PARIS. 585 
ties rendered an account to the chamber, of his million to 
the king for that purpofe. The Prefident of the Chamber 
is ftated to have faid to the king : “Sire; Your faithful 
fubjefts of the Chamber of Deputies thank you for not 
having defpaired of the fafety of the ftate ; they are fen- 
fible, that your magnanimous virtues have laved the 
country from the greatell calamities. Sire, the chamber 
participates in your profound grief; but, encouraged by 
your royal refignation, it feels itfelf ftrong enough to en¬ 
counter fo much adverfity; its unchangeable confidence 
in your majefty, its love for your facred perl'on, and the 
union of Frenchmen, of which it will furnifh the exam¬ 
ple, w’ill alleviate the weight of the facrifices that are im- 
pofed on us. France, faithful to the word of the king, 
and aided by Providence, will prove to the world, at 
what price fire is capable of guarding the faith of treaties.” 
To which his majefty replied; “King of any other 
country, I might have abandoned hope ; but the King 
of France never defpairs of Frenchmen ; let them form 
but one fafces, and our misfortunes will be repaired.” 
The chamber, it is faid, immediately arofe; and cries of 
“Long live the King” refounded through the hall. 
France complained loudly and bitterly of the condi¬ 
tions of peace, which fhe termed harfli and fevere. 
Galling and humiliating it no doubt was, to a nation 
which, only three years before, with her arms threatened 
the confines of Alia, not only to have loft every thing, 
but thus to have the bridle of Europe placed in her jaws, 
in order to curb her future motions. This fhort revo¬ 
lution was certainly moft fatal to France ; and the ex- 
penfes which fhe incurred, in confequence, wereimmenfe. 
We fhall here put into a fhort compafs what it has coft 
her, in confequence of the return of Bonaparte from Elba. 
Francs. 
Her own expenfes eftimated at 1,500,000,000 
Contributions to the allies - 700,000,000 
Bequifitions, food, clothing, &c. &c. - 690,000,000 
Maintenance of 150,000 men, 3 years - 650,000,000 
Total - 3,540,000,000 
or about 148,000,000k fterling, in money; and at leaft 
150,000 lives in France, and 50,000 in Italy. Such was 
the bitter cup of humiliation which fhe was doomed to 
drain, after fo many triumphs over her neighbours, en¬ 
joyed with fo little moderation. As fhe had rifen higher 
under Napoleon than at any former period, fo was fhe 
Called upon to fubmit to a greater abafement. 
The moft important of all the Treaties, (except the 
principal one which we liave given,) is that between the 
allies themfelves, guaranteeing to each other the perfor¬ 
mance of the conditions exacted from France. By renew¬ 
ing the exclufion of Bonaparte and his family from the 
throne, they have extinguifhed the laft hope of the in¬ 
triguers in the name of Napoleon II. and, by engaging to 
fupport the foreign troops left in France againft any attach, 
the allies guarded the throne itfelf againft the poflible in¬ 
fluence of evil minifters, who might not hefitate to plunge 
their country into new wars. 
During this feflion, a very important temporary law 
paffed both chambers and received the royal fandtion. Its 
objedl was to fupprefs feditious pradlices and demonftra- 
tions, for which various degrees of punifhment are pro¬ 
vided. It bears fome refemblance to our fufpenfion of 
the haheas-corpus adt, and arms the executive with almoft 
arbitrary power; but its duration was limited to the 
commencement of the next feflion of the chambers. 
For fome time after the fecond reftoration of the Bour¬ 
bons, it feemed as if the king was difpofed to pafs over 
the offences mentioned in his proclamation (p. 556.) and 
in his decrees (p. 574.) and fo content himfelf, as Napo¬ 
leon did, without “ bringing up for judgment” thofe who 
had betrayed him. But, at length, meafures were taken 
for punilhing the principal offenders; and a commiflion 
was authorifed to examine “ the conduct of officers who 
had ferved during the ufurpation.” 
Vol. XVIII. No. 1266. 
