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FOREIGN INTFXUGENnE. TrM of Sir ROBKRT WIL S.OM, and IVXeffrs. BRUCE hic HUTCHINSON, relative to the cic:^:-: ofthe convict LAVAL i**«j 10 Court of the Department of the Seine. •;.//>j rftkz 2 id of /tpril ( Continued from our lajl.) The psgflifatt t!ien addreffed himfelf £o M, Bruce : — O. H'»w long have you been in France?—A. About 13 mouths. Q^ Ymi remained h-.rt during the ftay *« BuWfftite?—.A. Yes; I left Paris two hours after Buonaparte, when he weft* to take the command of the army 1 did not tfahik it right that an Stlglift gentleman (he aid remain in a country ■which had commenced hoftilitiea again (i Iil8 i'\VI|. Q. It appears that you returned to Pan-;, and wcu hoe on ihe iRth of June. -—A. If Vti becanfe marflrd Suchct <**hocomn aoded that part of the fron¬ tier which I wrHfcfid to p&fir, refufed to let mvpnfs i:i fpite of a letter which I wrote t:i him, and I was obliged to rAurn to Fas!** Q. You wrote alfo to Madame the Ihtchc!* ofSt. Lcilj whom you called Imperial Higl.rtefs, although your gov¬ ernment ha 1 never recognized Suona- psrte a* Emperor.—A. It is true that 1 wrote Inch a fetter ; I gave her that ti tie becaufc it was the one (lie bore. Q. Yon were conne&cd with fevera! perions in the intimate confidence of Bo* napine, particularly the Duke of Vicen- zn ?—A. It is true ; but I do not fee what relation thefe qucftions have to the affair of Lavalette. Q. It is not for the accused to judge Of the ment or of the object of the qucf- tion* addreffrd to him ; the Prcfident has 3 difcretionary power of putting whai queilions he thinks proper. Was there hot found a* your hoivfe the ongnal of the anfwei of the Duke of Weuiiigtoo to Mar/hal Key. You tonka very live¬ ly -interell in NJa/flial Ney ?—A. Yes, n very live]; inrerell ; 1 do not blufh Co nwn it-; the molt lively intereit during hh trial. , Q^ Was it to yon that the firft river fttfe was made of th»- plancf tranfport- :iu» Lavalette out of Fta.ire. and ttt the jgkm oifcuracea!riierc ?—A. There \rn no qucftion of concealment, for that wa« i)«' longer poffibk. L'i'he Prcfident expWned thejudfeia tf itni'v of the word recele. It was to Shelter a man from profecutiVuj to with d.3vv him from the power of the law, by '.oric-alinp- him either for a fliort or a Ig*'£ time.J "l he accuird here recounted the man¬ ner i:i which he had been myllenouflv fo- licited to co-operate in the flight of La VftlcCte from Paris* If pofliblc, fafd he, i wouid have effc&ed his efcapc by my¬ felf tdone ; frr i could not repulfea man v. ho had put life Iffc into my bands. 1, however, obtained his confent to Confide his fecret to one of my friends. I fpoke to one friend, who gave me a charge to another. X will not name thefe friends ; thejr will name themfelv^s. ' Q^ It was you who received Lavalette a; toe honfeof Captain Hutchinfon ?— A. I received him when he was conduct¬ ed to the houle of that perfon whom I have not nrmed. [Hutchinfon, who was clofeto Bruce bade him name hi»r< J Pieiident.—This difcretfon is very ufe- Iris, for Mfflra. Hutchtnfon and Wiifon Ji3ve denied nothing, as you know bv »he publication of thofc pieces which !»n\e been citculated in a manner (o con- trary to our praAffce, You know that L^valctte psfled the night at ihe houfr of Captain Hutchinfon, and that Hut- chi fon decs not deny it. I3r*ic- —It wns not myfelf who enga¬ ged Hntchinfon, who authorizes me to prnftrunce Lis name, to receive M. de La- Vi:l tt?. Gcfceral Wilfon (rifihg )^lt was I. The Prcfident to M. 5ruce.—There was fcitind at the houre of M. Wilfon a memerafldum of an expence of 200 francs oecafioncd by LdValetteV journey- Mm Wiifon -^BrUce piidthis fum, & feut me the memorandum at my reqtieft. The ftt©cnl then interrogated M Hutchinfon, who agreed to all the farts I thai concerned him. It was at his 1 that Lavaletteflept on the night fro the 7th to the 8ih January. The n.