The Sun. — 1837-09-18 (London, England)

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, 14.—Two examinatto,a.witnesses on the part of M. Volant have just taken plae with closed doors, when the only parties permitted to b 6 present (with the exception of the witnesses and the par' ties deeply interested in the result) were the Procureur Roi, the counsel, and the Greffier, who took down the Jet positions. The clothes which M. De Cottigny left behind him, in his precipitate retreat through the window' °a Madame's bed-room, after the second pistol of the injure,. husband had flashed in the pan, were produced and Wane; fed by the police-sergeant as those he discovered in tu room of Madame Volant, after she was wounded by bet husband. Another witness proved the inexpressible,' t° have belonged to the seducer. Several others were 00 called, who proved having repeatedly seen M. De Cottign: go to M. Volant's house, and remain there for some tim during his absence—a fact which was telegraphed by 8..` frail partner by putting back the white drawing-room cw; tains, which were always closed when the husband was .110, home. The depositions on the part of M. Volant's 01 nesscs, at both the examinations, have been forwarded t 0 the High Court of Donai, for the Court to decide „belie; the CaEC should be tried before the Correctional Court °(1 St. Omer or Boulogne ; but as the offence was committed within the jurisdiction of the latter tribunal, it is esPeete s. p that the trial will take place here in about three week e There w ill be two proceedings—the first will be against Cottigny, for an infraction of domicile, or unlawfully eO, tering the premises of M. Volant at night, and being dt vered in bed with his wife. This offence will sill°% the party to at least two years' imprisonment, and 3" ha according to the discretion of his judges. Fotthe second offence (that of crim. con.) proceedings must red taken before another tribunal ; but it is rumnti" r that the families of the respective parties *ill entleanudto prevent such a further exposure as a se-hetrial will inevitably hazard, by effectinc, a divorce -0, tween M. Volant and his wife without the publicity of Pr_b ceeding in a Court of Law. A deed of separation, in stle'd an event, between M. and Madame Volant, will be 04%0 by the Mayor, and in the presence of two Avocets, and then affix their signatures to the stamped document' liete this, according to the French laws, amounts to a comp the divorce. M. de Cottigny, it will be remembered, to partner of M. Volant. An application has been made the Chamber of Commerce, on the part of the latter, fe,,, dissolution of partnership, which will take place bel.e'e es trial. As soon as it has been decided by the batill e Dana', where the case is to be tried, M. Volant jab to surrender himself, pro forma, to the police authordn.s. on the charge of firing at and wounding his wife it% the De Cottigny will also have to surrender hirusell, ,"e. h is charge of infraction de domicile. At the trial, le- a moonlooked forward to with the greatest interest, B°T,lnet; lig"' secrets and intrigues are expected to be broug-: too, the The parties being twe of the leading men in the scandalmongers are all on the tip-toe of e Madame Volant has nearly recovered from the eff t A the wound ; and she has, it is rumoured, twice at _ the to commit suicide. Her husband has not seen her sine' lamentable affair occurred. xpectatinth_ec of  ------- s,