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

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[Pittet SEVENFTINCE4

BUONAPARTVS VILt4AINY.
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TRIBUNAL OF FINNT.INSTANCE.
PAnts, cause of I.Vl..Retel being
called, the appellant, assisted by an Advocate, no-
itittated officially by. the.tribnrial, expressed him:-
self nearly as follows=---
,13efore entering upon the cause, I feel it neeesh-
sary to say' a few Words upon the rumours that
have One abioad. The ChaMber of Police and.
of discipline, have bnputed as,a-crime to M.;Mott
thion
.and Ma oguin, that, they have revised
iily membrial, and that the latter has aid 6I- its cir-
culation. Hut in truth-, not one hinidred lines ot
my work belong to M. The manuscript
was only entrusted to him to revise the style, and
to.ask his opinion. The tricks to which this ttn-
'founded accusation has given Hie, have induced, •
the to 'undertake my own defence. History pre+
sents no example of a crime equal to what my
Cause exhibits. All' the regnements of vice, every
instrument Of meanness, and whatever depravity
could effect, lro !Ted hy•power, haVe been united
to overwhettn me; arbitrary vigilance, Tel-seal.,
tions of every description, have • assailer an un-
happy husband, to make his-:young wife the ob-
ject of the impure desires of an Usurper, who has
tilled the earth with misery, blood, and ruin.
I have been for ten years a passive victim, bend-
ing my head beneath the yoke 'of this greatest of
despots, and J owe to the" restoration of the reign.
Of the lilies my personal freedom, though I find
nothing around me but poverty and the tears of
my family. You who have Wished to ulcerate
my heart, and to cover my body with marks of
infamy, contemplate your work.
As the, consumpiation of all, yon have seized. •
on the Brice of the history of my misfortunes, and
thus have deprived me of the only means I posh-
sessed rte support myself and my children. My
pOrtiOn now -is despair. But what ‘vhat do I say,
despair ? I ought not to despair; since, I Call
`utter freely my accents in the temple of the laws.
The app,llant, without detailing the facts, which
he reserves for.his reply, prOceeds to explain •hits
reasons to prove the nullity of the divorce ob-
toined by his. It appears that M. Revel had ac-
quiesced in the Sentence of divorce, but this he:
aScribes to the state he was then in, chained in a
prison. 'The.' author then proceeds to state ht
number .ot arguments against the validity of the
divorce, and' the cruel persecution to which he
had been exposed, it appearing that even the books
be had gained as prizes in the course of: his studies
had been exposed to sale, and his unjust coodent-
nation for a crime of which he had not 'been
guilty,
.had been urged by his wife as a ground of
divorce. M. Revel -contends that it is not his
Wife who has obtained the divorce, for that he
married Louise Catharine Eleonore, Denuelle,
while the divorce was obtained by -Eleanor de
Blaigue, and that consequently there could be nu
identity.
The,tribuntl has postponed the cause for eight
days, to have M. Revel's reply to the arguments
on the other side.

M. Revel has summoned his opponent to pro-•
duce several pieces and documents, and among
others the letters ?if the Secretary of the ci-devant
Princess Caroline. Nye think we hear M. Mas-
son reply that there are no such in his possession.