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FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 3. ttlat. or MORLAV, 05011.055, AND . TMC OtHit . COP/ tiPllt A TORS. On the Sitting of the sgth of &fay, the Prefident firft heard Mr. Oabrorris, who pleaded for Colter Saint Vidor. Mr. OAUTHIER took an objection to the competence of the Court ; he relied on a Decree of the tith of Vent:fife, which eftablifhed an Hiy,h Im perial Court for the trial of loch offences. Many other Advocates argued on the fame fide. Moreau refted entirely on the juftice of the Court, The Court, after hearing the Imperial Attorney, over riled the oblation to its eortpetence, and went on with the trial. • Thiy th.:n proceeded to the exinnination Of *it. neff ,, .—The firft rhich were produced were thole who gilled at the arreft of Georges t he, however, denigd knowing any of them, tholigh Lcrodan recol ledid a good many. the Prefident read diferent letters of Otrorget, sad put feveral queltjons to him upon them t —he alto queftioned Georgia upon his travels, his projeds, and the day of the 3d Nivofe. Geoiges was (racers enough on the two GA heads: be did not deny his diferent joiunies to England, and cntsfeffed that his °Mat was the reftoratson of Illonarehy 1 and that he only fought the means. .711te Prefident allied him what means he polkaed? ceorges replied, that he did not know even at the - time of his arrett. As to the 3d of Nivofe, (Dec. 23) he denied having any part in it, at leak in the idea of an infernal machine that was to explode in the middle of the Orett. Denver de Lovas deviated poitively, that. he, Georges, and the others, had come into France mavry en the &forams that Moreau was favourable to their defigms ; that he went to Cbaillot to take up / . Georges the day that the conference took place betoken Moreau, Georges, and Pichegru; that Gem . go* who was in the fame carriage with him add Pi (Uri; Paid they went tomcat Moreau s that he' had lien Plcbegru and Georges .get out of the carriage meths &slevard to meet Moreau, and that on their Sarni Georges informed himdwharMoreau hid Aid, aid Olueb was in his declatatiern. . apart was then examined oa, the fame points, aid contented hitnfelf wish faylng-- 44 I think M. Soave de Loftier is miff aken. ' Armand Polignac made nearly the fame tonfeC Loos as C 022 that the ellabligment of Monarchy _ was die their arrival at Paris. He added, that the t revelations which had akin place is Prance for the laft eight years,' joined to the ca . Clint? that Moreau would affift in this revolution, was what induced hint to come to Paris ; but that he =d the ikep be bad taken as Coon as he Moreau wiled to be Di&ator. He had ainl every fcheme of stagnating the riltd4astonly vilified to attack him in cafe of bittrin to yield to the Prince. Mlir 3i....-Fseet denied all that he Paid before the Prefollnue el Police; he pretended not to kflbw any one his Georges; he acknowledged the poignard whieb was ;alum ea bit, but denied all the declara , lima be hid aside. At the flame time Georges Paid. in agfwer, that Picot was a common fervent, a fol. diet that be had Was sot a f the ranks, and bad no limns of being istarinez d a , any of 'that points. Rolland being that ed is all hie de iplaratioss. It appeared that .Reindict had Informed irforeau of the arrival or'Plebegru is Paris; that Moreau laid be weld hair him with pleafore, if he did not fear that he ismekitie known • that Rolland loes.d Pichegru at Ms hook and th at be waited on Mmes. to requel an interview on the part of Piebe gru ; Moreau granted the interview, and Pichegru and the witaefs went is a cabriole to Morean's bottle ; ' in the &A interview they did not appear to agree; that Pichegru returned the next day to Moreau, whom he aged if he would head a Royalift move • (tent? and, tuppofing his party would ad, would he promife to reftore the authority to the legitimate poll feffors ? Moreau Paid, that if they would aft accord ing to his opinion, the Confuls and the Governor of Paris mull dif.ippear, and in that cafe be had a party irong enough to obtain the authority. Lajolais confirmed the depofitions he had before even with Terre.