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London, England, 1815-12-22 00:00:00

tIEUr.,GENEti.AIL COrNT

UN EKPOS;'.: OR .11:,:s1ORTAT,. - •
Toe fl ya ()rdina.Dee 2.1, dechaes, that

'' h s
.I.l.l4iv:sty wishes by the punishment of an un-

ei-umpled offence, but graduating the penaltics and

the uumber of the culpable, to cpnciliate

the interest of his people, the dignity of his crown,
and the tranquility of Europe, with what he owes
to justice fflul the perfect security of other citizens

v, Wawa distinction."

This Ordinance contains two lists. The first
comprehend 3 persons who are ordered to be car-
ried ty.,fort! Councils.of War; the second consists
of other persons, who arc required to leaven Paris
within three days, and to retire to such places as

Cie sinister of General Police shall ass,ign for
their residence, where they ai a directed to remain
Under his superintendance until the Chambers, de-
termine ivhich of them ought ro be banished, and
which brought' tb trial. lam itichided in the tar-
ty!. class..

I,commanded the 3d'and. ,Ith _corps of the army
of Cqr Loire, and was. at Chateauroux ‘v ben I Was
informed of the measure' %vhich'thus affected me.
I confess the' bititti •WAS equaliy:cruel and attex-
petted: I end:e:::vottred to discover what could
nrak4, thc tibiect Of so much: rigour.. No. act
'of triv irc untie toe- jtuictly liable. to be compre-
bended irrtliat liSt; as I shall indisputably prove•
by an exact and faithful e4position of my conduct.:
On the 30th of Augnit, 1313, at the uolortn-
nate affair of Cldip, where WAS Abandoned by
those who (night to have supported rue, •1 was
made pri,onel, I was carried •to AioscOw,' and.
aftertvards to Viatka, on the '.frontiers of Siberia.
The campaign .of Paris, and the great crews to
which it led, occurred during any captivity . I did
not set my foot on French gtotind until the Ist
of September, 1814. I hastened to Paris, wtiere
mv wife dud my son expeked Me. liooked for-
ward to days of happiness, since 'we were at
length tO•enjoy that stoic of peace which I had
so often and so ardent.ly de.h ed.

I frankly waited on the: King and his august'
fatuity. -My most anxious wish was that his Ma-
jesty wottlr't employ me Li] useful services, and
affNrd me an opportunity of proving my devoted-
nes4,to his person, and the firm attachment which
I almays, prese.rved to my country. ;I add' essed•
myself to the-Duke d!Aumont., fieAt Gentleman of
the Chamber received no aotswer. 1 repeared
my re4nest. His Excellency informed me, that
be had. not yet taken the King's orders on the
*abject, and as I appeared to 'press for an au-
dience, lie had the goodness to otter to lay before.
his Majesty any representation-which it was my
wish to make. I thanked the Duke, •and inform-
ed hint that I had nothing particular Mask of his
M:, jestvj that my only wish was that he ;should
grant me, like the other C7eneralt4' of my rani: IC-
Qirping from iso.., the favotir of beingspresent-,
echo irili., .

I thought. it right to 'repair to the Court a se.
cand tinie, and F proceeded, to utix 'among those
who ‘vere.waitine until the Kin:: should pass into
the liald of the Throne. I had I.en a few mi-
nutes there, n'lien,.One of the attendants informed.
oil the part of t1:0.1)al- d'Analout, that 1
eptall lint :be allowed to l'enfain duri.ott tW an,;:t
cute, .and ,tnust withdraWPi This order Sulprifft
Inc ; 1 bore the hutni;iaiou it caused,•
executed it itysilence, anti almost without ajkw.
lug .Uiritepirture to he'p6reeiverl..
1.,olne•:of the muccecling flays w:ere comployed on
mV part in soliciting explanationi of the motives'
could have occasioned a,scene so a et lug
to toe ; but I olt,Oined no kind of satisf;ctirni; a
more. cruel -c:v..c:tt.,aovaited

• On the 10th of 0;,to1i.!r; shoat:X:4f an Thottr
paz+tinidnight, loud knocking was heart', at the
duor of,a which. I occupied in iLe rue
Jouberr. We were. all.piiekly 'ftwa,cened, an.
officer entered, who delivered n an Order front
the :Minister, at War to leave Paris within 24
hours, and proceed to my eitAte at Cassel, in the
Department of•the This.incaspre'appear-
ed to me 9everc, and above all, unmerited ; hut

obeyed,. That very day I tore tntself fr:nt the
arms of my family 4 I left my wife 'and my son
overwhelinefl will grief, and I left Park' ev‘i,•ll be-
fore the expiration Cift:tho short delay
.The following night the
was rEpeatedi an officer dame at two o'clock in

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the Warning, to satiSiv-hino(o of toy depattuee.
•I do not know ,to •veholn to ',attribute the 'blows
tba.tl'are keened rue. I wrote to the
nibter of War an,..! several Peers ; hequested'with
eagerness to he tniKt.e acquainted with
itnputed to Me ; T begged, as a pectiliarfiet?our to
be put on my trial did lint even 'obtain 'itie
::tisfaction, of being. 'eAltcd.before the tribunals.
That sacred, principle, that' grand soeial No
one "can be judged without' being beard,''' was;
with respect to ;hie, tranipletl ulidcr foot.j
1 armed myself with eoniage and t eslgnation,"
and thenceforward eplying exclntively
tqe tire Of 45,- fetna4,- 1 untie 'nor e ret-urned to
a private live; from itihic'h a vible'reeri;is with-
drew ' .• •

-,:The whole of 'France was ocCupicd by events
which preceded those Of the '2oth Of 111:irch;. I
attached to self neither -directly or ilAlireetly to

what was irreparing.' As .a citizen, 1 remained'
:submissive to the laws ; as a 'faithful subject, I.
offered, on the first appeal which' the King made
to'ihe'Freneh, my services to'his 111ajesty ; they
were not accepted.
-Napoleon arrived at the Tuileries on the 20th
of March. The King- Juhart •already quitted. Lille
and France, when'l royelf left Cassel, and ap-
peared .it the audience of the Emperor.
Some time after I received letters of service to'
go and take the command of the second milkary
division, situ! of the troOps•whieh were assembled
in the district. I displayed great activity in or-
: ganisin my 'corps d'artnee and the National
, Guards. 1 gave to thesseeond division the move-
, ment *bleb the- t:rgent circtnnstances Which'
tile country was placed. required ; but. all :I did
was but t-o the 'duty svitich ••had been confid-
ed to rue, and it, was- only front love to my coun-
„try that I prepared to co-operate in a war which
menaced it... I beheld on our frontiers men arm,
agalutt Franc ; they. were to the enemies.
exttuitued only the. danger witiGlA Liii,TALguy.i