Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-03-11
From the Boston Daily .adrertissr.
FRENCH TRIAL.


the commencement of The proceedings 30
a case OF some interest, tried before Inc
Court of Assizes for the department oil Inc
Seine. Sanquaire SouIigne. and 3 others,
were charged with being engaged IN con,
spirscy against the safety OF the state, and
Caroline Julia Moncesu Chauvet the vile
of one OF the principals, as an accomplish
and tor not disclosing ibe plot, All the
principals were contamaces, and the NO.
man Chauvet only was present TO receive
her trial. She is described as OF twenty
five years Of age, Of elegant manners,
and with an air OF nobility in her deport-
rnent. The act of accusation declares
that Soaligne was tried tor conspiracy a.
gainst the state, in 1891, and acquitted,
since which time he has sworn an Implaca-
bic hatredsgainst the government, and las
been employed in forming new plets. On
The acb OF the war with Spain, he
was in cores pondence with the revolu.
tronar; Spsniards, The radicals OF England
and the French refugees in England and
the norlh..ot Spain, treating with the enc
mics OF France tor The overthrow Of the
government Of his country. bowring, the
Enalishman, whose arrest made SO much
noise through the London papers, II is de
cIared was the agent OF these intrgues,
which werei concerted at Paris. at the bo-.
tel of Mr.. d'Oliveira, the Ambassador OF
the Portuguese. Cortes, and the intimate
friend of Souligne. AT the moment OF the
deparlure of d'Oliveira for Lisbon he was
detected in conveying papers IN the hand
writing of SouligBe, containing proofs oil
hi, intrigues, which were seized at Havre.
and sent to Paris. In these papers, many
of which are recited in the accusation, ne
describes himself as occupied IN prepar..
ing enrolments, subscriptions, plans OF
the campagin,a scheme OF correspondence
by cypher. 10 eIude the surveillance ot the
government, &c.
In one of these letters, written from
Paris. SouIigne says, "Bowring under
stands ali. approves all. He will tell you
what men. what an elite OF men, are uni.
ted about me-" SC. In another passage,
speaking of the Bourbons, be says, God
has vonited them in his wrath, to deserve
every day Of their too long life, the exc
Grafton of their contemporaries, and all Inc
brandings of history. Crowned monsters!
Won have wished a war unto death; we &C.
cent il. He'll has vomited you against US;
in a little while we will throw you again
into her BOSOM He afterwards proceed.
ed 10 Lisbon, and letter from that place
TO one of bis accomplices, is given IN The
art nj accusation. Letters are also reeit-
ed from line other persons accused, from
England announcing to their friends 10
France, their departure for the peninsula.
One of them, in letter OF March o, says,
we set out day alter tomorrow Tor 20,
runna or Oporto, according TO the w'nd
that we shall have. We are not exiraor-
dinarily numerous, but are well decided;
besides there remains to US but this single
door 10 return TO France. Wilson does
not 20 with US at the present moment
&c. Other letters, proving the ireason'
were detected, written from Corunha,
Lisbon and Gibraltar. :, -,
Madame Chauyet is described as one oil
,bs5ayents and emissaries Of the consplra-
tors. She Joined her husband in London,
where she remained until his departure
for SDaio. and on the 18th March last re-
turned TO France, bringing with her from
the several persons concerned IN the en-
ierprise, twenty tour letters to their trends
in France. In several Of these letters she
is referred to for further particulars OF
their designs and prospects. One OF them
rom person named Phillips, was adj
dressed to General de Ia Fayette. In this
letter the writer says, The person who
will band you this letter, will give you
the detail, that all your friends quit En-;
GLAND. She will inform you oil your good
friends more fully than can do il here
This is but bret summary Of some OF
the leading facts stated in the act Of accu'
salon, which is much too long lot US 70
copy at length. This being read, the
witnesses summoned by the public minis
try were called. The Marquis de la Fay
eite, the Count de la Fayette, aud three
others did not answer. The Advocate
General, said that the witnesses named 10
the Lis, had been summoned on the 10th OF
the month. OF these neither the Marquis
de Ia Fayette. nor the Count de la Fay
cite bis son. had appeared, although
summons had been legally given them
Two of the other witnesses absent were
very essential. He regretted the neces.
SHY OF putting off the trial, but it vas I'M
possible to proceed in it. in The absence
OF the principal witnesses. By failing in
The duties common to all men, which were
imposed by the laws, they imposed lon.
ger Imprisonment upon the person who
wa. then entitled 10 her trial. He moved
the court 10 order that the case be post
poned 10 the next session; that the witnes.
ses who had not appeared should be sub.
iected 10 the fine imposed by article go OF
The code OF criminal instruction, besides
the costs OF the postponement; and that be
should be enjoined to employ the public
force 10 compel their attendance at the
next session. i,
The counsel for The accused opposed
the postponement. He proposed, the &C
cused consenting, that the declarations OF