The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-22 00:00:00

FROM THE MENciI PAPERS.

Miated• .Military Commission
formed at Rheims, has condemned to death a
person named ,Rougeville, •a returned emigrant,
and an old officer of cavalry, accuse:l and con-
victed of corresponding. with the Russian armies.
A letter addressed by him to Prince Wolkonsky,
which was intercepted by a French detachmeru,
eriden,ly proves the treason of this individual.—
The minute of this letter, which was found among
his papers, we think it our duty to lay before the
pul)l;c, in order to slicw to all Frenchmen -the
manner in which the Russians, recompense those
who are base enough to serve the enemies of their
country.
LETTER VVRITTEN. TO THE PRINCE OF WOLKONSKY

BY THE SIEVE DE ROUGEVILLE,FOUND IN MINUTE

AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LkTTER.
" Princel twice 1 hare had the happiness to
be useful to your combinations in the reconnois-
sances which you ordered to be made on the 17th
at Epernay, and on the 25th at Villiers-Cotte-
r.qs. Twice I have voluntarily accompanied the
, Cossack Officer, because, in the first place, being
myself an old Officer of Cavalry, I was acquainted
with the roads and all that related to proceedings
sO iwportant ; and secondly, because I was full of
zeal for the success of your armies. But it is
' with sor,ro,-.v, Prince, that.l call to your recollec-
tiop, that on the 17th, whilst 1 was absent in
your service, pi)) country-house at Baslieu has
been totally pillaged ; and in addition /to this,
that thek guard 'corps of General-Woronzow was
placed. in my town house on the 23d, whilst it
ought to he quartered in a large unoccupied
riouse which is opposite to the apartments of the
General.

" if your. Excellency has the goodness to alt-,
preciate and approve the zeal and -ardour by-which
I have been guided in favour of your armies, the
only favour I demand is, -that the- six labouting
horses which have been taken from me should be
returned, and •afterwaids, that orders should be
issued to withdraw the guard from my house,.
and Place it in the house, No. 4, opposite tb the
res-idence of the General."
During the short time the Russians remained at
Chateau-Thierry, an officer of that nation was
quartered with an inhabitant of. the town. The
extreme elbgance and politeness of his demeanour,
which formed a contrast to the rude manners and
behaviour of his soldiers, indicated him to be a
well-educated- man,- One evening his host per-
ceivettl that he carried under his waistcoat a Sinai(

bag of blue satin, suspended from his neck by a
silken ribbon. There was a heart embroidered
in the middle of the bag, arid beneath it a Rus-
sian inscription. The officer being pressed
.with
questions concerning this rather unmilitary de-
' coration, avowed that it was a present whieh his
'mistress had made to him previous to- departure.
]t was observed to him that the h-eart was not ac-
companied by a flame, and he could .no
,longer re-
fuse an en i e explanation. The RuSsian motto,.
he said," signified'that the heart should receive its•
flame only at Paris. The officer added, that many
of his comrades had received similar nresents.on-
their departure for France, and that they had
promised ,to carry home in. the bags some of the
ashes of Paris. The inhabitants of Chateau-
Thierry replied with a smile, that Lent was al-
retly well advanced, and that Ash-Wednesday
was gone by.
The Duke de Belluno and Gen. Grouchy have
.arrived at Paris.
Accounts have been received this day from the
Senator Count Rcederer, ColSimissioner Extraor-
- Binary of his Majesty at Strasburg. Affairs suc-
ceed wonderfully in Alsace and Lorraine. The
manufacture of arms at Montzick has been trans-
ferred to Strasburg, where it is going on with
the greatest activity. The arsenal at Strasburg
has been filled %fhb finished arms. The National
Quart! of Strasburg, independently of the garri-
son, consisted of from 7 to 8000 armed men.-7--
The town was blockaded only by 2 or 3000 men
belonging to the troops of Baden, who did Rot
dare to approach it nearer than three leagues.
The national giiard and the garrison of Schele-
stadt have distinguished themselves by their vigi-
lance, and have-made continual sorties. This city
was also blockaded by,the troops of Baden. In a
sortie made in the first days of March, the garri-
son had taken from the Ladanese all their artil-
lery and 150 oxen. It led the enemy fighting as
far as the Valle of Sainte Marie-aux-Mimes. The
garrison took more than 100. prisoners.
Huningen and Befort have.equally distinguished.
themselves. Travellers corning horn Strasburg
Lave passed by Nancy.
The whole of Lorraine and Alsace are organizing
by communes for the levy-en-masse. They are
rising everywhere, and disarm the- stragglers.
Every one expects with impatience the sigualfor
falling_oA all sides on the columns of dia.! enemy..
Similar accounts are received from Metz, from
Mexeres, and from Mauberge, where. the manu-
factories of arms have-furnished au immense num-
ber of muskets. •
There are only :eight Cossacks round Verdun,
on the road- to Etain.
Two persons, one of the name of Callaerts, a
wood merchant and farmer at Wesemael, and the
other named Achter, a native of Aerschot, de-
partment of the Mile, have been convicted'-of
acting'as spies, and corresponding with. the ow-
, my. The lists of proscription found on one of
' them have likewise proved that they rendered theni-
selves accusers of.rrenchmen the trust -devoted.
to, the service of his Majesty. _.[lipse criminals
have been condemned, the first for contumacy,
anti the second to- the punishment- of death, by
the,jodgment of A.lpecial military commission ex-
Arc:ordinary, sittidg at Chaviguon, on the 9th of
this .month.. -Achter has undergone the execu-
tion-of his, sentence.

