Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-02-06
TRIAL OF MARSHAL NE.Y.


TRIAL OF MARSHAL NEY.
Sitting Of Tie CourT Of Pos, Noe. an.
TIE tri,l began at half past ten the
duke OF Aibu'era, one of the witnesses for
the marshal, could not at,end on account
of i'll hea lth. The president put to the
m rshai severa, questions.
In his repl es, the marshal said, Z" 1t Is
ASSERT d that told the King that would
bring back Bpnapatte in An iron c~ge
# / sid So. ii was foolish thing, but sill
a pardonab one: it proved that l had
in my heart fstTik,iag his breast } the in
tniion Of serving the kiug &c OMIT de
Bourmont came forward to deny that he
h d approved of NeY's proclamation If the
18th March /; md gave a detailed explain
alton. To this marshal Ney replied, :" 1t
appears that NJ de Bourmont he's got his
part. He thought | should be treated as
Labedoyerc was, and that we should ne,
yer see each other again but at last here
we are face to face. / appeal to Nj. de
Bourncnt. Eefore God who hears us, if he
the pro 'Iamation - NJ. de Bourmont
made sign that tie assertion was
false.
The rest of the evidences on this day
related to the marshals assuming the
f s!e and o;her decorations of Bona
parte.
Sitting oftAe SIR December.
III. dc Bat rdi deposed that when he
first informed Ney of Bonaparte's landing,
the marshal said. " o my G,d, what a
misfortune :" The duke de Maille spoke
to the loyal conduct Of Ney, OH thu 9th
M4roh. Another witness to his declar NJ,
on the 18th, that Bonaparte was a lost
-.
the 18Th the insurrection of Bonaparte's
partizans i'll DIen, was general, it was
the same in the country, which openly an
noanced the intention Of joining BoRaparte
and tin 1T wcu d have been impossible for
marshal Ney successfully to have opposed
the progress of Bonaparte. Marshal Da-
voust was then called in, and was request
ed by the counsel for Ney to state his re-
collections respecting the convention of the
Sd July. Davoust answered, that on the
Cd all was prepared for fighting the com
mission was sent to the allied generals /:
firing had begun, when he sent to the adj
vanced post to stop the effusion OF blood
the commission had RENTED the project
OF convention Dayoust added to it all
that related to the demarcation Of the mil
itary line and articles relative 10 the safe
~ 9f.herSons and hrohef4y, and especially
charged the commissioners to break off the.
conferences, if those dispositions were not
ratified. The convention was signed at
ST. Cloud and had it not been granted,
he placed his hopes of resistance in 25,-
600 cavalry, and from A to 500 pieces of
cannon, and besides (said Davoust) if
the French had been quick in flying, they
had been quick 10 rallying under the walls
OF Paris" NJ. Berryer (Ney's COUNSEL
~ harr Il NJ
was the sense viii h he and the provision
al government attached to the 18th arti-
Gle Of the convention but this question was
objected to by the kings attorney general.
Marshal Ny Immediately said, fthc de-
claration was SO protecting til At It was upon
that relied. Without ii, is it to be be-
lieved, that would not have preferred
dying sword in hand 1t is in contradic..
tion to this capitulation that | was arrest
cd, and it was on the faith of that j re-
NAMED in France" The president deci-
de that the question should not be put. -
Count Bondy was called and stated that
the 18th article of the convention was &C
cepted by the allied generals in a manner
calculated to give the most complete assn
rance to those cCmpehehded under it.
NJ. Gui,emot, deposed that he, as chief of
the staff, was charged with stipulations
for an amnesty iii favor Of persons, whate-
yer might be their opinions, their Offices,
or their Conduct the point was granted
without dispute; his orders were to break
off the conferences, had any refusal been
made /; it was this article that induced him
to lay down his arms. Though the con-
Vention was military, yet Messrs. Boieny
and Bondy were joined to it in order to sti-
puate for civil persons, and thereby to
make 1t a civil act.
The house then adjourned.
Sitting ofthe oh December.
M. Berryer entered upon the defence of
Marshal Ney, and having alluded to the
convention of the 81 July, he was inter
rupted by the attorney general, OH the
plea that the military convention was the
work of foreigners, and not ratified nor
even approved by the king. On these
grounds, he said. the kings commission
crs require, LIST, for the national dignity,
which would be wounded by giving any
consistency to treaty concluded by the
agents of a party Of rebels. I'd. From
respect for the rules of a criminal pro-
cess. which do not permit objections to be
brought forward after the Investigation and
plssdings are terminated and Sd, Be-
cause there exists on this subject a de-
cree of the court, " That the defenders
tf the accused be formally iRlerdicted from
awaiting themselves Of the convention of
the Sd July, and from reading it in defence
of the accused" The president acceded
70 these pleas Of the attorney general, and
stated that he himself might, in virtue of
his dscretional power, have opposed the
introduction Of this objection, He now in