Star.
London, England, 1815-09-05 00:00:00

MARSHAL. NET.

The following is a sketch of the exculp.ttory state-
ment which has appeare4.l it Vei behillf 01 Mar.
skull Ney :
It begins by expressing some wonder at the change
that has taken place in public opinson relative to Ney.
a What sudden and tetreule change has taken place
in opinion with respect rn Marshal Ney !
Down to March, 1815, his name, rendered illus-
trious by twenty-five years of eminent services and
brilliant exploin, was dear to the country. The very
aternies of France admired in him the great Captain,
all allowed him is much generosity in his sentiments
AS bravery and skill at the head of armies."
The Expo, then proceeds to state the number of
tattles he has been concerned in, and the humanity
with which he always conducted himself—to 'hew
that he had no Motive for engaging in any conspi-
racy, that he had reached the highest dignities, and
had as much property as he warned.
a When one speaks of conspiracy one iinmediately,
connects with it meetings of indirabuds, secret con-
ferences, midnight mysteries.
a Where was Marshal Ney long before she MT
unexpected news arrived at Paris of Bonaparte'slanti-
ing
a It was more than • month since, fatigued by the
conversations kept up in the drawing-rooms of the ,
Capital, he had retired to his estate, near Chatean-
drun, thirty leagues 'from Paris. There be bred
quite isolated, wlthont any correspondence or cont.
mastication that associated him with political combi.
nations, with which it is well known he was quite
unacquainted. •
a On the 6th of March he received, in his retire-
ment, a letter from the War Minister, 4404 the sth,
which was brought him by an Aid-de-cinip. The
Minister ordered the Marshal to proceed in all haste
to the sixth Military Division, the government of
which was entrusted to him.

66 The Minister entered into no explanation oct the
cause of that order; not a word was said rtspecting
Bouaparte or his re-appearance. The ollicer, who
himselt knew nothing of it, conversed with the Mar-
only on the i.leasttres of the Capital.
6• inifileUi.arly on the receipt lot this order, tbe
Marshal c..mmtnced his journey for h.s destination.
1-le passed through Paris, when: he teamed the land-
, ing of Banapaite. Early on the morning of the 7th
of March the Marshal called on the Doc de Beni,
and after witr,is on the Minister for the War Depart.'
silent. Both gave him season to apprehend that he
could riot possibly obtain an opportunity of taking
leave of the King. They advised him to depart
without loss of time. The Marshal, however, resol-
ved to compensate for one or two hours of delay by
sacrificing so lunch of his rest, and persisted in wait-
ing until he could have the honour of being admitted
to his Majesty.
66 Why this earnestness ? It certainly was not, as
has been reported, for the purpose .f asking from his
Majesty employment in the expedition against Bonn.
pane, or to solicit a command. The Marshal was
active service, and urged cven by the letter of the
Minister to proceed tO his post. The 'Marshal did
not come to offer hipletlf ; he obeyed the oidefs which
called him.

" At the august aspect of the Monarch. all of
wilosetraits breathe bowl', the Mashal. elettriSed
t)y the flattering words in which his Majesty etas
pleased to address Mop, vtarnilY
grettici the
.014hade With which 'all 'milt* to (*ca.
pied. Those *IW koow.the tioufbf his liberal sculpt

and die promptitude of his language in seconding it,
never would mistake for falsehood nr sttatagem any
thing which the Marahal may h4va said to the King
even in language holdlyjigulative. Could duplicity
have induced hint mutter such accents, it would havi

led to no advantage.
" Tins is the place f decidedly contradicting a
calumny directed against Marshal Ney, with the view
01 for ever discrediting him.
• " lit lias.been invented and cisculated with affec-
tation in public, that on his departure the King or
tiered bins a sum. according w bi true of 'fi've hundred
thousand, and, according to others, of from fit to
seven, and even eight hundred thousand francs, to se-
cure as far as possible his frdeiity.
r 46 This is a falsehood. It is net true th.it either
the King or any of his. Ministers ordered Marshal Ney
either 500,000 francs or any sum whatever. On this
point he invokes with the most respectful confidence
the testimony of his Majesty.
" Nevertheless thii false and injurious insinuation
has hitherto been generally credi!ed.
" On leaving the King, the Marshal repeated to
his family and his friends the sante language he lead
held at the Tauilleries. He mounted his cairiage,
and set net for lleSeecOtto All the Maralials, all the
General Officers were already at their posts. ne

