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informed him that such abstract reasoning Ws%
use to his defence. You are, said he, acctned
crime, and it does not belong to human josti,,,,
weigh motives. Proove that the crime does not ec,,,
but we cannot say that a crime is innocent.

The accused did not insist on finishing the rev.
of the passage, and concluded his defence in theme
affecting manner, when abjuring :his-error; Lem
l
pressed his wishes that France might rill) in pol
faith round Louis XVIII.

" May, " said be, " the acknowledgment of m,
fault be useful ! May my Son, after my death, til„:
not at the name of his father!"

The Council retired to &liberate. The siwcl,,l
tors, who were numerous, remained during the uho4
of the deliberations, w hich !wed for an hour ail,' 4
half.

The sentence, according to the custom of M.
tary Tribunals, *as pronounced in the absence c 4
the accused. The Council declared the. T:.Coloot
I.lbedoyere guilty :-Ist. Of treason; 2d. pro.
hellion; and 3d. Of not hawing profited of the &it
of eight days granted by the Ottlinance of the
to return again to his duty.

In consequence, he is condemned to suffer deli,
The condemned has 24 hours to provide for
sisal of the sentence.

From the Dutch ■nd German Pews received (I.
diy

Bansms, AUG. 13.—The following are the m.
tents of a letter which has been sent us from Ibs
head-quarters Of his 'Royal Riahness Prince As.
gustus of Prussia :—" I inform you by this letter,
that the trenches having been opened in the ni;htot
the 7th before Philippeville, at the distance ot t or
300 paces from the nails, the bomhardmetg begun
four o'clock, and the place sur►endered to me to
wards the evening. The capitulation is the sank
those of Maubeuge and LandreOes., To-day one of
the gates is occupied by my troops. Notwithstanil.
ing the short duration of the bemliart!ment (betook
has suffered considerably, as well by the violena
of our cannonade as by a terrible lire' which broke

out in the place.
" From the head-quarters befOre
9, 1911

•' AUGUSTUS Prime of PRUSSIC
'• T. the Editor of the Jouriptl de In Belgique."

General Tauenzein passed through Liege on tit
9th. The 6th corps, which he commantln, is Welty
composed of new levier, made in the Intelpacquitet
possessions of his Prussian Majesty on the 1.1a4
Rhine; these troops are not fully equipped, bat ti.er
ig ill receive what is necessary in France.
Su-tura/AND, Ava. s.—The Bureaus of tho
Austrian army, which has been hitherto at !Arnett,
passed the Rhine yesterday at Basle to proceed into
France, under an escort of 12 or 1500 men, bott
horse and foot. . The batteries of Basle wereap4
violently cannonaded in the night of the 4th.

VIENNA, JULY 29.—We are here daily mores
more persuaded that the Treaty. of Pariswi'l suf
several changes in favour of the Allies, and
France will lose serer:' great provinces. Threw.
ration of the three Legations to the Pope, is corai•
dered as a proof of this, since it leads to a sup*.
Lion that Austria will obtain aniodesunity elsewhere.
the Duchess of St. Leo has undertaken a jitney
among the:glaciers in the siting* of Cbatemsuny. Tbe
Duke of Rasiano, who has smutted the name I
Prince; de Betujean, after his estate in Freud
COnsite, .has gene from--Getteva to Lausanne.
. . • :
. .
BY.s.n arrival, at Portimouth from,Cherborgh, sf
riArn,:thit .on Sunday afternoon a body of atwe
124,000 Prussians and Russians presented Abesselves
before Cliktstireh, and demanded admission into OJ
town. Gen. Pet.niE, who commanded, refused to
give entrance to-any other than French troop, intl
-in consequence the town was declared on Saud/
evening in a state of siege. It is almost without de.
fenCes cif the land side.

To rIIE EDITOR or TR z .STATESMAS.

T

Sr a,—T h e letter io your Paper or yesterday, lg.
'der the signature of 'lllmtrooenou, displays Wong
and abilities of the
.very first rate, and effectialli
vindicates the character and conduct of Nnrocros.
while, at the same time it consigns. the Billingr
wilier of tl'At Times Newspaper to ineffable roe'
tempt, at least such must be its effect on the mi,.(14
every unprejudiced Reader. It at once sweeps so!
all the filth which has been thrown qn the elm°
of NAPOLEON, for.the sole purpose of concealing'''
native lustre, and brings forth the:pure gem to pit'
lic view like an 'unclouded sun. It is in my o"i°
the best defence of NAPOLEON whit!) has yet appor'
ed, not even excepting the justly-admired and
answerable argionts of Aceeasose, Lorry, 101
Con;ETT; I acs Truly happy .to find that so able se
advocate for truth, justice, and humanity, has tato
his seat on our side of the House; and I loPe
trust his admirable address on, a subject, which I'4l
be considered of the first importance, will W
published in all the independent Journals of the lot'l
sent day, us I am persuaded it AM da more to re'
der the rause of truth and, ustice triumphant, 2,''d
awaken the nation to a sense .of the degradatii.3
which it i, attempted to be reduced, by the um;enemel
and unwarrantable treatment of an Must:ion, re
tire, thaw all that has been yet said or mar
the subject. Ten thousand thanks are due to rlL:'
ROPIION for so brilli.int a display of his talents
just a cause.
Temple, Avg. 18, 1815. ALrltEl' V.