% to the interview of Pichegru and oreau. General Morean was then heard. He confeffed his reconciliation with Pichegru: he Paid that many Generals had joined him to pray his recal from the Fit& Conful ; that he had told Lajolais, that if Fiche gru would retire into Germany, he did not defpair of fucceeding. He ebferved, that Lajolais did not go to England at I.is invitation : he confeffed the over tures which Rolland had made him, on the part of Pichegrn, but he had confidered them as extravagant. Be formally denied the interview with Pii hegro on the Boulevards de la Madelaine , and although La jolais perfilled in his affection, Moreau alto perfitted sea denying it. i Bouvet de Lazier was then brought forward, and perfifted in Paying that be had taken Pichegru and Georges from Chaillot to the place of meeting, be faw Pichegru and Georges get out of the carriage, and underflood it was to meet General Moreau. Moreau then conk fled that Pichegru was twice at his houfe ; the firli time he laid, was a mere compli mentary villt, but the fecond time Pichegru made overtures to hint ab.iut the army, and shout the in fluence which the Princes might have there; the ad vantages that might be taken from the invation, tee. all which he anfwered fo as to make him ditcoatent. His letters were then read; his Proclamations on ,h• fuhjea of Pichegru i and his Letter to the Fiat: Coss us (alrearli in th;: fr; ler). The Passonsar then Aced him, How, after hav ing denounced Pichegru as a traitor, he wad tV. Ci ve him at his hank f Moreau anfwered, that at fire he thought there ac cufations well founded ; hut if he had then erin.mt• ted a fault, his fuhrequent viaorics had atoned fur them. -The Prefident then again quellinned him about the overtures ? Moreau allowed that they wzrc made ; and oh !treed, that when Ire commanded armies, fimilar overturn were often made to him, both by RepUbll - and Royal It.. ppßeing allecd, why he did not denounce them ? He fail, Ls wuuld mach rather ti-ht the enemy than give tech information ; that as to the pr.jira of icing Nit/Liar, ire Could ROE' oists4ned h, :f 1311,_* 1 6 114 s before the arrival of licidapitte ; that it bird. beep propoledlo him, but that he looked upon that man as a madman whole deign was to overthrow the Government. The Prelielent again inquired particularly as to the meeting on the Boulevard ? Moreau perilited in denying kr He fought to weaken the declarations of Roland With refpett to the converfat ions which had takenAltes he fald that Rolland himfelf had only Called upon him on the footing of an old aoqtraitfranee ; that it was true' he had fpuken about partials % abodt the pollible • re eilabliffiment of the Bourtmol, &c. but it was in the way of converfation, and not as a negotiation; he had hived the Confol on the Mt Brumaire (No vember 9) ; and, far from having the lea& ambition, he only de ad ded the command of an Army. It was, theref impoMble that he could have wilhed that the C Is might dirappear. One of theisidges requited the email ezaenefs in the expreffion tiled by Moreau—" to make the Confels difappear !" Rolland repeated them, affirming them to be his very words--Moreaa perfified in denying them ; and added, that Rolland could not have pedaled in them but to improve his own lot. He had been fent to ; the Abbey, while he (Moreau) was in the Temple, guarded day and night by gens d'armes. The Paint:mar obferved to him, that he had no, guards until after Pichegrn had committed fuicide ; and that the reafon of Rolland and Cenral other cal prits having been confined in the Abbey and other prifons was, that the Temple could not contain the whole of them. _ _ _ Moreau having been alked by the PIESIDINT, Whether he had any thing to remark on the (tipple menlary depofition of Rolland replied, that, if be had been &Camas to form any party. he would have looked for partizans not among the Royalifis, but in the Armies and the Contlituted Authorities; that, however, he had maintained no connedion with them; and that be faw but very few hangers. Moreau being eked, whether David had commu nicated to him his defign of going to London Af ter befitating a moment, he replied, that be did not recoiled it ; that be believed David had given a hint of it, bat that he WAS not Cure. David denied it po fitively.