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/cots that this letter, addressed to the Princess Sta. , rembeig, bad been sent to him to be carried to the Princes: 4 in a journey which he had proposed to smite to Vienna. To conclude, the lasl piece put by us under the said envelope is a Memoir of General Lamarcpte tck the King, dated the 3d Of August, 1815. With re. spect to this last piece, the Sieur Bruce declares that, be had never seen it, and that it could not have been among his papers except by mistake. This being done, we put our seal and that of the Sieur Bruce on each end of the tape, which bound each bundle to the cover just spoken of : then we locked the box, and put on it the seal with a wrapper of paper, on the ends of which we also put our seal and that of M. Bruce. These minutes having been read, the Sieur Bruce signed them with us and the clerk. (Signed) BRUCE, DUPUY, AND DEROSTE. FIFTH INTERROGATORY-FEI3 14. Q. Your name, stuilame, &c.—My name is Michel Bruce, sm. Q. Was it not political op;nions, and a decided opposition to the government, that induced you to co-operate in the escape of Lavalette, rather than a feeling of affection for him repeat to-day what I said on my first examination, that a sentiment of hu manity regulated my conduct in that affair. Q. Had you not previously manifested your oppo •sitien to the Government, on the occasion of Marshal Ney's trial ?—With regard to Marshal Ney, I was influenced by a public and political feeling. I viewed his cause as depending upon the convention of Paris; I thought, and still think, that the honour of my country might be stained by the violation of that con vention : it was in this view only, and not from oppo. sition to the Trench Government, that I manifested my opinion in that affair. Q. Were you cognizant of a plot framed by some of your accomplices, and which had for its object to destroy or change the Trench Government ?—Such a question can only excite my indignation : all who know me, know well that I am incapable of playing the part of a conspirator. I feel another sentiment of indignation at the very idea of an opinion being entertained of Inc that I could betray friendship, had it been so confiding as to inform me of a plot, even though I had not approved of it. The above being read, the accused said his answers contained the truth, and adhered to them. And thereat moment, having strewn him a letter signed by himself, without date or address, which was found among the papers seized at General N ilson's, we put the following question to him : Q. Do you recognize the letter which I shew to you ? and at what time did you write it ?--I' recog. nize it to be my own writing,. Ido not recollect the time when it was written, nor to whom it was ad dressed; moreover, I , have no interest in disguising the truth as to this point, on the supposition that it might have some relation to the escape cf M. Lava. kite, since I have acknowledged the share I to, k in it. Q. Will you sign and subscribe this letter, ne va. richer ?—l'es, Sir. [This addition to the interrogatory being then read, the accused said his answers contained the truth, and signed them with us and the clerk, as well as the let ter there mentioned. (Signed) Al. BRUCE, DUPUr, AND Dalton& INTERROGATORY.--FEbReARy 2:3. Q. Your name. &c. ?—Michelßr ute ; &e. _ Q. Do you acknowledge the letter which f now present to you, and which was found aniongSt the papers of Lavalette, to have been written or dictated by you ?—I declare that this letter is not mine, and that I know not the author. [The above being read, the accused declared his adherence, and signed it with us and the clot k, as also the letter therein mentioned.] (Signed) 111. lauca, DUPUIf • AND DEROSTE. (Co be continued ) GERMAN PAPERS. TREVES, APRIL 6. Yesttrday the action brought by the Commivioner of the Government, Mr. Sack, against Mr. Gnerres, Editor of The Rhenish Mercury, was tried before. the Court of Appeal. The result was, that Mr. rack's appeal was rejected, the sentence of the Tribunal at Cologne confirmed, and Professor Gocrres finally ac, cititted. 