Star.
London, England, 1815-11-24 00:00:00

ALNCH P.4PCRS.

PARIS, NOVEMBAR •
There was this day a Cabinet Council at which '
his Majesty and the Princes were present. •
At Vuy, between Cambray and Bouchain, the
French D4u4niers have seized ahnut four millions of
• francs woirh of merchandize, which were hid in a
c' ateau. These goods were introduced into France
under a Dutch and Ifelgialct escort. '
An order has been issued foi shutting the doors of
the House of Peers after the hour of nine o'clock on
Tue.day. All rrsons having tickets for Marsh4l
Ney's trial, must thciefore present themselves for ad-
mission before that hour.
Tae galhry of the Louvre is ;bout to be again
flied with Pictures as preseets fiom several French
famelies of distinction.
Tae head quarters of Prince Blucher were on the
15th As Namur. •
The English troops at Ancona are expected to be
relieved immediately by the Austrians.
We are assured that the Duchess Dowager of Or-
leans has bought the hotel of M. Cambaceres for
500M00 francs. •

Tbc barracks lately occupied by the Allied troops,
in the Luxembourg gardens, have been lately demo.
lis!ied.

We oinderstand a Gentleman, who was known to
have about him a large sum of money, was inviegled
by some timortunate woman into a house near the
Yalais lt.my:ti, where liquor being ordered, some poi-
bon was pot into it, by which he tv.is taken alarmingly
ill. The Police interfered, and on searching the
house a man w.ts found sleeping in a private apart.
int•ot with a poign.itti by his side, who was taken into
custody—we hear he has beeu tried and condemned
to '2:l years imprisonment. The wornen are secured
and the money found. The Gentleman Who hati thi,
lot wate escape is recovering.
We understand that the Ministers of the Allied

Powers and of France have signed a Conventiim;
which is annexed to the Treaty of Peace, and whirl;
peculiarly c-mceras the City if Ilemburgli.
One of Genera; ClausePs Aides-de-camp, who had
been at rested, has been set at liberty.
Front Commercie we learn as follows :—lt is now
thought. that the passage of the Prussian troops
through the department of the Meuse is terminated.
The 4th corps has passed Verdun, but the gates or
the place were closed against them. •
General Bourinont, whose evidence had been d -

nied by Marshal Ney, has insisted on being con.
fronted with the accused, in i,rder to repel his iaei-
n• Eli ins.

rinotha dreadful murder bas been perpetrated in,
Paris, upon an old gentleman, seventy years of age,
by thrusting A poignard six inches info his eye.
The house WAS immediately surrounded ; hut the
three assassins escaped by the roof. They had not
time to rob their victim.
FROM SOULT'S MEMORIAL IN JtSTIFICATION OF lIINISELF.

It remains tor me to give an account of my con
aisict from the 11111 of May to the date of the Ord'.

.nance which supposes me culpable. The facts in
that period are neither numerous nor susceptible of
tont, oversy.
, • I was appointed Major-Gineral of the Armies : I
• obeyed. In that character L signed an Order of the
Day, addressed to the sAdiers, which was the work
of the Government which I obeyed.
I fought the Prussians and the English at Fleurus
and ‘Vaterloo.
If these are crimes, I am guilty.
But I venture to 1 e!suade myself that there was
nothing criminal in niy conduct ; and to be convinced
of this, it seems to rrie that it would be lit to
examine that c..nduct without prejudice, and without
detaching self flow the circumstanc:s in which
France was t!.en pLtced.
Ei, Ni.,ji-ay had tor a long time been removed
frota his kinAdJin. Th.rt retreat, which Always ap.
va1....1 to n.e contra! y to the true interests of the
had damped ti.t, coinage of the Royalist...*
T..e caCvolatioli of the D.mke d'Aiigotilltue deprived
t!;i: ia tl.eir Lt:.t hope. The acts 4 r.!sistatire wetc
ev, ry wi.gr! 4LlCCeektili by ..:c3 of siihmissiou. A
rent,.amber of Freochineu, doehtlo.s, regretted
their I.;,:iti.n..te King, :did beh.:l,l die tiovertign
with Ltr.)r, !ait to the tayetiollS law of
tieces•:ity. A,l FrAlice 'submitted, and the :.±overit-
iornt 61 [lv: ILtirper was established in Litt. If
they: the an incontestible p..tnt, this is without contra-
one.

