The Sun.
London, England, 1816-04-24 00:00:00

FOURTH INTE,ItItOuATORt-JAv. 10.

Q. Are you disposed to reply to the divers questions which
it is ray duty to put to you with rovet:t to the cis instances
whicla prepared •adiri 'Acted die escape Of Lavatette nut of
the kingdom, and which you are iiccused of having assisted?--
A. Yea, Sir, I Will state all that I know.
(.4. flow long is it ,inee you were informed that Luralette
was euderaled I did not know it before the Ltd
Ath'of thi. mouth.

0. Did you hitt"- bite brfore his arrt;st and trial P--A. No,
Sit I who not acquainted with. lath, of any owiniter of his
. . . _

Q. Vront what sentiment, then, or by whose suggestions,
slid you resolve to lobe a part in the measures concerted to
withdraw hint front justice ?—.l. From a sentiment of hu-
vanity anti generosity. ,
Q. Was it an Englishman or a Frenchman who first sound-
ed-yuur disposition on this point?---A. It was an Englishman.
LI. What is his. Haute cannot answer that question.
will speak the truth in whatever concerns myself; but ho-
trout- forbids late to comproutlie ntliCra.
Q. On Stmilay, the ita of this Month, in the day, did not
you give orders to your servants to set out before you, and'
taint for you with letity-lior,e, oh one of the point* of the
raadt,•ool to Compiegne I—A. Yes, Sir. i•
Q. Lilt nut your chm:sties execute your orders ?—A. My
orders were executed, not by my dotitestici, but by the two
persons whom 1 sent; only one of them was in my service
iii4intute is Tliuma, ficiogc,s.
Q. How many days had you agreed thus to contrive the
departure 411 Livaleitit, and to receive him at your house
ashen he should prettent himself there I—A. Front the same
daton tile]) I siguitied toy consent, that is from the 3d or
4th ut the niton h. • • ", .

I),,,yuu know the place frotn.which he escaped on Sou-
&ay. •ith, in order to collie to your lodging?.--d.
Q. -But since you attended him at an appointed hour; yua
kin:w at Icast the person who was charged to find his retreat,
and to coonoct Lim to you ?—A, this is what took
piaci I %E. 1,1 ON' 6411 that Lavalette would come to my
Molise at' ball-past nine o'clock, and I waited for him there
with itruee Vwo.or three minutes alter the appointed
time, Mr. tit uce left me, went down, anti returned presently,
iracitlig in Lavalette, who ii4d hill) emit/to:tett to hoe by a
peritin whims l' do not know, and who did nut enter the
1, (Nip,

• i.•L,! •
11,(, person, or sooe other on his part, observe
1114 had forgotten ins pistols, and return to your
diP.r ttivla my pier,itut, .lolat
io:n mt it taw that. some person tiesired•to speak to-
Itd: in the antietrainber.. I went out to prevent his entering t
ia-a, a ;'rendbniaii druseti is a riding coat, winch was pal tly
t.kaa:tu !cc lue.yerceive s duubte-barralled plstOL iu the-

fitia id4t.
whiapre,sented- itself to my o6nd
was, that all wiiildlLCOVereil,4ol I .confess that I prepareif
to make resistance. I ocalamicil tlic pistol, and advanced is,.'
hand to seise it before hi. shx:ld have time to' make any
moveineat. He- made no opposition, only said, '' You
are then anions my friends." I replied in the 'attirmatiee,
hat would nett permit him to enter my room;- and .required
that he should instantly absent hintself. This was the first
• time I ever saw this Frenchman ; and it :was fur so short a
period, that it would be impossible for me to recognise hint.
che pistol was the next day forgotten, and left with me by
Nt'T..weitlette. On -my return I gave my servant orders to
discharge it,-and I bad the precaution Myieif to take out the
The pistol is now at my lodgings, and my. valet can.
produce it.. .
Q. Had Monsieur or Madame Salvage, whose apartments'
yon occupY, or any of their servants, or the portress of the
!louse,. any .knowledge of M. de Lavalettes introduction to
your lodgings. and of the stay which he made there during
the night No, Sir; Monsieur and Madame Nluvage had '
dined out, at least so I presnine, fur I reinarked that the key
was not in the door; the servants lire generally in the kit-
chen, which is one story lower. Whim M tie Lavalette ea-
tered,ihere was nobody in my alite-room but I',a law etc, nit l
servant whore I dismissed the following Tuesday. %Vitt] re-
specuto the portress, I have never spoken to her, our do I
believe that the persons who called ,un um ever liddressed
themselves to her.

