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London, England, 1815-11-22 00:00:00

ADDI rioNA a. NOTE.

The Duke of Wellington, in a private audience grar.e rstr r•
day (Nov. t 3) to Madame Ney, gave as the ground- for rise dis-
pneiiion in which he was persunally n.it to iinertere the •
process of the Marsiwl—
" 4liat hls the King of fiance bad nut rallied the
Convention of the Ltd Its), ;
" That the stl7.eiation written in the twe'l.h Article expresced
only the termite:at ion of the 1-ii,.!:l),:evisrs, on chile own
of proceed.ng against any env in fr..me fin his conduct or pots-
icJl opinions;
"j runt they had rothing then to do with the acts of the Kioj's
Government."
Madame la Marechale Ney cannot t eliere that this first
manifested nylon the UM Arivle of the Convem hint
o the 8d July, can b: definitively maintained in the conic.
fence of the Pittnipotentiarie.
In effect, in the ateacks and invasion purely foreign of a con-
queror, the enemy who penetrates into a country busies himself
la no wise with the trouhl,s that may have brukeit out in It, and
dt does rea full within the order of capitulations, that those of a
certain y shall nut be preceeded aping. It is then because in
t pre-cut occurrence the war was special, and for the pacilica-
t on of the interior, that they thuty,ht of stipulating it its terms
of amnesty.
he Kinz, say they, has not ratified it; bin the ratification has
;teen stiffizient, her the taking of possession followed fruit it. The
co.iditlii of the besieged cannot be cha:ll;ed afterwards, unless
thing- be re-established ,tats cuO.
Ills !Ugliness has not suffi:ient ly con.idered what ought to be
essentially considered, that tnis Lab article was the subject of a
discussion between here nigUilt and Prussian Commissioners.and
the Commissioners of the French army, and that it was well tin.
derstood that this stipulation took place on account of the King,
•and tun on account of the Allied Armies, who hid no positive
interest to act against such er such party.
That the article is consented to in the name and common in-
terest of all the tlllte 1 Mowers, an interest indivisible, and which
the two Treaties of the 13th anti 25th of March, designated as
being principally that of his Majesty the; King of France.
That it will not be meddling in the Acts of the King's Govern-
ment to real to his Majesty, engagements made in his name, en-
gavitit nis which his Ministers forget; which individuals pro-
ceeded against clai n, awl of which it becomes the dignity of the
High rowers that the effect should not be null.
in all cases, since his Higimeis alloys that the Mel
Powers are at least bound themselves by a rewniciat!on, what
they to think at being mole to appear as conjuring and re.
quiring the trial of Marshal Ney ?
Is it not the first thing they nue!it to do in such a c,,rjle.ci.are
to disengage speedily the balance of criminal justice of this
ttttt is weight ? _ _ .

NOTL.-- Duplicate: of these two documents havt• bc.-n sent to
the Mime Regent of Englat:d and to the P into Minister=their
answer is expected.

A FEW QUESTIONS ON
THE PROCEAIINGS AGAINST MARSHAL NEY,
DISEKIBUTF.D ALONG WI I B Tilt ABOVE,

66 6 What our reason recommends to us as the most advisable,
Is generally for each to follow the laws of his country. It was
the advice of Socrates, inspired, as he said, by Vivine counsel
Yet what does it mean, unless that our duty has no other law
than fortuity ? Amongst us I have seen, what was a capital
crime become lawful; and we are even, according to the uu
certain tortune of war one day, crinuLal of Irge majeity, human
anti divine, aml our restice tailing at the mercy at I.iiiistice, an.:
in the -pace of a fe.v years ut po,sessiou, taking a contrary es-
once. What, the., will philosophy say to us in such exigencies,
. that we should follow the laws of our country ?---that is to say,
that floating tea ut the opinions of a people, or a prince, who
will paint you Justice of u many colours, and change her to as
many torms, as there are in these changes of passion."
Wane, lib. ii. ch. 12.
" A man,,whis fur 23 years has never ceased to combat at the
brad of our armies—whose name is attached to all the deeds of
arms which have rendered our country illustrious—whose valour
and military genius is admired by all Europe—who trom a pet-'
vat, soldier, without intrigue, and without wounding envy,
arrived, by his own merit, at. the highest national dignities, the '
pupil, the comrade, the rival of Klebers and the Moreaus,
ithe father of lour ohilcires, on whom the country may found the