Things were in this state when the invasion of the
foreign Powers became imminent. Numerous Pills.'
Ain, English, and Austrian battalions had already
rai.ed on nur frontiers the cry of hatred and of yen-
so:.nce. Tlie foreign Cabinets at first declared that
they only tock up arms to reestablish t%e dynasty of
the Bourbons ca the throne ; but they soon retracted
that wAerlin engagement by a new ckclaration : and
besides, has the sequel proved that these promises
nugtit to have iiistired a blind confidence ?
At the arproach of this torrent, composed of nu-
merous nations which had long been conquered any
trarnplod urn by our armies, and amidst which ditty
did WI appear a single hienchman, the only prospect
which seenied to present itself to citizens of all opi-
nions was the rum of France, should she be reduced
to see her plains inuadated, and her strong places
seized, bra-million of foreigners, impelled by so many
motives to her de unction.
Surrounded by my family and my friends, I lamen..
• Count de Brow,. with whom a few days before the depar-
ture of the Court, 1 conversed several times ou the aubjket of the
e,itleir which the King ought to pastas in the circumstances iu
width hewas placed, can assert wbrilice, in ezpres.i,ig my opi-
MO3, l did nut say to hint the same thing
.tnu mamma oho',
woo to Henry IV. in a situation nearly similar.

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Willa situation of my country. when I lemma my
nomination to the place of hfajor.General. and re,
ceived orders to join the army immediately.
I obeyed, not as a creature of Bonaparte would
have done, in defence of w power whence he had've-
ceived or expected fortune. It is well known to the
Whole army, that I always had reason to complain of
that man, and though I served him with fidelity, no
one more sincerely detested his tyranny.
I obeyed, not as an enemy of the King would
have done. I had received from him only marks of
esteem and confidence; and I am incapable of being
ungrateful."
But as a citizen, as a soldier, I obeyed him who
then was at the head of the Government.
My heart may have deceived me; but it told me
that a French Marshal could not allow his sword to
remain in the scabbard when the whole army was
taking up arms for the defence of the country. His-
tory does not censure Admiral Blake, who, while
commanding the English fleet under another usurper,
whose power he also detested, did not the less va.
liana,/ combat in support of the glory and freedom
of has. country. He consecrated these words in
which he addressed his sailors—" It is our duty to
fight for our country, into whatever hands she Go.
vernment may tall."
But why seek abroad for examples ? During the
first years of the Revolution, when France, the vic-
tim cf the most ferocious usurers, Languished under.
a Government abhorred by the good citizens( and
unacknowledged by all foreign Pewers, did public.
opinion fix a stain on the names of those braes men
who hastened at the call of the Chiefs of the State to'
sacrifice their lives in repelling the enemies of thcir
'country ? %Vas it not in speaking of these times, so
painful in recollection, that history has already said!,--
French honour toot refoge in the comp
If submission to the Government established in
France after the 20th of March be regarded as a
crime, let it be recollected, that the whole nation
must be guilty, for small indeed is the number of
those who left the country to place themselves out of
the power of the Usurper. .
This theory would involve in it another cons..
quence of a very extraordinary nature. According
to it the establishment by force of an illegitimate au-
thority, must cause the total destruction of a people.
l'he usurper would not fail to punish those who
should refuse to'submit to him. while the legitimate
Prince, in his turn, would strike those who had sub-
mitted to the usurpation.

The English Legislature fareseeiag this violent
situation, provided for the public safety by a statute
passed in the reign of Henry VII. which declares,
that no one shall be held guilty for obeying a Sove-
reign actually reigning. This law, according to
Publicists, is founded on these considerations, that a
Prince who is reduced by force to leave his States,
cannot exact obedience while he is unable to afford
protecti,in—that it belongs wit to individuals possess.
ing no authority to discuss the title of Sovereigns—
and that the most manifest usurpation not less im-
poses the necessity of obedience than this most
mate authority.
But why should I say more to prove that in such
a case, the cit.zen who submits to the existing,autho.
rity, is justified by the circumstances ? Was not this
rule, so necessary for the repose of States, fully ac-
knowledged and consecrated by his Majesty at the
moment of his entering his kingdom ? Do we not
read in his I'roclamatiou of the 28th of June, that he
regarded no Frenchmtn inexcusable excefit the instigator:
and author: of the horrible conspiracy. which bad forced
him to leave France; but that he wished to throw a
veil over all that had passed from the day of hit lea Ting
Lille until that of his entering Cambial ?
A stranger. as all my conduct proves, to the plot,
the authors of which the King has thought himselt
bound to punish, and not having served under the
illegitimate Government, 'except during the interval
elapsed between the two epochs marked by the Pro-
clamation, on what ground can I be the object of
punishment, when my security rests on the highest
guarantee—my own innocence and the King's word ?
What then is the cruel fatality which arrays against
me all the wrath of his Majesty, while his letter of
the 13th of March, posterior to my retreat from the
Ministry, still assured me of hia favour, and while his