i • . Who is the person who,On the next day, between 7 and
8- 'clock in the morning, came to your dour in a chaise, into
wh ch Laralette ascended in order to quit Paris ?—AA have
alrady said that I no not conipelled to speak the truth ex-
cep) in what relates to myself, nor can -1 honourably satisfy
this question. Q. When you arrived at compeigne, was it by a French,
man gran Englishman that you were received and entertain-
ed daring-the time you remained•there ?—A. The same rea-
son forbids me to reply upon this point.
Q. When Lavalette came to you on Sunday, at seven in the
evening, was be dressed in the uniform of an English Officer?
—A. No, sir; and I seize this occasion to explain the'an-
swer which ,1 made to the prefecture of police,-and which I
wish should not- be considered as a falsehood.. 1 was asked
whether a person dressed in an Englisb tiniform did not call
on me, and I replicd in the negatives this does nut form a
contradiction of what I state to-day.: in point of fact, M. de
Lavalette had on his French dress, and it was myself alone
who wore an Englkli uniform.
Q. Who are the persons who addressed you, or who brought
the uniform I—A. The uniform was lent me by an officer of
my regiment, who was not in the secret, and whom I con•
vinced that Mr. Bruce and I wished to carry of a lady trom
Paris. This officer was called Bruce; he is a lieutenant of
the first company of gretuidias of the Royal Guard of Eng-
land.

Q. It appears, nevertheless, according to the note that yon
have signed, and which I now present to you, that this uni-
form was furnished to yon by a tailor. By the-first paratraph
of this note it appeared to have cost lfri francs.—A. Thar ar-
ticle has nothing to do with sbe uniform. The tailor had no
other orders but to make a great coat, a h!ue waistcQat, nod
grey pantaloons. I had given him the measure without in-
forming him of the object; and I took care to remove from
him every suspicion on his part, by hint that these
clothes were to he sent to Abbeville to a giaarter•master; and
to fix greater probability on this story, I gave orders to wrap
the whole in paper, Wing, that I would delis er them to the
servant of the quarts r-master, who was • then in Paris. The
tailor lives in the rue Pinot,: he is a Gernrui, and has a ►mall
shop. I have forgotten his family name, and knew only that
his Christian name is Frederic. • -

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This evidence being read, the accused approved of its ac-
curacy, and signed it in wir nresence.,
HELY HUTCHINSON, OUPUY, and DRROSTE.

FIFTH INTERROGATORY.—Fro. 9.
This process resspected the identification papers, let-
ters, &C. taken at the mwtiiients of Mr, ft ail of which,
were acknowledged, and respectively •catr .up by. the
parties.

SIXTH INTKREOGATORY.--•Fani 14;
0. Why tuts not yont servant answered the summons which
we gave hint, by appearing before us, and brin;in,4 us the
a.
pistol, which. on your preceding examiiiittion, (I,elitrrit
was to he founel at yonr•lionse ?—A. Ilerau,e, at the Mt' pe-
riod, all my people had set off lot eambray. Th4ve. no into-
rest in concealing this pistol ; 1 Myself mace a declaration of
it; and I repeat the offer of producing it, if thought neces-
sary, and of writing in.:consequence to Canihroy.• • '
Q. Was not the participation which you had in the escape
of Lavalerte the cammencement Uf the.4,xecut iut. of at digested
plot to which you were oruy, and which. bad for its chief ob-
ject to (lest rot/ or 'change the gorelti ascot Nov I had no
other thought hut that of saving an unfortunate man. :
Q. Did you nutwrite a letter to Isle. Bruce on Friday pre-.
eedinitthe arrival of Lavalette at vour lotkingi, a id which
Was dated from the Helder hotel I never resided at that
hotel, it was my uncle who lodged there. •
Q. Dal you n. 4 receive on the I.lth of last December a let-
ter from General Wilson, in which be said you, if these
expedients are !Tied, 'success is certain ? 'Wade do these ex-
pressions allude to?--:1. I recollect perfectly well haying re-
ceived this letter; but. I declare on my honour that it bad no
reference to M. Lavalette ; it related to private affairs, en
which I cannot enter into any explanation.
The above being read over, the accused said • his answers
contained the truth, to which he adhered, and signed it with
us and the clerk.

(Signed)
HELY HUTCHINSON, DUIT \, and DELIDSTE.

SEVP.NTH INTERROGATORY.—rEn. 23.

