The Sun.
London, England, 1815-08-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PA PERS,

TRECEIVED Tails ~IORNI G. 7

(Frosts 1114 J.,urual drs Debertsl
.7711',41, OF L4BEI)OYERt.
sECOND COI7NCIL OF WAR:

Pants, Avo. I4.—From nine o'clock in the
morning many strangers of distinction fillea the
Common Hall of the Council of War ; among
them we noticed the Hereditary Prince of .Orange,
the Prince Royal of Wurtemberg, Prince William
of Prussia, and a crowd of persons :Attracted by
extraordinary curiosity.—Colonel nentri de Sa•
vigny presided at the Tribunal.

At eleven o'clock the business commented.—
M. Viotti, the Chapter Reporter, in absence of
the accused, read all the documents relating to the
trial of Charles Angelique Hutchet de Lab&loyere,
aged 29 years. M. 13exon, the Counsel of thO aos-
cum! was present.

The first document was an order frotnLieut.-
Gen. Copnt Matson, dated Stl► August, by which
Sicur Labedoyere isgirenttp to the Second Coun-
cil, as indicted for Treason, Rebellion, and Se-
duction of the Soldiery (Ernhauchage).

The result of the first examination of the cti•
might, which he underwent before M. de Cuzes,
the Prefect of Po.lice,. was, that he had set out
from Riom after the submissi►►n of the corps of
General Execliming, to which be- bac? been at.
taehed although he had not served with it. !rav-
ing arrived at Chartres in a diligence, he there
took a hired carriage which brought him to Paris,
to the houseof Mafia= de Fonteries, the friend
of his family.

the project of the accused was to. 1'4114 refuge
in America; Ire had it) consequence psovitled
kimgelf on the 6th Illy. with a letter of credit on
Philadelphia. for 55,600 frarre4.

IVhen he heard of the Ordinance of the King,
dated the 24th July, Fle found it would be diffi-
cult for him to embark, or evert to escape into
Switzeilanci. Conseventry he came NI Paris,
without any other intention than that of concert-
ing with his tanri'ly-h 3 future plans. " Perhaps,"
fditi the course of the debate, " perhaps r
would bate resolved to give myself up as a pri-
soner, and to appear of my own accord before a
counrir of. WM',

The Prefect asked him, why he had not assum-
ecl the white COCkode, nrcording to the example
of General Excelmaus and his corps ?
accused r,plied, that he travelled in the
dress of a citizen ; but if that lia not been
the case, he would no: line hesitated to wear the
'White cockade.

interrogated as to the events of the. month
Sieur Labedoycre protested that he
•
had no correspondence of any kind %cid) the Island
Efia that.he hail not taken a part in any Club
in which it hatt been proposed to recal 11nona-
pirte. lit troth, he had often heard; vague pro-
pes;th, and some expressions of discontents but
there was no such thing as any determined plot.

Q. Did you participate in the dit.enutents.A.
hilt pxrtieipAke in them, ern some pOints: I had
•
potiung personally ter coenplain of ; 'having- ob-
tainett trothin," from We Mot, but having dune
nothing for him. .
Q. What could have made you determine to
violate your oaths to_the King, and to join Boo-
naparte in nvOrturning the Government of his
?—A, That win rnahe u part of my de=
{®nee before the Council of War.

ilils-eitathination the prisoner was simply in
cap city (if a military Man. Before the Cap.
tain-rcrotter be assumed the character of a Cc,
neral Officer, of an Whet:reit the Legion of Ho-
nour, and of an Officer tif;he lron Crown. The
following ate sante pesesiges from this document

-t, Why ttd you deNiguate yourself as a General
Oircer !...A. According, to the rank- that was
girth me on the 2011, MArch last by !be Emperor.
I did eat-know the Ordonnluee of the wing, wbidb
decreed concerning caws in' the same situation
as mystic.

Q. Gen. Deviltiert, oil the 7th of March, made
kepteseittations to pfeyent fidm joining Boo-
thii arte. Ii reminded you of your family ties—
thu interest of the Country I was dgtermined
by the interest Of my, country, such as it appeared
to me, hi the then existing state of things.