--(To k Cestkred.) PRIVATE LETTER—PARA MAY so. Since the State trials have begun, the barriers are again ( hut, the patrotes again do ubled, the police agents every where again upon the alert, and mei fares of fafety again Oak:Weed with kverity. Among the feveral perfons lately arrelledi are four ladies kited yefterday in the galleries of the Criminal Tri bunal. They are assured of having been concerned in a new plot to poifon our new Emperor, at leaf!, Inch is the rumour, and that upon each was found a parcel of 'bong pailful. One of tbefe ladies, Ma dame de C—, is from Rennes, the town where Mosley was born. It is even repotted that the chief cook of the Emperor was eta lag night. being con netted, or furpeEted of being brought over by them and the :Plinth republican faftion, accufed, eaclu fivelv, of the prefent new plot. What every body know; as a faa is, that our new Emperor has not lately been in the belt humour, and that he %as ordered the Grand Judge to fpare no means or Nang to convince the world of the brews of M'.eau, both againft our Government and againft the Roreliit Party. The Tribune MOILIAU has the Emperor's promife that his brother's life (hall be laved, aalifi /sate arm arifeawrist wade it nertfaty ie *tyre 6ims for the fafaty olds Stat. Caton; SIMS. Gall•th COULON, and LAINJAUPAIS, are ordered to refide on their dimes in the country, until (artful orders from the ENPatoa. PARLI.IMEIvraRr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, JUNE ii. In the caufe of Lama, Plantiff in error. v. Craufurd and others, Defendants in agar; Mr Giles, as calk! for the Plaintiff, in error, was beard a the bat of the Iluate ; the farther bearing was poitpcoed until Friday neat. Slit private and other Bins were brought up from the Commons. and read a fiat time. The Difis an the Table were then forward ed through dicir refpe6lve Sages. •YLI4/YIT ILYCTION lIILL. Several witneffes were examined s the Bar of the Hook In fur port of the allegations of the Arkfbory Median Blrt t after which Mr. Adam frolic at great length on bcl•alf of the Petitioners spina the BILL The evidence was Smilar to that girm before the Com mittee attic Her e of Comma When Coonki had withdrawn, form explanatory eanverfation took Owe between Lords Auckland and Grenville and the Lord Chancellor, relative t• the mother of voters in the Three Hun dreds of Aybfbary ; after which Lord GRENVILLE Encored their Lorals . ps that the evidence this day adduced at the Bar of the Houle, mould be printed for their Lowilhipe information ; and alto that the (ceded reading •f the Din, which Rood for thia day, mould be further poßponed until fritt.ty nest. 1 be motion was then agreed to, and the Houk adjourned till tomorrow. • ••• HOUSE OF COMMONS. The CsWoolen Canal an was read a curd time and pared. Mr. Wm. Dundee (the Secretor, at Wit). Mr. Canning (the Ttesfurer of the Navy). I.ord Dunks (a Canindillater of the Ad mit shy), and another Metwhet, too& the ondis and their feats. A Petition was refented flan Debtors confined In the real of Covet,' el, praying for Witt On the motion of Sit T. Mr.Temsr.. the fecond reading of the Cotton Slamdadinters' Bin was put off till Thurfday. Mr. FOSTER brought ep a Bill to esempt from the export duty ell linens manefaetured in any part eat United Kingdom. Reed a &ft, and ordered to he read a famed flare to morrow. On die menhir' of Sir Whi. YOUNG. an order was made, that the Speaker do rot in. a new wt.t for the Latino of a Member far Asirthary, ant.' tLi. i!.,y three weds. 11tt ftextid etadit.g M the Solway Mary 8411 was put off di the toth ;nttart. _ The Mirdetnettletlf hfl tea. enrtenined ; and the Report orJcr• ed to b, taken into further eatG.l r.t..m on Wednefday„ he Atroreks Indemnoi 11.11 wc..t through a Cotaketee.—To be rcpnrtul re morrow. Mr. TITZ!;I.K.%I P 7 7 1!. , r7reteetion of form ae e^unt*. n 7 ' , lr.'s., m dc by the smart' the Adt of 1 , ..i0n with hd.r.h rt lative I,s I: of perfran. who held aft:, in that en..ssory, pr. . ; : ,nn. 'hewing astir °U final fala•irt. and anion, of any ~ r ;.,. that bad been made to then, r W11.1.1.‘N1 TV:ZI rrnr:.! f r o.e prodsellon of an A efn ,, n , of the n ee, ~ ,-.14.t 41,4.4 tlts . CSpt ,d Rood linpc, from ti:e time o rt.!, •Ito Ns Maid tll ri of tvscual-:1, in contention a the Tee2t;. oirPtsr.!rn.. - -.4.`rdet<.l. - Mr. KOS*, of h. vtovltl tSnt ^ &OTT 01 . the Crar.f of the ()Ore r.( the C^mm n lies% a the thee!). cf Larraltrr. ix 1...! h. tore thr Mr. I 1 til f, orl.