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LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 1 l;- 1818.

Pitits fli

eg the tow for which HAMPDEN fell En the field; and Srosir died on the scaffold !"

TO Till: ELECTOR OF Tiff, JIGROUGH OF
AYLESBURY.
BY the epprnarhing divinlnsian of Parliament,
( nm called anion to slate tab inlrnlinn of ilfering sav-
•self ,„ a ra„,im,,,, for the honour f iigniti representing youir-i.
The declared piupose of .theft Ia contra that 1.0006 r, renders
it necessary for me in justice in ix reit, and Itrot teas in rain**,
SO attention to %'n. thus early 10 athlete; von.
Plated by ynor friend hip and `sonar confidence in it station.
the public duties of w hich I h iseoIWAVP endeavoured faith-
fully to el:charge. that iru.l mboui to he restored into
Aiiitir hand.. 1 sign appeal to
.ft dend%ltip which I hope
Nave not forfeited, and to a confidence which I feel I have not
bar' a ed.
The time for 0r0re651013 is past. Five years ago, I rue the
tr.' tine aodre.seil anu. I laid you then, when at an early
age 441 ma-''lf to your mince, what sat the politica
iourse t ine.sitt to purme. what were the public duties I con-
ceived that I land In perform. Ea those professions and by
140. e derl.tratinna 1 de.ire how that my past conduct may be
teteil. Upon one Mae of tiial ml present imps are found.
rd. And fell toe IWO. vve 4.0 • • e hour in which I first ad.
you. ops w!ha. bead t.• fe!fll, In best of my
ittilgese t and ability. the pledge I then gave sou, anil con-
s inns as I not that, Ai the place to w hich you vent mr, l never
Fmr rite or a tend a trot i•oent hot sorb its I conceived might
ii.iifa your Choice fitr nor l'ountr%.4 mraice. I appenr
befsre pia with sanguine confidence. As one of IL family who
have been long and clinela bowel to aim by the strongest ties,
,hoe of mown; regard and d will—a. ove in whose person
those ties have hero down art closer by near nrighbourhionl
and intimacy with many ..1 ou—'and feeling as Ido that from
you 1 have Myer jtistij inns red priaaie enmity Or public re-
proach, I now offer mysel, soliciting %out vetoes and support.
I shall take an feria opportunity of p'btng my restincts per-
sonalla In you.—ln the mean whale be atoned that I am, as I
ever have been,
Gentlemen.
Your faithful and grateful servant,

MEMOIRS OF M. MAUBREUIL.

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pears to have been a measure planned and digested by
men, calmly seated round a Council table, every one
of whom owed his power, rank, and f9rtune,
to the very man whom they sought to destroy.—
That it was coolly adopted, and deliberately pursued,
M. Mauneetat. adduces many apparently substan-
tial and interesting facts to prove.
Such is the account of this disgusting transaction
which M. DE MAUDREUIL gives in his our ratise, now
about to be published in this country. M. De M AU.
Damn, at first refused to be concerned in the busi-
ness ; but, finding TALLEYRAND bent upon his par.
pose, and fearful the commission might fall to the
lot of some one less scrupulous than himself—he at
last feigned an acqueiscence,in order to secure to him-
self an opportunity of saving the life of 13ostAeAtt-ru,
which it was his real intention and fixed purpose to
~14fect. - M. se MAVIIREO/L had other and honour-
able motives for shrinking from such an undertaking
—he could not but recollect, that he was the de-
scendant and heir of an ancieht family of rank.
twenty-two of whom had then perished fighting itt
the cause of the HoustboNS—and, he shuddered at
the idea of disgracing their memory and the charac-
ter of his country.
Such are the motives assigned by M. DC. MAU-
/MEWL for his conduct in this extraordinary affair.
In the mean time, two parties, with views somewhat
different, concurred in pressing for the speedy esp..
cution of his mission. The first were chiefly com-
posed of TALLEYRAND and LABORIE, Secretary to
the Provisional Government, who kept up a con.
scant clamour for the blood of BONA-PARTE•aOd his
whole family—and the second, consisting of Vats-
, TEAUE, a merchant ; VITItOLE and Ss.MALE. COM.
niissaries ; GESLIN end Lsennic again, all zealous
Royalists, who were as eagerly panting for their
treasure. These last parties did not fail to remind
M. DE M AURREEIL that he should not forget them,
when on his mission; and that he should endeavour
to send them the jewels and money of the Bona--
partean family, as a compensation for their former
losses. LABORIE, who joined both parties, and
whose appetite for treasure appears to be quite as
keen as for blood, went even so far a• ►o v.cort to
M. nE MAIIIINEVIL, that the, were authorized by a
Prince of the Wood, not to let the riches of BONA.
'AIMS family escape.
At last, on the 18th of April, M. DE MAUBREVIL
and his coadjutor, M. n'Assies, set off' from Paris on
their extraordinary mission, and reached Nemours
on the same day. BONAPARTE left Fentainblean
on the 20th, and reached Nemours in the af.
tersioon. He travelled in his carriage alone, con-
siderably ■ head of his escort and baggage, and
as he came through the forest of Fontsintoteau, had
assassination been M. DE Manettentes real design,
tits unhappy victim was completely in Iris power, and
Might have beers easily and quickly dispatched. This
last circumstance gives an air of sincerity to M. De
MarmiLutes dec;aretions.