had no idea and no opportunity of forming a cor.ceit
with any one."
The Expose proceeds to state, that Ney found Be.
sancon quite bare of troops; that the Duke de Maine
on the Ilth of blotch ialarmed him of the troops at
~Grennlsle having gone over to Bonaparte, and that
the latter miAht.lie able to enter Lyons on the llth.
He (Ney) resolves to repair to Lons.le.Satilnier. He
writes to Sucher that it was unfortunate Bonaparte
had not been attacked. Nay's tore. consisted only of
four regiments, withcut a single piece of artillery.
The Expose then states the dispositions he ma*, and
the letter he wrote to Oudinot to hasten the arrival
of troops —44 We are on thr cIV of &great revolition.
It is only by cutting up tie evil by the roots that we
shall hope to avoid it." His advanced guard passed
over to &rtapatte. At L. ons the tro. ps remained
inactive. He found Winged in the centre of-
section. His army was alienated from him, and
threatened him if he prevented their going over to

Bonaparte. . . .
"Jw the night between the 19th and 14th March,
emissaries from Bonaparte came to the Marshal:
they found him in extreme agiiirtior, in a kind- or
derangement of mind, accessible to every impression.
and trembling for the fate of Fraiee. They were
bearers of a letter from General Bertrand, which CT.
cibly described to him, the nullity of his position and
the certainty of Bonaparte's success.
411. According to this letter, Bonaparte had con-
certed his euterprizt with Austria, through the me-
dium of General Kohler. _

" England had also favoured his escape from Elba.
" Murat, triumphant, was advancing with rapid
trides to the North of Italy, to shake hands with
his hrothet.in-law. The Itussian troops had returned
to their distant cantonments.
• Prussia, single-handed, could not measure swards
with France.
44 In vain would M.irslial Ne 7 have attempted re.
sistance : the means were no longer in his rover. It
was the Sib. Litatestanis and commie adiftwo who hewed
bath Besuparte; an assertion which the latter has
twenty times confirmed since.
N If Marshal Ney had 'succeeded in keeping up

_
the focus of an opposition army. whet would GAYS!
been the result t France would have been given up
to ail the !ninon of a civil war.
66 These last words completed the triumph over the
Marshal's best resolutions.
After some attempts Lt) excuse this step, the Ex-
pose ptoceeds:
14 Befernrepairing to Aux-rre, the Marshal drew
up hastily a long series of grievances, which WAS to be
read to Bonaparte. It began with the severest qua-
lifications and the bitterest reproaches:
" I am not conic to join you (s Lid he in substance)
either from respect ior attachment to your person.—
Ton have beep the tyrant of my country ; you have
titht soma, into all familirs, and despair into se.
yaw hate disturbed the peace of the whole
world. &c. Shear, then, since fate has recalled you,
that your ink future study will be to repair the evils
you have inflicted on France; that you will render
the people happy. I call upon you to take up arms
only fur the maintenance of our limits, and Dever
time to pass them for the purpose of attempting
useless conquests, On these conditions. I re.
nuance opposing your projects. I yield in order to
preserve my country front the distractions with which
it is menaced, &c.
66 Bonaparte submitted to every thing demanded
by the Marshal, and. even promised much more for
the prosperity Of Fiance.'?
SJon after Bonaparte's return to Paris. the Mir.,
• shat retired to his estate, not disgraced, as was said,
but because he was soon undeceived respecting the
false assertions given by Bonaparte of a speedy cum-
, position with the Powers.
66 For one anitnent Marshal Ney conceived the
•Isispe of sisatchiag hie oeitatry from the calamitiesut
tuieign war—his expectation was disappointed on-the
18th June. tie immediately returned to Paris. And
in what disposition t We may judge by the frank
and vigorous declaration he made in the Chamber of
Peers on the 22.1 of Juae."
66 Bonaparte Salt by one of his Ministers an auda.
cloudy lying message to the Chamber. [hit Marshal
Ney was there with his inflexibility of character—too
boned a man to compound with his conscience—too
much the friend of his c.untry to sulfa it to be
abused by fresh lies. He declares opclay that the
'lBth of June has left nu other i a.tertiative but lt.At of
speedy submission.
" 'That it his open proposal had been followed, it
on the 'l2d of June it had been oecreed to negoci..te,
e negociation conformably to the Treaty signed at
Vienna- on the 25th of Match sty all the Powers,
would have restored the King sootier to his people.
Antl who knows it is that case the French terri-
tory waned have been occupied by so many foreigners,
and such great evils thus turned aside r
Alta stating that the public good was always his
guide; the Exposaconclodes at follows :
44. Such, without any disguise, pis the conduct of
Marshal Ney sittfe'lhe month of March, 1815. Does.
Were frslllt ifolll.ll, we do nut sa/ the prejudice, thait
se 'ha 's' Coqunitted the odions crime of treason, but
even ft teal mum! degradation Z 'All crime, in tb,

