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CONTINUA - I . ION OF THY. TRIAL OF THE CONSPIRATORS. Paris, May W. GEORGES CADOUAL. He was born at Breeh, in the department of Mnrbilian. He bad scarcely finished his studies at Vannes, when the Re volution commenced, and went to La Vendee when the dif.- turlaanoes broke out in the West. He held no diAtinguishol auk there. The defeat of Mans occasioned his return to his native country. At the time of the passage of the Loire, he was in strumental in the forination of several assemblies. The Ex- Count de Sdr, who commanded the rebels, bring killed in an action which took place at Grandchamp, this event began to develops his character. At the affair of Qaiberon Its was seen at the head of a corps of armed peasants attempting to facilitate the landing. He was afterwards observed to associate (choceaner) with those who bad escaped from that actien. The corps which he headed was supplied with arms, ammu • nition, and money, procured by tiiiiaye. That Officer haying retired to London, Georges Cadonal Alted his situation till the restoration of peace. He then wen• to England, and had a con neaten with that Government. The ei-dreatir French Princes give him the cross of St. Louis and the red ribbon. He returned to litetagne some time before the last insurrec tion; which took plate in Brumaire, year 8. After some ac tions he concluded a truce ; during which, he effected several debarkations of muskets, sabres, pistols, meson, howitzers, ammunition, money, and clethee. Ho was elated with these dispositions, when General Brunges arrival in Bretagne with superior force obliged him to lay town his arms. Notwithstanding due pacification, he wrote and signed the following act : 1 . We, the of the departments ofle . eaVilainv, of the Cates du Nord, Finisterre, and Morbihin, by virtue. of the powers transmitted us by His Royal Highness :Monsieur, the brother to the King, nominate Monsieur Pierre Guillemot, Adjutant General eimmaridant of the Legions of Vannes, Auray, Mohon, and that now under his command, is which we authorise him to nomioaie at, officer to succeed labs. We charge him to direct their operations, and to dis pose them, as much es passible, to insurrection ; he will cor respond for that of Vannes with Herr:, who is its Major ; for that os Auray with Rohn ; and for that of Mohon with Trout lief. He will give positive orders to all his officers not to commit the least hostility till a favourable moment shall be appointed for them. At the head-quart., this Bth of July, 1800." his WWI at the name time General in Chief, and Treasurer of the money lent by England to pay the rebels, of the sums of 'which the diligenoes were robbed, and those extorted by the menace of death ; particularly froth the possessors of national domains. It is not known whether he was at Paris on the 3d Nivose, "oar 9; but there is no doubt that he wu one of the chiefs of Ye conaperacy which broke out on that day. It was ha who, on the 28th Frimaire, year 9, four days prior to the 3d Nivose, wrote in these terms to Pierre Robinault St. Paliant, alias Perrot. alias Sayer, who set fire to the infernal Illneltine, and who was condemned to die " ty Dear Seyer--I hare received accounts of you from year two friends. For your put, you have not yet learned to Alas the fortn ght is past ; things proceed in a dread ful mariner. If they continue as they have done, I know not what will became of us. On you alone rest all our confidence Intal all our hum). Your friends dabs to be remembered to 'roe s and commend their fate to your Kids. Adieu. " Your sincere Friend." This nets is signori Gedeee. • Underneath is written ire expect to hear from you by *Mg courier." A legal exam•natinn has proved him to be the real author of this paper, which was the signal for the order given by the Cliitif of the Conspirators. Cht the 26th Hiram, Year 9, be wrote the following letter, eshleh is not less worthy of attention I o' My Dear Count—l have lust received your letter of the December: it b net very consolatory, especially after allatmlislt you sent by P. " In the first you give, as it were, certainties, and in the last lww bet deader hopes ; you ought, however, to be sen- OMB OM ear Situation requires something positive, and that mrseettly. We are here every moment exposed to the daggers 11111111Mlet. Our duty, the instructions we have received, mad the hippie( easing something again undertaken, keep us Set INN of us will stir till we receive or , l.rs. You may Paths lAA what impatience we wait fir, them. "I ehlaisee speak of the position of the Austrian armies, net .f the armistice existing between them and them of the Re. public ; I shall only observe, that every thing here announces the peace es cett.Ort, Ana, according to appearanos, this disa greeable aceount is but too well founded. In case it should be confirmed, what metre shall we employ to preserve, in the Xing's interest, the faithful subjects in the wen! After ma. - tare reflection, the following two are the only methods wbieh think capable of effecting this purpose. (I suppose peace eftele with the Emperor, and that the Northern Powers will set &elate against the Usurper.) The first m. thud is, to per so,* the British Government to take into its eervice, on the ketleg of English regiments, two or three regiments of Roy aliats in the interior. These 'imps should be composed of the staunchest men in all Bretagne; sad, when eirtrornetanort should permit them to repair thither, there is no doubt but they would be able to raise the whole province; but the oft. ems, before they take this step, should requite of the Govern ment a faunal promise in writing, that these corps shou'd not be disbanded, let things go as they may. If circumstances prevented the British Government from adopting this plan, which is undeniably the safest, here is another that may, pet ite" be IMICeSeifUl ; but in which, the agents would have to Mrsragie with numerous difficulties os Let ,woe of the Officers of the lA/ions, and even some zes• Mee Adjutants General, who have net rempletr-la committed themselves, make their peace with the Usurper, obtain from him securities which will enable them to live unmnlested in their country, and at the same time to communicate freely with their faithful offseers; who, in consequence of the information they receive, will certainty maintain their influence in the twin, tri Let His Royal Highness Monsieur adopt in his wisdom that phut vanish he may think proper; but I inttest you, my dear Cour:, to inform us instantly which he shall have chosep. A! soy eete, t requett foe to acquaint His Royal Highness, that I shall becomes bankrupt, if I do not receive 1000 louis, in tweuty-five days at farthest. That suns was promised me monthly, exclu.ive of Rt. wh'eh C. 141 me a great deal ; and since I have returned, I have received but 4aoa iivres. Send an answer immediately ; yeu know our situation. If the first plan be rejected, I all he obliged to discharge five or six officers. I flatter myself they will receive honourable treatment. Reply positively to this article. "My deputies have returned from C. According to their accounts, I do not answer for success; but l entertain great hopes of succeeding, tf events allow me to inspire enthusiasm• You know the expedition mentioned i■ General Maitland's letter, which I have left with His Royal Hightwas. I have taken the most judicious measures to ensure its success; the "unarm is almost entirely composed of men devoted to me. Supported by light troops, and perhaps without the aid of a•ty foreign force, (could attempt that operation. Should it suc ceed, we might expect something. We are recruiting con siderably. We only require to be protected by light troops and paid by the Government. Above all, decide speedily. You are acquainted with the unsuccessful termination of the grand correspondence; it has been fortunately lesumed. I am eager for it to act ; but the funds an very inadequate. I have seen the seconds of C. and D. they are well disposed, and rely much upon their country. Anne is continually shuffling; I fear she has corrupted B—. All these steps are happily dis guised with excellent pretexts. It is by such means that we must arrive at the real object ; myself and many others think different'y. Should it be necessary to adopt the second plan, in order to its success, I should have a fund at my d sposal to distribute among the nicest remaining to instruct the must able and faithful of their inferiors. " I hope the grand corr-spondensw will soon be in activity again. I have the honour to be, with the highest esteem and the must perfect considerAtion, your very humble and very obe dient servant." 3$ signed Grows. This letter is addressed to the Count de la Chaossett at London. One of the acme date, and in the same cover, written by Georges to the ri•dcvant Prince de Bouillon, leavci nu rounk to doubt that circumstance. They were found its the portmanteau of a man named Lemercier, second of Georges, killed in the night of the 30th Nivea", Year 9, in a rencontre near Loudeas. Whim Georges speaks of hopes of seeing something under taken, it is clear that he alludes to some new plan. He means Brest when he mentions the expenee. It would be impossible to keep up any understanding pre paratory wan attempt on that place, without great sacrifices. It was to Belleisle, that the agents had been sent by him to tamper with the people, and had been seised. When he says, that the grand correspondence had ter masted unsuccessfulls , and that it had beets happily resumed, he evidently allud s to the infernal machine. Having w Eng Lind, he there cuntrived with tilt. Chiefs of that Government, with all his accomplices who had escaped from the sword of justice, with the confident' of 