Star.
London, England, 1815-11-17 00:00:00

PARIS, NOVEMBER 10.

PRIVATE LETTFR.
44 The Council of War appointed to try
Ney has excited the liveliest intere,t throtigtmotl4,,,..
The result has surprised even the friends of the Mi.:.
hhal. No one supposed the CoutsA would In.,
ventured to have declared itself incompetent, in
position to the Government; so familiar are
minds of the French to the exercise of absolute
thority in the place of justice and of law. T.u.
President, Marshal Jourdan, is said to he otie of tinr.t
who supported the competency of the Court to pm
ceed with the ttial. The C-nirr, on both day; pre
sensed a spectacle the most solemn and imposiug
was crowded with strangers of the highest
Lord Castlereagh, Lady Castlereagh, Sir C. Stuati,
the Duke of Richmond, with his family, and a grr,
crowd of German °dicers of high rank, deco., ;n
with stars and ribbons, occupied the seatc (ri;
right and L.ft of the bench. 1.1. e rest of the Ci;iir,
was filled tv:th spectat trs, and with it strong body
nation tl guard and wimps (4 the line. All t!,
avenues leading to th: Conti were stroogly
during the two d kys ; the force statint.ea iii u
manner must have amount .d t very near 2 !U'l
The intentio.l to t escue Ney is attrit.uied to tI..
Jacobin party. Ti ere hal been a marked tusk%
change in the tone of thii patty respect:ng Lik
lately : when it was supposed that his I.le wi.uld
oe
spared by the clemency of the Kit.g, they Wile ck.
morous for his hood ; and nnw t IA it is prapriied:t
let instice LA:- its course, th .y t .1k of nothing I) it Lit
valour, his s !vices, and his devotion to Fillr

Thi day, at melee o'clock he made his appeardact
almost the v..l,f.ie auLtienc!! rose Isom their St 46; LA'
ettesence produced a lively sensati and a s:.a7t
p 'us:. followed. The President invited blot to
down in an arm chair placed on a small pla.h.tm, op.
posits to the Members of the Court ; he made a sli.iht
inclination of his body when invited to sit down. ‘l-1;!
wore a simple military frock without facings; he hi,
a piece of crape upon his arm, and also soineth:ng
in the form of a cockade in his cocked:tat; he, at
course, had not the white cockade. lie apiteared :1
good health, and not depressed, though oceatior,.:-..,
agitated.
" He protested against the competence of the Cotet
to try him, with firmness, and in the must limpet*
manner, and after reading his pratest from a writh
;raper, concluded with asking the indul,4ence of t
Court for its Advocate, M. I3,rryer, and sat dote,
with the most perfect rang froid. A long diwissicl:
rook place upon the admission 0f unauthenticatet
papers, which at logigth were rejected by the Coat
Whether it was that M. Berryer had esitausted Lan
self in the memoir already published by
that the pure question of competency did not admi
of thetorical embellishments ; the opening of h.
speech, though extremely pompous and I if) 'tree
produced no very powerful effect upon t:,
Court, or the audience ; his exordium was ,1 tills
imitation of that of Cicero, in his oration It
Milo—a perpetual straining after grandeur, at
exaggerated eul igies of his 'cfelt, and the twee
hers of the collet ; of affected' humility in talking,
his own talents, and of extravagant metaphersdna:
from earthquakes and volcanoes, represented ark:
their vulgar appearances, without a sin;le new p•
perry or pi mimeos!) suggested, tither by :ciente.
or by common 4tion. The treat ot IL%
French orators is, that they frequently atistake sP!'
, boos images, discovered lay researei, for the lidtur
and powerful, though obvious analogies, ti it
produced by the force of real fancy.
" The Marshal withdrew hetiir.,. the quest:on sv
decidt d. Several of the papers red durin4 the :r:
were extremely curious. lc appeared that go:
parte, at Eloa, was perfectly acnit tinted wiel tr,
the scandal of the saloons I P ris ; ne knew a
Madame Berthier had been coldly rec...,,ved by
Duchess d'Anouleme, and retired to her coat
seat. Bonaparte, it appeared, laughed most tt
moderately at Bettlii-r's weari tg a Voltiguer's:obi.
as Captain of the King's .guard.
rattier de Louis XIV. is given to the urd emi4rer
who still retain the dress and principles ot tne ate, -
regime. When he went as Commissioner, he
the King in the grossest terms, said he did nor C".
speak French any better than an Indian, that he nu:
go back to fatten upon English beet ; and that
Duke of Berry was us imolai:, univrogne Anlloia. T:.
Duke of Wellington was not iii Court either day."

The following is a copy of a letter from Guernsc:
dated Nov. 4, mentioning the circumstances at
murder committed in that island :

" A respectable looking man, apparently abot
66 years of age, who stated his name to be TH,:
FOOKES, and that his family resided at Truro, can
here some days since, fur the purpose, as he sod,
contracting for supplying this island and Jersey,*
corn, beef, &c. He resiied at COLE'S Hotel, in
market-place, and whilst there conducted hini!
with great propriety. After breakfast yesterday,
left the Inn re take a walk near Fort George.
the evening before dark, as two men were in a
on the part of the shore towards which he WAS it
posed to have walked, they discovered the Wye!
.man in the water, near the clifF. The water was I
above two feet deep over the body, which they
mediatcly took up, and conveyed to Ow Town H
pital. It proved that of Mr. Foottu, and WAS
milted and opened by the surpecns. A :ever( vre;
appeared an the head, and sev,rr.l brukes on
body ; the surgeons stated, that rtherwise the st
of the body indicated perfect ht alth. There c:it
little doubt that the ticceaced was murdered, roc
and thrown over the cliff, near to %hid! 1:e.
found ; as he was known to lime a pocket hw
watch, and a pair of silver mounted srecocits
nt
possession, none of %hid), nor any money %Our,
were found on the body."

BeAUCHAMP's NamnaTiVs of the IsvastoN
FRANCE.--A Second Edni..n of this important IV,
itas just appeared, consikterably eill.irged. 'rise at
urns consistence wit' Nat.oi.LoN'i clop, meat fr.
Elba and take in every evunt iu socce Jowl]
die Battle of Waterloo, ,11:ch it tti v, • maw(
rtmoaridlsibhieith. ertitoeru.ntkhnelen,,,sieerve.sral
ili of which
taiire 41ctic,71.
wholeoperations lithe Al.ies with the utmost precut.
and what is of equal importance, be ‘‘ iti here disrio
the secret history of those scenes wh.ch have 1"
confounded the sazacity of csisting

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