> trace of the retreat of Lavalette be- iwce.ri his period and the 20th of Decem- b. r pie*'eu.'ng. f^_ (*P« Hutchfnfon )—You cfcort- ed pvalettc ?—A. Yes, on horfeback. v^. Yon wilhed no doubt to fcrve yM>r fatnd'i ? A. Hot fo. I-was actua¬ ted by a fentJ^ent of humanity, Q. ^ut you did not take a particular #nvrrf|— »n inrrrtiloftlicheait, in thiV T oj^ft» becauft? yoa gave amc^ora^dum of your*ri:pcnccn to General Wiifon ?—[ A- I did lb. being defircdto do fo ; but [ nevcvthe)ef* took great intereft in La- valefcte. The Prcfident to General Wiifon.— Did you know Lavalette before hU ef- ape ?—A. Never. Q^ Vou began to ft rve in Egypt ?— A- Mo : I began Service in Fiaudeta. Q^ But you have fcrved in Egypt ? \. Ye, Sir. by :,' «nfe m re if CX You have fpread through Europe, a celebrated Work, violent fufpicions sg^fnft the morality of certaii agents of Buonaparte in Egypt I— A. It is true ; 1 faitl tliat which 1 believed to be truth The accufed here declared that it was liimfelf alone who made all the difpofi- tions, and took all the meafurcs for the rfcape of Lavadctte ; he confirmed all the fuels related in the act of acctifatfon; lie added, that Lavalette was dreffed in an En^lifh uniform, covered -with an En- irliih great coat, and mounted with a hat of the Englifh fcrin. Bruce here laid holu of the military cap of Hutchinfon, and (howed it to tlve Prcfident, faying, it was fiicli «'s that, Q^ (To Wiifon.)— You knew that Lavalette was condemned to death by a Jury :—A. Ye?, certainly ; it was his condemnation that rendered my afSflancc ncceffary. Q..Y011 knew the crime for which he was condemned, for haying fuppreflec! the proclamai ions of the King, for hav ing on the 2oih of March put himfelf in correfpondence with the Uwrper, and for having co-operated in the return of J iSuonapartc ?—-A We are not agreed ae to his crime. 1 believe that 5ponapariej undertook this enterprise withuut apy conr.c&ion in France. Q_ It N not mybufir.efs toiuflitutea political controverfy. Lavalette was c<mdemned foi having violently feizej a public goihonty : for having correfp«>nd- e.4 with BnonapartCj and iloppea the I King's proclamations ; and for having deceived the inhabitants of France 2? tn the tine fit nation nf Pan's.—A. Much lefs of poh'tfes than of humanity entered into my COflduS. Bruce;' in fpcaking to me about Lavalette. addrelfcd himfelf to my hear:. I dare flatter myfelf that his hope ard confidence in n:e have not been deceived. Sir Robert declared fur ther, that Mr. Hutchinfon did nothing but by Iws influence, and that, in whai he then did, lie was guided by no politic- :»1 feeling whatf *ever, but only by mo¬ tives of humanity.— Having faid this he fat down. The Cotlrt then proceeded to the ex- limitation of witaeffe*. The firft pcrfons implicated by their depofitions was Eb :rle, the head-turnkey. Monfieur Rcquetce, junior, the goa1 er, Bodifcao the keeper* and ftveral turn¬ keys, confirm thecircumrtant.es detailed iu the indictment, arid wh;*ch particularly inculpated Ebcrle. h feemed to r^'fult from the whole of thffc depofitions, thai Eberle had left open all the doors be- fwecn the chamber of Lavalette atid the great wicket inthe fii ft part of the prifon; that at the mofteirt when the bell rang. and he went up the chamber to receive the order to bid the chairman be ready, the difgr.ife was completed. It is .diffi¬ cult to admit that he did not perceive it. In Head of obeying the order which Ro quette, jun. gave him to run immediate )y after the chair, be diredly C3mc back to the prifon, and went with ridiculous precaution to fimt in rr.adame Lavalette, faying, frttratleaft fhould not come out without good orders; and while the mi nilter of Police v=/as interrogating the gao¬ ler on the circnmrtaiices of the efcape, EBerle faid it am very cafy to diltfnguifh Madame Lavalette from her fall/band.