The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-12-13 00:00:00

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frt4E STATESMAN.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

FRENCH PAPERS. his Majesty will recognise that Marshal Ney has
been deceived as !If the true interest of Fftut'e, but
M. BERRYER's DEFKNCE OF MARSHAL. NEY. was far from wishing to attempt or eiecuteanySthing
M. BEILIMEIt, Advocate of the accused, began his contrary to it. -
pleading as follows : M. Berryer, after Ells opetting, proceeded to re..
In spite of the brilliant facility which the eloquent fate the diff,retit charges. flow happened it, 'he
organ of the public Ministry yesterday displayed, in said. that Bonaparte, in less than ten days passed
definite; the points of view under which he thinks from Cantles to ',yens,. a distntice of 1(X) tangoes,
that the present accusation ought to he discussed, it without resistauee, every %here adding to his emu-
is, unfortunately, impossible for me to circurnscsibe hers, and receiving from the multitude almost phren-
myself within the circle which he appeared to me to :tied dentonstratioes of the blindest enthusiasm? It
trace. was because the minority (if you please), but cer-
I propose to myself, not, indeed, to incur the re. utility the active minority, had risen in his favour;
prose!' of evincing a spirit of chicane. I have hitherto mobile the indolent majority, which ought to have
defended the law, in their uncorrupted text, without :leapt!, etiffe;hd every thing to be acted by others....
chicanery, but I am now to defend the lee from the 0 I sone 'side all was delirious enthusiasm: on the
violent application which is wished to be made of it other, etupified silence.
beyond its terms, and contrary to its spirit. 1 well The Ailvireate then proceeded to show, that Mar.
speak with all the freedom Aside, becomes the duty 081 Ney had every to apprehe;nl from the viotlictive
I have undertaken. Sure only of my sentiment.: as a disposition of Bonaparte, whom lie had concerted in
Frenchman, I cannot promise that 1 will be equally dethroning in Apt il 1815. Did nut M. Bourmont (lie'
sure of all the expressions which I- may employ. I exclaimed) himself say, that be had told the Marshal
am not, then, contrary to my custom, subjected to that he had every thing to fear from Bonaparte 's en.
trace in writing all that I might have to say upon a mity ? Has he not declared, that the Marshal said
subject that requited the greatest reserve and ma- that Bonaparte hated him (Ney), that he would
nagement. I will free myself from these chains when never forgive his abdication, that he would cause hit
it will be necessary to come to the discussion of the heart to be cut off within' six months?
point of right, and to enlighten your opinions on the Hari not, then, the Marshal an immense interest
precise enactments of the laws. to prevent the re-estehlisliment of Bonaparte on the
I should first of :ill return the most respectful and French Throng. Sint, it is said, :hat, from per.
public thanks to his Majesty for permitting the de- sonel views-, the Marshal took part with the invader.
fence to be tree, public, and invested with ,such so- " His vanity," it is said, was flattered, his ambi.
lemnity. Could his Majesty declare in it more open tion was awakened, the crime was accepted." •
manner his unvarying love to that justice, the reign To what posts of honour more eminent than those
of-which he eadeavoura to secure?. Could lie show of Peer of France, of Marshal and Mime, could
more his 14isdom and his magnanimity superior to all Bonaparte elelate him ?
the passions which his heart endeavours to suppress The correspondence of the accused with his Royal
and extinguish ? I shill likewise pay the tribute Highness Moesiour, with the War Minister, the
which I owe to the generous concessions which you Marshals Dukes of Reggio and Albufera, and se-
hate afforded to the Counsel of Marshal Ney, of a ' vend Generals; in snort, the depositions of the wit-
delay which was indispensible for his defence. This ' nesses least favourable to the Marshal, fornialied the
delay is not 1 sst to justice. We owe to your equi- , Advocate with proof, that, up to the 20th of March,
table prolongation of time the seeing of this capital the accused took no measure which was not in hat-
accusation for high treason disengaged, by the accu- moray with the instructions of his superiors, and
sets themselves, of that overwhelming mass of suspi• . with his duties.
dolts, even of reproaches, with which Marshal Ney ! Many of these witnesses, continued M. Berryer,
had bees loaded in the beginning of this melancholy have told you, that when they repaired to the Mar-
proceeding. We hear no more of premeditated re- that, they found him surrounded with geographical
volt before the 14th of March. charts, consulting the means of employing, in his
IRELAND. No, the Marshal has ere been made guilty of any feeble condition, his troops in the most useful
....11111111.s_ of those fixed meditations which conduct a base and manner.