01. et-aermat Trench Princes, with Pichrgru and his adheo-Tos, the plan of assassinating the Tint Consul, and uveditt 'wing the French Government. It was h •ho dispatched before him Picot and Leb,ur geois. It WY he ton whit sent off Barr, alias Loreau, who wer.t through Bretagne, to accomplish the commission with which he was entrusted. He was likewise connefici with the emioatie= rent into thewest, and partieularly with Debar, who wrote to him on the 12th November, 1803, as follows : " General-1 endeavour continually to see the persons most proper for the operation of which we have spoken. I find them filled with apathy and alarm on account of the vigilance and inquiries concerning every traveller arriving at P. and its vie nity ; the description that Is taken of them in the commune from winch they departed, lte. Lc. finally, your last nicht item on this subjea. " !cannot doubt of being able to eget% an insurreetiors at the favourable moment, notwithstanding the indiff!rence of the clergy and the noblesse : a prince with a respectable force would at any time rase the whole nation, which 100,000 united royalists are incapable of doing. In that case, I sin al ready pretty confident that I could furnish a mall cumin gent. When I shall have aceomphsneet my mission, ii I receive •o further orders from you, I shall return to the ploee from which I set out. lam dreadfully tormented with the rheuml- Cern. Doubt not of my seal, my attachment, and dn.:stint'. The salutation of respectful friendship. (Si:ned) G kSPARD " P S. I employ as lawfully as positble the little sem you have entrusted me with lam not sparing of it. Nothing can HEM be done without a great deal of money." The direction of thts letter is Au Pape. George Cadeual, as has been announcsa, was one of a party which effected a landing at the port of Iles the 21st of Au gust last ; and he was at Paris at the moment w hen Debar wrote to him. Joyanst, alias Villeneuve; Jean Mane, alias Lemaire ; Raoul f;uillaume, alas Saint Vincent ; Querelle, Picot, and Troche, jun. had landed with him. Charles D'Hnsier and Dessoles went to mei t iiim, ant these by whom he was accompanied went to meet lima as far as Saint I..eu Taverns. He, with Joyaut, Jean Mari., alias I.•maire, and Gessoles, entered a coach which was driven by D'llosier. Poring the first days he had lodged with Denand, a wine merchant, Rue du Sacq, whose house was the renileavetis of almost all the confederates. lie afterwards lived in Rae de Carerne Prenant, No. St, in a lodging hired by the instigation of Spin, sue of the agents of Charles &Hosier. This Spin had superintended the arrangement of the place, and had himself constructed a secret place, which he foresaw might be useful to thiorges Cadoual, and the other conspirators. Motives of fear doubtless induced Georges to leave that ha bitation for another near the garden of plants, Rus du Plata l'Hermiti, No. S. He was still there when Picot, his servant, arrested on the 111th of last Maisie at Denand's, fired a pistol to ascii his es. cape, at ;i1 to Os the signal to the other w;. r rators. He hastened to leave this retreat, and to sect: another ; Charles &Maier procured him one in Rue Sainte Genevieve, No. 33. Here lie lived with two of his accomplices, Joyaut and !tur ban, when, on the 18th Ventose, doubtless preparing to seek another a.ylinn, because he perceived he was sought in every part, he went into a cabriolet mined with pistols and a digger, and,dtiven by Leridant. lie was irmcely iu it when he heard cries of which he was the object. Ile ordered Leridant to drive on at a hazard, and as speedily as possible. Bring pursued by the agents of the police, who were every where in ambuscade, two of them rushed upon the shafts of the cabriolet. Ile presented his two loaded pistols, and fired the first towards the right at one of them called l obit , who was killed. Having alighted, he fired his second pistol at another agent, called Caniolle, who received the ball in the viscera of the left side. Two peace officers then seized him bef.,re, one on the right side and the other oil the left, and several citizens at the same time laid hold on him front behind. A great number of people soon collected, and he was con ducted to the Prefecture of Police. Being instantly delivered t$ the Magistrate charged with the examination, he declared, has been seen, that he was at the head of the conspiracy. He acknowledged that ■ dagger found upon his person was of English manufacture, and belonged to him. He was present, and with great sang frnid, at the examina tion of the body of the Agent whom he assassinated; nor was he at all intimidated by the declarations of those who witnessed the crime. He repeated, it was true he had fired two pistols, and that it was possible he might have caused the death of the indiviAiial, whose body was shewn him. He was present, without any trepidation, at the orerati..nr