• g torwArd • . roolon 1.1 had go, no•i: r-1 •.. lont o r,r marent ...tn.' on ;crop', on•ter:' • 1.. n • That (no , . invone t!.3t, molioros • tik! 1 , •• hp Meetttet t, thr.or to :Loft hub be et , to then abort to ye, plc ibc ciithfett.t.Ott of die titcitfktrik *Jade Holograbk Gentleman to egaisapsOehtit up= ' • die &bit& Tyo Woolies Minufatuesits BM rel palapbed fa Wedhiretty truttantat.streton. Me. ROSE moved the Order dike Pat for feed ing the charge_ againfl John, Damon, Under Sheriff for CorneralG.....md rot calling - hint to the Bar of the Holger and this being done accordingly John Damon, Rending at the Bar, was afked 'SY the Speaker what he had to lay to the charge he had heard read againft him ? He affurel the Houfe, that he had not :teed from any corrupt motives, and that it was the fartheft from his intention,-to do an 48 to violate the privileges of Parliament ; that he could hot have afted from partiality, hecauk he was not erfonally known to either of the Candidates at the Pate election for Lacers!: He begged the indulgence of the Houk, and allured them, that if be had seed wrong he bad done fo unintentionally. He than with drew from the Bar. Mr. ROSE Paid, it was not his with to fay any thing in aggravation of the charge againfl Mr. Da mon—but he conceived it to be his duty to bring be fore the Hoare the opinion of the Committee that had tried the merits of the Lifiteard Eleftion, fo far as it related to the conduct of that perfon. He muff acknowledge, that no evidence had come before the Committee, of any direct corruption; but it ap peared he had received Come money from each of, the candidates s he acknowledged himfelf, I , he had , been handfomely paid for his trouble." It was, how ever, eontrary,to La w, for, an Under Sheriff to ac cept of any reward whatfOever, for his trouble at an. elation ; and fo far Damon need improperly. It was necelfary that Tome euniflitnent (Mould beinflio-' ed on him for what he had done, otherwife the fame: condo& might be pradifed by others. This was' not an uninformed man; be had beeitbrtd to the law; he could net have seed from iporance ; and it was incumbent on him to do the office be filled, in a fair and proper manner, He then moved, that the Houfe thould adopt the refolution agreed to bY the Commit tee—" That John Damon,rbe Under Sheriff at the late elation for Lifficard, seed contrary to his duty, and in violation of the principles of Parliament. He Ihould afterwards move, that he be taken into cur tody by the Serjeant at Arms." Sir.WILLIAM LEMON hoped the Honk would confider the great expence this young man had al ready been put to, and not inflict a heavy ponillstnent on him. He (aid, be had a letter from,the High Sheriff of Cornwall, giving a very good character of Mr. Damon, who would not any account aft from improper motives ; and if he had been guilty of any mifeondult, it mull certainly have been unintended on his part. Betides the Houfe fhould bear in mind that be had no knowledge of, or connection with any of the parties at the election. Mr. GREGOR raid, that the Under Sheriff hav ing received a (mall rum of money, by way of fee for his trouble at the elation, was a proof that he had abed from corrupt motives. From the enquiries he had himfelf made into this gentleman's obaraller, and t he information he had received, he believed he acted piety from error. He begged the Houfe to confider be injury he mull (offer even in his profeffion, if it t o lifted a heavy puniffintent on him. - Mr. HOLLAND (poke in behalf of Damon. • Mr. ROSE again contended, that as this man could not have tided from ignorance (although even that would be inezeufaWej, he mutt have had Come motive in his mind for what be did. Mr. SHERIDAN denied that the Under Sheriff had the plain line of his dutylaid•down before him ; he was not bound, as a matter of courfe, to receive any return which the Returning Officer might make. It was a part of his duty to fee that the return was not au , improper one. In fae, it had been Rated to Mr. Damon, that the Mayor of Lilkeard had made a fake return; and that was the reafon he fent up the two returns to the Clerk of the Crown. And the Committee, which afterwards tried the elation, decided differently from the Mayor ; they having given it as their opinion, that the right of election refided with the Mayor and Burgelfes generally— and the Mayor having declared the right of eleftinn to be in the Mayor and the capital and free Burgeas. It was therefore a