justest hopes, can he be regarded as merely a tonsmon nice
cured ?
" At what retied is he tried ?
" Is it uut at a moment weten all the keit:7.'o4i
tract public opinion ?
" Is th;• case provide.' against b; any Jew f
" Ansi when he shall be treated Lt a It:lei...re ; r r v.
will be the result ?
" Win the friends of the King be mere rutin: r i•ve cr!l.!
contented more re ,ietie I?
"1 Willa, example of this nature change the. !use r ro.r is
jug the eettial spiestion ?
" If it were possible that this; Moorhen w:oeln- sieee.
condenincd to lusts les life, as soon as hi h gteriee• t.e. 7
be crowned with the eleties of Death, weald there 11:1; ..:1,1:
eeesal *regrets
" The *inside recoil-aloe o' the losesort al were= of Gw
where less than 2e.0.J0 mete orieved test tire:l.:etc I
wen* Russians; of Portueel, who re date roe e
Ley defeated, fur cleveti days, the talents of Viteliaron
hustled the whole An oguese army ; of !/wee.;,
so sneer French owed th lives th this. Lite •e
el ,
bettle, will it not reed' louder thee the error. et
us •
bo.v reproached, or ttoe. claatuers of Th..! sp. , •
" Is it lint prnve•l by the treilitteet• ty 'tete; Iy ,
most worthy of credence. that the cend.,o of leier
the I4th Martel, etreetece.ttiw retest in i•r:, are ;4
devotion to the C. 411,0 of •!e4:
hitter* to Mareterh %diet end feediret. te• 1 e:
Miter at War, do they leave Ow least detest et, Olt r. st.
" Is not a single elenee_ at the just& eery lop , •
ryes., 111131541L01AS as it is, sulh:eicat to kl.,:iV;I:Ce the
j•ndie. hl ?
" Arriving at I.ons le Saelnicre ha the midst of • • „,-;
faith we+ siisken, surrounded by iiisureections aes . .
ports, without guide, wi host counsel, witted..., 'ewe
Court, thinking hitneelt Efate.! on a sudden hew,.
try, which Is always the sante, ate! Princes whet. : •
se lung slisputtele what ovate he utelerteLe aya.at 1'.4
elreatly farther advanced nearer to Path. than hire •
ITsurper, whose mareh was but a sort of treeteek
noble even to Chalons, whose approach eloue eta
ileiiri mu from Amigo even to Dijon, and In all she sue
pens. That Usurper, in Wet, whim' the cirirt. of i•
eisileruished afters, the voice of hlaclunstd, and Vie
even ol the King's llruthsr, was unable to arrest UP:
moss
his curse ?
" Attacked in tee Wee by s:dsctlons, by laterite...is, !
ning, and by unforeseen artuments which he tie% t.
t,) cor.Vadit, ptei-ed by all the recullccu•ni, of lii, .:c
lions with Napoleon, su'olo,:ate.l by the ascendancy
cious Man whom the hove, eiers tit thl Ltr /1 :I
they homage, compelled sod !telly to decide teessee
fortunes of a civil war, which all wished to avoid, the e.
Sovereigns whom ne one succ.eled In de tendin.e a vi. •
fuse, ot an irresistible fatality, toe uafortunite Ney,
fail to yield and tank tooleeth 1114: weleht ut a suar.i,ii
a Intranet ?
" Did he not throw himself in ► the torrent draw:, .1
all France, daezied by is fatal metre: wliath tude.• .
utr horizon ?
" Co: Id he alone attempt a useless resistance wie.e.
remounted around him ?
" You who now are so /oud in proclainsieg you
your %miaow fideley—ye Royalists aft the NthiA,
vi Franche-Comte, of Paris, what. did you d.a ..1 .
circumstances ?
" In the elplosion of your sentiments; was t solely
towards the conduct of a single individual'
" Would it be generous to by on a stn; it ineivi!ud
tponsibility of an error which each of you wale Late
to prevent ?
''Who fired a stnire muatet before or after the preen
feriae of Marshal Ivey ?
" All t!.e acts of atitie4en so prodie 01; riven :a 7:c:
are they to he accounted no lung sat the poletcal ',their, I
" be Kin himself, surrounded by his military Lot
and the most ard,•nt ot his serums, master of tee Kepi
the rtsourees of Government, elle he nut cianose the pi
treating to save his petiole from Cie fury ot a civil %set ?
" Was the 14th of March the mument fur conrnoele,
war at loins k Suithaer with four reiinart:ts, rather that
tun with an army o: Royal Nr olunteers and chosen woo,.
" What was the reward reaetved by Mersitel >ley tot
duct, said to be so tweed to the Diverge, an.l which is cos
ed its the most odious tends
" Was not displeasure and exile his recompence, from
he was only recalled to the field of death in the Plants
glum ?
" What d'd lie say to the Chamber of Peers in his IA:.
&Twister n' G-neral Police, to defend the cause of B in
the enter„olie with which MS endeavour to essecitte hi::
" is lit pot ahvas, Me same person only knew,
conduct, who °tee loves hi: country, wile hue aIA
voured to preserve tier pesee and integrity ?
" How many :etersitels of France ha. e seen deist
to the sword of the Is there one w:ie hr: bad to
himself on so many vari e toes in the form of Government,
the receut return of tit L.eira.:loe Princes? 1. it I:4! an -
without a parent' in our Maori for a 'teemed ye:.ri !
" Lite wrong comnutted by Marshal N .y, was it eat
luntary error 1 Was he not bewildeted i:y a f.es'•eoe‘ee
extraordinary conitetiations? What r welt atit, pie
moment when he ceased to be Tankful to Ito dory to ,h•
" Does not his ulterior cuaduet prove the ienuce:
heart ?
" All France submitting to the irresloible fellatio
same causes, did it slot justify, by its aeprehetion and
the audidry of the Usurp:: ?
" If the addresses ot the C. vil and Military Actitnriti
Deputation of the Cilatop he Mai wily represented the
a minority, of what can we complain of a majority
displayed itself after the battle of Waterloo ?
" Would it be just to jetlee the morality of the acti
man by events posterior to all, action; germs which
changed the position in which each lowed hwudf scud
moment a the stornt ?
" Would it be wise to eters:lse in time of peace a
should have to regret iti the ti•ne of war ?
" Posterity, whteli is always equitable, berme it ii
passions, will it not exc'aiiii ak;.iiii.t a decree too severe
Marshal Ney fells, will nut tee u•e of History engri
tomb this repairing !l'i'e lies twenty-live
glory, and oils day id error.'"

