Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-09-06

peers whoare in the situation before stat
ed, have really abdicatel their rank, and
are in fact dismissed from the peerage Of
France.
For these reasons we have decreed, and
do decree as follows:
Art. 1. The peers hereafter. named,
form no lsngera part of the house OF peers.
The marshal, duke of Dantzic iLe;s-
bore. count Lacepede, count Latour
Maubourg. the duke of Placenza re
Drsp,) duke of Elciingen (.Ney, duke
oil Aibuiera (Sachet,) duke of COrneglia-
ma Money! duke ofTrevisos + Mortier,
the archbishop of Tours, count Boisy
d'Anglas, the duke of Galore (Champag-
ny, count Montesquieu, count de Ponte-
coulant, count de Segur, count de valence,
count Belliard, count Clement de Ris,
count Colchen, count Corrondet, count
Aboville, count de Croix, count Dedelcy
dagger, count Deiean, count Fabre de
Claud, count Gassendi, the duke Of Berlin
count de Barral, count Conclaux, count
Casa Blanca, count Bambon.
Cd. Provided, however, those of the
above named, who shall prove that they
never sat, or wished to set, in the pre-
tended chamber Of peers, to which they
had been called, may be excepted from the
above arrangement, if they shall Justify
themselves during the month following
the publication Of this decree.
(Signed) LOUIS. y
Tie prince Idileyrand.
Loais, by the grace of God, &c. &c. &c.
Wishing, by the punishment OF an 1n.
exampled outrage, but by graduating the
penalties, and limiting the number Of the
guilty. to reconcile the interest OF cur peo
pie, the dignity of our crown, and the
tranquility of Europe, with what we owe
3 10 justice and to the complete security of
all other citizens, without distinction
We have declared and do declare, de-
creed and do decree, as follows:
Art. 1. The generals and officers who
betrayed the king before the esd of March.
or who have attacked France and the GO
vernment with arms in their hands, and
those who by violence obtained power.
shall be arrested and brought before the
competent councils of war, in their res
pective divisions,viz :--Ney, Labedoyere,
the two brothers Lallemant, Drouet DER
lon, Lefebvre Desnouettcs, AmeiIk, Bra
yere. Gilly, Mouton Duyoernet. Grouchy.
:Ciausal, Laborde, DcbelIe, Bertrand,
Drouet, Cambronne, Lavalette. Royigo.
Q. The individuals whose names follow,
viz Soult, Alix. Excelmans, Bassano,
Marriott Felix Lapelletier, Boulay (de la
Mcurthe) Mehee, Fressinet, Thibaudeau,
Carnot, Vandamme, Lamarque, Lobau,
Harel, Pire, Barrere, Arnault. Pommera,
Regnaut, de st. Jean d'Angely) Alright
(Of Padua.) Dejean, son, Garrau, Reaf,
Bonnier, Dumoulard, Merlin (of Douay,)
Durbach. Dirat, Defermont, Bory st. Vim
cent, Felix Desportes, GARNER de Saintes,
Melliuet, Hulin, Cluys, COurtin, Forbin
Janson, eldest son, lie Lorgue Dideville,
shall depart within three days from the
city of Paris, and shall retire into the in
terror OF France, to the places which our
minister of general police shall indicate to
them, where they shall remain under his
superintendance until the chambers de-
ternine which of them shall be obliged to
quit the kingdom, or shall be given up to
he process of the courts.
Those shall be Immediately arrested
who shall not repair TO the place that shall
be assigned to them by our minister Of po-
lice.
3. The persons who shall be condemned
" -Sh'O tiiC hbis'totii, oildtl UC dL llDefLy 10
sell their effects and property within one
year, to dispose thereof, and to carry the
proceeds out of France, and to receive
during that time the income in foreign
countries, upon furnishing however, proof
OF ther obedience to the present decree.
4. The list ofall the persons to whom
the LIST and Cd articles may be applicable
are and remain closed, by the nominal de-
signations contained in these articles and
can never be exten led to others for any
reasons or under any pretext whatsoever,
otherwise than agreeably to the forms.
aud according to the constitutional laws
which are not to be derogated from, er-
cept IN this case only.
Given at Paris, at the castle Of the Thu
illeries, the oath of July, in the year Of
grace, 1915, and Of our reign the Dist.
(Signed) LOUIS.
BY theking
TIE minister sec'g. efstate ofgensral boFee.
Signed) The duke of TRANrO.
Marshal Gouvion st. Cyr, is secretary
OF state for war under the king.
The town Of LYONS captuIated on the
19th.--Ihe capiiuation is signed bv M.
Fargue and NJ. Chabrol, the former ,navor
and perfect, who were to resume their off,
ces on The next day. The allies entered