— There was haif a head difference between rbem.—Wr-y, aflud Roquette, did you not make ;hat remark when it might have been ufeful ? Oil ! marry ! ahfwered E- berle, my principal was there, and I had nothing to fay. 'Almoft the whole defence of this cul¬ prit was confined to giving the lie to the witneflcs, and to repeat, it is falfehood : nothing can be more falfc. It is proper for that interefling cLfs of poor citizens who have no other means of exigence except hard and daily labor, to preferve with caxe the depention of Brigand, a working mafon. , Guerin, called Marengo, the ufual chairman of Madame Lavalette, propo- fed to him to take the place of his com¬ rade ; who probably was not able to aid him that day. Brigand ennfented, and after fcveral jotirnies carried Madame La¬ valette to the Conciergerie, and waited for her with Guerin nt the guafd-houfe of the gendarmie : a little before the co¬ ming out from the prifon, Bcnoit Sou- nevdle comes and offers him a glafs of wine, and fays to him, " You will have, perhaps, a little greater weight than at coming, but you mull go with fpecd ; rhereare 25 louis to be earned." " 25 louis !"fays Cri^aud, " what is to be done for that ? Such a fum 13 not offered withoQt caufe ; lam an honefl man;! have a wife and children, I will not bring ;hem into-trouble." "You are then a ■■'* {<yoe of the v7orft term* i«j the Punch language :) money ftouIJ be earned when It •nn." I ft« a pror man. but I do not wifii to gain my fubiidence except by honell labor. Bah ! faid the other, what do you rifk when Monheur tells you there t3 no danger ? Come, Ma rengo, find be, leave all this Huff : come along «Ttt nic ; fomc mifehitf will hap¬ pen Co you : I am gfttrtg home ; and with that he threw down the leather ftrap, which he ufed to foppott thechatr. He returned home, and acquainted his wife with the oft-r which had b*cn made to him, and with his refufal. You have done well faid (he. Vhc next day he learned that the chairman wcreimpn- foned, that Lavalette had Scaped : Oh ! I have done well, faid he. The witnefa Ihowed a geat deal of e- motion,and even fhed tear, at the neces¬ sity of inculpating his comrade Guerin. We preferve as much & we can the toneoffranknefcand natter which the witnefs exhibited in his 'dqtfBtton. Gen- tlemrn, he faid, weeping, & not be of- fended with me if I did nd gw« informa¬ tion at the time : 1 was beftde myfelf. Marengo, continued Bi%»«^ brought me the wages for my job. V'd faid to me you were wrong in leaving us ; it was not what you thought ; »« ch-.ir Was ftopt on the quay, and it *"3s mifS wfto was within. However, if you are exam ined, you have no occaJior t0 fny l'»al money was offered to yc '• Hear me, nnfwered 1 ; I abandoned'he job ycfler- iay : do'nt implicate rsc, V * ^^ll tcii thetruth. m # From this it appeared r^t this Brig¬ and was an Inmeft fellow \ and the Prc¬ fident, on diffniffing him addreffed to him the following flatter^ words :—• 0 You have given a great sample of ho- ;iefty : you have proved b' yo,,r condnci that honor ard probity a*-' t0 be found in the lowed claffes : 0 ntJ'"c this eon- d«ci ; maintain your wife ^r d bring up your children ID thefe uninsurable princi¬ ples, and believe tint, four or Izte, even ill this ivorHTvirtne fi"ds M "'ecompence. The evidence for the p.ofeiution be¬ ing cone through, the wftneffea for thr 'lefence were called. The wife of Bri^aud rt-«eats a part of the details given by her h#o&nd* Guerin and Bcnoit Bo»,ncviH^ oppofc to this double declaration IP abfolntc de niah N. B. It deferve-* to be^^^rked, that the deferlion of Biigaud h?tflllS compel¬ led the valet de-chatnbrc tB ^ct'^ fpceoily for another chairman, La\^CTte remain¬ ed four miuuecs i.i the r. d?nchair at the very gate of the Conrf»*vr. ie : tlu-v n^ill have appeared to MF"^1* : ™* n,fjl* After fomeother^ ^ykn^one^ timoM- wns quite wi*11!