4 I I I of I ' , I I , I • I MUNICH. APRIL 8. After the arrival of several Couriers from Milan and Verona, the conferences between Lieutenant Ge neral Voequant and Count Monteglas, began on the 99th of March ; but it seems that the conclusion of the Definitive Treaty will be delayed for some time longer. COTTENBURG, APRIL 2. On the 30th of March there was an earthquake at Wilda Soken, in the direction of S.E. to N.W. by which- the houses were shaken. A loud none was soon after heard in the air, but we have not heard of any damage being done. MARIENBERG, MARCH si._ The distress caused in our neighbourhood by the inundation, i 4 greater than the severegt war. in the night the dikes were burst in two plaaa ; one breach was 20 the other 70 rods broad. In the dark ness of the night it was impossible for the inhabitants i.e do more than save themselves, by retreating to the upper part of tkeir houses. At break of day a most dreadful scene appeared, a district of 17 German square (68 English square miles) of the most fertile land was under water. Every where were seen white sheets and shirts hung out, as signals of dis. tress ' • and from every roof the cries of the s ufferers were heard. Up to the 25th, 200 cattle were drown ed in Milentz alone. The continued cold makes the distress infinite. Daily we see flames arise in the midst of the watery waste, because the people, be numbed with cold, try to warm themselves by mak ing fire in the lefts of their houses. A person observing the great concourse of people who were flocking to the Lottery Offices on Saturday last, and. who bad been to see the new Pantomime at Sadler's Wells, said be presumed that Grimaldi had given these good folks a priming with his Anti-attri uon, and so set them rumens to the Lottery Offices in pursuit of &num.—Joking apart, we should not be surprized if this rsmiweg was to prevent many trom ooptings, and not only oaks these go, but their wares 1119. TIW'EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1816. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK: Reduced 601 1 —Cons. tno. 6lH—for ccc. 6214 4 per Cent. 754-5 per Cent. 911—Bonds 56. 6s. pr. Oum. for Rodenip. 16fi—Excb. Bills 4s. 6s. pr. As a preliminary to the trial of Sir R. Wascut o end Messrs. Bnocz and Hoyentrisou, we insert in our columns, this day, the interrogatories of the pri soners and their answers, before the Commissioners of Police. It is not denied, nor attempted to be de• nied, that the escape of LA-v4Larre from France was effected by their efforts ; but there is not the sliglAest evidence, nor can any person, by the greatest inge' rarity, draw from the examination an inference that they had an) concern with his escape from prison, or any previous knowledge that such an event was even in contemplation, This circumstance destroys en tirely the connection attempted to be established be tween the political sentiments of Sir ROBERT and tie escape of the convict from prison ; and, of course, every iiference bwlt on the idea of a conspiracy to overturn the Government. Sir ROBERT admits that theist might have been some indiscretion in his expression of his sentiments ; and it is equally plain, from some of the letters, twit from his answers, that, involved in a vortex of con. tradictory rumours, he had given some of them rathv a hasty credence,—and especially such of them as painted to results favourable to his views of what might be desirable. But in all this there is no grounds whatever to implicate him in the plot against the Bourbons. In one word, Sir Roster seems to have been as free in expressing his sentiments in his correspondence with his friends, as he would have been in an English Coffee-house; but, on the other hand, they were colfidentiel, and have only been male public by the French Government itself. Mr. Maven's examinations require no comment. He acted from a conviction that honour would ap prove of his conduct, and was not connected with any plot ag.iinst the Government.—We shall give Mr. HUlCHiti4oN's examination to-morrow. We have received the Paris Papers of Saturday. Oa Friday the Chamber of I)epoties beard read to them a Project of a Law for bettering the condition and securing the incomes of the French Clergy.-- The Bsrbary Corsairs have recently effected a land ing in Sardinia, and carried off 88 men, women and children, into captivity. Perhaps this atrocity will be attended ultimately with good effects: it will in all probability spur on the Powers of Europe to some thing like an efficient coalition against these ma rauders. A few European, and of course Christian, Colonies, settled along the African shores of the Me literranean, under the protection of a British forri:, would do mßch more for the civilization of the i. nor of Africa, than twenty Expeditions to the West ern Coast. COURIER EXTRAORDINARY OF SATCRDAT UORNING. Yesterday, at eleven a. m. his Majesty received a Deputation'from the Department of the Marne. A Member of the Chamber of Peers and four Members , of the Chamber of Deputies were among them. Yesterday the Dukes of "Angouleme and Berri visited the Depot de la Guerre rue de I'Universite. The Deputation of the Chamber of Deputies, charged to present to his Majesty the project of a Law on the Budget, was admitted to the King yea terday at eight