end produced some warm remonstrances from the
Bavar:ao and Wirtemborg Ambassadors. Thus cir-
cumstataced the projfctor of the plot, though commonly
fruitful in expedients to silence complaint and ward elf
odium from himself, had, in this cogs, recourse to an
old hack rutyed schOme of unbln,hing knavery. Finding
that the of i2inal plot had completely miscarried, and
the whole infamous mission terminated in an unmanly
and scsndslous art of plunder, 11. he cool and crafty
politkian thought It full timF to disclaim all
%ledge of the transaction, and to give the world
n proof of c+-nyummate perfidy, resolved to ocrifice
his own accredited agent, as the victim to popular

No event in the history of the human kind, has
more completely developed the propensities and
passions, the energies and powers, the virtues and I
vibes of man, than that volcanic eruption in the
moral world, called the French Revolution. In its
marvellous merely, it has alike set at naught all the
calculatioos of wisdom, the predictions of foresight,
and the lessons of experience.
Whether that Revolution has, upon the whole,
been more productive of good or evil to the civilized
world, is a problem, at this time, of difficult solu-
tion ; and which the strong ezisting party feelings
and angey passions of the present generation, render
them wholly incompetent to discuss with temper,
much less to decide with impartiality. The future
unbiassed hi/torten, who shall trace with fidelity the
complicated springs of human action, during the
dreadful ferment of the French Revolution—who
shall develop the true motives of those leaders,
whose efforts produced such an astonishing change
in the national character of that interesting People, is
probably not yet it► his cradle.
Crimes of deep and desperate atrocity undoubtedly
disfigured the French Revolution in it, early stages ;
but, after all, even among the same l'eople, who in-
dulged in these eacesses of oppression, cruelty, and
revenge, against the suspected enemies of their fan-
cied freedom, will, at the same time, be found the
most extraordinary instances of individual self-denial,
of incorruptible integrity, of the purest patriotic de-
votion to country. Their vices had none of those
disguises by which artificial institutions conceal
scenes of di►gusting moral deformity—they were the
offspring of nature, but of nature in her angriest
mood, asserting her supposed dearest rights, and
struggling as for being.
The Consular and Imperial Governments that suc-
ceeded, had at leastthe merit of putting an end to in.
ternal discords, and the sanguinary scenes of civil
bloodshed. The man who regulated the destinies of
France under both these forms of rule, suou eatin-
goished every trace of Republican manners, ha hits, and
principles ;and in re-buiting the demolis ,ed edifice of
society, took for his model a Military Government,
that should at once silence opposition to his sway, end
enforce obedience to the la ws. Indeed, except in the
adoption of some salutary laws, highly favourable to'
the People, and a better organized military system
—the Government of Bo's APARTE,differed little from
those of the other nations en the Continent. Th•
daring spirit and powerful energies, created by re
publican enthusiasm, were indeed no longer felt by
the People ; hut the Law of Conscription having
secured a military population, and internal tran-
quillity being restored, Frenchmen, proud of the
glory of their arms, and the splendid trophies of their
military renown, appeared to sit down contented
and happy. In this state of public repose and na•
firma! prosperity, France might hese continued, but
for the inordinate ambition of her Chief, and the un-
ceasing machinations and annoyance of the con-
federated Princes of Europe, whom nothing could
reconcile to a new dynasty filling the Throne of

Lilies, Sib May, 1818.