*^ WJ™5 to Lavalettc Was miPg^tiMs Madamt ..(Tmcnrappclred fo painful, tfcauT.c, , (Idcnt, after a^ingiheconfenoic >rii0ncr9,Cgnitiedthatfhemigh. with- \ a raw. The Court rofc at half pad five, anri was adjourned till to-moVrcnv, rf Pi«6. M. Clauvcau is Counfel far Elier.c » M. Blaque.for the gaoler Rrq-^e • M. Maupuin, for BonncviHc ; and M. Ou- pin, for the three Englishmen. SECOND D4I'.—/l<>ri[ 2 3- This day tbeexamination oi witne.res was continued. . The Colonel of the Staff Gnlenotr and the Major of GendtfttK JcnCrr, at- teft, the one verbal!?, and the other in writing, that, having been charged frith the command and internal fiipenntend ance of the Conciergerie during M;ir;fnal Ney's trial, thry faW Rciqiwtte confta^t- ly exercife and recommend the mod ex- ad vigilance." .Similar teftimmy was gi¬ ven for him 1>V fcveral Iiifptftors cf Po- The widow Dntoit, aged 72, cemfi dtntial woman of Madame l.r.valette, called for the accufed, declared (lie cWd not recolletl any r.i the cfrcnmftances which preceded or accompanied the fact of the efcape : iTie did rot even recollcft who the perfon was that introduced her J without perrniffion into the cbambtf of the convi*t. It was in v^in fome of rhe s judges and jurymen prefled her with qucf-! j noil-—in vain the Pief/dont remiadeJ 1 j her of the oath ilic had t^ken ; (?.e per jfifted in faying, that a fevercindifpofiu'on Jpreverlted her from retaining any rccol-J [leAion. M. the Prcfident unwiTinr, jtliat Ihe fboutd petjiue hc/frlf, dtTmiffedj 1 her, oblcrvinij—•*' Someiliinc, 1 knnvi x'iu'tr conduct. Oneot tlrem (nmcfa Hi-T-'-e) who was the fufl confident in [}fa affatt, willdiclare, that, advifed c{ the, retreat of Lavalette in Paris by an anon. ymuu« letter, in which he himfelf received comilinients, he believed, according t0 •he d-^!arations of the faid letter, that he wafi the only perfon who could ftte Lhirr. sh first his pride w^s fiattcrcd ; I thc« fct» natural fenfibility was excited a and, la!l of all, his undemanding was ex. ;d:ed by difcovering in the efcape of Lc- valctte fciTRCtHing romantic, anvl even rr,;. raculovS, which powerfully Stuck hij j imagination, and imprcfled his lieart. The t.ther (Hutchinfon) did not feel the fame decided warmth of fancy. It was, ,in his mind, a ftntiment of humanity which exerted itfclf in the-caufe of Lava. lettt : he only yielded to the delire of favinn; an unfoTunate man. The third (Sir R.T. Wiifon) derives the motives of his conduct from higher conlideration;. lie imagines tl e honor cf his own Gov. jernnunt would have been defiroyed, if a feutence of the Royal Court of Pails wan executed. He does not coucetn himfelf «vfth tlie rights of Sovereignity, or the tinqutftiortable authority of the judicial power in France over a French fubjeCt Ah ! truly theft are coGimon rules. The Capitulation of Pari?, however, is his law. It h.ittbceti violated, and he com ceiv^a it to-be hii dOfy to clear his Gov. eruincnt of the oppiobinm uliich tint violation cails upon it. Thus the co.fl| vicA was to be faved for tlxe honor of jus¬ tice and that of England. You (hall loon fee how nvuch truth there iu in all this; but, before we dilcufs his ititfiit- tions, wctnufl eftablifh fr.dts. ; g, i ki» *w]| T!'econvi<ft has efcaped from pr!f<% not what, prevents me from ufming U\c |ll>ttt it wan neceffaiy to efcape from Paris., hands of juftice ajainfl you.