legal acceptation of the void, mimes premeditstN,
or interest more or less prevailing. The crime of ova.
son consists of long, .successive efforts, of cowara,
and perfidious combinations.
An error of the moment, the effect of an un.
heard of concurrence of the most strange loci fetus
an error of which one sees in the principle a sentiment
praise,worthy in itself, but ill directed—in short,
trim which served the usurper in nothing, which pr,
tited nothing to the person committing it —is well a',
et nor any other than &feral
Is it not then allowable for Marshal Ney to cal.;
to his support that lodgment pronounced thy the Mu.
north on such of his subjects as were misled Are
the itartigaiori of the disorder, she authors cf tie plot,
formed in favour of Bonaparte, those whom his Ma.
jest, first consigned to the ven.reance of the law,
is It is proved that, far from having f 'rated 4:.!
conspiracy, Marshal Ney, notwithstanding his faul.,
had entered into none r that he was sincere in his I,i ~
mists to the Kings that he only yieldtal to the Mc.
sistilde influence of the safety of she State, which wat
in his opinion compromiied by an impending civi,
war; that his litads remained pure, his character 4.
dependent aad inaccessible to all the sediacti ins of
personal interest; that the first moment it was p is: .
ble to repair his error, while there still was danger
pronouncing Against the Usurper, and in favour o;
the legitimate Sovereign, tfae M irshal did trot he,;
tate Ao lay open his whole soul, and to e.,te
Frame should adopt the course of siemiissiiica.
41 All what fatal exception then is M 4414,1 Ney
treated as a criminal I He was certainly fat Itom.
expecting web an occurrence w hen in the 1 uc instant,
woe place to which he Is.sd retired Was
To have concealed himself, or to have fi.:d, woulc
have been easy ; but both tit. se :ourses were sepal;
nant to his heart. With the calito‘ess of a conscwoce
or.,m which honour never was bawshed. the Mara,.
offered himself to ouse charged to secure his person ,
a last act which completes the a;,preciation of hi.
character, and which attests his conti,tence in th in.
6titUtiOn‘ by which he is to be judged."

