The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-11-24 00:00:00

a' .

S.

AP54.46 4,1
A •

._ . .
iIdIRSHAL SOUR'. . hid ferekol Mtn lore*ve France; but )hat he wished Bonaparte, *lto was then at Fenian
e
4 . * ,to throw ii veil o all that had passed from the tiny had dotice-\ •, e.
I • ts,
:. • ‘.. '." ' s *sees ..
of kit ;caving Lille eotil that of .his entering Cam- It Ids from a•wielleta t
VROIIIII4 lealltiltinAL IN JdsitelCATlolt OF ittblStt./.
.
. • V • nn receiving the dispatch, let b smile'
i ." keened:is for me to glee as account of my cone Ima
A stranger, as all my conduct peeves, to the plot, said-.. 0 ! So!
Burt frtun the 11th of May to the date of the Ortli. they expect me akpar,
the authors of whirls the Kin hay thought himself The indictinea accusing bins. of la
i nonce which supposes me culpable. The facts in that. .
punish,and nWaving seiveserver)Under the 'then read, and the • Anvocere-G
trietiori in OVUM'. numerous nor susceptible of con- ""und to et
irsiver.y,
illegitimatreGovertsment, except during the interval shortly the tole e, of the charges. 2
. .. .
Iwa appointed Major-General of the Armies elapsed between the two epochs marked fly the Pro- 'fhe Pee...mese then put the follow
s :-
I obeyed. Ili that character I signed an Order of olumatiots, on what ground can I be the ohject of the licensed.
the Day, addressed to the soldiets, which was the punishment, when my security rests on the higher' PRES:DENT-1" hove." our hsf
•work of the Government which I theyetl. I fought guarantee-my onoims"""re 'rod the King's word ? k"wledged that ..)°° w' ore. "1 B''''
I What, thee, is the cruel
.fatality Skicit arrays but that it was to wish hies a eappy
the Prussians and the English at Fleurus and Was
. against ms' all tire wrath of Ids Majesty, while hia lisug quiet. Was not the I:11er dal
terloo. • •
letter of the 13th of :,,larch, posterior to my zeteeit Nose:idler ?-Lever.eire.- Yes.
If these are crimes, I amguilly. ,
front the Ministry, still assured me of his favour, ' Q. Why did you write so long
But 1 venture te persuade myself that there was
nothing criminal in my conduct; and to be convinced and while his Proclamation of June 2S is:ensues' the yeas 2-A, Because the person to tits
involuntary errors in %%Lich I pas ticipated during that lett., did not cleat-Paris immediately,
of this, it scents to me that it eoulel be sufficient to
examine that conduct without prejudice, and with-
interval with so great a number of Frenchmen? main some time nit Ike coati:
out detaching ont's self from 'the circumstances in . !
. Can it be my conduct sioce that Proclamation which . Covet
,Ferraud was Called in. Ile
which Fiatice was then placed.
has rendered me unworthy of tire benefit it guarats- valette's having taken possession of
ills Meiesty had for a long time been removed tees ? No, that is impris;ihk; for that conduct, as of the Post °ace on the, 2011 S of 'Ma
from hii kingdom. That retreat which always op-
the army and the capital cse attest, was such as, of ' Lac .11ette thee observed,, after a '
pesred to me contrary to the true interests of the -
itself, perhaps, ought In suffice to recover for me all l gratitede to M. Ferrand*tor his row
King, had damped the courage of the Reyalists.*- the favour of my Sovereign. 't I arti•erl on the Otis of March.
The capitulation of the Duke of An oulente de rived Cats the Ministers hate neglected to inform his morning, on the Beulevatils, M. S;si
p g p
them of their last hope. The acts of reaerence were Majesty, that berme the `2S;II of lune, and from the cal.riols t. He t, td mit the news.
moment that the abslicetinn of Bonsparte permitted have a mind to go to tbs Post and see
great. number of Frenchmen, doubtless regretter!
every whe.e succeeded by actfr of subutiasion. A
me openly to express my wishes, I neglected no ef. Ile accumpassied me. 'W*l'onrislea
,
i their legitimate Kii g, and beheld the new Sovereign fort, avoided tin danger in endeavouring, to renal the asked him in a mild tone, whether
1 with terror, but all yielded to the imperious law of troops, the citizens, mid the diffdrent authorities of there? lie said that he was gessoes,
necessity. All France submitted, and slap Govern. the State to our legitimate Princes ?-While men's walking,ip the Audit-roma Cbistitiee.