* The wo.nen Oorfc and Laporte were rie. examined as to The Here ended the examination of the vrhneffes, upon which M. Hua. the Ad- vMcate-Gcneral, rufc arid addicffcd the Court : A ctimiv.al, he obferved, a ctaiviA, has cfcOpcd from jullice ; hr*pny for him ifheefcapes fom remorfe, and if he can iind a place vrhi re he may fhow with fe- w ■ 1 Ic could not here be concealed from aa trance was annoirnct reduced. Her en live of the Intereft an J hY mwtoor^pwf* ience. When fiie"*■««»&»"Jf"* lutch.nfon,and Br app5ar.-dW.lf0n profound how. uce» faluUd her w,th certain H a P The emotion arni 4 rt Madame Lavalcttel mcn*a1 *™ of when interrogated, ««« {'\ %*** ,thal •iculate her own haff* couIcJ Wfw'T* her age, (he replied, n* ' ^,d when ?te believe.' * "Twenty fev.n, 1 After having coll rt , , ,< - fome moments, «"* ■** ■"£' dillrefs which I fce>: 6ld>^ Thi from any fear, but t! do« ?0} Protrccd on feeing myfelf betrom a kuid ,of alirIT' midll fo large an »#"**»«" *ud a" The Prcfident—^f11^- . . lie jullice which has 7aJarre>'V9 n°tpUb it is fome of the iefe^T^**^ ™" ked your tenimony.l,icd wIto ,,avt |,,vo Madame Lavafet\ T . . t the perfons who Iwff^1."** thf uted in no rcfpccV t.c ««« inc. fioiil^b. Lavalette: no one x? lhc «<*!«' rfM I alone did the wit*™ »*•«»■»« Some details were 'a - - - rircumflanc;2f'C'd^f.,ier ap^ mrn.teinappcarar.c^ .l**5» *««*" en fcveral fads of tf ,mi«,lt,thr0vr h'»Ut repjied, th.t file dicf€ fMU™' .**" and affigncd for her \ "* W?U** *«» CKCufc which will rm\f ^WWff a" « At that momenr/f'd,;1>'t ***f*A •' too much occupied \ ,3*i* * mi my plan to pay att^1? *C "*™,on of pafiing around tie??110* to wl,at vva' M. Claveau, Elx . f n , . ted her to fix precf "•*J*"Hi requef thedifgmfe^nd^/1^ m?mcnt of ready executed whe,lVl,,Cr * "*• ^ ceivehwhtt orders. B Eberlc came to rc' Madame Lavaleti , of the confequence3*Vyhc) ;Vas Dftaw,re " At that moment °r ft •?/»• faic,« pitted, becaufe |tJ*««wfe.Wecim- 0ffr« ■ Lavalette had got The Prcfident.— ameonly one queftf™ xr known or'feen ihdx9*' H*W fW .€*« glifli,) oranyOTec-/;nt,t7en («»« En- They immediate^ thcrm? . J _i Lavalette, after h»7 r0;C' f r'd «*«« for a moment, deda 3 lotoked at &m Ter known nor befo-7'ths/ fl,c had "c- .Mademoifdle E?ffn lhem' " trodiiccd : aa fhe Wava!tfUc xvaa thcn fa* adminfftering ibi o"ztm*lmt- *4« *c fed with. She anf.,t0 l,° [>Cr was ^W lion in.fo feeble-a vvcrcd ta%^« q«uf- VftiCC., r^id bef tOlbar. ait ive police—a polic c which never Seeps—which has a hundred eyes to kv and a hundred hands to apprehend—. which always fttecee& fn fcizingthe oh* |je£t whom it purfues. It was neceOVy* |therefore, that Lavalette fliould leave Pa^ ris, ad even France. Yon arc already acquainted with the plan and the detaw <f hi> efcape. - H* . Heft d bif cfcaDC ta lh< uniform of an EwrWih dUlocr, nnd \ accompanied by Englifh Officers a« fe' a:*. Con-peigne, one of whom cpudviftci f;im ±» 'avaa Mons. Thua Bruce, who received the fi"t confidence goes to comnipmcate it to Hutchinfon, then to Wiifon. The plan Wd»arranged between them, znd each of them engages ;o ad his part in co-opC- ttthxg for its aecompTifhmenr. Brii.cc" iv> pit/cure the meafurc of LavaJe^i Huichiufon orders the clothes ; \V\\(P0 ia to fecure tvro paiTports undtfr f'-i^ned. namtd. One of them enga^c^ poft hou fe*, another lends his carriage, and the third his lodging to f^Ceive the convict on the night previous to his departure; audibly all affemblc on Sunday the 7tb f J:-nja'y, for the final accomplitlur.etii -eniry a fouhead \v-hich the judicial thun-1 drr ba^ fcatned ; a wife has faved her hufb-nd ; let it he the fubjeft of her ioy, provided the afi which lias done tferhon* or ttiall not comjiromife any o*»e. It is eafy to account for the (hare which fumr of the a<!cuku, on whofe fate you have to pronounce took in this enterprifc ; *ihcir fti.time/nt, their duties, their ioter- hilt h&vr happens it thnt tfok three fur- eigiwirarc before you ? What was the nwlureof the intefefl which they took in knag the convirt ? 