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London, England, 1816-04-23 00:00:00

FOURTH INTFIi7tOCATOPY-:-/:112

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Q. Do you 4cknowled,.;e the box ulacii I skew pow
sealed with the seal uf tlit: Prefecture, to belong to
you ?—No, Sir.

[And immediately we L'roLe the wrapper of paper
sealed at its two extremities, one across the box, and
the other on the cover; and after opening the box,
we put the following qmestion
Q. Do you acknowledge the portfelio. and the se.;
vcral papers contained in the acknowledge
the hoz : as to the papers, the examination of them
alone cin inform whether they all belong to me, and
whether soma are not strange to me.
Then proceeding to the examination of the meet,
and being convinced of the nature of most of them,
fere and
nce by their dates, that they
w could r.ut have any re.
, direct or indirect, ith the affair on which
we were seeking information, we occupied ourselves
in making a selection of all those which were foreign
ur purpose, and we returned them to the box to
be shut up again, being first sealed with our seal, and
,niter making a summary and sufficient description of
them to p3l::t ota their contents, in case it should be
though: proper to examine them afterwards.
Tile s;tid pipers consist, Is:, of a collection of ever*
copies, printed, and in sheets, relative to the affair of
Marshal Ni:y, and of divers other political plmph-
lets: 2el, of a collection of family letters, observations
made during La :was, and addressed to the Sieur
Bruce, from Const.intiaople, Aleppo, London, Ge-
neva, kc. all dated 1813, 1814, and 1815; these last
before the month of July : 3d, of a roll of useless
papers and envelopes of letters.
We also put up in the box a little list'of tureade in
red Morocco, and the portfolio which contained a
part of the papers, on the fastening of which.was
written the name of the Sieur Bruce.

We then proceeded to the separation of the other
papers, and we formed them into two packets.
The first is composed of nine letters or billets, writ•
ten in English, which we market and signed with the
Sieur pruce.
The second consists of fifty.four pieces, written in
French, equally marked and signed by ourselves and
the Sieur Bruce,.

We lastly put under one cover four sealed kites,
addressed to Mons. the Duke de Galle, to Madame
Richt, at Constantinople, to the Sieur Claudier James
Richt, and to Madame the Countess of Aldborough,
at Brussels. The Sieur Bruce declared, th.tt he had
been desired to convey three of the.e letters, but he
did not know how the letter addressed to the Duke
de Galle came among his papers.
We also put under the same cover another letter,
unsealed, dated ;he 10th Oct. 1314, written in french,
and not signed.
The Bieur Bruce declares that he believes he raw!!

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/cots that this letter, addressed to the Princess Sta. ,
rembeig, bad been sent to him to be carried to the
Princes:4 in a journey which he had proposed to
smite to Vienna.
To conclude, the lasl piece put by us under the
said envelope is a Memoir of General Lamarcpte tck
the King, dated the 3d Of August, 1815. With re.
spect to this last piece, the Sieur Bruce declares that,
be had never seen it, and that it could not have been
among his papers except by mistake.
This being done, we put our seal and that of the
Sieur Bruce on each end of the tape, which bound
each bundle to the cover just spoken of : then we
locked the box, and put on it the seal with a wrapper
of paper, on the ends of which we also put our seal
and that of M. Bruce.
These minutes having been read, the Sieur Bruce
signed them with us and the clerk.
(Signed) BRUCE, DUPUY, AND DEROSTE.
FIFTH INTERROGATORY-FEI3 14.
Q. Your name, stuilame, &c.—My name is Michel
Bruce, sm.

Q. Was it not political op;nions, and a decided
opposition to the government, that induced you to
co-operate in the escape of Lavalette, rather than a
feeling of affection for him repeat to-day what I
said on my first examination, that a sentiment of hu-
manity regulated my conduct in that affair.
Q. Had you not previously manifested your oppo-
•sitien to the Government, on the occasion of Marshal
Ney's trial ?—With regard to Marshal Ney, I was
influenced by a public and political feeling. I viewed
his cause as depending upon the convention of Paris;
I thought, and still think, that the honour of my
country might be stained by the violation of that con-
vention : it was in this view only, and not from oppo.
sition to the Trench Government, that I manifested
my opinion in that affair.
Q. Were you cognizant of a plot framed by some
of your accomplices, and which had for its object to
destroy or change the Trench Government ?—Such
a question can only excite my indignation : all who
know me, know well that I am incapable of playing
the part of a conspirator. I feel another sentiment
of indignation at the very idea of an opinion being
entertained of Inc that I could betray friendship, had
it been so confiding as to inform me of a plot, even
though I had not approved of it.
The above being read, the accused said his answers
contained the truth, and adhered to them.
And thereat moment, having strewn him a letter
signed by himself, without date or address, which was
found among the papers seized at General N ilson's,
we put the following question to him :
Q. Do you recognize the letter which I shew to
you ? and at what time did you write it ?--I' recog.
nize it to be my own writing,. Ido not recollect the
time when it was written, nor to whom it was ad
dressed; moreover, I, have no interest in disguising
the truth as to this point, on the supposition that it
might have some relation to the escape cf M. Lava.
kite, since I have acknowledged the share I to, k in it.
Q. Will you sign and subscribe this letter, ne va.
richer ?—l'es, Sir.
[This addition to the interrogatory being then read,
the accused said his answers contained the truth, and
signed them with us and the clerk, as well as the let-
ter there mentioned.
(Signed) Al. BRUCE, DUPUr, AND Dalton&
INTERROGATORY.--FEbReARy 2:3.
Q. Your name. &c. ?—Michelßrute; &e. _
Q. Do you acknowledge the letter which f now
present to you, and which was found aniongSt the
papers of Lavalette, to have been written or dictated
by you ?—I declare that this letter is not mine, and
that I know not the author.
[The above being read, the accused declared his
adherence, and signed it with us and the clot k, as
also the letter therein mentioned.]
(Signed) 111. lauca, DUPUIf• AND DEROSTE.
(Co be continued )

GERMAN PAPERS.

TREVES, APRIL 6.

Yesttrday the action brought by the Commivioner
of the Government, Mr. Sack, against Mr. Gnerres,
Editor of The Rhenish Mercury, was tried before. the
Court of Appeal. The result was, that Mr. rack's
appeal was rejected, the sentence of the Tribunal at
Cologne confirmed, and Professor Gocrres finally ac,
cititted.

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