o'clock. General Travot arrived on the llth instant at the Castle of Ham, department of the Somme, and was immediately given up to the Commandant of the Chateau. An Ordonnance of the King, dated' April 11th. bears, that the conclusions presented in the Report of the Commission created July 16th. 1815, relative to the Duke of Gaeta and Count Mollier, are adapted• In consequence there will be no law suit against them, on account' of the operation ordered by the Act of the 16th May, 1815. The Act paned by the Treasury with the House of Perregaux and Laßtte on the 3d of July, 1815, as well as the deposit cf 1,500,000 francs of stock made in the Bank on 27th May, 1815, are approved of. The King and Princes on the 3d of May will heal a general review of the King's Household and al! the Royal Guards. PARIS, APRIL 20. The Law on the Budget will be carried to-morrov to the Chamber of Peers. We have already met tioned the amount of our receipt and expenditure fa 1816, but we shall now repeat them for the satis faction of our Readers : The Ordinary Expense', (instsed et {HS all!. Boma amount to $411,2114,5110 *aim And the Extraordinary Expenses to 290,093,000 'The tnerea,e arises frost ten minim being given by the King to the Departments • which have most antlered In 1815.] Total 839,055,5110 francs. The Receipt', ordinary and extraordinary, are fixed u 831,593,161 francs. Thus the sum total of every thing that France ought to pay to the State for 1816 does not equal what the British Government has expended last year over and above her revenues, according to the bat calculations.— Gazette de Frame. The new resolution of the Chamber of Deputies with respect to Elections, was, it is said, tronsrakted on the 17th by his Majesty to the Chamber of Peers. The King of Naples hal presented Lord Burghersh with the Royal Ordet of St. Yudieaad and of Meek diaitsonds, for lils Lordibies signal services at the Neapolitan Court. • The Bishop of Lodi died lately at Rome. He was a prelate eminent for his charitable actions, and his zeal in defending the tights of the Church. We hear from Spain, that another expedition is fitting out for South America. All is nearly ready at Madrid for the marriage of the King. The Archdukes John and Lewis were at Nurem berg on the 11th instant. We hear from Vienna of the 7th, that Theodore Calogeropulo, Primate of the city of Anaplandes, transgressed the holy laws (the fact is not stated) — he was condemned to death I At six o'clock the next morning he was conducted with much pomp to a field near the city to be shot; his fellow-citizens at tended the procession by thousands, every one grieving , at the severe sentence. At the moment when the drums began beating, and the word ire was expected, a Colonel came up to the Commandant with a free pardon, as it appeared he had committed his crime through ignorance of the law. He was not only par doned, but conducted back to the c'ty in triumph, and reinstated in his functions. The following is the oath which the National Guard of Paris take on receiving the new decora tion : « I swear before GOD, fidelity and devotion to 16:. King s L 'mein t, defettd his vights, tuna %bust a his legitimate successors to the Crown, and publicly to reveal, the moment I have the knowledge of, any thing contrary to the safety of the Royal Family and the tranquillity of the State." Great preparations are making at Lyons for the reception of the illustrious Neapolitans; they arc ex pected in about a fortnight. A general review of the King's household troops and royal guard, will take place on the 3d of May, in the Champ de Mars. Several aides-de.camp of the Emperor Alexander have lately arrived at Brussels. Twenty acres of fine and well grown timber have been burnt by accident in the forest of Grosse-Colle, in the Department of the Var. .ALGHIERI, (SARDINIA) APRII. e. We have a new misfortune to deplore : the Barba rians made a descent on the 6th. The people rose it a mass in the environs of our town the moment their lauding was made known, but thcse Brigands suc ceeded in carrying off all the peasants and females whom they nut at the nu - Anent of their proceeding to the city. They burnt all the vessels they found on the shore the !lenses were p;llaged, and their con. tents burnt. The number elf their victims amounts to 88 individuals, men and women. The appearance of the Civic Guards made them embark in haste ; and they ferociously cut the throats of rhos' who could not follow them to the beach. A corvette and brig were speedily sent in pursuit, bat tew hopes are .relertained rifcomin! up with We recollect no period at which our seas were more infested by the presence of those pirates, and when their insolence was greater. When will Europe be tired at suffering the barbarous irruptions of African brigands ? A Hamburgh Mail arrived last night, and a sup. ply of Brussels Papers reached us this mornin;. We have gives some curious selections from the various sources of intelligence which have thus reached us: AUGSBURG, APRIL. 