• moot of the Usurrer was established in fact. If
I
there Ire an inceutestible poise, this is without con- mieds, and all the factions were ngitattel with the believe, that I had prostowid -myself it
question on what Ism; I the Crown .of France, re- • a'titude, saying,' I .take pnitseieloit .
1
garden as recent, should be placed, was I fount! to the Empernr.=Thie is fatee:--1 **lineal trediction one.
•
- Things were in this state elite, the iissrildon of the hesitate a moment in recognizing and proclaiming tit,.: when M. Parasol returned. -.. I ethic
't foreign Powers became iunsiiiitent. N.imesisus Pros- rights of the Benisons ? Did I not do this in the said, ss sir'-He opened the &she
stony Etteilshs end Austriars bated hat Already
Charntrer of Peers, before the Provisional Corn . is. %tabour replying to me, and hence
raised on our frontiers the Cr)if hatred and of veil.
!ion of Gereininent, its the presence of all the Ge- the hall.
y
Cabinets at bust declared that
caner..
T e• fusel
nerds of the army assembled in a Councilt of War I Passieg to the other points, M. La
,hey only melt upgoi aims to r.•-establish Its„ 6 nutty In deliberate on the itefesice of Paris ? Is it neces. ! "It has beers declared, that I rte.
of the Bourbons on she throne, hut thoy N le. sary I should state, that my zeal and frankness in • rat criminal assemtil• ges at the D lit
maintaining that the honour of Fiance depended on the Duchess of Sr. [AD'S, and M rime
trotted thaw eoleM:1 etsga4ome• , oil a new decleenti• n ;
and besides, has he s q tie 5.r••;,..', sat these pro-
a prompt submission to Ilse Kiog, rendered me sus- I never set font in Madame II semis r's
raises ought to have inspired a hive: confidence?
.. .
peeled by the Government, and caused my fecal from saw her at Paris. I never was hamlets
At the a the army, the command of Which was entrusted to Duke of Rossano.
pproach of ties torrent nom posed of nu. ,
!merous motions a latch had i-mg beets coequered and Count Grouchy ? . 1 " Madame St. Leo (and here, Get
trampled upon Is) (vet ;trilbies, and amidst which Doubtless, I never thought of demanding from the that My heart is wrong at seeing an are
there did me ypear a single Frenchman, the Only Court the reward of this coeduct. I believed I was who on foreign ground, is still pursued
prosper, which se ere
to Present itself to citizens of , fulfilling my duty. lt was' iity country I coesidered MaSeme the Duchess of St. Lew a .ss nurse
el( opinions eas the ruin 4.1 Fraser, should she he myself defending. But though I was far from look. King's friends; she lad .7"itoil ove eleormele
ing for any recompence, ought Ito have expected that benefits ; she knew Booarearte er o.od err,
-
redu«! tri See her -plains inundated and her strong
as the reward of my-zeal and devotedness to the cause for acceptieg th-m. The retests ef
lilac • ie..! i:y a in'llion of foreigners impelled by
of the Kistg, his Ministers would class me with those her the seserest grief ; 4. has been
; so many motive% to her destruction.
Surrounded by my family and my friends, I la- who have beets signalised as the most criminal or the, that lime. We must nut, Sir, add is
most dangerous of Iris subjects; ? Is it becauee I almost public clamour."
meats, I the situation of my country, whets I learned
my uonsioetioo to the place of Major-General, and alone had the courage in those moments of difficulty Q. Why were you concealed in the
received•orders to join the army immediately.
to meal to her duty France, then re-become free to dame St. Let during the last days e
I obeyed, not as a creature of Bonaparte would
follow it, that my name has been placed et the head King's departure. -A. I retired this
.'
:
have done, in. defence of a power u hence he had re. of the list of the proscribed? was te t there.
ceiwed or expected fortune. It is well known to the
The more I reflect on this strange result, the more ' Q. If you were not menged in any
whole army, the, I always had reason to complain I compare it with my conduct and the *Write of the ceal yourself ?
of that mail, and though I served him with fidelity, King, the more must Ibe cotrfi.med'in the convic. A. Because of my opinion ofol
no one more sincerely detested his tyranny. lion, that the mind of his Majesty has been dereiv- c. ntly appointed. It is four in,,rsttes
I obeyed, not as an enemy of the King would have ed ; that my conduct has not beets known to him ; timated to me to depart, selling me I
dune. I had received front him only marks of esteem that ignorance or calumny can alone have instituted ed, which advice I rejected. Four
the process ng.inst me. I may then hope that his arrest I wrote ta M. de Iteue.eut,ti
and confidence; and I am incapable of being en.