cafe, in which a man might be milled, and mull certainly have been an error in judgment. He was fare the emits% cif the I-10.ife was as heavy a pur.iihment as ought to be bah Rcd on this young man. The SECRETARY at WAR thraight it a mcre joke to fay that this man's underlanding could be mifkd. Mr. BANKS f4id, it appeared that Damon had received a fcc from both parties ; and ilia wntilj not have happened, if he had not made a double return. _ The fira motion was then put and agreed to, and on its Leing moved that Mr. Damon be taken into the cuflody of the Serjeant, Sir WILLIANI LEMON moreJ, as an amend: went, that he be reprimanded and difcharged. This amendment was fupported by Mr. Sheridan. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and the'SECRETARY at WAR, contended, that after the refolution the Hottfe had jun agreed to, and which was to remain on their journal., they could not, confttlently with their duty, adopt any proceed- fcvsre than that of ordering this pt . ekon into cuflody. If the Houfe aged otherwife, it would be a furrender of their dignity. The motion for taking him i?tto cullody was then agreed to, Sir Wm. Lemon having previoufly with drawn his amendment. A Mefrage from the Lord, informed the Hattie, that the Lord, had agreed to four Enclofure, and (even other private Bills. SLAV' TRADE Mr. DEVF.RELL, purfuant to notice, role to move that there he laid before the Houle an account the duties on Negroes imported into the Well Li dies, and of the appropriation of thole dirties from to of January tBot, to ill January 1/104. In flaring his rufous for this motion the Honourable Giruieman referred particularly to the Bill now pending belore the Houle, and contended that the farther tunlide ration of it I h ould he deferred till nett Canon t when Mr. Vs'ILDERFORCE mfe to (peak to order. He found that the linnourable Gentleman, indeed of bringing forward his promifed motion, for papers re lative to the number of flares imported into the Well was going into a dikoffi In on the Slave Trade which he tlunight was highly out of order. lAA tEMPLt begged the Honourable Grtitt e plan to confider that he was not yet ftwp •fed to b e aware of the nature of the motion, and could nor know what alterations the Honourable Gentleman may have found neceffary, or bow far it might he earsneeltd with the general quaftioa of the Slave Trade. Mr: iviLlitttrOite.t• inti-lik-DEVERELL etplained. t iise art.AiakeesterWit tb remind the Ho. norribit Member how fat; he watt its rirder, and how fat not. Any reafons ffiewirg the gropriety of his motion were certainly in order t but to comm en t upon or dike% the ituenion was not of order, and a tranfgreffion of the rules of.the Houle. He reguen ed, therefore, the Honourable Gentleman to Rate his motion, which he did. and the payers were ac cordingly ordered. • • !e! Mr. - JAMES FITZGERALD Imbed that alert be laid before the Houle, accounts of the expences under she Compenfation A&, and other papers relit five to the Revenue of Ireland, which was ordered. Mr, ROSE fubmitted to the Hoare t guati o n, whether a Member (the Hon. C. Villiers) ought to vacate bit feat I. Parliament in confeguenc e o f having received die office of Prothonotary of Com mon Pleas for the Duchy of Lancatler Me. WYNNE wined to know if it would not be more regular to move, in the fira inflame, fdr a try of the appointment, which was accordingly ordsegd 4 socurtuniii„llOaCl SILL On the mition of Chancellor of the &tar that the Houfe go into a Committee on the tional Force Bill, Mr. JEKYLL. felt it a duty impofed on him, asa Member of that Houfe, to oppofe the motima not made by the Hun. Gentleman. Pions of various kinds had been propofed to the Houle, fiw putting the coun try into a fiste of defence, and there plans hate been one after another marls/led. He had flatterM him felf, however, that from the talents of the Right Hon. Gentleman, great things were to be meted, and that a plan would have been propelled that would have been fatisfaaory to the Houfe, but in this re -1 (pea he had been miferahly difappointetl. The plan propofed by the Right Honourable...Gentleman, pof felled no feature of - novelty, but one, and that had been almoff univerfally deprecated. He meant the appointment of Para Orficere to rank recruits. He would appeal to the Judges of the Circuit, to Cat tlemen in the