Q. Are you the author of aProclarnation of the
Regiment of tile iitie to its lirdther soldiers
A. Yes; the ith and II th Regiment of the hue,
the 4th Of hussars; the 4th of Itoo:s7qttillery; and
the 3d of tice sappers, haring tnade'addrelses, the
Major-Gen. (Liertrand) invited me to make one
too.

The ectused :it 'the etid of this eitamivatiou
!did, " I should require tti coil, 1s irittieses, all
ttlo,e persons who could gl,;.e exact details 76-
specting the circumstances which preceded and
followed that act. The law'allow• witnesses to be

tteartl for tl.e 've'rifiration of facts; i 063 it not
afford facilitiet 'to hear evidence inculpatory and
exculpatory 'C'Onc'e'rnitiit the legitimacy of an Oct ?"
Aftet the reading of these dm:watt-As, the RC.
cased was brought into 'Court. The following is
an extract from the eiiiiiiination which he'under-
-vent from tht rresidtat

Q. IVIto appciated you Ca 14660 of the 7th re-
giiiitot of the line ?.—A. 1 w4s appointed by the

Q. 'You neirei• had ?the Cross of St. Louis ?
A. Never.

Q. What standard did you receive as Colonel I
—A. A white standard:

Q. Did not all the Officers of the regiment take
the oaths to that standard ?—.A. I imagine so : I
was not there.

Q. By whose order did your regiment quit the
ramparts of Graioalc on the 7th March ?—A. Icy
my order.

Whe3 did you give back your regiMent the
Eagle ‘vbic:ll your servant brought from Cham-
.
bery ?—A. After going otit from the laubourg of
Grenoble. It was an Eagle which bad been pre,
served. in a boat as a curiosity.,.because it had been
borne with honour in the Spanish war.
Tire accused again insisted on being allowed to
call witnesses concerning the circumstances Which
preceded the event which had hurried him on to
an inconsiderate step, and which made his con-
duct excusable.—The Council directed that he
"should immediately pass to the hearing of the wit-
nei'ses appointed.

de Agoutt, Major-General of the. Body
Guards, Fiettl-MarshAl Mes-srs, Aniku,
Advocate of Grenoble ; Bouret Gagnon de Croy,
Maximi, a Royal. volunteer ; anil Saint Aland,.
brat substitute to the King's Attorney at G-rt-
noble, successively made their deposhrons.
One of them declared, that by ordai. of Sienr
Lketloyere, a drum having been turn ap,
loured cockzhes were taken out of it, w7tich 1 part
of the 1014idrs of the 7th Regiment innnediately
wore, after the example of their Colonel. The
Eagle'of the 7th Regt.whiich the accused had cans-
ecit'a be brought from Charnhesy in a box. in which
it was lierrr, was taken out at the moment of the
defection of the regiment, and was placed at the
end of a 100 brands of willow. This troop
In-arched to shouts of rive l'Emperew. How -
ever, Gen. Devillivrs suceee.led in retaiuing about
sixty men, and brotight them hick to Grenoble.
This General remained in the city till the moment
when Lahecloyc-re entci-cd: it, ez.t4tz-itti; taie 3tat• LO
ke cut down with aAm

M. de Saiut•4larul gave his evidence iv.. these
tV Ord S.

irl hale heard that the course of condtret
adopted by the accused was premeitated. At a
meeting of Officers at Chambery, toasts were
drunk to the King akyd his august Family.. Co.
lonel Labeiloyerc answered by a toast which hp.
peared very equivocal. When the event took
prace, this fact ‘vas recollected, and the inference
was, that he was in the secret of Buonaparte.—
The care with which he had preserved lm eagle
was no less suspected."