SHOCKING MURDER, false spirit to betray its duties. No, the Marshal, : Ah! it is not the first time that Marshal Ney hes
in setting out to engage the enemies of his King, did been so sorprised ! Perpetually occopied with the
KILILIEL, Dec. 3.—Arthur Mst.ileoktins who lived mot defile his hands by the acceptance of a shameful military art, the excessive rigour of the Russian winter,
within three miles of Kneel, a &coot honest new,
salary, nor his lips by the most sacrilegious demon- could-not prevent him, even in the midst of snow,
was attacked a few days ago by some persons, on strations. A second advantage, tint leas important, and of a horrible night, from meditating, behind a
account of an old grudge respectlnfiland. and is sup- :
i which is due to your liberal adjournment of the open• batik formed by the snow, the means of passing the.
posed to have been murdered by oh of them, with a ing of the pleadings is, that precious dis:overy of the I/defier, to save the rear guard of the army, and
bedpost, or some very dangerous -weapon. The ' sentiments with which all the Allied Uabieett of Eu- with it six thousand individuals unable to continue
Jury brought in a verdict of Wilful Murder against i rope have Wien themselves animated on the 20th of their march, and among -whom were many persons
a man of the name of Cleary, such his three sons. , i
aast month. illostrlous throughout Europe, who would never
On Sonday. the 26th of November, an [ugliest I This is the display, in the face of Europe, of that otherwise have been able to vote for the trial of Mar-
tens held by J. CYCALLAGUAN and S. BALL, Fogrielprofession of European rash, which reposes with the steal Ney as a traitor to honour, as having compre. —,
on the body of Edward Hanlon, who was shot the greatest security upon these disposition, so wise, so mised by treason the safety of his humanity. CHAMBER OF DEPOT'
preceeding night in the house of Hugh Wheaheti ' generous, declared at all times by his Majesty, to put ' Oe the night of the 13th, all the reports received: After some preliminary basituess
on the road from Newton Hamilton to Dundalk, an end to the hatreds, divisions, alarms, and discos- by Marshal Ney confirmed the mournful details of through, the President, M. Lain:
and about four miles from the former. The verdict tents, inseparable from so many calamities, and to the occupation of Lyons. He teamed that Bona. majesty's minister, had ,a-•
any
of the Jury was--" That the deceased came by his recal only the good which mty result from them.
pitched openly seized the reins of Government, make to ascend the Tribune.death by a shot fired from a gun ; that said shot was You perceive, my Lords, that I puts liberal inter. !hart 'issued Decrees and Orders, and that Isis dele.
The Duke de RicuELIEU spoke
fired by James Johnston; that the firing was an act pretation epos the expressions of the Allied Plenio-igetes were in march to enforce the execution of his tlemen, a great example has just
of wilful murder by the said James Jobastois ; and tentiariel. At this toucbiug expression of the Vi istiesiDectelsio, • S' Tribunals are directed to fcillow
that John Johnston, sen, and Jaen Johnston, jun. which Europe forms for us, who hare so long tors 1 Ile learned that the ciiiiiihot usurpation, nihilist- ag-itint the persona named by Art.
Thomas Johnston, John Henry, J. Mary, and G. pleated her, more than any other, Marshal Ney has :ed at Macon, Chalons, and Autun, had excited tin of the 21th of July ; and if there .
