame de og
' cheres' and elsewhere ? Can you state the nasne'°tlP
persons who took a part, either directly or ind'e,oo
in these conferences, and is it true that these sorifar,'l, tit
were held without the knowledge of the Prince, or vn,ft",:ri
the knowledge of other persons of his family ?"---" 1-11
never was any discussion of his will, or of the part's °Ol
bequests to be made, except between the Prince, biolhio
de Feucheres, and myself, more especially after elle
pressed a strong desire to see the matter terminated." d
" What were the results of these conferences? bit
was it not upon them, either in whole or in part,
these notes or memoranda, on which you drew the dr,oto
of the will, were founded ?"—" As I said already, 1 ;01
altogether ignorant of any conferences ou this subject
those which took place between the Prince, Madarneoi
Feucheres, and myself ; and in making the draught °f of
will, by the Prince's instructions, I only requited, l
notes which he had dictated, and the intentions whir'
knew he entertained." IP'
" Were the draughts of the will communicated to',o
dame de Feucheres, and did she not herself commuo'cr
them to whev,i, and had she not a choice of such coo°oo
nication ?"—" Madame de Feucheres did net know hot
contents of the will till after the death of the Prince, "01
before his death, merely gave her verbally reason to din/
that she should get what she expressed a wish to hsfe'tbo
She was even iv-.0-ant, up to that time, of some of
bequests of the will." I
hi.
g, Was the Prince alone when he wrote and sign'e't r'•
will? If he were not alone, who were the persoroire
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" Was the Prince alone when he transmitted the will
t° It Robin, the notary ?"—" The Prince transmitted the
VIII to M. Robin in my presence alone."
Here, continued the advocate, was the examination
the will was deposited,
14d when did that take place?"—" The 30th of August,
1829,
the Prince sent for me to his study, and gave the
tarcel which, on being opened after his death, by the
t re3ident of the Tribunal of the First Instance, was found
otuntain his will. In giving to me the parcel the Prince
told,l rile that he confided to me a very important deposit,
a 4," ' Put many questions to me, for the purpose of as-
"tainiug if it would be safe in my hands, and kept
Zeret from the inspection of all other persons. I repre-
thnted to him that it would be proper for him to write on
e Parcel that it came from him. He accordingly wrote
11 1•,°4 it the following words Important deposit made
lme with Robin, the notary, the 30th of August,
Ss°
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" bid the Prince afterwards manifest or express to you
eY intention to change or modify the dispositions of that
p74?"--" No such intimation was made to me from the
.; nce, and nothing came to my knowledge which could
re me reason to suppose that he entertained any such in-
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I he lived, the property which he proposed to bequeath to
I p„" by will? Did she not even with this view, before the
,41'Pletion of the will, persuade the Prince to consent to
title
to her the domain of St. Leu, and were not the
I t'ti, deeds of that estate deposited with you for that pur-
rtl4?".----" They were. In 1828, I believe, the Prince's
I "7ard placed the title deeds of St. Len in my hands to
prepare a conveyance in favour of Madame de Feucheres.
1
dreW up the deed, but on the day on which the Prince
1 "Ls to sign it that act was postponed. The cause of the
PZPortement was the heavy tax on registration with
leh the transfer of the property would hare been
44ended."
° Lavaux here read the will, a copy of which
11 We have before published.
hen
having made this will, the Duke of Bour-
, hen hastened to acquaint the Duke of Orleans that
r had carried his project into execution. He did
1
thi° in the following letter :

I
diStUrbV
1, I Will C°
Vance!
TIP° 1
t latitude
itmost silk
defence

" Sept. 3, 1829.
t I feel truly gratified at the kind things you have said
'lll,e on account of the bequest. I have made in favour of
fo
tar y .children. M heart, and the friendship which I en-
tain for all your 'family, have induced me to make them ;
1144 d I shall be happy in recapitulating them to you when I
:ye the pleasure to see you. Madame de Feucheres begs
ihe to express to you how sensible she is of your kind feel-
chlttovvards her. It is certain that she entered into this
tst'ne‘s with a warmth which has caused me to overcome
thud ifficulties that presented themselves, and to finish it
your
Promptly. I can assure you that she is worthy of
ue regard, on account of tl,e noble and distinguished
14tOtilnents which characterize her. With the utmost sin-
%t'itY I repeat my assurances of the tender attachment and
t'oeee friendship which I feel for you."
vi NO's' gentlemen, thstt you are aware of the pre-
.
th 4s circumstances in this transaction, as well as
u! situation of Madame de Feucheres, you can
'Re whether it was possible to exhibit greater dis-
4terestedness than she did. Now that you know
the intentions of the Prince in her favour, you can
ti,terrnine whether the noble and distinguished sen-
'ents which characterise her ought to be imputed
.0 her as a crime.
Lavaux concluded for to-day, by reading
:etal letters addressed to Madame de Feucheres by
tubers of the Orleans' family, in which the grati-
ticle Which they felt was expressed with equal urba-
tY and propriety.
klhe Court then adjourned to Friday next, when
"''Lavaux will continue his statement.