M. Viotti, the captain-reporter,' resumed the
debate, with a clearness and nntthod which would
have done honour to a practised Magistrate. , tVe
.made some notes of this speech.
" The acts with which the accused is charged
are of the very first rank among the crimes which
for a time-deprived France of her King, occasioned
the invasion of our country, placed the kingdom
orythe,verge of a precipice which the most pierchv
eye could not measure wicked attempt against
the King, a wicked attempt against the Nation,
disregard of the most solemn oaths, contempt of
the most sacred duties pi—all these characters arc
evinced by the conduct of the superior Officer who
now stands before us.

" The issue of this trial cannot by dubious.—
Nevertheless, attact►ing Isis cause to some-politi-
cal and moral considerations, the actuse4 seems
to hope that he can escape the jndg►uenti of con-
deinnafion.

" You ha►e already weighed all the tneans of
defence of which he can avail himself k will,
therefore, only be for the sake of not omitting
any part of the duties of my office, that, after the
succinct setting forth of the charges, I shall dis-
cuss the divers allegations of the accused

.: He pretends, ttot to justify, at least
to excuse his conduct by asserting motives of pub-
lic interest, Thcaccused must be awt•.nte that those
tribunals, solely established lot the tuaintesksuccof
discipline in the army, cannot extend theft
nation to political consideration '. . 4' Looting
at thcannals of armies, is it not seen that Gene-
rals barb paid the-forfeit of their lines for disobe-
dience followed even by vic►ory ?

" If it were necessary to estimate crimes by
their consequences, let Colour) LahedOyete Itiok
arotnul him ; let him see our departments itowed
tkiwil beneath the weight of the armies of our

&esitties ; hit, loot at the situation of France,
and then indge himself!
" lie alletlges the public disposition. But the
11 th regiment of the line w•as in ti;e s ttne karvi-
son with the 7th. The di =positions of the soldiers
inutit have been similar. Notwithstanding the
Ith regiment remained at its post on the ram-
part, it did not follow the impulse of the 7th, and
it was soon removed from Grenoble, conducted by
its leader.

" But even if the disposition of the men had
been such as it is wished to represent it, was it
not for the honour of Colonel Labedoyere to have
resisted, at the peril of his life, all enterprizes
contrary to the interests of his Majesty's service
It was over his corps that the troops of Buona-
parte should have passed to arrive at Grenoble.

" Let it not be &aid that where the number of
the guilty is so great, that an universal pardon
is just awd necessary. Here is one of the foremost
among the guilty, who led away many others to
become his accomplices. Is it from the extent of
the disasters that the crime can be justified.
" I conclude that the .accused be declared guilty
of treason and- rebellion, but not guilty as to
seduction."

hr. de Bexon, the Counsel for the accused, said,.
in a few words, that the defence of his client
cOnifl not be better flaced than itt the mouth of
the ratter, and that he would% ab,tain from all
pleading.

The aeenised pleading, hi!} own cause, delivered
a written speech, and, in a pathetic exoraunt,
called the interest of hi.s judges to the d..fplorable
lot of a wife, the model of every; virile, and of a
son, to whom he. Was, threatened with leaving the
inheritance of indelible shame.

" No, Gentlemco," added he, ". I !Tatter my-
self that it shall not .be. so. I may be deceived, I
11111 y have allowed myseff to be carried away by il-
lusions, by tveolicetions ; tnv co-tintrylnay ha,ve
spoken to inc in el.;oneric;;l language..
" t have not engaged in any plot against ,the
lionflkon's I have served the King honc-s-tly.
Commandant of the 112th reg,nenz,, I was ap-
pointed Colonel of tile ith, in which I found some
of those brave men who with myself had made the
campaign in

" Nripoicon lancled : I :d!owci tflyseli: to bc
led a:o•ray ill a nicjaient ut entk4l.3:w,,ln.

itra ba.ve believed that my cotwltty
NVOtlld IIaVC to) Struggk
all. the Sovereigns of Lairop:. itty,:c•lt
to be, cattivi :ixra-y by flit; m:ivcii of tlle public
TI;-:re existed tilt alfit:At getitrAl (ii>con-
tellt. 1 dared, iti that reTect, to veal, Illy v..hole