WParlau, were aiding and abetting James Johnston felt himself on a sudden relieved from one of his i those places the dregs of the people to revolt. withdrawn themselves from its reach,
in the commission of' said murder." Those persons most severe sufferings; he has received the most I ills army existed no longer; there were men in it, for contumacy shall serve as an czar
have been committed for trial by the Magistrates who t soothing and salutary consolation. I but not a single soldier; for the spirit of insurreca
chastisement can be inflicted.
held the Inquest. It would have cost too dear to that spirit which ' tion was manifest in the highest degree.. I But after the most violent con
On Sunday last, during thebours of di% hie service, t always overflowed with compassing for the sufferings ! It was under such circumstances that the Marshal
convulsed a State, Government hi
a large mob, principally from the County of Tip.. which his arm had been compelled to inflict upon the ;received numerous emissaries ; not two or three indi-
take other measures. 'There are,
perary, attended by thirty cars, went into the lands enemy, to find that this same enemy, become victors :. viduals arriving secretly at hit house, but his camp
of Ballyvara, in the liberties of this city, broke into in their turn, did not think him deserving of pardon :was inundated with them. • dangerous men, who cannot reale
country which they have torn, at
the house of Mr. Thome' M'Grath, and beat him in the midst of victory, fur advantages now more than i lie yielded to an irresistible influence ;he read to threaten. Public security requires
and his family desperately, and attempted to carry compensated; and that they were so intent upon his : his troops the fatal Proclamation. ; autb-ority shall bear heavily upost
off, by fbree, all the corn and furniture belonging to ruin, that they demanded aloud his cniolemtiatien be- I Bet the contents of this Proclamation, except the course of the French revolution
Id IGrath. Infornintioe being brought to the Rey, fore the French tribunals. Thus, then, the heart. I some phrases in common with the other prociama- examples ; the history of cations
Jos. Crampton, High Constable, he set nut with , rending picture of accusation ceases to be darkened ! Boni distributed, had nothing in it fundamentally
Lieutenant Phillips, and a party of the Cavan re. with the hideous 'colours of a crime coldly calculated, I dangerous. It might be compared to a news Pipers that in the States which enjoyed i
of liberty there have been periods u
gintent, quartered at Atinacotty, who intercepted and with the presence of Europe united to demand i kind of gezetle, a simple Order of the Day.— the people demanded the proscripta
(he party on their return, and succeeded in takieg its expiation. l(Murmurs of disapprobation from the whole Asset's- • dividuals..
the two principtils and eight of th ar associates, and i In the development of my means, I shall not for. I My.) I With this view, the Ordinance
brought (hens isle this city in the evening, and lodged : get that which the Ministers have proclaimed aloud This reading could not alter the disposition of the !designated thirty-eight persons.
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them in gaol. 11PGrath lies in a dangerous situation. , within the precincts of this (louse,—that you were a soldiers, i stated that the Chambers shodld
—(Liarcrick Chronicle.) ; jury whose consciences could not be subjected to an ! M. de Bourmont, who pretended to have dissented 'those who Were to be delivered op
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many forms. I shall not relinquish the idea that I • from the reading, did not, however, hesitate to as- bet -you, Gentlemen, have yourself,
A few &ye ago, as a Lefty and Gentleman were I .
speak before a grand national jury,—before the list at it. What motive does lie give ? Curiosity— ; they (the Chambers) could not he c
coming from Henley to Salt-hill, its a post-chaise, choice of the French nobility, convened especially to ; a desire to know the spirit of the troops. Ile said them ; and, consequently, their bet
they were stopped, between bee and six "clock, pronounce upon a fact committed in one of • th most I himself, is hit deposition, that the spirit of the troops ,be enforced.