it
otisthe __oniteur of Saturday, Dec. 24.)
A (From m
lc _ , Dzc. 23.—The Journal de Paris of this morn.
. ttizi,v;telkillailavtehea following article •
letter from Gren'o—ble of the 19th of De-
you have?) ,!'er, of the fallowing substance •
billewere found.— a
Poste_ up on the walls
idernnallO°l ti
rib
the 18
pr beef
piva7.
.city and suburbs, inviting the inhabitants a cha-
rd
misled'
I:fi
will
bill. 6 d
rilese,
bills
for .11 . Chauvet, Comptroller of the Taxes.
and oftP: v but
aarmsthethifsolelot following expressions :—' The drums
arm;e.ning—the good citizens are in-
dare it s' of tted not to
the clutiel,ej 1, " In fat:, take up
:, at night-fall,
.
an assemblage proceeded to the
I inforaillo k:ti" of
tmaake t°Unt.h A'l• Chauvet, force( the do<
r .4 ..,00k,
togistr,lo ttli The detachment out of the windows )1-, threw all
who heir ) freattli
out
beingtchment of the National,and burnt them. the
Guaid that had been
the irogl4 iiticie force., insufficient, it wa,
ho, defell'llo ~r 4 'rms. Two battalions of troops of to call in a
l ri.oters have been the line were put
teps he Pfe 4,4 Tr° the hand, arrested and del i-
of justice.
are
he,d, ,4tion 1,5 morning
which (the. l9th) order is quite restored. The
presented 1,, 4404 now under iich the day before did
;ti tute 0111,94 itill4srsg Piquets of arms,
troo to the number of aboutline not
stationed 800
men.
e it relOir t,e tro„an.d patrols traversePsof
the streets. Th in the
. 1 leti '414, -ri Is excellent, e attitude of
:_uitta Ai A e
Will
_as and every thing announces that this
11 it poidi 4, 'tee the P s.over without farther cl.
fend hiol.e 4 acted on publication of this ne isturbances."
ws the
- Sr the 23d notice that ~ Government
and unko° ed.
tie completely
mation, s'i,, 4, P (From the M
et. coneet 1 I:thiitisi DEC. essaper des Chambres Dec.
letter from 25.)
cks,--stlP,l titlllthe!rand head-quarters!3.—A
Valenciennes says
of the
le indivitiP;; tOe yesterday Army of the North '
morning for Valenciennes, left
.c itself ill' ~Ta.ti`i are fixed
at Caubrai." and to-day,
►eel 43'' the T •
. A
dreg, heard M
avaux to f 1 ~ a ame de
Produced a lively
and Feucheres. His 111. La-
case viss° li'" •eloquent ad
44 adj,,,profound .
th• rned to Friday, impression. -
I. 11 argument.
when M. Lavaux The
dp k ett will con-
ix conelit r t't. e" from Berlin
to the o,Bht r'11,11,4„h55 been excited and Vienna say
the that general satis-
he roade if 1,.ae,,- at Lyons. excited there by happy issue of the
lotion Of ' ' .:tiltl,6e.cr9i7FtiNns, DEC 2
,;
iriif.f..
94,,fi,
5,:
97f.
9,6ii:—.Zei.ve per Cents. 97f
nde to OP° ItiNt, esd'e• mrcee. 8 per Cents. 69,;f7.LfVff.: eOe. 97f. .5-77' 1.2 - 20c.
!one who l'lt,i 1,4 k ho,Naples, 78f. inc.9Qc;!je. ,13,23,Pk,, Actisons7ci 75c.., 65cu.re,poecr.
, pi s, Rile ~, Spanish Loan, ~..,',`; 78L 10c. ;14 '—'" 830 f
!right; fpm qtt KA...4, 12,4 %14 i ,iyi, .3i %.3R—ente d•Es;)alt • ;
especially (4 "I,2sf.—gxeliange 0 1058 5€N) 58 544 Rents ~Perta
n ndon,
Cours Authentique.pe month, 25f: 53.; .sc.
;a7tian
meats 101 P , . three
NE ,
ce direct!).
i 'O. CON 0 ' , a
EOl I lON
o insert -Pi ,
ea expres:ej 10 .s. SUN OFFICE, ' se .
bequeath ,00 Ors .Seven o'clock.
'ye the PI . &I'd LONDON
. die' GAZETTE
THIS EVENING.

