The Sun.
London, England, 1816-04-26 00:00:00

CiOttil3 tart, tlO Ottttr ex!stetate
except Itird and daily lahoor, to presetee With.
care the deposition of Brigaq4l, rkiu mason.
Guerin, called Marengo, the esnal chairman of
Madame Lavalet;e, preiposed to him to tithe the
place of his comrade, who probably was not able
to aid hint that day. Brigand consented,--and
after several jimmies carried Madame LavaTette
to the Conciergerie, and waited for her with
Guerin at the guard-louse of the gendarmerie : a
little before the -coming out limn the prison,Aie-
noit Bonneville comes and offers him a glaia of
wine, and says to hint, ".You will havei perhaps,
a little greater weight than at coming, but
yOu must gO with speed t tltet e are 25 louis to be
earned." " louis !" says Brigand, " What is
to be done for that ? Suck a.sunt is not :offered
without cause : fain an honest man; have a wife
and children, I Will apt bring them into trouble."
" You are then a (one of the worst terms in
the French language) : money should he earned
when it can." I au► a pour man, but Idu not
wish to.atain my subsistence except by honest
labour. Bah ! said the other, what du yon risk
when Motisiear tells you there is no danger ?
CoMe, Marengo, said he, leave all this stuff:
come along with me ; same mischief will happen
to you : 1 ant going borne ; and with that he
threwdown the leather strap, which he used to
support the chair. •
He returned home, and acquainted his wife
with the other which had been "made to Dint,
with his refusal. You have done well, saal she..
The next day he learued that the chairmen wet e
mprisoned—that Lavalettehad escaped : Oh ! I
rave done well, said Cie..
The witness shoived. a -great deal of emotion,
ind even shed tears at the necessity of inculpat-
ing hiscomrside Guerin.
We preserve as much ns we can the tone of
frankness and nature altich the witness exhibited
in his deposition. Gentlemen, he said, weeping.,
do not be offended with, me if 1, did not give in-
formation at the time : 1 was beside myself.
Marengo, connoted Brigand, brought me the
wages for my job, and said to use, 5.0 u were
wrong in leaving us":' it wits not what you
thought ; the chair was stopt on the (play, and it
was miss who was within. However, if you are
examined, you have no occasion to say that ti),
ney was offered to you. Hear me, ans,vered 1 ;
abandoned the Sob yesterday : difot implicate me,
or I shall. tell the truth.
From all this it appeared that this Brigand
was an honest fellow ; and the President, On
dismissing bins, addressed to hint the following,
flittering words :—" You have given a great ex-
ample of honesty : you have proved by your
condUct that honour and probity•are to be. found
in the lowest clasies continue this conduct
maintain your wife, and, bringstv your children in
these honourable principles, and believe that,
soon or late, .even in this world, virtue fiuds its
recompense.
The evidence for ,the prosecution being gone
through, the witnesses for the defence were
called.

The wile..ot Brigand repeats a part of the de•
tails given by her,husband.
Guerin-and Benoit Bonneville oppose to thiti
double declaration an absolute cteuial. ,
N. B. It deferves to be remarked, that the de-
sertion of Brigaudsbaving compelled the valet-tie-
chambre to seek speedily for another chairman,
Lavalette
,remaine4 four J•tninntes- in the sedan-
chair at the very gate of the Conciergerie: they
,must have appeared to him very-long ones.
Atter some oilier witnesses, whose testimony
Was quite insignificant, 'Madame' Lavalette was
introduced. Her entrance 'was announced by a
murmur, expressive'of the interest and curiosity
of the audience. ,When she appeared. Wilson,
Hutchinson, and -Bruce, Saluted her will a' pro-
found bow..

The emotion and mental distress of I\ladame
Lavatette were so gi'eat, that, when interrogated,
she could scarcely articulate her own name; and
when asked her age, she replied, " Twenty-
seven, I believe."

• After having collected her Weak for Nome mo-
ments, she said—" The distress which I feel does
not proceed from any fear, but from a kind of '
alarm on seeing myself before a tribunal, and
amidst so large. an audience.
The President—Madame„ it is not public jus-
tice which 'has summoned yon here ; it is some
at
the accused vlto have invoked your testimony.
Madame Lavalette.-1 declare that the persons
who have called 'me, contributed in no respect to
the esclipe Of M. Lavalette : o 0 one was in my
confidence ; I alone did the whole.
Some details were asked of her as to. certain ;
circumstances, which, though minute in appear-
:lnce, might throw light on several facts of the
accusation. She replied, that she did not recol-
lect them, and vosigned for her defect of memory,
an excuse which will be easily admitted: " At
-that moment," she said, " I wns too much oc-
cupied with the execution of . my plan to pay at.
tention to what was passing around me."
M. Claveau, Elierle's Counsel, requested her to
fix precisely the moment of the disguise, and ,to
state whether it Was already executed when -Eberle
came to receive his last orders.
Madame Lavalette, who was unaware of the
cOnsequences of her answer, said, " At that mo-
ment die disguise was completed, becauseM; La-
valette had got off."
The President.-4 will put to Madame only one
question. Have you ever known
_or seen these
Gentlemen (the English),' or any one of them ?
They immediately rose, and Madame
,Lavalette,
after 'haviag looked at them for a moment, de-
clared, that she had never known nor betere seen
them.
Mademoiselle. bavalette was then introduced
as she was' not quite 14, the administering the
oath to her was dispensed With. Sha answered
to the first question in so keble a voice, and her
embarrassment appeared so painful, that the Pre-
sident, after asking the consent of the :prisoners,
signified that she might withdraw.
The Court rose at half-past five, and was ad.
journed till to-marrow, at uute. 111._, Glttuvcatt 4