Q. Your name. &e. ?—A. J. H. Hutchinson, &c.
Q. Do YOU recognise the letter which I present to ynui d
which was found among Lavalette's panels, to have been
written with your hand, or dictated by you I know
nothing of this letter : it is not of my writing front the first
lines! perceive that the person whn wrote it speak! of a euu.-;
venation which he heard at Lord Castlereagh's, and [de"
elate that I never was at his Lordship's bathe in Paris.
The above being read, the 'accused declared that he ad-
hered to his answer*, and signed, with us and the clerk both
these presenti, and the letter which we presented to him.
(Signed) HUTCHINSON, DUPUI% and DEROSTg•

LETTER'
FROM SIR ROBERT WIL,ON TO
INTERCEPTED BY till: FRI Cli cuYLIINmENT.

" it was determined (says Sir R. Wilson) that
the fugitive should wear the English uniform;
that I should condoct him through the harriers in
au English cabriolet, wearing the uniform my-
self ; that I should have a relay horse nt La Cha-
pelle, and proceed from theaee to Compiegne,
where Mister should repair with my carriage, into
which I should afterwards travel with Lavalette
to Mans, by the way of Cambray. I had no dif.
&miry hi procuring from Sir C,,Stuart,. at my re-
quest, and on my responsibility, passports for Ge.
octal ‘Vallis and Colonel Lesnock, names which
we chose because they, were not :preceded by
Christian names, The passports were!eountee-
signed by the Minister far Foreign,. Affairs, but
when they were presented for signature, one of
the Secretaries asked who Colonel Lesnock was ?
Be immediately replied, it is the father of the
Admiral. Thi% object accomplished, Blister took
the passports for Colonel Lestrock, procured post
horses for his carriake ; arul'finalty, to avoid all
suspicion, took an apartment and .a coach-house
at the Hotel tic Helder, In the name of Colonel
Lesnock. Bruce fortunately learned that the bri-
gade, comManded by his cousin, General Wis.
bane, was at Compiegne, and that his Aide-dc.
Camp Would quit Parts next clay, the 7th of the
month, fur Compiegne, with the horses and bag-
gage belonging to the General, who was then in
England. .We saw the Aide-de-Comp at Bruce's,
Where we met by appointment. We told him
that very particular circumstances' obliged us to
pass through Compiegne with a person, who must
remain unknown; we wished to stop.an hour 6i'
two in a renuite and retired qiiartir. Ile frankly
replied, that he ‘voold!trust entirely twos on the
subject ; that his existence depended on preserving
his situation, but that he would not hesitate to
accede to Our (proposition, putiQuiarly oiocebe

saw we wre ink:rutted in the afrair. t avnw
that -1 'felt repugnance aritnfilitatiOg !inch :a per-
sotiin this affair, but the rause waa'too important
to stop at that cousidcration, and f encouraged
r the hope tiott a day would one time arrive in
which it Might be possible for me acknow-
ledge this service. Bruee procured LOValette*3
Measure, am! Hutchinson gave it to a tailor,
sayitig it Was the measure of a Quarter-Mas-
ter of his regiment, who wanted a great
coat, waistcoat, and pantaloons, but did min
need- a suit. The tailor observed that it Will
the measure of a tall man, and that it had not
been taken by a tailor. His remark alarmed me
so much that I thought it advisable to send Hut-
•chinson to say to him, that as the Quarter-Master
could not wait till Saturday evening, it was ne-
cessary that the clothes should be carefully packed'
up, and that they would be forwarded to him
atter his departure.. Hutchinson and Blister took,
bvsides all !Accessary precautions with respect to
the horses, and reeeuuuitred the barriers in a pro-
itienade on the preCeding day. Every precaution
for avoiding accidents being adopted, it was final-
ly agreed that Lavalette should be, removed to
Hntchinson's lodgings on Sunday, Jan. 7, at half
past nine in the evening precisely ; and that next.
day, at half past seven in the morning, equally
precise, 1 should be at his door with Bruce's ca-
briolet, toy servant, the servant on my mare well
equipped; its if I were going to make an inspec-
tion ; that Hutchinson should ride along by the
side of the cabriolet, keeping up conversation
with us ; and that its ease any embarrassment oc-
curred, Lavelette should mount my horse, and I
the mare, in order that we might act more freely,
and gain in expedition. . r should certainly have
preferred passing the barriers on horseback, but
it was thought that the manner of riding on horse-
back might attract attention, and that passing the
barriers la full clay, and in an open carriage,
would shew too much confidence to give cause for
suspirion. The hour being at last if rrived, !lis-
ter, Bruce, and myself, repaired to Hutchinson's
apartments, under the pretext of a party for
punch at the moment' when Lavalette was to
resew himself, Bruce advanced to the top of the
stairs, Lavalette took him by the hand, and we
saw before us this interesting personage. 'He was
dressed iu a blue eniform, and sufficiently dis-
guised to puss Id ithout remark in the apartment of
rat ifaiglisinaa. The Itiend who conducted him
did not inter the room, but he delivered,to,Hut-:
chinsoit a pair Of double barrelled pistols for La.
Vitlette. lie appeared at first much moved. We
did not permit him to give vent. to all his sentir
metros ot gratitude, but a sew momenta after Blis-
ter and I withdrew, and left hint to the care of
lintchinson and Blum