THE EVENING sTAit,

LONDON.

NEXT SATURDAY MORN1r:(1, NINE 0'
THE LAST DAY. OF DRAWING TILE i 400 .11
TLIE WHEEL 14 MATCHLESS: I f CO:4 I'AINS
i'IU'LE3 OF ;ESORDII, TWO PktILES OF AAA),

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, I

To-day we received the Paris Papers of S
Nev's trial before the Peers was to take piaci
terday. We observe, however, that his
.fria.
very adroitly added this order, o s tying
serving to the Marshal the tight of applyieg
ther delay." In plain terms, there is to be
more ahrOTing practised upiin the Allies—indi
cannot believe that Nur was ready for his
terday, for he has addres:eil to the Ministet
Allied Powers, and also to the Paoce REG
England, by name, a most singular doom
which he protests against the validity of
tin
proceedings against him. IL! will, of conri
upon time being granted tor answers to be
from St. Petersburgli, L3erliii, Vienna, and
But we can scarcely suppose that the Frencl
ber of Peers will be so lust to a sense of their
the civilized world, as to grant thii unblushing,
any further delay. lie appeals, in his Protest,
Capitulation of Puis: granted in Arai"

'

•
~12:5T0N and BLuenka, by which diet grant an am-
pegy to all political opinions.