. .
A Thu is now in Parliament, to enable the
scribers. to the intended extensive Canal from the
river Cam, in Cambridgeshire, to the Sport, in
ertfor*lshire, 4o begin that-great nation'al work,
acrd carry it aS far as Saffron Walden, in Essex,
ith the finols'already subscribed; the former Act
restre.initnyhein -not-to break •glound until the
5:AL1300 L. tor the completiou of the whole work
-sho;;;c1 he raise4l,

LAW INTELLIGENCI.

COURT OF CHANCERY, MARcu tl.

E.:IC-PARTE .MARY DAY, IN ;TLIE•I'.I.XTTER OF'RODERt
ROBINSON ,
Sir SAMUEL' ROMILL-7, on attirday, stated,
that Mrs. Day was in attendance, -incompliance
with a liabeas . Corpus "dimieted‘ to her father and
mother, George and Martha .11rittaiii,,, on the
ground that she Ind tiuitted the protection of her
husband by their advice. The .Lord Chancellor
then directed that she shdald attend thiS Morning
in his Chatiehas'he did not think: it a proper
case to be' beat( in open Court. ' • - ,
This morning all the parties attended his Lord-
ship in his Chamber. He observed, that he 'corn •
not take cognizance of the case ; both' parties
were of fall age, and Mrs'. Day had brought her
suit at Doctors' Common for a divorce, as appear-
ed by her. affidavit, on the ground of cruelty and
adultery, and that was the. proper tribenal be-
fore which to try the questiim. A Court of
equity, such :as he presided iu; could not oblige
a wife to cdhabit, with her husband against her
inclination.—Motion dismissed.
GALLINI V. GALLINI.
Mr. HART, mentioned this caseowhich his Lord-
ship heard privately on the 18th inst. It, will be,
recollected, it was an 'application of Mr. Gallini,
that he might have the custody of two of his chil-
dren, now tinder the crintrol of. Mrs. Gallini, a
Separation- having taken
,place- between the pa-
rents, and two suits pending in Doctors' Com-
mons fee a divorce; the first brought by Mrs.
ror cruelty and adultery ; the second, or
cross suit, by Mr. Gallini, on the alleged adultery
of Mrs. Gallini -with Sit.
,Edwprd Perrott. The
Learned Counsel observed, that his Lordship had
promised to give. his opinion this 'day,' and the
reason he mentioned the case was, that his client,
Mr. Gallini, had filed fresh: affidavits; and, in jus-
tice to the opposite party, he thmight they ought
to have an oppopumity, of answering theta before
his Lordship came to a decision. •
The LORD CHANCELLO4—" Let it be so."
NICHOLAS TEMPLE, id/ the Matter of NICHOLAS
TEMPLE, a Daakiupt: ,
Mr, WAKEFIELD stated, this was the petition
of the bankrupt, praying to be released from pri-
son, he having been ai rested under an extent is-
;sired by the Crown at the time he was attending
the Commissioners of Baulerupts. it appeared
that the petitiOner was a 'liquor merchant in
Fleet-street; that the commission of 'bank-
ruptcy was taken ' oat against Mai. On the 20th
of November, 1813, and that lie accordingly
surrendered 'himself. ;The-4th of January, 1814;
was the period for his final exnuination,
but it ' was enlarged to the 25,h, and after-
wards farther enlargetito the 15th of` February,
and from that time to the 15th of March. On the.
14th of 'March he was taken in execution .on a
writ of extent sued out by the Board of Excise
for 20001. recovered against him in the. Coureof
Exchequer for penalties incurred by him for hays-
ing acted contrary to the laws of his Majesty's
Excise. The Leained Counsel contended, that
the petitioner was under the protection of the Com-
missioners, until he had_unclergone his final exa-
mination, and, of course, was free from arrest:—
His Lordship bad only a few days before given his
protection to a person, who went only to prove a
debt under 'a commission of bankruptcy, and he
trusted it would be also grantetl in the present
case, There was a case in point, that of Weston,
in the Court of King's Bench, where that Court
relieved the petitioner.
Sir ARTHUR PIGGOTT opposed the motion. He
said that the Act, sth of George the' Second,
on which the bank-rupt laws were principally
founded, did not take the least notice of the
Crown. It was considered, and is now, consider-
ed, that no act of bankruptcy could bar the claims
of the Crown The petitioner was neither going
to, or coming from, the Commissioners. It could
not, therefore, bear any similitude to the case
quoted by his Learned Friend. The Commis-
sioners, often out of compassion to the bankrupt,
adjourned sine die ; and it would be preposterous
to think that the bankrupt ought to be protect-
ed. Under these considerations, he trusted that
liis Lordship would diaini.s the petition.
• :Mr. WAKEFIELD replied.
The LORD CUANCI:LLOR ' was of opinion that
the Crown bad a right to bald the person. A
Court of Law, might have thought otherwise, but
lie was confident that, a Court of Equity never
could. This was his opinion at present, and lie
was sure he would riot alter' it Without other,
facts being laid before him. He would, hoWever,
give the parties an opportunity, if they thought
proper, of mentioning it again.