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: Philippe, he was sure to be employed
whenever egitimist of rank was citec
, before the tribunals. In 1886, the leg
|, it!mist party in France subscribed to pur
} chase an estate fer the great advocate
who had delivered so many Of them from
trouble. lnthe same year, when it wa
announced that the exiled King, Charlie.
the Tenth, was near his end, Berryer Wis
i tied him in his retreat near Trieste, and
paid last homage to the man whom he
revered as his rightful sovereign.
1t was Berger who, in $40, defended
Louis Napoleon after be had made hi,
ridiculous attempt to corrupt the garrison
Of Boulogne. But it was with great df
fculty that he was induced to undertake
the cause, and he did so at length, be-
cause, as he said, Louis Napoleon was
certainly the heir OF the Napoleon dynas-
ty, and ought not to be condemned TO
death for asserting what he considered to
be his rights.
"All that / can do," said the great ad.
vocate, sis TO save his life: perpetual
imprisonment must at all events be his
fate"
An interesting anecdote is related Of
this trial. Louis Napoleon, it was agreed
should deliver a short address to the Court,
and then refuse to answer any questions.
He prepared draught OF such an address
as he wished to deliver, and handed it to
his lawyer for emendation. NJ. Berryer,
thinking the address was much toe inflated,
read it over to an English friend to get
his suggestions upon it.
You English" said NJ. Berger, "who
have SO much cOmmon-sensc, can suggest
what is ultra and exaggerated"
The reading began. Various alterations
were maze in the opening sentences At
length M. Berrycr came 10 the following
81 represent before you principle and
a CAUSE.-THE first, the Sovereignty of the
People, and the second, that Of the En-,
pire."
Upon hearing these words the English
man laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" asked
the lawyer.
"Well. replied the Englishman, :"
tallA there as one omcr thing the Prime
represents"
"What is that?"
"a defeat" was the reply.
"What do you mean?"
Waterloo" answered the Englishman,
1T is the word the very word p
cried NJ. Berger, and he instantly alter
ed the passage so that it read thus:
81 represent before you principle, +
cause, aud defeat. The principle is the
Sovereignty of the People ; the cause il
that OF the Empire; the defeat is that o.
Waterloo. The principle, you have rec
csnizei it the cause, ycu have served 1t ;
the de!eat, you would ayenge it,"
This piece Of clap-trap was accordingly
delivered by the prisoner. Years after.
when Louis Napoleon as Emperorof France
was seeking the alliance Of Great Britain
some prying Journalist fished out this
forgotten passage from the dead sea Of
Journalism, and spread it before Europe
The English Press poured torrents Of in.
vective upon the person supposed to b.
the author Of it; and it was only few
weeks ago, since NJ. Berryer's death, that
the Englishman who figures in the soy
communicated the facts to one of the Lon.
w" f"PSiS'
During the last twenty years. NJ. Der.
ryer's name appears in the report ofalmost
every important trial that has occurred il
Paris, and he has usually been member
of whatever semblance Of a Legislature
France may have had. Always faithfi
to the ancient Royal Family, he prote ted
in 1851, against repeating the law which
forbade the Bourbons from re-cnterine
France.
The Count de Chamborl, said he, il
not Frenchman in exile; he is a klnc
Of France unlawfully excluded from the
throne, and no monarch can accept per-
mission to enter his own dominion"
On his leatb.bed, last November, a few
hours before he expired, after he had re
ceiyed the last sacraments of the church
NJ. Berger wrote the following letter t'
the Count dc Chaulbord
"Oh, Monseigneur-oh, my King! they
tell me that my last hour is at hand. Alas
that should die without having seen th'
triumph Of your hereditary rights, conse
Grating the establishment and the devel
opment Of those liberties Of which ou
country stands in need.
IL bear these VOWS to Heaven for you
7 Majesty, for her Majesty the Queen, fo
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