GFRIVAN PAPERS.
AUGUS I' to.
01 have now been for some time in thh Babylon
and find it just the same as evert just as full of non.
dirt, dissoluteness, and stage tricks, as it was devil
years ago when I first visited it.
" Pali and the French remain ever the same ; and
it is doing these worthy people wroeg to say Oa'
they change. They are just as amusing as ever, tun
every thing into a joke, and have now pablished
Dictionary of Weathercocks, which alwws who
Iplaces every Senator, General. Legislator, Repro
bentative, kc. has had since 1789,. bar: eaten he
changed his opinion, and what he has said at dale.
rent petiods in praise of the Republic, iii praise u
Bonaparte, and in praise of the Bourbons. The
editors reckon .themselves among the weathercocks.
they say, • it is, however, in good society; one is ir
company with All ate people in ME, e.'
▪ What does not please the French is, the ma;
foreign guests who lodge with them.
• ritey ask 4 wherefore this I tout le monde es.
tranquille, et le petit coquin est parti pour Ste. He
lene.'—They are nut at all edified at reading in tin
newspapers that a Russian army is passing the Ellie
at Dresden, that the D mos have passed at kiaatbargh,
and that our King raises 60,00 d men of the
wela.
“ When we tell them that all those are to go its:
cantonments here, they exclaim, that it will cause;
tamine and a rev iltition : that we must conseker etc
wen interest. When we answer, that we Gertnar.
.know what war is, that we know how much a vwr
try could bear, that with us the taxes last year seal.
lowed up the whole revenee of the estates, And that
peopie must not complain till they had had troops
ran toned among them for five or sit months togs•
Cher, then they are silent.
•' S officers of our Landstnrm are bps it
thtir man dress. There they had not yet seen
and believed that these were new nations that were
coming against them from the land of Dog ast4
Magog. they enqiiired what was the meaning of
the cross upon their caps ? and being told that it inifi
cafes a crusade of all the nations of Christendns
against them, they seemed to think that France migli
At last be overpowered. What gives them still sonic
courage is, that they have all the fortresses : but (la
Allies besiege them. This they cauuot conceive.
.‘ The King's Allies besiege the King's fortresses!'
When they are among themselves they say, that die
Allies are worse than Bonaparte ; they had declare..
they made war only upon him and his adherents, am:
not upon France;—sow he is beaten, .uhi the way
dissolved, and yet the hostilities continue. They
poor creatures, were as innocent as we, of the returt
of the Scekrat or the Farb. Irons Elba I Wait couIG
they have done against the army ? Qf the 2Q9'l°('
electors only 7,600 were present at the elections; thui
ail the elections were null, the law requiring half th,
voters to be present, and Bonaparte's Chambers wW
not the Chambers of the people.
The uncoetainty in which they are, corer...nisi
what the Alliva really inteu.l, and that they aillc
all declare tlie.r intentions, istakcs tnem very unhappy
and they fear the worst ; namely, that the Engle
will take the fortresses in Flanders fir Brabant;
the Germans, Alsace and Lorraine, for:Austria, an.
that Austria will give up its part of Poland to A:6
ander, and between Prussia and Austtia a conven
dun will be brought about, by which Saxon)! Will
again united, and, after the death of the present Kai.'
come to Prince William of Prussia. •
.• Their hopes are placed upon Talleyrand's
ti
telity, which they hope will hinder tilt), and diss.ii•
the coait.ian.
" They fear that if all these partitions and cessii
are effected, and all the private interests of the A.
lies so adjusted, they most give up all hope et wan.:
theta quarrel among themselves.
They like the English the best; at least dus
praise them the most. They have a great respect
Wellington, and expect much from his inflamer
the Allies. As Wellington is a man of a frAnif 4".
open character, with a high sense of honour, dki
gtotetl tur a strict adherence to his word, [lO 011,_.
this may save them, as he will never agree to
change at au iota oil the declarations of Vienna,
athietiopdr;rwiionfig:teuposet viuircl.lterliChncemallyabelleYcroannsiddehreAddli:::
stiosnoicce of ho efilvionratis valivirs 4 in &Ct.
say
French diplomacy as never iu a more difficult sit"'
*-..