of the officers of health, to extract the ball, in o..!er to ascertain the calibre. He heard, with composure, the reading of the report made by those officers relative to the assassination of the other agents. The ferocity of this man must produce astonishment, as n.uch as the audacity of the conspiracy to which he belonged. It is doubtless unnecessary to enter here into all his connec tions with the mercenary agents of England, who likewise ar. rivert for the purpose of assassinating the First Coosa', and over throwing the Government. His confessions are very expressive; his presence at P-tis speaks sufficiently plain. This subject Win be noticed else where, in treiting of the other conspirators who correspouded with him. There is only one who can be attended to at pre , sent; the Ex-General, Picitegrn, why, as if crime could some times be just, seeing only the image of his treasons, and the oppressive mass of his crimes, pat an end to his life in the Temple. Georges joined that infamous man, who conspired ageing . . this country at the moment he was elevated to the highest dtg nities, and received testimonies of the ;neatest .•tachnient ; that man, the account of whose deeds, submitted to the Tribunal, presents a series of crimes, till the moment when be returned to France to put himself at the head of the brigand,, who intend ed to kindle the flames of civil war. The union of these two men must have astonished all Europe, if their turi , it ate, which was before known, nett not com pletely expo.e.l. It cannot lastlisputtal, since it is attested by respectable wit nesses, and is acknowledged by the conspirator: thei.nalVal. In order the better to ever Este the infernal plan whisk they adopted, they were not cententel with having scure, iateOl gent, awl asa!ous agents. They heed together at asailkit ailed at Paris. The terror Mane of the vengeance of j.ist lee separated them : they were seizes: ::: thc , same determinatoins, both armed with pistols, both armed with the same kind or dagger, moll in England, which they had received from the British tiovernment by the hand :lithe ride:mat French ninsas. Thr existence a• Paris of these two chiefs of the B•ieand=, their living in the some habitations, would remove all douhis o f the conspiracy, if any canted. His confessions are clear. If he chews a fanaticism of opi nion, it ri doubtless for the purpose of attempting to weaken the sentiments of horror and i , atignation which his crimes inspire. June 2. Captain Wright, who landed moil of the Con spirators, was this day examined. He stated, that, being a Prisoner of war, he could not depose to any thing; and that, being an Englishman, and faith ful subjeCt, he would not answer any question. Georges and Joyaux pretended that they did not know Captain Wright. He was recognised by the jailor of the Temple, who saw him there when he was a Prisoner in the year 6, with Sir Sydney Smith. He was also recognised by other witnesses. and by one Tromelin, now under arrest, who had been taken with Sir Sidney, and was put wish him in the Temple, where he passed for Sir Sydney's servant, by the name of Jones. Being sent out of France, he returned soon after in disguise, and con tributed to Smith's escape. AU these facts he con fessed. At the request of the Imperial Attorney-Gene ral, the interrogatory which Captain Wright under went in the Temple was read to him, as well as the declaration of Tromelin. Wright persisLed in his refusal to answer. The Imperial Attorney-General then ma le a long speech. Dommanget, and several other official defenders, demanded and obtained that the trial should be sus pended for two bouts, in order to prepare their de ence. The sitting was accordingly suspended at 11 o'clock, and adjourned till one. JUNE 4. The procession of Carpels Christi took place yester day in the churches of Paris, with all the suitable pomp and accustomed ceremories. The chutches were filled with people, led thither by their piety or their curiosity ; and it must be acknowledged, that, independent of the celebration of that mystery, there is, in the manner of condeling it, something equally august and imposing, which delights the eye, sub dues the imagination, and even ro ikes the Protest ant exclaim : 4, I feel myself a Catholic on this festival." RATISION, MAY 27. The news from Paris has excited the greatest in terest here. The several deputations at the Diet have testified their utisfaditio at the great events of May IL THE BRITISH PitES7S LON DON, FRIDAY, Yesterday we received a "regular series of Monsieur it) the 6th, and Dutch Papers to the , The latter contain some reports of new partition s and exchanges of territory upon the continent. cording to one of them, Poland, by the intervention of Russia, and with the consent of Austria - Prthvia, is to receive a King in the person of Loi the XVII L. 