The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-11-16 00:00:00

ilistensiotts ! What a fatal error, sr itieh twineg
'loon the arm of the law upon him who ouiest 'to Le
ilb firmest soils:or.
" lu time. of rerolutions, the rii,nes or faults to
is hid' they :etc. rise, are not ill ett) s punished with
impartial ty autl jutie... You will set the fine es-
eniple of :1 Illi;11111ry It .16111141 deliberating with calm.
nest. amitist the effervescence of all the passions, on
the tart of an illustrious culprit. Fl.O flekt Will all
Lunar.o observe us. We have yielded to any totitt-
two f ‘fPiell to our duty. NYe shall quit this Colvt
with the knowledge that 0111 conscience is irreprosch.
able, and without fearing either their opinion or that
of posted, v.
" The Reporter is imoier red in learned researches
4111 to the origin and privileges of the. Peerage. on
the origin and the prerogatives of the Mar,lials of
tnea.

T.P Chamber of Peers is, in his eve?, the only
tribute's! %Welt can judge rainiiinslly io the csse of a
Poor of Frstire.
" They have ',retention," 1:(1 " that a outwit
should be judged according to the degree or trielity
in %hit+ he was at the moment of his attestation.
They hate conclude", that Matshal r.:ey having
ceased to he a Peer of Prance, by the mere fact of
his accepting a Peerage from Bonaparte, has no right
to be tried before the Chamber of Peers.

" This opinion appears to us most hazardous.
" Every day individuals, accused of military of-
fenses, are brought before Councils of War, for
crimes committed while they were in the army,
though they had then retired from the service.
66 The decisions of the Councils of War can be
differed under the relation of the form of a Council
of Revision. The tribunal, whatever may be the
rank of the accused, is always composed of a Mar-
shal, a President, two Colonels, two Lieutenant.
Colonels, and one Captain. Would it be consistent
to sobmit to a tribunal so constituted, a decision
made by four Marshals of France, and by three
Lieutenant• Generals ? The tribunals, which pro.
nounce in the last resort, should be always of a su.
perior order !
•• It remains /or us to trust to the intelligence and
impartiality of the Council, charged with expounding
has no example is the annals of

the Attorney-General, answered
the Prisoner's Counsel and the
of the Council appeared to him
the Ordonnances of the 6th of
of July. The Charter gires to
of (eking, under extraordinary
. measures as shall ensure the pub-
Dectee which decided on the bring.
jog of Bonaparte and all hi: criminal accomplices
before the Councils of War, obtained at the time the
universal- approbation of the Chambers and the
whole nation. Alarr.hal Nev should he so pene-
trated when he left Paris. This expression could
not be effaced from his memory, when :ome days af-
ter he incurred the rigour of the Ordontiance, and
thus placed himself beyond the bar of the Cottatitu-
ti

1 demand, therefore, that the objection be over-
ruled : and that you pass to the consideration of your
judgment." -
The Marshal was re-conducted to the Coticier-
genie.
The Tribunal adjourned to the Council Chamber,
end after half on hour's deliberation, pronounced the
following lodgment :
" The Council having deliberated on the question,
iii. 6 Whether it was of competent jurisdiction to
decide on the case of Marshal Ney ;" _ _

" The Council of War, by a molority of five voices
to two, declares that it is incompetent to judge Mar-
shal Ney.'
The Court charges Field-Marshal Grundler, the
Reporter, to give notice of this decisiou to Marshal
Ney.
The Sitting broke up half-past four.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Nov. 10.
The Minutes of the previous Sitting basing been
read,
M. DEIZKIII rose to correct an inaccuracy in them,
where it was stated that the Chamber, pronouncing
on the Petition of the employes in the manufacture
of tobacco at Bourdeaux, decided that the petition
should be sent to the Minister of Finance, and was
strongly (arec interet) recommended to him by the
Chamber. He denied that any such resolution was
adopted as that of strongly recommending the peti-
tion ; and he would venture to assert, that nothing
could be more contrary to the dignity of the Cham-
ber than such a recommendation. Whatever might
be the facts of the petition, they were not ascertain.
ed, and the Chamber should not attach its recom•
mendation, except to matters which were fully with-
in its knowledge.
M. ye FoucAun, reporter from the Committee of
Petitions.—Gentlemen, after having read the petition
et the request of M. de Marcellus, stating an injus-
tice committed upon certain employes attached to the
Royal cause, I heard a voice exclaim "le rcnvoi
avec recommendation." I then asked, whether the
petition should be sent to the Minister with the re.;
commendation of the Chamber. Many Members
declared for the affirmative ; none in the negative.
M. se MARCELLUS.-it is very certain, and I re-
collect perfectly, that 1 finished with moving that'
the petition in question should be recommended with
interest by the Chamber ; and I thought I perceived
that the Assembly assented to my wish. lie had,
however, a more substantial inaccuracy to correct in
the minutes. It was there said, that the petitioners
complained of deprivation of office, whereas the fact
was, they complained of a robbery which deprived
them of part of their lawful emoluments by throw-
ing them lute a general mass for repartition among
others.
• This remark being supported,

The PasstioxsT declared that the Minutes should
be rectified according to the explanation given by M.
Marcellus.

The original question as to the recommendation
again recurred ; and
M. Gaoseors, one of the Secretaries, declared
for himself and his colleagues, that no doubt existed
ou their minds at the time that it was the wish of the
Chamber strongly to recommend the petition to the
Miuister.

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