than at Vienna after the tOth or Match, bet
nsver did it display such ability and superiority,
,our main; It UT attitude imposante ; and this
• y
• ,t • eat i; el y to the great statesman who* wits at
heAd of the French embassy.
For some time past they do not like the Res-
so vigil As they did; they had. reckoned that
klerander would he magnanhnous, and not let them
pay .tity thing ; but the heavy requisitions which the
kaa,ian Intendants now lay on them for the Russian
root have, as they say, opened their eyes. The ad.
litysttation ,if the Austrian Intendants is also not to
ibtir liking; but, however, they prefer them all to
ns I c.ianot yet find out the cause of this hatted
orexallei::...' It almost seems to me, that it iii be.
close our mou..rchy is of such recent date, and so
la', which mike them so angry, that the troops of
the 6 marquis of Brandenburg profane the capital of
the Kings of Trance.' They think that if England
u,ll Russia would only declare themselves. neutral,
they ,hould thee be a match for the Germans, and
both those Powers they think have reason'to wish
1::at Fiance may not be more weakened than it is.
pt • oar troops they relate the great:st excesses.
I.t one „trims on the spot they are found to be
Os, FrtITTI • St. Qaintin to Paris they told me all
vas pillaged, the itthabitants had fled, and nothing
cb to be Wand. I therefore took. the precaution of
cuiti„it some provisions in my carriage ; and how did
'find things ? On the whole road there was not a
rice of war, except here fuss's there a bivtuac in the
olds; and ptitilapi half- •dosen solitary 'hosiery*
rouse inhabitants sit re Aed, and the doors and Win-
ems ► f which beets broken open by the soldiers
t.) look for provisions. Every where the people were
the vaiges pe iceably following their business.
What pretty stows ale told and believed of us the
illoannr may ser vf• as a specimen, I have it from a
frenclouan, otherwise a very sensible man, whose
ilowledge of the; mathematical and physical sciences
'should be very happy to possess.
In the battle of Belle Alliance, the English car-
ted off from the field first their own wounded, and
ten the French. Our tiralicurs, however, opposed
do, and said, if they did not let the fellows lie they
raid fire upon them. Upon this Lord Welltiwon
vote to 'hitcher, asking what kind of conduct this
vas; and that if he .hid not keep his troops ita order,
le would fire u;atn them with grapeshot. Lord
Vellington teas 59 di.pleased with the conduct of our
taps, that he had declared to a person of tank, that
Idris cantioned he would separate, and even give the
battle of La Belle Alliance another name.'

N I; you ask a Frenchman now, what is your only
aasolaiioa ha answers, the hope the Allies will
(petrel. If they continue to agree, and all remains
sit is, 'T. ea they will leave France.' rhey can.
se bear to live in a country so profaned by the,pte.
vice of strangers, who walk so proudly over their
heads. To this I say, they may console themselies
• us; Germany had also been long prolane.d by
the presence of strangers, who also walked proudly
Rer our beads. To this they are silent. Yet they
',willingly say, as they did three years ago, • But
you are only Germans.
" Last year they said tr,o, ' One has but to speak
!reach to make the Germans tremble.' Now they
do not say so ; thcy find that such arrogant words do
oat fall to the ground. r
%Last year they said—, The strangers oil enteeing
thecapstil, trembled at the sight of their own tn.
mph,' They feel now that the strangers quarter
Ccr;;.tives so comfortably, to let them see that they
do not tremble at their own triumphs.
" List week the Minister at War and the Minister
Li P.,14:e connived at the entrance of a great number
t; french officers and soldiers into the city, perhaps
all ;'),000. Outs saw many more, of them in the
L:reos d.an ot me English and Prussians. There
:s au appearance of tumult in the city, and a little
?evolution was expected. Their Excellencies probe-
CionAlit to eae the High Allies by this proceed.'
Alcxll)2er, however, immediately applied the
fight retneci. He nude 30,000 chosen troops enter
the city, tertewed them, and lug now quartered them
ter?. I.:ow, all the arrogant ideas ot the Parisians
ate become quite tame, since they have seen 12,000
rtl3s I. au grmaciicrs in a line "upon the Boulevards,
:.7id you may wind them round your finger, so patient
are 111(1.
" They are very angry with the Rhemiek Mercmry,
uloich indeed they know only from the extracts given
m likaparte's time. Now they get no more from it
than frown the other German Papers."—( Rhenish
;I:rcioy.)