The Sun.
London, England, 1815-12-20 00:00:00

'PO 3TiftniOUS DEFENCE Or itiEi.

The f0110w,..; • re, resented to have been writ-
ten by Ajarshui Nay during t!le intervAS of his
last •lay's trial, and found in his pockets it seems
to have been intended as a final appeal to the
House of Peers
riENTL.E.Ni EN,---I am impressed witl. gratitude towards the
generous Cout.-el, who have ple;ided my cause with so much
seal and ahility; hut is explaining to you myself my
with all the nanktieis of a soldier, you will knoW iue Nair: Ty.
It is known that throughout the Revolution I took no part in
the 'events which have disturbed France for these 6te-and-
twenty years. Lred in camps, I have uot lcarned the art of lir-
keg at Courts, nor acquired the flexibility necessary in the ma-
nagement of political affairs. 'France is all to me—her alone
always had in view.

" I am accused of not having attacked Napoleon, of having
published a Proclamation which he had sent to me, of having
followed him to Paris. All this is true in point of fact, but
false in the moral sense attempted to be given to it. Gen-
tlemen, let not the tranquillity which you at this moment
enjoy, make you forget the storm in the midst of which they
stood whom you are now judging. Napoleon advanced
like a torrent, which swelled at every instant, from the
borders of Provence. The King's Brother, Generals, Mar-
shals, were unable to arrest his progress. What do I
say ?—•they found themselves in toe impossibility of await-
ing
his approach. The people were misled—the soldiers
of every description joined him—and I stood alone. The
Court did not inform ale of the general state of affairs,
nor of its consequent determinations. I could not but think
that the Court was gone; and, besides, what could I do with a
handful of troops beset with numerous emissaries, and under

the influence of a name once sacred in their eyes? Sur-
rounded by the disaffected, cut off by Napoleon, who
was nearer Paris than myself, I could not but shud-
der at the idea of engaging in a civil war alone, and
without hope. Judging, therefore, all resistance unavailing,
and even impossible, for the Royal cause, hurried away by
the force of events, I received and published the Proclama-
tion in question, as au Older of the Day, sent by an au-
thority wuich every one hastened to ackaowledge. I again
approached this fatal man, but it was at least to repeat to him
truths, which he hid heard from my mouth more than once,.
and which then appeared likely to he listened to. The man-
ner itrw•hich I have been treated by Napoleon, demonstrates
berter.than all argument, that he stood not in need of me to
effect the revolution. My estate became again my place of
exile. I quitted it only on a positive order to repair to that
army which exists no more—to that army, where I sought the
death in which I should have gloried, but which denied itself
to my wishes.

,4 On w return, faithful to my only principle of avoiiiing
the distraction of my country, I hastened to invoke, within
these very walls, a prompt submission, to put an end to the
effusion of blood, and to stay the progress of forign anus.
Exclusively devoted to the preservation of France, I totally
neglected in this circumstance my personal interests; and if

Wy cotewporaries do not appreciate this political coVaduet,
history will perhaps observe it.

" The King re.:ascended his throne. I kept at a distance,
without concealing myself. I now stand 'before you. assured
by my conscience, which does nut reproach me with perfidy,
tranquil as I have always been in the laid.: of I in-
judged my duty at Lons.le-Sauliiitr, the error was that of my
judgment, but was foreign to my heart.
" It is wished to be known from whence I have drawn the

fortitude with which I have borne a. long captivity, and the

dreadful weight of such an accusation ? It is in the conso-
ling conviction, that niy fault has been injurious to myself

alone,. At this awful moment, when a man collects himself,
and descends into the bottom of his heart, I declare to you,
Gentlemen, that I only feel bitter regret, hut that I am free

from remorse.

" Gentlemen, divest yourselves for an instant of the ideas
which the greatest part of yOu have derived front your birth,

your educatioO, and the circumitances of your lives. Place

yourselres,4naword, in my situation. Lay your hands upon
your hearts and judge we. 1 wii, nut speak to you of the de-
' e•ution with which I have guyed my country dui ing seven .:pd

twenty years. I will nut speak to you even of my generous wile,
of my fur unfortunate suns. The foreigner who obseree4 you,
several of my companions in arms who sit an►ong you, all
those who are acquainted with my litO, w►ll tell you that I
11l vet- could,. mai ever wished to betray my country and toy
Sovereign.

" Gentlemen, I have nothing more to say to you,"

BRIGHToN, DEC. I g —List night, the ear
and Countess of LIVERPOOL arrived at the Pavi-
800, on a visit to in PRINCE REGENT. To-nior-
iour Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambassa-
dor, will return to town for a few days. Ttiis
muffling, tilt weather being unfavour.ible, the
Rojal Family are not likely to enjoy their car-
riai;e drive iu the vicinity of this place.

THE PRINCESS OF WALILS. - The Princess of
%Vales. at4;ording to the French Papers received
yesterday, is rit,ur on her way to England by sea.
The Paris Papers rvceived last night contain the
articlt• from Genoa, dated the 2d inst.
" The voyage of the Princess of IVales and Ma-
dame De Otael to Greece %yin not take place. It
is also asserted, that this Princess and toe Author
of Curinna, will not flow go to Itotne, where they
did intend to pass the winter."

It is hardly worth while to notice the trivial
grounds of LAVALETTK's appeal. The principal
was, that the clime of high treason was triable
by the Chamber of Peers alone, an absurdity that
could not well form part of any national code,
and which has no better foundation in France than
that the Charter says, the Peers may try cases -of
high treason.
Madame the Marechal de RICHELIEU died late-
ly at her estate of Fromouville, near. Nemours, iii
France, aged 75. She was widow of the cele-
brated Maiechul Ri CH E Eo, and was married un-•
der the reign of Louis XIV.
On the I Ith inst. Lord Du ND AS was elected
rreses of the Society of Scottish Antiquarians.
The Marquis of TwEEni,,, has been chosen
Preses of the Cal,dorliati Hunt, which is to be
held in October in E.linburgh. •

In the late wiles in ti;e \%T.J.,t the ship-
ping tit St. paining() have suffered gready.
II 15 caietsidteti that, in Seoti,tha, the revenue
lust.. yearly 300,0001. by illicit