- On the 20th of April, the Queen of WESTett ALIA,
being then at Nemours, took leave of Boa APARTE on
the evening of that day, and on the following morning
set nut to join theWirtembeig troops. DE .11 AUBRLUIL
and D'AS,•IES, accompanied by Same French troops,
were immedihtely in motion, following the track it
was known BONAPARTE weak) take, who harCalso
set oat, and of seizing him at a convenient place.—
But, whether fortunate or otherwise, it so happened
that they unexpectedly met the Queen of WE.TPIIALIA
at Frossard, and while DE M AUBRRFUIL was at
breakfast, his coadjutor, D'Assms, stow her carriage,
from which he took eleven cases, containing money,
jewels, trinkets, and other effects. As soon as
De MAUBREUIL was informed of this act of outrage,
he gave immediate orders to suffer the Queen to de.
part,
.together with her waggons, which had not been
searched, and in which, it was afterwards said, were
contained eight millions in gold, all plate. The 11
rases were sent to Paris under a military escort, and
delivered to Messrs. DE VANETAUI, SEMALE, anti
others, who had givers directions for seizing 'them,
and who were authorized, as D'Assits asserted, to
receive them. •
This pitiful and couritrrily robbery, committed in
I tir!ct violation of the Treaty of. Fontainbleau, made,
a strong impression on the public mind of France,

France.
In the ',ally part of 1814, the grand aim of the
Allies was almost accomplished—the Combined
Armies had then reached the environs of Paris, Bo-
NAPARTE had retired from the capital, and a Nil.
visional Government had been appointed. These
events were hailed as auspicious to the hopes of the
House of Bourbon, the restoration of which had
been the constant, though often disguised, object of
the Allied Sovereigns, from the. moment Fiauce had
declared herself a Republic. The world, however,
had long been taught to expect by the advocates of
legitimacy, that the accession of the BOURBONS once
more to power, would be the prelude to that happy
era, when Republican violence and military tyranny,
would give way to mild, just, and paternal Govern-
ment. The Members of the Provisional Govern li
-
ment, with all their previous zigzag and whirling
changes in political life, affected at last to hold this
opinion, and were, therefnep, in constant communi-
cation with the Bourbon hiiices, and deeply occu-
pied in forming arrangements to facilitate their re-
storation.
At that period, and in this slate alf things, the Pro-
visional Government felt that BONAPARTE, though
then abandoned by-fortune, might hereafter preve a
formidable obstacle to the permanent security of the
Bourbon Throne. Under this impression, TALLNY-
RAND, who had figured as a leader through all the
stormy changes of revolutionary France, and who
had always had the rare felicity, or profound cun-
, tang, to make every change subservient to his in-
terest, hit upon a plan, admirably calculated to re-
move every cause of alarm, either from the intrigues
of BONAPARTE, or from any member of his family.—
The plan itself, *though simple and efficient, had none
of that reach of thought and depth of design, which
have been supposed to mark many of the schemes of
this enlightened and accomplished Statesman. The
whole phin, as stated by M. DE MAUIEREUIL, was the
Isacrifice of BONAPARTE.
In the course of the late long and sanguinary war,
Ithe hostile Governments were not sparing of their
charges against each other, of mutual attempts at hs-
f sessination. Whatever doubts. may have been en-
tertained on many of these reported eases, certain it
is, some of them were oat wholly without founda-
tion ; but, in the one now under ciii.sideration, ac-
cording to M. NI aeaatrir.'s statements, nere
.are
such disgusting traits of black. ingratitude, of coot
deliberation,, and inhuman atrocitY, as. one Would
fain hope,.for the honour of oar speilies; 'could net
be found in-the character or actions of a civilized hr.-,
log. Most of the attempts of this dark and cowardly de-.
'caption, during the late war; Weielnide by frantic.
4 individuals; driven mad by desperatfon 4!' bit beta it sp.
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To thiS erect fie 'rec.-rived nerftem Ogilvie ley (knees) OV.,
IFOXT. FfetlC4 M inioer Room ea
i eta' of the p.l—Asiet.Vs: Provi,i.)ll4l Dirivise• of the
nee—Gen. SArKs9, Co.nrismuder of she Ras . (meek rand
who 1r..% faro li •vernar of roii.—Gmer.,l flansiereAtitea.
t:hirf of the l'rus!d•,n Staff at Paris. - &mina' oid,c, wag also
xiveil In M. D' A MIES.
The follow hie ore copies of the orders; thOsariginali. twee
tven since depsniited in !br different Capri!: of isomers. in Frhpee
who sifter o arils !milt co:wiz:me,. of M. M BR EV I affair.
• .
" NIVISTKY OF GENERAL I'OEIGE, • •
"It hett•by 'proems', Mot Authoritic3 charged at.itN di*
GrIlt.1:11 P 4111411. of France, generhEar well lis Comodoes,
are to obey alerts-der+ of IM. Mouses'lt.. and to, do
nod eieeule • diately, every thing which he .n-s' require,
MACBREUIL tteing enlarged *ith a:Secret Mlatoital of the
highest Istoptitsaloce.
'Sight
" ANGLES.
" Paris. April 16. 1814.' -
[The order, ~r General Due° vr and KevanteNt, are
nearly of she same tenor and date as the preceding.]