• 'Majesty, ou being better Mot used, will himself deign 'Minis! ry, to hareJuoges ass•gis.d tue.
grateful.
to corsect the fatal error of which I. am the victim.- to reproach myself with ; 1 regfer t!
But as a citizen, ns a soldier, I obeyed him who
For tnis, his knowledge, his justice, and his bounty, reed did tiot condescend to grant me
theme was at the head of the Qovertiment. !
My heart may bare deceived me ; but it told me are my guarantees. whirls 1 sAicited of him; I should cer'
• But were Itobe so unfortunate as to find that lieen here.
that a French Marshal could not allots his sword to.
remain in the scabbard when the whole army Walt his hlajeste, considering himself bound by a first de- Count Fvetnesto said, that he cool
takin up arms for Ilse defeace of the country. termination, should not think fit to employ Isis own audience to M. Lavallette, because it
g ,
history does not Moline Admiral Risk.., whowlsile
authority in repairing the injury he has done me, and solicited nf him.
commanding the English fleet under another usurper,
shrtnld entrust to others than himself the examination The President refers to what Coot
whose over he also detested did not the less
and appreciation of my conduct, there is at least one deposed respecting what Lavallette p, ,
valiantly combat in support of she glory and freedom ; act of justice which duubtless I shall not solicit in goldirig the taking away of his pa
Vain.
of his country. Ile consecrated these words its
which he addressed his sailors-•' It is our duty It is to !resent, is ithoat further delay, before cumstatice do-s not arear %1.11 esp
:
to , the Judges destined to pronounce oil my fate. This Ale ,liTtlq'll had no cotiversteion wilts
fight fur our country into whatever hands tic: Cu-
act of justice I shall receive as a benefit, since it will M. LAYALLETTE observed. he cool
vernment may fall."
i furnise me with the surest means of proving my in- the memory of hi. Ferraed was not s.
But why seek abroarl for examples ? During the: ""encP' This benefit is secures! to me by the laws; It s °old lune been incontreeient to he,
firs/ years of the Revolutimeewhen France, the vie-; ;and I cannot fear the being deprived of a right so Fereand into his cabinet.
Om of 0111 most feencious,usureete, languished under sacred, since it is from his Majesty I claim it. 11i- M. •PliftrlAtre said, he wou'el sin.
a G vernment abhorred by the g I citizens, and lesolence and ignorance may obtain by tortoise from prejs.• el gird! used to hue,, bat he cot
e
utrackenoledged by all foreign powers, did poetic I the Sovereign a serious charge against art irreproach. M. Lay sllette had not riemaaded an
011111 nlll stain not she names of those brave MN, ; able rit
izen; but to refuse the accused his means of Q. Who gave you so order to preset
who Isnsteeed at the call of the Chiefs of the State ! Jeslificuttoos
• •1011 0
to condemn him without a hearing, (he Post-Ace ?
,
would bean act of tyranny. I may then be tranquil. A. I did not come with orders,
to sacrifice their lives in repelling the enemies of
their cssuistry ? Was it not in speaking of these times, I
To conclude, whatever may be the fate which I wished to hto !rave some conversation with
sit painful in recollection, that history has offeadv , awaits me, I shall not be less thstfaithful subject of because I had been for some time
said-French honour took refuge in the camp? •
' i the King and the admirer of Isis virtues, or less business of the posts. Out I presui
If submission to the government established in ready again to expose my life, on the first signal, for Ferrand would give me instructions
France after the 20th of March he reearded as a my Prince and my country. The sentiment of my parte was rewriting, it was quite i
crime, I- tit be sec-hi ctrl, that the whole nation lave for them and my duty, is too deeply rooted in would take possession of a place wt
t.
my heart for either misfortune or injustice to alter fur 13 years.
must he guilty, for small helped is the number •
of those who left the ensertry to place theme it. It is long since I took for my motto, Do your Q. You said in y‘ r interlocutory,
selves out of the pow. rof the Usurper. duty, happen what may. I never lost sight of it in to the posts throutc..., u , good will, I
i
ought
I to continue faithful to it.
