Star.
London, England, 1804-04-14 00:00:00

REPORT TO THE FIRST CONSUL, APRIL 4.

Two of the brigands of Georges' band were Sr.
relied yeflerday evening near Pontoife. One of them
is named Raoul Gaillard (of Rouen). known by the
name of St. Vincent, and the other Armand Gaillard,
his brother.

They left Paris on the 23th of lall month, the day
after the barriers were opened, accompanied by ano-
ther of their accomplices, and travelled by night
throngh the woods and bye roads, until they came to
the ferry boat at Meru.
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They Came there about four in the evening, when
Dußois, a trumpeter of the zersr d'arinerit, alked for
their paffports ; nhey had none. The young rut
d'arme infilled upon their going with him to the ferry
honk, to which they agreed, but they endeavoured to
hill his vigilance by alking him to drink with them.
They foon railed their tine, and infifted upon being
ferried over the river Oife, to which Dußois replied,
that perfons without paffports were not allowed to go
over. Sr. Vincent attempted to fulls out, and upon
Donors laying hold of his collar, he prelented a
pistol to his bread, and while be was placing himfelf
in a podure of defence, fworil iti hand, the three bri-
gands efcaped. Dußois p.irfued them, crying nut,
Help, minder, robbers!" A great crowd affein-
bled, confiding of villagers and labouring men, and
at length the national guards at rived, fome of them
armed, and others fupplied wiih fuch weapons as
they could catch up,and all venting the fame erFlitef-
lions of indignation againft the accomplices of
Georges. But Citizen Narita, the Mayor of Mcriel,
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rep, ciented that it was of great importance to take
the ruffians .I:iVe, and ordered that they fliould not
make ufe of fire arms. The people atfemblcd then
endeavoured to overtake them.

Stephen Cousin, a labouring man. residing at
fiery, came up with St. Vincent, and AS lie was in
the as of making a blow at him with a vine pole, St.
Vincent fit es!, and the pole was broken by the ball.
He fired feven or eight (hots AS he was endeavouring
to efcape by himfelf ; for his accomplices, though
alto armed, mad: no ufe of their arms, but (trove to
reach the wood.

St. Vincent, followed by an immenfe crowd that
was increafing every infant, (trove alio to get to the
woods to hide himfelt in it Liming the night, and
the gent d'armes tieing that he had almnfk reached
it, fired at him, and wnunJcd him twice without
obliging him to 'lop. lie received two wounds more,
hot 11,0 had fothueld Orr:Tilt to throw himfelt into
ri:.A:rT, nut of which lie was talon aid carried to
l'outtote in a boat. lle is fis fevxrely wounded, that
death may be fhnr:ly expeeted.
Other perfons, and a detachment of the national

:Armand G.tlll4ld. br.,thcr!,t

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• incest. lle wa% taken At the verge of the 10.
Fell, anti bt•aight to by the brigadier Ilk-
ut. 1.. 'Le thi:.l pelf n, Inppoled to he TAtnetlAn,
made eicape in the dark St. Vincent not being
n a Rat? to be temnved to Pam, has been placed in
the ho.sit tl At I`o:.tnile.. Armand Gaillard was
brought to t.wn !hie day by Captain ItuEny, and
deiiveteS ,ip in th: (,rand Judge's Office, and with
him Lt twt:lvt it,nacasi fmc

pieces of Eng Wit money, two pair of Engin piltols,
a poniard. and Come trinkets, found on the perfons of
thofe two ruffians, betides a pocket compads, and a
map ofFtance.
Many perfons who had picked up double Louis,
which were dropped by St. Vincent as he attempted
to efcape, had honefly enough to give them op. From
all the information I have received, as well trom my
Aid de Camp, Captain Ms %mai, whom I fent to the
place, as from Captain RH LDI, the greatell praife is
due to the inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Port-
toife, and particularly to the national guard of &fe-
ria, of Frepillon, of Villers Adam, and to Citizen
Sutrict C ILL!, the Mayor of that dill' in.
A detachment of the Weft gam d'armeris has been dif-
patched to faoutoife, to affilt the guards in that neigh.
bourhood in their fearch after the the third ruffian:

(Signed) Moacty, Firit Infpeetor Get,cral.
The FIRST Cosset. orders the municipalities of
Meriel, Frepillon, and Valets-Adam, to be prelented
to him next Sunday. He alto orders that the Mayor
of Mend fhould prefent to him STEPHEN COUSIN,
who is to be admitted into the Legion of Honour.
The money taken from the ruffians is to be given to
the dillria of Medd, to be expended in works of
public utility in that dial-it:, under the direltion of
the Municipal Council ; and the InfpeCtor General of
the gent-d'ar aerie is to make a particular report of the
behaviour and Cervices of the guard Dubois.