9. A German writer makes the following remarks on the vote of the English Parliament against the Income Tax The obstinacy of the Ministers in having recourse to fares rather than to Loans, even at the risk of losing their popularity, as well as the defeat they have sustained, may help to solve some of the great questions which have employed the minds of !politicians for these last twenty years, namely : le. Were those right who affirmed that England's system of Loans would be put an end to by a general Peace, because Loaas were not possible except by Chit Commercial Monopoly, which could only be maintained by continued War? 2d. Were those right who affirmed that England must, for this reason, prefer War to Peace ? 3d. Were those right who said—' No Loans, no Paper currency ! rather high Taxes ?'—The Ministers, it is evident, wished to re turn to the latter system, which is the most correct in theory. The next year will _thew whether Eng land has reason to congratulate itself on the triumph of the Opposition." in a Nuremberg Paper we find the toliowing from' Frankfort :—" The Memorial presented by Jewish inhabitants of this city to our Senate, makes a great impression, as it discloses several facts hitherto un known, and for which the Jews can by no means be blamed. The Jews here exert themselves to the ut most to be equal to their Christian fellow.citiaens in intellectual accomplishments. It would be a disgrace to humanity to desire to check the rising spirit of itn provemenr. Last week was the public Examination at the Jewish Academy. The progress made by the young people in useful knowledge was generally and justly admired." BREMEN, APRIL 16. All the villages oa the left bank of the Nojat, viz.l seventeen populous places, containing about 4;000 inhabitants in 600 houses, are under water. The country is from four to fourteen feet under water, and looks like a sea. The people have fled into the upper stories and the higher buildings in the neighbourhood. One man only has been drowned, who leave► a widow and seven little children. Many of the fetsalau !sous,* threaten tnfall. idleAL • PALMOUTH, APRIL . , Arrived the Duke of Clarence, L o , ter; also, the Dutch frigate V an e KOLFF, rom Surinam for the Te: No sailings.—Wind from S. to S. and fine weather. DEAL, APRIL 22. Came down from the River, And land, KINSAY, for Fort W;AIiAM ; Pi for ditto—Sailed the Elizabeth Sopi for the River.—A schoontr, suppose, land, is detained by his Majesty's and brought into the Downs —par Wind S.W. with rain. HARWICH, APRII. _ Arrived the Nicholas Benjamin Aalt, Re, wAltfev with deals and timber, from Portsground.—uw, Auckland packet, with a mail and passenger; ;:: Holland ; Lord Nelson packet, with a mail a n d,„; sengers, for Cuxhaven ; Active packet, wi t h a In " . And passengers, for Gottenburgli. Pritant • :e. rixiltinutaelbur K. i.orGinittatrruorri.hll;2mburgh; 1,k,-, : CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL 22. - Slum tn-rr ato Ou mps—The Alin, T. R ee d , rill ", IL bun, [ tri o r e n e ; a d A i t z lar i ( c ; , o colborn, for Lisbon ; Ondernefining, A. j ai % %inter, rl tertlarn ; itretilllillS, M. Collillf, for Rouen, ( i (kb inn. tor co, (-. 1 - Amelia, S. Smart, Dorothy, J. Ldratonds, and Nucy. G. R- Amsterdam tor Hamburg,' ; I oubta, J. Ridlay, ar.d %Ty , J . s, Amsterdam ; Lark, M. Hopley, for it. Vak-ry ; 11, 010 ,,, k; Wilkinson, fur Pidatt, Konigsberg, and tibtr z; .„, t . iii . Tyack, for Gibraltar. .vl qtr. Smi Oh Mr Mc 1 RN CRT Lowrey, from sderwerst, Cop !xel, very leak y S.E. fresh b ite) • rem 4in, the Rai Ni j '‘ Shia, Bottoownsit sec! t o f rom s ship GAshi rticulars tallmot, 21. FIRE AT THE OLD STOCA: EX(.114.V6F.. This morning, at Kali-past two o'clock, , dreadful fire broke out on the premises of M r . . GEON, of the Old Stock Exchange, c o r ner of Thiss,•. needle-street, and S ; it was first dist - . vered in a bed-room on the second floor, and • was the progress of the devouring element, inmates had scarcely time to escape, without clothes or property, except their nightly apparel. soon communicated to Mr. Baum's, stationer, ; Alley, which it completely destroyed. The , the Coffee-house, with the Auction Mart, and Vaults underneath, is likewise burnt to the • —lt burnt b alwards into Swithin's•rents, considerably damaged the Edinburgh Castle American Consul's houses ; in Threat. the top of Grigsby's