ORDER GIVEN BY GENERAL SACKEN.
" General MAVIIREVIL bring charged .with an high and
important mission, tur which be if ”Dtheitifed Iti cdll to his aid•.
the quoits of his Imperial Rusiinn PriajestviltiGeneral.in-Chief
of the Russian infant's, Baron DE Sacknn.wr(lers all and everj
Cuninsquarr of the trips pi place them at hit disposal for Use
esecution of hit mission, should he require them.
" Toe General in-Chief the Russian
infantry, Governor of Paris,
" ra"is, April 17, 1814. (Signed) Baron,SACKEN."

ORDER GIVEN BY GENERAL BROKENHAUSEN.
" General VI A Vilma/IL bei, riallosised to travel in France
:trawelliTs•of the-ereate,t imports/m.6 and for the execution of
'•high and that hr may waft the hid of sae tronys
of treater Posen: !la corargnence arid according to the order
ottor GeneroLutplief. Boron SACKr.N, the enmnianden of
e AllfreTroirpii are I eretiv'esciiiine.l to sop'''s him with of
.1110411 T men as'he mH, require for the vial-olio's of hiv snivrtant
ASigded) •"• Boron de BROKEN Fl A UF.ST,
•i . . • . " Getterol of the Stat."
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It will he recollected that this atrocious deed was
to have been perpetrated only a few days after the
Treaty of Fontainbleau was signed, which secured
peters to France, and sof-ty to BO 'OASTS. The
Provisionni Government cquld then have nothing to
fear from either intrigue or violence; and, therefore,
the author nf the plot could find no excuse for so hor-
I id an attempt. from any pretended (linger to the State
—an excuse vroich has been too often employed in de-
feoe. of the blackest deeds. Mitch has been said of
the ha rhariti,s of savage war, and more still of the
Cruelties; conenit ted by .. the Reputilica it Leaders
in the French Revolution; but, for studied baseness
and de!iberste treachery, nothing can he found in
the tierce warfare of the mast ferocious in tribes
—or, in the more sickening and bloody scenes that
diapered Fiance under republican fury, to equal
this in (19;4614 of feeling, and in disgusting hypo.,
crisy. The untutored Andian follows only a strong
natural impulse—his kindness and his cruelty are
in the same keeping—both flow (runt one source,
and are alike conspicuous. The French repulslicats
ton, the victim of ignorant but ungovernable zeal,
saw, or finagled he saw, en enemy in every man,
who did not.prornptly join his standard, and defend
it with the madness of desperation. The motives of
both these, however questionable they appear, may
be Awed to nature; but, in a system said to
have been founded. in justice—which. professed to
have the public good for its only object—which pro.
voiced to still the frenzy of passion—to revive and
restore the moral virtues to their native rank, end to
replace religion in her holy temples—such sit
instance of baseness and treachery as this sets
every principle of honour et defiance, and exhi.
hits a waetnn prostitution of natural instinct*
and.of the best feelings of the human heart. If such
vices as these could be supposed to be the natural
crnwth of civilized Government, the moralist, Jr re•
duvet to a choice, could scarcely hesitate to give the
preference to savage society. In the latter, to be
safe anti tranquil, we know what to pursue and.
what to shun ; hut in the former, where virtue is Do