This theory would involve its it another come-
the midst-of political storms : and my conscience tells a element of possible agitation ; but
quence of a very extraordinary nature. According me, rector-General there you ought net
Le Wormed Mac de DA LNIATI A.
to it, the establishtnent, by force, of an illegitimate: se AXasi4,9eid;,!_, ' ' niiiieed ?
authority, moist cause the total destruction of a 1 ' - I A. After Feerr.nl had taken away
people. The usurper would net fail to punish those, LAVALE7'TE'S TRIAL. his closet, I asked a Clare of Divi
who should refuse to submit to him, while the le. 1 --ste..-_
• Ferrand had gisen any °Flets. H.
gitimate Prince, its his turn, would strike (hose who Paris, Noe. es. no-lie has lust his senses, and appear
had submitted to the usurpoien. I This day at ten o'clock the public proceedings in about his departure. I left the post
The Enelish Leesslature foreseeing this violent the trial of M. Lavalette commenced before the Court and reterned only at one o'clock, when
situation, Assize Cit. the Deparintent of the seine.
ion, provided for the public safety by a statute was gene.
passed in the rign of Henry VII. which declares
Alter the Jury had answered to their names and QB at who tharged you wi b the
that 110 one shall he held guilty for obeying a Sove.: been sworn to decide according to their conviction, ministration ?
reign ac wally reigning. This law, according to rind to pronounce their verdict without hatred or A. I took it upon myself, because .
Publicists, i, founded on these consideratimis, that a fear, in the case %hires was to be submitted to them, the Emperor would regive me ate othce
Prince who is reduced by fore. in leave his Sates, the Prisoner ens introduced. for so many years.
castnot exact obedience while he is unable to afford On the usual interrogatories being put, he replies! Q. But if yeth had seized upon thi
-I ant named Marie Chemins de Levalette, aged prevent incoevestiencea, not to have,
protection-that it belongs not to individuals pos.
46, Greed Officer of the Legion of
laltl:stouDiree,ctCorrsmo.f
Asit,7;neilisnisttirtaela,,br:.ence of a Director-Gener
-and that the most manifest usurpation not less im-
sessing tie authority to discuss the title of Sovereigns
mender of the Order of Re-unites,
the Posts, residing its Paris, Rue de Grstnelles St. A. The Administrators can only dr
poses the necessity of obedience than the must he-
..
gitimate authority. , Martin.
The Pureineser said-s
theyl-nu .
a;wreilsitalli"itedrinthtles
. • nistration by virtue of a special obi
But salty should I say more to prove that in such
brought against you,charges Director-General. If Count Fertatid
a ease, the citizen who SuSlnits to the existing sloths,-e indict- any one to rept -cc him, or had lee per
city, is justified-lay the circumstances? Was not this toast' my entrance into the Post, I would not
rule, so necessary for the repose of States, fully Sc. '
the Prisoner in substance as follows :-The Clerk then read the indictment, which chareed in the service.
know Weed stud consecrated by his Majesty at the! Q. Here is a Letter which is trot 1
Ott the 20th of !larch, at elite in the morning, M. which contains a convocatinn in year
moment of his entering his kingdom ? Do we not
Lavalette re'paired to the Post•ollice, and o - leg•
read in his Proclamation of the 28th of June, Odd he
the hall pronounced these words:-' 1 trike nosc
n entel Administrators.-(M. Lavalette It
regarded no Frenchman inc./Tremble exceptthe a 1 •.• - • .
so ..r maniatration to take tile g
the into-
gators and: authors of the horrible conspiracy, which two" of the Peolts in the name of the Emp ror ." • hasagitat me orders to invite y tee;
He afterwards asked Aheth C • leer masa erratel the A. Tledi Letter is the' res f
- threctot-Goneral, was still its the office ; and on in. which I had with the Sieve , yrs
forming him he had come to replace him, said he neceasary to write it •, but if d eisho
le I
leoeld give him time. for removb '
Its papers and psi- the Admiuistsators, I eboub ave pis
vote property. lAvalette regard' mg himself as from assembly, which I did tint. They came
that mama installed• ) his 4 -a...act was to write to family affairs. .I. own I re d
. .
.. pr .oach.

• Count de Urngee, with whom, a few days before the de-
parture Of the Cteirt, t rattrerred germl times on the itibieet
of the course which the Kant on .ht to lionise in the eireent-
stances lb which he adi placed,-eadalaivt a ',other, in expreniing
my opinion, I did not sav to hint' the same thing that hiabltal
lima wrote to Henry LY. is a iginigitat nearly Askant'.