Coffee-house was also burnt, and great apprehensions were enterti one time for PRESCOTT'S the Bankers, and the England Coffee-house, from the intense heat against them, but owing to a plentiful su l water, both those premises fortunately escaped. whole of Swithin's alley and Rents were at one in danger ; and, had the wind blown str. their confined situation, there is nn doubt but would have all been destroyed: The gubscrii room of Lues . t.,'s, although so near the fire, built of stone, we are happy to say, did not rccei the least dam: ,;e. It is impossible a: present to certain the arniumt of the damage sustained, as number of merchants' and brokers' counting-het., occupied in the upper part of all the howszs in the neighbourhood, were emptied of their contents; no doubt the loss of valuable papers, from !IT C'sn. fusion, will Le found great. I 1 the inhabitants re moved their propel ty, and a great quantity is at pt. sent under the portico of the Royal Exchange. N:e. withstanding the hour at which the tire cniainet.ced, 'sue are happy to say no lives were lose. ni Pia. , l, G. Barii i : fir. I. 5„.., , 61 1; Mayll o ,4 r bud; .4 . iii..„„ 3 . kscrifscF 1 o'clock, arm lises of Dlr. p, a , corner of Tlite,.;. it was first dim. oar, and so rapt element, that the Lpe, without any :tidy apparel. I t , stationer, in the d. The whole d Mart, and Wioe .nt to the ground, 's -rents, where it rrgh Castle aad ' ireadneedle-street, „ e was also mue , .re entertained 3 ers, and the Net ease heat reflected entiful supply :I ly escaped. D. :: were at one ti wn str mg. ft i 3 doubt but th 'he gubscriptitr sr the fire, heir , P, did not receirt a: present to as. sustained, a, counting-houses, ANOTHER ACCOUNT. This morning, between two and three o'clock, a fire was discovered to have broken out in a bed room of the Coffee-house that has for many yen carried on a great trade over this building, which oar Readers will recollect is situated at the corner of Swithin's-alley, close to the North-east corner of the Royal Exchange. The fire raged with great fury, anti soon communicated to every part of this very extensive building, in which, at the bottom, o an Auction Mart, and a large wine company, and abOle stairs the Coffee-house, and several counting-houses, all of which are entirely consumed. The fire then took a direction towards Grigsby's Coffee-house, and consumed the house that stood between it and the Old Stock Exchange, hut Grigsby's was saved by the ex ertions of the firemen. The roofs of two house, la Swithin's-alley are also burnt entirely cff, , blt the lower part, which are sh:ps, are saved. ne pro perty lost is supposed to be very considuable. It was got under soon atter day-light. The marriage of the Princess CHARLOTTE and Prince LEoPoLn certainly stands for the 2d of May. The legal instrument of separation is signed by Lord and Lady BYRON. COVENT GARDEN THILATRE.—Last night Mr. COS HAM again performed the character of Richard Third. He corrected many of the errors pointed of on his first representation, and of course appeared to far greater advantage. On the whole he was mil received, and the curtain dropped amidst applause which must have been highly gratifying to hiz. teciingL J . LDICIAL APPOINTMENTS.--Mr. Justice Any,:t leaves the Bench of the Common Pleas, to succeed :.. the :ear c-. 1 t!it: hrte Lie 5a,..v.! 1,4 i 11 1.` - c ."' '' Court of King's Bench. Mr. licalltOWS is to be the new Judge of the common Pleas, via Mr. Justice ABBOTT. QUEZN• sot:lnstr.—Suspected Murder in Newton's-0A Chandos-street.—YesterJay William Dodd and Esey Chaprea were examined, on suspicion of !wog concerned in the murder el a seaman on the night ot rim 24th March, and that Chapm an a i l' posed of the body of the saint-, he being since dead. lienv. Urn° a-lini.t.—Saniuel Hall was hi ought up for re-tiara . tion, charged with firing a loaded pistol at his wife with latest to kill her, at the Prince Regent public-house, in Luck's Was on the 151 of March last. He was fully committed for trail a the Assizes. STATE OF THE ODDS—BETTING-ROOM, Aran ^.:. DER3T. 7to 1 agst Grey Skin. s i 3 to 1 agst Pandas. 9to I agst L'Huile de Venus. 15 to 1 agst Peony fragr-Pe t • 30 to 1 agst Weathercock, 18 to I agst sister to •;:Ksthsrla OAKS. sto I agst Sister to Soothsayer. 1 ato I agst Gurodolcn. Tto I agst Sister to Crispin. Il2to 1 apt Resahella. Very littiebetting...____,____ COAL. MARKET, APRIL ite. Sblps at Market. Ships Sol d. Prim. 10t Newca s tle 74i seg. 6d, to 4Se 44 19 Sunderland 17 Set. id to th 64. 1 Cal Coal 1 4011. od. to Oes CJ . 1 Cinders • 00s. 04 . to Oos (J. LObU)ON: Priumi by LIVICL Ks ir, Pickett Piece; Put)lattl tint(, 4114 et the Stex44kt.e, Tani& Sir,