" Nett day, at half past seven, I was at Hut.
chins-et:rs. five minutes I haul seated Lava
lette, and it:e were on our way to the barrier of
achy. We pet an English Officer, who ap-
peared surprised at seeing a General Officer whom
he di.l not know, But my servant avoided all
quysiiotts ; passed the barrier at a moderate
pace ;. the gendarmes looked earnestly at us, but
the presenting of arms, gave Lavalette the oppor-
unity of covering his face in returning the salute
1V4.11 wt; got through the barrier, 'Lavalette
pressed his leg against mine, and I% lieu 'we were
out of the reach of observation,. his whole, eoun-,
onance appeared enlivened by this first favour of
fort uric.

" The, road was full of all sorts of people ; but
whenever we met the diligence, I began to con-
verse with a lond voice in English ; and I re-
marked that my hat, which 100111ted with a
white plume, and which La valette held in his
hand, attractedthe notiqc of the passengers,- and
withdrew their attention from us.

" Lavalette has such marked features, and his
person is so well known to all the Post-masters,
that the greatest care was necessary. At La
Chapelle, where we changed horses, we experi-
enced a moment's alarm at the sight of four gend-
armes who hovered about us, Hut Mitchinson,
oo being questioned by them, relieved pi flora
their importuuities by replying, that we were go-
ing to choose cantonments for a divisioo of the
.English army. We were obliged to pass close to
other gendarmes, who had with them bills emit min-
log the descriptionot Lavelette and here 1 oaeht
to remark, that these bills had been distributed to
almost every Polividual i
.n France. approach,
iegCompiegue I observed some grey hairs project-
jug -from touter the brown wig worn by Letvelette.
Foreupately I hid scissars with me, anal I per-.
Teemed elle pail of his friseur ou the road, •
" Un entel Mg Compiegne we found the ser-
jeaut meoti(4ted by Captain Fra veil, who conduct-
ed us through the town to a quarter extremely
well enosen, for tee were not, incinninoded by
spectators in the streets. None saw us enter, ex-.
ev.pt the soldiers and the English servants who
attended'ns. While we waited for Weiler with
the carriage, Mr. F. presented us With l'afVoh-
thetas. Finally, towards night, as bad been agreed
upon Mister arrised with the carriage which had
kit Y..'Uris by the barrier of St. Denis, and curls fol.
lowed to Le Chapelle by two gendarmes. I
• caused.the lamps to he lighted, as well to stew us
our road as to make it appear that we were under,
noemirchensions and having taken leave of our
friendi, we set out, well armed, and prepurcd to
make resistance, if we experienced any obstacle.
Iv 4 were much questioned at the stations for the
relays, but we experieoced no delay until we
reached Canning, where we lost three hours at
the gates, owing to the fault of the English guard,
who; having no orders fur calling the gate-keepeta
was nut to be induced to do so, notwithstandiog
All we could say to hiM—ft negligence which Las
already been attended with inconvenience to the
.Government, acrd which might have been fatal to
us. lii passing ihrtingh Valenciennes we were
strictly examined three times Over, and our -pass-,
parrs sent to the Commendant. We underwent
another examination at some distance! from that
garrison, and this eves the last. We did not stop,
except at Mons, where we dined, and- made ar-
rangements for the futurejourney of Lavalette• I wrote several letters to facilitate the means by
which he may reach his destination, and having
provided. every thing that appeared best for his
lienith.end comfort, 1 took leave of him, and re,
turned to Paris yesterday evening by the noire of
MaubeUge,_Soissons, and fa Porte. St. .I‘Jurtin,
eftei absence of GO hours."