near Two-Mile-Brook, by two footpads, who, with violent crises which a Stele ever experienced; that, ' was well known. 1 While some assert that (Isis Ordi
horrid imprecations, robbed them of a geld watch, lit a word, you are required to examine a political I General Lecoorbe gives a more plausible reason plete, others consider it as severe,
too gold chains and seek, and ,itmot see in notes , event, originating in our civil disorders. Having for the presence of the two Generals, at the reading • both we will answer, that never,
sml.cash. They first seized the horses by the heads, ' submitted these matters to the supreme arbiters of of the Proclamation. He said in 'that declaration, that I atrocities, was so mild a measure
and, taking the reins from the pest-boy, threatened the intention, the enlightened judges of the real which may he considered as his dying testament,— neither just nor politic to punish
him with instant destruction if 1 offered to move. causes of the event which we all deplore, to the
.66 There was, in fact, danger in doing otherwise, ticipated in that great rebellion.
i Each of the robbers then wet to opposite doors • loyalty of a French Marshal so strangely compros and the Marshal had sn informed us." point out only some of those who
of the chaise, arid obtained I *r booty. One of
mised, and I beg likewise to add, to the dignity of i It was, then, a sentiment of personal t"ffitailli- in ii, and a kind of public clamous
the men is much above the middle stature, the other n the throne and the reigning family, it will remain to ty that induced these Generals to accompany Mar- sous whose names are inserted in
somewhat under. It is yrylgesed they belong to a I the Counsel of Marshal Ney to prove, that the shat Ney. !hero was then, a moment when fear pre. Perhaps there are others still more
gang, as two men answeittik this description, were crime of which he is accused was not foreseen by any 'ailed, not only with the Marshal, but existed every public justice is obliged to -wreak s
seem in company with two others, in the afternoon of the existing laws. In this second part of the de. where. •so many criminals, those whom she
of the same day, in the neighbourhood of Maiden- : fence, you will be convinced, that the deplorable - resign themselves to their fate,
events of the mouth of March have been owing to a gement, by examining the fruit which his elect • some futu re time, an alleviation of
head.
fatality without example ; and which, happily, will could have derived from the defection with which•he of the King.
The battalion of the Ist Foot Guards been their I shall then examine, if these was charged. The members of a family which
march from Paris, for embarkation on Sunday last, never occur again.
events of the month of March, are of a character . They have dared, said be, to carry licentiousness Dimly calamities upon France, hat
and will be folloWed by the troops under orders for matter, as to feud to the. Marshal a Awry ; they must not expect twbe
to fall upon Bonaparte, their detestable author, or so far in this
Esgland is siecestion of corps. Marshal
i Ney itermediately uportin particular. i propusiliun which would tend to compromise his re-
return to it; and the law ought to
•-karipleXT4urrioe•—lt is now clearly ascertained shall examine if Europe, which armed against this spectable companion, in putting- into the mouth of menus to be inflicted on those whr
that steam engines of any power may be wrought great criminal, having renounced the right which it the Marshal complaints which • his wife should•haffe make their appearance in it again.
.right and day (Tom nine to twelve months, without had of striking, how Marshal Ney, who is said to made to him on the reception which she net with at adherence of the. King to the !awl
sloppisig, when ',sappily packed with it. Rosette II be his accomplice, should be treated with less indol. Court. ,„. lished confiscations, does not al
t:fiellass, Esq. of Trigg-lane, Upper Thames-street, I gence ;if any of the circumstances which epecificeny There is evidently here a confusion on the part of them of the property which they has
valuable consideration,. every sentimei.
Ors a canine that has run ten months, during which i characterise this moat unexpected political crime, the witness.
es rivehe
period it went a distance of 2516 miles with onlyJ will incur the penalty prottouaced by the penal laws, • Bonaparte, whom the witness perhaps approack- d
return,. the wives which they have obtained gratis.
p, Ix rights, possessions,
one priming of this composiVon, and without any • civil or military. ed, said-, •that, in fact, before Isis n( of the .
