Star.
London, England, 1814-12-29 00:00:00

I;eN as tlir caw impeachable by the, two
'This was a mistake. ,The Constitution of
contained enactments quite different.
and Agents of the departed Government
not be accused fur acts done in
their functions, but by order of the
in the Council of State. It was the
whom the petitioner should address,
Chamber, as the Doke of Rovigo,
of Police, was not impeachable by
decision of the Sovereign was previousl,
From these considerations, the Committee

that the petitions should be sent to
Chamber decided accordingly.

CASE OF GENERAL
M. Challan. from the same Comm
rose to give an account of those presented
want-Gcaeral Count Excelmans am

The General, he said, complained
kept under restraint in his awn house,
force, by order of the Minister of ",
moment when that Minister placed
pay list ; and the Countess Excelmans

.
a search made at her hotel after

husband, who thought it incumbent
draw from a restraint which both '

garded as arbitrary.
The Committee would only ,
of the details, and add a few observations
Exec!mans, it appeared, was charged -
offence of sufficient magnitude to
'report to the King from General
ter at War. The object of this
General Excelmans to be brought to a Court-Inuit
But the recollection of the General's services, and tls
King's goodness, determined his Majesty not to a.,
force ail the rigour of the Ordinances. The Minis:!
of War (says the petitioner) sent for General Ezce!
mans, and desired him to be more cirewoupect in frfrrr.
The Marshal Duke of Dalmatia, being called„
the Ministry of War, took the instructions of the Inc.
anew, and on the 10th of this month, transmitted t 4
General Excelmans an order, of which- the following
Is a copy ? _ _

-
Parls, December 10.
" Mons. Count—l have the honour to Worm you, that dtt
King has admitted you to half-pay, according to your tank. Bs
Majesty's intention is that you shall enjoy ft at Bar at Omni,
in the department of the Meuse, the place of your domicile, and
that you immediately repair to that town. I desire that you sik
acquaint me with your departure for the information of la
Majesy."

The General's answer—
" Park, December 10.
" Mr Loan—The profound respect which I shall alwm
have for the pleasure of the &lig, as well as for the ordaa °frit
Excellency, would have instantly prompted my departure from
Paris, if Madame Er.celmans was not Si Oh manna as the at
of her accouchemeot, and if I was not afraid that my sudden dr
parture, for a cause so unpleasant, might inflict open her a ttw•
tat Maw.

" I beg that your Excellency will have the goodness to etplaia
to his Majesty any situates*, that he may grant me a delay
my wife is but of danger,
" Your Extreilency will permit me to observe, dog I bon as
possession any where ; and that, for the last wily mos. l loos
bad no other domicile hut at parts. •
" InJ., therefore, not a little papist, to me to see -aye& dm
torn from any family and affealous, after SO years' soma, ones
painful, never lucrative. I am, &c. oigasii) •. saesusave
The Chamber would see, continued the Reporter,
that the excuse of the General wasioundedispon two
grounds, both foreign to that which gave rise to the
report of the Minister. The first was- tha indisposi.
Lion of his wife, the second the error into.whieh he be-
lieved the Minister to have fallen relative to his oorni.
cite. But the Minister, who knew the causes which
rendered it necessary that the Gaosnel should not it.
main at Paris, on his part, made known to the Di.
rector•Geueral of the Police, and to the Governors a
the Ist and 2d Military Divisions, the orders relative
to General-Excelmans, in order that each in kis de.
partment should assist in carrying them into execution.
However, on the 14th, the orders still remained un.
obeyed : as proofs of this, the Minister had a letter 0
the General, which declared his intention to remain
in Paris, and another from the Governor, announcing
his formal refusal to obey. The reporter also here
read the order, placing the General under guard of
an officer and two gendarmes.
Things remained in this state till the 18th, as
which day the Minister repeated his orders, with e
declaration that if the General did not obey within
24 hours, he should be considered as in a state of din.
obedience, and should incur the penalties pronounced
by military laws ' - he added, that the General, on his
arrival at Bar, should receive new Orders. It would
appear that this, also, Was ineffectual; tor, on the
19th, the Minister wrote anew to the Governor of
Paris, that it was the King's intention that General
Excelmans " should be arrested and conveyed to
Soissons, there to remain under the inspection of
gendarmerie, until orders should be given for putting
him on his trial."
Those who took an interest in the fate of General
Excelmans in vain attempted to prevail upon him to
obey. But after the orders for his arrest and his re-
fusal, it was thought that his apprehension by as
armed force could not be dispensed with. Accord.
ingly, the General's petition states, that " a picquet
of infantry and cavalry appeared before his house at
three o'clock in the morning : that it threatened to
break open the doors: that it retired on being told
that -the first man- who entered should be shot; i
short, that it was on the morning of the 20th that
Baron Grundler made his appearance accompanied
by six gendarmes." The petitioner adds, " that the
matter had not been certified to him by any wrinca
order ; not knowing whether the gendarmes who
guard me, may not have orders to carry Mc off
this very night, I place myself and my family under
the protection of the Chamber." -
General Excelmans having, however, on the 20th
passed into his wife's apartment, where the Officer ci
the Gendarmes did not follow him, succeeded in CP
taping. The Minister of War immediately gave
notice of the escape to the civil and military police.
This last circumstance gave rise to the searches coal•
plained of by the Countess Excelmans, who slams
that her physician was debarred from access to her,
although his advice was essential. She adds, that
the searches, directed by the Adjutant-General Ls-
horde, were executed with great rigour ; that he
broke open a letter addressed to one of her brothers;
that, in fine, during the whole of the 90th and 2104
the house, the courtyard, and die garden, were tilird
with troops, and that there was even a insist number
of soldiers in her anti-chamber.
Such wan the state of the facts. - The goestiotts
which resulted from them were, .71thatlir the order+

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NS AND HIS WIFE, General
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