1 8 1 6.] Tomb of Marshal Ney. 3 1 5 



ed black, stands within the inclosiire ; Net/, Due d'ElcImgen, Prince de U 



and when I saw it, a garland of (lowers Moshowa." 



hung over it. It is shaded by a weeping While standing over this grave, I 



willow. No monument or stone marks could not avoid hoping that it may b* 



the spot wliere lie tlie remains ol" worlli the last spot a certain great military 



and valour ; but some one has scratched commander will visit before he leaves 



upon the wooden cross — "Honor aux France, which of course he will do with 



braves." his army at the time appointed hy treaty 



North-east of this, at the farthest ex- (for treaties, whether made with enemies 



tremity from the entrance, is the tomb or friends, are, amongmen of true honour, 



of, " the bravest of the brave," the gallant always sacred and inviolable) : as it may 



Mey. It is a small elegant cenotaph of afford him matter for reflection during tli« 



white stone, standing in a square inclo- remainder of his life— for he may rely 



sure, surrounded by a neat wooden rail- upon this, that, though his bones may li« 



ing, painted olive-green ; a weeping wil- in an abbey, and a high-sounding epi- 



low hangs over it, and roses are planted taph may be correctly engraved upon 



within the space. The inscription is his finely-sculptured monument, yet 



simple, but enough for every purjiosc of (in the last words of this victim) — " Pos* 



» monutnent : — " Ci-gU le Marechal terity will judge him." 



Having thus, Mr. Editor, given you 

 an account of the graves of two of the 

 victims to the policy of Loids le Desiri 

 and iiis allies, I can only rejoice that 

 I have not to add that o(-d third: Lava- 

 lette was saved by one of those events, 

 the confcmiilation of whicii is so refresh- 

 ing to the friend to humanity, and 

 whicii allows him to hope that even the 

 allair of Waterloo has not been attended 

 with the eUccts so much desired by tl;e 

 c(in(|uerors — that of crushing for ever 

 tlie spirit of liberty. S. 



LmdiiH ; Oct. 20. 



N.I5. The general dpscription of this 

 «emetcry \» extracted from a little hook, 



intituled, " Le Guide du Vmjageur Senti- 

 mmiiil au Cimetiere de Mont I^uuis, dil du 

 Pau Id Chaise." Paris, tB15. 



To the Editor ofilie MmUlihj Magazine. 



SIR, 



ISCMD you some extracts, which I 

 think are particularly apposite to 

 the present limes, when the doctrine of 

 divine right has been openly avowed 

 and acted upon, and the ministers of the 

 crown liave fold us, with unblnsbinff 

 impudence, that it is as notorious as fho 

 sun at noon, that they j)rocurc scats in 

 Parliament for tluir dependants by bri- 

 bery aud cormjiiion. Tli« work from 

 ii s'i whiok 



