Star.
London, England, 1815-11-27 00:00:00

ing of the 13th of March the Marshal wag fAithfut ; •
hitt it is not easy to believe that the perio.l of font or
five days. durine which the Marsit:tl i 4 nrt ikith
n., oNmiclo, nor :I id not yen :In en-n.y. cottil bAse
s,ll;jen, rit4i!e !,:nsaivandon iedty, it nr
hid nit: 'ie,”) pro.di,,p9tcd to do It i 1 x corrowti:l
tix str,o him to ',orally to h obligee. declare !;:at
!;,c he otherwise.

" Only 4e,,,days after the promises he rmide to his
Master, who had heaped uniir. hi -a hi, r,nltlience and
afferrion, anti whom he had iecuived by Ole onlimeA •
proles:ions t fan iatcation which was net ex..-zted
frnrn hita, Nr, tribal betrayed his past p,l as
well as his King, his countty, and Europ-, Its the
most criminal desertion. If we think of the golph
of evils in which his conduct hac plutwed France, r r
to which he at least contributi.: as much as was in
his power. we shall see that he likewis.! tfestr iyeo by
this conduct his own former glory. We may eve,.
add, that he betrayed his own 3nmy, which was till
that time faithful, and who would have r..•sisted bad
advice, if their fidelity had been sec one 11 by tile
ample of a Chief, whose name 4nd military achieve-
' mews would have tornman !cal the cmti of the
soldiers; instead of which he dragged theca alter hi a
in the road of perjury.
s. We have said, th.it up to a certain time, Marshal
Ney had not teen an enemy. this ne et.i...eve
ourselves ; he had seen may ; not ind.,-d in nova
day, but in li own ilou,e, in secrer. ar.i
I who tort to form with Irt:n a s!vin,,:•;•il and
!o make him give up his KHg, his country, and even
:1 his honour.
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of Oat -tis.en of the er'ls ui FA-
rope, :oore (HI
trigttl Cptn ga;iCiott 11:?
skti's un Ow ni-.4i.tr. of the Nlatcli Its-. Ile
broug'!!t ititti a letter rwttrittl4.l, villa( .1 in
the naw 11;s master, the
ti.tted 11,.t, Marshal ' a brave amongst the hrAve',
and directed him to ct.:rn.! over to
" it it were true I trat the Marshal was to
!his Sovereign until that bole, not:itn4 rri:)te atts nr-
cetsary to induce hint htcome a traitor to hi;
oaths. hli, vatiity ‘ta, tattered—his ambition was
lawakea-d--tlie proft.led crime was:lCct:vied. and it.
WAS as rally its the next morning that it Was put into

execution.
,‘ The next (ley, the 14tH of M irrh, 1815, he re-
vealed his new intentiuns to Getiera;s Bete nee: airy
lecourbe. They have deposed, that they m..Je ef-
fects to excite horror in his mind at such a reseletion,
hut whatever they could say, produced no effect 'port
him. He forced them to avoid na the gretind where
he had ordered the troops to In diet;en up, and where,
having formed them into a square, he read tie ti.em
the following Proclamation:
(Here is inserted the Prolamation of Ney, dated
March 13, which was publ'shed in the course of the
interrogatories, read before the Military Council.)
l'he Commissioners then proceed to ohse: ye, thit
it may he imagined whit effect such conduct :eel
orders must have preducA upon a body of seldie;
under the command of a revered chief." The sol-
diers who were nearest to their General, sediced by
the duty of obedience, repeated the rebellious shift
which he had uttered, of 46 Vive l'Empereur." The
soldiets who were more distant, faithful to the move-
ment of the heart and Freud' honour, and who were
tar from supposing what an execrable action Marshal
Ney had been guilty of, shouted Vive le Roi !" In-
deed so far was the &lesion from being removed at
this moment, that according ti) the same eviditece,
twiny of the Officers and soldiers retired from the
ranks with indignation. it also appears that Islershel
Neer afterwards permitted the troops to disperse In
the town, and commit all m inner ot eeeesses, 'et
they lost their reason, and havine no time for
lion, and being afterwards ashamed of their cendeete
they would not retract.
66 A great number of officers, however, amnitese
whom was the Count de la Genetiere, withdrew
selves, and the latter wince a severe utter to Ney,
which he told him, that being no tenger able to set is
under him with honour, he veithdrew himself !toe'
his Staff, and retired to BeSAI fen. He added, that
he had long served under the elershei's meets, aed
the only regret he telt was at having continued so •,o
serve ter the last twenty-four hours.
la After a vat iety el comments on this ant! sim:lar
instances of French honour, on the pert of iedive:pale
wit° were ueder Niet steel Ney at the time in question,
the Ctenmiieituiers tib,erve, fled the only effect such
instances of loyalty produced upon loin was to slug
hint still deeper in treason.—They then trace his con-
duct from the day wh:n he issued the Proclamation
till the 19th of Mirth, tonelling neon his audacity in
writing to the Commandant of rlexonne to give up
the place tie Bonaparte; and Aso to the Dukes of
Reggio and Altentere, inclosine them the orders he
had received from Bertrand; and they add, that in a
few (Lys afterwards, in order to punish the honeur.
• able inactivity ot the Comet: minor of Auxonne, he
inscribed his name in the list ot those whom he or-
dered to be depttvrd et fiber y.
si Here (say the Comnessioners) a is ceeeksiery we
should stop. Ali Freetet. all E h.i, seen, ce
that time, that Met Ni y pet eiS ed in his :else:lion.
But all the circumstances app.)• to hers •r
conduct, being oiiiy con.ey it h., rase at t
ot treason, scarcely tit s‘'t Ire no ie.., at.t r tit .1 gri.,it
proof of unfaikt f iiness, one til the soarces at the mis-
fortunes which a eget tietrpeectit o.ew upon Fr ince.
We must turn our eve from the sc.ne, h. cites. the
spectacle is intoier 'hie. But we cannot suppress the
iteatt-rending ietketion, it the evils by tilt; h
the country .s des..l.tted, are owing to a hence if of
nice, who, becelise they had distieeuished thems tees
by sortie greet. inileary 1:itoOt tl:,t y
.e.e.l a reek, to put eitievieises ~cove the la.A, to !! ale
kith the most sicied (-yen w,th ti lily :0
their King end couett .4.:a to cause is it:i uneenity
'all the revolutions which eeir utile tleceng ettiherJa
might dictate.
" They stun to have persuaded themselves, that
because they were hi eve s, they had a right, 10
defiance ..t the netien met of all klutope, to beco;'
disloyal subject, and had citizees ; deplorable
trine, whicii, ho Never, is happily otify the ex,: • 'ye
syseen o: e few pet vet use and men , •.
uine disowned by roil nulit.cy lir, .1..
multitude of brave soldiers, who c .ev at
length ae.openeit, cat) no Itieger acitt wry
in those whom they fie lees ly s le, In .
nom, it they do oot still obsie-ve. .
fidelity to their Let% and their ale

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