Country, and fuch of this Houfe, as were acquainted with the Country, if fuch a retinae could ever be praelicable, and if it would not be at. tended with the gresteft evils? It was laying new burdens on the parifites, notwithflanding that their burthens were already'fogreat, that they were fcaece ly competent to them. Blit it was doing injudice, befida, to individuals, whp veould be compelled to pay fines in cafe of any failure in the number of re cruits, though they may have already entered into engagements to find tub:litotes for the Militia of Army of Referee. Perfone would thus be conspelled to contribute a fecond time. He hadlad an anony mous parer lately put intc his tuna, which gave a very fair gateman of thefe inconveniences. It re lated to an individual who had been ballotted twelve months ago, and who had paid 30L far a fulsflitute on condition of being clear for five years. He com plained, therefore, that a new Bill was conning into Parliament, to expore him Nosily with theft who have found no fubffitutes. The Hon. Gentleman then adverted to thole who had entered the VASA teer Corps. Many might refign wit/ratite billot was no longer a check on them; while ;bores/her had en tered, and who might continue in fuch Corps from the higheft principles of honour, would be forb)jetted to the inconveniencies of contributing to fines levied on their ditlriA equally with thole who had aban doned their Corps and retired from the fervice. Mr. MOORE thought it was the mat alarming Bill that had ever been introduced into that Houk. He conficlered it in a political light, as threatening the liberties of the fubjeft. As a temporary mea lure, it might perhaps be admitted from necellity ; but as a permanent meafure, as it was propofed to be, it ought to be cm/soled by every friend to his country. The [ ionic of commons in former periods of our hi;tory, had lbewn a laudable jealoufy in this refpea. Immediately after the rebellion under the Duke of Monmouth, although the Militia had performed their duty, yet it oii, Rated from the throne that the Militia was riot fufficient far the pro teetion of the country, but that A !riled flooding army WA. Al)lithltrly neceff4ry. Let us look to our ancef tors, in this intlonce, for an example. They advifed the Committee to tri; fbapd the regular forces, and tb tender the Militia more competent for the purpok required. They even required the Crown Officers to bring in a Bill for the purple. The Bill now pro pofed was calculeed, he WA to (obvert the condi talon, as it was to be railed independent of Parlia ment, and intended to be pet manent. But where, he alked, was the nectlity fur Inch a meanie, Copper& it were to fucceed to the mat ranguine elpedations of its framer ? France was in Inch a fituation,' that it would be folly to think of making any insprellicn on her by land forces. Thelntres we had already of this defcription were completely Pie, for our navy took care, and he hoped ever would take care, that they flrould be fn. Our prefent force,•taken 4 its varions der-riptionr, lie listed to be not lefs than 812,000 military and marine. He thbugbt by this force every objai might be gained: . . . Mr. M•NA UGH . ' ON 1. - rid. he was certain. fuch fentiments as had been uttered by the Hon. Gentle man who kit fpoke, could do•no great good in the country. Gentlemen ought to confider What effeet , their freeches might have nut of doors. However dangerous it might be at other times to increafe the flooding lurce of the country, yet he was convinc ed that at tl.is time a Landing army, and a •ery powealul one too, was ahfoluicly net:al:try, in order to maintain the Conttitutian of the country again& - an unprincipled uptlart, who had already appalled lever.' or the powers up-no the Continent of Europe. The iibn. Gentle,n urn did not teem to advert, when 1 he called the Bill permanent, that Parliament, while : it bad the poser nt creating fuch mediums, had alto - the power to put a flop ti them at once. After the 1 debate of Friday lag, he really thought that any far t ther oppotition againn the Bill was a moll vexatious 11 oppofition. He could not polLbly look upon it in 1 any other point of view ; for it was nothing elk than i a very sir km attempt on the part of Gentlemen on : the other fide of the Houfe to anbarrafs his Majef ty's Minium. (4' I lead cry of eau., wed hear ! bear!) ■