The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-12-18 00:00:00

'Mt STAITSMAN.

It worth! be to destroy entirely every ides et @width).
botwein the different Power., if it *iv* once eons
Wished a► a principle, that France may without dill.
malty extend her limilx„ acquire new provineva, and
unite them to her let' 4.06, tither by conquest or
treaty, whilst she alone shall enjoy the privilege of
never lotting any of ben ancient possessions, either
by the misfortunes of war, or by the political ar-
rangements that may result from it.
With regard to the latter part of the note of the
Plenipotentiaries of France, the undersigned rosorve
themselves for a serious explanation in the nett con-
ference which they will have the hotteur of proposing
to, the Pleniontettlia,ios of France.

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CA PO Ins A, 11 ARDEN ItEltn.
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PRIVATE CORR ES PONDRNCE.

PUBIIIER tiRTAIis yosP crING THR DEATH OF
MAR NEY.

Pan % Dre. S.

Of 150 voices, 128 were for death, 17 for de-
portation, five &Nitre(' that the defenders of .the
Marshal h, Bing been interrupted, and his defence
being commie/illy imperfect, they were not in a
cesdbion to decide.
The sentence was read to the Marshal at three
sechick•in the morning, and he was told Ott it would
•be esedifitti at eight. At six o'clock he saw bit
Ledy ; be held her for some time seated on his knees,
saying to her, " this is a coup d'&al, It is a mil.
fortune, my dear friend, less, perhaps, than others
which have also fallen out you since our revolutions;
ItheY have already cost you your mother; a terrible
accident has deprived you of your sister ; what has
happened to me is tut another accident—l have not
lost my honour." The Lady burst into tears. Ile
asked to see his children, sloe answered that she
would bring them after she had been to the" King ;
`but he insisted, without telling her, however, the
few moments that he hall to live; he ordered that
they should come immediately. His four children
were then brought to him between 'seven and eight
o'clock. Ile had written to his brother.in:law to
come ; he requested a moment longer to wait for
him -it was refused him. Ile wrote some lines to
his old father, who is said to be very venerable for
his virtues ; then conversed some minutes with the
Curate of St. Sulpice in private, and then said, 46 let
us go." When he had reached the Observatory, as
they wished to carry him further on, be said, " we
I are well here;" he himself commanded the men to
place themselves, and perceiving that the Odicer re.
[pained silent, cried out himself " fire!" and fell
with the greatest courage. The Curate wrote to his
family that he died like a brave soldier and a good
Christian. It was then half-past eight.
The poor Lady not knowing then what had lisp.
pened, ran In find Marshal Oudinot, or some other
friend who might accompany her to the King. She
could God rot. one !

At nine o'clock she came alone to the Thuilleries ;
in the enti•chamber of the King, she saw the Duke
Felts* (Cletke,) cast herself in hie arms, and exclaim.
ed with soba, '••let me see the King—save my hest
band—sare your fellow in arms." He repulsed her
an brutally, as to almost throw her to the iroutld.—
She turned to en Officer, and bogged hiet ~her'
to the King ;Ale aitswereil, •' his Majesty his just
breakfasted ; this intrusion now would hope/ Mm ;
you will set him mete ea►ilr in two hours." •
The Duke de D4ras, a witness of this batharous i
scene, then tame to her, and said in her ear, .1. un.;
happy women—he is no more." At these words, her
grief knew sto bounds; she cried out to the Duke of
Velure, called him a " monster, an executioner, the
assassin of the father of her children."

BY ANOTHER COItRESPONDKNT.
When Ney firsf spoke of the capitulation, he de-
clared he would hare died " his sabre a la rscria,if
batinOt. trusted to the faith of the Allies."

His exclamation, what his. Advocates triesho Claim
ezemptinn (or him, as born in territory now ',did
to Prussia, viz. " I am a Frenchman, and will Ale a
Frenchman !" produced a very evident effect en the
audience, and his general behaviour during the last
days had much effect on his countrymen, who could
see a man of such acknowledged military services and
talents cut off at a period when, though a peace is
signed, there is in every reflecting man's conCempla.
film, prospects of fresh struggles end disturbances
in Europe. Had Marlborough fallen (said a Freed(.
man to me, the other day) when he first desertedA
cause and betrayed a King, England would not so
easily have redeemed the ignominy of the reigns of
Charles 11. and James 11. Perhaps, added he, You,
crulres perissez de inane, and are not sorry foie* our
klarlboroughs cut Oft before the day of vengeance
arrives.—A Peer, long attached to Louis XVIII.,
was overheard to say, 46 we should pause before we
tako away the life of such a matt."
When Ney'a wife left her unfortunate husband to
solicit mercy from the King, he enjoined bee in
strong terms not to compromise her own dignitter
his honour.
44 I pardon my enemies," said be, " and I cheeks
my children trot to reveuge my death ; God send it
may be serviceable to my country. In joining Na.
poleen, when I thought the King had left France,
I committed a fault ; but I shall appear before my
God with a clear conscience."

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I'BrEt.STATESIWAN.

LfiIVDON:
som.,iy, Deepens 18, 1815.

A Dstch Mail arrived this forenoon. It brings
an official Cotifirmntiots of a Treaty of Marriage
having been a. Included beta CI the P, ince of ORA NGt
and her Imperial Ilighoess the Grand Duchess MARSH
P4uLON4, sister of the Emperor of Resat .A.—
In the Sitting of the Second Chamber of the States
General on the 12th inst. a Message was communi-
cated from his Majesty 1116 SOYEREIG "it Pal ICE,
intl-
mating this contract, the consent of I lie States being
necessary thereto, according to the Constitution.
The Brussels articles 'represent the Allied troops
as rapidly retiring from France into Belgium, and
assert that the head-quarters of the Duke of W EL.
LINGTON would be moved to Cambray before the
end of the mouth. From Paris to our frontiers, say
these articles, the Allied troops are all in motion,
and the muds are covered with military of all
arms, artillery, baggage, &c. All the Allied ar-
mies, however, are not to abandon France so hastily ;
but it appears from the Brussels intelligence, that all
the British troops beyond the contingent of 25,000
infantry and 5000 cavalry, which remain in Enact,
are coming to Belgium.