Woe else; slid there is :IQ doubt that this carriage I 1 shalt examine whether to these events in March of the Marshals bad not been respectfully treated ; 'ion is expreased in the Prujel
will go several hundred miles farther with the same there hes not succeeded an order of thing, sufficiently buElite.Marechale Ney, the issue of a family which
faithful has no other 'All.these examples, all the other
Priming, which did nut cost three-pence. %%re un- eseoanised to render inipricticable the criminal prose- oue Princes have considered as , &boat to be presented to you.
tiPrhtand that some carriages have been known to go cution of Marshal Ney ; end, in short, whether, receileitieu than those of acknowledgment, and of may be easy. Ills Mejestes by 111
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A year and-a-half with one single priming. Anti- from the Conventions between France and the Allied-
eitspectfa gratida for the reception %hick she ex- Cambiay, has already published at
Attrition also preserves polished steel, and all kinds Powers, on the 30th of March, 1814, the sdof •perienced from the House of Bourbon. he is now resolved to extend. The
of metal from rust ; and renders boots and shoes July, and 20th of November, 1815, it does net re- flow was the Marshal
paid for she part which he especially after rebellions and great
water proof, without destroving the beautiful pp- salt 'that all faults arising from errors in judgaieets took on the 14th of March I—By a banishment of tions, is inherent in the Sovereign.
pearance of blacking upon (hem; and renders all l should lie pardoned,
two months and a half to his estate at Coeds as:. so solemn an occasion, feels a pleat
kinds .of leather soft, pliable, durable, -and hinter- I shall conclude by a respectful appeal to the Afterward, he received an order to repair to great bodies of the State, who participate
limas hi the *et, . goodness of the King, which peewits us to hope that he plains of Belgium : adorder which at least far; 'in the .ezerciee of the legislatiee

A new Comedy was played last night at this The.
etre, caned Suedes and Mart. The tile, we Pre.
sump, is designed to indicate the marked opposition
of the serious and comic, which characterizes the
piece. Mrs. Miles celebrated novel of. " The Fa.
Cher and Daughter," seems to have been tlap source'
whence the sruthor has derived all the pathos of his
plot. Our Readers, who are acquainted with that
interesting little novel, will recollect the terrible in=
tertst attached to the scene, in which the erring and
repentant daughter is recognised by Iran father amidst
the horrors of despair ettd insanity. 'Cris. cireum..
owe has been ramified by the author of Smiles and
Tear:, into in interesting train of incidents.. The
daughter, Cecil, who has been seduced by Delayed,
appears at the door of her paternal mansion, for the
purpose of soliciting forgiveness; at this moment her.
father, whose reason hat been subverted by her mis-
conduct, rushes before her, pursued by, his keepers,
and with feelings exasperated to agony. Here shn
first becomes acqaainted Ith the extent of the
plan ity which has result from her errors. The
effect of this scene was e dinghy impressive, al-
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thaogh nearly counterieted t y the ridiculous intro-
daction of an infantATis long petticoats, which the
f.ir Magdalen brier on in her arms. NVe strongly
recommend thattliis interesting cherub be left quietly
at home in its cradle during the next representation
of the piece. The concluding scene eta:bits the re.
irritant lady personifying a picture; here she is re.
cogiii.ed by her fader, and by leaping out of the
frame she restores him to his reason. Our Readers
may prohthly smile at this, as a little too artificial ;
but suck li.if ItPeR the author's dramatic dexterity,
very considerable sensation was excited, as was
evinced by tiro tearful eyes of the major put of the
audience. There is an under plot, involving some
pleasant equivoeue and innocent intrigue. Mrs.
Cu IIILEi Keusxx made hi-r first appearance this
scar .n; this lady appears to have revolutionised her
style; it is infinitely more moderate and sobdued
than heretofore. YOUNG sustained the character of
Fa:harris admirably, as did Miss Fooza that of his
daughter. The piece was announced for repetition
amidst unanimous approbation.

The Defender cited the cetebra
Vienna, of the 13'h and 25th
that tho Allied Powers mule cm,
France, and acted in the interest
Louis XVIII.

Some of the contingents which
ed by the different Powers (and
exempted from this obligation)
others. Their efforts could not
but the most active were necessa
common interest.

Bonaparte having been beaten,
Prussian troops a pproached Paris.
the Prince of Fekmuhl in his declal
_the foreign armies treat ?