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proclamation of Jute 28 excuses the involuntary er-
rors in which I participated during that interval with
so great a number of Frenchmen? Can it be my
conduct since that proclamation which has rendered
me unworthy of the benefit it guarantees? No, that
is impossible; for that conduct, as the army and the
capital' Can attest, was such as, of itselrperhaps,
ought to suffice to recover for me all the favour of
my Sovereign. Can the Ministers have neglected to
inform his Majesty, that b.dore the 28th of June, and
from the nionient that the abdication of Bonaparte
permitted me openly to express my wishes, I neglec-
,td no effort, avoided no danger, in endeavouring to
r:clil the troops, the citizens, and the difkrent autho-
rities of the State to our legitimate Princes ?
While men's Onds, and all the factions were agi-
tated with the question on what head the crown of,
Frame, regarded as vacant, should be placed, was I
found to hesitate a moment in recognising and pro-
claiming the rights of the Bourbons? Did I not do
this in the Chamber of Peers, before the Provisional
Commission of Grivetnment, in the presence of all die
Generals of the army assembled in a Council of War
w deliberate on the defence of Paris?? Is it necessary
I should state, that my zeal and frankness in main-
taining that the honour of France depended on a,
'prompt submission to the King, rendered me suspect.
ed by the Government; and caused my recal from
the army, the command•ot which was entrusted to
Count Grouchy ? Doubtless, I never thought of de-
manding from the Court the reward of this conduct.
I believed I was fulfilling my duty. It was my coun-
try I considered myself defending. But though I
was far from looking for any recompence, ought I
to have expected that as the reward of my zeal and
dorotedness.te the tense of the King, his Ministers
would class me with.t.;lose who. have been signalised
as :he most climinal or the most dangerous of his
subjects ? Is it hecausei almost alone had the eiM.
rage, in those moments of difficulty, to teed to her
duty France, thew re•becurse free to follow it, thin
my. name ha! beep irliced at the head.oi, the nu of
the proscribed t •
. The mere I refl.:et on this strange restat, the'rnore
I conipareit with mr;condutt and ale wisdom of the
King, the more must I. be. confirmed conviar
Lion, that the mi11,(1..0t his lipicay has been, thrived

'that ray conduct Ito not been mitt .to that,
ignorance as calumny can alone have instituted the
process against me. I may then hope that his Ma-
jesty, on being better informed, will himself deign to
Correa the fatal error of which I am the victim. For
this, his knowledge, bit justice, and his' bounty, are
my guarantees.
But were I to be so unfortunate as to find that hi(
Majesty, considering himself bound by a tint deter-
mination, should not think fit to employ his own au-
thority in repairing the injury he has done me, and
should entrust to others than himself the examination
and appreciation of my conduct, there is at le.tst one
act of justice which doubtless I shall not solicit in
vain. It is to be sent without further delay before
the Judges destined to pronounce on my fare. This
act of justice I shall receive as a benefit, since it will
furnish me with the surest means of proving my in-
nocence.
This benefit is secured to me by the laws; and I
cannot fear the being deprived of a right so sacred,
since it is from his Majesty I asint it. Malevolence
and ignorance may obtain by surprise from the Sove-
reign a serious charge against an irreproachable citi-
zen; but to refuse the accused
,his means of justifica-
tion, to condemn him without a hearing, would bean
act of tyranny.—l may then be tranquil.
To conclude, whatever m.iy be the fate which
awaits me,. I shall not be less the faithful subject' of
the King, and the admirer of his virtues, or less ready
again to expose my life, on tha first signal, for my
t Prince and my country. Tbe- sentiment of my lose,
oor them and my duty, is too deeply rooted in my
heart for either nii.fortune or injustice to alter it. It
is long since I took for my motto, Do 9our duty, halt-
pen (Aril mazy. 1 never lost sight of it in the midst of
political storms : and my conscience tells me I Ought
to continue faithful to rt. (Signed)
Marechal Duc de DALMATIA,.
St. Ames. the —.