'this is only the revival of an old i port mentioned several weeks ago in this Paper.. The Dutch Papers also state that all the Frngifit at Leghorn have been arrested, creep' tho-e. have resided there fur fift.:en years. From tl.e kura it appears that the evidence on the part of prosecution,in the case of the cor.spirators, closed on the 3d, and the Court adjourned for two hours, allow time for the prisoners to prepare their defence. The AT Gtertit•t, in his speech to evidence, was very severe upon MOR AAU. He concluded with demanding that sentence of Death should passed upon all the accused persons erupt EVEN, CA RaoN, GAS LASS, and his Wife. We thought it. would have bccn premature copy Mr. PITT'S Defence Bill until the blanks were filled up, and it had assumed that form in which I intends that it should pass. We now insert it came out of the Committee. last night, with the , ception or a tew verbal amendments and omission., THE Gio at, an evening paper, of yesterda; contains the following extra& of a letter from Sand gate, dated the I 3th Since my last the weather has moderated, and craisers have wiled from the Downs and Duni ne:,s, to resume their stations off the opposite shore. Yesterday being uncommonly clear, we had a - diitind view of the coact; with our glasses we ct plainly per:eat the line of encampment on Boulogne Heights; it seem:: between two and three miles Ion! and very regular, about a mile to the southward the tow", and on a sloping Alias,. „;n the everi sre could see the glitter of thstAtas - valten the trod were in motion, all our rank were at anchor about a league fro u the shore. 'IVe signal for an enemy' fleet was hoisted about two: we could not see them, but suppose it was a division from Ostend, steerirr for Dunkirk or Calais, as the signal was repe; from Deal." . Yesterday evening, at sin o'clock, Their M TILS, is a post chariot, followel by ch i I-Imm. and Duke of Kater. in tilk. coaches trod four, an airing by Hampstead and Highgate. To-morrow the ROVAL FAMILY will remo to Kew: The 43d light infantry havr not marched fiheroelifFe camp, although e n Evening Paper they arc on tile ground. They are still at Ash and it is not yet certain whether they encanti not; 'tit strange, that when people write, they not state what is aCtually the case, %%it lout adJi their own suggestions. DISTRIBUTLOI4 Or GENtRAL WOOlterArtlGsn' • 111,11D-grAscrLas, sAt4DGATI. 4th (Kinesowit) . Shnniedeies Camp. b2d (Light Infantry) . Ist Brigade Artillery . . Ditto. 59th Itettiwatt. . ll.tiie /talc' 434 (Light Infantry) . . As lif.ad. Ist Brig:ate Artillery . ) lit Diritiort 9tta S torlieliffe Ba;:teks. Ree , nitrtt . The puffing and quackery of some of cur temporaries of the ode, ln• class is most disgus . If a pamphlet, a report, or any news in any sit from the Continent, falls by chance into their he they immediately announce the receipt of a Paper of the latest possible date. A Morning . of yesterday, notorious for this stupid impose says •• Copies of Montleurs to the 3d inst. Mile received leaf Thurvilay, arrived yesterday at tin rious Newspaper Offices." Now, we would the charlatan, who penned this stupid puff, ' reeked the Monitews so long ago, why did he . give an extra& front them Any foreign news labia; the paper alluded to has since contained, was • from a Report of the State Trials, published in volume Svo. of 340 page'. Mc agates lens BONAPARTI IS, also, we presume, taken from same source, or is of home fabrication, as no . article appears in the Monitor. It is an unpleas task to expose such imposture, but, in ;ustice • public and ourselves, it is sometimes lanaVt.l4ll ' -' MiDDLESIM ELSCTIONThe question sv:. , Gentlemen bidding situations in the Chancery G Common Pleas, Exchequer, or other t.i.ar Oi which have heretofore been deemed freeholder. eligible to vote as Electors in the County of 14 sex, came on yesterday to be discussed. After I argument, it WAS determined that such votes inadmissible, the voters not being actual residents the parish or place for which they tendered suffrsges. This decision is expetted to take near 200 of Mr. MAINWARIIG% votes. Within sit weeks, four French Generals passed as couriers through Vienna for Conit intino# Near 500,000 Swiss Citizens have already erne grated to ltassia and America, and many rhatrl3l more are disposing of their propel ty And intend follow their countrymen. Measui es of severity, the Paris papers, are certainly necessary in Swi land as well as in France, to put a stop to this fa' able fury of deserting our countty. The Dutch government has ordered the beautiful frigate in their nary, Irene, to be, out immediately for General MARMONT, t passage with his army to Lugland. It is doubted but that the expejitius will sal before summer. (Pwificiite.) SS. of tt:e le Bth. titioLs At- trition a and Louts rkl Rho of - of the ed uk. tin, to !fence. dente, !luded uld to four—. 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