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niched him with an oppnrtunity o( ,
&hike of the tett itor) as deal. to M
Here M. BERRYFAL ioterruptedhit
M. Duet i, his colleagtie, dement
n ent In tt e nett day.
The PKIESIDEST.—The adjournmettl
Take•doly au hour's rest. The Ch.
tennot prolong the debates indelnitely.
'l•he Sitting was t uspended from thtee o'clobk to
half-pelt four.

At that hour M. 11cairns' resumed his speech.—
Ile retraced the proofs of attachment which the Mar.;
shill had given to hit country. The forms of On.
vernment had successively changed i a tlefetnler of the
territory, he remained the same in thi most violent
'coninintione.
Nesertitele4S.Art this eery AMtenthly, end aftEr
the battle of •Waterloo, .betteite stymy the veil ;-she
disrdpitt4 all the idosinne,--Ive disclosed the losses
whiCh the 'national force' bad sustained,—lle
unwired that the country ..Was thteatened With a se-
cond invasion.
• It is again this friend of his ccinntry, that yeti find
in the severe truths which he puhlisherl in his letter
to the Doke of Otranto, on the false miniseries of
'the man svho had su utiltapirily seduced the imagihas
(inn of the French.
This is the divhdon of the meant of defence which
I still have to present to you.
I begin by estilblithing that the rrireinal accusation
cannot he instituted aglinst Xlarshal Ney, vrithout
examining into the wowe of the qualification of
climes, because, in admitting than
penalty would be remitted.
I shall superabundantly establish
' action son no longer be pursued,'
whit all F.Jrope has thought f
against the great, the only crimit
of the greater and OVPlahplmii
other euNilkries exercised before
the success of the enterprise of
sequence, (list the nature of tht
sion of climes, in anoters of pnliti
no possible application to the col
of our criminal lawn ; finally, in
our law offers altogether a mixt
which render the process impracti

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pro‘iiig (hat the
him.
is pleading.
tided an atijourh-
rot is impossible.
camber of Petra
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nse rprotncation of
hat qualification, the
lish that the criminal
I, in consequence of
proper to execute
lane ; in consequence
Mg influence which
e Marshal Ney over ."
Bonaparte ; in con-
le pretended comthis.
'tient opinion, affinrds
common dispositions-
in consequence, that
more of dispositions
Arable.
rated Declarations of
of Merch, to pour
z.ommon cause with
Test of his Majesty
h were to he furnish.
al our King was not
) arrived later than
A be simultaneous ;
;wily delegates la a
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en, the English and
ris. You have beard
reloration. how did
O
rfES, Dec. S. ,
rtess had been rims
it., invited such of his
ly communication to
,e as follows (—Gen-
esi been given ; tha
the course °Nettie,
. iwof-olvo Ordinance •
'e be any who have
reach, their sentence
example till personal
onsmotion that ever
has deemed it right to
, after all revolutions,
min in the bosom of a
and which they via
tea that the hand of
n them. It is lint its
ion that we shall seek
• sufficiently shows,
I the greatest degree
Is when the safety of
iptiun of eminent in.
e of the 24th of July
s. 'lshii Ordinance •
Id decide respecting
up to the Tribunals ;
selves declared- that
re called upon to try 4
banishment can alone • t
Ordinance is incom.
e and arbitrary. To " 111(11
ver, after an many
re adopted ; it was
all those who par.
It was necessary to •-t
•
o had been engaged r•
ur
indicated the per.
the Ordinance.—
,re guilty ; but when
k her vengeance on
she strikes ought to
and thus merit, at
it from the clemency'
ick has brought so
have quitted its ter. .•
be ever permitted to
to fix the punish.
so shall presume to
1. If the religions 4
• by which he abow
allow him to strip iro ,
have acquired for a
ttiment combines to ;
sessions, and titles,
. This determine.
see Loi, which is .
tl
rr classes of citizens
ris Proclamation at
an amnesty, which
le right of amnesty,
at political comma,
liis Maj,nty, on
dare in making the
dicipate with him j. 4
power, conger in
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