security from suffetitig, and where even vice is not
wrong must
always a passport to favour, right or
ever be mater of conjecture. Undor such a system
there is nothing that can be depended upon, but the
rant of hypocrisy, the freaks of caprice, and the in.
fllettce of power. All is distrust and dread, and is
the absence of confidence end certainty, security and
happiness may be sought for in vain
As soon RS the plunder of the Queen of LVESTenee
1.1.% became known at Paris, it was almost univer.
saily,exocrated, and TALLEYRAND and his minions
having themselves giveti the tone to public feeling--•
the exclamation of Thieves ! Robbers! Randall!
resounded from every quarter of the capital. Still,
DE MAtaiREUIL, consicious of having had no par&
cipation in the act, or share in the plunder, and fan.
eying himself secure from danger by the written au-
thority of Ministers, he felt easy on his own account,
relying on the high sanction his mission had•received
for his justification. Ile was not long, however,
permitted In enjoy the sweets of deceitful repose ;
for,on the 25th of April (that is on the third day after
:his-errival), he was ordered to attend et the Thuile
Jeries to receive the commands of the Count Alston ;
}bat instead of being honoured with that expected in.
terview, he was arrested sod placed in• the custody of
PARMA ER, then the Prefect of Police. On the day
following, PASQUIER,sent:for him and expressed a.
wish to see his w rittert powers for undertaking his late
'estreordinary mission, in order, is be said, that their
object and authenticity might fieisecertsined, and Dit
Meunescre,with confiding simplicity laid them before
him—the Pretect ittetategy..anatebed them up, darted
through a secret door, end disappeared in the twink-
ling of an eye. 'llrhreeren immediately rushed in,
seized Ds Mepseeute., sod forcibly conveyed him to
th prison 4114/Prefecture, where he was confined
opkeettleOPfortir • mopthe,," It may he allowable to
I notice here, that Dit'Slauoaetties written hiders
! have, by the spirited interposition of M.' DAMBILY,
the Chancellor, been at last recovered, soil that legal
certified copies of the Genie are now in DE MAU•
BREUies possession.
During one half of. DE Meusasules confinement
he was kept a close prisoner; but ht the other he re-
ceived. so much more indulgence, that he began to
entertain hopes of his liberation. Some new plat.,
however, was then hatching, for, on the 20th elf
.August it was pretended that a bag, containing
diamonds, pearls, and toys, had been fished out of
the Seine, ;tear the bridge of Jena, by some persons
belonging to the Police. This scheme was planned to
account far the whole of the Qql,Pll of WESTPIIALI4
property, end to give colour to a suspicion, art-
' fully circulated, that they west: part of that spoil
which De 111,avanen. and D'APIEs not being able to
conceal, had thrown into the river to avoid detec-
tion. Be this es it may, certain it is, that this
curious incident revived the dreadful story of the
robbery, and DE M AUEREVIL was again com-
mitted. to
,close . custody and confined for several
months longer. in the me*
Chancellor, hiving turned
of this affair, and cleat ly fm

• mean time NI. DAMBRY, the
tied his atVention to the whole
Iy fcreseeitl the consequences
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