'llrey \tere neither the relatives, the friend?, nor e^cn the ac¬ quaintances of I.av;i!etn\ Will they f;y that they a&r'} frrmiviClM ofhi.man- fty ? Bnt how ch^.'.Cte.ize that huifa-ii ty #hich flifplaya fefelfonly hy a an- of their objeff. The pretext of their tempt of public order, and the infraction ! meeting wa5 an arrangement for a hunt- ^f me laws i How BpprtcWtc that hu- ing party 5 but, at nine o'clock at ni^ht, r-1 Will put tO M:id- maneintcntioHi if the correlpondcr.ee of the 3cctffc<f proves, that hatred of oui laws is in their hearts ; that otir repofc iV idJous and difegreeable to them ; if they faw not in that efcape any thing but an outrage on authority, a fediij'otft rrrean^of fnrftenUPjj a revolution ? If thi-. ^ft, fe blc in iflrlf, was » fort <if imitative of the projeft, it became the duty of public jus- ike to fearch it to the bottom, and to trace to you the machination to its vtry focus. The Advocate Gc.itral applied lumfclf in tic fiill hill ance to compare & appreciate the fcts relative to the efeiipr of Luva-ettc, and with great order and precilion.marked the (hare which each of ihe accufed badintfreaft, and the mo¬ tive which mfg)it haveatiu?:»-dhutt« He ■MHnguifhed, with the mod jndiciona e- quiiy, between crime and fiinple offence ; and afiigned ro e.ich, as n weie, She p&O- -Ihmc-it wlrch heinc!V,?d, without, how. ever, deprfviig any one prifener of thr h'jpe of the indulgence of the jury. He then naturally cameco the offence of con- ceallng the convift, and it was here that the three Englilluiisn came upon the itagc The fird part nftfi« affair, he faid, is intelligible enorfgh. All the fafta have an unknown individual announces •La¬ valette,- who u introduced, paffes th-l night in the lodgings, and fets c*^t with their- on the following morning, I fliall riot trouble you with an account of the journey. I lhall not defcant on tae mea. fares they took before fcttrng out, or the boldnefs &nd grar.deuv of enterprifc which they diTclofrd. I ffiall lr.y befot^ you the pieca'utiotis they took agalnft, ^ccirltnts—the led-hotfes f<>r the purpy-, j !cs of flight, the arms for the p'Tpof;** ok defence—In a word all thofe cacumflan* res which mired an expedition with arf* wentare and hennur" I will lead your attention toone point : I rn-an the afy< lum given to the culprit before tfy departure from Paris ; and that given upon the road, iu a faonfe st Compeigne. Thr., is called, in the language of the laws, a rccclc* The; fimple fa£i of con. cealing a condemned criminal ib in itfeif a ciime. The Enp-'ifii lawtarenot more liberal than ours. They do not under- iland by humanity that generofity whicb counterafiy the rules of public or.derj Black (lone, after having marked the dls- tinilions which it \:t neCciTury to make between the crimes of acccfliriefl and j principals, d'dinguxflica farther (h-fe • tCd ahii1ory_wc now come to a romance. You have been fei/ed with t|m ideai you have put tins firft qucf nonl0youifelveP-whrv>Cre the E.Mr m ei^aged in this affair >-^Tlnir ,'nij fcrenct cannot be explained on ordinary principle,. IVy iliemfelves declare & protefi ontneir honour, that, before-their participntion in the crime, they did not W ihewdividual itfvta&rfrfiby <medal their ;ffort,. We abound ™**mtonfffafo motrvc- nf k ex t on the fnbjeft of yielding- prmc&ion to a convicl efcaped from jvi(l?c-*f which »'^ call a veette. If 1 haveched the author- ■ ity <»f this author, it i^ only in the char- a^U-r of a Written reafon ; for ft is ft:f!i- cienfly 6aderftoid that tueiv ;i'e no oili¬ er laws iti exercife regarding c\ fmes cor • nutted nt Fr ince but Wench laws. Who 1 hen, can heredifpute tficir empire ? i Rfedl not certainly, underlain to pWfi our right of jiirifdi&ion over thefe f«r- pijjner^ The oppofition of the R&ntfH