not 33. -or t,
OFPICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 27.
)rince, 13°, VI/ Royal} Regiment of Artillery.
!,:lilottleinan Cadet 1i
alone dr" di Hiterr.isi. to be Second Lieutenant, vice
fair col 0 ~IZIRT4?-1 nromote,,
0 or, i1,i1te141,6:. Cadet C. Cheetham to be ditto, vice Hill, promoted,
Ils ?"-"" 45001 elltt're4o..,l' Cadet G. J. L. Buchanan to be ditto,
vice Bevan,
is, but ' r.r,olletna"a, Dec. 16.
;snot an r:sCadet W. S. Payne to be ditto, vice Mallock,
_..., de 4,01. snari"ee. 16.
... pro.
nun:3ooe 'ehtled Dte Cadet W. R. Gilbert to be ditto, vice Burnaby, pro-
f from gi for et,ll44'4lan c. 6'
ed Dec.Cadet A. F. W. Papillon to be ditto,'
notr_„4
~...ti p its. vice Dyer,
parepro-
dieir I'lan Cadet H.
its. Dm.
16. Aylmer to be ditto, vice Williams, pro-
,i,gri VZ4Z44adet G. C. R. Levinge to be ditto, vice Patten,
iv that T''taff D tlel Dec." In.
61i_, Ocira man' adet AG. N '
e teat& e..." i,,,,,, otedD A. W. Hamilton to be ditto, vice Walker,
Lela, ec. 16.
dame de r
,to .it,. 113. a Cadet W. Fulford to be ditto, vice Geary, promoted,
nalne, 0/ in .at 'ern
~ ,, ore an Cadet A
pro-
or MO, co ,!Itotaeid, Dee. 16. • Newcomen to be ditto, vice Pigot,
fi:00, ,114t.tel.
6.n Cadet A. Irving to be ditto, vice Caddy, promoted,
ee, or Wit ri bleprian •
~ ,fbe 15. Cadet D. Airey to be ditto, vice Morris, promoted,
r?"---" .1 of
the particuoi
ince, MA 16,,
after the l"
ninated." ,I
rotes? 3,:1
in part, "°l,t
ry the dolt?
ready, 1 "„,0
a subject hi
Madareetoi
raught of of
e
requil t I
on's Which

,
qi WHIT, HALL, Nov. 25.
etol)--Yd Chancellor has appointed Thomas Fowle, of North.
4ty it,:n the county of York, Genl. to be a Master Extraor-
' the High Court of Chancery.

TIiQ
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
,AS SCHOFIELD, Wakefield, innkeeper.

104
BANKRUPTS.
44t 4 RICHARDS TILSTONE, :Cheapside, commercial-
J
I;,tlaS PRISEMAN, Putney, wheelwright.
4114,A8 WALLER, Hightown, Yoksnire, leather-dealer.
",(CRI TREGENT, Postlip, 61oucestershire, paper-ma-
-I,t,,lliCp,lier ,AM HILL, York, miller.
Nailsworth, Gloucester,
FREDERICk DAVIS,
4)41414}4 BR 4DLEY, Manchester, dealer.
Av;
~INS BLAKE, Plymouth„ ironmonger.
't:S and JOHN WALTON, Toxteth-park, WLiverpool,
-s
'(34 A
401` LIBISHOP HARDING, Gloucester, baker.
AO GASKELL WYLIE, Watton.place, Bi ac kf flan.-
, I ',hi", 4ernon;er.
wx,ilAM TALBOT, Birmingham, grocer.
BARGHDronfield, Derbyshire, victuaper.
b' 'hi .`AMMOND PARKER, Wells next the Sc; Nor_
24-1,4,4jk1er.
DODGIN, Burlington-Gardens, Bond-street, gold-
! hi. $l,-ate e`M PHILLIPS BROMWICII, Tottenham-Court-
. .40.- rt,
Iqpnt, AMFORD, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, wine
EMANS, Birmingham, bookseller,

i„tecl to 'f;
corn ri, ti 0 ic.o,
loch cotowthe
et knot/ I' or
W
Prince, /
Leon to V,
1 to hsve'to
swine 01