Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-06-29

| t"C hiSl lDur lnterroyatOrieS by 1>ierve
| Georges Francois Mounier and Pierre
Mailevai, commissaries Of Police, on the
| 18Th, l4th and 18th of, January. consist
merely OF the refusal OF SIR Robert to an
swer que stions until he had been allowed
| to communicate with the English ambassa-
| dor, and the argume of tn. cnn,miss;i-
ries to prove, that h ought TO answer &C.
| cording To the forms OF the law Of Frarcs
| to which he was then subject.-Iht. onfy
material point in these interrosetori..s Is q
| question whether he knew a writinr pre-
sented to him. purportng to be a report
! made by M Pozzo fl Rnrgho to tae Frn
| percr of Russia on the state Of F.auCe o--
| Dir Robert answered, that i was not ais
handwriting. nor ard he know whose il
| was. At the fifth interrogatory, SIR Ro--
bert. alter protesting against the proceed
| ing. which he considered as Illegal, aud re-
curing that his protest should he annexed
! TO the documents in the case, which was
agreed 20, consented 20 answer Questions.
Q. Were you acquainted with f.avaietts
before he was brought to trial "a. No,
sir.
Have you Known him since; and did
you ssc him in prison FL never saw him
in prison.
Did you know, long before the 9th inst.
that Lavalette was still in Paris II have
not retained the recollection of the date
but think had no knowledge OF his be-
ing ~ Paris I'll the Sd or 18th of January.
and had 1t merely from hearsay
was it not then proposed 70 YOU to en-
ter into plan. of which the execution had
for its object 70 facilitate his escape from.
the kingdom 81 was spoken to with that
wish.
Who was the person who thus spoke 20
you 81 was born and bred in Country
hfer oil t,,a., - 4
lie duty, and thus my memory is NIT
framed for betrayfng friendship aud con-
| fidenCe.
On Sunday the 7th instant. did you not
go to captain Hutchinson's, Rue de Helier,
| NO. 3 and were You not there ia compa-
ny with Lavaletts ?-As have already
said, have not retained the recollection
of dates; I'd, in regard to capt. Hutchin-
son. rcter to my pre- eding answer Sd,
was in company where heard the name
of Lavalette.
ln.that company did you rot at least see
an individual whose parae might not have
| been pronounced before you, but whose
| person was unknown TO you ; and VINO.
| from the arr of mystery which prevailed at
the captains, you might have reason to
suspect had arrived there with intention to
conceal himself I'll never said that had
passed the evening with Hutchinson aud
apply here the foregoing reflections.
On Monday, the 9Th inst. did you not r.,
in the morning to the house of the caIs ain:
did you not alight IN order to mount bug
| gy (bougel) which happened to be in the
! street IN front OF the outer gate and did
| you not conduct along with you a man
| whom you found in the captains apart
ment ?-As other persons besides myself
| are implicated in these terrogatories. l
| shall keep on the defensive, and observe
| silence.
| DO you then admit that Won assisted La
va!ette IN escaping from Paris, then from
| France, by conducting him along with Won
under the dress of an English officer ?-T
repeat, that never did any one appear be-
fore me under the name of Lavalette. tits
very true that, at the time of which Won
| speak, or near about it, conducted fron,
| France an individual dressed in uniform
! great-coat OF a description not at all con-
| fined to the army, but of kind that every
one can legally wear and did not Observe
that under this surtout he wore uniform
dress.
! Under what name was this individual
| introduced to you 9--As this individual had
! probably, reasons for conceaiing his name.
do not think myself authorized in disclos-
| ing it.
1T you did not know it, what motive could
induce you to undertake SO long and SO ex-
pensive journey to accompany him to the
frontiers My motives are not actions
and on this account l feel authorized to-
give no account of them but should be
ashamed of myself, if friendship, or even
the desire of rendering a trifling service to
any whom believed in a situation 10 re-
! qure it, were not sufficient to determines
the to undertake a journey much longer and
more troublesome.
Then, while you passed by Valenciennes,
and wished to obtain passport, dill you
declare your real name f--It is true pass
ed by Valenciennes. and, / believe. | told
my true name (; but at all events, and even
surprising had disguised it, the safety o.
the person who accompanied me would
have justified this presumption. if had
thought it useful. On my return to France,
never concealed my name and under
my real name / passed the frontier and
the fortified places.
Do you recognize the pass which mevo-
toned as having been delivered by you at
NalencIennes for yourself and the person
you accompanied I'll do not remember
it.
| When you arrived at Compegne, where
you slept, were you received, together with
your travelling companion, by an English.
man or a FreHchman I'll neither can. nor
| do wish tn eav any RI mr. IS l..