Colonel Labedoyere, having been arrefted foon after the 
French army was difbanded, was tried on the 15th of 
Auguft. M. de Sauvigny was prefident of the court. 
The charges againft him were “treafon, rebellion, and 
feducing his troops from their duty.” His offences were 
clearly proved ; and he was found guilty, and fentenced 
to fuller death. It appears that, on the news of Bona¬ 
parte’s landing, he was ordered with his regiment, by 
general Devilliers, from Chambery to Grenoble, where 
fome troops were aflembled to flop the progrefs of the 
ufurper. He was placed in bivouac on the ramparts; 
but he incited his foldiers to revolt, and led them out 
to join the invader. He had fcarcely left the town, when 
he drew his fword, and cried out, Vive I'Empereur. He 
then broke open a cheft, whence he took an Eagle, placed 
it at the top of a branch of a tree, marched under it to 
join Napoleon, and returned with him the fame evening 
to take military poffeflion of Grenoble. His fuperior of¬ 
ficer, general Devilliers, followed, and tried in vain to 
bring him back, though he perfuaded about a hundred of 
the foldiers to return to their duty. In the preliminary 
proceedings of the trial, he admitted thefefadls, but de¬ 
nied having taken the oath of allegiance to the king ; fay¬ 
ing, that he had not joined his regiment when the oath 
was adminiftered to that corps. After the ruin of Bona¬ 
parte’s caufe, Labedoyere joined Excelman’s corps, which 
had hoifted the white flag. He did not himfelf hoift a 
white cockade, but joined it as a Ample citizen. He 
wifhed to efcape to America ; but found it impoffible to 
embark, or even to proceed to Swifferland. He then re¬ 
turned to Paris, and furrendered himfelf. The counfel 
againft the accufed remarked in aggravation, that Labe¬ 
doyere had given the firft fignal of revolt; it was to his 
defedlion that all other defections were owing. 
M. Labedoyere read his defence, which appeared to be 
written in hafte and without method, upon flips of paper. 
He declared that he had no intention, nor the poflibility, 
of denying fadts public and notorious ; he was ready to 
fign the adl of accufation drawn up againft him ; but he 
would juftify himfelf from the charge of having been con¬ 
cerned in any plot that preceded the return of Bonaparte ; 
and he protefted that he was convinced no relation ever 
exifted between the ifle of Elba and Paris. He then took 
fome objeftions to the form of the proceedings. He ob- 
ferved, that the law ordained, that military prifoners 
ffiould be tried by the councils of war of their refpeCtive 
diviiions, in order to facilitate to them the means of mo¬ 
ral juftification in the very places where the crime im¬ 
puted to them may have been committed : the laft ordon- 
nance of his majefty appears to deprive prifoners of the 
benefit of the law ; can they demand it ? this is the quef- 
tion which he wifhed to fubmit to council. He w'as an- 
fwered in the negative. 
The court, after long deliberation, found him guilty of 
treafon and rebellion. They alfo declared, that he had 
not profited of the delay of eight days granted by the or- 
donnance of the king, to all the abettors of Bonaparte to 
return to their duty. In confequence, they condemned 
him to the pain of death, to degradation from the rank of 
colonel, and from the title of commandant of the legion 
of honour, and to the payment of the expenfes of the 
trial. 
After fentence of death had been pronounced, he was 
informed that he could appeal to the Court of Caflation 5 
he did fo, and, amongft other grounds, very juftly urged 
the 12th article of the Convention of Paris, (fee p. 557.) 
but this and every other plea was rejeCled. The court 
delivered its confirmation of the judgment on Saturday 
afternoon, at three o’clock ; it was communicated to him, 
and he was required to prepare for inftant execution. 
When the family of Labedoyere heard that the council 
of revifion had confirmed his fentence, his wife, clad in 
deep mourning, appeared before the king as he was getting 
into his carriage, and, falling at his feet, exclaimed, “ Par¬ 
don, pardon, fire !”—“ Madame,” faid the king, “ I know 
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