To th airs place, (admitting that the two military
h roes in question had a right to grant such an am.
nest'', which we geeitty doubt) NiE was not in Paris
;it the time, and on turning to that capitulation, we
find that it expressly refers to those within the walls
0f I'a' is now it our cousin" NEE had scampered oil
aany days before, to seek safety for his precious car-
caw in some other country, and was either in
or very near it when he was arrested. In the
„wood place, as the Duke of WELLINGTON truly
Area to Madame Mr, the KING of France never
lititied this Capitulation, and be would have been a
tool it he had. Upon looking into VATTEL Oil the
!,17: of Nations, we find that military commanders,
,1 the business of capitulations and conventions, Are
at:,:t strictly etajoiLed, always to recollect, that they
sri:' Mae bOICIICTO, and not politicians.

, They ate in fact merely to regulate the manner in
.each the capitulated town shall be occupied—the
.lenrlishment of its works—the seizure of its arsenals
Ind tinmitiear Jc guerre—the disarming, marching
ut, t• close imprisonment of the garrison, &c. but
,:I; the political opinions of the inhabitants, they
-an have nothing at all to do. We therefore regard
li :le clause in the Capitulation of Paris to this effect
if ptafetAly fete. lt is another specimen of the
ow cunning of the French Jacobins who negociated
ton the part of the Rebel Government. and will
loubtless be treated by all the Allied Cabinets with
he contempt it deserves.
Alluding to the above Protest of Marshal Nay, the
ronal de: Abair says—A• There is a letter in eircu-
ition from Marshal Nay to the Ambassadors of the
our great Allied Powers, in which he implores their
rotectione We are ignorant of the authenticity of
letter." "
The same Paper says—"" All the conditions of the
'reaty are settled ; but it will not be definitively
gned until next Monday. Prince HARDENBEaG sets
Ut fa Berlin on Tuesday."

CHAMBER OF PEERS.
Pi;LLETIN oF THE SITTING OF NOVEMBER 17.

At ten ii'c►ock in the morning the Chamber met.

The Ministers of the King,. and the Procurator.
'intral, his Majeuy's Commissioner for coiducting
?rosecut ion against Marshal Ney, wtre present.

Tile Procurator-General, in the name of the Com-
Inn.t on. read to the Chamber the act of accusation
:!itca up by them, according to the instructions
them by Amid.: 4th of the King's Ordonnance
:• the 12th of this month.

Le laid on the table along with this act, a requisi-
, , wan a view to obtain-Ist. An Ordonwance for
• k'ng into custody die body of Marsh 41 Ney-2.1.
' opening of the pleadin;:. on the earliest day, re-
tying to the accused the right of requesting a delay
.o,llea that day arrives-3d. The annexation of the
of accusation and of the requisition to the minutes
:la fume proceedings.
The Commissioners of the King afterwards retired,
Nell as the Secretary-Registrar.
The Chamber, after deliberating, admitted on their
records the documents presented by the King's
,:nmmissioners, and granted their request of annexa-
!;on to the Process. And, considering the charges
:ese:!iag from the prosecution against Michael Ney,
:ilashal of France, accused of the crime of high trea.
)n. and of an attempt upon the security of the State,
•'4l-..ed by the law, a mandate for the seizure of his
erson is decreed against him.
Tile Chamber, by the same arrits, fixed the open-
T, a the -debates for next Tuesday, the 21st of this
month, reserving to the accused the right of object-
-1 lore this opening.
One hundred and fifty-nine sat in the Chamber,
a. signed this arrest, with the Chancellor c,f France
1 1,, esident.

IiAMBLit or TIM DEPUTIES or TITS DEPARTMENTS.
LILLTIN OF MY SITTING OF SoVI lIDAY, NOV. IS.
Thae v4,s a tneet:og in a,: Bureaux for the exa
aatlon of the Project relative to the Prevotal Courts.

The Secaq: Committee of Monday will have for its
int the discussion of the report of M. de Ronald,
'the reduction of the number of courts and tribu.

Is. We ahall give an extract of this report to.
urow (Monday.)
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One of the journals having given an inaccurate list
the Committee which is to examine the proposals
'le-lye to an amnesty, And the individuals who are
lie exempt from it—The following is a correct list :
Bureau, M. Bertier de Sauvisny ; 2J, M. de
llele ; g.l, M. ; 4th, M. deCorbiere ;
Humbert tie Stsm iisons ; 6th, M. Etienne
uilkut ; 7th, M. d'Aldeguier ; tith, M. Fardessus ;
M. Jolivet.